Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of ‘President A Giant Pedophile’ News Cycle
Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of ‘President A Giant Pedophile’ News Cycle
WASHINGTON—Expressing deep fondness for those long-gone halcyon days, the U.S. population collectively yearned Tuesday for the relative calm of the “president is a giant pedophile” news cycle.The Onion Staff (The Onion)
Economic Blackout Planned To Protest ICE’s ‘Complete Disaster’ In Minnesota
Labor unions are calling on people to skip work and hit the streets to demonstrate against the swarm of federal agents in Minneapolis
Labor unions in the Twin Cities are urging people not to work or shop on Friday and instead gather to protest President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign, a sign of the organized resistance sprouting up as immigration agents continue to carry out raids and confront demonstrators in Minnesota.
Labor groups hope a one-day economic blackout will increase protest turnout and send a message to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that the agency isn’t welcome in the Minneapolis area.
Economic Blackout Planned To Protest ICE’s ‘Complete Disaster’ In Minnesota
Labor unions are calling on people to skip work and hit the streets to demonstrate against the swarm of federal agents in Minneapolis.Dave Jamieson (HuffPost)
Stupid Sexy KDE!
s/homeless/unhoused/ perhaps
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Most cities often have a group that renders mutual aid directly to those most in need, and they would love your help. Food Not Bombs is the most well known, and they have an index you can search to find one local to your area.
If you don't have one in your area, you and some friends could start your own Food Not Bombs chapter instead! Alternatively, a local church who is already assisting the homeless can be a good place to find an established group, even if you're not religious.
For people in need while on your way to work or the grocery store, assembling Care Packages can allow you to immediately render useful aid. The contents of a care package will be determined by your area and the needs of the people you're looking to give them to. Chatting with a person in need and asking them what would be most helpful to them is one of the best ways to narrow down the essentials, and avoid things that won't actually be of much use.
But there are generally a few universal things that will always be appreciated.
::: spoiler 🔻 General Care Package Contents 🔻
1. Socks! - This is often the most requested aid, as they prevent blisters, and wear quickly due to constant use and frequent walking. Used socks are fine as long as they're washed and clean. For colder or wet climates, wool socks are vastly preferred, as they have anti-bacterial properties, and still provides warmth even when wet.
2. Hygiene supplies - Things like a bar of soap (with sealable bag to store it when wet), deodorant, babywipes, a washcloth, toothbrush and paste, rinseless body wipes, comb.
3. Menstrual hygiene supplies.
4. Over-the-counter Medical supplies - Painkillers, bandages, antibiotic ointment, rubbing alcohol.
5. Calorie-dense non-perishable food - This often takes the form of canned foods (ensure they have a pull tab!), protein bars, or dehydrated fruits. Try to avoid hard or crunchy food, as it's possible the person you're trying to help may have active dental issues that may not allow them to chew those types of foods. Softer foods are preferred.
6. Electrolyte drinks or drink packets - Especially needed in hotter climates where electrolyes will be constantly lost through sweat, and can be life threatening if not replaced. Ones with sugar tend to have more calories, but may not be usable by those with diabetes, so it may be a good idea to have some with alternative sweeteners as well.
7. Money - Cash can drastically increase the quality of life of someone without access to an income, and allow them to obtain the things they need most when they need it. Any amount you can afford is useful.
8. Backpacks - If they don't already have one, a backpack is generally much appreciated to help carry around the supplies in your care package. You can often find them used at thrift stores.
9. Petfood - Catfood is preferable to dogfood, as catfood can be eaten by either dogs or cats, while the same can sometimes not be true for dogfood. People with a pet companion will be quite grateful.
10. Resealable Waterproof bag - Something like a large ziplock so that they have a waterproof place to protect their supplies.
Lastly, if you have access to a printer, try to include a page of resources such as a list of local mutual aid groups where they can obtain more help in the future, along with their address and times that they operate. On the opposite side, a map of your area and any local public transit routes and timetables would also likely be useful.
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Is there currently any notion of a “Head Mod” / “Top Mod” in Lemmy’s API or data model?
I recently made a feature suggestion post for the Lemmy app Summit, which I personally use.
The idea was a small UI/UX enhancement:
Summit already visually distinguishes roles well:
Community Mods → green
Instance Admins → red
I suggested potentially adding a distinct colour for the Head Mod / Top Mod of a community, for example:
Instance Admin: Red
Head Mod: Yellow
Other Mods: Green
Kind of like a stoplight system (red / yellow / green).
The motivation was to make it easier at a glance to tell who ultimately runs a community, especially in larger mod teams or when reading mod comments in threads.
When I posted this to summit@lemmy.world, idunnololz@lemmy.world (the app’s creator and sole community mod) replied that they don’t think this is currently possible, because there doesn’t appear to be any notion of a “head mod” in the data returned by the API.
So my question for Lemmy devs / maintainers here:
Does Lemmy currently track any concept of a “top mod” or mod hierarchy internally?
If not, is the mod list intentionally flat by design?
Would adding an explicit “community owner” / “head mod” role be technically feasible or aligned with Lemmy’s design philosophy?
Are there federation or governance reasons this hasn’t been modeled?
Not trying to push a specific feature — I’m mostly curious about the architectural and philosophical reasoning behind how moderation roles are represented today.
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Pretty sure the API shows who the community's creator is, I guess you'd also need to check if they're still on the mod team
Edit: looks like your question was already answered in the other post, the list of mods is correctly sorted
Jordan used tech made by the Israeli company Cellebrite to crack phones of civil society (Including Gaza war protesters)
From Protest to Peril: Cellebrite Used Against Jordanian Civil Society - The Citizen Lab
Through a multi-year investigation, we find that the Jordanian security apparatus has deployed forensic extraction products manufactured by Cellebrite against civil society devices.The Citizen Lab
OpenAI might torch $14 billion in 2026, hitting bankruptcy by next year
I've been an AI realist from the start. What can the models actually do? What are the limitations? Ultimately, I think there is a place in the market for them - for people who understand the limitations of them and know when they're spewing BS.
I am not shocked at all that OpenAI (and Microsoft being one of it's largest shareholders) is burning cash and suddenly is realizing it may not be able to make good on it's promises. AI reality vs AI hype. Us actual tech people have known since the beginning this was all hype, now finance people are starting to notice (about time).
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AI PCs aren't selling, and Microsoft's PC partners are scrambling
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AI PCs aren't selling, and Microsoft's PC partners are scrambling
Microsoft has gone all-in with its plans to turn the Windows PC into an AI-powered 'agentic OS.' But at least one PC maker says consumers aren't buying the Copilot hype.Ed Bott (ZDNET)
Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for EU power generation in 2025, report finds | Researchers say event described as ‘major tipping point’ for clean energy in era of destabilised politics
Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for EU power generation in 2025, report finds
Researchers say event described as ‘major tipping point’ for clean energy in era of destabilised politicsAjit Niranjan (The Guardian)
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Huge amounts of extra land needed for RFK Jr’s meat-heavy diet guidelines | Even 25% increase in meat and dairy consumption would require 100m more acres of agricultural land, analysis says
Huge amounts of extra land needed for RFK Jr’s meat-heavy diet guidelines
Even 25% increase in meat and dairy consumption would require 100m more acres of agricultural land, analysis saysOliver Milman (The Guardian)
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Man detained in Minneapolis dies in ICE custody in Texas
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/41943704
ICE says Victor Manuel Diaz died at the tent facility on Jan. 14. The 36-year-old from Nicaragua had been in custody since Jan. 6 when ICE says agents “encountered” him in Minneapolis and determined he was in the country illegally.Archived at web.archive.org/web/2026012112…
Man detained in Minneapolis dies in ICE custody in Texas
A man arrested by immigration officials in Minneapolis died in federal detention in Texas.MPR News Staff (MPR News)
Palestinians Barred From Entering Syria Without Permit Under New Jolani Rules
VIENNA -- The Jolani regime in Damascus has imposed sweeping new entry restrictions on Palestinians, ending decades of open-entry rights. On January 20th, 2026, the Palestinian Embassy in Syria confirmed that Palestinian travel document holders are now barred from entering the country without prior authorization.
Under the new regulations, entry now requires permit approval through the Ministry of Interior and a formal sponsor or a relative already residing in the country.
This policy effectively nullifies Law No. 260, passed in 1956. For 70 years, this landmark legislation made Syria the only Arab nation to grant Palestinians rights equal to those of its own citizens. While Palestinians were denied citizenship to protect their “Right of Return” and prevent permanent displacement, Law 260 ensured they could work, own property, and access state services— rights often denied to them in neighboring countries like Lebanon, where Palestinians are barred from owning property.
Palestinians Barred From Entering Syria Without Permit Under New Jolani Rules
The move dismantles long-standing legal protections that treated Palestinians as equals in Syria.Richard Medhurst (Richard Medhurst’s Newsletter)
Palestinians Barred From Entering Syria Without Permit Under New Jolani Rules
VIENNA -- The Jolani regime in Damascus has imposed sweeping new entry restrictions on Palestinians, ending decades of open-entry rights. On January 20th, 2026, the Palestinian Embassy in Syria confirmed that Palestinian travel document holders are now barred from entering the country without prior authorization.
Under the new regulations, entry now requires permit approval through the Ministry of Interior and a formal sponsor or a relative already residing in the country.
This policy effectively nullifies Law No. 260, passed in 1956. For 70 years, this landmark legislation made Syria the only Arab nation to grant Palestinians rights equal to those of its own citizens. While Palestinians were denied citizenship to protect their “Right of Return” and prevent permanent displacement, Law 260 ensured they could work, own property, and access state services— rights often denied to them in neighboring countries like Lebanon, where Palestinians are barred from owning property.
Palestinians Barred From Entering Syria Without Permit Under New Jolani Rules
The move dismantles long-standing legal protections that treated Palestinians as equals in Syria.Richard Medhurst (Richard Medhurst’s Newsletter)
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Look at these people doing nothing while murdering my family, so wholesome, what a great point they're making
Fucking assholes I hope they all never sleep due to torturous dreams and suffer every day of their lives. Fuckers.
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You can now use Debian without Linux
A Linux alternative? Debian/Hurd shows microkernel Unix dream is alive
: The official GNU microkernel is still breathing – and now it's 64-bitLiam Proven (The Register)
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LibreFind: l’app Android che trova alternative FOSS alle applicazioni proprietarie
LibreFind nasce con un obiettivo molto chiaro: aiutare gli utenti Android a individuare rapidamente quali applicazioni installate non sono libere e quali alternative open source possono sostituirle. L’app il cui repository è pubblicato su GitHub analizza il dispositivo, confronta i pacchetti con un database ospitato su Firebase Firestore e restituisce un elenco ordinato di software proprietario insieme a suggerimenti FOSS pertinenti. L’idea è semplice ma potente, perché permette di avere una panoramica immediata del livello di libertà del proprio telefono e di intervenire con scelte più consapevoli.
Grazie a @digidavidex@mastodon.uno per la segnalazione
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LibreFind: l’app Android che trova alternative FOSS alle applicazioni proprietarie
LibreFind è un progetto Android che identifica le app proprietarie installate sul dispositivo e suggerisce alternative FOSS, basandosi su un database gestito tramite Firebase Firestore.Ferramosca Roberto (Linux Easy)
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What do you think of loss32?
A dream of a Linux distribution where the entire desktop environment is Win32 software running under WINE. A completely free and open-source OS where you can just download .exe files and run them, for the power user who isn't necessarily a Unixhead, or just for someone who thinks this sounds fun.
I like the layout and looks of windows 2000 but I think running actual exe files from the old OS is not viable from security standpoint.
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I wonder if this has any practical benefits over running a Windows OS in a VM...
edit: piping, or easier collaboration between, Win32 and Linux programs could be an example. The creator mentions creative and gaming applications.
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My mom and my wife's mom have computers soon to be out of support. Windows.
They need something stable, but also that does all their normal stuff. I'd love something that updated cleanly like enterprise Linux, but gave them the win7 interface they had for so long (they complain about this one now).
So that's your market. Yeah, a wine box would work well, and Nobara is nearly the winning candidate. But even it requires a lot of finagling for windows people, and I'd love something completely seamless so it's easier to support.
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it does look like ~~reactos~~ windows but better. damn, i wish i had the skills for such a project.
might be good for the potential switchers who need something very similar to windows, old computers that need to brainlessly run win32 software. deshitified windows for those who need it. normies orphaned by win10 who are not ready to learn linux headfirst for any reason. and all open source so you can actually trust your os.
this is what foss enables in spite of purists and copyrighters alike. i like it.
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The obligation to obbey the ~~Copyright of others~~ anything is only for the riff-raff.
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RRF Caserta Notizie. VII Edizione Premio Melagrana al Teatro Don Bosco di Caserta 20 gennaio 2026
AMD China and Micro Center Confirm Ryzen 7 9850X3D Launch on January 28
AMD China and Micro Center have confirmed that the upcoming gaming CPU, the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D, will launch on January 28. Previous rumors had suggested this launch date, and now Micro Center has confirmed it. On AMD China's JD storefront, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D is already listed with a preorder option, requiring an 80 Yuan deposit, although the final price has not been disclosed. This 8-core/16-thread processor is powered by the "Zen 5" microarchitecture, enhanced with 3D V-Cache technology, and offers a speed increase over the current 9800X3D. The chip has a base frequency of 4.70 GHz and a maximum boost frequency of 5.60 GHz. Some samples have even been seen running at a 5.75 GHz boost frequency, indicating that enthusiasts might achieve even higher frequencies under regular home conditions. Our late 2024 review crowned the Ryzen 7 9800X3D as the world's best gaming processor. However, we need to determine how much of a difference the extra 400 MHz out-of-the-box overclock will make in gaming tests so we can draw more conclusions. Until third-party reviews arrive, we will have to wait.
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Japan announces $6 billion in support for Ukraine
Japan will allocate $6 billion to Ukraine for humanitarian and technical support in 2026, according to a statement by Verkhovna Rada Deputy Speaker Olena Kondratyuk on Facebook.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/newsukraine.…
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Alien fan builds a better Raspberry Pi cyberdeck — The MU/TH/UR of all homages to a classic movie series
In space, no one can hear you scream how good this cyberdeck is!
Liza Minnelli uses AI to release first new music in 13 years
Singing legend heralds ‘new tools in service of expression’, on compilation that also features an Art Garfunkel song using AI-generated piano backing
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Cronache di un admin nel Fediverso, 2021 → oggi
Sono nel Fediverso dal 2021.
All’inizio era tutto strano e nuovo, io ero spaesato, tipo esploratore senza bussola in una galassia piena di avatar e federazione.
Sono arrivato nella più grande istanza italiana, lì ho fatto gavetta sul serio, osservavo, studiavo, capivo come ci si muove, mi è servito tantissimo, era un corso accelerato di “vita federata”.
Poi, per una serie di inconvenienti di salute, ho mollato tutto, per poi rientrare in altre due istanze e trovare gestioni diverse, stili diversi, regole diverse, insomma, stesso universo e pianeti completamente differenti.
Tutto bello, a un certo punto ho fatto la scelta inevitabile, farmi la mia istanza, con le mie regole, parlando comunque con tutti, perché il punto non è chiudersi, è federarsi bene.
Nel 2024 nasce snowfan.masto.host, alcuni amici mi seguono, anche lì gavetta da admin, moderazione, manutenzione, ordine nel caos.
Col tempo però mi è iniziato a stare stretto un dettaglio, la parte tecnica era gestita da masto.host, aggiornamenti, backup, variazioni. Per carità, sono bravissimi, ma è come noleggiare un’auto, va benissimo, la guidi, è comoda, però non è tua.
E allora arriva il salto, novembre 2025, nasce snowfan.it.
Questa volta è tutto mio, gestione tecnica mia, non su un semplice VPS ma su una macchina dedicata, un VDS, cioè, non più passeggero, io sono il meccanico, il pilota e quello che tiene l’estintore vicino.
Non è stato facile all’inizio, però avevo molto tempo libero, giocoforza, ho imparato tanto.
Ora gestisco 3 server, 2 VPS e 1 VDS, sopra ci girano Mastodon, Pixelfed, Matrix, SNAC2 e searXNG.
Non mi interessa ingrandirmi, anzi, per me il vero Fediverso è la decentralizzazione più capillare possibile, una miriade di istanze, piccole o medie, non dominabili da un singolo.
Detto questo, eccomi qui, grazie a tutti gli abitanti del Fediverso.
Mastodon
Istanza italiana aperta agli Amici che ne fanno richiesta. -ATTENZIONE- istanza NO-Threads/BlueSkyMastodon hosted on snowfan.it
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La patente a crediti per imprese e lavoratori autonomi
Dal 1º ottobre 2024 è obbligatoria la patente a punti o a crediti per imprese e lavoratori autonomi che operano nei cantieri mobili o temporanei. Sono previste esclusioni per alcuni soggetti.
Chi deve possedere la patente:
* Tutte le imprese e i lavoratori autonomi che svolgono attività lavorativa nei cantieri temporanei o mobili.
Secondo me l'ennesimo balzello ai danni dei lavoratori autonomi e delle piccole imprese. Infatti:
Non sono obbligati:
* Chi effettua solo forniture di materiali o servizi.
* Chi svolge prestazioni di natura intellettuale (es. progettazione, consulenza, ingegneri, geometri ...).
* Le imprese in possesso di attestazione di qualificazione SOA in classifica pari o superiore alla III (cioè le imprese di una certa dimensione, con un certo fatturato).
E questa è bella. Secondo me una plateale discriminazione. Perché? Un fornitore di materiale non può fornire materiale scadente o difettoso che può essere causa di un cedimento strutturale per aver trascurato il controllo di qualità?
Un ingegnere non può sbagliare un calcolo strutturale e provocare il crollo di una costruzione? E chi è lui per essere esentato?
Le piccole imprese e gli artigiani sempre più vessati dalla politica. Gli altri no. Che vergogna! Da queste leggi, secondo me, emerge tutto il degrado della politica e dei legislatori ai quali affidiamo l'amministrazione del paese.
RRF Notizie del 22 01 26. Trump Groenlandia Dazi. L'ONU a pagamento. Sicilia a pezzi dopo il tifone. Sport
Sick of posts telling you enshittification happened to another thing? !deshittification@thebrainbin.org
Stopped poking my head in communities like !technology@lemmy.world because the frequent bad news posts, followed by rightfully upset comments, was depressing and stressful. And it just felt worse that there was so much outrage, but usually not a comment telling you alternative options or small actions you could take to try to resist the enshittification—rage with no productive outlet besides complaints online. So I'm popping my head back in here because I feel it would be useful to post somewhere that tries to give you those things and has a rule against posting bad news with no action we can take to maybe claw back value for ourselves: !deshittification@thebrainbin.org
If you must talk about enshittification, please include how someone could reverse it; otherwise, post it elsewhere
Overall sidebar:
State of affairs for technology seem bad? But what is being done to change it? And what could be done by you so it changes at least for yourself?A community to talk about the reversal of enshittification, be it news, actions that could be done, etc.
A person that sees no solution has no reason to keep going.
Hope others here are heartened by it as I was.
Full disclosure: I don't mod this community or otherwise have power in it. I just post sometimes.
Prigionieri del nostro destino: la solitudine nell’era post-pandemica di Lorenzo Zucchi
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- La Solitudine come Tema Centrale
- La Ferita della Pandemia sui Più Giovani
- Un Ritorno alla Natura
- Un Romanzo di Profondità Psicologica
Titolo: prigionieri del nostro destino
Autore: Lorenzo Zucchi
data di pubblicazione: 25 maggio 2025
casa editrice: Edizioni Underground
numero pagine: 206 pagine
Mauro vive una vita ordinaria a Sesto San Giovanni: una famiglia apparentemente unita, un lavoro da tecnico di elettrodomestici, e un’ossessione per i gialli e i social notturni. Quando il lockdown ferma il mondo, Mauro continua a muoversi tra case e cortili, ma la sua mente deraglia. Il confine tra realtà e fantasia si assottiglia, tra desideri repressi e incontri ambigui con tre giovani donne: Emily, Flora e Christelle ― le sue “Tre Grazie”. Nel silenzio irreale di una città spenta, Mauro perde contatto con tutto, anche con sé stesso. Il ritorno del “cronista dell’invisibile”, con un romanzo nero e psicologico che unisce ironia, malinconia e suspense, per raccontare la solitudine urbana, il desiderio che consuma, e la sottile linea tra ciò che siamo e ciò che potremmo diventare.
Prigionieri del nostro destino: la solitudine nell’era post-pandemica di Lorenzo Zucchi
Prigionieri del nostro destino di Lorenzo Zucchi è un romanzo che esplora le cicatrici lasciate dalla pandemia, immergendoci in una Milano silenziosa e abbandonata, dove l’aria di paura, disagio e solitudine si fa palpabile. Zucchi ci racconta come gli anni della pandemia abbiano cambiato non solo il volto delle città, ma anche le dinamiche familiari e i rapporti interpersonali. Un viaggio emotivo che ci porta a riflettere sul vero significato della solitudine e dell’isolamento, temi tanto universali quanto devastanti.
La Solitudine come Tema Centrale
Nel romanzo, i protagonisti sono Antonella, Mauro, i loro figli e Costantin, un amico di Mauro che funge da supporto durante il difficile periodo della pandemia. La solitudine è il filo conduttore che lega le loro storie. Mauro si perde nel suo lavoro monotono, che diventa un rifugio dal caos esterno ma anche dalla sua vita familiare. Si lascia catturare da sogni giovanili e illusioni, mentre la sua famiglia si allontana sempre più. Antonella, dal canto suo, cerca una fuga, ma la sua ricerca di un sogno nuovo non riesce a colmare il vuoto che sente dentro.
La pandemia ha amplificato questa solitudine, ma la verità è che, per molti, essa era già presente. Non sono solo le pareti delle case a separare le persone, ma anche muri invisibili, spesso creati dai ritmi frenetici della vita quotidiana. In questo contesto, la solitudine non è più solo un’esperienza personale, ma un’emozione collettiva, condivisa da tutti, anche dai più piccoli.
La Ferita della Pandemia sui Più Giovani
Un tema particolarmente forte nel libro riguarda gli effetti devastanti della pandemia sui bambini. La privazione dei contatti sociali, la chiusura delle scuole e il distacco da amici e familiari ha avuto un impatto diretto sul loro sviluppo psicologico e relazionale. Zucchi esplora con delicatezza questo aspetto, mostrando come la pandemia abbia messo in crisi la crescita dei più giovani, non solo sul piano educativo, ma anche su quello emotivo. La solitudine, in un periodo in cui l’interazione sociale è stata drasticamente limitata, ha inflitto cicatrici che potrebbero non rimarginarsi facilmente.
Un Ritorno alla Natura
L’autore mi ha raccontato che Prigionieri del nostro destino è nato proprio durante quegli anni di isolamento forzato. Quello che la pandemia ha reso evidente è stata la necessità di rallentare e riscoprire ciò che davvero conta, come il contatto con la natura. Forse, un aspetto positivo di questa triste parentesi è stato il ritorno alla semplicità e alla bellezza dei piccoli gesti quotidiani, come camminare scalzi sull’erba. Zucchi, che cammina spesso a piedi nudi, racconta come questo semplice atto sia stato per lui una fonte di ispirazione, un modo per riconnettersi a una parte più selvaggia e primitiva di sé. Un messaggio potente: dobbiamo avere il coraggio di scoprire la nostra parte selvaggia e di tornare alle radici di ciò che siamo.
Un Romanzo di Profondità Psicologica
Prigionieri del nostro destino non è solo un romanzo sulla pandemia, ma una riflessione profonda sulla solitudine, sull’importanza dei legami umani e sull’impatto che l’isolamento può avere sulla nostra psiche. La scrittura di Zucchi, densa di emozioni e riflessioni, non si ferma alle prime parole, ma va oltre, spingendo il lettore a confrontarsi con il proprio vissuto e con le proprie paure. È un libro che invita a riflettere sulla nostra condizione esistenziale e ci fa capire quanto sia fondamentale non solo vivere accanto agli altri, ma anche vivere con gli altri, creando connessioni autentiche.
Se c’è qualcosa che possiamo imparare da questo romanzo, è che la solitudine, sebbene amplificata dal Covid, è una condizione che molti di noi portano dentro. La pandemia non ha inventato la solitudine, ma l’ha resa più visibile, più tangibile. Prigionieri del nostro destino ci invita a non rimanere prigionieri di questa solitudine, ma a cercare sempre il contatto, il dialogo, l’amore. Perché solo così possiamo davvero essere liberi.
Solitudine nel romanzo Prigionieri del nostro destino
Scopri come la pandemia ha influito sulla vita di Antonella, Mauro e Constantin in un racconto profondo che racconta Milano nella pandemia.Gloria Donati (Magozine.it)
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X is also launching Bluesky-like starter packs
X is also launching Bluesky-like starter packs
X is rolling out a new feature called “Starterpacks” to all users in the coming weeks, the company’s head of product has announced.Mariella Moon (Engadget)
Dell i7 Laptop Price Guide – Refurbished Dell i7 Laptops from Eazypc
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Anthropic releases new AI Constitution for Claude
Claude's new constitution
A new approach to a foundational document that expresses and shapes who Claude iswww.anthropic.com
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Recommendations for federated CMS alternatives to Wordpress?
Crossposted from kbin.earth/m/fediverse@lemmy.z…
Crossposting to get more input (on the actual issues)
Fedi folks, I turn to you for advice with a bit of a problem. I co-admin an ActivityPub-enabled Wordpress site with 15+ years worth of blog posts and a couple of long podcast series. When WP announced their "vision" to become a CMS for "AI", the collective admin reaction was to get the hell off that boat before it turned to algorithmic shit.[NB — I realise this isn't an anti-"AI" community, but that part is only the starting premise of our situation here. I'm not getting into discussions with slop herders in the comments]
We're a loose network of nerds discussing the speculative genres, including sci-fi. We've seen this movie, we know how it's going to play out. Trouble is, we're not coders. We can assemble the proverbial IKEA flatpak kit and give it a lick of CSS paint, but we can't be trusted to build furniture we'd want to sit in ourselves.
The crunch points for alternatives are
- the ability to migrate an old, multi-user WP site without breaking too many canonical URLs and feeds,
- needing a somewhat familiar backend for most of the non-techie contributors to even post stuff, and
- the federation bit, which is why I post this to !fediverse first. I am aware that setting up an essentially new fedi instance at the same address as a previous one is disencouraged. I'll be glad to hear how or if this can be avoided while preserving profile and post URLs...
So last month I mined the Mastodon hive mind for existing alternatives to WP with fediverse capabilities, and got a selection of qualified responses. I nixed WriteFreely and Plume early on, because while they are perfectly good, federated blog software, my impression is they lean toward a text focused minimalist layout that would be hard to deviate from, where our current site has a bit more pizzazz.
Going through the alternatives listed below, maybe that's a superficial reason to throw some good options out with the bath water. Either way, I'm presenting you with the most frequent, feasible, and/or interesting offers. I've done some surface research and weighed pros and cons for our use case, but I hope there are people out there who can add their experience to the eventual decision:
ClassicPress
This should be a shoo-in, right? It's basically Wordpress with some newer parts torn out (specifically the Gutenberg block editor), but most of the core architecture remains. Including many, many plug-ins. Plus, they're said to have sworn off any "AI" nonsense. Migration would be relatively easy, and with a little bit of luck nobody would even know the difference.Except apparently compatibility with the WP-activityPub plugin broke. So that's out of the window.
Ghost
A lot of recommendations for Ghost! I believe it was originally another Wordpress fork, but was completely rewritten early on? Either way, a few things turn me off Ghost as an potential alternative:
- The insistent "we help you monetize your content" vibe on the project website. That's a personal quibble; our site is just entirely non-commercial for the sake of everybody's well-being. I'm told all of that stuff can be turned off in individual installs, though.
- Ghost's ActivityPub implementation is reportedly not making great progress despite enthusiastic early announcements? If that's not a deal breaker,
- the fact that the Ghost devs are relying on agentic LLMs to code the application is. Just nope.
Backdrop CMS/Drupal
From what I'm told, Drupal is a step up the CMS learning curve from Wordpress, but since they're projects that have coexisted for a long time, there are established and tried migration methods from one to the other.I'm not exactly on top of Drupal's ActivityPub implementation, though. But even if that's in a workable shape, Drupal is trying to pitch itself as "the best AI-powered Open Source CMS in the world". Which, to me, is like saying you only put the sharpest razor blades available in kids' Hallowe'en candy.
One user involved in the Backdrop CMS fork from Drupal 7 made convincing arguments for that over later Drupal versions, so here's hoping they drank the right (ie., federated, not algorithmic) Kool Aid.
Hubzilla
Now, this may be the most exciting but also most challenging alternative. Hubzilla is a fairly advanced, and in some ways mold-breaking Fediverse application. From the same developer who made Friendica and (streams), and, if I understand correctly, based on the same core principles.In contrast to Wordpress and Drupal, Hubzilla declares itself "a CMS which doesn't use LLM / AI". Can't say I don't appreciate that signalling! And of course the whole package revolves around federation. But wait.
The CMS part may be technically correct, but as far as I can tell making Hubzilla present as a plain blog or website requires some advanced stylesheet finagling — and the application only comes with one official, microblog-esque theme. I haven't found any open projects trying to bridge that visual gap, but will appreciate your tips about them if they exist.
For Hubzilla to be a feasible alternative here, we will also need to be able to migrate existing posts, media, users and comments from Wordpress. Preferably in a way that doesn't mess up permalinks too badly. A quick glance at Hubzilla urls indicate that the entire architecture is very different. I assume concepts like "channels" substitute "authors"(?) but I don't know where we are with WP terms like taxonomies.
So there's a challenge, and I'm hoping others have tried (and hopefully succeeded in) that particular migration... or at least have advice to offer.
Bonus: Bonfire
I'm putting this on the table because I expect somebody is going to suggest it in the comments. Like Hubzilla, Bonfire looks really interesting as a Swiss army knife for the Fediverse: You want to make a blog? Take these modules. A community forum? Try these other ones. It's federated first, and it seems to make good headway toward its goals.But there is no official CMS flavour is still in development; we have no idea about migration possibilities, and honestly? The more mature Hubzilla will be a challenge, I'm fairly certain this is a step further out of our comfort zone. This is totally an "us" problem, not a Bonfire one.
So, thoughts? Specifically practical advice on Hubzilla and/or/versus Backdrop, which I think are the most realistic avenues right now. But there may be alternatives I just didn't see even though they're right in front of me.
I'm ready to have my mind changed on WriteFreely, or to hear about something completely new to me. Mostly though, I'm hoping for replies that consider the massive history of posts and comments that we look to import into the next generation of our site.
Thanks in advance!
So, given WP is willing to sell all its users down the river for some quick "AI" buzz, what fedi-enabled alternatives exist for human-centric websites? therepository.email/wordpress-…I know of write.as, plume. They're too ascetic to match the brief. ClassicPress could be an option, provided the WP-ActivityPub add-on works with that.
#wordpress #ActivityPub #CMS #noAI #fediverse
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Retail stores still selling the same overpriced junk since at least 2019 and even pretending it's on sale
(Price is in € EUR)
For context, six months ago I bought a renewed Thinkpad X395 for exactly this price and I got: An actually decent CPU and not something as powerful as a Wii, 16 GB of RAM, 256 GB of actual M.2 SSD, a really nice 1080p Touchscreen, really nice build quality with metal and a nice backlit keyboard.
Heck, even when I bought a cheap laptop in May 2020 it was much better than this and it even was brand new for the same price.
I know this CPU very well, for this price you are getting something that has trouble playing a Youtube video in 1080p at 60 FPS and can't even run the latest version of Minecraft at above 10 FPS.
Now imagine this combined with Windows 11 and only 4 GB of RAM...
No, this is not because of the current hardware crysis, this is pure greed.
But hey, 1 year of Microslop 365 is included!
Don't buy consumer laptops, especially not ones that are this cheap. Buy used business laptops; Dell Latitude, Lenovo ThinkPad, even used HP EliteBooks are better are better value than most stuff you get under 1000€ new.
Even a dual-core Haswell CPU is gonna be better than a Celeron. Plus you'll be able to upgrade storage and RAM.
Intel Core i7-4600M Benchmark
Performance and price comparison graphs for Intel Core i7-4600M @ 2.90GHzwww.cpubenchmark.net
So what happened with Venezuela?
cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/10455030
Is it still sovereign?What about the Maduros?
Who is in charge there and are they kowtowing to the United States, doing a bit of both (their own thing and pacifying the United States), or are they resolutely against USA influence?
Are there still air strikes?
Apps helping boycott US goods gain popularity in Denmark
UdenUSA is currently the fourth most downloaded app in Denmark on the App Store, the American ChatGPT is in fifth place
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Apps helping boycott US goods gain popularity in Denmark
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UdenUSA is currently the fourth most downloaded app in Denmark on the App Store, the American ChatGPT is in fifth placeTASS
Apps helping boycott US goods gain popularity in Denmark
UdenUSA is currently the fourth most downloaded app in Denmark on the App Store, the American ChatGPT is in fifth place
LibreFind: l’app Android che trova alternative FOSS alle applicazioni proprietarie
LibreFind nasce con un obiettivo molto chiaro: aiutare gli utenti Android a individuare rapidamente quali applicazioni installate non sono libere e quali alternative open source possono sostituirle.
L’app analizza il dispositivo, confronta i pacchetti con un database ospitato su Firebase Firestore e restituisce un elenco ordinato di software proprietario insieme a suggerimenti FOSS pertinenti. L’idea è semplice ma potente, perché permette di avere una panoramica immediata del livello di libertà del proprio telefono e di intervenire con scelte più consapevoli.
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GitHub - jksalcedo/librefind: Find FOSS alternatives to Proprietary Android Apps
Find FOSS alternatives to Proprietary Android Apps - jksalcedo/librefindGitHub
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in reply to edinbruh • • •Apparently kde plasma don't have a decent working virtual keyboard for the desktop.
discuss.kde.org/t/kde-wayland-…
At least for now. The new Plasma 6.6 may have fixed that.
KDE Wayland Plasma 6 has absolutely no virtual keyboards for desktop.
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