9950x3d cache optimizations on Linux?
I'm considering getting a 9950x3D on either Monday or Tuesday at a Micro Center as a upgrade to my current setup. My main question is, how is the experience with the 9950x3D on Linux with strange architecture with half of the cores having extra L3 cache and the other half with a normal amount of L3 cache.
I have been busy working and suddenly there's been a promotion for the 9950x3D that I want to take advantage of since my motherboard on my current system has been deteriorating as of late. Asrock x570 Extreme4 with a 3700x. USB has been very flaky and I've been dual boating and the other SSD slot is on the chipset. Which makes my windows boot incredibly slow.
I plan to stay on Arch Linux or hop over to CachyOS but want to know what are your thoughts on this as well?
I primarily game but occasionally do some video/audio encoding, video editing and want to build ffmpeg-full from the aur but takes too long on my 3700X.
I've only been able to read/watch three mediums level1tech, and two Phoronix articles, but haven't mental capacity to register and remember everything.
I watched the Ryzen 9950x3D? On Linux video by Level1tech. And one of the things he mentions is gamemode. Is it recommended.
As for the Phoronix articles one is the review of the 9950x3D and the other is the cache optimization driver.
By default for the Ryzen 9 9950X3D it was using the "frequency" preference as default. But if writing "cache" to /sys/bus/platform/drivers/amd_x3d_vcache/AMDI0101:00/amd_x3d_mode it will prefer using the CCD with the larger cache. This cache vs. frequency bias can all be easily manipulated at run-time for those interested.
Is there some sort of automation for this? Or, do I have to do it manually for each program? I've never messed with kernel parameters other than for my Nvidia GPU to get Wayland to work.
I'm sorry that this question feels very unorganized. I just don't have time to write a proper one. I'll be able to reply on my next break.
Thank you for your help.
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If it helps, I wrote a KDE widget to switch between the modes: github.com/Steve-Tech/KDE-AMD-…
My understanding is amd_x3d_mode basically prioritises what cores the scheduler will assign tasks to.
I usually keep it on cache since I do a lot of code compilation, but I will usually switch it to frequency for gaming and stuff.
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keep it on cache since I do a lot of code compilation, but I will usually switch it to frequency for gaming and stuff.
Isn't gaming the most cache-heavy CPU workload there is? The X3D CPUs have consistently topped gaming benchmarks, even outperforming much more modern CPUs that lack 3D cache.
I'd sooner do it the other way around: frequency for compiling, rendering, transcoding, etc. Cache for gaming!
Advice on migrating from Ubuntu server to another server OS
Hi all. I'm currently running a home server using Ubuntu OS, but I'd like to try and explore other options for operating systems to better my skills with linux/unix.
Currently I'm considering switching to Fedora server (though feedback is welcome) because I've been running it as my daily OS for a few months now and I quite like it. I'm also looking at Debian server because that's what my old professor used and he did nothing but speak its praises.
Only issue is I'm concerned about data loss from moving the installation. Currently, the server is setup to run several Docker images running my programs. While moving over the images shouldn't be difficult whatsoever, I'm afraid my storage setup might not be so easy. Currently, it's two 4TB hard drives running in a logical volume. I'd love to simply be able to move over all the files to a backup drive, but I don't have anywhere I can store >5TB of files as a backup.
I googled around, but I couldn't find too many guides on migrating logical volumes. The one or two I did find were most definitely written for someone with far more linux knowledge than I have as a relative noob, so any advice would be extremely welcome!
If you want to use it as a server, Fedora is annoying because the support lifetimes are so short.
If you want the Fedora / Red Hat experience, consider Alma Linux. Skills wise, it is like using Res Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) which is an in-demand skill set.
For a server os, do things like consider stability and ease of upgrading between major versions.
Debian does both of those things extremely well.
If you're playing around with changing distros and your data is valuable, I'd try and find somewhere to back it up to, myself.
Channel 4 to show Gaza war crimes documentary rejected by BBC
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/32467220
By Elis Gjevori
Published date: 28 June 2025 21:08 BST"Channel 4 will broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, a documentary laying out damning allegations that Israeli forces systematically targeted Gaza's hospitals and medical staff throughout their military campaign—allegations which would amount to grave breaches of international law.
"This is a meticulously reported and important film examining evidence which supports allegations of grave breaches of international law by Israeli forces," said L. Compton, Channel 4's Head of News and Current Affairs. "It exemplifies Channel 4's commitment to brave and fearless journalism," she added.
Channel 4 to show Gaza war crimes documentary rejected by BBC
By Elis Gjevori
Published date: 28 June 2025 21:08 BST"Channel 4 will broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, a documentary laying out damning allegations that Israeli forces systematically targeted Gaza's hospitals and medical staff throughout their military campaign—allegations which would amount to grave breaches of international law.
"This is a meticulously reported and important film examining evidence which supports allegations of grave breaches of international law by Israeli forces," said L. Compton, Channel 4's Head of News and Current Affairs. "It exemplifies Channel 4's commitment to brave and fearless journalism," she added.
Channel 4 to show Gaza war crimes documentary rejected by BBC
Channel 4 will broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, a documentary laying out damning allegations that Israeli forces systematically targeted Gaza's hospitals and medical staff throughout their military campaign—allegations which would amount to grav…Elis Gjevori (Middle East Eye)
Channel 4 to show Gaza war crimes documentary rejected by BBC
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/32467220
By Elis Gjevori
Published date: 28 June 2025 21:08 BST"Channel 4 will broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, a documentary laying out damning allegations that Israeli forces systematically targeted Gaza's hospitals and medical staff throughout their military campaign—allegations which would amount to grave breaches of international law.
"This is a meticulously reported and important film examining evidence which supports allegations of grave breaches of international law by Israeli forces," said L. Compton, Channel 4's Head of News and Current Affairs. "It exemplifies Channel 4's commitment to brave and fearless journalism," she added.
Channel 4 to show Gaza war crimes documentary rejected by BBC
By Elis Gjevori
Published date: 28 June 2025 21:08 BST"Channel 4 will broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, a documentary laying out damning allegations that Israeli forces systematically targeted Gaza's hospitals and medical staff throughout their military campaign—allegations which would amount to grave breaches of international law.
"This is a meticulously reported and important film examining evidence which supports allegations of grave breaches of international law by Israeli forces," said L. Compton, Channel 4's Head of News and Current Affairs. "It exemplifies Channel 4's commitment to brave and fearless journalism," she added.
Channel 4 to show Gaza war crimes documentary rejected by BBC
Channel 4 will broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, a documentary laying out damning allegations that Israeli forces systematically targeted Gaza's hospitals and medical staff throughout their military campaign—allegations which would amount to grav…Elis Gjevori (Middle East Eye)
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Channel 4 to show Gaza war crimes documentary rejected by BBC
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/32467220
By Elis Gjevori
Published date: 28 June 2025 21:08 BST"Channel 4 will broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, a documentary laying out damning allegations that Israeli forces systematically targeted Gaza's hospitals and medical staff throughout their military campaign—allegations which would amount to grave breaches of international law.
"This is a meticulously reported and important film examining evidence which supports allegations of grave breaches of international law by Israeli forces," said L. Compton, Channel 4's Head of News and Current Affairs. "It exemplifies Channel 4's commitment to brave and fearless journalism," she added.
Channel 4 to show Gaza war crimes documentary rejected by BBC
By Elis Gjevori
Published date: 28 June 2025 21:08 BST"Channel 4 will broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, a documentary laying out damning allegations that Israeli forces systematically targeted Gaza's hospitals and medical staff throughout their military campaign—allegations which would amount to grave breaches of international law.
"This is a meticulously reported and important film examining evidence which supports allegations of grave breaches of international law by Israeli forces," said L. Compton, Channel 4's Head of News and Current Affairs. "It exemplifies Channel 4's commitment to brave and fearless journalism," she added.
Channel 4 to show Gaza war crimes documentary rejected by BBC
Channel 4 will broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, a documentary laying out damning allegations that Israeli forces systematically targeted Gaza's hospitals and medical staff throughout their military campaign—allegations which would amount to grav…Elis Gjevori (Middle East Eye)
Israeli Soldiers Killed at Least 410 People at Food Aid Sites in Gaza This Month
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/32465391
Sanya Mansoor
June 27 2025, 10:05 a.m"For months, environmental researcher Yaakov Garb has been using satellite data to analyze the design, location, and expansion of these facilities. Garb, a professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, found in an analysis published earlier this month on Harvard Dataverse that most of Gaza’s population cannot access these centers in a safe and practical way. Doing so requires crossing the dangerous Netzarim Corridor, entering a buffer zone from which Israel has banned them from entering, or a long walk across a barren rubble field, while carrying a heavy box of food."
Israeli Soldiers Killed at Least 410 People at Food Aid Sites in Gaza This Month
Sanya Mansoor
June 27 2025, 10:05 a.m"For months, environmental researcher Yaakov Garb has been using satellite data to analyze the design, location, and expansion of these facilities. Garb, a professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, found in an analysis published earlier this month on Harvard Dataverse that most of Gaza’s population cannot access these centers in a safe and practical way. Doing so requires crossing the dangerous Netzarim Corridor, entering a buffer zone from which Israel has banned them from entering, or a long walk across a barren rubble field, while carrying a heavy box of food."
Israeli Soldiers Killed at Least 410 People at Food Aid Sites in Gaza This Month
The U.S.-backed system for food aid in Gaza is a “tactical intervention in humanitarian wrapping,” per an Israeli professor.Sanya Mansoor (The Intercept)
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Israeli Soldiers Killed at Least 410 People at Food Aid Sites in Gaza This Month
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/32465391
Sanya Mansoor
June 27 2025, 10:05 a.m"For months, environmental researcher Yaakov Garb has been using satellite data to analyze the design, location, and expansion of these facilities. Garb, a professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, found in an analysis published earlier this month on Harvard Dataverse that most of Gaza’s population cannot access these centers in a safe and practical way. Doing so requires crossing the dangerous Netzarim Corridor, entering a buffer zone from which Israel has banned them from entering, or a long walk across a barren rubble field, while carrying a heavy box of food."
Israeli Soldiers Killed at Least 410 People at Food Aid Sites in Gaza This Month
Sanya Mansoor
June 27 2025, 10:05 a.m"For months, environmental researcher Yaakov Garb has been using satellite data to analyze the design, location, and expansion of these facilities. Garb, a professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, found in an analysis published earlier this month on Harvard Dataverse that most of Gaza’s population cannot access these centers in a safe and practical way. Doing so requires crossing the dangerous Netzarim Corridor, entering a buffer zone from which Israel has banned them from entering, or a long walk across a barren rubble field, while carrying a heavy box of food."
Israeli Soldiers Killed at Least 410 People at Food Aid Sites in Gaza This Month
The U.S.-backed system for food aid in Gaza is a “tactical intervention in humanitarian wrapping,” per an Israeli professor.Sanya Mansoor (The Intercept)
Has anyone had success putting ProtonVPN or any other VPN aside from MullvadVPN on Bazzite?
log into multiple google account in thunderbird
log into multiple google account in thunderbird
What information I might leak to google server if I issue log into multiple google account in thunderbird? ip of course but what else might be collected? It would be really great if someone could clarify whether the information below will be send to google when using their email service even through Thunderbird
- device name
- device model
- ...
My main concern is that google will be able to know that I have logged into the same device with different accounts.
In addition, I plan to use VPN when using one google account but not the others. This can be achieved through profiling, but is there an option that I can simply manage all the accounts in one app but without my ip address being collected by several specific email service provider corresponding to several specific email?
thanks a lot!
The big issue is its very easy to leak information that ties all three of your accounts together effectively doxxing yourself to google.
For example one way is to hash your phones non hardware identifiers and then correlate any accounts that have this same hash.
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thanks a lot
though I'm having trouble understanding what exact information will thunderbird leak to email service provider.
Does this mean thunderbird will send (Examples of the global OS configuration available to apps are time zone, network country code and other similar global settings.) to any email service provider that is logged in on thunderbird?
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Israel Suffered Extensive Damage [ex-CIA analyst Larry C. Johnson]
Despite the arduous efforts of Israeli censors to hide the devastation Iran inflicted on Israel with its barrage of ballistic missiles during the 12-Day War, information is emerging that destroys the myth that Israel had an impregnable air defense. The map at the head of this article reveals the sites targeted by Iran. Based on the videos of strikes in Haifa and Tel Aviv, I think this map accurately portrays the massive scale of the Iranian attack. For the first time in its history, Israel took a major beating.
Western media enabling Gaza genocide and rewriting history, say experts
At a panel hosted by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) in London on Saturday, experts accused mainstream Western media of contributing to the denial and distortion of atrocities unfolding in Gaza.
Omar al-Ghazzi, Associate Professor of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics, called the trend “a war on history.” He warned that the use of media narratives as future historical sources could shape how upcoming generations understand the events in Gaza.
The panel also pointed to specific language patterns in coverage. Hanif noted that the term “massacre” appeared 18 times more often when referring to Hamas attacks than to Israeli attacks on Palestinians. He said this imbalance reflected a wider rhetorical bias and an uncritical acceptance of Israeli government claims—particularly those targeting local journalists in Gaza.
British-Israeli journalist Rachel Shabi said Israel has consistently framed its ban on international reporters entering Gaza as a safety measure, while accusing Palestinian journalists of links to Hamas. She criticised international media outlets for accepting these narratives without challenge. Historian Avi Shlaim described Israel’s media strategy as an aggressive propaganda campaign designed to suppress criticism by labelling opponents as antisemitic.
Western media enabling Gaza genocide and rewriting history, say experts
As Israel’s war on Gaza intensifies and expands across the Middle East, media analysts and human rights advocates are raising concerns over the lack of international accountability and the role of western news outlets in shaping public perception of …MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
Like how Hamas always had hostages and the IDF only had prisoners but they were functionally the same and treatment of IDF prisoners included torture and rape.
The article says it's because of aggressive propaganda campaign from Israel. Some also say because of western islamophobia. Maybe financial interests?
The IDF tortured and rapes Palestinian hostages including children. No evidence of Hamas doing this kind of stuff.
Let's not compare Hamas to the literaI IDF.
Western media enabling Gaza genocide and rewriting history, say experts
At a panel hosted by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) in London on Saturday, experts accused mainstream Western media of contributing to the denial and distortion of atrocities unfolding in Gaza.
Omar al-Ghazzi, Associate Professor of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics, called the trend “a war on history.” He warned that the use of media narratives as future historical sources could shape how upcoming generations understand the events in Gaza.
The panel also pointed to specific language patterns in coverage. Hanif noted that the term “massacre” appeared 18 times more often when referring to Hamas attacks than to Israeli attacks on Palestinians. He said this imbalance reflected a wider rhetorical bias and an uncritical acceptance of Israeli government claims—particularly those targeting local journalists in Gaza.
British-Israeli journalist Rachel Shabi said Israel has consistently framed its ban on international reporters entering Gaza as a safety measure, while accusing Palestinian journalists of links to Hamas. She criticised international media outlets for accepting these narratives without challenge. Historian Avi Shlaim described Israel’s media strategy as an aggressive propaganda campaign designed to suppress criticism by labelling opponents as antisemitic.
Western media enabling Gaza genocide and rewriting history, say experts
As Israel’s war on Gaza intensifies and expands across the Middle East, media analysts and human rights advocates are raising concerns over the lack of international accountability and the role of western news outlets in shaping public perception of …MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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Mitigating the "7 Deadly Fediverse UX Sins"
This article is a response to Tim Chambers' recent writeup, titled The Seven Deadly UX Sins of the Fediverse Web Experience (To Fix). It's a pretty great read, and I'm writing this not as a rebuttal, but to analyze and expand on the points made.
This is a musing on 7 problems that have been pointed out, with some ideas on what progress has been made to fix them.
Mitigating the "7 Deadly Fediverse UX Sins"
Quick Note: This article is a response to Tim Chambers' recent writeup, titled The Seven Deadly UX Sins of the Fediverse Web Experience (To Fix). It's a pretty great read, and I'm writing this not as a rebuttal, but to analyze and expand on the points made.Preface
I sometimes say this too much, and maybe it's a bad habit, but: I've been on the Fediverse in some meaningful capacity since 2008. That's 17 years. A lot has changed and evolved over time, and it's amazing to see the network carrying about 12.5 million accounts (of the ones that could be accounted for). It often feels as though we're just on the cusp of mass adoption, if we could just fix enough usability problems.Some of these issues can be fixed through iterative design. However, I think some problems go much deeper than what they appear to be on the surface. I want to go through some of Tim's observations, and adjust the context to account for root causes and possible solutions. To be clear: I think some of Tim's criticisms are actually more specific to Mastodon itself, but I think we can extrapolate some larger patterns from what's being said.
Sin #1: The First-Move Problem
The Sin of Overwhelming Complexity: Instance Selection ParalysisImagine the moment you decide to join the Fediverse. You’re feeling a tad noble. Brave. Ready to reclaim your digital life from Big Tech’s clutches. Then… boom. You’re confronted with a cryptic list of servers, each with a name that sounds like a cross between a startup pitch and a medieval tavern.
I made this a while back, and love finding excuses to post it.
This is one of the biggest problems with the Fediverse today. While I wholeheartedly believe that having a diverse network of different servers and platforms to choose from is a good thing, the process of picking one server and finding your friends is incredibly rocky. You basically have to learn how to navigate several key parts of the Fediverse before ever connecting with friends on another server.To make matters worse, there's a lot of unknown elements regarding any server you might potentially join:
- Some communities outright block one another.
- Some servers are poorly moderated, or not moderated at all.
- A lot of servers struggle to make enough user donations every month to cover operational costs.
- Often, server discovery requires you to first go to a given platform's website, then read a directory, then pick your options based on what's available.
This can create a lot of friction, even in the best of circumstances.
My Proposal
This is something that I don't think can be solved by one simple UX fix. However, I think it could be supported with better infrastructure across instances. In fact, it's possible that we're approaching onboarding and migrating at the wrong level.First: Identity, Content, Connections
What if, instead of simply making a person choose a server, we first focused on setting up an identity and porting over content and connections from other networks? I find myself regularly thinking about Bounce by A New Social, which already kind of sets some groundwork to make this possible.What if we built a utility that could import your profile and posts into your new Fediverse profile automatically, before you even bothered to sign up on a Fediverse server?
Don't get too excited, this isn't a real product. (Yet)
Basically, this utility would almost act as a "pre-identity", acting as a conduit where all of your social data could be hooked in prior to creating your Fediverse account. From here, you could pick and choose what to pull over. Do you want everything you've ever posted on Facebook? Great. Would you rather filter it down to stuff that has the most replies and interactions? No problem.The importer could be customized for each platform, which could also help recommend what Fediverse platform a user might choose.
From here, we could do some interesting things with providing recommendations. Maybe we could include a survey portion, or even parse a bunch of likes from the import to make a recommendation on what kind of community they should join.I'm not totally happy with this design, but this is the general idea. Service picks for the user, while allowing them to manually override it.
Second: Joining with Friends, Discovery, and Sync
I have a couple of ideas about this, but don't currently have the energy to make full mockups. Firstly, I believe we could really ramp up the momentum of user migrations if people could join together at the same time. There are a myriad of considerations to make, but here's how I think it could work.
- Joining With Friends: Through their social connections in the app, users could easily invite their friends to join them. The invite wouldn't put those friends on the Fediverse yet, but they could all get accounts on the SocialImport app to get set up. Maybe a threshold would be set where the actual migration action only happens after a threshold has been set? One careful consideration to make: check server blocks, and do some logic to make sure they all end up on servers that don't block each other.
- Discovery: It might be possible to do friend discovery in the background, by containing some kind of reference to other connected accounts. Oh, you have a Facebook integration, and 12 of your friends also used it with this tool? Cool, here's their details, which are only available to mutuals. You'll automatically connect when you do the final move action.
- Sync: Maybe you're the first-mover, and your friends haven't moved over yet. No problem! Keep the connection with the SocialImport tool alive, and your friends will automatically find you over time. A sync utility could also help with the import of very large data archives, by gradually pulling bits and pieces in over time instead of importing everything all at once.
Sin #2: Navigation Inconsistency
The Sin of Inconsistent Navigation: Timeline TurmoilYou’re finally ready to explore your new digital neighborhood. And then—bam. Three timelines. Not one. Not two. Three. Home, Local, Federated—each more enigmatic than the last. The Fediverse’s multiple timelines are a beautiful idea in theory, but in practice?
Yeah, that's...one way to use the Social Web, I guess.
To be fair, this one is more of a Mastodon criticism specifically, and it's kind of a vestige of some of the platform's earlier design decisions. The Federated timeline was actually kind of useful in the days where the network was a lot smaller, and Local is great on small servers, but the relevance of each is questionable at best these days.The main problem here is that most people are really interested in their Home timeline. It's nice to leave the Local timeline available to people as an option, but Federated is next to useless these days.
My Proposal
Rethink the Home timeline to give people powerful ways to sort and filter their feeds. Yeah, 90% of the time I'm mostly just using a reverse-chronological feed to scroll through statuses made by my friends, but being able to do everything from one timeline interface is really ideal.The "Open Social Web" custom timeline in Bluesky
Bluesky is already innovating in this area a lot with custom feeds and search, but more can be done. Some of this is being experimented with on the Fediverse right now, with projects like Channel.org and FediAlgo exploring different ways to make this work. My point is that we don't necessarily need more timelines, we need better ones.Sin #3: Remote Interaction Hell
The Sin of Remote Interaction Purgatory: Federation GymnasticsOne of the Fediverse’s great promises is universal interaction—no matter which server someone calls home, you can still follow them, reply, boost, interact. In theory? Utopian. In practice—for web users—it’s an absolute effing mystery.
Look, this is a blind spot for a lot of long-time Fediverse users, myself included. If you've been on the network for more than a few years, you've gotten used to the mechanism of throwing a URL into the Search form to pull in remote statuses and profiles to interact with them.This is so much better than what Mastodon used to provide for us. It used to just tell you to copy and paste text.
It's not a bad workaround for pulling in stuff your server doesn't know about, but it's not always reliable. Worse, it's become the main way a lot of us deal with remote interaction. The solution Mastodon uses now, depicted above, is miles better than what we used to have. However, it's notable that Mastodon's own improved solution typically only works with Mastodon.My Proposal
The biggest shortcoming here is a lack of standardization. We really need to come up with some standard mechanisms. There's a few efforts worth mentioning, because I believe they are partial solutions: MagicAuth, and Activity Intents.How MagicAuth Works
MagicAuth is one of the standout features of the Hubzilla project, and it's basically been around forever. In a nutshell, it's a novel approach where credentials are handled in a browser cookie to determine access.I'm visiting a friend's page on a different server. The page checks my home server from a cookie, signs me in from my remote credentials, and I can interact with the page as if we were on the same site.
When you visit a page on a remote server, Hubzilla has a way to use MagicAuth to determine who you are, and provide access accordingly. It works seamlessly, and lets you see and interact with elements on the page as though you're actually logged in. MagicAuth is an incredible concept, and could potentially solve a lot of problems.How Activity Intents Work
Activity Intents are a concept spearheaded by the Emissary project, and it works in a slightly different way. Instead of handling stuff through cookies in a browser session, Activity Intents allow you to connect an account to a given page through an OAuth connection, and almost use it as a very-limited client for sending activities back to your server.
When I click "Like" on a Bandwagon track, the above interface pops up to ask me which account I want to use for this interaction. I can use the Bandwagon account I already have, or I can use my main social account to do that instead.You can almost think of Activity Intents to be a Web equivalent to the Share interface on iOS or Android, except that you can plug your own social platform and services into it instead.
Sin #4: Private Mentions Aren't Really DM's
The Sin of DM Disasters Waiting to HappenAnd yet here we are - as on most Fediverse platforms, “Direct Messages” live right alongside public posts in the same composer, the same timeline view, sometimes even with mostly the same visual styling. You can toggle visibility to “Direct”… but will you notice you didn’t? Will you check? Will the UI save you? Spoiler: It will not.
It's no secret that Private Mentions on Mastodon kind of suck. The main problem is that they're a half-measure solution that combines Direct Messages with private posts, and certain unexpected behaviors are inherited.A private mention in Akkoma, which works the exact same way that Mastodon does.
In a Twitter-style Direct Message, mentions only act as a shorthand for linking to a person's profile. If you're talking to Alice and mention @[url=https://diaspodon.fr/users/bob]bob[/url] in a DM, Bob isn't going to receive any kind of notification that he was mentioned.In Mastodon-style Private Mentions, Bob would get included into the conversation the moment he got mentioned. This mix of expectations on how a feature should work is pretty horrible.
My Proposal
Stop calling them Private Mentions, and instead call them what they are: private statuses. Build in real support for private Direct Messages where message-addressing is done outside of the post body, and just replace any Private Mention part of the interface with matching DM functionality.Sin #5: The Phantom Social Graph
The Sin of Ghost Conversations and Phantom Follower CountsFederation is the Fediverse’s secret sauce—and as implemented, its spectral curse. What should be lively, multi-user conversations often arrive with limbs missing. Replies that clearly should be there are gone. Half the participants never materialize. You’re reading a thread and suddenly think: Wait… who is this person even talking to?
This is a tough one. Part of the way conversations on the Fediverse works is that your own server fills in only the parts it knows about to the conversation tree. It's possible to change your server's behavior on how deep in the conversation it ought to pull statuses, but it's an inefficient approach at best.My Proposal
Mastodon has been working on an improvement where it's possible to fetch all replies in a conversation tree. It's disabled by default, presumably because of the side effects of trying to pull in dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of replies from a public conversation.I actually have mixed feelings on this. I'm all for improved methods for filling out missing bits of the social graph. My fear is that this might effectively DDOS many instances, as people attempt to fill out extremely large conversation trees from thousands of different places. Yeah, your beefy server might be able to handle this, but what about every server that's getting these requests over and over?
I think a partial solution for this may be to leverage some kind of distributed cache, where multiple servers can pitch in to help fill out the details for whoever is doing the fetching. That being said, that could be a huge can of worms.
Sin #6: The Discovery Problem
The Sin of Invisible Discovery: The Content MirageSo what you get instead is discovery by divine accident: No algorithmic curation. No fediverse-wide trending topics. No “here’s what’s buzzing. Just you and The Void. So new users end up wandering along, stumbling across interesting people and conversations only by sheer luck. It’s charming - but only in a 19th-century explorer way.
I've written about this problem before, and yeah, it's rough. I think it's relatively easy to discover interesting posts from people across the network, but the more complex the media is, the more muddled discovery efforts become. Building small, intentional communities helps work around the signal-to-noise problem somewhat, but it's not a real solution for discovery itself.My Proposal
Mastodon has been doing some interesting work with Fediverse Discovery Providers, but there aren't a lot of useful public details that describe how they're supposed to work, or what they even do in a practical sense.I think there's two components needed to solve this problem: federated relays for boosting content, and custom feeds that can be used to filter these relay streams enough to make sense of them. I think relays can be extremely useful for projecting one part of a network across a wider portion of the rest of the network. If we could make the process of subscribing to a relay easier for instances across different platforms, this might help.
Sin #7:
The Sin of User Discovery HellSearch is one thing. But finding people to follow—especially if you’re new—is where the UX - beyond just search - really starts to melt down. User discovery in the Fediverse is so decentralized, it’s basically unusable. No global directory. No “you might like.” No obvious trails to follow. Just vibes. And maybe a dusty wiki from 2022.
I'm of the mindset that sins #6 and #7 are one and the same, just in different capacities. What's interesting is that the Friendica family tree of platforms has had a shared universal directory concept for ages now. Separate instances can opt-in to bridging their directories with one another, which actually helps improve user discovery between those that choose to share.My Proposal
I think a combination of discovery providers, user directories, custom feeds, and a configurable timeline could go a long way towards solving this problem. If we include the SocialImport idea, we might actually have a lot of good methods to help people find their friends and stuff they're interested in.In Conclusion
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It actually took me so long to write this that I missed Tim's follow-up, where he also proposes a path to redemption for most of these problems. It should be interesting to see how our lines of thinking match up!This ended up being a really long blog post that took me nearly a month to write, due to real-life obligations and much-needed time to think about things. I wrote this response, not because I want to invoke gloom and doom, but because I think a lot of this stuff is actually solvable. It's just that producing viable solutions requires a lot of cross-project collaboration, and also getting buy-in from the largest projects in the space, such as Mastodon.
With the Fediverse, nothing is ever perfect. However, we should never settle for less-than-good. If we can work together to overcome our biggest obstacles, it makes our network that much more viable as an alternative for millions of people in the future.
PeerTube's Content Wasteland
In 2018, a platform was launched to build an open, decentralized web for videos. In 2021, the network is still struggling to grow.Sean Tilley (deadsuperhero)
Amazon delivery van erupts in flames in Arlington
Amazon delivery van erupts in flames in Arlington
An Amazon delivery vehicle was fully engulfed in flames on Sunday in Arlington, Virginia.Jessica James (WJLA)
The Millionaire Exodus Myth
About 11,000 news pieces were published around the world in 2024 by some of the most read and most watched news outlets claiming that droves of millionaires were fleeing countries in record numbers. This was a huge exodus, we were told, with economic consequences, and the root of it all was supposedly taxes on the super-rich. But here’s what all this media reporting left out, these record numbers of millionaires leaving represented just 0.2% of all millionaires. In other words, almost 100% of millionaires did not move to another country, yet somehow this was spun a full 180 into an exodus. So where does this story come from? Well, it’s based on a report published by a firm called Henley and Partners, which helps sell golden passports to the super rich. Golden passports were just ruled to be unlawful by the European Court of Justice, thanks to a challenge by the European Commission, which said golden passports impose a serious risk of corruption, money laundering, tax evasion. Our review of the Henley and Partners report shows that there were several issues with the report’s methodology, its sample and its reporting. But what the media reported and what governments listened to was a fiction, based on questionable data published by a firm that helps the super-rich buy their way out of rules that apply to everybody else. Scare stories like these are used to block the positive change people want.
The Millionaire Exodus Myth | naked capitalism
Millionaires are not fleeing countries to escape taxes.Conor Gallagher (naked capitalism)
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lemm.ee has shut down for good
lemm.ee has shut down at 00:14 UTC.
unfortunately I realized too late that I have had hundreds of saved links to posts and comments from there, so I did not have enough time to save them, but anyways it is interesting that maybe a third of the post links I could try were dead. I think linkrot is happening much faster here than on reddit, even if just counting deleted posts.
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The content isn't gone.
It's still retained by the various instances that lemm.ee federated with, and entering the url of a lemm.ee post on those instances should still let you find their local copies if they have it.
yeah but it turns out a lot of my lemm.ee links are not actually to content that's originating from there, but lemm.ee-view links for which if I search, there's no result.
Fortunately I also have the title and image permanently loaded for these links, so I can find them with some manual work
Google faces EU antitrust complaint over AI Overviews
Google faces EU antitrust complaint over AI Overviews | TechCrunch
A group known as the Independent Publishers Alliance has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission over Google’s AI Overviews, accordingAnthony Ha (TechCrunch)
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Life360 Secretly Sells Users’ Geolocation Data to Third Parties, Class Action Claims
This is a bit dated, but the case it not yet resolved. If you search it its still pending and in mediation. Life360 is looking to limit who it sells the info to in order to resolve the case. There is no debate that they were selling the info.
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Life360 Secretly Sells Users’ Geolocation Data to Third Parties, Class Action Claims
A class action alleges family tracking app Life360 secretly sells data about users’ locations and movements to third parties.Kelly Mehorter (ClassAction.org)
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[Promoting] Homebox v0.20.0 Released
Homebox v0.20.0 released!
Homebox is proud to announce the release of version v0.20.0!
But first, what is Homebox?
Homebox is the inventory and organization system built for the Home User! With a focus on simplicity and ease of use. Homebox is the perfect solution for your home inventory, organization, and management needs.
About the update
We have officially released v0.20.0 and at the same time are making progress towards v1 (stable). This release covers a range of new features and bug fixes, including:
- Fix untranslated strings
- Printable label improvements
- Move passwords to use Argon2ID
- UI improvements
- Add page title for label and location pages
- Thumbnails
- Fixes for our VS Devcontainer
- ... And much more!
You can see a full list of changes here: Changelog
What about V1..?
Great news! We're making some solid progress towards a v1 release, and have documented our roadmap update here: Homebox v1 Roadmap: Update
Important Note
If you have a custom data path specified for attachments please read the updated documentation to ensure that attachments still work.
Follow the Homebox journey
- On Discord: discord.homebox.software/
- On the web: homebox.software/
- On Github: git.homebox.software/
- Demo: demo.homebox.software/
Translate Homebox: translate.sysadminsmedia.com/
Homebox v1 Roadmap: Update
This is a blog post to outline some changes we're making to the v1 Roadmap, as well as highlighting some of the things from the original we've already completed.Matthew Kilgore (SysAdmins Journal)
Socialism != Communism
Socialism advocates for collective or government ownership of key industries to reduce inequality, while communism seeks a classless, stateless society with communal ownership of all property.
Kinda? Socialism is a transitional status towards communism. Socialism is largely categorized as a system where public property is the principle aspect, ie large firms and key industries, rather than private. Communism is when socialism has developed to the point where all production has become centralized, and collectively owned, thereby eliminating class and the modern conception of a state.
They are disinct in that they have functional differences, but are the same in that they are largely the same concept but at different historical stages.
New VPN Service Can't Log Users by Design - TorrentFreak
New VPN Service Can't Log Users by Design * TorrentFreak
VP.net promises 'cryptographically verifiable privacy' by using Intel SGX enclaves, so even the provider can't track what its users do.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
How to undo Firefox changes to the titlebar controls buttons?
Firefox seemingly very recently shipped their own titlebar controls buttons, which worsens even further the lackluster OS integration. In the screenshot you see my regular control buttons on the window to the left (default KDE Plasma theme) and the new custom buttons Firefox is serving now.
Would anyone know how to undo that change in about:config or anywhere else?
1967099 - firefox nightly using custom titlebar buttons irrespective of widget.gtk.non-native-titlebar-buttons.enabled value
RESOLVED (nobody) in Core - Widget: Gtk. Last updated 2025-06-25.bugzilla.mozilla.org
Leaked Chats Show Pro-Israel Extremist Group Betar Organizing Street Confrontations
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/32450606
Murtaza Hussain and talia jane
Jun 29, 2025"Far-right activists, including members of Betar—a pro-Israel extremist group known for racist violence—have been running a constellation of WhatsApp group chats to plan counterprotests against pro-Palestine demonstrations and commit potential hate crimes against Muslims in New York City.
The chat logs show its members, including individuals publicly affiliated with Betar US, discussing a range of plans and ideas...
Betar US also appears to have had some coordination with local government, with one member stating that they were forwarding information to a local state assemblyman."
Leaked Chats Show Pro-Israel Extremist Group Betar Organizing Street Confrontations
Murtaza Hussain and talia jane
Jun 29, 2025"Far-right activists, including members of Betar—a pro-Israel extremist group known for racist violence—have been running a constellation of WhatsApp group chats to plan counterprotests against pro-Palestine demonstrations and commit potential hate crimes against Muslims in New York City.
The chat logs show its members, including individuals publicly affiliated with Betar US, discussing a range of plans and ideas...
Betar US also appears to have had some coordination with local government, with one member stating that they were forwarding information to a local state assemblyman."
Leaked Chats Show Pro-Israel Extremist Group Betar Organizing Street Confrontations
The secret chat logs include plans to burn Qurans and attack pro-Palestine protesters with pepper spray.Murtaza Hussain (Drop Site News)
Online Fingerprinting Techniques, lets list them out.
So there are lots of ways to figure out who people are, and I am sure I dont know all of them, but I bet I know some you dont.
Lets put together a list of known ones. Ill start.
(If we dont get a big list, which we may not, for bonus points add techniques to ease drop/intercept information)
fingerprinting techniques
- browser (duh)
- encrypted network traffic analysis, see mullvad link here mullvad.net/en/vpn/daita
- stylometry, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylomet…
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Remember that fingerprinting can be your friend… because it’s much easier to fake an online fingerprint than a real one.
You can generate a unique fingerprint with each online interaction; this means that you will always have a unique identity.
Or, you can ensure you always have the same fingerprint as a large number of other people.
Think of it as the difference between using a different valid loyalty card each time you shop vs using one of the famous numbers that millions of other people are also using.
Of course, in both circumstances, you do give up the benefits of being uniquely identifiable.
‘The nurse told me I couldn’t keep my baby’: how a controversial Danish ‘parenting test’ separated a Greenlandic woman from her children
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/32448865
Miranda Bryant in Thisted
Sun 29 Jun 2025 07.00 EDT
‘The nurse told me I couldn’t keep my baby’: how a controversial Danish ‘parenting test’ separated a Greenlandic woman from her children
Miranda Bryant in Thisted
Sun 29 Jun 2025 07.00 EDT‘The nurse told me I couldn’t keep my baby’: how a controversial Danish ‘parenting test’ separated a Greenlandic woman from her children
Two hours after Keira Alexandra Kronvold gave birth, her daughter was taken from her – the third child to be removed from her care following a now-banned assessment that disproportionately targets Inuit women in Denmark.Miranda Bryant (The Guardian)
‘The nurse told me I couldn’t keep my baby’: how a controversial Danish ‘parenting test’ separated a Greenlandic woman from her children
Sun 29 Jun 2025 07.00 EDT
‘The nurse told me I couldn’t keep my baby’: how a controversial Danish ‘parenting test’ separated a Greenlandic woman from her children
Two hours after Keira Alexandra Kronvold gave birth, her daughter was taken from her – the third child to be removed from her care following a now-banned assessment that disproportionately targets Inuit women in Denmark.Miranda Bryant (The Guardian)
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Another hoop you have to jump through in order to become a citizen is that you have to give the local mayor a handshake (skin-to-skin contact legally required). This is considered so important that it was upheld even at the height of COVID.
The reason for this bizarre rule is that chuds convicted themselves that shaking the hand of a woman was some kind of cryptonite to scary "Islamists". But the mayor is more likely to be a man than a woman, you say. Yes. That is true. It is ridiculous even on its own terms.
Google faces EU antitrust complaint over AI Overviews
Google faces EU antitrust complaint over AI Overviews | TechCrunch
A group known as the Independent Publishers Alliance has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission over Google’s AI Overviews, accordingAnthony Ha (TechCrunch)
I wasted 2h trying to figure out why GTA V only run at 35fps and use 25w of power, turn out my dumb ass set power profiles daemon to powersaving mode and forgot about it.
35 fps 25W of power
Sounds like a win to me. Or was it slugish?
GE-Proton10-5 Released
- Wine-wayland patches have been updated/rebased, should fix some nvidia crashes, and no longer need this mesa patch: gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/me…
- patches added to help with Wuthering Waves.
- protonfixes updated
- protonfix added for Artificial Academy 2
- protonfix added for Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
- protonfix added for Anno 1800 from Ubisoft Store
- protonfix added for Anno 1800
vulkan/wsi/wayland: Move drm syncobj to swapchain (!34918) · Merge requests · Mesa / mesa · GitLab
Winewayland recreates the swapchain on the same surface, this leads to initialization of the drm syncobj happening twice on one surface, which isn't allowed and then leads to...GitLab
Germany seeks Israeli partnership on cyber defence
Germany is aiming to establish a joint German-Israeli cyber research centre and deepen collaboration between the two countries' intelligence and security agencies, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has said.
According to Bild, Dobrindt outlined a five-point plan aimed at establishing what he called a "Cyber Dome", as part of Germany's cyber defence strategy.
Earlier on Sunday, Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soeder called for the acquisition of 2,000 interceptor missiles to equip Germany with an "Iron Dome" system similar to Israel's short-range missile defence technology.
Germany seeks Israeli partnership on cyber defence
Germany is aiming to establish a joint German-Israeli cyber research centre and deepen collaboration between the two countries' intelligence and security agencies, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has said.
According to Bild, Dobrindt outlined a five-point plan aimed at establishing what he called a "Cyber Dome", as part of Germany's cyber defence strategy.
Earlier on Sunday, Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soeder called for the acquisition of 2,000 interceptor missiles to equip Germany with an "Iron Dome" system similar to Israel's short-range missile defence technology.
Clover lawns are so cool, nice to lie on and good for the bees. Still some dimwits decide to use herbicides on them.
Well, not on my lawn!
Putin Says Russia to Seek Defense Cuts; How Much Depends on War
This is a strong indication that Russians expect the war will be over this year.
Putin Says Russia to Seek Defense Cuts; How Much Depends on War
President Vladimir Putin said Russia plans to cut defense spending, acknowledging growing strains on the budget even as he insisted that reductions would depend on winning his war in Ukraine.Bloomberg
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in reply to waka • • •You mean endorse those who destroy humanity.
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in reply to quoll • • •Honestly most of those actions are actually ineffectual horseshit anyway. Trash management "industry" is a horror show and if you really think any of this makes an impact you're misinformed. Or rather, the impact is negligible.
Less recycling, more killing
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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •This was a good action, giving a lot of joy to the owner.
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Climate Activists Spray-Paint Private Jet
Bradley Wint (Gate Checked)