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Lemmy.zip & Piefed.zip Server Update December 2025
Hello all, Demigodrick here.
I have to let you in on a secret. I've never touched a computer in my life. I don't actually know what the internet is. I write these posts by pinning notes to carrier pigeons and scaring them away. Somehow ~~life~~ these posts... uh... finds a way.
Truth be told, I'm kind of short on time these days. In a bid to bring these posts back on track in a timely manner, I've outsourced this post to a colony of extremely motivated ants. They’ve unionised since, so I’m now contractually obliged to publish whatever they write.
Server Updates
Lemmy.zip
We are still in our Lemmy 1.0 holding pattern, with me too afraid to write any zippy code in case something breaks and I have to go back over that uncommented clusterfuck that I mashed together.
The battle against scrapers continues.
Here's a little screenshot of how much bot traffic we're identifying and challenging vs how many humans get caught up in this:
As you can see, this shows that while some people do get caught up, the rules we've implemented work really well at keeping bots at bay. Mostly.
If you see an error screen it's probably a scraper taking us down 🙁
Piefed.zip
We're still keeping Piefed.zip on the dev branch, but we are considering swapping to the next stable version. If you're a Piefed.zip user, thoughts on this would be much appreciated. Development on Piefed is fast, which means you get new features quicker on the dev branch, but also more bugs and quirks.
Please Don’t Be a Lurker!
If you’re new here - WELCOME! I hope you’re enjoying your time here 😀
Just one small teeny-tiny request. The greatest gift you can give Lemmy.zip and Piefed.zip isn’t money, praise, or interpretive dance (although we would absolutely accept the last one). Its participation.
Upvote the things you like. Start a discussion, debate, or ponder about whether water is wet or merely makes things wet. Make new communities if you don’t see one that fits your oddly specific niche obsession.
(We don’t judge. Well, we try not to judge anyway.)
The fediverse naturally ebbs and flows, tides of people come and go. But if you’ve found yourself oddly attached to this strange little corner of the internet? Wonderful. Help it breathe. Help it grow. Help it be just a tiny bit weirder in the best possible way.
So if you’ve gone to the effort of clicking Sign Up and proving you’re not a robot (unless you are, in which case hello and welcome to our new AI overlords), then please, I beg of you:
Stick around. Add your voice. It really does make this place better.
Donations
DotZip sites only continues to exist because of the generous donations of its users. The operating cost of Lemmy.zip is over 60 euros a month ($60, £50), and Piefed.zip is close to 20 euros a month. This is totally funded by the community, and we're so grateful for all of your support ❤️
This month, I am sharing our finances since DotZip Ltd was set up, covering 1st June 2025 to 31st October 2025. You can see a summary at this link: files.dotzip.ltd/s/znzsAsJkRms…
Want to support us? We have a range of donation options to suit you!
Liberpay (Card, Paypal)
Liberpay is our newest donation method. You can donate with Paypal or with a card. The link is liberapay.com/dotzip
OpenCollective (Card)
Our classic donation option, but only supports card payments. The link is opencollective.com/lemmyzip
If you're enjoying Lemmy.zip or Piefed.zip, please check out the OpenCollective page, we have a selection of one-off or recurring donation options. All funds go directly to hosting the sites and keeping the virtual lights on.
Ko-Fi (Card, Paypal)
We also have our Ko-Fi page if you'd rather use this site, which also supports Paypal and Card payments.
Thank you!
We continue to have some really kind and generous donators and I can't express my thanks enough.
You can see all the kind donators in the Thank You thread - you could get your name in there too!
Please remember, traditional social media is only "free" to you because they sell your data. We don't do that - if you want to support independent social websites like this one and you value your privacy, please consider a small donation. It really does help.
GrAaAahhhhphs
Piefed.zip
These are over the last 7 days
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Cloudflare overview:
(yes we have some work to do on caching)
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Unless otherwise stated these are all over 30 days
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And there we have it. Another month has passed. The next time I do this, it will be 2026! I reflected 12 months ago that doing this end of year update for a second year was, and I quote, "fucking nuts". As I now do this third time, I am floored by how much things have changed in the space of 12 months, and yet comforted by how many of you I see around Lemmy and have got to know over all of this time. Since I did that post last year, Lemmy.zip has changed into a real not for profit business. What a learning curve that was but monumental in the longevity of this site. We saw the loss of lemm.ee, but this brought many people over to DotZip who've hopefully found a new home. We set up Piefed.zip, which has been steadily growing all this time too!
I want to put out a genuine thank you to everyone who uses one of our sites. None of us are doing this for any reason other than wanting to create the best space possible, free from advertising and tracking, and all of your efforts, whether creating regular posts, moderating communities, or even just the odd upvote, means so much to me. It still excites me seeing a .zip user in the wild 😀
I hope you have a lovely and restful period over the end of this year, and that you get to spend time with those that you love.
See you all next year!
Demigodrick
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in $82.7 Billion Deal
The streaming giant's proposal includes a $5.8 billion breakup fee and promises to maintain Warner Bros. current operations, "including theatrical releases." Theater owners are already speaking out.Georg Szalai (The Hollywood Reporter)
FTC Forces Boeing To Arm Its Arch-Rival Ahead Of Spirit Merger
This was made as a pro-competition move.
29 Hours: China Eastern Begins World's New Longest 1-Stop Route
It has a longer duration and covers more distance than any other one-stop scheduled passenger service.
New Safety Mandate Accelerates Retirement Fears for Boeing 717 Fleet
A recently issued Airworthiness Directive (AD) is forcing deeper maintenance checks on the Boeing 717 aircraft, prompting concerns that the cost and time involved could hasten the type’s withdrawal from service by major operators like Delta Air Lines and Hawaiian Airlines.
New Safety Mandate Accelerates Retirement Fears for Boeing 717 Fleet
AviationNews – A recently issued Airworthiness Directive (AD) is forcing deeper maintenance checks on the Boeing 717 aircraft, prompting concerns that the cost and time involved could hasten the t…aviationnews.eu
Saab deepens partnership to modernise air traffic management at Australia’s major airports
Saab and Airservices Australia have signed a new master service agreement that will upgrade tower automation systems at Australia’s four busiest airports—Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth. Under the deal, Saab will supply the latest version of its Integrated Air Traffic Control Suite (I-ATS) and keep it continuously updated. The agreement may later extend to additional airports.
Tallinn Airport launches €75m expansion as passenger growth outpaces capacity
Tallinn Airport is preparing for the largest redevelopment in its history, unveiling a €75 million terminal upgrade designed to accommodate a surge in passenger traffic and redefine the traveller experience at Estonia’s main gateway.
Airbus Faces Year-End Pressure After Weak November Deliveries
Airbus delivered 72 aircraft in November, bringing its total for the year to 657 and leaving the planemaker with an unusually heavy December target to meet its revised annual goal.
Airbus Faces Year-End Pressure After Weak November Deliveries
Aviation News – Airbus delivered 72 aircraft in November, bringing its total for the year to 657 and leaving the planemaker with an unusually heavy December target to meet its revised annual goal.…aviationnews.eu
Democratic governors say the party's midterm strategy must focus on voters' pocketbook concerns
From the playbook of no shit sherlock.
Of course that's not what ineffective democratic leadership will do.
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China’s trade surplus tops $1 trillion for first time
China’s annual trade surplus in goods has topped $1 trillion for the first time, with plunging exports to the United States amid a tariff war more than compensated for by shipments to other markets, new data shows.
Figures released by China’s General Administration of Customs on Monday showed the trade surplus for the first 11 months of the year hit $1.08 trillion in November, as exports climbed 5.9 percent year-on-year that month, reversing a 1.1 percent decline the month prior.
The leap came despite a continued slump in exports to the US, which fell 28.6 percent to $33.8bn last month, the data showed.
Beijing and Washington have been locked in a bitter trade war involving hefty tariffs during the second administration of US President Donald Trump, forcing Chinese exporters to pivot to other markets – although the leaders of the world’s two largest economies agreed to pause the hostilities during a meeting in South Korea in October.
China trade surplus tops $1tn for first time amid pivot to counter US lull
Chinese exports climb as exporters reroute shipments to other markets amid slump in shipments to the US.Al Jazeera
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Fish hook theory
Left–right political spectrum - ProleWiki
The left–right political spectrum is a diagram intended to categorize political ideologies in 3 distinct categories: left wing, right wing and centrist. The model...ProleWiki
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“Trump’s not their Daddy any more.” Russian paper on Europe, over new US national security strategy
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SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System - John Snow Project
A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may worsen this.John Snow Project
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Old Teslas Are Falling Apart
Old Teslas Are Falling Apart
On Consumer Reports' latest ranking of used car reliability, Tesla came in dead last with a rating not even half of the top placed brand.Frank Landymore (Futurism)
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This is why I won't buy a Tesla.
Fortunately for me, used cars with manual transmission are dead cheap here in Slovakia. I think I saw one for 3-4K€ on used car reseller website.
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Some non-English(with subs) anime and series' seem to be freely and officially available on youtube and other websites.
Pretty cool.
Noticed that when searching for To Be Hero X
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLra…
To Be Hero X full series (Chinese dub | Eng CC)
Complete series of To Be Hero X Licenced and Distributed by bilibiliYouTube
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Bag of words, have mercy on us
Bag of words, have mercy on us
OR: Claude will you go to prom with me?Adam Mastroianni (Experimental History)
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The thing I see LLMs more useful for is searching.
Imagine asking a robot where a book with certain contents is. I wish for that instead of a robot that does my homework, because I suck a little with searching.
I also saw them useful for science: putting all selected, finetuned scientific articles and papers into an LLM to see what it can do on a specific scientific field. So imagine my surprise seeing this is only doable for private associations, since there is nothing "good" on the public web.
The Supreme Court weighs Trump's bid to fire independent agency board members
The Trump administration’s push to expand control over independent federal agencies comes before a sympathetic Supreme Court that could overturn a 90-year-old decision limiting when presidents can fire board members.
Lawyers for the administration are defending President Donald Trump’s decision to fire Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter without cause and calling on the court to jettison the unanimous 1935 decision in Humphrey’s Executor.
Arguments are taking place Monday.
The court’s six conservative justices already have signaled strong support for the administration’s position, over the objection of their three liberal colleagues, by allowing Slaughter and the board members of other agencies to be removed from their jobs even as their legal challenges continue.
Monday, December 8, 2025
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Russia’s war against Ukraine
Aftermath of the destruction of a residential building following a Russian attack with FAB-250 and drones in the city of Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on Dec. 7, 2025. One person was killed and a 15-year-old boy was injured in the attacks. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Locals report explosions near Engels airfield, oil depot in Russia’s Saratov Oblast amid overnight drone attacks. Locals reported explosions near the Engels airfield and an oil depot amid overnight drone attacks in Russia’s Saratov and Rostov oblasts.
Kellogg claims Ukraine peace deal close, with Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant key sticking points. Trump envoy Keith Kellogg says a Ukraine peace deal is in its “final stretch” as talks focus on territorial concessions and security guarantees.
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Ukraine reports frontline gain in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as Russia advances in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. Amid an ongoing Russian offensive, Ukraine has liberated a village in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the Ukrainian open-source mapping project DeepState and Ukraine’s military reported.
Ukraine braces for ‘critical damage’ after Russian strike on Kharkiv Oblast dam threatens water supply. Russia attacked the Pechenihy dam on Dec. 7, threatening the reservoir that supplies water to Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
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Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian drones score ‘successful hit’ on Russia’s Ryazan Oil Refinery, General Staff says
Ukrainian forces conducted another strike on Russia’s Ryazan Oil Refinery — one of the country’s largest — during the night of Dec. 5-6, the General Staff reported, marking the ninth attack on the facility this year.
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The Kyiv Independent has selected 10 of the best Ukraine-related books published in 2025. Curious readers should use this list as a guide on the path to discovering even more books from this and previous years, with the anticipation of what is to come in 2026 as well.
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Human costs of war
At least 2 killed, 19 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day. Russia launched five ballistic missiles and 241 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,180,870 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. The number includes 1,080 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
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International response
Czech president says Europe may need to shoot down Russian aircraft, drones violating NATO airspace. Czech President Petr Pavel warned that repeated Russian airspace violations may eventually force Europe to shoot down Russian aircraft and drones, and said European countries must be ready to fight and win a war on their own if the U.S. is tied up elsewhere.
Russia, China hold joint anti-missile drills on Russian territory. China says recent joint anti-missile drills with Russia on Russian territory were routine and not aimed at any third party.
Son of president who shut down US corruption watchdogs slams Ukraine for corruption. Donald Trump Jr. warned on Dec. 7 that his father may walk away from Ukraine, parroting Kremlin propaganda about corruption in Kyiv driving Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.
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Russia’s Africa Corps committing war crimes in Mali, AP reports. The AP spoke to 34 refugees who reported kidnappings, sexual assault, and civilian killings at the hands of the Africa Corps, a paramilitary group controlled by the Russian Defense Ministry.
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Ilhan Omar says Trump's anti-Somali tirade ' completely disgusting
Ilhan Omar says Trump’s anti-Somali tirade ‘completely disgusting’
Minnesota congresswoman says ‘hateful rhetoric’ can lead to ‘dangerous actions by people who listen to the president’José Olivares (The Guardian)
New Air Force Chief Boosts Nuclear Buildup, Moving Away From Deterrence, Experts Warn
In his first major guidance to the Air Force, the newly appointed Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach emphasized a need for the “recapitalization” of nuclear weapons — an apparent departure from decades of Air Force teaching that the United States maintains nuclear weapons solely for deterrence.
“We will advocate relentlessly for programs like the F-47, Collaborative Combat Aircraft as well as nuclear force recapitalization through the Sentinel program and the B-21,” Wilsbach wrote in a memo dated November 3, referring to planned upgrades to nuclear missiles and stealth bombers.
“This memo of unity and warfighting spirit reflects current Department of War and Pete Hegseth language, but that language is also inadequate because it assumes U.S. military capability is the best in the world and getting better, a dangerous and flawed assumption,” said Karen Kwiatkowski, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and former Pentagon analyst who exposed the politicization of intelligence before the Iraq War.
New Air Force Chief Boosts Nuclear Buildup, Moving Away From Deterrence, Experts Warn
Gen. Ken Wilsbach promotes nuclear “recapitalization,” fueling fear of a radical shift away from nukes acting solely as deterrence.Austin Campbell (The Intercept)
New Air Force Chief Boosts Nuclear Buildup, Moving Away From Deterrence, Experts Warn
In his first major guidance to the Air Force, the newly appointed Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach emphasized a need for the “recapitalization” of nuclear weapons — an apparent departure from decades of Air Force teaching that the United States maintains nuclear weapons solely for deterrence.
“We will advocate relentlessly for programs like the F-47, Collaborative Combat Aircraft as well as nuclear force recapitalization through the Sentinel program and the B-21,” Wilsbach wrote in a memo dated November 3, referring to planned upgrades to nuclear missiles and stealth bombers.
“This memo of unity and warfighting spirit reflects current Department of War and Pete Hegseth language, but that language is also inadequate because it assumes U.S. military capability is the best in the world and getting better, a dangerous and flawed assumption,” said Karen Kwiatkowski, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and former Pentagon analyst who exposed the politicization of intelligence before the Iraq War.
New Air Force Chief Boosts Nuclear Buildup, Moving Away From Deterrence, Experts Warn
Gen. Ken Wilsbach promotes nuclear “recapitalization,” fueling fear of a radical shift away from nukes acting solely as deterrence.Austin Campbell (The Intercept)
Meta planning massive cuts to Reality Labs metaverse division
Report: Meta planning massive cuts to Reality Labs metaverse division
The money it is saving is to be shifted over to its AI wearables businessAlex Forbes-Calvin (GamesIndustry.biz)
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Arizona Attorney General sues Temu(Online Shopping Platform) over malware, data exfiltration activities and more
Attorney General Mayes Sues Online Shopping Platform Temu for Stealing Arizonans’ Data and Misleading Consumers | Attorney General's Office
PHOENIX – Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced the filing of a lawsuit against Temu, the Chinese online shopping platform, for violations of the Arizona Cwww.azag.gov
How Snapchat manipulates its users through notifications
Our recent research into Snapchat shows that its uses misleading notification. This is not legally allowed. Namely, the European Digital Services Act prohibits misleading and manipulative design on online platforms. The research serves as input for possible enforcement actions by the Dutch Authority for Consumer and Markets (Autoriteit Consument & Markt) and supports our advice to include the regulation of attention-grabbing notifications in the Digital Fairness Act.
How Snapchat manipulates its users through notifications
Bits of Freedom komt op voor internetvrijheid door de online grondrechten op communicatievrijheid en privacy te beschermen.Bits of Freedom
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The Moment Carter Opens The Shrine, 1924, Egypt
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RIP Windows: Linux GPU Gaming Benchmarks on Bazzite
We're finally benchmarking GPU performance in Linux, first using the Bazzite OS following thousands of community requests specifically for this operating system.
RIP Windows: Linux GPU Gaming Benchmarks on Bazzite | GamersNexus
GPUs RIP Windows: Linux GPU Gaming Benchmarks on Bazzite December 5, 2025 Last Updated: 2025-12-05 We're finally benchmarking GPU performance in Linux, first using the Bazzite OS following thousands of community requests specifically for this operati…gamersnexus.net
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Lazarus Group’s IT Workers Scheme Hacker Group Caught Live On Camera
Lazarus Group’s IT Workers Scheme Hacker Group Caught Live On Camera
Lazarus Group’s Famous Chollima unit has been caught “live on camera” running its remote IT worker scheme, after researchers funneled its operatives into fake laptops that were actually long‑running sandbox environments under full surveillance.Guru Baran (CybersecurityNews)
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Nutomic
in reply to Demigodrick • • •What kind of integrations do you have right now, is there any way to see the code? Lemmy 1.0 has a backwards compatible API which can cover some use basic use cases. You may also be interested to write Lemmy plugins (in Webassembly) for your use cases.
Your post also made me wonder if Lemmy should have any builtin functionality against bots.
Good to see this update, well done!
BrikoX
in reply to Nutomic • • •GitHub - Demigodrick/community_bot
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