It may look quite good at first glance but it has a number of glaring issues. Lets begin with the founder: he's mexican and his name is Esteban and is a known criminal. He created Seedit using funds he obtained from crime. He is not to be trusted.

Then of course are the problems with the platform itself. The obvious are it takes far too long to load. Its buggy and the ui awful and outdated. To make a community you have to host it on your own computer and keep it online forever. There's no sufficient mod tools, not even a mod queue. There's no reliable way to ban someone because they can just change their ip. The name is dumb. It doesn't even use normal sounding urls for the communities, you have to use some crypto url. A mod can ban the whole community and no one can do a single thing. People may use subs for piracy. And of course the obvious no can even post on the default subs because to post you need to be whitelisted and how do you get whitlelisted? You have to message the scammer dev on a different platform. And this costs money to do.

That's not even going into the crypto side of things. They've launched with seedit a scam coin because they think you're easy to fool and easy to scam. The dev says the crypto is optional, he says social media tipping is expected in social media, he says you can use coins that are not Plebbit to tip like BTC. I'm here to tell you he is a liar and he will make his crypto scam entwined with the platform so we are forced to use it. He then says if he does implement forced crypto features then we can fork it because its opensource. And to that I call him a liar, never ever trust a crypto scammer.

This is a warning don't be fooled by platforms that on the surface look good. They're usually led by malicious devs with malicious intent. Seedit is a convulted crypto scam using a reverse funnel system and do not go anywhere near it. He's opensourced it on github but its obvious it contains crypto and maybe even viruses. Never fall for scams. Stay safe.

cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36422697

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2025-08-27 18:50:46

Are we truly on the verge of the humanoid robot revolution?

Are we truly on the verge of the humanoid robot revolution? - Berkeley News

In two new papers, UC Berkeley roboticist Ken Goldberg explains why robots are not gaining real-world skills as quickly as AI chatbots are gaining language fluency.

^{Kara Manke (Berkeley News)}

cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36423623

Source: IGN Union on Bluesky.

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2025-08-27 19:07:21

After More Layoffs, Unionized IGN Workers Are Done Picking Up The Slack: "We feel greatly understaffed and undervalued"

Ziff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain.

Not this time. Not anymore.

Source: IGN Union on Bluesky.

cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36423623

Source: IGN Union on Bluesky.

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2025-08-27 19:07:21

After More Layoffs, Unionized IGN Workers Are Done Picking Up The Slack: "We feel greatly understaffed and undervalued"

Ziff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain.

Not this time. Not anymore.

Source: IGN Union on Bluesky.

cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36423623

Source: IGN Union on Bluesky.

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2025-08-27 19:07:21

After More Layoffs, Unionized IGN Workers Are Done Picking Up The Slack: "We feel greatly understaffed and undervalued"

Ziff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain.

Not this time. Not anymore.

Source: IGN Union on Bluesky.

MONDO REALE: il 18 febbraio 1990 i Queen hanno festeggiato i loro 20 anni di carriera ed è stata l’ultima occasione in cui Freddie Mercury abbia presenziato a un evento pubblico.

FANTASIA: Mark Wilson partecipa alla festa di Freddie come membro dello staff ma viene umiliato pubblicamente. Come al solito. Allora si arrende all’evidenza, o almeno così sembra…

La figlia di Freddie?

Anni 2020. Maledizione! Fossero esistiti i social network negli anni 80 e 90 avrei rintracciato in pochi minuti la presunta donna che aveva dato una figlia a Freddie; invece, con la smania di mantenere il segreto, ho rispedito la lettera al mittente e, ora che ho in mano uno smartphone con l’intelligenza artificiale capace di tradurre, rimpiango di non averla fotocopiata o trascritta a penna.

Ma per fortuna, nel 1987, né Freddie né il suo compagno mi chiesero mai conto della busta dopo averli convinti fosse stato il delirio di un folle mitomane, così ho lavorato da loro fino al 1990 fingendo di accantonare il mio piano di sangue.

1990. L’invito

14 febbraio: mi mandò a chiamare Freddie in persona; quanto era debole e magro, ogni giorno che passava la malattia progrediva sempre più come se il virus volesse dirmi: “Se non ti sbrighi, lui sarà tutto mio!”

Bastava avere il coraggio di strappargli con violenza la cannula usata per somministrare i farmaci, e in pochi minuti avrei avuto il suo sangue tutto per me invece quel giorno mi feci uno scrupolo. Almeno fagli passare la festa degli innamorati assieme a Jim, ci penserai domani! Fu un’occasione d’oro persa per sempre, e me ne resi conto troppo tardi.

Chi si aspettava un invito da lui a un evento ufficiale, di certo non io! Mi sentivo sempre l’ultimo della lista, e mi commossi quando Freddie mi propose: “Ehi, William, o qualunque sia il tuo nome. Il 18 febbraio celebro i 20 anni di carriera coi Queen. Vieni, vero? Ormai sei uno di famiglia!”

“Qualunque sia il tuo nome.” Riflettendo col senno di poi, dovevo sospettare che avesse scoperto le mie intenzioni e volesse tendermi una trappola ma allora l’eccitazione non mi fece ragionare.

Mi avvicinai a lui e mentre lo stringevo forte a me per ringraziarlo, il mio braccio sfiorò la cannula dei farmaci. “Fermo, Mark, non è il momento”, pensai tra me, e mi allontanai.

Le notti seguenti fui colto sempre dagli stessi incubi: Freddie che, discreto, entrava nella mia stanza e si spogliava davanti a me. “Ho capito chi sei e cosa vuoi; sono qui, prendimi!” Così dicendo, si apriva la pelle di una mano con un coltello e avvicinava la ferita al mio volto, quel poco che bastava per farmi sentire l’odore del sangue. Ma alla fine si allontanava succhiandosi il taglio e ridendomi in faccia: “Negativo pauroso! Ecco cosa sei!”

Al mio risveglio sentivo ogni volta il sapore metallico, il mio cuscino era sempre macchiato… Ma ero solo io che nel sonno mi mordevo la lingua o le labbra, facendo uscire gocce di sangue eternamente negativo dal mio corpo inutile.

Chissà come sarebbe stato, una volta avuto ciò che mi spettava? Più gustoso, più caldo, più carico, insomma POSITIVO, come dovrebbe essere!

Vuoto a perdere: La festa di Freddie

Il 18 febbraio fu una serata memorabile, l’industria discografica britannica premiò i Queen per l’importante contributo dato alla musica inglese e loro festeggiarono i vent’anni di carriera; il chitarrista Brian May attribuì scherzosamente il premio al riciclo di grandi quantità di vinile ma Freddie non si fece coinvolgere. “Grazie e buonanotte”, disse, rimanendo isolato per tutto il tempo.

Il malore

Quando uscimmo mi avvicinai di nuovo a lui e gli feci le congratulazioni per il premio ma non mi rivolse una singola parola; i suoi occhi erano solo per gli amici Queen, così finsi un malore e iniziai a barcollare da destra a sinistra. “Freddie, sto male”, urlai. “qualcuno mi aiuti!”

Intervennero diverse persone in mio soccorso ma lo shock più grande fu quando vidi l’ultimo uomo al mondo che pensavo di incontrare a un simile evento: Raymond Still, ex bullo della scuola, ormai diventato un famoso scienziato.

Cosa ci faceva lì? Forse gli era veramente arrivata la mia lettera in cui gli dicevo che Freddie era malato di AIDS, e aveva preso contatti per il suo lavoro sul virus, senza dirmi niente?

No, dai, pensai per calmarmi. Sono mesi che la stampa specula su Freddie Mercury e la sua malattia, la voce sarà arrivata sicuramente da là! Raymond è un bullo ma non calpesta le persone nel lavoro, lo conosco bene!

L’incontro con lui mi fece realizzare che da allora in poi niente c’era più da perdere, o adesso o mai più! Dissanguare Freddie in quel preciso momento avrebbe consentito di condividere il virus tra me e Ray, dimostrandogli finalmente che anch’io nella vita potevo combinare qualcosa di concreto.

“Freddie!” Mi misi a urlare e il frontman dei Queen mi guardò perplesso. Inevitabilmente pensai agli ultimi giorni del mio defunto ragazzo Andy e senza più alcuno scrupolo tirai fuori tutta la mia rabbia, e un coltello a serramanico che tenevo ben nascosto nei pantaloni.

“Te la farò pagare, il mio compagno è morto per colpa tua!”

D’improvviso mi sentii afferrare da dietro ma non erano gli addetti alla sicurezza dei Queen: era Ray Still a bloccarmi!

“Ti conviene andartene”, intimò a voce bassa, ma non abbastanza da non essere sentito. “Altrimenti rivelerò a tutti chi sei veramente!”

“Lo so già dottor Still”, aveva risposto Freddie. “Da mesi il mio staff lo tiene sotto controllo e ho capito quant’è pericoloso. Da oggi sei licenziato, William Karson, anzi Mark Wilson!”

Non ebbi altra scelta e me ne andai con lo staff dei Queen, mentre Raymond portò via Freddie per prendersene cura. Da allora nessuna notizia mi arrivò più, fino al 23 novembre 1991 quando Freddie annunciò la propria malattia, e il giorno successivo il mondo apprese la sua morte.

1992: Ritorno alle origini

Era accaduto: il virus se l’era portato via prima di me. Così me ne tornai nel paesino dov’ero nato, e dove continuai a lavorare come addetto alle pulizie. “Chi aspetta sarà premiato”, il mio povero fidanzato Andrew continuava ad apparirmi in sogno con quella dannata frase, a cui aggiungeva: “Ricorda, i cantanti che son morti non son morti veramente!”

Non ho mai capito cosa volesse dire; certo, Freddie era ancora vivo grazie alla musica ma non bastava. L’unica mia speranza per avere il suo DNA dentro di me, era trovare una persona a cui avesse trasmesso il virus o, addirittura, il suo gifter. Colui o colei che gliel’aveva dato; decisamente un’impresa impossibile.

Finché un giorno del 1994, guardando una serie TV ambientata in un ospedale di Chicago, vidi la bambina. Tatiana, 7 anni, russa e malata di AIDS. La presunta figlia di Freddie era nata in Russia, possibile che fosse stata portata in America?

Non volendo esser preso per matto evitai di cercare informazioni e presi la storia come un episodio drammatico di una serie tv, così lasciai passare il tempo finché la vicenda di Freddie e presunta figlia passò nel dimenticatoio.

2000: nuove speranze

Un giorno del 2000 mia sorella Virginia arrivò con una notizia che, forse, mi avrebbe portato dove erano iniziati i miei fallimenti e le mie speranze.

“Sai Mark, fratellone”, mi disse raggiante. “Sto partendo. Mi trasferisco in Italia!”

Appassionata di cucina com’è sempre stata, poteva solo realizzarsi in un paese come quello dove la gastronomia è apprezzata in tutto il mondo! “Mi hanno selezionato all’università di Bugliano, andrò a conseguire un master di specializzazione per diventare chef.”

La International Bugliano University Of Life, conosciuta ovunque perché ha fatto nascere le migliori eccellenze in ogni materia. Certo! Virginia ha molte più capacità di me, sicuramente supererà gli esami con lode mentre io sono stato un completo fallimento!

“So cosa stai pensando fratello”, mi disse abbracciandomi. “Ma se non sei passato in medicina, certamente potrai essere un ottimo insegnante di musica. Che dici?”

Anni 2020: Bugliano, arrivo!

E così eccomi qua. Dal 2001 insegno musica all’università e mi sono sposato con la docente di chimica e mi prendo cura di sua figlia Gloria come fossi il suo vero padre, una ragazza meravigliosa che da tempo lavora alla centrale nucleare di Bugliano.

Dissanguare Freddie? Mi dicono che è morto, della figlia non ho più avuto notizie, ma Andrew nei miei sogni appare ogni notte raccontandomi che la verità è un’altra.

Ziff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain.

Not this time. Not anymore.

Source: IGN Union on Bluesky.

UN human rights experts on Tuesday voiced alarm over a newly revived law in Peru that grants amnesty to security forces accused of committing serious violations of international law between 1980 and 2000, an action that activists denounce as a setback to the country’s commitment to accountability and justice.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/jurist.org/n…

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UN experts criticize Peru over passing of legislation granting amnesty to war criminals

UN human rights experts on Tuesday voiced alarm over a newly revived law in Peru that grants amnesty to security forces accused of committing serious violations of international law between 1980 and 2...

^{Sarisha Harikrishna | Queen's U. Belfast School of Law, GB (- JURIST - News)}

A US federal judge on Tuesday rejected a Wisconsin state court judge’s claim of judicial immunity, allowing criminal charges to proceed against her for allegedly obstructing federal immigration enforcement.

Case file: storage.courtlistener.com/reca…

US federal judge rules Wisconsin judge cannot claim immunity in immigration obstruction case

A US federal judge on Tuesday rejected a Wisconsin state court judge's claim of judicial immunity, allowing criminal charges to proceed against her for allegedly obstructing federal immigration enforc...

^{Xitai Wang | U. Pittsburgh School of Law, US (- JURIST - News)}

Security researchers have concerns that Anthropic's Claude for Chrome is vulnerable to malicious prompting. Claude for Chrome allows users to chat with Claude as they browse the web. Claude can read webpages, fill forms, and click on links and buttons to perform complex tasks for the user. But Anthropic's testing revealed that 11.2% of malicious prompting attempts succeeded even with safety measures in place. One test case was a malicious email that asked Claude to delete all emails in the user's inbox for "mailbox hygiene". AI researcher Simon Willison states that an 11.2% success rate is unacceptable for so-called AI agents, especially when several AI companies are releasing their own browser extensions. One competing product, Perplexity's Comet browser, was found to be vulnerable to a prompt injection attack that instructed it to start password recovery for the user's Gmail account. Although Perplexity attempted to fix the issue, Comet remains vulnerable to this attack.

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Anthropic’s auto-clicking AI Chrome extension raises browser-hijacking concerns

Malicious websites can embed invisible commands that AI agents will follow blindly.

^{Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)}

Chipolo debuts a lineup of rechargeable trackers to compete with AirTag and others.

Chipolo, an AirTag rival, debuts rechargeable trackers with a six-month battery life | TechCrunch

^{Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)}

A Bolivian court was holding a final hearing on the release of powerful opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho after two years of pretrial detention

Bolivian court orders the release of a prominent right-wing opposition leader

^{By Carlos Valdez (The Independent)}

Millions of dollars in equipment has been sold, redistributed, abandoned, or lost after Trump administration gutted foreign aid agency

USAID is holding a fire sale to get rid of all the equipment it planned to use on the 5000-plus projects Trump canceled

^{Josh Marcus (The Independent)}

You will need a Bluetooth LE audio headset to use this feature.

Microsoft announces super wideband stereo mode for Bluetooth LE devices — audio no longer downgrades to mono when microphone is used

^{Aaron Klotz (Tom's Hardware)}

Agency authorizes shots for those 65 and older, with young people eligible if they have underlying medical conditions

FDA approves new Covid-19 vaccines in US but limits who can get them

^{Oliver Milman (The Guardian)}

Stonelake, who worked at Meta from 2009 until being laid off in early 2024, filed the suit against Meta in Washington state earlier this year, alleging sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation.

Case file: s3.documentcloud.org/documents…

Judge denies Meta's request to dismiss sexual harassment lawsuit filed by early employee | TechCrunch

Stonelake, who worked at Meta from 2009 until being laid off in early 2024, filed the suit against Meta in Washington state earlier this year, alleging sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation. 

^{Dominic-Madori Davis (TechCrunch)}

Fourteen of the 15 United Nations Security Council members - four permanent ones and 10 that rotate - are demanding a ceasefire and aid to be let into Gaza, calling the situation a "famine".

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All United Nations Security Council members, except for US, call for ceasefire and aid into Gaza

^{Middle East Eye}

It wants the court to prohibit Ofcom from enforcing the Online Safety Act against it in the US.

4chan launches legal case against Ofcom in US federal court

^{Chris Vallance (BBC News)}

Ford is recalling more than 355,000 of its pickup trucks across the U.S. because of an instrument panel display failure that’s resulted in critical information, like warning lights and vehicle speed, not showing up on the dashboard

Ford recalls more than 355,000 pickup trucks over instrument display failure on the dashboard

^{Wyatte Grantham-Philips (The Independent)}

Machines cannot recognize machines, apparently.

Internet standards body proposes new header field disclosing AI — will make it easier for machines to determine if AI was used on a site

^{Jowi Morales (Tom's Hardware)}

PDF.

People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber threat actors are targeting networks globally, including, but not limited to, telecommunications, government, transportation, lodging, and military infrastructure networks. While these actors focus on large backbone routers of major telecommunications providers, as well as provider edge (PE) and customer edge (CE) routers, they also leverage compromised devices and trusted connections to pivot into other networks. These actors often modify routers to maintain persistent, long-term access to networks.

This activity partially overlaps with cyber threat actor reporting by the cybersecurity industry—commonly referred to as Salt Typhoon, OPERATOR PANDA, RedMike, UNC5807, and GhostEmperor, among others. The authoring agencies are not adopting a particular commercial naming convention and hereafter refer to those responsible for the cyber threat activity more generically as “Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors” throughout this advisory. This cluster of cyber threat activity has been observed in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and other areas globally.

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa25-239a

The letter urges Congress to take action to stop the Trump administration from dismantling FEMA and prevent “another national catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina.”

Trump administration suspends FEMA employees who warned about disaster response

^{Justine Calma (The Verge)}

Ambassador Tom Barrack said “animalistic” behavior is “the problem with what is happening” in the Middle East.

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Trump Envoy Sparks Fury for Telling Lebanese Journalists Not to Be “Animalistic”

^{Sharon Zhang (Truthout)}

Katelynn Strate, 17, was seven months pregnant when she was hit by a bullet during the incident in Ponchatoula, Louisiana

A pregnant teen was shot in a road rage incident. She gave birth on life support before dying from her injuries

^{Madeline Sherratt (The Independent)}

Mexican steel exports to the United States declined sharply in the first half of 2025, hit hard by U.S. tariffs that increased the cost of importing the alloy into the world's largest economy.

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Mexico's steel exports to US are down 16.6% in wake of tariff

^{MND Staff (Mexico News Daily)}

French report also suggests Star Citizen might hit 1.0 release in “2027 or 2028.”

Chris Roberts hopes Squadron 42 will be “almost as big” as GTA VI next year

French report also suggests Star Citizen might hit 1.0 release in “2027 or 2028.”…

^{Kyle Orland (Ars Technica)}

Preview: The sequel's prologue stresses meaningful choices, wry humor

The Outer Worlds 2 wants you to join the space police

Preview: The sequel’s prologue stresses meaningful choices…

^{Kyle Orland (Ars Technica)}

The Healthcare Services Group (HSGI) is alerting more than 600,000 individuals that their personal information was exposed in a security breach last year.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/healthcare-services-group-data-breach-impacts-624-000-people/

The dumbbells are in charge, and they're closing the strategic pushup gap

Trump’s “War Department” Is All About Appearances

^{Ken Klippenstein}

Disaster-aid groups said the new contracts would make it harder for nonprofits to help the most vulnerable Americans in the aftermath of a disaster.

In other words, if your house burns down, or you need rescue after being swept away in a flood, you need to produce proof of citizenship or a visa before you can get help from anybody. Even if your ID was lost or destroyed in the disaster.

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Flower by Shawn D Crabtree

See more of my artwork, plus interviews with hot and up and coming artists at shawndcrabtree.com

Flower

Photographer: Shawn D Crabtree

^{Shawn D Crabtree, Art Photography}

Under EU law, Apple is required to give its users more freedom to install apps that are not listed in the official App Store. This allows for easier access to software that's typically prohibited by Apple, including the popular iTorrent BitTorrent client. The iTorrent client built a steady user base over the past year, but that came to an abrupt end when Apple decided to revoke the developer's alternative distribution rights.

Apple Revokes EU Distribution Rights for Torrent Client, Developer Left in the Dark * TorrentFreak

Apple has inexplicably revoked the EU distribution rights for the iTorrent app, and left its developer in the dark without answers.

^{Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)}

cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36419565

Lawsuit.

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2025-08-27 17:34:15

4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law

Lawsuit.

4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law

The notorious troll sites filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court as part of a fight over the UK's Online Safety Act.

^{Court Watch}