China’s Grip on an Obscure Rare Earth Metal Threatens the West’s Militaries
China’s Grip on an Obscure Rare Earth Metal Threatens the West’s Militaries
China produces the entire world’s supply of samarium, a rare earth metal that the United States and its allies need to rebuild inventories of fighter jets, missiles and other hardware.Keith Bradsher (The New York Times)
Texas Governor Will Deploy National Guard to Immigration Protests
Texas Governor Will Deploy National Guard to Immigration Protests
Gov. Greg Abbott, a staunch supporter of President Trump’s immigration agenda, is the first governor to call on the National Guard as protests spread to multiple cities.Yan Zhuang (The New York Times)
Tesla customers in France sue over brand becoming 'extreme right'
Around 10 French clients with leases on Teslas are suing the US carmaker, run by Elon Musk, because they consider the vehicles to be "extreme-right" symbols, the law firm representing them said on Wednesday.
Tesla customers in France sue over brand becoming 'extreme right'
Around 10 French clients with leases on Teslas are suing the US carmaker, run by Elon Musk, because they consider the vehicles to be "extreme-right" symbols, the law firm representing them said on Wednesday.RFI
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Ok, this doesn't sound too crazy in context.
They aren't owners, they are suing to be released from their lease contracts because they feel they suffered "direct and concrete" damage from the way Teslas are now associated with "Elon Musk's actions".
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Of course it's not crazy. The CEO went all in on being a fascist piece of shit, and brazenly open drug addiction, which has directly damaged the assets of all of his businesses, their customers assets, and the entire brands.
If, within the next 5 years, Elon isn't billions in debt and destitute, that's how you know we all live in corporate dictatorships masquerading as "democracies".
They feel they suffered "direct and concrete" damage from the way Teslas are now associated with "Elon Musk's actions", the GKA law firm said.They are demanding the Paris commercial court order their lease contracts be terminated and legal costs reimbursed, it said in a statement
As funny as this is I can't see it going anywhere.
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But also, please use deodorant and stop being so rude to American visitors in paris. I get that a lot of us are shitty tourists, but some of us are just regular people who are there for work (and not paid as well as you'd think to be there for that work).
Edit: said France when I meant Paris cause I'm a stupid American ;)
I mean I can relate.
I sold my car at loss because I couldn't abide the fascist shit he was flinging around everywhere.
Despite loving the car itself, I couldn't love myself owning it and being a moving advertisement for him.
I still hate that I gave money to fund a person's decline into being a drug addled, woman hating, Russia supporting, stingy-assed, election rigging, right wing megalomaniac.
Tesla customers in France sue over brand becoming 'extreme right'
Around 10 French clients with leases on Teslas are suing the US carmaker, run by Elon Musk, because they consider the vehicles to be "extreme-right" symbols, the law firm representing them said on Wednesday.
Tesla customers in France sue over brand becoming 'extreme right'
Around 10 French clients with leases on Teslas are suing the US carmaker, run by Elon Musk, because they consider the vehicles to be "extreme-right" symbols, the law firm representing them said on Wednesday.RFI
Speaker Mike Johnson suggests California Governor should be ‘tarred and feathered’
Mike Johnson suggests Gavin Newsom should be ‘tarred and feathered’
House speaker said the California governor is ‘a participant, an accomplice’ in the city’s ongoing civil unrestEdward Helmore (The Guardian)
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"I mean come on... Harharhar. Am I going to chase him down on horseback with my musket? Get real LibErAl MeDiA, it was A jOkE!"
It's like this asshole in Texas years and years ago. He is on stage and says "the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat!" The crowds cheer and then he adds "uhhh... You know the nasty media is going to take that out of context, I mean politically dead."
....yeah yeah. You said what you said and the poeple loved it.
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Here's the problem. He's not technically wrong. Would do the country good for a lot of these feckless turncoats and shameless spineless little shits to experience the consequences of their vile policies.
But if we're tarring Newsom, Mike's also taking a hot oily bath.
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Politicians hide themselves away
they only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor
(For those who don't know: "War Pigs", by Black Sabbath)
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One thing about people without empathy is that they actually literally don't care about people who aren't them, dying. It's even worse when they are also believers in zero-sum theory, since then they also think they are better off when more people die.
It's not that they haven't thought about how many people will die, they are actually looking forward to it, it's the point.
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Molotov was a diplomat (sort of).
And it's better to use an FPV drone with, I dunno, a canister of something good.
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Mike Johnson should be investigated as a pedophile for his interest and sharing of his and his son's porn habits.
At least my call to action has merit. Fuck Mike.
Is addressing anti-Black racism in Canada still a policy priority?
Five years ago, on May 25, 2020, Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd in the United States and set off international protests against anti-Black racism and police violence. This was supposed to be a turning point in the fight against racism. Institutional leaders across Canada pledged to address anti-Black racism. It began with statements of solidarity that morphed into task forces, initiatives and strategic plans which permeated almost every sector and level of government. The federal government has since committed $45 million to an anti-racism strategy, which promises to focus on how anti-Black racism and the unequal treatment of Black people is ingrained in our society. As well, nearly 50 universities and colleges have committed to promoting the academic flourishing of Black students, staff and faculty by signing what’s known as the Scarborough Charter. And yet, as hostility against equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) gains momentum and spreads across Canada — and as a full-blown EDI-backlash is dismantling civil rights throughout the U.S. — Black Canadian scholars are growing increasingly fearful that these minimal commitments are being abandoned. The electoral platform of the Conservative Party of Canada was rife with dog-whistle rhetoric about “ending wokeism” and even though the party ultimately did not form government, the constituency for a return to explicit and continual institutional discrimination is growing by the day. Moreover, the return of Parliament may mean a resumption of hearings in the House of Commons about the criteria for awarding federal funding for research excellence in Canada. The hearings have largely focused on claims by university faculty called as witnesses that the criteria related to research funding for social and natural sciences, humanities, engineering and health are unfair as they seek to address extensive inequities in funding competitions. Multiple witnesses, without concrete evidence, accused recent EDI initiatives meant to support women, racialized minorities and other equity-seeking groups of lowering standards of research. The hearings gave voice to easily debunked, yet often-heard rhetoric pitting diversity and research excellence against each other. These arguments suggest that an emphasis on equity “divert(s) attention” from the quality of projects or equates EDI considerations to a “religion” where being a white man is an original sin. The orientation of the new government towards economic priorities may mean that committees and hearings such as these veer even further away from equity-oriented work.
Is addressing anti-Black racism in Canada still a policy priority?
Black scholars warn that post-2020 equity promises are unraveling as Canada faces an anti-EDI backlash and rising political hostility.ekhoury (Policy Options)
Feddit.cl cumple dos años!
Hoy se cumple el segundo año desde la creación de Feddit.cl 🎉
Pueden ver el mensaje del año acá
La típica estadística de los usuarios que participan en c/chile está un poco difícil este año, ya que un post trajo mucha interacción de otros lados y tenemos 135 usuarios semanales (lo cual claramente se va a desinflar como entre 35-50 que es lo normal de esa comunidad). Eso no quita que el core de usuarios se ha mantenido constante, a pesar del desempeño de la instancia o la falta de nichos.
Que más puedo decir que agradecer a todos los que participan y colaboran con un posteo, un comentario o un cafecito.
Tal vez lo más interesante de este año son las mejoras en la instancia, lo que provocó una mejora en Feddit.cl y con ello ya casi ni se ven los típicos errores 504 que plagaron el primer año de Feddit.cl.
Siento que han estado llegando usuarios más allá de la migración masiva que hubo cuando se creó esto, y eso no deja de ser algo bonito al ver que Feddit.cl va tomando forma propia. Quien sabe como estarán las cosas el año que viene, pero ya vendrá su posteo anual (:
Solo me queda decir: gracias!
Pirate Sites' Takedown Compliance Beats YouTube, Facebook, TikTok
When platforms like Facebook and YouTube receive takedown notices from a reputable sender, Japan's CODA for example, the vast majority of requests are usually honored. Yet, the responses from obvious pirate sites and more legally ambiguous platforms couldn't be more varied. Some refuse to act, period. Others have compliance rates higher than Facebook, YouTube, or TikTok.
Pirate Sites' Takedown Compliance Beats YouTube, Facebook, TikTok * TorrentFreak
Many pirate sites ignore rightsholders' takedown notices. Yet surprisingly, some have better compliance rates than Facebook and YouTube.Andy Maxwell (TF Publishing)
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Which Video Game was most influential on you as a child, and why?
I saw this Lemmy post, but a huge list of games with no discussion isn't very interesting! Let's talk about why the games that influenced us had such a big impact - how they affected us as people.
For me, it was the PC game Creatures. It's a life simulation game featuring cute little beings called 'Norns' which you raise and teach.
You can almost think of it like a much cuter predecessor to The Sims, but which claimed to actually "simulate" their brains.
As a thirteen-year-old it was the first game that made me want to go online and seek out more info. What I discovered was a community of similar-interest nerds hanging out on IRC chat, and it felt like for the first time in my life I had "found my people" - others who weren't just friends, but whom I really resonated with.
I learned web development (PHP at the time!) so I could make a site for the game, which became the foundation for my job in software engineering.
And through that group I also discovered the Furry community, which was a wild ride in itself.
So yeah, Creatures. Without that game, I think I'd have become quite a different person.
Creatures: The Albian Years on Steam
Explore the enchanting world of Albia and discover the amazing virtual lifeforms called Norns. The Norns in Creatures display real feelings from hunger and pain to frustration and fear.store.steampowered.com
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I think Warcraft III, it built a certain mixture of gameplay and lore that one way of another shaped all the games I regrettably sunk way too many hours into:
- World of Warcraft
- League of Legends
- Dota
I would say Shufflepack which made me into a kid that wanted to played videogames all the time, but I feel that has not "influenced" me much, and any other title would have had the same effect.
###Default contacts account
Android users lose some contacts when they switch to a different device. To reduce the loss of contacts, Android 16 introduces the concept of a default account for contacts. To support this feature, your Contacts app should:Promote cloud sync options to prevent loss of contacts over time
Ask users if they want to move their local and SIM contacts to cloud default accounts
Discourage creation of new local and SIM contacts
Da heck, what do they mean we lose some contacts when migrating?
###Desktop windowing
Desktop windowing enables greater productivity by providing a familiar interface to arrange and resize overlapping windows. See Support multi-window for information on how to support desktop windowing.
Sounds like tablets become more desktop like, like iPads?
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired | Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new contentEric Holthaus (The Guardian)
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All the trump people in my life believe climate change now lmfaooo
just in time for the evidence to disappear!
Why Rooftop Solar Could Crash Under the Republican Tax-Cut Bill
Why Rooftop Solar Could Crash Under the Republican Tax-Cut Bill
Federal tax breaks have fueled a boom. The House bill would end that immediately.Brad Plumer (The New York Times)
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Its an odd time right now for residential solar in the USA right now.
On the down sides:
- Tariffs are hitting equipment manufacturers for certain components coming from outside the USA
- Interest rates are moderately high for customers having to borrow to make the purchase
- Large solar install companies continue to fall. Sunnova is the most recent to announce bankruptcy making long term installer warranties risky
- On the battery front, Tesla is one of the best/cheapest solar battery solution makers, and they are politically toxic right now
On the upside:
- The 30% tax credits are still in place at least until the end of 2025
- Electricity rates have continued to increase, meaning solar would be more beneficial
If you can pay cash and you own your own home, going solar is most likely going to be beneficial for you. If you have to borrow or have heavy tree cover on your property it becomes more questionable. I have been very happy I put panels on my house and am benefiting from it.
Meta is under investigation for a privacy violation called localhost tracking.
“Localhost tracking” explained. It could cost Meta 32 billion.
You just can't finish off Zuckerberg.Jorge García Herrero (Zero Party Data)
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You’re not affected if (and only if)
- You access Facebook and Instagram via the web, without having the apps installed on your phone
- You browse on desktop computers or use iOS (iPhones)
- You always used the Brave browser or the DuckDuckGo search engine on mobile
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ChatGPT "Absolutely Wrecked" at Chess by Atari 2600 Console From 1977
ChatGPT "Absolutely Wrecked" at Chess by Atari 2600 Console From 1977
Despite all its advances, ChatGPT still, seemingly, is less smart than an Atari simulator on beginner mode.Noor Al-Sibai (Futurism)
Poll suggests half of Canadians believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
Poll suggests half of Canadians believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
OTTAWA — A new poll suggests that nearly half of Canadians believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza almost two years after the current conflict began.Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press (Coast Reporter)
Irish pro-Palestine activist set to be deported from Israel
Irish pro-Palestine activist set to be deported from Israel
Máire ní Mhurchú, also known as 'D' Murphy (70), is to return to her home in Swansea, WalesHannah McCarthy (The Irish Times)
Did China just win over Taiwan without firing a single shot?
Did China just win over Taiwan without firing a single shot?
How recent espionage revelations, naval breakthroughs, and collapsing confidence in US support suggest Beijing has mastered winning without fightingArnaud Bertrand
1.5TB of James Webb Space Telescope data dumped on the internet — new searchable database is the largest window into our universe to date
1.5TB of James Webb Space Telescope data dumped on the internet — new searchable database is the largest window into our universe to date
New imagery encompassing nearly 800,000 galaxies.Mark Tyson (Tom's Hardware)
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Gov. Greg Abbott to deploy Texas National Guard in anticipation of protests
Gov. Greg Abbott to deploy Texas National Guard in anticipation of protests
"Texas will not tolerate the lawlessness we have seen in Los Angeles, " Gov. Greg Abbott said ahead of planned protests this week in Texas, including one in San Antonio.Tristan Maglunog and Kevin Shalvey (ABC13 Houston)
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Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
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Seriously?? What the actual fvck. Red governors are going to usher in civil war.
I imagine Trump ate this up.
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They have just been biding their time.
It’s easy to see why we couldn’t abolish slavery by legislation. The hate runs deep and the greed is plentiful.
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we couldn’t abolish slavery by legislation
Wasn't that what the 13th amendment about?
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That goes beyond the legislative outlawing slavery. A big cause belli for the war was insurrectionist abolitionists (John Brown, most notably) threatening the possibility of a national slave revolt. Also, slave trafficking in northern states, as the courts dismantled all the regulation against interstate traffic. New York, for instance, was the largest slave trading city in the US on the eve of the civil war.
The Southern response was to impose material law on the north, through the Fugitive Slave Act and then the armed rebellion.
This was long before any legislation was under consideration. Hell, it was before Lincoln had even taken office.
The question, in 1860, was not whether to outlaw slavery nationally. It was whether anti-slavery laws could be enforced anywhere, even regionally.
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These guys have been craving for another civil war since ~~Trump’s first term.~~ the last one. FTFY. 😀
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The reason I'm so frustrated with the left is because I wish you were right. But fucking hell I've seen it too many times. I've had this exact discussion every other time. The left are fucking performative and have not conviction. These protests are just to go get their "protest passport" stamped and go home then bitch about things until the next one.
Meanwhile it's an opportunity for the authorities to go fishing. Police training isn't what it is to be. They have protests down to a science. Plus they will be able to fight for bigger budgets.
I'm not saying protests shouldn't happen. I am saying North American protests needs to something more than just showing up to get heads kicked in and make performative acts. Like it honestly seems like they biggest advances in how to protest came from other countries like China or Egypt. I don't know. I'm just fucking done with it all. I'm telling you in a couple weeks none of this will matter.
Let’s check back in on July 4. He’s got 28,000+/- more “criminals” to round up and deport.
I don’t think I’d label the Civil Rights movement or BLM protests as performative, though.
"Peaceful protests are part of the fabric of our nation, ..."
You know what else is part of the fabric of our nation? Violent protests. You know who's usually on the side of starting those? The State.
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New BrowserVenom malware being distributed via fake DeepSeek phishing website
Toxic trend: Another malware threat targets DeepSeek
Kaspersky GReAT experts discovered a new malicious implant: BrowserVenom. It enables a proxy in browsers like Chrome and Mozilla and spreads through a DeepSeek-mimicking phishing website.Lisandro Ubiedo (Kaspersky)
New BrowserVenom malware being distributed via fake DeepSeek phishing website
Toxic trend: Another malware threat targets DeepSeek
Kaspersky GReAT experts discovered a new malicious implant: BrowserVenom. It enables a proxy in browsers like Chrome and Mozilla and spreads through a DeepSeek-mimicking phishing website.Lisandro Ubiedo (Kaspersky)
Marxism for Newbies: Dialectical Materialism - Dash the Internet Marxist - Medium
“Dialectical Materialism” is the term often used to describe the Marxist worldview — how things work in the universe, according to Marx. The fancy name, and large German words often lead people to…Dash the Internet Marxist (Medium)
It isn’t a short read
I'm convinced that this is why Americans don't know
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From my comment a few days ago:
Dialectical Materialism is both Dialectical and Materialist, hence the name. Materialism puts matter as primary, not ideas as distinct from material reality. An Idealist would, for example, say that ideas are generated independently, and it is through ideas that humans shape the world around them. Materialists assert that it is actually material conditions which create ideas, so the ideas of, say, a king are going to be different from those of a serf given their different experiences.Hegel was an Idealist dialectician. For him, the advancement of humanity was in the “Spirit,” greater or lesser developed societies coincided with differences in development of this grand and universal Spirit. It is through every human acting in their own interests that the Spirit is advanced, people are pulled by their interests and pushed by their passions, and the fulfillment of this Spirit is what drives the course of history. This is dialectical in that contradictions inevitably resolve and sublimate thier premises into new concepts, thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.
Marx was not satisfied with this. Whenever Hegel returned to economics, he became closer to the truth; human history is driven by economic development, not by some grand “Spirit” that humanity is advancing. Marx accepted the Dialectics advanced by Hegel, but on Materialist grounds. This shows, for example, in the theory of Class Struggle, where all forms of production beyond tribal societies have been driven by conflicting classes that each advance their own interests.
The practicality in Dialectical Materialism is that it analyzes concepts in motion, as well as as they appear and disappear. Feudalism could not have lasted forever, as accumulation grew, new classes, the Bourgeoisie and Proletariat, emerged from Feudalism and overtook it. There are no “pure” or “static” systems, everything exists in motion and in context. This is why Marxists say history progresses in spirals, as contradictions play out, there is a quantiative change, so each time this mutually reinforcing antagonistic relationship plays out, it builds up until a large amount of quantitative additions leads to a qualitative change, ie accumulation beget money as Capital, which beget production of Surplus Value, which beget Surplus Value transformed into more Capital, which beget the rise of Capitalism, accelerated by the invention of the Steam Engine, itself a product of all that came before it and laid the foundations for all that came after.
Marxism sees history as a course of endless spirals, it’s a cycle of circles that repeats itself but does so with increasingly changing inputs. As Capitalism continues, disparity rises, the bourgeoisie shrinks in number relative to the proletariat, and the Proletariat becomes further advanced in political thought and more aware of this obscene disparity. This Class Struggle sharpens until it results in Revolution. Marx advanced Socialism not by trying to create a perfect idea in his head and create it in reality like Saint-Simon, Robert Owen, etc, but by learning and mastering the laws of development so that Humanity can apply the laws of Social Science and Political Economy in its own interests just like Humanity does with Biology for Medical use, or Chemistry for materials sciences, or Physics for Engineering.
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Dialectics is a very old element of philosophy surrounding, at its simplest, the notion of two conflicting subjects resolving their contradictions into a higher, third subject. Thesis, antithesis, synthesis. Marxism uses Dialectics, specifically Materialist Dialectics, as the basic framework of analysis. Marx didn't invent dialectics, though, and neither did Hegel, the philosopher Marx built off of. Dialectics was common even in Plato's time, as much of philosophy was presented as a debate, a dialogue, a dialectic between two opposing points of view. Dialectics isn't exclusively western, either, though Marx was educated on Western dialectics and thus is most relevant in our case here.
The practical aspects come from insistence on the unity of opposites, such as bourgeois and proletarian, feudal lord and serf, but could just as easily be the seed negating itself into the tree, into the apple, into the seed of the next tree, not quite the same as the external conditions are never the same. It also analyzes subjects as they can only exist in the context of their surroundings, and as subjects come into being and un-being. Contradiction, in Dialectics, becomes the source of motion and change, and is inwardly driven.
There's also the concept of the negation of the negation. This process is a spiral, not a circle, each new concept further introduces and resolves with its own contradictions.
I wrote more about the subject here, though I really recommend Georges Politzer's Elementary Principles of Philosophy for a clear and straightforward introduction to Dialectical Materialism.
Canada’s F-35 fighter jets purchase will cost nearly 50% more than disclosed, A-G finds
Canada’s F-35 fighter jets purchase will cost nearly 50% more than disclosed, A-G finds
Project faces risks that could jeopardize timely introduction of a new fleetSteven Chase (The Globe and Mail)
Menstrual tracking app data is a ‘gold mine’ for advertisers that risks women’s safety
Cambridge researchers urge public health bodies like the NHS to provide trustworthy, research-driven alternatives to platforms driven by profit.Women deserve better than to have their menstrual tracking data treated as consumer data - Prof Gina Neff
Smartphone apps that track menstrual cycles are a “gold mine” for consumer profiling, collecting information on everything from exercise, diet and medication to sexual preferences, hormone levels and contraception use.
This is according to a new report from the University of Cambridge’s Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, which argues that the financial worth of this data is “vastly underestimated” by users who supply profit-driven companies with highly intimate details in a market lacking in regulation.
The report’s authors caution that cycle tracking app (CTA) data in the wrong hands could result in risks to job prospects, workplace monitoring, health insurance discrimination and cyberstalking – and limit access to abortion.
They call for better governance of the booming ‘femtech’ industry to protect users when their data is sold at scale, arguing that apps must provide clear consent options rather than all-or-nothing data collection, and urge public health bodies to launch alternatives to commercial CTAs.
The High Stakes of Tracking Menstruation
In this report we map the existing and future harms of tracking menstrual cycles by Femtech companies and suggest ways to mitigate the risks to individuals and society.MCTD Cambridge (mctd.ac.uk)
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For christ sake, is there no open source option for such a simple task?
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2 people here could point to drip within 15 minutes of my post, and a third to the fact there are options on F-droid. So why the fuck don't women just use that?
Well i guess the ones with harmful advertising have better graphics or somemeting. Or the fact they allow advertising makes them more visible on google play. And you probably can't even get drip on iPhones.
There is!
It's called drip and is a project started by a berlin-based feminist collective iirc.
Free, open-source, local data only
drip. menstrual cycle and fertility tracking | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Open-source, non-commercial and leaves your data on your phone.f-droid.org
Periodical | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Menstrual/period calendarf-droid.org
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People don't give a shit, and prefer to stay uninformed. Maybe more Darwin awards are necessary?
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Maybe that was out of line, but I'm just so fucking tired of people who choose to be ignorant.
Everybody’s a bad ass talking about Darwin awards when that’s something they understand, but suddenly you will expect sympathy when it’s something you don’t. Maybe try havinga little more empathy for the people of the world who are not as aware of how bad privacy has gotten. Believe it or not, we are of a minority perspective. A very small one at that.
I’m more inclined to believe it’s partially a failure on our part to educate people, but mostly the issue is that it’s not a fair fight. You are expecting the average person to successfully overcome the resources and influence of sometimes decades old, billion dollar, multinational companies and governments. But I guess it’s a lot easier to just call everybody who doesn’t take this as seriously as we do a dumbass. Certainly allowed you to wipe your hands of it and act smug that’s for sure.
Not knowing how to install F Droid/to look for open source projects for sensitive data is not the same as voting for Trump or supporting Russia over Ukraine. The latter are taking bad information/prejudices and acting on them. The other people simply are not aware of the issue, or how serious of an issue personal privacy has become more broadly. Comparing them to MAGA and calling them stupid is not going to help them.
I bet if I looked at your smart phone or computer I would see plenty of services you use that compromise your privacy. Should I call you an ignorant hypocrite and berate you as well?
I bet if I looked at your smart phone or computer I would see plenty of services you use that compromise your privacy.
I bet you won't.
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This is about advertising, and I have zero advertising on both my phone and desktop computer.
But thanks for downvoting my response based on actual knowledge of my own systems. While up-voting an idiotic completely unsubstantiated claim.
People here a weird sometimes!?
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To be honest, the backing up is not trivial for most.
Even for me, while the technical aspect is no problem, the mental burden of thinking to do the backup and then the few minutes it takes to do the backup. Not a problem for a local only FOSS app but its quite a task to keep track of 10+ apps with different backup/export options, backup-passwords and so on.
I use a ToDo-App with recurring tasks but still
Drip looks to be available on Google Play, App Store and F-Droid.
It probably has a lot to do with informing people.
tiny teams with limited resources.
If the apps work as intended, it doesn't really matter.
I get what you’re trying to say, but this is basically just roundabout victim blaming. Women shouldn’t have to worry about whether or not someone is going to weaponize data on their menstrual cycle against them. Yes it is good to lock your door at night, but ultimately you don’t blame somebody for getting robbed just because they didn't lock it. You blame the thief.
Not everybody is as aware of privacy issues as the rest of us. We have to help them, not berate them.
I'm just so fucking tired of how ignorant people choose to be.
So why the fuck don’t women just use that?
They probably don't know about it. If I search "period tracker" on Google Play, Drip is in about 40th place in the results. That's several screens down, past a bunch of search suggestions, and the parts where it's open source, on-device, and optionally encrypted aren't clear until I tap on it and read the description.
And you probably can’t even get drip on iPhones.
There's some irony in a comment dealing with people making decisions that are against their interests because they're insufficiently informed speculating incorrectly about something like this when it's easy to check. Drip is, in fact available for iPhone.
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I'm not sure what the best answer to that is. I don't think it's forcing Google to improve its search results.
I want it to be the average person gaining a baseline level of computer and media literacy such that they seek out and find apps that cannot send sensitive data to third parties without the user's clear intent, but I don't think we'll ever get there.
It is improving search result, with filters. Ads, tracking, data deletion possibility, in-app purchases, license, etc...
At least some of these are already tracked.
erm, I do use Drip actually. i have used it for over a year now as I didn't want trackers knowing my cycle.
women do use drip. we just don't advertise it, usually.
i have also recommended it to friends who were looking for a more simple app than these google play store ones.
i'd like to point out that it shouldn't be on women (or anyone) to be on constant guard against attacks on their privacy.
yes, it is the state of the world, but the attitude of your comment is victim blaming.
let's not forget that while we on Lemmy may be aware of the danger of mass surveillance tech, we're not the majority.
snowden told us years ago how fucked everything is, and surveillance has only grown since then. let's not forget that it is not normal that corpo data-mining is the norm (along with included de-facto warrantless surveillance). Even though we all should be better, nobody should have to be as careful as we are.
hell, let's be real. As long as we use a smartphone, we're not being careful enough either.
But still walking alone into a dark alley at night in a questionable neighborhood is not the smartest thing if you don't want to be assaulted.
if you don’t want to be assaulted.
you don't have to apologize, that's not my point. in fact i want you to quietly think about how what you said before, and just now might be wrong til it hits home for you.
i know it seems like im baiting an answer. its the net, arguing is fun, nothing's stopping you from replying, but I'm being straight with you. stop victim blaming. you're not stupid, im not saying you are. *please, stop. it only helps the oppressor, and we're all getting stomped by that boot.
i want you to know im not tryina bust your chops specifically. sure, i picked your comment to reply to, but it's nothing personal.
I'm also speaking broadly to the room, reminding everybody what we already know; that how we look at pervasive surveillance n how we got to live under it is absolutely broken.
I happen to be a penis owner.
So what would happen if I were to install and use such a monthly tracker app and pretend I've been having regular monthlies for a while, then suddenly I miss a couple periods, then suddenly start having periods again?
Would the cops come beating my door down claiming I had an abortion? 🤔
Fuck this dystopian mass surveillance shit!
I actually own 2 penises, I keep the spare in a jar in case of an emergency.
/s 😂🤣
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Thank you for the public service announcement, I had no idea this was such a common issue. I should probably keep some emergency testicles around as well..
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Would the cops come beating my door down claiming I had an abortion? 🤔
I don't think that has happened starting from a period tracking app yet. There was a case involving an unencrypted messaging app used to discuss a criminalized abortion.
I keep track of my wife's period.
I use mensinator on fdroid made by two woman.
github.com/EmmaTellblom/Mensin…
She didn't do it, so I had to.
GitHub - EmmaTellblom/Mensinator: Privacy focused period tracking!
Privacy focused period tracking! Contribute to EmmaTellblom/Mensinator development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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Not everyone uses Android devices.
Edit: do you people not understand context? The person I replied to specifically mentioned F-Droid, which is ANDROID ONLY.
Well on iOS there’s the Apple health app. To my knowledge it stores health data locally. I’ll double check now.
Edit: it does store health data in iCloud by default, but according to Apple its end to end encrypted
By default, iCloud automatically keeps your Health app data, including health records, up to date across your devices. To disable this feature, open iCloud settings and turn off Health. iCloud protects your health records data by encrypting it both in storage and during transmission. If you're using iOS 12 or later and have turned on two-factor authentication for your Apple Account, health records are encrypted using end-to-end encryption through iCloud. This means only you can access this information, and only on devices where you’re signed in to iCloud. No one else, not even Apple, can access end-to-end encrypted information.
Not surprising, 'open source' is a deliberately ambiguous term, engineered to derailed libre software. First, clear up your own understanding, before telling others. Use simple words like control, scam and abuse. See this example. lemmy.world/post/21620691
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A link and only one link, so (1) they see it's an app, not some random word or typo, (2) they can download it without searching, and (3) they don't have multiple choice–they don't need to do any thinking or research. Remove everything stopping them.anti-libre software.
Never say privacy, they've heard it all before (from you, no doubt). Say something different.We do NOT control it.
Make it simple and direct. Think of the most retarded person you know and break it down in a way they would understand. Think about every angle it could be misunderstood.It withholds
Libre software is normal, default. Anti-libre software is cringe, weird, dangerous. Act like it. Also, humans care less about getting and more about losing stuff.libre software license text file
Show them what to check for, for themselves, easily, obvious. Later, show them how to spread these ideas. Then, show them how to show others how to spread these ideas, make more of you.GPL
A keyword for them to web search for more, with better results than more complex terms like AGPL or misleading terms like 'open source'.Don't waste a word.
Lastly, make yourself someone everyone wants to talk to.
Do people need an app for taking notes? Or a calendar?
Sure, I used to do it on paper for many years. But it's much more convenient to track it on my phone, which I have almost always with me. That way I can check whether I'm likely to be bleeding heavily before making plans with my friends to go swimming that day or on a long hike without access to a toilet.
Also many women don't just track the blood flow but also other data like temperature, cervix and cervical mucus. This helps calculate the most fertile days. It's much easier to let an app do that.
Drip, the app mentioned several times in this thread, let's you encrypt the locally stored database with a password you have to enter every time you open the app. How is that not safer than a random piece of paper?
It's so exhausting that this thread is full of men telling women what they should and shouldn't do while having very little knowledge about the topic.
I get that. It shouldn't be necessary to do research just to be sure it's safe. I apologise for my aggressive tone. It must be really scary and exhausting to live somewhere like that. My country is still holding up but seems to be sliding slowly in that direction too.
So do whatever makes you stay safe and feel safe.
it can be tracked safely with an app that only stores local data.
I'm not sure what you're scared of.
Convenience wins out 99% of the time. Why carry a pen/paper when one can use the same device they already carry around? Hell, I don't even use pen/paper anymore because my phone handles all that for me.
That said, I did set up some infrastructure at home that I use to store as much of my private data as possible.
absolutely. you can also go back to sending hand written mail instead of using email or messaging apps too, but this is 2025 and software exists to help keep track of this.
also apps exist that store local data only.
I legitimately have an idea for an app that solves this problem. Its key feature, besides being open source, would be that people without uteruses could use it too, making any data conceivably collected useless.
I don’t have the skills to make it myself (yet), but if any developer wants to talk I’ll give the idea away. I just want it to be made.
App would be open source, all data local. Perhaps the option to sync to encrypted iCloud or Android equivalent, but certainly not a cloud-based option you need a new login for. All the features currently in these kinds of apps and that make them useful for menstruating people. Now replace “period” with “hair cut”. Non-menstruating people can now use it, earnestly, for tracking when their last hair cut was, making it useful and the data (if it were to be collected somehow) just noise.
I even have a name in mind: “hair.cuts” (heavy emphasis on the period in the name.) Idea is that anyone with it on their device has plausible deniability that they are using it for period tracking, but the “period” in the name is an implicit wink so we all know what it’s really being used for.
GitHub - EmmaTellblom/Mensinator: Privacy focused period tracking!
Privacy focused period tracking! Contribute to EmmaTellblom/Mensinator development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
I don't disagree with that, but the point here was freedom from advertisers and general data privacy, not data portability.
But there is an "export all data" feature in health, though.
Yes, probably someone would like to, but they can't.
I don't know anything about health app in particular, but they posted some cool methods for finding highlight photos in your library using what they call "differential privacy" on their research blog.
machinelearning.apple.com/rese…
Learning Iconic Scenes with Differential Privacy
In this article, we share how we apply differential privacy (DP) to learn about the kinds of photos people take at frequently visited…Apple Machine Learning Research
never shared with anyone.
Anti-libre software, Apple Health, bans us from proving this and worse, bans us from fixing it. We do not control it. 🚩 Others here have already given a solution.
Getting an app like drip, libre software, is not 'extremism'. lmao
drip/LICENSE at master · jfr3000/drip
MIRRORED from https://gitlab.com/bloodyhealth/drip | an open-source, symptothermal cycle tracking app - jfr3000/dripGitHub
Periodical.
Local storage only, f-droid.
Apple already fixed it years ago when they released iOS 12.
Backing up health records dataYou can use iCloud to store your Health data, including health records, using end-to-end encryption (requires iOS 12 or later and two-factor authentication). Health and health records data is also included in local iTunes backups, if you’ve configured your iTunes backups to be encrypted.
support.apple.com/en-us/111755
Can you name a phone that has open source basebands that has a FLOSS license attached to it? Surely if you're arguing against apple, you are not using a phone that has proprietary blobs in the firmware.
About the privacy and security of your health records - Apple Support
Learn how Apple protects your privacy when you use Health Records to download your data from your healthcare organizations.Apple Support
Wrong, as shown above, Apple Health fails to include a libre software license text file. We do not control it, anti-libre software.
'Open source' misses the point of libre software.
It doesn't move at all. If your hardware is compromised, then it doesn't matter what apps or software you run, right? Its not under your control.
So which phone has libre baseband firmware?
She also doesn’t know
You have failed to tell her. Shows how little you're doing to fix this.
Libre software is not perfect. Fake privacy is bad.
Exacty, Drip features tracking for temperature, cervical mucus, the cervix, sex (solo or partner), desire, pain, and mood, along with spotting and your bleeding levels. It's not just about "when will I have my period?" Additionally I love Drip because of the heads-up notif I get from them 3 days before my predicted period date. Also ut's nice to have a computer calculate when my period will be and shows me if any were a little off or earlier than expected.
Plus since it's encrypted and local, law enforcement would have to crack that to find my period data. I could totally imagine law enforcement coming up with a bullshit warrant and breaking into someone's home, and finding a calendar or notebook marked with their period data and being tried for it.
The same could be said of to-do lists, right? But I still like having an app with a checklist, because my phone is always with me and a piece of paper is not.
When I did have periods (thank god for testosterone), I had a really difficult time keeping track of them and they were often very irregular. The app I used helped me pick up patterns and would warn me when I needed to be prepped. My dysphoria cope was pretending that they didn’t happen ever, so it was helpful to have that occasional “hey, pack some pads today” as a notification without constantly checking a calendar.
How you can manage your data in Clue
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Yes of course but it's marketing data.
Marketing data. We need it for marketing to people so they can spend money.
Don't you understand! Marketing data!!!
It's not nefarious! We just wanna send you the right ads when your hormones are in flux and you're vulnerable!
Also we promise we definitely will hand over your menstrual data the second your GOP Governor requests it. /s
If we're gonna be going full cyberpunk I'd better see a lot more fuckin neon over the next few years.
Menstrual tracking app data is a ‘gold mine’ for advertisers that risks women’s safety
Cambridge researchers urge public health bodies like the NHS to provide trustworthy, research-driven alternatives to platforms driven by profit.Women deserve better than to have their menstrual tracking data treated as consumer data - Prof Gina Neff
Smartphone apps that track menstrual cycles are a “gold mine” for consumer profiling, collecting information on everything from exercise, diet and medication to sexual preferences, hormone levels and contraception use.
This is according to a new report from the University of Cambridge’s Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, which argues that the financial worth of this data is “vastly underestimated” by users who supply profit-driven companies with highly intimate details in a market lacking in regulation.
The report’s authors caution that cycle tracking app (CTA) data in the wrong hands could result in risks to job prospects, workplace monitoring, health insurance discrimination and cyberstalking – and limit access to abortion.
They call for better governance of the booming ‘femtech’ industry to protect users when their data is sold at scale, arguing that apps must provide clear consent options rather than all-or-nothing data collection, and urge public health bodies to launch alternatives to commercial CTAs.
The High Stakes of Tracking Menstruation
In this report we map the existing and future harms of tracking menstrual cycles by Femtech companies and suggest ways to mitigate the risks to individuals and society.MCTD Cambridge (mctd.ac.uk)
How To: Organize a Neighborhood Popular Assembly
A guide from the Black Rose Anarchist Federation about how to organize a popular assembly.This is a basic guide on how and why to build structures for decision making and collective action at the neighborhood level, what we call popular assemblies. We emphasize the need for popular assemblies to be rooted in a defined geographic area and aimed at organizing the people who live, work, or stay there to develop the power to confront social problems together.
This guide draws directly on knowledge and experience of past experiments in building apopular assemblies.
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Minnesota’s Labor Movement is Demanding an End to ICE Raids
On Monday, union members and leaders gathered at over 30 actions across the United States, calling for the release of SEIU California president David Huerta and an end to workplace raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). On Friday last week, federal agents detained Huerta, allegedly injuring him in the process, as he was observing an immigration raid on a garment warehouse outside of Los Angeles. Huerta was released on Monday evening after the solidarity actions and many unions including SEIU and the AFL-CIO published statements, but he still faces federal charges of conspiracy for allegedly obstructing federal agents.In Saint Paul, Minn., more than one hundred people from multiple unions and community groups joined thousands across the U.S. in these actions. They gathered on the steps at the state capitol to demand Huerta’s release and an end to ICE raids on workers and immigrant communities.
Minnesota’s Labor Movement is Demanding an End to ICE Raids - Workday Magazine
From Lake Street to Los Angeles, union leaders, organizers, and members have been on the front lines of resistance against Trump’s mass deportation agenda.Amie Stager (Workday Magazine)
LA police begin 'mass arrests' as mayor imposes overnight curfew on city's downtown
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"One square mile (2.5 square kilometers) of the city's more-than-500 square mile area were set to be off-limits between 8pm and 6am for everyone apart from residents, journalists and emergency services, she added.". . .
"Police arrested 25 people on suspicion of violating the curfew as of Tuesday evening, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing an LAPD spokesperson.
The number of arrests was likely to rise as law enforcement worked to remove the remaining protesters from the area, the newspaper said."
. . .
"Overnight Monday 23 businesses were looted, police said, adding that more than 500 people had been arrested over recent days."
LA police begin 'mass arrests' as mayor imposes overnight curfew on city's downtown
Los Angeles police said "mass arrests" were underway as people gathered on downtown streets after an overnight curfew went into effect following days of protests against immigration enforcement raids.FRANCE 24
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Rough sleeping to be decriminalised after 200 years
Rough sleeping to be decriminalised after 200 years
The Government has confirmed it will repeal the outdated Vagrancy Act 1824 by Spring next year, to ensure rough sleeping is no longer a criminal offence.Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (GOV.UK)
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Fair enough. Need to make space for all the disabled people Kier has sent to the streets.
[In all honesty this decriminalisation is a good thing but this government is still terrible]
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