Sudan’s el-Fasher has symbolism that hasn’t died
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Sudan’s el-Fasher has symbolism that hasn’t died
North Darfur capital fell to Rapid Support Forces yet remains a political and spiritual city that cannot be overlooked.Al Jazeera
Le prime pagine di oggi - Il Post
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Le prime pagine di oggi
La strage sulla spiaggia di Bondi Beach in Australia, il discorso di Meloni ad Atreju, e la rinuncia di Zelensky all'ingresso nella NATOIl Post
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Ep. 396 – La scrittrice e il criminale - Il Post
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Antonio Kast ha vinto le presidenziali in Cile - Il Post
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L’estremista di destra Antonio Kast ha vinto le presidenziali in Cile
Sarà il presidente più conservatore dalla fine della dittatura di Pinochet, nel 1990Il Post
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Food prices in Europe: Which countries are the most and least expensive?
https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/12/15/food-prices-in-europe-which-countries-are-the-most-and-least-expensive?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Food prices in Europe: Which countries are the most expensive?
While food prices are lower in some countries than in the EU overall, households in those countries often spend a larger share of their budget on food.Euronews.com
Crust punk continues to thrive across the globe, feeding on the same conditions that made it necessary in the first place.
The subgenre's lyrical themes are not relics of the past but, unfortunately, the grim reality of today's alienated capitalist societies, writes Apostolis Zamparas.
diyconspiracy.net/11-crust-pun…
This isn’t a best-of list, but another selection of records we hadn’t previously reviewed.
»Mehrheit für Social-Media-Verbot für unter 16-Jährige:
In Australien gilt jetzt das weltweit erste Social-Media-Verbot für Kinder und Jugendliche unter 16 Jahren. Auch in Deutschland befürworten das viele.«
Verbote sind nicht die Lösung & wie sollen dann die Kits distanzierte Kommunikation über das Web lernen? Die nutzen die Dinge per Seiteneingang so oder so. Nehmt mal deren Produzenten zur Verantwortung.
🙄 heise.de/news/Mehrheit-fuer-So…
#tiktok #socialmedia #erziehung #kinder #verbot #KeineLösung
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Θεσσαλονίκη: Χειροπέδες σε τρεις αστυνομικούς – Κατηγορούνται ότι ζητούσαν φακελάκι για να μην κόψουν κλήση (video)
topontiki.gr/2025/12/15/thessa…
Όλος ο κρατικός μηχανισμός αναπαράγει το παράδειγμα των ακρίδων
Θεσσαλονίκη: Χειροπέδες σε τρεις αστυνομικούς - Κατηγορούνται ότι ζητούσαν φακελάκι για να μην κόψουν κλήση (video) | topontiki.gr
Στη σύλληψη τριών αστυνομικών από την τροχαία Μουδανιών στη Θεσσαλονίκη, με την κατηγορία ότι ζητούσαν «φακελάκι».NASOPOULOS84 (Το Ποντίκι)
Zlabys and Gimse play Berg, Ciurlionis, Grieg, Sibelius and more in Vilnius - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Ciurlions 150th birthday concert. Andrius Zlabys, piano (1), and Havard Gimse, piano (2), play: 1- BERG: Sonata no. 1/ Mikalojus Konstantinas CIURLIONIS: Preludes collection/ Zibuokle MARTINAITYTE: Polyphonies of Being/ CHOPIN: Scherzo no....www.worldconcerthall.com
Dieci chilometri: l’arte di danzare con il tempo
Ciao a tutti, runner! Oggi parliamo di una distanza che incarna un punto di svolta nel mondo del running: i 10 chilometri. Non è una sprint fulminante, né un'ultra endurance estenuante. È una danza tra velocità e resistenza, un equilibrio sottile che richiede preparazione, strategia e una buona dose di consapevolezza.
Io ho affrontato questa distanza inc
#blog #papablogger #papasein
Μελέτη / Πώς τα μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης συνδέονται με την ΔΕΠΥ εφήβων
The best cameras are often hidden in your parents' junk drawers. My parents use this cool nostalgic camera during my childhood…
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Review of "The Warehouse" (2 stars): Not that thrilling of a thriller
I like stories wins up everything in a nice little package and the characters live happily ever after. That is not how The Warehouse ended, so it's hard to like it.
The beginning was slow as they build the near future world where global warming has made it nearly impossible to be outside, where a mysterious black Friday massacre had led to the end of nearly all brick and motor stores and an Amazon-like megalith rules the market and MotherCloud is the new version of a company town where you live, work and play in a lifestyle that complety revolves around their monster regional warehouses that load your next order and deliver it via drone.
Hart had some inconsistencies in his world. For example we are informed that all of the products in the warehouse are arranged in such a way that no two similar products are anywhere near each other so no customer accidentally gets the wrong product based on a warehouse wiring picking the womg one. That actually mags a lot of sense. But later in the book our protagonist ends up being delayed by trying to find the right puzzle, or had to look the book section, contrary to how he previously told us the warehouse works.
Gibson us the evil CEO of Cloud. Midday of the book I'm convinced he is the devil. But at the end when he's supposed to reveal how evil he truly is, we'll maybe I've fallen for his capitalist bullshit because I honestly think he is a lot closer to the savior of the world he claims to be than the lobster his author paints him as
All in all I can't recommend, but I think others might absolutely love it.
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The managerial class in universities is seldom really interested in the long term health of universities & more in burnishing their CVs for the next jump.
For example: Mark E Smith (a past VC of Lancaster) is taking a ProVC role at Oxford, having in the last fifteen years been ProVC at Warwick, VC at Lancaster & most recently VC at Southampton.
This peripatetic group have no real loyalty to particular institutions & bring generic managerial 'solutions' wherever they go.
they're a self-referential relatively closed caste whose claims in the next job go unexamined (I guess), as longs as they are 'people like us'.... the key issue is the make up of senior appointment panels... and there group think dominates
Fixed-term contracts (usually five years) - 'I've done all I can at that institution' - the problem for him is going to be where he has a new building constructed and named after him.
Tether will Juventus Turin kaufen: Unternehmerfamilie Agnelli lehnt ab
Der Geschäftsführer von Tether ist Italiener und Fan von Juventus Turin: Jetzt hat seine Firma ein Übernahmeangebot für den weltbekannten Verein vorgelegt.
G.
Sunshine Parque Augusta.
Watercolour.
Sunshine Parque Augusta, sunshine in Augusta park.
[ Prints : james-mccormack.pixels.com/fea… ]
#sunshine #MastoDaoine #park #watercolour #BuyIntoArt #brazil #MastoArt
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incident management software is something that we, in the open source community, can and should be building.
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Oh non, mais les milliardaires nous avaient dit qu'il fallait donner plus de subventions aux spéculateurs immobiliers et leur laisser bâtir des monstres à 10 étages.
infos.rtl.lu/videos/on-en-parl…
Pauvreté: “Avant, on ne voyait pas ça” au Luxembourg
La semaine où le gouvernement a présenté son premier plan d’action national de lutte contre la pauvreté, RTL Infos est allé promener sa caméra dans les rues de la capitale.infos.rtl.lu
Die letzte Woche Arbeit bevor es 2 Wochen in den Urlaub geht. Die letzte Woche in Vollzeit, bevor es in #elternteilzeit geht. Davor gibts noch eine Zertifikierungsprüfung und ein Jahresgespräch. Meh.
Ich wünsche euch einen schönen start in die Woxhe, lasst euch nicht unterkriegen.
#gutenmorgen
Bonjour @interhop
Je suis peut-être un peu crispé, mais j'évite doctolib autant que je peux... Existe-t-il une carte des professionnels de santé qui n'utilise pas Doctolib ?
Parce que ceux qui prennent les rdv téléphoniques et qui m'inscrivent malgré moi sur leur agenda Doctolib me les brisent menu... j'ai pas un droit là dessus ? C'est moi qui exagère ?
Stunned shock at news about the Reiners. When your head is spinning and your first nonsensical thought is ‘But Chadbourne is such a quiet hidden little street’ as if that has any bearing on what happened.
Thank god Carl wasn’t still alive for this.
heise+ | Open-Source-Inventarsoftware: Mit HomeBox Ordnung ins heimische Chaos bringen
Über die Jahre sammelt sich insbesondere bei Tech-Enthusiasten einiges an Material an. Die Open-Source-Inventarsoftware Homebox schafft Ordnung und Übersicht.
heise.de/ratgeber/Open-Source-…
#IT #OpenSource #RaspberryPi #Software #news
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Wollte jetzt eigentlich sagen, dass partkeepr besser ist, aber scheinbar wurde das Projekt vor ein paar Monaten komplett eingestellt 🙁
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Illuminazione: 18%
La fase lunare di oggi e di Fase di Luna calante. In questa fase l’illuminazione della Luna diminuisce ogni giorno fino alla Luna nuova. Durante questa parte del ciclo lunare, la Luna si sta avvicinando al Sole com’è possibile vedere dalla Terra. Il lato notturno della Luna è rivolto verso la Terra e solo un piccolo bordo è illuminato. Il momento migliore per osservare questa fase è un'ora o due prima dell'alba ed è molto bella da vedere se sei disposto ad alzarti presto, io non ho resistito e stamattina l'ho fotografata.
Si notano alcune caratteristiche della superficie lunare. Lungo il bordo, dove la parte illuminata incontra il lato scuro, si notano i crateri e le montagne! La Luna ha 25.44 giorni; questi sono i giorni dall’ultima Luna nuova. La Luna impiega 29,53 giorni per orbitare attorno alla Terra e completare il ciclo di tutte le 8 fasi lunari.
( Nozioni prese da uno dei tanti libri per ragazzi di mio figlio, quando si appassionava all' astronomia!)
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o questo era un cecchino nato...Yaku 🐗 reshared this.
AI a rischio: bug ad alta gravità in NVIDIA Merlin espongono le pipeline
📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/ai-a-risc…
#redhotcyber #news #cybersecurity #intelligenzaartificiale #sicurezzainformatica #vulnerabilita #nvidia #merlin
AI a rischio: bug ad alta gravità in NVIDIA Merlin espongono le pipeline
NVIDIA aggiorna il framework Merlin per risolvere vulnerabilità di sicurezza che potrebbero consentire agli aggressori di eseguire codice dannoso o manomettere dati sensibili.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
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Gestern kam der Nebel zurück und ich habe keine Zeit mehr gefunden auf eure Grüße zu antworten. Sorry dafür! 🙏
Ich hab mich lange dagegen gewehrt, aber so langsam kommt doch Weihnachtsstimmung auf. 🎄
Heute backe ich noch Plätzchen für meine Schätzchen. 🍪
Der Teig ruht sich seit gestern im Kühlschrank aus. 💤
Ich wünsche euch allen einen guten Start in die neue Woche! 🍀
Prost Kaffee! ☕☕🕯️🕯️🕯️✨
#gutenmorgen
Umpf, kaum geschlafen vor Schmerzen, das war ne richtig miese Nacht... Könnte gut sein, dass ich gleich nach dem Frühstück wieder ins Bett gehe. Murks.
Und trotzdem: Guten Morgen Welt ☕
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#Ukraine missile strike on thermal power plant in #Belgorod region in western #Russia
Belgorod Governor says "significant damage to utility infrastructure"
#visualzen
#modernart #photography
#minimalism #bird #seagull #balticsea
#kiel #derechtenorden #schleswigholstein
#blackandwhite #noiretblanc #schwarzweiss
Monstrous sentence against Yehor Kuch, a young Ukrainian accused by russian invaders of ‘spying’ for his own country
The 20-year sentence is far worse than those regularly passed against violent criminals, with the other difference being that criminals will receive pardons and pay if they agree to fight in #Ukraine
Monstrous sentence against Yehor Kuch, a young Ukrainian accused by Russian invaders of ‘spying’ for his own country
The 20-year sentence is far worse than those regularly passed against violent criminals, with the other difference being that criminals will receive pardons and pay if they agree to fight in UkraineHuman Rights in Ukraine
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L'OTAN VEUT-ELLE LA TROISIÈME GUERRE MONDIALE ?
«Nous devons nous préparer à une guerre d'une ampleur comparable à celle qu'ont vécue nos grands-parents et arrière-grands-parents». Celui qui prononce ces paroles vertigineuses, c'est Mark Rutte, secrétaire général de l'OTAN, le 11 décembre en Allemagne. Traduction : préparez-vous à une troisième guerre mondiale.
Notre article à lire ici : contre-attaque.net/2025/12/15/…
L'OTAN veut-elle la troisième guerre mondiale ?
Des paroles vertigineuses prononcées par Mark Rutte, secrétaire général de l'OTAN, qui veut nous emmener vers une troisième guerre mondiale.B (Contre Attaque)
Altavista nasce il 15 dicembre 1995 grazie a Digital Equipment Corporation, che porta la propria esperienza tecnologica nel nascente web. Il motore di ricerca si distingue subito per l’elevata velocità resa possibile da server avanzati e nuove tecniche di indicizzazione. Il successo è rapido: in un anno raggiunge 25 milioni di utenti mensili, diventando il punto di riferimento degli anni Novanta. Pur superato poi da Google, resta una tappa chiave nella storia della ricerca online.
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Rob Reiner had a good heart, and understood the importance of those small human moments that could make you laugh or maybe cry a little
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- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
I just read a blog calling Solarpunk "Greenwashed Communism" and while I like the idea of eco soviets, I gotta check by my own, share any cool Solarpunk stories to read, watch or play, I wanna get into it.
Edit: Forgot to add the hashtag
yeah it's pretty cooked lol. bro is posting on substack, references strictly twitter posts, and is going off about dyson spheres
let me guess, he wants ai to solve our climate crisis too?
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Cloud: Zoff in Bayern wegen Milliardenauftrag an Microsoft ohne Ausschreibung
heise.de/news/Cloud-Zoff-in-Ba…
MTV ab Januar ganz ohne Musikvideos
heise.de/news/MTV-ab-Januar-ga…
Google-Experiment „Disco“: Browser macht aus Tabs interaktive Web-Apps
heise.de/news/Google-Experimen…
Cameron und KI: „Kunst funktioniert nicht wie ein Durchschnitt von allem“
heise.de/news/Cameron-und-KI-K…
Cameron und KI: „Kunst funktioniert nicht wie ein Durchschnitt von allem“
Während viele KI skeptisch sehen, bleibt „Avatar“- und „Titanic“-Regisseur James Cameron gelassen: Für ihn ist die Technologie ein Hilfsmittel - keine Gefahr.dpa (heise online)
aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/14/…
Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast wins Chile’s presidential election
Kast’s victory is seen as part of a trend of right-wing victories across Latin America, including in Argentina.Al Jazeera Staff (Al Jazeera)
La rassegna stampa di lunedì 15 dicembre 2025
Questa è la rassegna stampa di lunedì 15 dicembre 2025
Sparatoria alla Brown University: due morti e nove feriti, persona d'interesse rilasciata
Un tiratore ha aperto il fuoco nel campus della Brown University nel Rhode Island, uccidendo due studenti e ferendone nove. Una persona d'interesse di circa vent'anni è stata inizialmente fermata in un hotel ma successivamente rilasciata dopo che le indagini hanno preso una "direzione diversa". L'università ha cancellato tutti gli esami finali rimanenti per il semestre.
Fonti: Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian
L'uso dell'intelligenza artificiale sul lavoro raddoppia negli Stati Uniti
Un nuovo sondaggio Gallup mostra che il 45% dei lavoratori americani usa l'IA almeno alcune volte l'anno, più del doppio rispetto al 2024. I settori tecnologici (50%), finanziari (33%) e dei servizi professionali (30%) guidano l'adozione, mentre l'uso è molto più basso nella manifattura e nella sanità. I dirigenti aziendali sono i maggiori utilizzatori della tecnologia.
Fonti: Axios
Kamala Harris si prepara per una candidatura presidenziale nel 2028
L'ex vicepresidente ha annunciato nuove tappe del suo tour promozionale in stati chiave come la Carolina del Sud e città con ampie popolazioni afroamericane. Durante un incontro del Comitato Nazionale Democratico a Los Angeles, Harris ha criticato lo status quo di entrambi i partiti e ha ricevuto sostegno dai funzionari per una possibile candidatura del 2028.
Fonti: Axios
Jimmy Lai condannato per sicurezza nazionale a Hong Kong
Il magnate dei media pro-democrazia di Hong Kong è stato dichiarato colpevole di sedizione e collusione con forze straniere da un tribunale di Hong Kong. Il 78enne cittadino britannico, fondatore del quotidiano Apple Daily ora chiuso, rischia l'ergastolo. Il presidente Trump aveva promesso di fare "tutto il possibile" per salvare Lai, collegando il caso alle relazioni USA-Cina.
Morte del regista Rob Reiner e della moglie in un apparente omicidio
Il celebre regista di film come "Quando Harry incontrò Sally" e "The Princess Bride" e sua moglie Michele Singer Reiner sono stati trovati morti nella loro casa di Los Angeles in quello che la polizia descrive come un "apparente omicidio". Il 78enne attore e regista era noto anche per il suo attivismo politico liberale oltre che per la sua carriera cinematografica.
Fonti: Axios, New York Times, The Hill
Un attentatore dell'ISIS uccide tre americani in Siria
Due soldati della Guardia Nazionale dell'Iowa e un interprete civile americano sono stati uccisi da un membro delle forze di sicurezza siriane che aveva aderito all'ISIS. L'attentatore, che doveva essere licenziato per le sue opinioni estremiste, ha aperto il fuoco contro le forze americane impegnate nella lotta al terrorismo nella regione.
Fonti: BBC News, New York Times
L'Unione Europea si divide sulla strategia verso l'amministrazione Trump
Le istituzioni europee e le capitali sono divise su quanto spingere contro Washington senza danneggiare l'Ucraina. La divisione emerge mentre Trump intensifica la pressione sull'Europa attraverso minacce di dazi e richieste di maggiori spese per la difesa, creando tensioni sull'approccio comune dell'UE verso gli Stati Uniti.
Fonti: Financial Times
L'Ucraina offre di rinunciare alle richieste di adesione alla NATO
Il presidente Zelensky ha dichiarato che l'Ucraina potrebbe abbandonare le sue richieste di adesione alla NATO in cambio di garanzie di sicurezza giuridicamente vincolanti da parte di Stati Uniti e paesi europei. Le concessioni arrivano mentre Kiev cerca di far avanzare i colloqui di pace prima dell'insediamento di Trump, che ha promesso di risolvere rapidamente il conflitto.
Fonti: Financial Times, Semafor
José Antonio Kast vince le elezioni presidenziali in Cile
L'ultra-conservatore José Antonio Kast ha vinto la presidenza cilena con una vittoria schiacciante, sfruttando la rabbia degli elettori per criminalità e immigrazione. La vittoria segna un drammatico spostamento a destra per il Cile e lo porta nell'orbita conservatrice guidata dagli Stati Uniti, con potenziali implicazioni per le relazioni commerciali e politiche nella regione.
Fonti: New York Times, Bloomberg
Trump annulla le cerimonie di cittadinanza per immigrati da 19 paesi
L'amministrazione Trump ha bruscamente cancellato le cerimonie di cittadinanza per immigrati provenienti da 19 paesi banditi, lasciando centinaia di persone che erano quasi diventate cittadini americani in un limbo legale. La decisione fa parte delle politiche immigratorie più severe dell'amministrazione e colpisce persone che avevano completato tutti i requisiti per la naturalizzazione.
Fonti: BBC News
Il contenuto di questa rassegna stampa è stato integralmente realizzato tramite un sistema di intelligenza artificiale. Se noti eventuali errori o imprecisioni, ti invitiamo a segnalarceli inviando un'email a segnalazioni@focusamerica.it.
They were almost American - then Trump cancelled their citizenship ceremonies
Immigrants from among the 19 countries banned by the Trump administration tell the BBC how their citizenship ceremonies were abruptly cancelled.Grace Eliza Goodwin (BBC News)
Crisi degli affitti a Berlino. La Linke chiede una linea dura verso i gruppi immobiliari, che protestano accusando la sinistra di voler uccidere gli investimenti. Chi ha ragione?
#Berlino #Affitti #Linke #Immobiliare #Crisideglialloggi
ilmitte.com/2025/12/berlino-li…
Berlino, Linke chiede linea dura sugli affitti. Allarmati gruppi immobiliari: “Segnale fatale”
Aumentare l'offerta edilizia non basta. Almeno secondo il gruppo della Linke, che insiste nell'attribuire la crisi abitativa di Berlino non alla mancanza fisica di immobili, alla loro ingiusta distribAdmin (il Mitte)
YouTube's AI-powered moderation system needs to be held accountable.
itsfoss.com/news/youtubes-ai-m…
#youtube #ai #enshittification
YouTube’s AI is Breaking the Creator Ecosystem
A moderation system that leans on automation just knocked legitimate tech tutorials and even entire channels offline. The appeals felt automated, too.Theena Kumaragurunathan (It's FOSS)
Momentos de Tenerife 19
Photography
(Technologieoffen und hocheffizient)
Meister Jeder, Dadaist und Comödiker 12/25
#dada #Photography #Tenerife #PuertoDeLaCruz
#visualzen
#modernart #photography
#minimalism #bird #seagull #balticsea
#kiel #derechtenorden #schleswigholstein
#blackandwhite #noiretblanc #schwarzweiss
@anarchia
Diffondiamo: Raggiungici il 19 dicembre H20 sotto il carcere di Sollicciano per un saluto a chi è prigionierx dell’istituzione totale! Mentre la città si prepara al Natale portiamo invece solidarietà a chi è reclusx PER UN rivoluzioneanarchica.it/firenz…
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#Bieszczady 🍂
Gear:
• Yashica TL Electro X ITS (Japan, ~1971)
• Yashica Yashinon-DS 50 mm f/1.7 (Japan)
• AgfaPhoto Color 400
#agfa #analogphotography #art #autumn #believeinfilm #clouds #dark #fog #fotografiaanalogowa #houses #landscape #landscapephotography #moody #mountains #photography #poland
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"Every Activity Pub server duplicates content. Without it there'd be no seeing posts from anybody on servers other than their home server. It's literally the thing that makes the protocol work. If being on a protocol that specifically is designed to duplicate content isn't permission enough to duplicate content then the Fediverse goes poof. Zilch. Zero. Nada."
@nate, 2024
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Well put. Found via a link here;
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So a thing happened and I'm kinda flabbergasted. There appears to be a campaign to shut down the Mostr (Nostr <> ActivityPub bridge). Dunno how big it is, but apparently at least one DMCA complaint has been filed.primal.net
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Yes and no. From a legal or technical standpoint, all this is true. It is legally allowed, technically necessary. But this doesn't mean it's ethical and that it doesn't violate consent.
I can walk up to two people speaking in "public" to eavesdrop on their conversation. But just because I can, doesn't mean it's right. I can scrape endless pfp images from WhatsApp through their contacts API. But doesn't mean it's right.
So no, just because it's possible it doesn't mean "permission enough". It' just means that it's necessary and people have accepted the risk. Explicit permission is something different entirely. This is about consent, a human property, not about technological or legal constructs.
Bridges are a bit different than scraping content or listening into a conversation. A bridge that bridges Activity Pub to AT/Nostr acts like any other ActivityPub instance, requesting a copy of the bridged user's profile in the same way another ActivityPub native server would. Same with Friendica (that I'm using right now to reply), it requested a copy of your post over Activity Pub, despite being native to DFRN (although, unlike Bridgy Fed/Mostr, Freindica bridges internally via plugin instead of using a dedicated standalone bridge). I'd argue that using a protocol designed for federation, on a server that defaults to federating with any instance not proactively blocked, is rather explicit permission to federate.
However, since it's just federating normally, it's easy to stop. If you block the bridges (at the user level or instance wide) they won't federate, just like any other Activity Pub instance. While I think bridges are important for the ecosystem, the beauty of something that's not centralized is that you can choose exactly what you do and don't want to interact with.
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> I can walk up to two people speaking in "public" to eavesdrop on their conversation
That's not a valid metaphor for Public posts on a federated network. It's more like 2 people speaking on a stage using microphones, connected to a global livestream.
If you don't want strangers to listen to your conversation, that's easy! Just get off the stage. If you want to have a private conversation in a public space that people won't eavesdrop on, that's what Direct posts are for.
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> it can only be consensual if whatever happens is somewhat "expected"
That's like saying that striking up a conversation with someone at a speed dating event isn't consensual, if that person didn't expect to be spoken to at the event. If people choose to go into a situation, not expecting things that can be reasonably expected, that's on them. Not on everyone else for not being mindreaders.
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I think there is UX work that can be done to make it clearer what level of visibility a post has, and to give people more granular control;
codeberg.org/fediverse/fediver…
But none of that will help if people refuse to learn about the options available and how to use them. Or insist that everyone else magically know what they intended, even if their app usage choices suggest the opposite.
Mapping all possible posting scopes
We need to define pan-fediverse posting scopes, that map the various social expectations onto the technical realities.Codeberg.org
Coda: If I stand in the street wearing a "free hugs" sign, it's reasonable for people to expect a free hug. Say someone hugs me, and I claim it was non-consensual because I only expected my friends to take up the offer made on the "free hugs" sign. Is that reasonable on my part?
When you post something as "Public" (instead of "Followers only", or "Private mention", to use the current Mastodon app terms), that's like the "free hugs" sign. People can reasonably expect to take that literally.
> unlike Bridgy Fed/Mostr, Freindica bridges internally via plugin instead of using a dedicated standalone bridge
At the risk of splitting hairs, I think you're stretching the definition of "bridge" beyond breaking point there.
A bridge connects any instance to any instance (of whatever it is they bridge). An AP plugin adds native federation to a single instance, allowing it to connect directly with any remote service federating over AP. Two quite different things.
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