Nearly half of Myanmar’s Chin state population displaced due to conflict, says refugee report
Nearly half of Myanmar’s Chin state population displaced due to conflict, says refugee report
Nearly half of Chin State’s population has been displaced since the military coup, according to a new report by the Institute of Chin Affairs (ICA), released on 16 July.Burma News International
Eleven-minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ‘death traps’
Since May, more than 1,000 people have died while seeking food from the centres and other humanitarian convoys, according to the UN.
Mahmoud Alareer, a 27-year-old living in a tent in western Gaza City, says the opening time announcements for the aid site he uses – Wadi Gaza – have become useless, because of the distance from where he is living. Instead, he travels to the edges of the site in the middle of the night and gambles on it opening at 2am, as it has on every visit so far.
First he climbs on to the back of a truck for the long ride south from Gaza City through the militarised Netzarim corridor. Then he waits in the dark until Israeli forces allow him to enter. “You get there and you slowly, slowly advance,” he says. “You always know that it could be you who gets shot, or it might be someone next to you.”
Alareer says chaos always ensues when the aid point opens, as people start running towards the packages, which are left in the middle of the distribution zone. People trip over craters and tangled wires.
Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) emergency coordinator in Gaza, Aitor Zabalgogeazkoa, says night-time distributions are particularly dangerous because so many roads in southern Gaza have been made unrecognisable by Israeli bombing, making it hard for Palestinians to stick to routes designated by GHF.
Zabalgogeazkoa is scathing about the GHF system. “This is not humanitarian aid,” he says. “We can only think that it was designed to cause damage to the people seeking aid.”
Eleven-minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ‘death traps’ – a visual story
Hundreds of people have died while seeking food since delivery was taken over by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in May. But Palestinians facing extreme hunger have no choice but to take the riskKaamil Ahmed (The Guardian)
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White House says Donald Trump is serious about wanting the Commanders to revert to Redskins
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after Donald Trump threatened to hold up a deal for a new football stadium in the nation’s capital if the Washington Commanders did not go back to the name Redskins, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president’s comments were not a joke.“The president was serious,” Leavitt told reporters Monday while answering questions on the White House driveway. “Sports is one of the many passions of this president and he wants to see the name of that team changed.”
Asked why he’s getting involved, Leavitt called Trump a “nontraditional president” and said sports fans are behind him on this.
“I think you’ve seen the president gets involved in a lot of things that most presidents have not,” Leavitt said. “He’s a nontraditional president. He likes to see results on behalf of the American people and, if you actually poll this issue with sports fans across the country, and even in this city, people actually do support the president’s position on this and the name change.”
https://apnews.com/article/washington-commanders-trump-name-change-f2ec70a65c5be1130611094aad3728f7
Bangladesh students protest after air force jet crash into school kills 31
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Hundreds of students protested Tuesday near the site of the crash of a Bangladesh air force training jet into a school in the nation’s capital, demanding accountability, compensation for victims’ families and the halt of training flights.
The ongoing unrest over Monday’s crash shut down traffic in parts of Dhaka, a city still recovering from last year’s student uprising that ousted the prime minister as the interim government seeks to restore order and organize elections next year. Some students entered the country’s administrative headquarters and were dispersed with tear gas and stun grenades.
The death toll from the crash rose to 31, including at least 25 students, a teacher who died from burns she sustained while helping others escape the two-story building, and the pilot on his first solo flight. Officials said 171 people, mostly students at Milestone School and College and many with burns, were rescued.
https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-air-force-crash-school-5ff6ef9505caf294a0780048a23fb0a1
Jamaican police kill 5 men as department criticized for surge in fatal shootings
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Jamaica say they have filled five men suspected of plotting to kill someone as the department on the Caribbean island comes under fire for a surge in fatal shootings.
Authorities said in a statement late Monday that police were investigating an alleged murder plot that led officers to the location where the men were shot. The shootings occurred Monday afternoon in St. Andrew parish, where the capital, Kingston, is located.
“Officers came under heavy gunfire and responded to the threat to their lives,” police said.
Authorities noted that no officers were injured, and that they were looking for a sixth man nicknamed “Bloodstain” who escaped.
Police said that they reported the killings to Jamaica’s Independent Commission of Investigations, a government agency created in 2010 to investigate complaints against Jamaica’s police, military and corrections officers.
https://apnews.com/article/jamaica-police-five-killed-shootings-5ceda91b1112c819fa4d2e7f0b20d333
House speaker starts August recess early to avoid Jeffrey Epstein votes
House speaker starts August recess early to avoid Jeffrey Epstein votes
The Trump administration has moved to release more information about notorious sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.Dan Mangan (CNBC)
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HRW || Mali: Army, Wagner Group Disappear, Execute Fulani Civilians
Mali: Army, Wagner Group Disappear, Execute Fulani Civilians
Mali’s armed forces and the allied Russia-backed Wagner Group have committed dozens of summary executions and enforced disappearances of ethnic Fulani men since January 2025.Human Rights Watch
“We must not say it’s for the war”: Hundreds of thousands of Russian schoolkids are building drones that kill Ukrainians
“We must not say it’s for the war”: Hundreds of thousands of Russian schoolkids are building drones that ki...
Sixteen-year-old Vladislav builds UAVs that the Russian military uses for testing electronic warfare systems. Sasha, 13, teaches soldiers how to pilot drones and develops equipment for troops at the frontline.Tatsiana Ashurkevich (The Insider)
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US Announces Leaving UN Cultural Body UNESCO
US Announces Leaving UN Cultural Body UNESCO
The United States on Tuesday announced it has left UNESCO, saying the UN cultural and education agency, best known for establishing world heritage sites, is biased against Israel and promotes "divisive" causes.Barrons
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"UNESCO's decision to admit the 'State of Palestine' as a member state is highly problematic, contrary to US policy, and contributed to the proliferation of anti-Israel rhetoric within the organization," Bruce said
"UNESCO's decision to admit the 'State of Palestine' as a member state is highly problematic, contrary to US policy, and contributed to the proliferation of anti-Israel rhetoric within the organization," Bruce said
Creating Your First Game with Ebitengine (Go game engine)
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Torture and Forced Disappearances: Inside Wagner’s Secret Prisons in Mali - Forbidden Stories
Torture and Forced Disappearances: Inside Wagner’s Secret Prisons in Mali - Forbidden Stories
For more than three years in Mali, Wagner mercenaries have detained and tortured civilians in secret prisons located in military bases, according to Forbidden Stories’ investigation.Louise Berkane (Forbidden Stories)
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Clearing Gaza rubble could yield 90,000 tonnes of planet-heating emissions | Processing debris from Israel’s destruction of homes, schools and hospitals could take four decades
Clearing Gaza rubble could yield 90,000 tonnes of planet-heating emissions
Processing debris from Israel’s destruction of homes, schools and hospitals could take four decadesNina Lakhani (The Guardian)
Well, sure, recovery from incredible devastation will take decades and the energy required to clear and replace all the structures will not be environmentally friendly, that should all be obvious to anyone who knows anything about construction projects:
fairplanet.org/story/concrete-…
"To create Portland cement, limestone undergoes a calcination process, which releases large amounts of CO2 from the chemical reaction. This is the concrete industry’s dirtiest activity, releasing up to 50 per cent of the cement industry’s carbon emissions.
Additionally, to transform raw materials into clinker, cement's intermediate product, large amounts of energy are required to heat, mix and cool the ingredients in giant kilns.
It is estimated that, in traditional kilns, one tonne of cement produces one tonne of carbon dioxide, although modernised factories have found ways to reduce these emissions.
Water Use
Cement creation is also highly water intensive, particularly during cooling after materials are baked at extremely high temperatures.
Nature Magazine estimates the concrete industry is responsible for nine per cent of all water withdrawals from the sector. Approximately 16.6 km squared of water is used annually for concrete production, and this figure is expected to soar as the demand for concrete continues to rise."
So, again, what are they trying to argue here? The only environmentally responsible option is to leave Gaza destroyed?
Why is concrete so damaging to the environment?
What makes concrete so damaging? From carbon-heavy cement production to water-intensive processes and biodiversity loss, its impacts run deep.Gerardo Bandera (FairPlanet)
So, again, what are they trying to argue here? The only environmentally responsible option is to leave Gaza destroyed?
From the study itself (4. Discussion & 5. Concluding remarks), this is not what I got. On the contrary, it seems to me like they try to make some calculations/estimations/evaluations so that this is something that takes place.
Canadian journalist Carrie Tait harassed online and stalked by goons for investigating stories about provincial government
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Globe and Mail reporter targeted by online campaign, photographed surreptitiously in public settings
An anonymous X account posted photos of Alberta reporter Carrie Tait and described her movements as she reported on a health authority controversyTu Thanh Ha (The Globe and Mail)
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Ukraine moves against independent anti-corruption bodies
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Lawmakers voted on Tuesday in favour of legislation that would, in effect, eliminate the independence of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (Nabu) and its partner organisation the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (Sapo), according to four lawmakers and officials familiar who spoke with the Financial Times during the vote.The move to bring Nabu under executive control is the latest in a series of manoeuvres against pro-reform activists and anti-corruption campaigners that have prompted warnings of creeping authoritarianism in the president’s wartime administration, raising concerns among Ukraine’s western allies.
Yup.
Keep in mind that this is positive for foreign business interests like the ones that would get to mine those minerals, or foreign Big Ag that's buying up farmland. All of those would have easier time to acquire more of those resources for cheaper and extract higher profits, offloading more negative externalities on the majority of Ukranians.
Also accession to the EU would require reforms in the opposite direction from this. The vested interests making these changes are making Ukraine's EU prospects more difficult.
Vietnam setting bans on gasoline motorcycles next year, followed by cars
Vietnam setting bans on gasoline motorcycles next year, followed by cars
Vietnam is taking bold steps to clean up its streets – and quiet them down. Starting next summer, the major...Micah Toll (Electrek)
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I dont think time is the critical factor, but will.
If they really want to roll this out then they will.
Even if there's no pressure on commuters, rental places and companies will do it, then at least the market and infrastructure for them is improving.
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It wasn’t uncommon to see someone wearing a cooking pot as a helmet
So you're saying that people there are actually trying and making an effort to do the right thing instead of getting all bent out of shape that head protection makes them "less masculine"? I say the country has more hope than the US for lasting, effective change in policy and lifestyle.
Russia using children to design and test its military drones, investigation finds
Teenagers who take part in video games tell of being headhunted to work on technology used against Ukraine
Russian authorities have systematically involved children in the design and testing of drones for the country’s war in Ukraine through nationwide competitions that begin with innocent-seeming video games and end up with the most talented students headhunted by defence companies, an investigation has found.
The revelations, part of an investigation by the exiled Russian news outlet the Insider, are the latest to show just how much Russia’s leaders are dragging the country’s youth into the war effort in Ukraine, with “patriotic” and militarised education often spilling over into outright participation.
“The kids are actively involved in modelling components of systems for various drones,” one of the teenagers involved told a journalist. “I know of several people at least who were modelling UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] components for major enterprises.”
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How did a right wing populist party that began on YouTube win big in Japan’s recent election?
Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus pandemic and campaigned on the Trumpian message “Japanese First.”
Now Japan’s burgeoning right-wing populist party Sanseito has emerged an unlikely winner in parliamentary elections this weekend.
Inspired by other populist right-wing groups that have sprung up in recent years, Sanseito bagged 14 seats in Japan’s upper house, according to public broadcaster NHK – a dramatic increase from the single seat it had occupied previously.
The only ones offering any kind of hope for the future are snake-oil salesmen like this.
The Fediverse is what social media should be
The Fediverse is what social media should be
The Fediverse is something that you should know about! (P.S: I am not an expert) If you want to break free of traditional social media in control of big tech companies and people you don't trust, t...AbnormalBeingsTube
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The European Parliament is considering revoking lobbying access for every interest group tied to Amazon in a major escalation of fight over warehouse working conditions.
EU Parliament threatens wider ban on lobbyists as Amazon spat deepens
All tech lobbies associated with the e-commerce giant — including DigitalEurope, CCIA Europe and ITI — could be barred from Parliament in major escalation of fight over warehouse working conditions.Mathieu Pollet (POLITICO)
This! only allow petitions as the method to steer law.
Power to the people needs money to be insignificant for the process of law
Paid is by definition anyone paid to do the lobbying. Corporate is definitely harder to define, but let’s say you’re only allowed to lobby on behalf of your own organization (or self)
And, better yet, let’s make every single lobbying effort public - Times, dates, people involved, and the subject raised (but perhaps not the outcome). Good legislation should happen in the open
So paid would include the owners (if it’s an llc or similar), it would include anyone sent by the owners even if it’s not their job title, etc.
I’m pretty sure you can request all that information as well, with a FOIA request.
Notice that they're still committed to allowing the kind of bribing called "lobbying", just not that specific example of it..
This is called cosmetic "Principles", see?
establishment NEVER guts its own corruption..
Never.
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In Ukraine’s bombed out reservoir a huge forest has grown – is it a return to life or a toxic timebomb?
In Ukraine’s bombed out reservoir a huge forest has grown – is it a return to life or a toxic timebomb?
Two years after the Nova Kakhovka dam was destroyed in Ukraine, nature has returned in abundance to the drained land in a ‘big natural experiment’ – but it could be lost as quickly as it appearedVincent Mundy (The Guardian)
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Marco Rubio moves to strip Brazilian supreme court judges of their US visas
Rubio moves to strip US visas from eight Brazilian judges in Bolsonaro battle
Move by Marco Rubio is latest attempt by Trump administration to help former president avoid justice over alleged coupTom Phillips (The Guardian)
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Israeli soldiers arrested in Belgium after war crimes complaint by rights groups
Israeli soldiers arrested in Belgium after war crimes complaint by rights groups
Belgian federal police on Sunday arrested two Israeli soldiers facing accusations of war crimes in Gaza following a complaint by two rights groups.Sondos Asem (Middle East Eye)
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China finds cover-up in lead poisoning of 200 children
China kindergarten poisoning: Investigation finds cover-up as six arrested
Education officials received bribes while health officials tampered with tests, investigators say.Kelly Ng (BBC News)
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Just, how?! How does this even happen?
Ok, you want to cut the quality of food with something cheaper. Why pick leaded paint? Does your cousin at the poison factory have too much waste sitting around at the right price? Bingo! Just stir it in.
Why not add flour, or even just sugar?
It's fine. Surely nobody you know will feed it to their kids.
Brazil court freezes Jair Bolsonaro son’s assets as ex-president threatened with arrest over social media use
Brazil court freezes Bolsonaro son’s assets as Trump’s tariffs appear to backfire
Eduardo Bolsonaro is suspected of using money to lobby US president on behalf of his father, Jair, who faces arrest for apparent flouting of social media banTom Phillips (The Guardian)
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Arrests in China after more than 230 kindergarten children poisoned by lead paint in food
Arrests in China after more than 230 kindergarten children poisoned by lead paint in food
Principal at school in Gansu province reportedly wanted to attract more enrolments by ‘enhancing’ the colour and look of the food served to childrenHelen Davidson (The Guardian)
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Iranians asked to limit water use as temperatures hit 50C and reservoirs are depleted
Iranians asked to limit water use as temperatures hit 50C and reservoirs are depleted
Public holiday announced in Tehran as government tries to grapple with deepening water crisisShah Meer Baloch (The Guardian)
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China begins building world's largest dam, fuelling fears in India
China starts building world's largest dam, fuelling fears in India
The dam is on a Tibetan river that flows into India and Bangladesh, and could affect millions downstream.Tessa Wong (BBC News)
what the fuck does a gigantic dam have to do with solar?
damming up giant river systems is old school proven tech that will displace petroleum and coal burning. is it ideal? Not really. So they're diversifying. Mountains of solar are better than burning coal.
apologies for linking to reddit but it's the video source.
distracting people with solar
did you not see the literal mountain of solar they're installing and selling around the world?
Distracting?
Awkward position I don't want to defend them on anything but distraction? If so it's remarkably effective at generating gigawatts and offsetting production of coal fired plants.
Yes I see them destroying a mountain, and I agree that is better than fossil fuels.
So let’s talk about how this dam is going to destroy entire ecosystems for hundreds or thousands of miles.
Yes I see them destroying a mountain
No no no, you don't. That's your hyperbole crying again. That mountain hasn't been destroyed. Now come on, use your eyes, the mountains and hills are plainly still there. If you can't help yourself but whine, pity the plants that used to live on those hillsides, but even they will probably be fine, read up on agrovoltaics, solar arrays make great habitats once the plants and animals figure it out.
See, you just can't stop with your hate. It's consuming everything about you, obviously your ability to posit a comprehendible premise without it turning into a whining, mewling, pissy little rant about them evil chinamen.
You got issues bud.
solar arrays make great habitats once the plants and animals figure it out.
Once they learn to adapt to humanity. Nice. 🤡
I hate all humans equally, sweetie.
I hate all humans equally, sweetie.
Aw, aren't you just a renaissance prick. And here I am just despising you.
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we got tons of room for more dams if that's the reasoning you're going with, but really cute strawman lol. again, not endorsing dams - just pointing out they have FUCKALL to do with solar power (which is what he's pissing on about) and they do displace coal burning.
This is not entirely true, dams are feeding grounds for methane-producing microbes which cause climate harm. Aside from that, even small scale dams damage local ecosystems significantly - at the scale China is planning, their dam will be incredibly damaging.
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The environmental impact of mega-dams
As the reservoir behind a new dam on the Nile River fills up, DW examines the ways such mega-dams hurt the environment, and looks at a few alternatives.Sonya Angelica Diehn (Deutsche Welle)
YouTube wipes out thousands of propaganda channels linked to China, Russia, others
YouTube wipes out thousands of propaganda channels linked to China, Russia, others
Google removed YouTube channels and other accounts linked to RT, the Russian state-controlled media outlet accused of paying prominent conservative influencers.Zach Vallese (CNBC)
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Being a Mastodon Moderator
Being a Mastodon Moderator
People ask me what it’s like to be a moderator. Our discussions reveal that a lot of what we do is a mystery. So, I’m gonna lay it out for you. Specifically about the unique fediverse moderation model, mutual aid, and mental health.
What Fediverse Moderation Looks Like
Centralized networks like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter create rules that please executives and shareholders. Those decision makers don’t have to be ethical—and they rarely are.They obey money. Big money. And big money is never on the side of the people. Big money gets rid of fact checkers, amplifies malicious bigotry, and platforms nazis.
The fediverse is decentralized. That means there isn’t one server for all accounts and it’s not run by one company. It’s a network of servers (or instances), each self-owned/operated. Sometimes that’s one person, but most often is a small team. And each team makes its own rules for moderation. They all communicate symbiotically to create the single social network.
There’s a common theme to the rules. While not universal, the majority of instances focus on ethics and inclusivity. Those who don’t get blocked through a process called “defederation.” This is a global block between instances. It means no one on the blocked server can interact with anyone from the server who moderated it.
This makes the entire fediverse community stronger. At a local level, on our server, we have a process that seems to serve us well.
What Mas.to Moderation Looks Like
There are three moderators on our team and about 185,000 accounts. About 12,000 of those are active monthly. But they’re able to interact with an estimated 12 million total fediverse accounts. So…we have our hands full. But it’s manageable. Our queue is never very long.The baseline process works like this:
- Someone reports a post or an account
- The report shows up in our queue
- One of us reviews the report and either resolves (dismisses) or moderates
- If we moderate, the account receives an email notification with an appeal option
- If they appeal, we see that in our queue with their plea
- One of us reviews the appeal and either accepts or rejects
We also have a house rule that no one can act on an appeal for their own moderation. It’s a good way to keep each other in check. Especially because sometimes we don’t agree. This is okay. We just talk it out together and try to make the best call.
There’s an array of moderation options we use:
- Delete one or more posts
- Limit the account (only their followers will see their account)
- Suspend the account
- Send a warning
- Freeze the account (lock them out)
- Force posts to be flagged as sensitive (blurred)
There are five key things to know about the process…
It’s Hard
No decision is easy, and many decisions aren’t binary. There’s lots of gray area, even with explicit rules. We often receive reports that don’t violate those rules. It’s simply someone saying they don’t like what another person said. We aren’t argument referees, but people expect us to be. If that argument becomes harassment or discrimination, it’s time for intervention. But even that isn’t always straightforward.We Get Some Things Wrong
We’ll sometimes debate for days on a single report. We always do our best to make the right call. Even so, we sometimes make mistakes. We’re willing to accept appeals when that happens.We Get Most Things Right
We get a lot of things right. You can’t even imagine some of the traumatic things we see. Things we can’t ever unsee.We’re Targets of Both Love and Hate
We get lots of love, but we get spit on a lot. Some people lose their minds when they’re moderated. They’ll publicly shame us or call for uprisings against us. Quite literally. I’ve even been known to vent about it because it gets exhausting.Moderation Doesn’t End in the Queue
Some moderation is urgent or the severity requires additional action. We report all CSAM content to legal agencies in relevant countries. And with posts containing violent threats. We do our best to track the location of the offender. Then we report IPs/emails to domain registrars and web hosts.It’s also important to note that we don’t moderate reports of ourselves, which actually happens. As of this writing, I’ve been reported five times. All were (objectively) resolved without moderation.
One challenging topic is mutual aid (community economic support).
Mutual Aid
First off, I believe in mutual aid. I don’t trust wealthy people or government systems to inherently take care of people. We need to take care of each other. Good, healthy mutual aid is a beautiful thing. This is the way.
But moderating mutual aid is a conundrum. The posts are from either people in need or scammers, and it’s not always easy to tell which one it is. We want to protect our Mastodon community from the latter. So we have to make judgment calls.
Sometimes it’s obvious, but most of the time we have to do some sleuthing. We analyze the account and related IP addresses. We conduct reverse image searches and research online profiles. It’s detective work.
I’d like to say we always get this right. We don’t. And it breaks our hearts if we make a mistake on this one. But we try to get it right. We really do.
Because we care, all of this has an impact on our mental health. Some negative, some positive.
Negative Impact on Mental Health
Content warning: I don’t details about traumatic content. But I do mention some topics that may be triggering.Much of what we do is routine. But things can get bad, mentally. We take breaks when needed, knowing the others have our back. I’m grateful for this. Because I have definitely needed it.
There are two usual suspects that push the envelope:
- Traumatic content
- Being personally-targeted by people we’ve moderated
Traumatic Content
This section is difficult to discuss. I’ve tried to represent moderators as a whole in the rest of this article. But I’m going to personalize this section. Even though other moderators have shared similar sentiments, I don’t want to speak for anyone else on this.I’ve seen some things. Really, really, really unimaginable things. Things I never wanted to see in my life that are now in my brain. And I’ve brought almost all of them to therapy.
People get reported for obvious things: slurs, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, etc. It’s painful to repeatedly see those words. Even when they’re not directed at me, I hate seeing them. It reminds me of the hate that exists in the world. It muddies the waters while trying to find strength to have even a sliver of optimism about the state of the world. I find myself saying “fuck you, asshole” while moderating these posts.
But there are other reports that stand out. You know these people exist in the world, but when you see them first hand it’s horrifying. CSAM in particular. But also violent threats, especially when used with discrimination.
The words and sentiments alone are hard to moderate. But often there are images. And try as I might, I am unable to shake them.
Targeted Attacks on Moderators
We’re volunteers trying to keep everyone safe, not monsters. And, yet, we get targeted. Sometimes personally. That’s not okay.I’m certain every moderator has a story. Mine is that some people targeted my family. I discovered that some nazis found a photo of my kids from one of my lectures. They posted it to some repugnant forum, engaging in a racist, homophobic, bigoted hate fest.
They got my kids involved. My kids! Why? Because I dared delete a post filled with the same types of attacks against someone of color on Mastodon.
Positive Impact on Mental Health
The upside is that moderation gives me some control.Watching a fascist autocracy unfold before your eyes is terrifying. Everything is collapsing on a massive scale in myriad ways. It’s enough to make a person feel helpless.
While it’s not monumental, I do get to curb some of that fascism through moderation. I get to push buttons with labels that read “delete post” and “suspend.” When some ignorant sociopath is harassing people, I get to wave a magic wand and make them disappear. At least from our corner of Mastodon.
That’s empowering. And meaningful. It does make a difference because I get to silence them. I can’t begin to describe how good that feels. Just a little tiny bit of justice.
We also once helped someone who posted a cry for help. He was talking about ending his life. Someone reported his post to see if we could help, and we did. Every once in a while I check on his account. He’s still there, posting cool stuff. I like to think we played a role in that.
Conclusion
So that’s a firehose of information, but it’s only part of the story. If you read this far, you deserve a cookie. If I could invite you over for one straight out of the oven (I make a mean vegan cookie) I would. For now, keep reporting the bad people and we’ll do the rest.Thanks for taking the time to go on this journey with me.
Resources
If you’re new to Mastodon and the fediverse, free yourself from invasive tech and big social. Here are some resources to help you:
- Join me on Mas.to. It’s way better than Twitter, I promise. Create an account, flesh out your profile, write an introduction, then say hello to me. I’ll be happy to share your introduction and help you get acclimated.
- Learn everything you wanted to know (and more) about the fediverse from Fedi.tips.
- Mastodon search is pretty powerful. I wrote a guide for getting the most out of it.
- The fediverse has maybe the most powerful hashtags in social networking. But they should be accessible. I wrote a guide for that, too.
There’s a massive list of fediverse platforms, which can be overwhelming. Other than Mastodon, here are the ones that will look most familiar to you:
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Verified pro-Nazi X accounts flourish under Elon Musk
Elon Musk’s X is a thriving hub for Nazi support and propaganda, with paid subscribers sharing speeches by Hitler or content praising his genocidal regime.David Ingram (NBC News)
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I was surprised about this ratio (and the fact that it seems to work for them), too.
I could imagine that a large percentage of lurkers and a maybe more reasonable community than other platforms could be helping factors?
My mastodon account is on a kind of small instance, and I'd love to be able to report posts directly to the originating instance, without also reporting it to "my" admin. I just don't wasn't then to waste their time locally blocking a clear spam account, that should (and usually will be) removed by the originating instance in a couple hours.
I just don't wasn't then to waste their time locally blocking a clear spam account, that should (and usually will be) removed by the originating instance in a couple hours.
I am afraid, that removal of spam account does not necessarily federate to another instance. On Mastodon activities federate mainly to instances an account, which made/edited/deleted the post, is followed from. (Or an instance can subscribe to relay, which exchanges all activities between all participating instances).
Report always landing to your admin may be something good in light of this...
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That's why i prefer being mod there. On any lemmy/mbin/piefed instance, we can scale our mod team based on community's topic and its subcriber.
If the community is political/news...we increase our team. On chill community, 3 mods is enough. And if there is more users than we can add news mods.
So when i read this paper, i'm afraid of burning out, i don't know how they manage it. They only manage repport i guess ?
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Kinda fucked up that this person moderated hate posts only to find the child predators posting images of their kids on a different forum.
Don't know about you, but whenever I see hate groups specifically targeting children, I think the intention is very clear. Not just spreading hate, but also wanting to act on one of the socially forbidden sex acts as well.
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Israel to fund tour for MAGA and pro-Trump influencers: Report
Haaretz report says Israel plans to fly 16 social media influencers who support Trump’s MAGA and America First campaigns.
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The influencers each have hundreds of thousands to millions of followers. They will be flown in to counter what the Israeli government sees as declining support for Israel among young Americans, the report said, without citing any date.“With the rise of the America First movement and MAGA in American politics, it’s essential for Israel that the movement adopt a pro-Israel position,” Yacov Livne, senior deputy director of the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s Department of Public Diplomacy, was quoted as saying in the report.
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“[While] older Republicans and American conservatives still hold pro-Israel views, positive perspectives towards Israel are falling across all younger age groups,” it said, according to the report.The influencers will be pushed to share messaging that aligns with Israeli policy regarding the Palestinians. “We are working with influencers, sometimes with delegations of influencers,” an unnamed source from the ministry told Haaretz.
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Israel365 promotes support for Israel, specifically among Christians, based on biblical principles. Its website says the group “stands unapologetically for the Jewish people’s God-given right to the entire Land of Israel”.The organisation also rejects a two‑state solution as a “delusion” and describes its mission as defending “Western civilization against threats from both Progressive Left extremism and global jihad”.
Israel to fund tour for MAGA and pro-Trump influencers: Report
Haaretz report says Israel plans to fly 16 social media influencers who support Trump’s MAGA and America First drives.Al Jazeera
Automotive Vehicle Scanner Market Expands with Innovations in Vehicle Security
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US Government Gives Elon Musk Permission to Detonate Rockets Over a Sacred Hawaian Island
Government Gives Elon Musk Permission to Detonate Rockets Over a Sacred Hawaian Island
After polluting a sacred beach in Texas, Elon Musk's SpaceX is now seeking to wreak havoc on another holy site in Hawaii.Noor Al-Sibai (Futurism)
Nigel Farage says he would send violent offenders to El Salvador under crime crackdown
Nigel Farage has said violent UK offenders could be jailed overseas under his plans to cut crime by half.The Reform UK leader named El Salvador as a likely destination, though he said he has not held conversations with officials there and "multiple" partners would be considered.
El Salvador is home to a notorious mega-prison, the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).
Nigel Farage says he would send violent offenders to El Salvador under crime crackdown
The Reform UK leader sets out plans to cut crime by half in the first term of parliament if his party wins the next election.Faye Brown (Sky News)
Does Farage want another Australia?
Because the last time the British government tried this shit, we got Australia.
A journalist should ask Farage if Trump's arsehole tastes like Putin's knob.
And by Trump's arsehole, I am not referring to J D Vance.
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