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in reply to fne8w2ah

CEOs are like wrestlers. Some of them are called in for the mass firings and to absorb ill will and are payed handsomely. Then the “nice” CEO gets brought in to turn the company around.

One is admired and one reviled. But they use the same dressing room backstage.

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in reply to fne8w2ah

Oh I thought this thumbnail was of Jack Donaghy.
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in reply to philpo

While I agree that private prisons are horrible, I can't see how this would have changed anything had it been a public prison. This also happened 3 years after he left that job as a prison officer.
in reply to naticus

He resigned because he was threatened while still on the job.

Generally speaking the police (and in some countries the prison system is a de facto separate police) deals far better with it's members being threatened,especially as their self perception is different and their managements goal is not to make a fucking profit first.



Implementing Portable User Identities with DIDs


Here's an idea to make Lemmy even better: true account portability.

Right now, your Lemmy account and all your content are tied to one server. Moving instances or having one shut down means losing your digital presence. Frankly, the server controls your online identity.

But what if you controlled your identity?

I've opened a discussion on the Lemmy dev GitHub about integrating Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs). Think of a DID as a permanent, global ID you own, independent of any server.

Why DIDs are a game-changer for Lemmy:

  • Real Account Portability: Move your entire account – posts, comments, followers – to any new instance seamlessly. Your identity travels with you.
  • More User Control: Your online presence becomes resilient, managed by an ID you control, not governed by a single server's policies.
  • Proven Tech: It works. Protocols like ATProto (Bluesky) successfully use DIDs for portable user identities.
  • Full Fediverse Compatibility: We can add DIDs to Lemmy while staying fully interoperable with Mastodon, Kbin, and all other ActivityPub platforms. No breaking changes, just a powerful upgrade.

This is a big step towards a more decentralized and user-controlled fediverse. If you're interested in more control over your digital self, check out the discussion:

**[GitHub Issue: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/5942]**

If you're on other ActivityPub platforms, consider pushing for similar solutions! The more platforms that adopt truly portable identity, the stronger the fediverse becomes.

in reply to INeedMana

Did can be served by your own server as just a json blob or federated between multiple identity servers or on the blockchain. A did is did:source:publickey and their are multiple different sources u can use.
in reply to muntedcrocodile

a json blob


So in a way it's similar to joinmastodon.org/verification ? A two sided reference between identity and profiles?


in reply to floofloof

I know a pilot and he mentioned a similar proposal he saw, he thought that the only reason anyone wanted them was so that they would have one less pilot to pay per flight.
in reply to OboTheHobo

I mean, that much is obvious. If you could do without two pilots it would be very inefficient to have two per flight, but you can't, so it's a very stupid idea.
in reply to floofloof

Remember that plane where the 1st officer locked the captain out of the cockpit and flew the plane into a mountain?

I believe the rule now is that for a pilot to exit the cockpit, a cabin crew member has to be in the cockpit, to prevent this sort of thing.



What is your favourite metal song?


I'm a newbie but i really like Take No Prisoners by Megadeth
in reply to kingpepe8006

I’m not a huge metal head, but “Trapped Under Ice” by Metallica is probably my favorite. I’d strongly recommend the entire Ride the Lightning album though. Pretty much every song is great.


Israel soon will halt or slow aid to northern Gaza as military offensive grows


JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel will soon halt or slow humanitarian aid into parts of northern Gaza as it expands its military offensive against Hamas, an official said Saturday, a day after Gaza City was declared a combat zone.

The decision was likely to bring more condemnation of Israel’s government as frustration grows in the country and abroad over dire conditions for both Palestinians and remaining hostages in Gaza after nearly 23 months of war.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, told The Associated Press that Israel will stop airdrops over Gaza City in the coming days and reduce the number of aid trucks arriving as it prepares to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people south.

Israel on Friday ended daytime pauses in fighting to allow aid delivery, describing Gaza City as a Hamas stronghold and alleging that a tunnel network remains in use. The United Nations and partners have said the pauses, airdrops and other recent measures fell far short of the 600 trucks of aid needed daily in Gaza.

“We left because the area became unlivable,” Fadi Al-Daour, displaced from Gaza City, said as vehicles piled high with people and belongings rolled through a shattered landscape. “No one is searching, and there are no journalists to film. There is nothing.”

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-08-30-2025-807071aad1041e8f4d2bf9463361062d

in reply to Stamau123

...and world leaders will yet again do NOTHING beyond meaningless posturing, because most of them value a genocidal regime headed by a bloodthirsty maniac more than humanity, compassion and empathy. Hard to express with words how sad and angry it makes me.
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in reply to doctortofu

These past few years have shown how badly humanity hasn’t truly shaken off its barbaric nature. I’m in my mid-40s and I grew up during a time where yes, there were still some issues, but on the whole it felt like humanity was finally starting to evolve, but now it’s the same shit that’s happened across the centuries just with a different veneer.

The fact we constantly repeat our shortcomings should have been a clue in and of itself, but I though that technical advances would also further us too instead of just coming up with more efficient ways to be assholes.



Israelis and Palestinians protest for peace as journalist Mariam Dagga's family mourns her death


NAZARETH, Israel (AP) — In the streets of Nazareth, Israeli and Palestinian activists wore stickers replicating the ‘Press’ insignia emblazoned on flak jackets and other clothing worn by journalists as they rallied for peace in Gaza. Their message: Journalism is not a crime.

A throng of people wearing blue-and-white ‘Press’ stickers — used to identify journalists in dangerous areas — gathered in the Israeli town on Friday to call for an end to the war in Gaza, which has killed nearly 200 journalists among tens of thousands of others. Some held photos of Palestinian journalists killed.

’’Don’t assassinate the truth,” read a banner the protesters held. Some banged on empty pots to symbolize hunger in the Gaza Strip and protest the killing of journalists.

Mariam Dagga, a 33-year-old who freelanced for The Associated Press, was among the war’s victims. She and four other reporters were killed earlier this week when Israeli forces struck Nasser Hospital in the Gaza town of Khan Younis, along with 17 other people.

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-journalists-protest-mariam-dagga-nasser-hospital-9d9d11755aee09ffa327f216184163fc



UK refuses to invite Israeli government officials to London arms fair over the war in Gaza


LONDON (AP) — The U.K. has barred Israeli government officials from attending the country’s biggest arms fair over growing concern about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The decision does not cover representatives of Israeli defense contractors, who will be allowed to attend the DSEI UK exhibition, scheduled for Sept. 9-12 in London. The event was formerly known as Defense and Security Equipment International.

“The Israeli Government’s decision to further escalate its military operation in Gaza is wrong,” the British government said in a statement. “As a result, we can confirm that no Israeli government delegation will be invited to attend DSEI UK 2025.”

The decision comes after Prime Minister Keir Starmer in July announced plans to recognize a Palestinian state unless Israel takes steps to end the crisis in Gaza, agrees to a ceasefire with Hamas and commits to a long-term peace agreement. Britain previously barred sales to Israel of any arms that could be used in the nearly 23-month war in Gaza.

https://apnews.com/article/britain-israel-defense-gaza-arms-fair-1949dbe6f401212a7c7faa6b47c3198b

in reply to Stamau123

READ THE SECOND LINE.

They de facto only blocked from attending people who didn't needed to attend.

This press release of theirs is another example of the traditional technique in British Modern Politics (and not only there, but in Britain using that kind of thing is a fucking art form) of presenting a miniscule barely bothersome action on something that goes along the direction the public wants as a massive action in that direction whilst in fact not really doing anything in any way effective in the direction that the public wants.

It's like when they loudly announced they had "Limited arms sales to Israel" some months ago and then in the details it turned out that they had blocked about 20 categories of weaponry out over 300 (and this all the while they kept flying surveillance flights over Gaza to give the info to Israel).

Smoke & Mirrors.

These people are professional deceivers and hypocrites.

in reply to Aceticon

My first thought after reading the headline was "but we know they're also criminalizing criticism of the Palestinian genocide, so something doesn't add up here". Thanks for distilling the key info to reconcile that with this!
in reply to Stamau123

wow.
how can jewish ISIS recover from this blow.

/////sssss

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Company behind Jack Daniel's says Canadian boycott is 'significant' as sales drop 62%


Parent company officials say trade dispute is causing 'significant headwinds' and 'significant impact'

The parent company of American alcohol producers such as Jack Daniel's whisky and Woodford Reserve bourbon says sales to Canada dropped 62 per cent during the latest fiscal quarter compared to a year ago, as American alcohol remains off the shelves in many provinces.

After U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods in early March, a number of provinces retaliated, pulling American alcohol from store shelves. Alberta and Saskatchewan have since lifted the ban.

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in reply to fne8w2ah

Oh man. I wish that'd work where I live (Canada). Europeans don't realize how lucky they have it! I can't fly to any worthwhile countries and back in a day (at least not long enough to enjoy the stay)
in reply to otp

Can hardly even fly to another Canadian city without it costing an arm and a leg.
in reply to Pyr

And an extra finger too, if you want to choose where you sit!
in reply to AA5B

I'd like to visit Mexico sometime, but it wouldn't really work for a day trip

in reply to sun_is_ra

I'm not aware of a modern browser that doesn't render it by default. I meant a real browser as in a browser not a lemmy client
in reply to TurboWafflz

you are right.

You could disable it though in firefox: "about:config" and find "network.IDN_show_punycode" and set to true.

forbes.com/sites/leemathews/20…



in reply to Preventer79

AI in fiction is a boring concept to me. It’s presented either as “What is a person?” or “What if we create an evil god?”. To me anything with feelings is a person and the other is just a chrome paint job on evil god characters in non sci-fi genres, so it’s just a speculative dead end.

AI in real life is much more interesting and its proliferation makes fictional AI seem even more bland. Real life AI is first and foremost not intelligent and probably not even close, that said we have no rubric to grade it by because we don’t even really know what intelligence is yet. That said, machine learning algorithms highlight patterns in the world and in our behaviors that are fascinating just because they show just how complicated the world and people are in ways our brains just passively process. Kind of like how QWOP highlights just how difficult and complicated walking is.

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Yemen’s Houthis say prime minister of rebel-controlled government killed in Israeli airstrike


cross-posted from: reddthat.com/post/49026720

Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday vowed to take revenge for the killing of their prime minister and other political leaders by Israeli airstrikes earlier this week.

The Houthis confirmed Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in a strike on the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Thursday, which also left others seriously wounded.

Mahdi al-Mashat, head of the Houthis’ Supreme Political Council, said in a video statement, “We promise to God, to the dear Yemeni people and the families of the martyrs and wounded that we will take revenge and we will turn the wounds into a victory.”

Al-Rahawi is the most senior figure in the Iran-backed Houthis to be killed in Israeli’s campaign against the group.


in reply to goferking (he/him)

Not to dismiss the horrifyingly gigantic pile of Israeli warcrimes, but this action specifically isn't one, as affiliation with (and straight up leadership of) a recognized terrorist organization that has technically targeted your nation (albeit not very effectively) generally designates someone a valid military target under international law.


Rwanda received migrants deported from the US earlier this month


cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/35133682

  • First group of seven migrants arrived in Rwanda in mid-August
  • Three have expressed desire to return to home countries
  • Trump has taken hardline approach toward immigration

WASHINGTON/NAIROBI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Rwanda received seven migrants deported from the United States earlier this month, a government spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday, weeks after the two countries reached an agreement for the transfer of up to 250 people.

"The first group of seven vetted migrants arrived in Rwanda in mid-August," Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said in a statement

"Three of the individuals have expressed a desire to return to their home countries, while four wish to stay and build lives in Rwanda. Regardless of their specific needs, all of these individuals will receive appropriate support and protection from the Rwandan government."

U.S. President Donald Trump has taken a hardline approach toward immigration, aiming to deport millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally and seeking to ramp up removals to third countries.

A U.S. State Department spokesperson on Thursday referred questions on the deportations earlier this month to the government of Rwanda and declined to comment on details of diplomatic communications with other governments.

"Implementing the Trump Administration’s immigration policies is a top priority for the Department of State. As Secretary Rubio has said, we remain unwavering in our commitment to end illegal and mass migration and bolster America’s border security," the spokesperson said.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rwanda-received-migrants-deported-us-earlier-this-month-2025-08-28/

in reply to Stamau123

If the Democrats had a spine, they'd be making it known to the leadership of every country that collaborates with Trump that payback is going to be a bitch.


Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds


Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

The collapse of a critical Atlantic current can no longer be considered a low-likelihood event, a study has concluded, making deep cuts to fossil fuel emissions even more urgent to avoid the catastrophic impact.

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is a major part of the global climate system. It brings sun-warmed tropical water to Europe and the Arctic, where it cools and sinks to form a deep return current. The Amoc was already known to be at its weakest in 1,600 years as a result of the climate crisis.

Climate models recently indicated that a collapse before 2100 was unlikely but the new analysis examined models that were run for longer, to 2300 and 2500. These show the tipping point that makes an Amoc shutdown inevitable is likely to be passed within a few decades, but that the collapse itself may not happen until 50 to 100 years later.

in reply to MicroWave

50 to 100 years from now? .... phew..... i can rest easy now ..... at least all I have to worry about in my lifetime is extreme heat and hurricanes .... I'll let the next generation worry about the mid Atlantic Ocean current failing

Hey it might even start a mini ice age .... which would be a good thing because of the global warming right?

in reply to IninewCrow

This current brings warmer weather to Europe so it will get colder when it collapses. I think Europe should make collapsing this current their official climate change mitigation policy. No one else affected is really interested in doing anything to stop it anyway.


Former Ukrainian parliament speaker Andriy Parubiy murdered in Lviv


**In short: **

Ukraine's former house speaker Andriy Parubiy has been shot dead in Lviv.

Parubiy's colleagues in parliament and the government have shared tributes, praising him for his contributions to Ukraine's fight for sovereignty.
What's next?

A manhunt has been launched for the killer.

in reply to Midnight Wolf

Andriy Volodymyrovych Parubiy (Ukrainian: Андрій Володимирович Парубій; 31 January 1971 – 30 August 2025) was a Ukrainian politician[7] who co-founded the Social-National Party of Ukraine in 1991, and who served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, from 14 April 2016, to 29 August 2019.


en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php…

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in reply to PedroG14

Despite his move away from the Social-National Party in 2004[30] Parubiy was frequently the target by pro-Russian media, who routinely refer to him as a Nazi, especially after the Revolution of Dignity.


I'm shocked that a .ml user would behave like pro-Russian media. Totally shocked.

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in reply to Noxy

???? DUDE, THIS GUY CO-FOUNDED A LITERAL NEO-NAZI PARTY, IN WHAT SENSE WOULD THIS INFORMATION BE pRo-RuSsIaN????????

EVERY FUCKIN NAZI SHOULD JUST DIE, DO YOU UNDERSTAND IT? I DON'T FUCKIN CARE IF IT IS UKRANIAN, RUSSIAN OR FUCKIN BRAZILLIAN, OKAY?

in reply to PedroG14

He hasn't been involved with the party for the last 20 years, has been vocally opposed to their values for most of those 20, and nonetheless is still presented as though he's an active member & nazi by pro-russian media. The information is true, the context in which that information is presented is manipulated to be pro-russian.
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in reply to Warl0k3

ou white g word 🙂 are really able to defend a nazi party cofounder, huh!?
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in reply to PedroG14

Schindler was a nazi, and yet we praise him - despite having been vocally pro-german before he saw the reality of what his country stood for. People change, shitty people included. Sometimes, they even change for the better.

Also I'm not white, nor a gringo. It's pretty sad you have to retreat to racism for your cheap bait.

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in reply to Warl0k3

Schindler was a nazi, and yet we praise him


EWWWWWW. Fuck off, nazi scumbag.

It's pretty sad you have to retreat to racism for your cheap bait.


What a shitty "racist" guy that I am for calling you a white gringo... Western people really suffered, and still suffer, by this... /s

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in reply to PedroG14

... Really selling the quality of your political insight here.
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in reply to PedroG14

Aight the sad trolling is whatever, but why the bracket smileys? That a cultural thing or just, idk, a personal preference?
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in reply to Noxy

You know, we can acknowledge the errors of Ukraine without removing their rights to live as a free country.

Ukraine had a big problem with far right, and it was full of corruption. I don't know to which extent it is still true, but that doesn't mean we should let Russia annex or ethnically cleanse them.

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in reply to lmagitem

By big problem we mean that nazi party that got less than 1% on elections?
in reply to Nalivai

Check out Dmytro Yarosh, Pravy Sektor or the Azov Brigade for example. They have far more reach than "1% on elections".

Historicaly the nazis were very popular in Ukraine because they fought against the soviets which, as you can guess, weren't much liked by most of the population. They were seen as heroes and liberators by a lot of people. That doesn't make it right, but it makes sense. History has a tendency to be grey like that.

Well, those groups were obviously among the first to fight against the Russians in eastern Ukraine after Maïdan. They were very active in the Maïdan revolution too.

It's a valid thing to point out that integrating neo-nazi or nazi-adjacent people like that in the government and war machine is problematic. That doesn't invalidate Ukraine's legitimacy or give credit to Russia's stupid claims. But denying those facts only fuels the russian propaganda machine.

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in reply to lmagitem

I wouldn't really call Azov brigade nazi any more, although they do have an origin as a nazi organization. They were cleaned of most of that crap around 2018 or so.

Also, in 2014 Ukraine de facto had no army, as they had found it impossible that Poland or Slovakia or Moldova would attack them and believed that even if that was to happen, the Russia would come help. And when Ukraine then needed some military might when this war began in 2014, the only ones who had learned to properly use a weapon were the Moscow-funded extreme right wing oranizations, who merrily bit the feeding hand when it tried to start punching them.

Ukraine began with building an actual useful army in 2014, but for a long time the informal extreme right organizations were stronger than the Ukrainian military and police forces combined, which meant there was a real threat of a far-right coup in Ukraine. The way Ukraine was able to dismantle those dangerous organizations was by slowly allowing them to integrate into the Ukrainian army, while at the same time everything possible was done to water down the nazi symphaties from those units. Nowadays by far the biggest part of Azov soldiers are against nazism, but of course there are still ugly symphathies among the oldest members of the organization. For example, the Azov battallion changed its logo away from being the wolfsangel already a couple of years ago, but very often you still see the old logo in use. And that is a nazi symbol. But, because the majority of soldiers in Azov units are there to fight a war in a skilled unit where they are likely to stay alive, I still would not call it a nazi organization now in 2025.

Of course, when you're in the trenches, the philosophies of your fellow soldiers are less important than their ability to shoot the orcs between the eyes.

And to end this text: Most of the funding for the Ukrainian right wing extremists came from the Russia, until in 2014 it stopped. Since then, the amount of right-wing extremism in Ukraine has been in a steady decline, while at the same time it's been on a rise in the Russia and in territories occupied by the Russia. Just like in any other country that has been under Russian influence during this century, there is indeed still a big nazi problem in Ukraine. But it's important to understand that in any areas under Russian control the problem is and will be rising, whereas in other parts of Ukraine it's decreasing. A country having a nazi problem is not a reason to decline helping them reduce the amount of nazism. (And the problem is not bigger than that in present day Germany, BTW. But still, just like in Germany it is important to do something and that something is indeed being done, it's also important in Ukraine to do something. And that something is also being done. Stupid to claim the problem doesn't exist, stupid to claim that it's a defining feature of Ukraine.)

in reply to lmagitem

Historicaly the nazis were very popular in Ukraine [...] They were seen as heroes and liberators by a lot of people.


That is a blatant exaggeration bordering on revisionism. They were seen as liberators by a minority upon invasion in 1941, that quickly changed once the people realized the facts of the occupation, and millions fought against the nazis.

in reply to lmagitem

Oh, I'm fucking sorry, it's actually 1.80%
It's so fucking far more than one percent it's not even close. Oh such an enormous reach, if you "do your own research" instead of looking into facts.
My man, either stop eating russian lying narrative, or stop spreading it, preferably both.
in reply to lmagitem

Thank you. You articulated the same thoughts I have but much better than I did



How do you see the modlog for fedia.io


When I go to the fedia.io site, I only get a login site.

I am trying to understand why the mod of !bside@fedia.io got banned.

It's a super chill indie gaming community, no drama, I enjoyed the content that was posted there.

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in reply to Agent Karyo

i can't see it there since i don't have a fedia.io account. if the mod was falseprophet i see from other sites they were banned 10 days ago from a bunch of communities. the reason is just "automod," but i don't know what that means. I still see them posting on bside 8 hours ago on my own instance.
in reply to celeste

I see. Thank you for the heads up! I will use my piefed account to access the bsides community.
in reply to Agent Karyo

Just as a heads up: the Mbin devs are working on federating bans so you can view such info in the modlog of your instance and don't have to look on the home instance of a magazine 😀


IDF strike on Gaza City bakery kills 11 Palestinians, including children, medics say


At least 11 Palestinians, including children, were killed in an IDF airstrike on a bakery in Gaza City on Saturday, medical sources said.

Dozens more were wounded in the attack on the Ansar neighborhood in the western part of the city while waiting in line to buy bread, medical sources added.

Images from the scene show bodies scattered alongside loaves of bread.

in reply to IndustryStandard

To the Israeli and many of the Western world readers, this is now even more normalised than mass shootings in the US. And equally easy to ignore

in reply to technocrit

Reminder that the US also sanctioned and blocked UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese from entering the country less than two months ago because they didn't like her reporting.

news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1…

The USA is no longer an appropriate place to host the UN headquarters.

in reply to skisnow

The USA is no longer an appropriate place to host the UN headquarters.


Never been



Switching to the Fediverse for Daily Social Media Use


I wrote about my motivations and thoughts on switching away from centralized social media and to the Fediverse with some thoughts on self-hosting.
in reply to stormio

I nuked the internal network by mistake. Working on fixing it right now

edit It's back up now if you'd like to try again 😀

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in reply to incentive

using something like Mastodon is no harder than signing up for X or Facebook. The difference is you won’t be treated like a product, you’ll be treated like a person.


I like this. I might reuse it.



Mirror Instance for Interactable Archiving


Mirror Instance for Interactable Archiving #fediverse, #mirror, #archive, #wayback #machine, #crossplatform

Hello fellow Fediversians,

I have been mulling over an eminently feasible and inevitably controversial solution to a couple of challenges I see with the Fediverse gaining traction, and becoming the primary microblog/forum platform for many users. Also I believe this solution can fill a valuable function of accountability in the form of unbiased archiving.

Essentially the concept is an instance entirely populated by bot accounts, accounts which individually scrape the publicly posted content of public figures from other platforms and reposts that content in quotation, with timestamp, link-back attribution, and cross-links to other posts referred to by the primary post if they exist within the archive. Also may include comments requoting the post if it is edited with new timestamp, etc.

Why do this? Well simply put it would create a consolidated archive of published cintent from public figures which cannot be tampered with for the purposes of accountability, similar to the Wayback Machine, but with the added function of direct interactivity via federated services.

In this way Fedenizens can follow their favorite public figures on-platform and interact with their content in a separate persistent environment, and journalists can have a fully up to date copy of what has been said without filter or revision.

This is all extremely feasible with the help of ML agent scripts, even if APIs are not cooperative.

What are your thoughts? If you were an instance admin would you block such an instance or allow it?

There is of course the issue of how to pick what public figures to add to the archive, but I suggest this can be done by nomination. Who nominates? Well the other function of such an instance would be for individuals to self-nominate in order to mirror their content from other platforms into the fediverse. I suggest that these members can also nominate other accounts, perhaps with a quorum voting system, say 5 nominations succeeds in adding a person to the archive.

Some people may in the end choose to use the instance as their primary, as they interact a lot with the archive streams. I think this would be a welcome outcome.

in reply to Coopr8

Sorry, I'm not sure:
You don't know about the mastodon unofficial bots reposting from X (without interaction of person postingon X) and Lemmy unofficial bots and sometimes whole instances following RSS feeds or those somehow don't fit what you aim for?
in reply to INeedMana

haven't come across them, it figures I wasn't the first to think of it. So far from the other comment I have found the .makeup instance, which seems to be doing what I've been thinking but is a bit odd in its interaction with my home instance
in reply to Coopr8

Kbin.Social (rip) and Lemm.ee (rip #2) posts still appear on Lemmy.World. Also pondercat (rip #3) was a bot-only instance (in its case, for tracking RSS feeds), but interacteable with. So all in all, I think it's fairly possible, with only minor (?) issues being in the way, like mirroring external content that would be loaded seemlessly (e.g. Imgur on Lemmy) and storage and processing power for tracking the instances.


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in reply to mrdown

Seems ok to me. They need to distinguish between the opposing governments, and they're reporting what the Houthis have said because they don't have confirmation from trusted sources.
in reply to AmidFuror

They could simply say houthis government's prime minister was assasinated by israel
in reply to mrdown

They don't know it. They'd have egg on their face if it turned out he wasn't dead or died some other way.

The choice to include that it was an airstrike instead of a gunshot, blade, poison, or a hand grenade is an editorial choice. It certainly answers one of the first questions which would form in the reader's mind.

in reply to AmidFuror

My problem is x-backed. You never see that when refering to isrsel which is a proxy for american imperliasm
in reply to Davriellelouna

Other coverage:
- BBC
- Al Jazeera
- NYTimes
- NBC
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Doubting Your Favorite Web Search Engine


Kagi has quickly grown into something of a household name within tech circles. From Hacker News and Lobsters to Reddit, the search provider seems to attract near-universal praise. Whenever the topic of search engines comes up, there’s an almost ritual rush to be the first to recommend Kagi, often followed by a chorus of replies echoing the endorsement.
in reply to hansolo

I like it a lot, because it's clean and lets me switch between the two indexes with one click, and it's pretty fast and responsive. It's been my main search while i was a mullvad client, and i dearly missed it after switching my VPN provider. I'm happy they decided to open it up for the public.
in reply to A Wild Mimic appears!

I've been trying it out, and it's solid. Startpage seems to get me where I need to go a bit quicker, but this is still a good backup and I'm thrilled to have another frontend for Brave search.


[fluff post] If lemmy users are Lemmites, what would we like to call piefed users?


I just thought this might make a fun discussion thread for folks to chat about ideas and make silly pie jokes.

I'm curious to hear what folks think would be fun, or work well!



Vance says he’s prepared to be president ‘If God forbid, a terrible tragedy happens’


JD Vance has said he is ready to take on the presidency “If God forbid, a terrible tragedy happens” to Donald Trump.

In a wide-ranging interview with USA TODAY, the vice president said he was “confident” President Trump would see out the rest of his term, but added he has had a lot of “on-the-job training”.

He also insisted to White House Correspondent Francesca Chambers Trump was in “incredibly good health”, despite recent questions about the president’s physical wellbeing.

#News

in reply to acargitz

It shouldn’t be this hard. History will not look kindly on us.
in reply to acargitz

Absolutely maddening that this is the standard they're begging people to meet. Michael Che had a stand-up special where he said something like, "Did you know that it's controversial now to say that black lives matter? What would be more acceptable? Black lives exist?"


US to revoke visas for PLO and PA members ahead of UN General Assembly 2025


in reply to Saleh

Just locking anyone with an opposing opinion out worked for the Democratic party convention in the US, lets see if it works at the UN too.

in reply to baduhai

He says he has no interest in politics, but his mother is a Forza Italia MEP who started her career in a far-right "post-fascist" party.

Her father seemed to also be aligned with his father (Benito), so I would be surprised if the fascism has filtered all the way down.

in reply to NoForwadSlashS

Yeah these things tend to run in families. Just like the Bushes and the Musks, all have strong fascist family histories. The Trumps are unique in this regard, they are just pumps and slumlords. But fortunately for them, fascism is an easy jump from there.
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BREAKING: 4 Israeli soldiers missing, others killed in resistance ambush in Zeitoun neighbourhood east of Gaza: Israel media


Israeli media reported that 4 soldiers were missing, and others were killed and wounded in Gaza, as part of a large ambush to capture Israeli soldiers carried out by the Qassam Brigades in the Zeitoun neighbourhood east of Gaza City.

Sources reported that the operation began with a large ambush in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, which resulted in the deaths of several Israeli soldiers, while other reports confirmed injuries described as critical.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250830-israel-media-4-israeli-soldiers-missing-others-killed-in-resistance-ambush-in-zeitoun-neighbourhood-east-of-gaza/