Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
The Make America Healthy Again summit, attended by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and vice-president JD Vance, gave a sense of what’s driving US health policy.
Tech unions against enshittification - with Cory Doctorow - YouTube - Trades Union Congress (TUC)
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
How One Uncaught Rust Exception Took Out Cloudflare
How One Uncaught Rust Exception Took Out Cloudflare
On November 18 of 2025 a large part of the Internet suddenly cried out and went silent, as Cloudflare’s infrastructure suffered the software equivalent of a cardiac arrest. After much panicke…Hackaday
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The Peaceful Transfer of Power in Open Source Projects
Most of the people who run Open Source projects are mortal. Recent history shows us that they will all eventually die, or get bored, or win the lottery, or get sick, or be conscripted, or lose their mind. If you've ever visited a foreign country's national history museum, I guarantee you've read this little snippet: King Whatshisface was a wise and noble ruler who bought peace and prosperity…
The Peaceful Transfer of Power in Open Source Projects
shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/the-p…Most of the people who run Open Source projects are mortal. Recent history shows us that they will all eventually die, or get bored, or win the lottery, or get sick, or be conscripted, or lose their mind.
If you've ever visited a foreign country's national history museum, I guarantee you've read this little snippet:
King Whatshisface was a wise and noble ruler who bought peace and prosperity to all the land.Upon his death, his heirs waged bloody war over rightful succession which plunged the country into a hundred years of hardship.
The great selling point of democracy is that it allows for the peaceful transition of power. Most modern democracies have rendered civil war almost unthinkable. Sure, you might not like the guy currently in charge, but there are well established mechanisms to limit their power and kick them out if they misbehave. If they die in office, there's an obvious and understood hierarchy for who follows them.Most Open Source projects start small - just someone in their spare room tinkering for fun. Unexpectedly, they grow into a behemoth which now powers half the world. These mini-empires are fragile. The most popular method of governance is the Benevolent Dictator For Life model. The founder of the project controls everything. But, as I've said before, BDFL only works if the D is genuinely B. Otherwise the FL becomes FML.
The last year has seen several BDFLs act like Mad Kings. They become tyrannical despots, lashing out at their own volunteers. They execute takeovers of community projects. They demand fealty and tithes. Like dragons, they become quick to anger when their brittle egos are tested. Spineless courtiers carry out deluded orders while pilfering the coffers.
Which is why I am delighted that the Mastodon project has shown a better way to behave.
In "The Future is Ours to Build - Together" they describe perfectly how to gracefully and peacefully transfer power. There are no VCs bringing in their MBA-brained lackeys to extract maximum value while leaving a rotting husk. No one is seizing community assets and jealously hoarding them. Opaque financial structures and convoluted agreements are prominent in their absence.
Eugen Rochko, the outgoing CEO, has a remarkably honest blog post about the transition. I wouldn't wish success on my worst enemy. He talks plainly about the reality of dealing with the pressure and how he might have been a limiting factor on Mastodon's growth. That's a far step removed from the ego-centric members of The Cult of The Founder with their passionate belief in the Divine Right of Kings.
Does your tiny OSS script need a succession plan? Probably not. Do you have several thousand NPM installs per day? It might be worth working out who you can share responsibility with if you are unexpectedly raptured. Do you think that your project is going to last for a thousand years? Build an organisation which won't crumble the moment its founder is arrested for their predatory behaviour on tropical islands.
I'm begging project leaders everywhere - please read up on the social contract and the consent of the governed. Or, if reading is too woke, just behave like grown-ups rather than squabbling tweenagers.
It is a sad inevitability that, eventually, we will all be nothing but memories. The bugs that we create live after us, the patches are oft interrèd with our code. Let it be so with all Open Source projects.
#bdfl #mastodon #openSource #oss
The Future is Ours to Build - Together
We’re pleased to introduce Mastodon’s new leadership team, and to share some other important updates.Mastodon Blog
Gopherbook – The Self-Hosted Comic Reader (Full Tutorial)
From the peertube video description:
Want a beautiful, fast, private web reader that handles HUGE encrypted CBZ files without much effort? Then Gopherbook.
In this video, I walk you through everything
Intro & why I built this
easy install / Docker setup
Creating your first account (first user = admin)
Uploading your first comics (including massive encrypted ones)
How the magic password system works (it just remembers them!)
Auto-organization by Artist / StoryArc
Admin panel – toggle registration & delete comics
Where everything is stored & backup tips GitHub: github.com/riomoo/gopherbook
Codeberg: codeberg.org/riomoo/gopherbook
Gitgud: gitgud.io/riomoo/gopherbook
• 100% local, single binary
• Full encrypted/password-protected CBZ support
• Automatically tries all your known passwords on new files
• ComicInfo.xml metadata extraction
• Gorgeous dark UI with cover grid
• Per-user libraries & encrypted password vault
• no tracking
If you hoard comics like I do, this is the reader you've been dreaming of.
GitHub - riomoo/gopherbook: Self-Hosted Comic Library & CBZ Reader
Self-Hosted Comic Library & CBZ Reader. Contribute to riomoo/gopherbook development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
cbz files are not encrypted, they're just zip files full of images with the xtension changed to "cbz". Similarly, CBR files are the same thing, but using rar compression.
If you are referring to zip "password protection", then I guess that's technically valid, although why anyone would rely on such trivially-cracked security is beyond me.
GitHub - Kareadita/Kavita: Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. Built with the goal of being a full solution for all your reading needs. Setup your own server and share your reading collection with your friends and family.
Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. Built with the goal of being a full solution for all your reading needs. Setup your own server and share your reading collection with ...GitHub
TNT that Europe needs to defend itself is being used on Gaza, Polish MP claims
TNT that Europe needs to defend itself is being used on Gaza, Polish MP claims
Maciej Konieczny claims Europe’s sole supplier, in Poland, sends much of its production to US, which exports it for use by IsraelPatrick Wintour (The Guardian)
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The NGOs point out that between October 2023 and July 2024 the US transferred at least 14,000 MK-84s and 8,700 MK-82s to Israel. In May 2024 Biden paused the shipment of some larger bombs, but these restrictions were lifted by Donald Trump as soon as he entered office.
One of the functions of the Palestinian Genocide and the conflict with Iran is/was to deplete weapons stockpiles both to make more money for military industrial companies but also to make it easier to make up reasons we cannot help Ukraine more.
The amount of bombs dropped on Gaza is horrifying.
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China’s Economy is Forecast to Grow Faster Than Expected in 2026
Goldman Sachs Research sees 5-6% annual growth in China’s exports and raised its real GDP forecasts for 2026 and 2027 to well above consensus.China’s growth will likely come at the expense of other high-tech producers such as Europe and Japan
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Community mention spam from Microblogs
So, this meme.
tl;dr Mastodon users occasionally spam mentions and Lemmy (and probably Piefed) ingests them all and makes the post across all of the mentioned communities.
Sucks, right, because on the theadiverse, you're not actually able to do that so easily.
Basically, it's because Mastodon mixes mentions with addressing. Every mentioned person gets addressed, even though sometimes you don't mean for it to go into that community.
So what if Lemmy, Piefed, Mbin, and NodeBB made it so that only the first matching community gets the post? We can already tell which posts come from threadiverse software and which don't (because we use audience, Mastodon doesn't.)
Just an idea, I can't speak for the other softwares.
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So what if Lemmy, Piefed, Mbin, and NodeBB made it so that only the first matching community gets the post?
I'm pretty sure Mbin already does that with sorting posts into communities based on their hashtags. Does it not do it with mentions too? I can't really test it since 99% of federated posts only mention one community, if any. So I'm struggling to find a post that mentions two communities, let alone two that are active enough on my instance to compare them.
But like, is it actually an issue? I always get the impression Lemmy users have more of a problem with the hashtags and mentions in general, not with the fact the post appears in multiple communities. Which would be easily solved by having their instance remove those from microblog posts.
We can already tell which posts come from threadiverse software and which don't (because we use audience, Mastodon doesn't.)
I honestly don't think that's a good way to decide between threadiverse and others in general. There's no guarantee non-threadiverse software won't make use of it in the future.
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Re: Community mention spam from Microblogs
silverpill@mitra.social isn't wrong though, in many cases the posts do mean to be posted in that community.
But it's an expressive thing. I'm able to mention a community like startrek@startrek.website and it won't be posted there, because I'm only mentioning that community.
And yes, Mastodon needs mention spam to function because otherwise people you reply to won't know they received a reply. It's ... an approach.
GlitchTip 5.2 with design refresh and less system requirements
GlitchTip makes monitoring software easy. Track errors, monitor performance, and check site uptime all in one place. Our app is compatible with Sentry client SDKs, but easier to run.
For those that have no idea what GlitchTip is, it's a service tracing service like Sentry.
Red Cross slashes 2026 budget, to shed 2,900 jobs
Red Cross slashes 2026 budget, to shed 2,900 jobs
It warned the cuts were coming at a time when the numbers of conflicts worldwide and the need for aid is surging. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
Exclusive: US threatens to cut intel, weapons to press Ukraine into peace deal, sources say
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/53496984
Washington has presented Ukraine with a 28-point plan, which endorses some of Russia's principal demands in the war, including that Kyiv cede additional territory, curb the size of its military and be barred from joining NATO.
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They already have cut off weapons. They have no leverage to force a deal.
Look at me. EU is Captain now.
Indian fighter jet pilot killed in crash at Dubai airshow
Indian fighter jet pilot killed in crash at Dubai airshow
A court of inquiry is being established to assess the cause of the crash, officials say.Matt Spivey (BBC News)
Self-Host Weekly #146: Survey Says
Self-Host Weekly #146: Survey Says
Survey results, cranberry sauce, government affairs, and open-source burnoutEthan Sholly (selfh.st)
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NordPass's annual password trend report confirmed what we all suspected – Gen Z is worse than Boomers when it comes to using insecure passwords (if you're looking for strong passwords, just use Home Assistant's hardware names and they'll be uncrackable)
I believe in long, complex, and complicated passwords. One of the things I've taught myself is how to create long, complex, and complicated THAT I CAN REMEMBER! Making long, complex passwords is a snap. Remembering them is where it's at. Cue relevant xkcd cartoon. At my age, that can be quite the trick.
The forgejo discussion is great and has an overlooked detail. The reason the Dutch government wants to switch:
/ Gi: ICC having their MS accounts blocked
- Made them very aware of ecosystem fragility
- Looked at their dependencies and alternatives
- Digital sovereignty: Hot topic ^^
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How a French judge was digitally cut off by the USA
The extent of dependence on the USA in the digital sector is currently being experienced by a French judge. Nicolas Guillou, one of six judges and three prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC), was sanctioned by the USA in August. He described his current situation as a digital time travel back to the 1990s, before the internet age, in a recent interview.The reason for the US sanctions are the arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. They were indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the context of the destruction of the Gaza Strip. The USA condemned this decision by the court, whereupon the US Treasury Department sanctioned six judges and three prosecutors.
Digitally excluded from almost everything
In Guillou's daily life, this means that he is excluded from digital life and much of what is considered standard today, he told the French newspaper Le Monde. All his accounts with US companies such as Amazon, Airbnb, or PayPal were immediately closed by the providers. Online bookings, such as through Expedia, are immediately canceled, even if they concern hotels in France. Participation in e-commerce is also practically no longer possible for him, as US companies always play a role in one way or another, and they are strictly forbidden to enter into any trade relationship with sanctioned individuals.
How a French judge was digitally cut off by the USA
Nicolas Guillou has been sanctioned by the USA as a judge of the International Criminal Court. He notices the effects primarily in the digital realm.Malte Kirchner (heise online)
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USA is that digital drug cartel that gives away first few hits for free and once you're hooked, treat you like a prostitute. If you misbehave, it'll cut you off to remind you and everyone else who's in control.
And its people are brainwashed to repeat "there are other meth dealers out there, it's your choice to depend on us."
Russia ‘prepared to take enormous strategic risks’ to test NATO, top Swedish general warns
Russia is likely to test NATO’s collective defense pledge very soon, Sweden’s top military official said, as Moscow escalates its campaign of hybrid attacks against Europe.
“I'm sure and I'm convinced that they would be ready to test Article 5 of NATO at any point in the Baltic states or in some other part of Europe as well,” Swedish Chief of Defense Gen. Michael Claesson told POLITICO, referring to the alliance's common defense provision.
“They are prepared to take enormous strategic risks to gain whatever they see possible to gain,” he added, pointing to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s past military campaigns. “We have seen it since Chechnya, we have seen it in Georgia, we have seen it in Crimea.”
Russia ‘prepared to take enormous strategic risks’ to test NATO, top Swedish general warns
Europe must prepare for a “generational” war with Russia, Swedish Chief of Defense Michael Claesson told POLITICO.Victor Jack (POLITICO)
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U.S. plays smaller role in NATO exercise designed to counter evolving Russian threats
U.S. plays smaller role in NATO exercise designed to counter evolving Russian threats
While the U.S. has taken part in previous iterations of the military exercise, this year's U.S. footprint was smaller as allied nations are pressed by the Trump administration to put more into European defense.Holly Williams (CBS News)
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US presses Ukraine to accept Witkoff-Dmitriev peace plan by 27 November – FT
Donald Trump's administration is exerting heavy pressure on Ukraine, demanding that it agree to the American-Russian peace plan by Thanksgiving.
Source: Financial Times (FT), citing senior Ukrainian officials and individuals familiar with the negotiations
Details: According to the FT's sources, the White House has set strict deadlines for the negotiation process, insisting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agree to the terms of the deal by Thanksgiving, which is celebrated in the United States on 27 November.
US presses Ukraine to accept Witkoff-Dmitriev "peace plan" by 27 November – FT
US President Donald Trump's administration is exerting heavy pressure on Ukraine, demanding that it agree to the American-Russian "peace plan" by Thanksgiving.Ivan Diakonov (Ukrainska Pravda)
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Dok.un
Hello,
I created a secure journaling application from scratch using AI.
The software is completely open-source.
Features:
- Single account system
- User-friendly editor
- Three language options (Turkish, English, and Korean)
- AES-256 encryption
- A design focused solely on its purpose
Is there a way to mirror corporate social media to the Fediverse?
Trump’s Black Friday Deals Cost More Than His Website
Trump has been under mounting criticism for failing to bring down inflation, with Americans continuing to report high prices on groceries and essentials. Even as Trump insists he has lowered costs, his campaign’s Black Friday fundraising emails undercut that message by promoting so-called “deal” prices that were actually higher than the prices listed on his own merchandise website.In one email, the Trump team claimed the price of a red MAGA hat ornament had been “reduced” to $37, though the official campaign store simultaneously listed it for $30. The email claimed the MAGA trinket new price was a "30% off deal."
https://meidasnews.com/news/trumps-black-friday-deals-cost-more-than-his-website
Congress, CEOs follow Trump in welcome to Saudi butcher
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with top congressional leaders of both parties Wednesday morning, before an hours-long session with corporate CEOs and billionaires at the Kennedy Center in the afternoon.
The events confirm that President Trump spoke for the entire US ruling class, Democrats and Republicans alike, when he welcomed the bloodstained monarch to the White House and denounced any mention of bin Salman’s role in the gruesome murder of Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
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There is nothing surprising about the welcoming of the Saudi despot and mass murderer to the US Capitol. The House and Senate have given standing ovations to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on at least two occasions during the Israeli genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed a joint session of Congress twice—even as he pursued policies of entrenching his authoritarian Hindu-supremacist regime and threatening nuclear war against neighboring Pakistan. British Prime Minister Tony Blair addressed Congress at the height of the US-British war of conquest in Iraq, in July 2003.
More importantly, American presidents themselves address Congress on a regular basis, and the war crimes committed by these presidents in this century alone (wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, drone missile assassinations from the Middle East to the Caribbean), dwarf those committed by any visiting monarchs, dictators or prime ministers.
After his brief session schmoozing with the congressional leadership, bin Salman travelled across town to the Kennedy Center to resume the real business of his trip: wooing and being wooed by corporate CEOs and billionaires, with Trump presiding over the scene like the head pimp at a house of ill repute.
Congress, CEOs follow Trump in welcome to Saudi butcher
Trump spoke for the entire US ruling class when he welcomed the blood-drenched Saudi crown prince to the White House.World Socialist Web Site
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Short on tents and food, scenes from Gaza as winter approaches [20 Photos]
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/39268288
November 5, 2025Far too little aid is reaching Gaza nearly four weeks after a ceasefire, humanitarian agencies said on Tuesday, as hunger persists with winter approaching and old tents start to fray following Israel's devastating two-year offensive.
Short on tents and food, scenes from Gaza as winter approaches [20 Photos]
November 5, 2025Far too little aid is reaching Gaza nearly four weeks after a ceasefire, humanitarian agencies said on Tuesday, as hunger persists with winter approaching and old tents start to fray following Israel's devastating two-year offensive.
https://www.reuters.com/pictures/short-tents-food-scenes-gaza-winter-approaches-2025-11-05/
Short on tents and food, scenes from Gaza as winter approaches [20 Photos]
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/39268294
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/39268288
November 5, 2025Far too little aid is reaching Gaza nearly four weeks after a ceasefire, humanitarian agencies said on Tuesday, as hunger persists with winter approaching and old tents start to fray following Israel's devastating two-year offensive.
Short on tents and food, scenes from Gaza as winter approaches [20 Photos]
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/39268288November 5, 2025Far too little aid is reaching Gaza nearly four weeks after a ceasefire, humanitarian agencies said on Tuesday, as hunger persists with winter approaching and old tents start to fray following Israel's devastating two-year offensive.
https://www.reuters.com/pictures/short-tents-food-scenes-gaza-winter-approaches-2025-11-05/
India, Israel sign framework to resume trade talks
India, Israel sign framework to resume trade talks
India is Israel's second-largest trade partner in Asia. Before this, the two countries were involved in negotiating a similar agreement, and eight rounds of talks were held.Midhat Fatimah (Deutsche Welle)
navidrome sso with traefik/authentik
Has anyone gotten navidrome mobile apps to work with traefik and authentik sso? I used this article to get the webapp sso to work, but mobile apps won't work even with the /rest path supposedly being bypassed. the traefik config was copied/modified for my setup, so I think the article is still missing something.
I've tried a couple navidrome apps: dsub, tempo, tempus.
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- domain: music.server.home
policy: bypass
resources:
- '^/rest.*'
- '^/api.*'
- domain: music.server.home
policy: one_factor
In the end, when I was setting it up, I realized that the only apps I use to connect and listen are using the rest API and I never got that one to work when I was setting it up. I had to bypass rest API endpoints like other poster here and create internal users in navidrome to keep some kind of security.
I would love someone posting up to date guide how to do it properly.
In the end problem was with the Subsonic Api and and the fact that I did not know how to implement subsonic authentication scheme on my proxy (caddy).
COP30 climate talks evacuated after fire breaks out
COP30 evacuated after fire breaks out
Thousands of people are attending the UN climate talks in Brazil.Georgina Rannard (BBC News)
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Brazil has a LOT of electrical issues.
It is also pretty expensive to import appropriate gear, and it shows.
Between a sort of disregard for electrical safety, hordes of animals chewing on wires, and the difficulty of importing modern electrical equipment, it is an electrical nightmare.
It doesn't help that a lot of electrical generation is modern, there is a lot of electricity available, but the actual application of it in last mile is atrocious.
All this to say it is of no surprise an electrical fire occurred, if that is the cause.
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'International incident': 'Terrifying standoff' as US troops mistakenly invade Mexico
US troops INVADE Mexico in dramatic escalation of tensions as Pentagon scrambles to contain the fallout
Six signs saying 'warning: restricted area' were plunged into the sand at a beach in Northeast Mexico called Playa Bagdad.Elina Shirazi (Daily Mail)
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Non dailyhatemail version
web.archive.org/web/2025112116…
US troops INVADE Mexico in dramatic escalation of tensions as Pentagon scrambles to contain the fallout
Six signs saying 'warning: restricted area' were plunged into the sand at a beach in Northeast Mexico called Playa Bagdad.Elina Shirazi (Daily Mail)
Inside Amazon: Who pays the price?
Amazon attracts customers with low prices - but according to a former manager at the company, the reason for this is not what consumers might think. She claims that the company's aim is not to give customers fair deals but to put retailers and manufacturers under enormous pressure. This investigative documentary reveals the questionable methods used by the company: suppliers are prevented from selling their products below the Amazon-listed price - whether that be online or in a physical store. Insiders say that this practice not only distorts competition, but also has direct consequences for customers in the form of price rises.
Inside Amazon – DW – 11/27/2025
Online retailer Amazon has been repeatedly criticized for its business practices. The US company puts pressure on retailers and exerts influence on pricing policies, thus fueling cut-throat competition.dw.com
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I try... But every time I attempt to buy anything remotely specialized in my city it doesn't exist. Stores just don't exist for fucking anything anymore.
And if they do they never have anything in stock and just want you to order from their website. Which frequently is poorly made and half the time it's twice as expensive on their damn site.
It's fucked.
AI music creates unease as it tops the charts
AI music creates unease as it tops the charts
As AI-generated music saturates the market, people are realizing they can't distinguish it from human-made music. Many listeners, and musicians, are unsettled by this.Cristina Burack (Deutsche Welle)
Fine by me. The only thing that needs to be resolved is disclosure, so that people are informed about it.
I can tell you that if someone could replicate the genius that is Nightwish, I would gladly listen to it, and I would still support Nightwish as I always have.
[CW: Execution, Zionist supremacy, Death of innocent civilians] Footage: "Israeli" soldiers executing two Palestinians, 27.11.25
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I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
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WhatsApp "interoperability"
Apparently Europe finally got Whatsapp to enable 3rd party chats making it easier to switch to more privacy friendly alternatives article
However the only other app that currently works with it is "BirdyChat"??
Have anybody found any news about when serious alternatives will be integrated?
Messaging Interoperability: WhatsApp enables third-party chats for users in Europe
The DMA requires Meta to give people using WhatsApp in Europe the option to connect with people using third-party messaging services that have chosen toMeta Newsroom (Meta)
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The Birdy app requires a work email, which then gets you on a wait list, so that you can subject yourself to their data mining:
Data Categories:
- The email address you use as username on BirdyChat network;
- Your messages and media within messages;
- User identifiers for blocked WhatsApp users;
- Usage information including timestamps related to your communication with WhatsApp users;
- Device and connection information such as IP address, operating system information and the BirdyChat version you are using;
- General location information using your IP address;
- Authentication information including encryption keys that WhatsApp encryption protocol uses;
- WhatsApp user reports in case a WhatsApp user chooses to share this information with WhatsApp.
I'm going to setup my own open source chat server soon and just give the few people that need to talk to me a copy of the open source client. That you can use to talk to me, the rest will be gone
I'm sooooo fucking tired of every company and government wanting to inspect my asshole just so they know that toilet paper to advertise to me or to be sure that I'm "not a terrorist or a pedophile because the government totally is doing this to protect the children, absolutely!!!"
Fuck your lies
Fuck your marketing
And apologies for my French, I'm just reeeeeeaaaally done with this nonsense
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national network of surveillance data in connection with pr…Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Get flock banned at a local level.
Get to protests on a bicycle or a bus. Carpool if you must.
Any tips for quickly breaking or ruining these?
I have a 5W laser I was going to try, but someone made a good point that random reflections / refractions could harm a nearby innocent person.
I debated a paintball gun, but that damage isn't really permanent enough.
The issue is you might take out a few, but you'll still get followed by the other "active" ones.
My state has flocks on every major interstate from one side to the other. I just talked to a cop recently that managed to track a suspect down from NEOH to somewhere in KY where the state police were waiting for him when he crossed state lines.
Unless we completely get rid of all flock cameras, we're screwed.
Feeling brave: made a blueberry stout
Had some leftovers from a sahti x stout run I recently made for a birthday bash. Not enough of the crucial Viking Malt Chocolate Light to replay the well-received recipe, though, and the hops box was on its last crumbs of whathaveyou. I decided this is the time to be brave...
Bought a bag of frozen blueberries (200 g). Mashed a dark brew with a colourful ensemble of malts (Simpsons Maris Otter pale, Simpsons Premium English caramalt, Viking Black malt and Chocolate Light, and Tuoppi rye caramel malt). Infused the blueberries in 1,5 L of water (no boiling) with 20 g of Amarillo pellets. Realised my only option for first hops was Citra – well at least it's high in alphas, in we go at T minus 45 minutes. Brought the infusion to boil and added to the wort at 20 minutes. Scraped the last of a Kent Goldings bag for a 15 min addition.
I've never been a fan of beer with seasonings, so this is quite the experiment. We'll see what kind of animal comes out the tap in due time.
And what is total volume?
We had 200g/L of blueberries in mead (which is quite clean) and that was OK, but with hops and all this amount might be lost.
We've made belgian style witbier with bilberries from forest recently. Those are still maturing, will post about them later. It was about 150g/L, which was quite balanced against witbier.
21 L in total... so probably not a great deal of blueberriness is to be expected after looking at your numbers 😁 I was going for a nuance, but might not get even as much.
Years ago in heady engineering student days we made blueberry wine (while stationed at a nuclear power plant revision, naughty!) and the taste still lingers, in a good way. Maybe I'll try your numbers later 😀
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in reply to flango • • •I don't know if that was an intentional joke, but fucking hilarious to add that.
Kami
in reply to flango • • •Bruh these people are completely fucked up...
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