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The current spam wave is not abating despite the best efforts of many - it's getting to be a lot to keep up with.
Since mastodon.social is the source of most of the scam/spam/phishing accounts I'm seeing reported, we are going to put that instance into "Limit" status for a while.
"Limit" does not break existing follow/follower relationships but it keeps their public TL posts off our TL and vice/versa, so we're all less exposed to this nonsense.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.In a small microwave safe mixing bowl, melt 10 tbsps salted butter.
3/4 cups and 2 tbsps natural cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups sugar
Mix together with the butter
Whisk till smooth
Add in 1 1/2 tbsps vanilla
1/4 tsp salt if butter isn't salted
Mix some more.
Add 2 eggs, one at a time..Mix well.
Mix in 1/3 cup all purpose flour.
.If you want to do the Heath, Just add into the batter some chopped up Heath bar. I added like a giant one.And you can also add in 4 oz chopped pecans. Reserve some of each to top the batter before baking.The Heath bar will almost completely melt into the batter.And you can toast the nuts if you want for added flavor depth.
Bake 25 minutes, or till tops are crackly.
My Mastodon paycheck was short this month. Did anyone else experience this? Who do I complain to about this?
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The bookshop I volunteer at is after more volunteers.
If you like hanging out with books, chatting to people about books, and generally just pottering about with books, get involved!
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Trump’s Decapitation of CDC Takes Darker Turn—and Hands Dems a Weapon
Illinois’s JB Pritzker is leading a charge other Democratic governors should take up: In our America, we’ll make sure public health systems remain strong.The New Republic
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Homeowner shoots, kills 2 men in ski masks, badges hanging from their necks, bullet-proof masks, claiming to be officers, Houston TX
HPD says "real officers don't wear ski masks."
GREENBURGH NEWSWIRE: #Greenburgh, #NewYork News Stories
Get the latest updates from the Greenburgh Newswire....
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#GreenburghNY contains six villages
As well as the unincorporated areas of
#Greenville (commonly known as #Edgemont)
These generally correspond to a fire district
Greenburgh contains the following neighborhoods
Se connecter à Facebook
Connectez-vous à Facebook pour commencer à partager et communiquer avec vos amis, votre famille et les personnes que vous connaissez.Facebook
Il report di Tuttoscuola: «Nove edifici su dieci non sono in regola con le certificazioni di sicurezza». La classifica regione per regione
https://www.open.online/2025/08/31/report-tuttoscuola-edilizia-scolastica-certificazioni-sicurezza/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su SCUOLA E UNIVERSITÀ @scuola-e-universit-OpenGiornale
Il report di Tuttoscuola: «Nove edifici su dieci non sono in regola con le certificazioni di sicurezza». La classifica regione per regione
Maglia nera al Lazio, dove appena il 12,7% dei plessi è in regola. La più virtuosa è la Valle d'AostaUgo Milano (Open)
Rudy Giuliani seriously injured in New Hampshire car wreck after helping domestic violence victim: spokesman
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was seriously injured in a freak car accident in New Hampshire on Saturday night, a rep said.Carl Campanile (New York Post)
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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
UK age check law seems to be hurting sites that comply, helping those that don’t | TechCrunch
The U.K. recently started enforcing new age-check rules, and The Washington Post reports that it’s already having a significant effect on traffic to porn sites.Anthony Ha (TechCrunch)
Reminder that we will begin geoblocking connections from Mississippi tonight, plus new news: we must also temporarily block signups from users under 18 from Tennessee. dw-news.dreamwidth.org/44774.html
It's getting harder to tell this video fooled me the other day. I was glad someone told me it was generated.
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What would *you* call this aesthetic?I'm instantly obsessed. Take a tour of a run-down subway system in cute pastel colors.
"abandoned kitchy-aid"
"lost cupcake"AW dammit. I thought this was blender work, but it's just generated.
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Hey, do you have a free hour? You totally do, it's Sunday. Watch this video
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This is a really good talk unwinding something I'd never understood until watching this— the history of the Colossus, a pre-ENIAC specialized computer, kept secret until the year *2000*, that broke the post-Enigma code used for the Nazis' most secret…twitter.runhello.com
The water leak is mentioned here, amongst other things:
colossus-computer.com/colossus…
Tomorrow (Sunday August 31st) will see the start of the Global Sumud Flotilla #GSF leaving for #Gaza.
More than 6,000 people from (currently) 44 countries will gather from August to September, and form a large flotilla.
It is a slightly different approach than the one taken by the #FreedomFlotilla, but supported by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and many other organizations.
Blocking or hijacking dozens of smaller boats will be much harder for #Israel than with the earlier attempts to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Details:
globalsumudflotilla.org/
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Real Forte Querceta fermato dal palo: con la Massese finisce 1-1
Tutto rimandato alla prossima domenica, a parti invertite, per il passaggio del turno della Coppa Italia di Eccellenza
L'Italia ha battuto la Bosnia 96 a 79 agli Europei di basket: è la seconda vittoria in tre partite - Il Post
https://www.ilpost.it/2025/08/31/italia-vittoria-bosnia-europei-basket/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Cosa fanno d'estate gli atleti di sport invernali - Il Post
https://www.ilpost.it/2025/08/31/estate-atleti-sport-invernali/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Cosa fanno d’estate gli atleti di sport invernali
Ciclismo e skiroll, tapis roulant e tunnel artificiali, viaggi a Ushuaia e allenamenti sui ghiacciai, e anche un po’ di riposoIl Post
Geladeira Frost Free, Cycle Defrost e degelo manual; entenda as diferenças
https://canaltech.com.br/eletro/geladeira-frost-free-cycle-defrost-e-degelo-manual-entenda-as-diferencas/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Canaltech @canaltech-canaltech
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Scontro in via del Fiaschetto a Camaiore; due feriti
Scontro tra due auto nelle prime ore della mattina in via del Fiaschetto a Camaiore. Due i feriti, entrambi in codice rosso. Il primo è stato portato a Cisanello per un trauma cranico, l'altro (25 anni) all'ospedale Versilia
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Auto contro autobus di turisti a Camaiore; due feriti - NoiTV
Scontro nelle prime ore della mattina in via del Fiaschetto a Camaiore. Un'auto ha sbandato e si è scontrata con un autobus con quattro turisti tedeschi, finendo la corsa fuori strada. Due i feriti, entrambi estratti dall'auto dai Vigili del Fuoco.Redazione NoiTV (NoiTV)
I want to go over some perspective regarding the UK #onlinesafetyact (even though I'm talking about the uk's law you can generally take the same principles for any similar e.u, or u.s laws. (note that laws might differ in their own ways.)
They (UK) are going after platforms like #meta, #Youtube, #Tiktok, #Instagram. For a few reasons.
These type of platforms are for profit, meaning these large platforms care about making profits over user safety. This is why these laws are being made.
Also these large, for profit platforms have a large amount of social, and media influence. (a large user base/audience.)
Whether the UK online safety act will enforce Mastodon, I don't think it will, immediately the same way as meta Google, Youtube.
for a few key reasons.
a. Mastodon is an open source and non profit, but also federated. Is pretty much just a graphical interface. Not a single platform in the sense of Facebook.
b. there are hundreds (possibly even thousands of Mastodon servers. Regulating all those compared to Facebook or Instagram is a lot more taxing. Because you have to actually find the servers in the first place. Not every server is on Mastodon's default server finder.
c. because it is nonprofit, this might actually give mastodon some legal protection in some countries, or in some cases. I do know that not in the UK this is the case. (since Wikipedia must follow it.)
if you are in the UK and you don't want to summit an id, just join some sever, in another country and legally you as a user should be fine as these laws are more directly targeted at platforms.
any fines platforms get that are out of the UK they don't have to pay #legally. You might end up #regionblocked but, oh well that shouldn't affect the rest of the internet's freedom on other parts of the globe where the laws don't apply. (looking at YouTube for the record.)
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![The comic from https://xkcd.com/77/ , but with modified text in the last panel:
[Two people are talking in a room with a computer on.]
Person 1: I feel like I'm wasting my life on the internet. Let's walk around the world.
Person 2: Sounds good.
[The two people are shown walking through trees.]
[The two people are shown walking on flat stretch, with mountains in the distance.]
[The two people are shown in a magnificent canyon. They stand, silently looking at the scene.]
Person 1: And yet all I can think is, "how do I tag this on OSM?"](https://poliverso.org/photo/preview/640/57674044 "The comic from https://xkcd.com/77/ , but with modified text in the last panel:
[Two people are talking in a room with a computer on.]
Person 1: I feel like I'm wasting my life on the internet. Let's walk around the world.
Person 2: Sounds good.
[The two people are shown walking through trees.]
[The two people are shown walking on flat stretch, with mountains in the distance.]
[The two people are shown in a magnificent canyon. They stand, silently looking at the scene.]
Person 1: And yet all I can think is, \"how do I tag this on OSM?\"")
Migrer de Windows vers un système libre, rendez-vous dans Libre à vous ! mardi 9 septembre 2025
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Le sujet principal portera sur la migration vers un système #libre sur le poste de travail.
Ce sujet a été choisi pour mettre en avant l’alternative #logicielslibres à l’obsolescence logicielle induite par #Microsoft, suite à l’annonce de la fin des mises à jour de sécurité gratuite pour #Windows10 dès le 14 octobre 2025. Cette décision pourrait entraîner l’obsolescence anticipée de millions d’équipements, encore fonctionnels, du fait de l’incompatibilité de nombreux appareils avec #Windows11.
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