#excludedheadlines Stay up to date on the Global South news stories the US- and Eurocentric media overlook, with author and journalist, Tamara Pearson.
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Major VPN Providers Ordered to Block Pirate Sports Streaming Sites * TorrentFreak
Major VPN Providers Ordered to Block Pirate Sports Streaming Sites * TorrentFreak
The world's leading VPN providers have been ordered to block around 200 pirate site domains following legal action in France by Canal+ Group.Andy Maxwell (TF Publishing)
MAGA Accounts Aren't the Worst Idea
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-05-16/maga-accounts-aren-t-the-worst-idea-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Lavorgna on Moody's United States AA1 Credit Downgrade
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-05-16/lavorgna-on-moody-s-united-states-aa1-credit-downgrade-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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‘No soap, no morphine’: Gaza volunteer on life under intensified bombing
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/5/16/no-soap-no-morphine-gaza-aide-worker-describes-life-under-intensified-b?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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‘No soap, no morphine’: Gaza volunteer on life under intensified bombing
Gaza volunteer calls Israel’s intensified bombardment “shocking” as Palestinians face severe food and medical shortages.Al Jazeera
The image features a cartoon character resembling SpongeBob SquarePants, standing in a field filled with numerous skulls. The character has a large, curly afro hairstyle, wide eyes, and an open mouth, displaying a surprised or shocked expression. SpongeBob is wearing a white shirt, red tie, brown shorts, and brown shoes. The background is a sky with clouds, and there are decorative swirls and symbols in the air. The field of skulls is green, and the overall color palette includes vibrant blues, yellows, and reds. The character's pose and expression suggest a reaction to the unusual setting.
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'Am I a good mom?' We put Chat GPT's parenting advice to the test
#parenting #artificialintelligence #technology #News
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🍕 Streamers Most Likely to Eat on Camera 🍕
1. @Unknown
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3. @Mrfunkedude
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4. @NorthWestWind
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Rulltrapping på T-centralen
[Escalating in central metro station]
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Gaza: Monsieur le président, votre honte
""«C’est une honte», s’est contenté de dire, le 13 mai sur TF1, Emmanuel Macron à propos de ce que fait #Israël à #Gaza et qu’il s’est refusé à qualifier. La véritable honte, c’est de s’en tenir à ces mots et de ne rien faire pour empêcher le #génocide en cours.
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Gaza : Monsieur le président, votre honte
« C’est une honte », s’est contenté de dire, le 13 mai sur TF1, Emmanuel Macron à propos de ce que fait Israël à Gaza et qu’il s’est refusé à qualifier.Edwy Plenel (Mediapart)
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South African President Ramaphosa Clarifies: White Citizens Relocating to the U.S. Are 'Not Seeking Asylum'
In a recent address at the African CEO Forum 2025 held in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, President Cyril Ramaphosa sparked considerable discussion with his remarks regarding those who have fled South Africa. "Those people who have fled are not being persecuNewsroom (Axadle | Stay Informed with Horn of Africa Headlines)
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Apple perde disputa judicial sobre a marca “iphone” para empresa brasileira
https://canaltech.com.br/smartphone/apple-perde-disputa-judicial-sobre-a-marca-iphone-para-empresa-brasileira/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Moody's strips U.S. government of top credit rating, citing Washington's failure to rein in debt
https://apnews.com/article/moodys-debt-government-us-rating-credit-e2c803cade9b1552b68c7e722eac3b78?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Sehr gutes Gespräch mit Islamwissenschaftler zum Thema #gaza auf #twitch mit #naitan
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Talk mit dem Islamwissenschafler und Journalisten Fabian Goldmann und @dekarldent - !koro - Wahrnehmungsstoerer #638Twitch
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The Best Birkenstocks Are Classic, Comfy, and Chic
https://www.self.com/story/best-birkenstocks?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Zonder #socialmedia voelt het leven nuttiger volgens #Norris. "Ik heb het gevoel dat ik nu meer tijd heb om dingen te doen die ik echt wil doen", zei hij. "Ik wil gewoon tijd doorbrengen met mijn vrienden, golfen, trainen en andere dingen doen die productief zijn."www.nu.nl/formule-1/63...
Wrote about today's Supreme Court ruling. Don't sleep on Kavanaugh being all "fucking hell, guys, why are we sending this back to the 5th when you KNOW they're going to fuck it up and we'll have to rehear this case soon anyway"
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AMD Achieves Record Server Revenue Share, x86 Desktop CPU Market Share Grows To 28%
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/29768589
AMD has posted its record revenue share for the server segment while also recording big growth on the desktop side of things.
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Prima keuze!
#LandoNorris heeft besloten om sociale media te vermijden en is dolblij met die keuze. De McLaren-coureur ziet het als tijdsverspilling. "Het is gewoon niet iets wat ik leuk vind. Ik hoef het niet." #SocialMedia
I have seen a few posts claiming that talk of mastodon being hard for new users is overblown. They also seem to have a subtext that if someone didn't enjoy their experience of the fediverse, it was their fault. The latter annoys me.
I have also been following Big Tech on Trial's coverage of the ongoing anti-trust case against Meta. This article summarising the FTC's expert witness made me realise something about what is hard about mastodon.
bigtechontrial.com/p/from-road…
What corporate social media does for you is find the connections that you want for you. With Facebook that is friends and family. With twitter that is the content that you want to see. The price you pay is the ad load, the data harvesting and the distortion in the presentation of the connections/content in favour of the company. The FTC's whole case is that Meta can put that 'price' up without losing users.
I love the fediverse because I don't pay that price. Instead though I have to find the content/connections that I want and, even more laborious, curate my feed. That is not easy. The main feed is a firehose of gubbins and porn. If I shift through it, I might find one or two accounts to follow. The server's feed is a bit more my thing, but it is not super brilliant (for me). By now my feed is pretty good, I got there by the simple of algorithm of following widely and pruning lightly. It took me a while to find that 'one simple trick'. I had to learn how to create filters so that I didn't just see the same content over and over (cat pictures, covid isn't over, Elon Musk is a racist. Your mileage will vary).
None of that was technically complicated. It could be learnt. Advice was passed on. In some sense it isn't hard, but it is a 'price'. I am very happy to pay that price. The benefit is enormous. It is radically different from the proposition that traditional social media has been making since the early days of Facebook. The price trad social media is one you pay passively, except the ads, you do have to learn to ignore ads. It makes sense that the fediverse feels hard to new users.
#Mastodon, #Meta, #BigTechOnTrial, #Fediverse
From "Roadshow" to Expert Witness: Courtroom Drama As FTC's Economist Finally Takes Stand
The Meta antitrust trial entered Week 5 with Meta marketing head Alex Schultz on the stand again, before the FTC finally called its economist. Sparks flew.Brendan Benedict (Big Tech on Trial)
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In the latest case of 'You Can't Make This S*t Up' vs 'Trust the DHS, Bro'
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said “there is no scenario where Abrego Garcia will be in the United States again.”
Judge Xinis said she reads Noem’s comments as a sign that the government won’t take steps to facilitate his return.
“That’s about as clear as it can get,” Xinis said.
“I disagree,” gov't attorney Guynn said, eliciting laughter in the courtroom.
Brussels cracks down on unlicensed tourist rentals to protect local housing
https://flipboard.com/video/euronews/69a23d553e?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Brussels cracks down on unlicensed tourist rentals to protect local housing | Flipboard
Authorities say the move aims to preserve access to housing for the residents of the Belgian capital, particularly in the city centre, where property pressure is high.Flipboard
Cool Communist Edit: Proletarian Core ☭
#socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism #anarchy #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics
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Just talking about the picture/s used:
Well, it was called communism, but .. it wasn't. It wasn't even socialism ... was told, it was an awful, brutal at times and soul crushingly evil ~dream that went bad.
No offense, m8. 👍 ☼
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in reply to kbal • • •They stand to lose a good portion of their business if they can't service France. They'll comply.
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in reply to NuraShiny [any] • • •Population of France is 66.6 (lol) million people. If even 1% use VPNs that's a potential market of 666,000 users. At ~$5/mo per user that's a prospectus of $40 million annually. If I were a VPN provider I would absolutely want a piece of that pie rather than not, and all's they have to do is follow the law--exactly as they have been this entire time...
So yeah, I absolutely think they're going to comply.
NuraShiny [any]
in reply to Xanza • • •The population of just Europe, Canada and the USA is a combined is over 1 billion. I would say those are the most common countries where people pay for VPNs.
Let's say one billion flat minus France. If just 1% of those people subscribe to a VPN at 5$/month, that's 1.2 billion dollars annually.
Who would you rather alienate, assuming they would have to alienate one or the other?
The could also just see where you are connecting from and disable this feature for just french connections. Steam can do it for NSFW games in Germany.
Xanza
in reply to NuraShiny [any] • • •Congratulations? This has absolutely nothing at all to do with what I've said. Not even tangentially. I'm expressly and singularly speaking of France here. EU, Canada and the US combined populations change nothing about what I've said at all...
You look to be fighting a wet paper bag here... Sad to see honestly.
NuraShiny [any]
in reply to Xanza • • •I am comparing customer bases. It really shouldn't be that difficult to understand that.
Also...fighting a wet paper bag? That's the best you got?
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in reply to Xanza • • •Speak for yourself.
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onlinepersona
in reply to sabreW4K3 • • •Don't want this to happen? Vote for a left wing party in your area or nationally. Change won't be immediate, but every vote counts. The right wingers are friends of business and unfettered capitalism. They will let this happen time and time again.
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in reply to Night Monkey • • •Sure, the anticapitalists won't be anticapitalistic. That's just an excuse not to vote "they're both the same", then wonder why right wingers keep driving countries closer to the cliff edge.
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