Bain to Buy Nissin Shares to Go Private in $756 Million Deal
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Blocking domains
If you thought slashing tariffs by 115% to ease global tensions around an impending recession was good news, just wait till you hear what we've got in store for you this week when it comes to ActivityPub.
Last week, we shipped the ability to block individual users with ActivityPub, so you can limit interactions from people you would rather not engage with. We also touched on the idea that thoughtful moderation can't be achieved with a single feature, but rather is something that requires a collection of tools.
What's new with ActivityPub?
Building on that collection, this week we shipped support for blocking domains with ActivityPub. Domain blocking is a powerful way to limit entire servers in the fediverse, rather than just a single user.
Now, if you get spam or abuse from @bob@spam.com , @sally@spam.com, and @bot@spam.com, you don't have to go and block each user manually. Instead, you can block the entire @spam.com domain to limit interactions from all users on that server.
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Once a domain is blocked, you'll no longer see posts or notifications from any of those users, and they won't be able to interact with your profile.
In the upcoming week, we'll also add new setting screens to allow you to easily look up all your blocked users and domains and make changes to it if needed.
Notifications improvements
A small but significant design improvement also went out last week, making it much easier to spot when someone sends you a reply using ActivityPub.
While follows, likes, and reposts are useful signals that your content is getting engagement, we wanted to highlight even more clearly when you get a reply or comment on something you've posted – so you never miss out on a conversation.
If you visit the explore section, you'll also see that this week (for the first time since this newsletter started) we are no longer the most popular user of ActivityPub on Ghost!
404Media have overtaken us and moved into the number 1 slot as the largest website sending out all their newsletters with ActivityPub, and they've been getting some great conversations going in the replies on their posts.
If you haven't already followed, they're a great example to take a look at.
By the way, we're tweaking and updating the list of sites featured in the Explore section each week. Our sorting is based on a combination of popularity and activity. People using ActivityPub the most are the most likely to get featured!
Finally, we know there are still some issues with custom usernames and Bluesky sharing. We haven't gotten to the bottom of it just yet, but we're working on it.
404 Media
404 Media is a new independent media company founded by technology journalists Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg, Samantha Cole, and Joseph Cox.404 Media
Blocking users
Welcome back, intergalactic explorers. Pull up a chair and join us on a Monday morning social web detour. Your todo list can wait. You've got the entire week still ahead of you!Last week, we introduced brand new preferences for ActivityPub, the ability to edit your social web profile, and dedicated sharing settings for Threads and Bluesky. Each week, Ghost publications in the fediverse become a little more unique. It's lovely to see!
What's new with ActivityPub?
This week, we shipped our first set of moderation controls: The ability to block users from interacting with you, if you don't want them to.If you've spent any amount of time in the Fediverse over the past 6 months, there's a good chance you've come across Nicole in your mentions.
But you can call her the Fediverse Chick.
Nicole (not her real name) is a not-so-convincing spam bot with hundreds (thousands?) of profiles across different Mastodon servers, and uses the @[url=https://infosec.exchange/users/mention]Hoo Hoo[/url] feature to promote her warez. The same warez. Every time.The good news: Now you can send her out the airlock.
When a user is blocked, they can see your public posts, but they can no longer interact with you. Any requests they make to follow, like, reply, repost, mention, or interact with your profile are automatically rejected.Being able to block users is important because healthy communities grow on the principle of consent. Every participant should be able to decide who can reach them, who can’t, and when the conversation is over.
In an open, federated environment like ActivityPub—where posts can flow in from thousands of independent servers—bad-actors, drive-by harassment or spam aren’t hypothetical edge-cases; they’re statistical certainties.
Robust user-level moderation tools turn that reality from a deal-breaker into a manageable nuisance. They allow you to publish publicly without surrendering your personal boundaries, so you can curate a meaningful experience.
That being said, the astute pugs among you will have noticed a shortcoming in this argument.
Nicole is so famously persistent because the spam doesn't just come from a single user. You can block her, but invariably she'll pop up again a few weeks later with a new username on a new server.
In reality, it doesn't take just one feature to facilitate thoughtful moderation; it requires a collection of tools that can be used together in concert. User blocking is our first step down this road, but there's much more yet to come.
Our long-term goal is simple: Each Ghost publication should be able to define its own social atmosphere. That means putting the dials and levers of moderation directly in the hands of publishers, whether that’s blocking a single nuisance account, muting an entire server, or setting up automated filters.
Your publication, your rules, your community.
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The whole system prompt of Claude has been leaked on GitHub, 24,000 tokens long.
It defines model behavior, tool use, and citation format.
PM Modi to hold working lunch meeting with French President Macron today - Dining and Cooking
New Delhi , September 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a working lunch meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France onDining And Cooking (Dining and Cooking)
A museum opens at a former factory in the Czech Republic where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews
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Trump reportedly prepared to accept ‘palace in the sky’ as gift from Qatar
News of present from royal family ignited accusations of bribery and corruption, as well as criticism against presidentMaya Yang (The Guardian)
Parafarmacia Amazon a Milano: strategie per sopravvivere al nuovo scenario
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> L'apertura della parafarmacia Amazon a Milano trasforma il settore beauty. Scopri le strategie vincenti per i brand in questo nuovo scenario.
L'immagine mostra l'esterno di un negozio Amazon situato in una città europea, probabilmente in Italia, dato lo stile architettonico. La facciata è caratterizzata da un edificio in stile classico con dettagli in pietra grigia e finestre con cornici decorate. Sotto ogni vetrina, c'è un'insegna Amazon con il logo bianco su sfondo blu. Le vetrine sono illuminate e mostrano vari prodotti, tra cui articoli per la bellezza e la cura personale. Ai lati delle vetrine, ci sono piante in vasi di pietra che aggiungono un tocco di verde all'ambiente urbano. Sul lato sinistro dell'immagine, c'è un cartello pubblicitario che promuove "Parafarmacia & Bellezza". L'atmosfera è tranquilla, con una strada deserta davanti al negozio.
Fornito da @altbot, generato localmente e privatamente utilizzando Ovis2-8B
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Una breve storia del movimento militante curdo fondato nel 1978 in Turchia da un gruppo di studenti attorno a un leader, Abdullah Öcalan
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🇩🇪 Germany warns Russia: accept the 30-day unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine by end of Monday—or face new EU sanctions. “The clock is ticking,” said gov’t spokesman Stefan Kornelius. Preparations for fresh measures will begin if Moscow refuses.
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‘The clock is ticking’: Germany says Russia must respond to ceasefire offer by end day or face sanctions – Europe live
European leaders say Russia must to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in UkraineJakub Krupa (The Guardian)
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its potential preparations for the process to be started...
... and vetoed by the treasonous hungary...
hence: fluff 🌈🦄
Opinion | A prescription for Medicaid
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È disponibile il nuovo numero della newsletter del Ministero dell’Istruzione e del Merito.
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#NotiziePerLaScuola È disponibile il nuovo numero della newsletter del Ministero dell’Istruzione e del Merito.Telegram
Un grande classico: vanno al governo criticando tiepidamente la destra e poi cominciano ad obbedire alla panza del popolo per non calare nei sondaggi.
Al giro successivo, invece che la fotocopia sbiadita, voteranno l'originale.
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Attached: 1 image Ora pure i Laburisti vogliono «riprendere il controllo» dei confini Il primo ministro britannico Keir Starmer ha presentato un piano per ridurre l'immigrazione, con una retorica e slogan identici a quelli della destra https://www.Mastodon
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Stock Movers: AbbVie, Newmont, Apple
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Honor launches a free AI image-to-video generator powered by Google's Veo 2 in the Honor 400 and 400 Pro, shipping May 22; Veo 2 is limited to paid Gemini plans (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
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Google’s AI image-to-video generator launches on Honor’s new phones
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China and US agree 90-day pause to trade war initiated by Donald Trump
Countries to lower reciprocal tariffs by 115% as US treasury secretary says ‘neither side wants a decoupling’Amy Hawkins (The Guardian)
Poland’s Military-Industrial Complex Is Embarrassingly Underdeveloped
Its ruling duopoly neglected this for years in favor of buying mostly American equipment, which created a dependence that’s now practically impossible to eliminate and might thus forever end its Great Power aspirations.Andrew Korybko (Andrew Korybko's Newsletter)
Argentina's top court finds 80 boxes of Nazi materials in its basement
Dozens of boxes of Nazi material confiscated by Argentinean authorities during World War II were recently rediscovered in the Supreme Court's basement, the court said on Sunday.
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Polen schließt russisches Generalkonsulat in Krakau wegen Sabotagevorwurf
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Google vai pagar cerca de R$ 8 bi nos EUA em acordo sobre coleta ilegal de dados
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“Fluorescent Jellyfishes”
Amazing fluorescent jellyfish shot in an aquarium of Rhenen's zoo in The Netherlands.
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📅 11 May 2008
📸 Canon 350D
🎛️ ISO 1600, ƒ/2.8, 1/100 s
#Animals #MarineAnimals #Photography #Canon #RebelXT
The former EU foreign policy chief #josepborrell has launched a blistering attack on Israel, accusing its government of committing #genocide in #Gaza and “carrying out the largest ethnic-cleansing operation since the end of the second world war“
“Europe has the capacity and the means not only to protest against what is going on but also to influence [Israel’s] conduct,” he said. “But it is not doing so. We supply half the bombs that are falling on Gaza.“
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says EU’s former top diplomat
Josep Borrell also criticises EU response to what he calls largest ethnic cleansing operation since second world warSam Jones (The Guardian)
Qatar and FBI uncover remains of 30 people believed to have been killed by IS in Syria
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Qatar and FBI uncover remains of 30 people believed to have been killed by IS in Syria
IS controlled large parts of Syria and Iraq until 2017, abducting and killing numerous foreign journalists and aid workers.Oman Al Yahyai (Euronews.com)
The camera you use will not transform your images into beautiful ones, but it is significant to invest in specific photographic equipment. A tripod, camera, and lenses are necessary equipment for commercial photography. In terms of camera, it does not matter, if you are capturing using a DSLR or Mirrorless camera. Both will do a great job. But, in lenses, you can choose from a fixed lens or zoom lens, or both.
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Os 5 melhores momentos do Hulk nos filmes da Marvel Studios
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8 melhores jogos de terror para PlayStation 5
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The one change that worked: I started sketching – and stopped doomscrolling
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The one change that worked: I started sketching – and stopped doomscrolling
Drawing pictures of my family, pets and strangers has made me a calmer, happier person – and given me a tender record of my lifeFanny Johnstone (The Guardian)
#Development #Reviews
First impressions of Deque Axe Assistant · What to expect from the AI accessibility chatbot ilo.im/163tch
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Deque Axe Assistant - First impressions
Testing Deque's axe Assistant for accuracy and ability.Craig Abbott (craigabbott.co.uk)
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Torino. Nuovo servizio dedicato ai cittadini stranieri
I dettagli nella nota stampa pubblicata integralmente [......]
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SoundID VoiceAI Perpetual License Key
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Monte Sole chiama una manifestazione nazionale per Gaza - Radio Città Fujiko
Oggi la prima riunione organizzativa per una manifestazione nazionale chiamata da Monte Sole per salvare Gaza e il popolo palestinese.Radio Città Fujiko
CON I 181 ARRESTI AZZERATO IL VERTICE DI COSA NOSTRA
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CON I 181 ARRESTI AZZERATO IL VERTICE DI COSA NOSTRA
Presi 8 reggenti e 11 esponenti di spicco L’operazione antimafia che martedì 11 febbraio ha portato in carcere 181 persone, si può definire “Cupola.3” perché, dopo il 2008 e il 2018, si è registrat…gioburgio
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index@activitypub.ghost.org fam just blocked an entire domain because of the fediverse chick.
johnonolan@mastodon.xyz clearly means business here.
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