Black Mastodon users are writing in frustration that people don’t believe that #racism exists on Mastodon. As a new moderator, I can assure you that racism is very real here. Be sure to report it when you find it so that we can stamp it out.

And please don’t tell people their experience isn’t real just because you didn’t witness it. Thanks.

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A lot of ideas come from the community. In particular, the accessibility, packaging, and translations are improved thanks to the community. Sharing software with anyone is important to create something that matters for a lot of people. Using free software allows people to control their data and usage. - Sébastien Blin. Read more in our #WorkingTogether series: u.fsf.org/409

In a way, Chuck got his wish, ‘cause Harry certainly has no balls after getting married.

King Charles 'wanted a girl' after Prince William as Harry a 'disappointment' | Royal | News | Express.co.uk

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How “the richest man in the world who holds a commanding position in near-earth-orbit space delivery, electronic cars and global communications spent the weekend churning up hate against Jews as the source of his financial losses.”

Josh Marshall and TPM

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#AcceleratingGlobalClimateCataclysm: Kenya's leader says climate change is eating away Africa's GDP, calls for talks on global carbon tax


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#AcceleratingGlobalClimateCataclysm: Information theft is on the rise. People are particularly vulnerable after natural disasters


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For Caturday, I present a photo of my semi-feral Cinder. He now allows same handling and even enjoys being brushed but a year ago we had to put a feeding tube in to be able to medicate him during a severe upper respiratory infection. I think I might be able to medicate him now. It would help that the vet removed all his teeth at a recent dental. Maybe the improvement in his personality is because he’s no longer in constant pain.

#Cat #Caturday

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Cinder is pretty good now, too. He loves to be brushed and petted but will not turn belly-up. He has let me pick him up but I haven't dared to try holding him. I don’t really know how old he is, street cats age so much faster than household pets.

So what does Bridgitte look like? Now I want to know!

AcceleratingGlobalClimateCataclysm: UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfall


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Cluster munition deaths in Ukraine pass Syria, fueling rise in a weapon the world has tried to ban


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> Call insurance company to get home insurance updated
> Automated system says it’s a 20 minute wait, would I like a callback?
> “Sure”
> ~20 minutes passes, I get that call
> It’s an insurance agent that isn’t licensed in my state, needs to put me through to another agent that is
> “Ok, whatever”
> Elevator music starts again
> …ohgodno
> It’s another 20 minute wait

South Dakota Changes Motto -> "Arsenic and Old Hate!"

Lions, tigers, taxidermy, arsenic, political squabbling and the Endangered Species Act. Oh my.


apnews.com/article/delbridge-m…

5th Indictment! Jack Smith To Indict Trump AGAIN Over Fundraising Efforts After 2020 Election — Report infowars.com/posts/5th-indictm…

「頭の中の声」について気になる人も少なくないんだろうな。
「頭のなかの声は何?」という問いへの答えとしては正直なところ少しばかり肩透かしだったけど。

こどもの疑問に“マジ回答”「本を黙読しているときに聞こえる頭のなかの声は何?」に専門家が本気で答えたら…(クーリエ・ジャポン) - Yahoo!ニュース news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/2ec1…

Interested in learning more about the upcoming #SoftwareFreedomDay events on September 16, 2023? We recommend that you follow @dff and check out the website at softwarefreedomday.org/ #SoftwareFreedomDay2023 #FreeSoftware #SoftwareLibre

Check out some of the great events groups are planning for #SoftwareFreedomDay2023: sfd.nosk.org.np/ tiny.cc/sfd23 kielux.de/p/KOLT23 kielux.de/programm/LPD23 See the #SoftwareFreedomDay wiki for events in your area and virtual events. Please join us in celebrating Software Freedom Day's 20th edition. #SFD #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

People are dying in Ecuador because cartels are using the banana industry to smuggle cocaine


A post a day for two days on bananas.

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Extreme #Heat Is Here to Stay


source: wired.com/story/gadget-lab-pod…

And I fear that that is distracting from the real #problem here, which is just the burning of #fossil #fuels. It's these planetary criminal companies that are destroying our #civilization.


#economy #globalization #energy #oil #future #climate #weather #temperature #co2 #emissions #earth #news #humanity

How #paranoid #nationalism corrupts


source: economist.com/leaders/2023/08/…

Our statistical analysis suggests that governments have grown more nationalistic since 2012, and that the more nationalistic they are, the more #corrupt they tend to be.


#government #corruption #problem #politics #criticism #statistics #news #crime

How to Live a #Happy #Life, From a Leading #Atheist


source (creepy URI but necessary to unlock the article): nytimes.com/interactive/2023/0…

Some people don’t want #magic tricks explained to them. I’m not that person. When I see a magic trick, I want to see how it’s done. People want free will or consciousness, life itself, to be real magic. What I want to show people is, look, the magic of life as evolved, the magic of brains as evolving in between our own ears, that’s thrilling! It’s affirming. You don’t need #miracles. You just need to understand the world the way it really is, and it’s unbelievably wonderful. We’re so lucky to be alive! The anxiety that people feel about giving up the traditional magical options, I take that very seriously. I can feel that anxiety. But the more I understood about the things I didn’t understand, the more the anxiety ebbed. The more the joy, the wondrousness came back. At the end of “Darwin’s Dangerous Idea,” I have my little hymn to life and the #universe. That’s my #God — more wonderful than anything I could imagine in detail, but not magical.


#science #darwin #religion #wisdom #interview

Top Neuroethics Professor at Georgetown University Raises Alarm on How The Release of Nanoparticles Can Cause Stroke Epidemics

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Rockstar Games is selling a cracked Midnight Club 2 version on steam

.....and thereby infringing on the copyright of the no-cd crack author Razor 1911 :keku: meme and copywrong aside they are too cheap to pay and fix there own software they sell and rather use grey ware by an unknown guy.

Never forget these are the same corpos who sue mod creator into the ground for copywrong.

Fuck Rockstar Games and Take Two and anybody who still gives them money :sui_disgust:

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Actually, Razor 1911 wasn't authorized to make such modifications to the software and under copyright law, non-authorized modifications are illegal and therefore, there is no copyright on such modifications.

But, Rockstar can authorize such modifications and they have for their own distribution.

Indeed, nobody should give a cent to companies that rent out proprietary malware.

Atlas VPN zero-day vulnerability leaks users' real IP address

"In a proof of concept exploit shared on Reddit, a researcher describes how the Linux client of Atlas VPN, specifically the latest version, 1.0.3, has an API endpoint that listens on localhost (127.0.0.1) over port 8076.

This API offers a command-line interface (CLI) for performing various actions, such as disconnecting a VPN session using the 127.0.0.1:8076/connection/stop URL.

However, this API does not perform any authentication, allowing anyone to issue commands to the CLI, even a website you are visiting.
[...]
The Reddit user claims that they contacted Atlas VPN about the problem but was ignored, and since the company didn't have a bug bounty program in place, public disclosure was the only logical option left."

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…

as usual it fails the basic privacy and security "do you actually give a shit" software checklist

>website uses 3rd party (tracking) domains (cookiebot.com, googleoptimize.com, googletagmanager.com
>not open source
>no PGP key or even contact for vulnerability disclosure

you get what you pay for :yui_shrug:

h/t @Vee McMillen

Our Sad Departure From Dr. King’s ‘Dream’
~60 years later, it's clear: the Left moved the nation in the opposite direction.

Given that #King spoke that day to all Americans — not just #Black #Americans or #white Americans — we should assess where we are today given how King defined then what was wrong. What have we learned, and what remains for us to learn?

We need to ask why, 60 years later, #race still occupies such a large part of our public #consciousness.

King’s complaint was not about our national charter. He referred to the “magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.”

His complaint and indictment were that the nation was not living up to that charter.

In the grand scheme of things, King, in that speech, defined the movement he led as about leading #America to its full potential, as defined by the ideals and principles in its founding documents.

(2) Brèves de presse on X: "⚡🇨🇵FLASH - Une lycéenne a été exclue de son établissement ce matin à #Lyon car elle portait un #kimono ouvert avec un jean et un t-shirt. Une plainte va être déposée pour discrimination en raison de l’appartenance religieuse, indique son avocat, Nabil Boudi, dans un communiqué. https://t.co/iLXuI802B5" / X


#politique #société #nawak

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