Lufthansa Group's Plans To Simplify Long Haul Fleet By 2030, Cut Six Plane Types
Lufthansa Group plans to simplify its long haul fleet, retiring six aircraft types by 2030. This includes the A340-600, 747-400, etc.
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F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree
For the past 15 years, F-Droid has provided a safe and secure haven for Android users around the world to find and install free and open source apps. When contrasted with the commercial app stores — of which the Google Play store is the most prominent — the differences are stark: they are hotbeds of spyware and scams, blatantly promoting apps that prey on their users through attempts to monetize their attention and mine their intimate information through any means necessary, including trickery and dark patterns.
F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
For the past 15 years1, F-Droid has provided a safe and securehaven for Android users around the world to find and install free and opensource apps. When con...f-droid.org
[Announcement] Announcing The Third Edict Race Event
Now that players have settled with the changes in The Third Edict, it's time for some more Path of Exile 2 racing action starting from the 5th of October PDT! While the races are open to everyone, the purpose of them is to crown players that are willing to prove themselves against others. With an overhaul to Skill and Support gems as well as a whole new Act filled with tons of new bosses, the next race is sure to be a thrilling watch!
In this season's set of events, players will compete to be the first to kill Tavakai in Act 4 in a Solo Self-Found Rise of the Abyssal fixed layout environment. While this is not a Hardcore Event, players will incur a penalty upon death where they will not be able to move until a two and a half minute period has lapsed. It will also be the first race to include the new Abyssal league content!
We'll be posting the ladder links below (when they're ready) so you'll be able to check who's leading in real-time during each race, or check the best times after the race to see how you fare against the top players.
In order to join, click the "Join" button for the race in the Character Select screen. You'll then be prompted to create a character. Once you've spawned in, you won't be able to move your character until the race starts.
These races will be open to PC and Console with a shared prize pool.
Event Times and Dates
- Race 1: October 5th 12PM PDT
- Race 2: October 12th 12PM PDT
- Race 3: October 19th 12PM PDT
We suggest that you join the races early, as each race will start at the same time for all players.
Prizes
The Demigod's Virtue Unique item will be up for grabs for the top placement of each class:
- Ranger
- Sorceress
- Witch
- Monk
- Warrior
- Mercenary
- Huntress
This means in each race, seven Demigod's Virtues will be awarded. Future events will include other classes when they're added to Early Access.
As we do more race events in the future, we'll cycle through all the Demigod's items. They'll eventually represent an entire armour set including weaponry, so you might be able to collect the entire set if you're good enough!
Upon the conclusion of each race, a Remove-Only stash tab will be added in your core leagues where you can choose to remove the item from the tab to equip it, show it off, link it to others or keep it there as a trophy for the ages. Or you can trade it away if you don't care, your call!
If you want to use it as a cosmetic, you'll be able to convert it into a microtransaction using the /convertracereward chat command.
All future leagues will have this Remove-Only stash tab too, but they will only become available one month into the league.
We're also awarding more prizes in this set of races! The fastest times for each class across all three races will receive their choice of one of the new Official Path of Exile 2 Displates:
Check out the full selection of Displates here.
Finally, a Divination Card design will be awarded to the fastest player out of all three races.
Rules
These races are free to participate in and anyone is welcome to join. Streaming your POV will not be mandatory for this event. There are no limitations to how many races you can join, which means you will be able to win multiple Demigod's Virtues if you're skilled enough!
Please note that the use of inappropriate character names (i.e. those that breach our Terms of Use) during your run will result in you being disqualified from participating in that event or future race events in the series. If you plan to stream your run, these rules will also apply to throw-away stream names for those that are streaming on alternate channels. Please also note that any character names that appear to be attempting to subtly skirt the rules or get around them while still being generally appropriate will count as a breach in this instance. If you want to play it safe, just use your regular stream/race names that people regularly know you by. If you're using an alt to obscure your strategy, that's okay but please keep the above rules in mind.
Grinding Gear Games staff will be excluded from winning prizes in these events.
Where to Watch
Each of these races will be hosted live on twitch.tv/pathofexile with shoutcasting by ZiggyD and RaizQT. Co-streaming is welcome!
Good luck to everyone who is planning to participate! We can't wait to see how old strategies fair with the new Act, or if new strategies will come out on top!
Early Access Announcements - Announcing The Third Edict Race Event - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
[Study] Swedes and the Internet - 2025, Swedish Internet Foundation
English | Svenskarna och internet
In this year’s report, we look at AI tools, social media, communication apps and fake ads – and how the internet affects our love lives.Svenskarna och internet
Larry Ellison’s quest to run the world
Larry Ellison’s quest to run the world
TikTok is the latest prize in the Silicon Valley billionaire’s second act as a media mogul.Terrence O'Brien (The Verge)
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UK's Labour Party to vote on declaring 'Israel' guilty of genocide in Gaza
Labour Party delegates will decide on Monday whether to adopt an emergency motion declaring that 'Israel' is committing genocide in Gaza and calling for a full arms embargo. The vote will take place during the party’s annual conference in Liverpool.
Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer opposed the motion on Sunday, warning that it could undermine aspects of the Middle East peace process. The motion, titled “Peace in the Middle East 2”, will be considered alongside another proposal broadly supporting existing Labour policy on 'Israel'.
If passed, the motion would signal Labour’s official acceptance of a UN Commission of Inquiry report that found 'Israel' guilty of committing genocide in Gaza. It would also back comprehensive sanctions on 'Israel' and a full arms embargo. Delegates from constituencies and affiliated organisations will vote on multiple motions over the next few days.
UK's Labour Party to vote on declaring 'Israel' guilty of genocide in Gaza
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Credit: AFP)Roya News
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Why would he ignore it?
He already banned weapons exports to Israel, condemned Israel for war crimes, ramped up aid to Palestine, sanctioned a bunch of Israeli MPs, committed to arresting Netanyahu if he ever comes to the UK, refused to join the US/Israel coalition in Iran, and recognised Palestine.
Why would he suddenly become pro-Israel?
The UK has not recognized Palestinian statehood except on paper. It blackmails the PA into caving to Israeli demands in exchange for recognizing no clear territories.
Also the UK still supplies weapons to Israel. Which is mentioned in the article.
This explains how fraudulent it all is
middleeasteye.net/opinion/reco…
Recognition of Palestine is a repeat of the West’s Oslo 'peace' fraud
Britain’s Keir Starmer is already pulling the rug from under his own grudging declaration. The only hope of change is of the unintended consequences varietyMiddle East Eye
‘Gamechanger’ Study Warns Carbon Capture May Fall Short of Expectations, Citing Storage Location Dangers
The vast majority of places where you can find the kinds of sedimentary rocks that allow carbon dioxide to be stored underground sit in higher risk zones or in areas like the Arctic that are potentially off-limits for practical or political reasons, the study found.That has big implications for the energy transition, since once carbon dioxide is put into storage, it’s supposed to stay there for as long as possible. Any storage sites we use today can’t be expected to be available for future generations — not just the children and grandchildren of people alive today but “more than ten generations into the future,” the study notes.
The study concludes that nearly 90 percent of that storage capacity is in less-than-desirable locations.
‘Gamechanger’ Study Warns Carbon Capture May Fall Short of Expectations, Citing Storage Location Dangers - DeSmog
CCS can “no longer be considered an unlimited” climate solution, researchers caution after concluding most storage options are in risky regionsSharon Kelly (DeSmog)
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Google's new rules could wipe out sideloading and alternative app stores, F-Droid warns
Google’s new developer registration requirements could make it impossible for independent Android app stores like F-Droid to survive, the group behind the open-source repository has warned in a new blog post
Google's new rules could wipe out sideloading and alternative app stores, F-Droid warns
F-Droid has warned against Google's new developer verification rules, saying they could kill sideloading and alternative app stores.Adamya Sharma (Android Authority)
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Phone recommendation
I am currently using a Pixel 6a, with GrapheneOS.
However, since Google's update to the battery, my phone is discharging very fast (talking about one percent per minute).
I have looked at changing the battery myself, however it seems to be a bit over my skill level.
So, I am in the market for a new phone. (And quite pissed off at Google, especially since they announced the changes to signing, apks, the issues with graphene,...
This time, I would like :
- maybe try Linux?
- a headphone Jack
I have been looking at postmarket OS, however every supported device is quite old, and I'm not sure if/ how much they are usable today.
I looked at fairphone, but FP5&6 don't support postmarket OS and don't have a headphone Jack.
Currently, I am looking at the Jolla Phone (running SailfishOS), as it has a Jack, and runs Linux.
Do you know of other options, what would you recommend?
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I am currently using a Pixel 6a, with GrapheneOS.
However, since Google’s update to the battery,
I thought you were using graphene...
I've been planning to get a Pixel 6 to run Graphene.
Do you know if that's still a viable plan to avoid Google's recent side-loading bullshit?
From what OP said it sounds like Google is kinda closing that door but your comment leads me to suspect OP is mistaken?
Do you know if that’s still a viable plan to avoid Google’s recent side-loading bullshit?
Google's new EEE tactics should not in theory impact custom ROMs such as Graphene, especially considering Graphene goes out of its way to avoid using any G stuff unless sandboxed.
From what OP said it sounds like Google is kinda closing that door but your comment leads me to suspect OP is mistaken?
So, unless i'm mistaken, google's updates shouldn't impact graphene phones...
Well, I just checked on the stats of the battery, and the status says "dead"
So maybe it's just a coincidence it happened at the same time? Battery is at around 700 cycles.
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I sometimes like to read his political posts:
stallman.org/archives/2025-jul…
And honestly? I mostly agree with them? Like this:
ABC ordered to pay Antoinette Lattouf another $150,000 for unlawful termination over Gaza Instagram post.But a company faced with enormous threats wielded by fascist officials who demand that certain views be suppressed will treat such penalties as the normal cost of sucking up.
The [Israeli] army says that HAMAS is using apartment buildings for "surveillance", and has bombed some of those buildings to destroy them. Based on this logic, the army might bomb every tall building in Gaza City with the large bombs that the US is providing
He has some questionable beliefs as well, though for unusual reasons. He accepts non-binary people but refuses to use they/them pronouns because he doesn't like the ambiguity of singular/plural pronouns. So he has invented the neopronouns per/pers to refer to singular non-binary persons. I genuinely think no other person on this planet could hold this opinion.
Ok, let's say he's right only when he talks about software.
That should do it. I hope.
EDIT: well and hardware too I guess.
EDIT2: oh and paid public toilets.
What pisses me off it that they say they do this for security. It changes absolutely anything.
They really think that malware developers will say "oh no! I need to submit a picture of an id card to sign my malware! It's literally impossible to submit a jpg of a stolen id card, I'm ruined and out of a job!"
What does it change? Waste 20 minutes of some malware developer while they register under a stolen id? They already have a system that scans for known malware and automatically remove it.
Thing is, Play Store is already filled with malware or near-malware from seemingly verified developers. I ran into several scam clone apps just today. It's even snuck in through OEM apps.
Same on iOS, which supposedly verifies devs.
If 'verification' and curation is their idea of security, well... It appears their system is already overloaded, yet they want to expand it?
It's absolutely insane that anyone pretends Google Play and the App Store are fine though.
Has anyone scrolled through any search and not seen a sea of heavily marketed scam apps?
Both things can be true. It definitely is better for security. It’s pretty much indisputably better for security.
But you know what would be even better for security? Not allowing any third-party code at all (i.e., no apps).
Obviously that’s too shitty and everyone would move off of that platform. There’s a balance that must be struck between user freedom and the general security of a worldwide network of sensitive devices.
Users should be allowed to do insecure things with their devices as long as they are (1) informed of the risks, (2) prevented from doing those things by accident if they are not informed, and (3) as long as their actions do not threaten the rest of the network.
Side-loading is perfectly reasonable under those conditions.
It’s pretty much indisputably better for security.
I dispute this. While adding extra layers of security looks good on paper, flawed security can be worse than no security at all.
Android packages already have to be signed to be valid and those keys already are very effective in practice. In effect these new measures are reinventing the wheel as to what a layperson would think this new system does.
Adding this extra layer in fact has no actual security benefit beyond posturing/"deterrence". Catching a perpetrator is not the same thing as preventing a crime. Worse - catching a thief in meatspace has the potential to recover stolen goods, but not so in digital spaces - either the crime is damage or destruction of data for which no punishment undoes the damage or the crime is sharing private data which in practice would almost certainly have been immediately fenced to multiple data brokers.
And were only getting started with this security theater:
- Nothing prevents an organization from hiring a developer for long enough to register before being flushed (or the same effect with a burner account on fiver)
- Nothing in this program does anything to get code libraries vetted - many of these developers may accidentally be publishing code from poisoned wells that they have no practical knowledge of.
- None of these measures make scams less profitable.
- None of this addresses greyware - software that could technically qualify as legal (because the user agreed to terms of service for a service of dubious value)
- All of this costs time and resources that will likely inevitably be shouldered on low paid engineers that could have put that effort to better uses.
- Metrics and statistics may likely be P-hacked to reflect that the new system as a success (because there's internal pressure to make it look good) this turning-security-into-press-releases would have collateral of making accountability overall worse.
But you know what would be even better for security?
While we're at it we could add the tropes of removing network connectivity, or switch to using clay tablets kept in a wooden box guarded by a vengeful god. Both of those would be more secure, too.
Users should be allowed to do insecure things with their devices
100% agree with you here - it's fundamentally the principle of "Your liberty to swing your fist ends just where my nose begins". Users should be given the tools and freedom to do as they want with their property - up until it affects another person or their property in an unwanted way.
I think we mostly agree. And I do agree that “flawed security can be worse than no security at all.” I think, though, that this doesn’t make security worse, just that it doesn’t make it that much better.
But even simple filters can make a significant difference: maybe you remember the early-ish Lemmy debacle of turning off captchas for signups by default, ostensibly because captchas are now completely defeated… which led to thousands and thousands of bot accounts being created pretty much immediately across a bunch of instances, and the feature being turned back on by default.
I'll agree to that.
And I also think that there's no way I trust Alphabet (holding company of Google) to be the sole arbiters of who gets to run code - neither in a philosophical sense nor as a gatekeeper to one top five compute platforms used by a substantial chunk of the world population.
It absolutely does not justify creating a policy that would wholesale obliterate F-Droid, arguably one of their larger competitors.
They are also working to similarly kill custom ROMs. Just recently the GrapheneOS team mentioned that Google is no longer making their hardware drivers Open Source, and so compatibility with new phones means reverse engineering their own drivers - which is a big reason that custom ROMs support such narrow hardware options already and very often come with limitations and/or features that just don't work. At best, they figure out how to make it work, but it takes time and updates can lag significantly behind.
We have a lot of options on the software side for avoiding google (or android), but very limited options on hardware. We need open source mobile hardware support ASAP.
Because Google have been wanting to be closed source for years, which is why nearly all their new features since they released the Pixel have been PixelOS exclusive and not in AOSP.
They don’t care about killing custom roms, that’s just a side effect of them going closed source for their Phone.
It means they can do way more features without giving away precious IP, and it also just reduces their workload. They don’t need to keep giving out their code for free. It makes their job harder.
AOSP projects are not and never have been a threat to Google. They aren’t trying to stifle them - that’s just a byproduct of not giving away their code anymore. Giving it away gives literally zero benefits to them. It might only save them 0.01%, but that’s a lot money.
As someone whose job runs several FOSS projects, I think you're making up the fact that it adds meaningful workload.
I think that, for all intents and purposes, protecting IP is equivalent to stifling competition.
I think giving away code benefits the entire Android ecosystem, which might be the largest data mining operating Google has. I fully believe that's of nonzero benefit.
- Carrying two massive slabs because a few apps won't run on one of them
- Having a second home because some nights you can't sleep in one due to noisy neighbours
Where the more simple solution would be:
- Have a phone that can run all of the apps you need so you don't need to buy and carry around a second phone
- deal with your neighbours and sort stuff out rather than buy and travel to and from a second home.
They exist. People just don't buy them. But there is a Ubuntu phone port you can install on your phone as an alternative to android.
forums.ubports.com/topic/10762…
But yeah it can get complicated like any Linux community project and isn't at all mainstream.
Status update on the next, Noble-based Ubuntu Touch release, February 2025
Status of Noble-based Ubuntu Touch (UTNext) Since the last time I made a forum post, the following features has become usable: GPS NFC Phone call & SMS Not...UBports Forum
We had a few good Linux phones back in the day but Nokia / Microsoft killed them trying to compete with iPhone OS and Android: Maemo / Meego were great but did not get a proper chance.
Jolla continued the legacy and Sailfish OS is still something worth checking out if you can find suitable hardware, or idk how complex it is to port it.
Seems to be new Jolla phone coming up at some point too:
forum.sailfishos.org/t/next-ge…
Next gen Jolla Phone
Hi there, As noted in the previous community meeting, we’d like to define the next gen Jolla Phone together with the community.Sailfish OS Forum
What is it with you people trying your best to get away from google but still using the most exchangeable app they have.
If you mean Push-2FA, than that's another story entirely.
Google start with open source so they can use open source tools and get a lot of work for free.
But they use the famous Elbrace, E tende and Extinguish. See the things they are doing with the web with Chrome.
Anyone that builds their entire company and/or product around being reliant on a multi-billion/trillion dollar company providing them with their source code for free so you can use it to get around using their services is only setting themselves up for disaster.
If you rely on Google giving you their source code, you need to have a backup plan ready at all times for what to do when Google don’t give you their source code.
I genuinely think no other person on this planet could hold this opinion.
Eh, I'm pretty close to this opinion.
A family member came out as non-binary, and I don't like to use they/them (for the same reason as Stallman), but I also think creating my own pronouns is more offensive, so I just use their first name, unless I can't easily avoid it (like this sentence). I'm not trying to be offensive, I just don't like they/them as angular pronouns. I also don't like "you" as both singular and plural, but I'm also not ready to use "y'all", so I refer to second person groups without the pronoun (if feasible).
On a related note, I also think gender is a social construct and not actually "real." Sex exists because it's a biological thing, but it shouldn't be directly tied to your role in society. To change my mind, I need empirical evidence that there's some unique difference between men and women (brain wave patterns?) that aligns groups of non-binary people or aligns trans people with people of the opposite sex. I personally don't think this exists, and gender fluidity is more a symptom of a culture that isn't well equipped to handle people who don't nicely fit into a bucket. I think gender is a useful metaphor for what's going on, and I absolutely support people fighting for using it to get the recognition they need, but I don't think it's an actual, scientifically proven thing.
The only real difference is that I use first names to refer to non-binary people's first names more frequently than to binary people. I hope that doesn't offend anyone, I just really don't like using the same pronoun for both singular and plural.
Singular they is over 600 years old by the way:
oed.com/discover/a-brief-histo…
As a trans person, my gender dysphoria is not something caused entirely by social gender roles. Medical transition has greatly alleviated the majority of it. Anecdotally, within the first week of hormone therapy, my dysphoria improved dramatically while only being out of the closet to 2 people outside of my therapist and the medical professionals who prescribed my hormones. It has continued to improve, although I'm still waiting for the surgery that will resolve the remaining things that hormones can't fix.
Also, there are studies around brain structure differences between men and women, and transgender people tended to have brain structures in line with their gender, not their assigned sex at birth:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes…
Perhaps you should believe people when they tell you who they are, and get past your discomfort drawing arbitrary lines in grammar regarding pronouns, when singular they predates the fall of the Byzantine Empire by 75 years.
“They” as singular was really only made for when you didn’t know the sex of the person you were referring to, not as a pronoun for someone who you do. It had nothing to do with “gender identity” because that wasn’t a thing. Gender and sex were synonyms, 2 words for the same thing.
Eg
“can my friend come to the party too?”
“Yeah sure, what do they like on their pizza so I can make sure there is one they like?”
Not
“Can John come to the party?”
“Yeah sure, what do they like on their pizza?”
In this instance you’d always have used “he” because you know with pretty much absolute certainty that John is male on account of being a male name.
It has only very recently been used as a choice that people tell people they want to be referred to by, because some people now believe in a “gender identity” being a separate thing to sex.
It existing as a singular pronoun doesn’t mean that it was used in the same context as it is now.
Owning a phone doesn’t give you control over what the operating system can do. You can so what the OS they give you allows you to do, or you can find a way to put a different os on it - but they don’t need to provide a way for you to do that easily.
Not really sure why this is a hard concept for some people to grasp?
The crazy part is this may make iOS the better alternative when considering the emergence of third-party app stores and Apple's loosening grip on their ecosystem.
LineageOS is still a good option too, for anyone who would prefer to keep the phone they have
Apple, with the longest software support on the market, and planned obsolescence don’t go in the same sentence together. Sorry but they are literally the best in the industry in this regard.
Also I assume you’re talking about the “batterygate” thing with the iPhone 6 where they slowed the device down? That was a giant overreaction - the alternative was the phone crashes and reboots constantly.
There's generally been positive reviews for FuriLab's FLX1 model:
- clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2025/07-20-…
- news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
- reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1f…
- reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1j…
- theregister.com/2025/02/03/fur…
Their new one, the FLX1s has 2GiB more RAM (for 8GiB, in total). I've heard battery gets 2 days without charge even with Android emulation.
FuriPhone FLX1: A Debian-powered brick that puts GNOME in your back pocket
: Fun with a FOSS-focused Phosh fondleslabLiam Proven (The Register)
It's still Android kernel and drivers :/ but it is private. For Linux you'd need postmarket or one of their derivatives and they are fighting to get cameras and power under control.
prob the best we have at the moment.
edit: to be clear, I'm saying Halium is the best we have at the moment, real linux is trucking along but it's still a long way out.
Assuming google's fuckery doesn't affect them, nothing.
But we're relying on google to keep up that code and not see them as a threat. Right now AOK, but in the future that makes longevity questionable.
It's something to be noticed and understood so there's no surprises when the company that did no evil now does all the evil.
By “Google’s fuckery” you mean “Google doing all the updates and giving it to them” though, right?
Until these alternative AOSP-derived OS developers stop relying on Google and start doing their own stuff, Google will have the ability to break their OS’s. This isn’t a Google issue, it’s a OS developer issue.
European devs: Our laws will protect us!
Meanwhile, our laws:
Article 30Traceability of traders
- Providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with traders shall ensure that traders can only use those online platforms to promote messages on or to offer products or services to consumers located in the Union if, prior to the use of their services for those purposes, they have obtained the following information, where applicable to the trader:
(a) the name, address, telephone number and email address of the trader;
(b) a copy of the identification document of the trader or any other electronic identification as defined by Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (40);
Bear in mind that an open source license is a contract and it usually involves some form of reciprocity, like crediting the dev by name. That's in principle not different from a sponsorship deal, where some sports stadium gets the name of a corporation.
The actual definition is even wider, though. I don't see who you get out of that.
::: spoiler Trader defined in the DSA
‘trader’ means any natural person, or any legal person irrespective of whether it is privately or publicly owned, who is acting, including through any person acting in his or her name or on his or her behalf, for purposes relating to his or her trade, business, craft or profession;
eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten…
:::
If F-droid ever has more than 50 employees, annual turnover over EUR 10 million, or over EUR 10 million on the balance sheet, then they will have to collect the same information.
My job doesn't allow me to use a jailbroken/rooted device
So if/when this goes through I'll be switching to iOS.
Given the choice between two closed platforms, I'll pick the one that ostensibly says they're privacy focused instead of the one actively enshittifying their product.
I don't find this applies. I have an email account and chat app for work. I'm using a 4 year old phone. It's not slow.
Also having stuff consime your disk doesn't really slow it down.
Vi ricordate da bambini il mal di testa delle nostre mamme, zii e cugine più grandi? Quanti ingenui ricordi
Il "Mal di Testa" al Mare: Quando la Scienza Svela un Mistero d'Infanzia
Lo ricordo come fosse ieri e non era proprio ieri. La mia famiglia d’estate al mare : tutti felici noi bambini a goderci la sabbia, le onde,...Giuliano (Blogger)
Se pensi che dormire sia solo chiudere gli occhi ti sbagli di grosso!
Il Sonno: Non Solo Riposo, Ma una Medicina Complessa e Spesso Trascurata
Nella frenesia della vita moderna, il sonno è spesso relegato a un lusso, a un'attività superflua da tagliare per guadagnare tempo. E ...Giuliano (Blogger)
Warner Bros Joins Disney In Suing Sling TV For Making Streaming Video Cheaper And More Convenient
Earlier this month we noted how Disney and ESPN had sued Sling TV for the cardinal sin of actually trying to innovate. Sling TV’s offense: releasing new, more convenient day, weekend, or week-long shorter term streaming subscriptions that provided an affordable way to watch live television.
These mini-subscriptions, starting at around $5, have already proven to be pretty popular. But, of course, it challenges the traditional cable TV model of getting folks locked into recurring (and expensive) monthly subscriptions. Subscriptions that often mandate that you include sports programming many people simply don’t want to pay for.
So of course Time Warner has now filed a second lawsuit (sealed, 1:25-mc-00381) accusing Dish Network of breach of contract. In the complaint, Warner Bros lawyer David Yohai argues that this kind of convenience simply cannot be allowed:
“The passes fundamentally disrupt this industry-standard model by allowing customers to purchase access to the most sought-after programming, such as major sports events, essentially a la carte for a fraction of the cost that the consumer would have had to pay to watch the event on a pay-per-view basis. For example, a sports fan could simply purchase a day pass and watch select programming, such as a highly popular sports game, without purchasing a month-long subscription or paying a higher pay-per-view fee.”
Not disruption and convenience!
Warner Bros Joins Disney In Suing Sling TV For Making Streaming Video Cheaper And More Convenient
Earlier this month we noted how Disney and ESPN had sued Sling TV for the cardinal sin of actually trying to innovate. Sling TV’s offense: releasing new, more convenient day, weekend, or week…Techdirt
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Imagine you could watch a sports event without getting virtually mugged
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The passes fundamentally disrupt this industry-standard model
Funny how they didn't care about how streaming in general disrupted cable. Or how cable disrupted broadcast. Or how tv disrupted radio ...
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"Video Killed The Radio Star", even, was distributed in Canada and Brazil by WEA [Warner, Elektra, Atlantic], according to Discogs. Interesting!
EDIT: But wait for their next big release with a more aggressive tone: "Sling TV Pissed Off Conglomerates"...
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"For example, a sports fan could simply purchase a day pass and watch select programming, such as a highly popular sports game, without purchasing a month-long subscription or paying a higher pay-per-view fee."
WOW. The greed is insane! What total pieces of sh*t! They're not even hiding it
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To paraphrase:
"For example, someone could purchase a single sandwich, instead of a loaf of bread, several pounds of meat and cheese, various produce items, and a few jars of condiments."
Do they not see how dumb they sound!?
This is suing for the ability to price fix.
They said it without directly saying it. They want to be able to price fix to keep their investors happy and someone is now stepping on the toes of the investors and they want to force sling to raise their price or pay them (mafia tactics) to continue operating.
Any company involved in this lawsuit should be forced to provide their subscription to all current users for free for the next 2-5 years or shutter their streaming service indefinitely.
Open Source Home Theater Software
Kodi is a free media player that is designed to look great on your big screen TV but is just as at home on a small screen.kodi.tv
I was actually going to comment that I now know about this cheap option thanks to the lawsuit, lol.
I don't watch live TV because I value my time, but every once in a while there's a reason to tune into that one thing.
The passes fundamentally disrupt this industry-standard model by allowing customers to purchase access to the most sought-after programmin
Wait wait wait, I thought disruption was good? 🤔
“The passes fundamentally disrupt this industry-standard model by allowing customers to purchase access to the most sought-after programming, such as major sports events, essentially a la carte for a fraction of the cost that the consumer would have had to pay to watch the event on a pay-per-view basis. For example, a sports fan could simply purchase a day pass and watch select programming, such as a highly popular sports game, without purchasing a month-long subscription or paying a higher pay-per-view fee.”
KEK, this sounds like the best add ever for Sling TV.
...access to the most sought-after programming, such as major sports events, essentially a la carte for a fraction of the cost..
KEK, this sounds like the best add ever for Sling TV.
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Trump’s tariff‑shaped stick can’t beat reality on US fabbing
Trump’s tariff‑shaped stick can’t beat reality on US chip fabbing
Comment: The proposed 1:1 chip rule means nothing but pain for US tech until he’s out of officeTobias Mann (The Register)
Can there be privacy with Google Play Services?
I guess I could move to SimpleX and ditch Signal but that would be tough given I spent years convincing people to move to Signal 🙂
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Signal uses Play Services for its push notifications. It does have a fallback method which maintains a connection to their servers to get message notifications. It requires changing some battery optimisation settings which might have some minor battery impacts.
Personally I'm using Molly which implements UnifiedPush for Push Notifications without Molly/Signal needing to run in the background constantly. Also swaps a few other Google dependencies (like location pins) with open source alternatives.
Having the second profile with Google Services is a good idea though. That was what I used to do before I shed my last few Google dependencies.
Personally I’m using Molly
Me too, but even with no limit to battery usage it still gets killed after a while in the background...
Is it that UnifiedPush could be used for many other apps at the same time?
You need to reinstall Signal for it to fall back to its own push notification system. This is not about updates but checking for messages in the background. This doesn't mean you cannot receive messages at all without it, just that you'd have to do so manually by opening the app every time.
It may have worked for a little while, but a reinstall is required for restoring full functionality
spent years convincing people to move to Signal
It's not linear. The first time they probably thought "Oh... another chat app, such a big deal, so complex! I'll never manage" but now that they did with Signal and realize it's not that hard, having another will be much easier.
Now on the actual question, I do not know. What actual information does Google get from it and as importantly what can they infer from it? Might actually be good to ask Signal developers since it's because of their choice.
Related discussions github.com/signalapp/Signal-An… which suggests signal.org/android/apk/ might not need GPS and isn't delivered via Play Store.
Cannot register phone number without Gapps (number change)
Guidelines I have searched searched open and closed issues for duplicates I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended This isn't a feature request or a di...idealemu (GitHub)
GitHub - TheCapsLock/langis
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No, Google Play Services in any form is spyware.
Replace signal with molly (a signal fork). It still works with signal perfectly, but does not complain about Google Play services.
Molly.im does not have a lot of documentation. Does it equally rely on a centralised server? If it does, then surely one of the downsides is that there probably isn't a huge foundation behind it ensuring the bills are paid, etc. Or is it that Molly is piggy backing on Signal servers? And is the Signal Foundation happy to be have Molly users using its services? How long before Signal Foundation kicks Molly users off it servers?
Also I note u can download two different version: one with Google blobs and one without. What compromise do I have to make if I choose the Google version?
GitHub - mollyim/mollyim-android: Enhanced and security-focused fork of Signal.
Enhanced and security-focused fork of Signal. Contribute to mollyim/mollyim-android development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Pardon my french, but you're screwed.
Signal is centralized, contains binary blobs from Google and requires Play Services. It's just wrong on many levels.
Matrix is better but with it's own controversies. I have accepted that XMPP could be a better choice than any other, provided people get the guidance needed to chose the right client for them.
I think signal is very useful. Private messages are only useful when other people use it and it's difficult really difficult to entice people to switch if it's any less convenient than what they were already using.
With signal you can just tell your friend or relative that its like WhatsApp but better.
Wrong. Signal does not require play services. You can build the apk yourself from the source code, or you can download the prebuilt apk directly from Signal here:
signal.org/android/apk/
This apk is self-updating and does not require Google Play services to update nor message. If it detects Google Play Services (or OpenGApps/microG), Signal will register you as an Firebase Cloud Messaging user for push notifications. If you do not have those services installed it will use WebSocket connection to the Signal servers instead.
I tried it but ultimately went back to Signal via microG, as the push notifications are half the value of instant messaging - WebSocket was unreliable. I tested about 3 years ago though, so they may have improved their implementation.
Signal Android APK
Advanced users with special needs can download the Signal APK directly here.Signal Messenger
Signal is my only instant messenger and I can happily report no issues these days with notifications, that said, I never really noticed them previously and have been using for >3 years.
Occasionally we'll use Signal whilst on a live call, someone will tell us they messaged on Signal and I'll get the notification immediately - i.e. I knew when it was sent and received.
This is working smoothly on my grapheneos phone and the desktop client across Linux and Windows.
In my (limited) understanding of it 'blobs' are encrypted blocks of data that are distributed with apps in their APK. The app code internally will then have references to the blobs to indicate start and end locations in the blobs and usually a function that reference serves.
That means less for closed source apps, as they could contain any obfuscated code already - but open source advocates are very skeptical of arbitrary blobs, as they can be used to distribute anything - trackers or malicious code for instance. Their primary function in the Google App store seems to be to distribute signing certificates, encrypted keys and checksums that Google uses to verify the build version and that app is from the Play Store (Google calls this 'frosting' the app, going with their Android dessert theme).
So I have not checked, but I imagine the Signal direct-download APK would not have blobs as it's not been signed/'frosted' by Google.
See brief discussion below from IzzyOnDroid devs for additional terms if you're curious to research further.
gitlab.com/IzzyOnDroid/repo/-/…
Dealing with BLOBs found in APK signing blocks (#491) · Issues · IzzyOnDroid / repo · GitLab
This is a continuation of #475, especiallyGitLab
Sotto il suolo dello stadio, lo scheletro incompiuto della Torre quasi-Eiffel di Londra
Sotto il suolo dello stadio, lo scheletro incompiuto della Torre quasi-Eiffel di Londra - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Quattro fori verticali, oscuri e quasi totalmente ingombri, di detriti, ghiaia aggrovigliati resti di vegetazione.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
Direct carbon capture falters as developers’ costs fail to budge
Wait, the solution that relies on basically violating thermodynamics rather than fixing literally anything and mostly existed as an excuse to not fix anything doesn't work?
I'm shocked.
No no no no no. You just need to believe in the process. We need to be open minded and trust the fact that only new technology™ can save us. Maybe if we would simply give more money to startups.
Don't worry though, after the U.S.'s inevitable complete decline into fascism there will probably be some wars to spread and defend "FREEDOOM". If neoliberalism dies in those wars we maybe have a shot at saving whats left of earth and nature.
You seem to forget fascists can lose to local opposition.
You just need to either get rid of the shitlibs fighting for them or get them to fight against the fascists.
In 2019, the Swiss start-up, which has raised more than $1bn from investors, predicted it would cut its capture costs from $600 per tonne to roughly $100 per tonne in “another four years”.
In reality the costs are still 2 to 3 times that, closer to $2000 per tonne. And that's not even taking into account the entire running costs of this ridiculous company, only operating their wildly inefficient plants.
If you actually go and divide their 1bn fundraising so far by their a bit over 1000 tonnes removed so far you end up with almost a million dollars spent for every ton of co2 removed, which I know is oversimplified but still shows how ridiculous this entire venture is.
US revokes Colombian President Petro’s visa over Gaza protest speech in NYC
‘I don’t care’: Colombia’s President Petro dismisses revocation of US visa
The Colombian leader was filmed joining thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters outside UN headquarters in New York.Alastair McCready (Al Jazeera)
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My world view has been shattered - presidents need visas?
I mean it makes sense but for whatever reason my brain had been sure that if you are a head of state you wouldn't be exposed to that paperwork. I guess there is probably more of it to deal with, now that I think about it.
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Catherine McKenna isn’t buying Carney’s carbon capture grand bargain [Canada]
Catherine McKenna isn’t buying Carney’s carbon capture grand bargain
In a wide-ranging interview ahead of the launch of her memoir, former climate minister Catherine McKenna warns consequences are coming for the fossil fuel industry, even as the federal government pursues a grand bargain with it.Canada's National Observer
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Any way to default new posts to the Link type?
Hi y'all, I use the default web UI (desktop and in Android on my phone) when accessing piefed.social and when I create posts, 99% are the Link type. I would love to find a way to make that my default type of post if there's any way.
I don't see any such settings but thanks for any ideas / pointers.
Consider joining the chat. Potential ideas and improvements are crafted and discussed here.
Public view of PieFed | Zulip team chat
Browse the publicly accessible channels in PieFed without logging in.Zulip
That's a good idea. Not sure if it should be a per-profile setting or just a global default.
Also if you go to piefed.social/community/piefed… and then add the bookmarklet at the bottom then you can quickly share any web page you're looking at on piefed, without going through the process of choosing a post type.
I think its probably 50/50 whether or not people usually preference Discussion or Link posts as a default goto. So it should be per-profile if you do add this. I currently have bookmarked adding new posts to my communities for QoL though.
I think few people would ever want Image, Video, Poll or Event though.
I've been thinking this setting would make the most sense if it was on a community rather than a user. Most communities are for posting links but some communities are primarily images, some primarily discussions....
So link would be the default but mods could override the default for their community.
NEWS: Jeffrey Epstein Helped Broker Israeli Security Agreement
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Jeffrey Epstein used his political network and financial resources to help broker a security cooperation agreement between the governments of Israel and Mongolia, according to a trove of leaked emails from former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. This new set of emails between Barak and Epstein has largely been ignored by the mainstream press, but includes crucial new context on Epstein’s operation.It’s well known that Epstein had personal ties to Israel, including to senior political officials like Barak and Ehud Olmert, and that he donated to organizations like Friends of the IDF. But Epstein’s activities in Mongolia show, for the first time, that he facilitated a deal that led to a security agreement between Israel and other nations.
NEWS: Jeffrey Epstein Helped Broker Israeli Security Agreement
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and Ryan Grim
Sep 28, 2025Jeffrey Epstein used his political network and financial resources to help broker a security cooperation agreement between the governments of Israel and Mongolia, according to a trove of leaked emails from former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. This new set of emails between Barak and Epstein has largely been ignored by the mainstream press, but includes crucial new context on Epstein’s operation.It’s well known that Epstein had personal ties to Israel, including to senior political officials like Barak and Ehud Olmert, and that he donated to organizations like Friends of the IDF. But Epstein’s activities in Mongolia show, for the first time, that he facilitated a deal that led to a security agreement between Israel and other nations.
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NEWS: Jeffrey Epstein Helped Broker Israeli Security Agreement
Murtaza Hussain
and Ryan Grim
Sep 28, 2025
Jeffrey Epstein used his political network and financial resources to help broker a security cooperation agreement between the governments of Israel and Mongolia, according to a trove of leaked emails from former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. This new set of emails between Barak and Epstein has largely been ignored by the mainstream press, but includes crucial new context on Epstein’s operation.It’s well known that Epstein had personal ties to Israel, including to senior political officials like Barak and Ehud Olmert, and that he donated to organizations like Friends of the IDF. But Epstein’s activities in Mongolia show, for the first time, that he facilitated a deal that led to a security agreement between Israel and other nations.
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Underreported Memo Is 'Declaration of War' Against Trump Opponents | Common Dreams
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36822087
Olivia Rosane
Sep 28, 2025
For another, the memorandum casts a very wide net, targeting groups, individuals, funders, and “entities” and listing several protected beliefs as “indicia” of extremism.These include:
* “Anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity;
* Support for the overthrow of the #US Government;
* Extremism on migration, race, and gender; and
* Hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.”What’s more, the memorandum entrusts enforcement to the #FBI’s over 4,000-strong Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF), which removes the legal challenges to directing the National Guard or other military forces to quash domestic dissent.
Underreported Memo Is 'Declaration of War' Against Trump Opponents | Common Dreams
Olivia Rosane
Sep 28, 2025For another, the memorandum casts a very wide net, targeting groups, individuals, funders, and “entities” and listing several protected beliefs as “indicia” of extremism.These include:
* “Anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity;
* Support for the overthrow of the #US Government;
* Extremism on migration, race, and gender; and
* Hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.”What’s more, the memorandum entrusts enforcement to the #FBI’s over 4,000-strong Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF), which removes the legal challenges to directing the National Guard or other military forces to quash domestic dissent.
Underreported Memo Is 'Declaration of War' Against Trump Opponents
"By targeting beliefs and protest activity, the directive positions dissent itself as a potential crime," one news organization said.oliviarosane (Common Dreams)
Underreported Memo Is 'Declaration of War' Against Trump Opponents | Common Dreams
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Olivia Rosane
Sep 28, 2025
For another, the memorandum casts a very wide net, targeting groups, individuals, funders, and “entities” and listing several protected beliefs as “indicia” of extremism.These include:
* “Anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity;
* Support for the overthrow of the #US Government;
* Extremism on migration, race, and gender; and
* Hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.”What’s more, the memorandum entrusts enforcement to the #FBI’s over 4,000-strong Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF), which removes the legal challenges to directing the National Guard or other military forces to quash domestic dissent.
Underreported Memo Is 'Declaration of War' Against Trump Opponents | Common Dreams
Olivia Rosane
Sep 28, 2025For another, the memorandum casts a very wide net, targeting groups, individuals, funders, and “entities” and listing several protected beliefs as “indicia” of extremism.These include:
* “Anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity;
* Support for the overthrow of the #US Government;
* Extremism on migration, race, and gender; and
* Hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.”What’s more, the memorandum entrusts enforcement to the #FBI’s over 4,000-strong Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF), which removes the legal challenges to directing the National Guard or other military forces to quash domestic dissent.
Underreported Memo Is 'Declaration of War' Against Trump Opponents
"By targeting beliefs and protest activity, the directive positions dissent itself as a potential crime," one news organization said.oliviarosane (Common Dreams)
Underreported Memo Is 'Declaration of War' Against Trump Opponents | Common Dreams
Olivia Rosane
Sep 28, 2025
For another, the memorandum casts a very wide net, targeting groups, individuals, funders, and “entities” and listing several protected beliefs as “indicia” of extremism.These include:
* “Anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity;
* Support for the overthrow of the #US Government;
* Extremism on migration, race, and gender; and
* Hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.”What’s more, the memorandum entrusts enforcement to the #FBI’s over 4,000-strong Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF), which removes the legal challenges to directing the National Guard or other military forces to quash domestic dissent.
Underreported Memo Is 'Declaration of War' Against Trump Opponents
"By targeting beliefs and protest activity, the directive positions dissent itself as a potential crime," one news organization said.oliviarosane (Common Dreams)
‘I do not work for you’: MTG speaks out on growing rift with Trump’s White House over Epstein files
‘I’m like, “[Expletive] you,”’ Marjorie Taylor Greene said about receiving threats from White House officials
Marjorie Taylor Greene has come out swinging at the White House over the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case.
The rift between the MAGA firebrand and White House deepened after a Trump official apparently told her that her support of bipartisan legislation ordering the release of the so-called Epstein files would be viewed as a “very hostile act.”
Greene is one of four Republicans, alongside Reps. Thomas Massie, Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert to have signed on to a discharge petition to force the release of files related to Epstein. If a discharge petition receives the signature of a majority of members, they can force a vote without the consent of leadership.
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Trump-style 'climate hoax' playbook spreads to Australia
ABC News
ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Jess Davis (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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L’attacco di Trump a Lisa Monaco per colpire Microsoft: la posta in gioco è il cloud per Israele
Monaco è stata vice procuratrice generale sotto l’amministrazione Biden, e Trump l’ha accusata di essere “corrotta” e “una minaccia per la sicurezza nazionale”, sostenendo di averle revocato le autorizzazioni di sicurezza.
La strana coincidenza: la richiesta di licenziamento arriva in un momento delicato per Microsoft, che ha appena deciso di ridimensionare la cooperazione con l’esercito israeliano.
Il colosso tech avrebbe spento un servizio utilizzato dall’intelligence di Tel Aviv per operazioni di sorveglianza di massa sui civili palestinesi a Gaza.
Il ministero della Difesa Israeliano avrebbe utilizzato il servizio Cloud, Azure Israel Central, per archiviare milioni di telefonate effettuate dai palestinesi in Cisgiordania e a Gaza. Microsoft ha condotto un’indagine interna e trovato conferme.
L’attacco di Trump a Lisa Monaco per colpire Microsoft: la posta in gioco è il cloud per Israele
Il presidente ha chiesto il licenziamento della top manager, scelta da Biden come vice procuratrice generale. La Big Tech aveva appena spento il servizio usato…Massimo Basile (la Repubblica)
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Malian PM blasts Ukraine as supplier of kamikaze drones to terrorists
Malian PM blasts Ukraine as supplier of kamikaze drones to terrorists
Abdoulaye Maiga has urged Western nations to halt arms deliveries to KievRT International
Some abstract "Kremlin" isn't the one murdering civilians in Ukraine. "The Kremlin" isn't the one castrating POWs. "The Kremlin" isn't torturing nearly literally all Ukrainian captives. It's regular, everyday Russians doing all that.
People love to pretend that somehow Russian leadership is completely separate from the Russian people, but it's quite frankly bullshit – "the Kremlin" isn't separate from the Russian people.
They've been known for their brutality and inhuman treatment of others for hundreds of years now; there's a reason why people in just about every country that borders Russia hate their guts.
To be fair it's never clear cut. Government is made up of people in a democracy. Russia still labels itself a democracy, obviously it's been somewhat hard take their word for it given the anomalous approval ratings and the long standing history of corruption as well as the oligarchic roots that are still running through the country.
You're both right and wrong, the government is an extension of the citizens as to represent them. However, this government might not be representing them realistically anymore. So if you say the average person is responsible, that means they need to risk their and even their families safety and freedom. I think that's not fair, I don't know if I would be capable of this.
In conclusion (and because we know this from experience out of 1940s Germany) we need to burden them some responsibility for not revolting, but we can not punish them the same as government.
This excludes the specific perpetrators. If they have actual knowledge of the crimes, there is an argument to be made for moral implications from direct culpability and thus their actions underly a heightened level of criminalization and ethical scrutiny.
The meme implies hate against Russians. I donvoted it because I don't think that there is so much hate against the people of Russia and more against our little dictators government.
Of course there are idiots who are just hating Russians because of it.
Never give euro's the benefit of the doubt. There's centurys worth of history to prove me right.
edit: also this comment under this very post: lemmy.ml/modlog?commentId=2134…
Fuck Russia, it is fascist imperialist scum!
Liberation can only happen through the freedom from all billionnaire mafias, be they Russian, American, or from anywhere else! Oligarchs are the single largest danger to society.
Ex-Trump lawyer says president using Comey indictment to conceal being ‘criminal’
Ty Cobb, who managed Trump’s Mueller investigation response, said president is trying to ‘rewrite history’
The indictment of former FBI director James Comey is part of a concerted effort by Donald Trump to “rewrite history” in his favor, a former senior White House lawyer claimed on Sunday as he warned of more retribution to come for the president’s political opponents.
Ty Cobb, who defended Trump’s first administration during the Mueller investigation into his 2016 campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia, also told CBS that he doubted Comey would be convicted, if the case ever reached trial.
Trump’s moves, he said on the Sunday morning show Face the Nation, were “wholly unconstitutional [and] authoritarian” and an attempt to hoodwink future generations.
You say ONE thing, and Reddit decides to ban you
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“RUST IS THE BEST PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE AND USING ANYTHING ELSE IN 2025 IS IRRESPONSIBLE!”
Depends on your instance and the community you're posting in.
For example, on lemmy.world a user might get warned or banned for openly celebrating the shooting of Brian Thompson. (I forget exactly where they draw the line, but it's an "advocating violence" thing)
Or here, a user on lemmy.ml might get banned for bigoted statements, even normal things that plenty of people don't even notice are bigoted because it's "common sense" in their own country.
But you've got to be pretty damn intolerable to get banned from more than a few instances.
The censorship has gone mad on Reddit. I was a user there before the whole Digg migration, and it's been such a wonderful ride. It had to end at some point, though.
I'm just at a point where it's genuinely impossible to have a conversation there without having your comments removed, the thread locked, or downvoted to oblivion for not joining in to whatever the masses are yapping about.
Less of a town square and more of a mob of idiots surrounded by bots.
The state is never progressive, it is always authoritarian.
Classless society can never form in a hierarchical system where a state wields supreme power over the people.
All states are authoritarian, yes, but the question is whose authority does the state represent, and against whom? In capitalism, that class is the bourgeoisie against the proletariat, in socialism that class is the proletariat against the bourgeoisie.
Classless society can only be formed by full collectivization of production across all of society. Breaking society up into petite bourgeois communes with unequal ownership of the whole total resources and production of humanity retains classes, even if it tries to eliminate hierarchy. Hierarchy is not itself a bad thing, tacticians and strategians play different but critical roles.
In a fully collectivized society, without class, there is no section of society needed to be especially oppressed. There is no longer an economic basis for a state, and as such it withers, as it has gradually to the extent it has collectivized production and distribution. It isn't abolished by the stroke of a pen or at the barrel of a gun.
I got banned for saying in a Captain America thread that I’d love to see a version of the classic Captain America comic book cover where Cap punches Trump intead of Hitler.
I was apparently inciting violence.
Praise the fediverse!
Rules for thee, not for me.
The Right can incite violence and engage in cruelty against their targets of oppression and opposition, consequence free, both online and offline. Meanwhile, the Left isn't even allowed to publically speak our thoughts and belief in numerous circles and places and even our supposed "allies" (aka, the average working class protester) typically push us down and suppress us because "violence is bad 🙁".
I said something mean about idiots riding unregistered/uninsured off-road bikes in and out of traffic (totally illegal in the UK) a few months back.
That got me banned.
I’ve been banned from a community on here before because I’m sure someone misread my comment.
My comment was clearly aligned with everyone else on the post, but I still got banned and mods did not respond to my messages about getting unbanned.
I got banned for "threatening violence" for joking that Ryan Routh should get some help aiming for the neck from Tyler James Robinson.
No sense of humor...
Parola filtrata: nsfw
You might wanna try out the sorting "scaled" when browsing "all" to find new communities (or check out every c/newcommunity that interests you)
But warning: scaled in all can have a lot of porn if you have nsfw on
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accounts still get banned for (at least for me) supporting Palestine.
my ban was due to a comment in a post about some zio settler going into a Palestinian field to remove a Palestinian flag from Palestinian territory, it was boobie trapped and the video showed him as a red mist.
I wrote a long paragraph about the danger of boobie traps and who they are war crimes. but also that zio has a absolutely no right to complain. Banned for supporting violence.
And in the end it wasn't even really anything I said as much as the autoflag got my ass for posting on a temp account in a sub that banned my main account. Caught a perma ban for all my accounts with that shit.
All because I originally said I hoped Elon overd*sed. (don't wanna be banned from here too so censor it is.) They're especially sensitive to that one in the Vancouver subreddit I guess for obvious reasons if you know about Vancouver.
I got banned for telling a legit Nazi to fuck himself up the ass with a cactus, no lube.
Banned for threatening violence and hate speech apparently.
Yeah, my initial main account ban was because I said "if you try to have a monkey as a pet, you deserve to be bitten by it" on a video of a guy who had a monkey ripping shit up in his apartment and that bites him on the hand at one point.
That apparently counts as inciting violence rather than y'know implying that people shouldn't own fucking monkeys which I felt was pretty clear given the context.
Evidently my angry sounding unban request was not well received.
Yeah, of course... spez hates discussion of supposedly committing violence by anyone from center to left.
It does not help that they're using AI-assisted profiling, information used by both mods and site admins to determine the number of strikes to ban users.
I've been banned from reddit hundreds of times, I have a bot that creates accounts, I say whatever I want, get banned, move to the next account.
Also, every time I get banned I make sure to file an appeal where I tell the admins to gargle my balls.
It's pretty fun community to be a part of 6/10
I absolutely adore how Reddit is convinced that an account has any sort of value attached to it.
When some Goebbels cock gobbling SSAdmin shadow banned my 18 year old account… I just made another, absolutely nothing of value was lost.
Because Reddit is a Nazi sympathizing shithole, all I’ll ever do is take and consume - I’ll buy your competitors products at an increased cost to me if I see you advertising on Reddit.
This is why you use AI to destroy AI.
After I was perma-banned, I used a bot to re-open my past posts and replace my original content with AI generated garbage.
Salt the fields upon which AI grows.
This place:
"I hate you and your dumb. Yay, my opinion is finally seen!"
I was banned for a while, saying that NATO countries should declare war on Russia and kill Putin. That was a political news Reddit, and the topic was about Russia's Shadow Fleets and sabotage operations. War, the consideration and advocation, is an inherently political thing.
Reddit would say that Churchill wanting to fight Nazi Germany is advocating for violence. While technically true, it misses the fact that sometimes words cannot broker peace nor civility.
I got a 3 day ban for suggesting the Jan 6ers should have been shot for being traitors.
Then got a 7 day ban for joking that a violent insurrection was needed in my own country.
I wouldn't have minded if I was banned for being a filthy hypocrite.
Someone decided to fake report me because of "C.P" (I didn't post anything merely mentioning it)
and they just didn't check my appeal
The "one thing" he said:
Edit: Kinda funny how He's flipping the bird backwards here though.
I helpfully added to the end of a comment, "If you see a Nazi, punch a Nazi", as a play on "If you see something, say something." That got me a one-week suspension. A couple of weeks later, I posted a link to a site that explains how many of the top corporations are owned and controlled, through stocks, by a small group of the same billionaires--they all sit on each other's boards and block outsiders from being elected. That got me a permanent suspension. I haven't been back.
This was on my account that is eight years old, and had over a million comment karma, and about 40,000 post karma. Fuck 'em.
Apparently some guy decided to report me for posting C.P (there wasn't a single person pic in my profile even) and reddit gave me the ban
and when I asked for the appeal they didn't even check it
Welcome in! Enjoy your stay.
All I'll say is that Lemmy is smaller than Reddit, so naturally a lot of convos default to politics and tech.
Because of that though, you'll be exposed to potentially new ideas regarding both. So be open minded! But also know that you can block users, communities, and instances if you find them unbearable.
Cheers
not OP but for me, I was banned from /r/pics for criticizing Teslas or something. But the criticism was in a Tesla sub, so there was some cross cub BS happening there. And my criticism was factually correct. "They dont test their cars in rain or snow."
so im ok with that, and avoided posting or anything in /pics since its all BS and muted on my main account.
however, I swapped to an alt for some maintanence/engagement. and There was a post that came up i thought was from /oldschool cool, and made some comment about it (nothing related to tesla), just supporting the image.... turns out it was from /pics, and I got hit with ban evasion. and account loss.
So stupid, that reddit pushed subs that you are banned from, if you dont activly mute them.
so with that, reddit removed a 200k karma account over 15 years old. I moderated and contributed to some subs about a rare dissease, since that was my technical expertice in the real world, so its a loss to that community.
overall that community can rot, under bot led admins
Reddit is a shit corporation; the mods are arguably more shitty. They resort to shitty technology and IP bans to avoid having to pay for more admins.
It was news to me when just a few days after my account got banned, everyone living in my apartment's Reddit accounts also got banned for "ban evasion".
Sorry about your community. Maybe you can try recreating it here, although with less engagement
Yep my current account exists because when I got here, I said something that hurt a mod's feelings, and so they decided to ban me across multiple communities. In the mod log, they even say "I need to cool down now" so it's obvious it was an emotionally driven decision, but there was no reversing it.
So I couldn't post in LGBTQ, 196, and several others.
Don't hurt mod's feelings.
Those were all blahaj communities I'm guessing. Those guys are infamous for being soft or easily offended.
I've had an altercation or two with their mods as well.
I don’t know, lemmy’s equivalent of mods aren’t constantly taking Temu Hitlers cock out of their mouths to shut down any post that suggests that Nazis lives don’t matter, or the masked thugs tackling women holding children maybe aren’t entitled to keep all their blood in their bodies.
Reddit is on a mission to shut down any talk of violence or harm unless it’s from a right wing source, then it’s a-ok.
Except the “I think you should leave” subreddit mods - while every other sub was aggressively rolling out the “dead Nazi collaborator feelings protection squad”, that sub’s mods were dunking on a dead Nazi collaborator like they all should have been.
I have so many bans on Reddit.
I was banned from r/soapmaking for saying that people who buy soap made by other people, melt it, add perfume and trinkets, and pour it into moulds aren't making soap, they're doing arts and crafts. I raise the pigs, render the fat to make lard, and do the chemistry to turn it into soap. I make soap.
I was banned from r/canada for wondering if Danielle Smith was going to pay the lunatic street preecher charged with violating Covid restrictions a conjugal visit, after she made a fawning phone call to him while he was on trial, when he was convicted and sentenced to jail.
I was banned from r/Conservative for pointing out that the headlines that said that the DOJ had found massive voter fraud in Georgia was actually written by a Trump political appointee and contradicted the DOJ, the Republican Attorney General of the United States, the Republican Attorney General of Georgia, the Republican Secretary of State of Georgia, and Republican election officials from Georgia.
I was banned from the Freedom Convoy sub for asking which constitutional rights had been taken away since the protesters had exercised their Section 2 rights to assemble, their Section 6 rights to cross interprovincial borders freely and that they were free to leave Canada if they could find any country that would take them and free to return if they quarantined, and that since none of them were vaccinated they had obviously exercised their Section 8 right not to receive the vaccine.
Never, ever speak truth into an echo bunker.
Trump Posts an Absolutely Bonkers AI Video in Which He Promotes a Magic ‘Med Bed’ That Can Cure Any Disease
Remember how the evil Dems were going to steal elections with AI videos? Instead, it's time to play Piss Off Your Own Dying Base With Empty Promises (batteries and oxygen not included).
President Donald Trump shared a bizarre AI video to social media in which he’s seen promoting “med beds” — a far-right conspiracy involving a magical bed that can supposedly heal any sickness.In a post to his Truth Social platform late Saturday night, Trump shared a phony, AI-generated Fox News clip — purportedly from Fox’s My View with Lara Trump — in which he’s seen rolling out this magic technology to hospitals nationwide. (UPDATE: Trump has now deleted the video.)
“Every American will soon receive their own medbed card,” AI Trump said. “With it, you’ll have guaranteed access to our new hospitals led by the top doctors in the nation, equipped with the most advanced technology in the world.”
UNY0N
in reply to utnapishtim • • •Bazzite rocks, especially for gaming. I started with Ubuntu, did arch for a while (which was a great learning experience), and have been on bazzite for years now.
Pop and mint seem like great choices too if plug-and-play gaming isn't your main focus.
utnapishtim
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in reply to utnapishtim • • •If you're somewhat familiar with uBlue, Bazzite, and immutables, I'd go with Bluefin (Gnome) or Aurora (KDE). All three are uBlue / based off Fedora, so you don't have to learn a 2nd OS while working on your current OS (Bazzite).
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in reply to FutileRecipe • • •I fully agree with this comment. Aurora (or Fedora Kinoite, very similar) is the first Linux I have been able to use full time. It should feel familiar and like a breath of fresh air to a longtime windows user. Immutability allows me to tinker without feeling overwhelmed.
Haven't tried Bazzite but my understanding is that it works just fine as a deskop OS too!
rozodru
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in reply to utnapishtim • • •Them's fightin words round here. Fuck [Distro 1] and its fanboys. [Distro 2] is clearly superior.
For real though:
Things for you to decide:
Which desktop environment do you want (KDE, Gnome, Cinnamon, cosmic, etc)
Do you want it to be super up to date all the time (quick updates, but may break something)? Or are you OK with slower updates for a more stable system?
Difficulty: How hard do you want things to be? Do you want things to be set up out-of-the-box and lots of solutions online? Or are you willing to dive deep, do stuff yourself and figure stuff out from wikis?
I wanted KDE (objectively the best desktop environment obviously) and started with OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and loved it. Highly recommended. I didn't know about TuxedoOS at the time and that seems like a good place to start too. Now I know more and am on CachyOS and am super happy with it.
pop [he/him]
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in reply to utnapishtim • • •If you want to try Pop OS, go ahead. The most important thing is back up data you want to keep - it's not a bad idea to have a dedicated partition for your home folder and another for the OS to help with fixing problems or moving to another distro, but backups off your laptop are critically important. Then if you don't like a particular distro, or you fuck up, you can install another and restore your data from backup.
Personally I use OpenSuSE Tumbleweed, I've tried quite a few distros and I think generally for gaming they're much the same. OpenSuSE has a good user interface in YaST for tweaking and keeping the system how I want it. I like being on a distro with a big install base and linked into an enterprise distro as there is an incentive to test rigorously and also fix things when they break. But Tumbleweed is a rolling release so there will still occasionally be problems.
If you want stability and no headaches then I'd go for a decent point release distro with a big install base overall. I'd suggest OpenSuSE Leap or Fedora KDE over smaller niche/community distros. Go for Gnome equivalents if that's your thing. I have gone off Mint in recent months as I think too much support out on the Web is out of date and provides bad solutions to problems (such as adding random ubuntu repos to install software). Mint itself.Is a decent distro.
I'd avoid Ubuntu due to Snap, I'd avoid Debian due to its slow upgrade cycle (very stable distro but may not be the best for high end gaming and tweaking), and I'd avoid Arch due to the complexity of set up (unless you want your system exactly right and are prepared to problem solve your way to what you want; it can be a very powerful and efficient set up of you're willing to out he work in). I'd also personally avoid atomic distros as it can be a headache to tweak and run custom software although there are ways if you enjoy leaning new things.
hellmo_luciferrari
in reply to utnapishtim • • •This always feels like a loaded question. I don't believe there is a one choice that is "right."
After distro hopping and trying many, I have come to a few realizations for myself.
There are a few factors to consider:
Really what I am getting at, you don't know what you don't know. So test out many! You can do this in a Virtual Machine with Virtualbox on Windows before switching.
BlameTheAntifa
in reply to utnapishtim • • •Pop_OS is great, but avoid the new COSMIC beta release, which is very buggy. If you opt for it, go with the GNOME-based 22 release.
Linux Mint is also one of the most friendly and approachable linux distros. It’s default desktop, Cinnamon, is very much inspired by older Windows versions. I loathe Cinnamon, but masses of people love it. I will admit that it is one of the easiest places to get started with Linux.
If you want something more sophisticated than Mint, look at distros that include KDE Plasma desktop. It feels very familiar for Windows users, but still offers a lot of customization. Fedora KDE, OpenSUSE, and CachyOS are excellent choices. Fedora is my pick but OpenSUSE is a great alternative if you want something without corporate ties, and Cachy is more optimized for gaming, but slightly more complicated to use since it’s based on Arch.
If your machine is going to be used almost exclusively for gaming, there is no reason to look at anything other than Bazzite. It’s simple, “just works”, is preconfigured for gaming, familiar, and very difficult to break.
And as always, stay far away from anything Ubuntu/Canonical.
HotsauceHurricane
in reply to utnapishtim • • •AmanitaCaesarea
in reply to utnapishtim • • •ZorinOS, better than standard Ubuntu and more modern looking than Mint.
If u want to go Arch > Garuda or Cachy. Endeavour if u are one of the "its bloat" whishy washy purists.
mrcleanup
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in reply to utnapishtim • • •So pop os is fun but they need to iron out kinks (mainly the pop shop and the cosmic de)
Go Mint.
bridgeenjoyer
in reply to utnapishtim • • •So pop os is fun but they need to iron out kinks (mainly the pop shop and the cosmic de)
Go Mint.
whereyaaat
in reply to utnapishtim • • •Whatever you land on, I hope you enjoy it.
Gaming laptops are the best.
HubertManne
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