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Good morning. It's 6AM, Monday, 15th December. The headlines: A #shooting at a #Jewish gathering in #Bondi, described as a terrorist act by authorities, has resulted in 15 fatalities. The NSW Premier is urging revisions to firearms legislation. José Antonio Kast secures the Chilean presidency. Ofcom research indicates Evri users experience significant hold-ups. Ukrainian leader Zelensky is in Berlin for talks with American representatives. #BBC #News

"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;

nate.mecca1.net/pages/follow/

#fediverse #ActivityPub

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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.

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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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@ljrk
> 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.

@nate

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@ljrk
> 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.

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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.

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> 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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Strypey

> Every Activity Pub server duplicates content

@eyeinthesky
> they could also just dereference the remote URIs when remote content is accessed

They could. But arguably they're still duplicating content. They're just doing it every time someone wants to get the same post or profile through the bridge. So from a user POV nothing is different, it just increases resource consumption for the bridge *and* the origin server.

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檀|真弓
[Mayumi]Euonymus sieboldianus var. sieboldianus

まゆみの実 しのびやかなる 紅さして はぜて幾日 いまだこぼれず

[Mayumi no mi shinobiyaka naru beni sashite hazete ikunichi imada koborezu]

The fruits of Mayumi, which had quietly turned crimson, ripened and split open several days ago, yet they still have not fallen.

By 小宮 良太郎[Komiya Ryōtarō](Tanka poet, 1957-1966)

via konjaku

#photography
#Japanese
#plants
#poetry

Big Tech tells us it can't exist without forever chemical (PFAS). A pity these chemicals are killing us.

"It is estimated that 836 kg/yr of volatile PFAS are emitted from US landfills in uncollected gas with a 95% confidence interval (2.5% to 97.5% of the distribution) of 15–5,590 kg/yr. This estimate is comparable to ∼600 kg of PFAS released annually into landfill leachate."

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Imprecare sui social: lo studio sulla “parolacce” aiuta ad individuare bot e disinformazione

📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/imprecare…

#redhotcyber #news #imprecazioni #socialmedia #australia #usa #regnounito #linguaggio #comunicazione

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Vesta da zentilomo — Dizionario
"Vesta da zentilomo" from the Dizionario del Dialetto Veneziano by Giuseppe Boerio.
#Dress #VenetianNobility #Venezia #Venice

Read more here: historywalksvenice.com/transla…

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Awful things have been happening around this country and world lately, and so many this weekend alone. Trying to remember there are beautiful things too, like this photo Bob Anderson sent of an amazing Montana sunset with snow, ice and the Crazy Mountains.

#Montana #snow #ice #sun #clouds #mountains #sunset #dusk #beautiful #photography

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Geologically-Driven Migration of Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War - A Feature Focusing on the Western Balkans
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doi.org/10.3390/geosciences130… <-- shared 2023 paper
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kpbs.org/news/2014/05/20/balka… <-- shared 2014 media example
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[mechanics/process I know I (fortunately) don’t consider - but fascinating!]
#landmine #unexplodedordnance #explosiveordnance #abandonedexplosiveordnance #IED #improvisedexplosivedevice #military #minefield #war #publicsafety #flood #flooding #landslide #WesternBalkans #balkans #Bosnia #Herzegovina #Serbia #Croatia #stochastic #deterministic #model #modeling #war #battlefield #ordanance #injury #fatality #massmovement #landsurface #processes #engineeringgeology #geology #geology #soil #debrisflow #water #hydrology #risk #hazard #hydromorphology #morphology #geomorphometry #spatialanalysis #GIS #spatial #mapping #riskmapping #fieldsurvey #spatiotemporal #research #hazardmap #planning #polict #landuse #emergency #publichealth #riskmanagement

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I was looking for grammar/spell-check language servers to use in Neovim and came across Harper (writewithharper.com/)

Turns out it also has extensions for Firefox/Chrome. I don't use Grammarly, but for people who do, could be a nicer, more private alternative — it's local-only and open-source.

#Privacy #Writing #Grammarly #FOSS

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lumenira.com/image/9949d558-75…

#Photography #socialmedia #travelphotography #Thailand #thai #Pattaya

Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments


[quote]Rural departments have long relied on cheap software solutions to keep their operations running. But fire chiefs report sharp price increases as investors have entered the market.[/quote]
Rural departments have long relied on cheap software solutions to keep their operations running. But fire chiefs report sharp price increases as investors have entered the market.

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suggested title: "black padlock on a white wall"

#MonochromeMonday

#photography #photographie #fotografia #fotografie
#blackandwhite #blancoynegro #noiretblanc #schwarzweiß
#monochrome

The 2025 #Global #Artificial #Intelligent #Machines and #Electronics #Expo (#AIE) commenced on December at the #Macao #Venetian #Convention and #Exhibition #Center, with simultaneous #events in #Zhuhai. It drew over 1000 #enterprises from #China and abroad focusing on intelligent electronics, #featuring three #AI themed halls: Intelligent #Communication and #IoT, Intelligent #Audio-#Visual and #Metaverse, and #VentureCapital New Concept and #International Exhibition. cnbusinessforum.com/2025-globa…

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Concertbezoekers en een agent achter de dranghekken bij een concert van de Lionel Hampton Big Band in de Houtrusthallen in Den Haag, Ed van der Elsken, 1956

#dranghekkenbijeen #DenHaag #EdvanderElsken #TheHague #Dutch #fotografie #photography #EdVanDerElsken #EdvanderElsken

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»ByteDance denies reports of regulatory meeting over Doubao AI Phone« technode.com/2025/12/15/byteda… #China #Tech #ChinaTech #Technews

Morning, all,

Benjamin Netanyahu asked for a (pre-emptive) pardon.

Which is, to my mind, an admission of guilt.

What next? A pardon for his crimes against humanity?

#FreePalestine #StopGenocide
#Corruption
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gv76…

Amazing talk about how to think about desktop UX and other design problems from the Ubuntu summit by @scottjenson.

youtu.be/1fZTOjd_bOQ?si=w7620T…

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Titelprent voor 'Mitridaet, treurspel' van Joan Dullaart, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1679

Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds
etching, h 175mm × w 130mm
rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/R…
#rijksmuseum #musea #collection #art #mastodonart #mastoart #random

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RE: journa.host/@ScottLucas/115721…

5+ hours of talks on Sunday between #Zelensky, Germany-France-UK leaders, & #Trump envoys/ #Kremlin collaborators #Witkoff and #Kushner

No details given

#Zelensky emphasizes ceasefire on current frontlines - #Ukraine suspends bid for #NATO membership but seeks "Article 5-like" security guarantees


#UkraineWar, Day 1,390: #Zelensky- #Europe Talks With #Trump Camp Into 2nd Day

#Ukraine #Russia #TrumpRussia

eaworldview.com/2025/12/ukrain…


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The creators of uBlock Origin are the closest thing we have to internet superheroes

#meme #memes #shitpost #adblock #ads #ad #advertising #youtube

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