"It would start losing money very quickly."
FYI that's exactly what #bluesky is doing. They are spending VC money and have no business model. As they both stand, #mastodon is sustainable. BS is not. Apples vs oranges. But they have the hype machine coming out of Twitter, hiding/avoiding the decentralization and the VC money enables. Sometimes the "smart people" either are not, live in a bubble or are lying. But sure we're the assholes for correcting the record.
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Please reblog and raise awareness by using tags like #asmb or #australia social media ban
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Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests
Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicatesIan Sample (The Guardian)
"Led by the economist Francisco Rodriguez at the University of Denver, the study calculates the total number of excess deaths associated with international sanctions from 1970 to 2021.
The results are staggering. In their central estimate, the authors find that unilateral sanctions imposed by the US and EU since 1970 are associated with 38 million deaths. In some years, during the 1990s, more than a million people were killed. In 2021, the most recent year of data, sanctions caused more than 800,000 deaths.
According to these results, several times more people are killed by sanctions each year than are killed as direct casualties of war (on average, about 100,000 people per year). More than half of the victims are children and the elderly, people who are most vulnerable to malnutrition. The study finds that, since 2012 alone, sanctions have killed more than one million children.
Hunger and deprivation are not an accidental by-product of Western sanctions; they are a key objective. This is clear from a State Department memo written in April 1960, which explains the purpose of US sanctions against Cuba. The memo noted that Fidel Castro – and the revolution more broadly – enjoyed widespread popularity in Cuba. It argued that “every possible means should be undertaken promptly to weaken the economic life of Cuba,” by “denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government”."
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#USA #EU #Sanctions #PoliticalEconomy #Imperialism #Colonialism
US and EU sanctions have killed 38 million people since 1970
Far from a peaceful tool, these measures weaponise hunger and deprivation to enforce Western dominance.Jason Hickel (Al Jazeera)
Minneapolis, MN: The East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) and the Climate Justice Committee rallied outside of the Roof Depot on August 16 calling for Mayor Frey to quit "stonewalling" the purchase agreement process.
They would like Frey and the city to accept the $10.2 million offer before the September 15 deadline.
CJ McCormick of the Climate Justice Committee urged everyone to pressure Jacob Frey via his public phone number to accept the deal.
I'm going to start collecting art....people using hand drawn or written text. Art for the people by the people. I'll find more words for this, but it is not canva and not graphics.
I'm seriously impressed by the Sound Bath guy's pencil and watercolor business card assemblageon the Bulletin board.
Painted public pianos also kinda fit into this. They are public art pianos, not really protected from the elements.
Maybe it's my protest about needing to have everything look like the human element has been erased, and a "Professional look" that is soulless...
#Benicia #noAI #handdrawn #FuckCanva #Canva
Google releases September Pixel update, fixing a lot of issues
https://mobilesyrup.com/2025/09/04/google-releases-september-pixel-update-fixing-a-lot-of-issues/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Google releases September Pixel update, fixing a lot of issues
Google has released its September 2025 security update, which fixes a lot of issues for pixel devices like device crashing, and biometrics.Matthew Mountjoy (MobileSyrup)
Do you know what Ontario's vaccine registry was for the longest time? A little yellow paper card that you took with you.
Sounds like not much has changed. It's time to digitize our vaccine registry!!
@SnowyCA
Those yellow cards were/are hopeless in Ontario.
The system is impossibly dysfunctional and puts the onus on the families to keep the cards up to date and communicate between health practitioners and public health.
Even families that are well resourced and hyper organized could not stay on top and make sure things were recorded. Least resourced families would be in a better situation if there was a single common data base.
The likelihood of actually having the card available to be recorded in when vaccination take place was vanishingly low.
Especially difficult when our kids got some vaccinations at the family practice or children’s hospital ‘just when they’re there’, at the pharmacist or at school vaccination clinics.
There were times for both our kids where we were in an endless loop between public health, the schools, the pediatrician and the family practice trying to figure out whether one gave them had middle school updates or not.
Apple pourrait enfin lancer son propre moteur de recherche pour l’iPhone
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Apple pourrait enfin lancer son propre moteur de recherche pour l’iPhone
D’après une nouvelle rumeur, la nouvelle version de Siri pourrait aussi inclure une sorte de moteur de recherche basé sur l’intelligence artificielle générative. Celui-ci pourrait néanmoins s’appuyer sur les technologies de Google.Setra (Presse-citron)
Trump blows up a boat in international waters. The charred remains of evidence that would prove they were a threat, is at the bottom of the ocean. Convenient.
Trump is the judge, jury, and executioner?
Trump lies constantly. Rubio is escalating the rhetoric. Hegseth sent warships to the region. Trump wants regime change in Venezuela.
Is this a distraction from the Epstein files?
Stand up for the victims, not the monsters who had sex with children!
Afghans displaced by quake live on streets, in farm fields as winter looms
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/9/4/afghans-displaced-by-quake-live-on-streets-in-farm-fields-as-winter-looms?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Afghans displaced by quake live on streets, in farm fields as winter looms
The death toll from an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan is rising and concerns over a homelessness crisis growing.Al Jazeera
I just purchased and moved into my first home, so now I'm looking to redo my smart home setup. I've been using Home Assistant for the past year, but I wasn't really a fan of it (more tinkering than I'm interested in), so I'd like to go back to native HomeKit.
What are some must-have HomeKit-supported devices I should consider? Also, should I go with smart plugs or smart bulbs for lights (smart outlets and switches aren't in my budget right now, for obvious reasons).
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Venezia, le pagelle: arriva il turco Can Yaman (7), sorpresa Golino (8), divina Fanelli (9)
Memorabili le unghie smaltate rosa di Momoa, sufficienza ad AlbaParietti, 7 e mezzo a Barbara RonchiLa Stampa
New TP-Link zero-day surfaces as CISA warns other flaws are exploited
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#Infosec #Security #Cybersecurity #CeptBiro #TPLink #ZeroDay #CISA
Bjorn Borg, rivelazione shock dalla Svezia: "Ha un tumore alla prostata"
https://www.gazzetta.it/Tennis/04-09-2025/borg-ha-un-tumore-alla-prostata.shtml?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Bjorn Borg, rivelazione shock dalla Svezia: "Ha un tumore alla prostata"
Secondo quanto riferisce Expressen, l'ex tennista avrebbe parlato delle proprie condizioni di salute nel libro "Hjartslag", di prossima uscita e scritto insieme alla terza moglie PatriciaMassimo Brizzi (La Gazzetta dello Sport)
Call to Action! Political Prisoners for Palestine on Hunger Strike From Britain to the U.S.
T. Hoxha is a Palestine activist who has been imprisoned for 9 months without trial in connection with the so-called Filton 24 case. This case is part of the targeting of Palestine Action — including its recent proscription in Britain — the activist group accused of participating in an action against the site of leading Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems in Filton in April 2024. Palestine Action has been playing a leading role globally in directly confronting the producers of arms fueling the ongoing Zionist-imperialist genocide against the Palestinian people, particularly in Gaza.
She has been on hunger strike at Peterborough Prison since August 11. Her demands are that she be able to return to her job at the library and receive all the mail she has not yet received.
Casey Goonan, political prisoner of the student intifada in the United States, is charged with firebombing a cop car at UC Berkeley in response to the police’s brutal and violent treatment of students, who were protesting to demand an end to university complicity in the ongoing genocide. Upon hearing of T. Hoxha’s hunger strike, Casey Goonan and their cellmate have decided to join her in solidarity declaring:
Today I learned about T Hoxha, a Pal Action prisoner in the UK who is on day 16 of their hunger strike at HMP Peterborough. As of 4pm eastern time, August 26, 2025, 2 out of 3 of her demands have been met, but she is still on strike to demand that the prison release the mail they have been withholding from her.
As captives imprisoned for our participation in the Palestinian liberation movement in the west, we have a responsibility to each other across borders to pursue our lives in prison with the same steadfastness as the Palestinian Prisoners movement held captive in ‘Israeli’ prisons.
The states we have been captured by are the enablers of the Zionist entity’s accelerated genocide of Palestinians, as well as the ongoing genocides of black and indigenous people who’s lands they continue to occupy.
As the Western left continues to move from crisis to crisis, avoiding their responsibilities to Palestine, we are all that we have. By we I am referring to people facing repression for their support for Palestine, the people who are truly sacrificing. Such as T Hoxha, who has suffered through 16 days of starvation just to get her mail.
The Palestine solidarity movement in the west cannot abandon people like her who have risked their lives and continue to do so in resistance to the intolerable condition of genocide.
As of today one of my cellmates and I are on hunger strike at Santa Rita jail until her demands are met.
Solidarity with T Hoxha and all prisoners of the Palestine Solidarity movement!
Raze the walls!
Liberate all prisoners of the settler empire!
Casey Goonan
Hoxha’s and Goonan’s hunger strikes must not go unheard. We must make clear as a movement that our prisoners will not be left behind! They are incarcerated for their participation on the front lines of the Palestinian solidarity and liberation movements, because they heard the Palestinian people’s call to escalate, and responded by attacking the structures that enable the Zionist Entity within the imperial core.
Free T. Hoxha, Casey Goonan, The Filton 24, Anan Yaeesh, Elias Rodriguez, Jakhi McCray, Tarek Bazrouk, Ghassan Elashi and Shukri Abu Baker of the Holy Land 5;
Free the Black prisoners resisting the U.S Empire from its interior, free Mumia Abu Jamal, Imam Jamil al-Amin, Joseph Bowen, Fred Burton, Veronza Bowers, Kojo Bomani Sababu, Kamau Sadiki, and all of the prisoners of the Black Liberation Movement;
Free the 16 Lebanese and dozens of Syrian prisoners in Zionist jails, abducted and held hostage to impose Zionist-Imperialist control over Lebanon and Syria;
Free the over 10,800 Palestinian Prisoners who are routinely subjected to physical and sexual assault, psychological torture and abuse, sleep deprivation, starvation and denial of access to food and medical care, who continue to lead, inspire and guide Palestinian, Arab and international Resistance.
FREE THEM ALL!
CALLS TO ACTION TO SUPPORT T. HOXHA
- Email the Prison Governor: ralph.lubkowski@sodexogov.co.uk
- Call HMP Peterborough at +44173217500
Toolkit for T. Hoxha and Casey Goonan
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TOOLKIT FOR T. HOXHA
TOOLKIT FOR T. HOXHA AND CASEY GOONAN 1. Email for Sodexo (Template): To: tony.simpson@sodexo.com, Ian.whiteside@sodexogov.co.uk, karen.reid@sodexogov.co.uk, RALPH.LUBKOWSKI@sodexogov.co.uk, PBFamilyMatters@sodexogov.co.uk Jean.Renton@sodexo.Google Docs
Venice Pickpockets Sue Citizen Watchdogs
Venice Pickpockets File Lawsuits Against Citizen Patrols In the city of canals, where tourists are often targeted by pickpockets, a grassroots group of volunteers calling themselves the “Not Distracted Citizens” has been working to deter theft by fi…Wanted in Milan
Microsoft abandonne son forum Microsoft Answers, au profit de Microsoft Learn Q&A
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#Infosec #Security #Cybersecurity #CeptBiro #Microsoft #MicrosoftAnswers #MicrosoftLearnQA
Microsoft Learn Q&A remplace Microsoft Answers pour l'entraide !
Les forums Microsoft Answers ont été mis de côté et toutes les données ont été migrées vers la plateforme Microsoft Q&A, associée à Microsoft Learn.Florian BURNEL (IT-Connect)
Rule 1: Don't ever use an #agentic browser (one that an AI can control).
Rule 2: But, if you do use an agentic browser, only run it inside a virtual machine.
#AI hacking. Downloading images can allow your computer to become hijacked. Here's how.
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Hacking AI Agents—How Malicious Images and Pixel Manipulation Threaten Cybersecurity
Artificial-intelligence agents—touted as AI’s next wave—could be vulnerable to malicious code hidden in innocent-looking images on your computer screenDeni Ellis Béchard (Scientific American)
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This isn’t just about agentic browsers—it’s about how quickly we abandon decades of cybersecurity wisdom when something is slapped with the "AI" label. Agentic browsers are a perfect storm of risk: they execute actions on your behalf, often with little transparency, and—let’s be real—the hype has blinded a lot of people to the dangers.
We’ve spent years learning not to trust unsolicited downloads, not to run random scripts as admin, and to always sandbox untrusted software. Yet here we are, watching folks treat agentic browsers like they’re some kind of magical, harmless assistant. Spoiler: They’re not. Even if we ignore the image-based attack vector (which, by the way, is a glaring red flag), these tools can easily pick up and act on prompts embedded in webpages—even ones invisible to the user. That’s not just a vulnerability; it’s a design flaw waiting to be exploited.
And let’s talk about trust. AI isn’t some benevolent genius—it’s software with extra steps, and like all software, it can be hijacked, manipulated, or turned against you. Running an agentic browser outside a VM is like handing a stranger your laptop and hoping they don’t snoop through your files. The fact that we even need to say "use a VM" is proof of how far the hype has overshadowed common sense.
If you’re experimenting with these tools, ask yourself:
Do I truly need this functionality, or am I just caught up in the novelty?
What’s the worst that could happen if this goes wrong? (Hint: It’s probably worse than you think.)
Am I prepared to deal with the fallout of a compromised system?
Security isn’t optional. It’s not paranoia; it’s basic digital hygiene. The internet has always been a minefield, and AI doesn’t change that—it just gives bad actors new ways to trigger the explosives.
So let’s not let "innovation" become an excuse for recklessness. If you’re going to play with agentic browsers, do it in a locked-down VM, assume it’s compromised, and proceed with caution. Because at the end of the day, convenience shouldn’t come at the cost of control—and the second we forget that, we’re back to square one, repeating the same mistakes with a fresh coat of "AI" paint.
Stay safe, stay skeptical, and never let hype override your better judgment. 💻🔒
Trump's promised immigration crackdown in Chicago could last about six weeks, suburban official says
https://apnews.com/article/chicago-immigration-military-crime-trump-9d71acdb23ffb7e72d92807a4df87505?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Americano é investigado por simular reality de sobrevivência com o filho em mata de SC - Gazeta Brasil-
A Polícia Civil de Santa Catarina (PCSC) avalia indiciar o americano Mark Alexander, de 48 anos, por colocar o filho, Duncan Edward, de 13 anos, em perigoGazeta Brasil
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In PA, our State Board approved ignoring RFK so everyone should be able to get the COVID vax in PA. But the CVS hasn't updated their website yet. I'll wait a few days but not too long — RFK's minions meet on 9.18 and who TF knows what they'll do.
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How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector
As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of respiratory illnesses.defector.com
""Based on the current regulatory environment," CVS said it's offering COVID-19 vaccinations in the following states: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming."
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CVS and Walgreens limit access to COVID vaccines as required by some state guidelines
CVS said the pharmacy chain cannot vaccinate those even with a prescription in Massachusetts, Nevada and New Mexico due to state laws and regulations.Kierra Frazier (CBS News)
How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector
As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of respiratory illnesses.defector.com
Absolutely agree with you. It's infuriating
My wife runs a nonprofit clinic in a heavily red county. She was telling me about the vaccines they have available, free of charge, but they'll expire at the end of the month and people aren't getting them
Yep
It's wild to me how people are so hate filled that the idea that they're hurting "them" (however you define that group) is worth whatever suffering you inflict on yourself. I've seen some people that I considered good people just go off the rails
Hard to process. A lot of people who claim to be a Christian like me just being so hateful. So, apparently not like me, or more accurately I'm not like that anymore.
So yes, it's all painfully eye opening.
Oh yeah, I'll be able to get it. And I haven't checked, but our pediatrician is a huge science nerd lol so I imagine we'll have no real issue getting the kids vaccinated, either. But I've been in this area my whole life and I know a lot of people, plus we can afford to pay out of pocket if we need to.
But so many others don't know where to go, and can't afford it anyway, and it makes me so mad
Ryder Cup Week Set to Generate $200 Million in Economic Impact
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-04/ryder-cup-week-set-to-generate-200-million-in-economic-impact?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Lululemon Cuts Outlook as Sales Rut, Tariff Pressures Persist
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-04/lululemon-cuts-outlook-as-sales-rut-tariff-pressures-persist?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Apple Seeks Researchers for 2026 iPhone Security Program
securityweek.com/apple-seeks-r…
#Infosec #Security #Cybersecurity #CeptBiro #Apple #iPhoneSecurityProgram
"[I]n the post warning users that the company will call the authorities if they seem like they're going to hurt someone, OpenAI also acknowledged that it is "currently not referring self-harm cases to law enforcement to respect people’s privacy given the uniquely private nature of ChatGPT interactions."
While ChatGPT has in the past proven itself pretty susceptible to so-called jailbreaks that trick it into spitting out instructions to build neurotoxins or step-by-step instructions to kill yourself, this new rule adds an additional layer of confusion. It remains unclear which exact types of chats could result in user conversations being flagged for human review, much less getting referred to police. We've reached out to OpenAI to ask for clarity.
While it's certainly a relief that AI conversations won't result in police wellness checks — which often end up causing more harm to the person in crisis due to most cops' complete lack of training in handling mental health situations — it's also kind of bizarre that OpenAI even mentions privacy, given that it admitted in the same post that it's monitoring user chats and potentially sharing them with the fuzz.
To make the announcement all the weirder, this new rule seems to contradict the company's pro-privacy stance amid its ongoing lawsuit with the New York Times and other publishers as they seek access to troves of ChatGPT logs to determine whether any of their copyrighted data had been used to train its models.
OpenAI has steadfastly rejected the publishers' request on grounds of protecting user privacy and has, more recently, begun trying to limit the amount of user chats it has to give the plaintiffs."
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#AI #GenerativeAI #OpenAI #Surveillance #Privacy #DataProtection
OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police
OpenAI has authorized itself to call law enforcement if users say threatening enough things when talking to ChatGPT.Noor Al-Sibai (Futurism)
Folks thinking of making up a fresh excuse not to #vote in 2026 would do well to digest this article.
Sure, it's "complicated." But if one can pass a driver's license exam or similar piece of cake it's no problem to understand. Special pleading won't cover apathy or indolence.
Cliff Note version: start at "In 2023, it was Republicans controlling 26 delegations, Democrats 22 and two split delegations."
(Not voting is a slap in the face to those who've been disenfranchised, while actually voting is a way of being a proxy for those victims)
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Another Element of the Equation—Electoral Nuclear Options
One big threat that looms over free and fair elections for president is that a tie in the Electoral College or a disputed race gets thrown to the House.Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
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in reply to william.maggos • • •You're completely correct. This all also seems pretty detached from reality when it suggests Bluesky will just be the place people will flock to from everywhere forever while the momentum already seems to be fading.
This "it's a protocol, not a platform thing" is a weird thing to keep repeating when they only have one platform worth anything using the protocol... I guess "Bluesky federates" evolved into this. Talk is cheap, let's see them make it happen first.
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the thread I'm referring to is not Mike's but the one he is sharing. being both a journalist and board member, I hope you understand how frustrating it is for us when he "reports" on the space.
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in reply to Kuba Suder • @mackuba.eu on 🦋 • • •Kuba Suder • @mackuba.eu on 🦋
in reply to Mastodon Migration • • •merlej8. Dr. Merle A Jacobs 🇨🇦
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it better be.