World Aquatics Toughens Stance on Enhanced Games radiohc.cu/en/noticias/deporte…

Occasional weird spam posts by otherwise (seemingly) legitimate users?


I'm noticing a pattern starting to develop in the community I mod (just barely -- it's only happened 3 times so far) where a user that posts a fairly large amount of relevant content occasionally posts weird spam with a title of alternating letter nonsense (e.g. "zazaz" or "sdsdsds") and a link that goes to some random domain that serves nothing but a default 404 error (as in the domain is registered and there's a server responding to requests, but there's no content for it to serve).

I suppose it could just be bad behavior on the part of said users, but it feels more like a bug or their account getting hijacked or something. Anybody have any insight?

in reply to nocturne

Two of the three I noticed were from different users (but the other two cases were the same username on different instances, so it's very plausible that they may all be alt accounts of the same human).

You misspelled the instance name, but that's a good thing since pinging the user in question with a mention probably wouldn't have been a good idea anyway.

The thing that confuses me is that the user has posted a bunch of other content (both posts and comments) such that the ratio of spam to ham is pretty low, and the writing of the comments seems very human (in terms of the inferences it makes and the idioms it uses), so if it's some kind of repost-bot, it's a very sophisticated one.

It really seems like a legitimate user whose account is getting hijacked to occasionally post gibberish spam, which is why I find it so weird.

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Victory! Austin's ALPR contract will be allowed to end by our city council at the end of the month. The battle is won, but the fight continues. Join us and other activist groups for a victory press release tomorrow at 11:30am at city hall! fox7austin.com/news/austin-cit…

Offenbar ist #Brandenburg mit Tesla noch nicht genug gestraft. Amazon will auch was vom Wasser.

Und nein, mit 'Souveränität' hat es nichts zu tun, wenn einer von Trumps Buddys hier mehr Geld verdienen will.

Ort ist noch geheim: Internet, kriegen wir das raus?

Amazon will als Cloud-Anbieter 8 Milliarden Euro in Brandenburg investieren | rbb24
rbb24.de/wirtschaft/beitrag/20…

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Schlechte Nachrichten. 30+ Anbieter bauen Rechenzentren in Brandenburg.

maz-online.de/brandenburg/mega…

»Nach Gerichtsurteil:
Polizisten befürchten rechtliche Folgen wegen Grenz-Zurückweisungen«

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»Dobrindt habe zwar recht, wenn er sage, dass die Polizisten eine klare Weisung hätten.

Aber: "Wenn klar wäre und klar ist, dass diese Weisung letztendlich rechtswidrig ist, dann müssen Polizeibeamte sogenannte Remonstrationspflichten (...) wahrnehmen."

Sie müssten es ausdrücklich kritisieren, um aus der Verantwortung herauszukommen.

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Der Jahrgang 12 des Franziskusgymnasiums in #Lingen hat auf #MEcfs aufmerksam gemacht, da auch ein Schüler des Jahrgangs so schwer betroffen ist, dass er die Schule nicht mehr besuchen kann.
Ich würde mich freuen, wenn ihr das Video auf Instagram teilt, ein ♥️ und einen Kommentar dalasst. Für die Betroffenen sind solche Awareness-Aktionen wichtig. Vielleicht machen sie "Schule".
Ich danke euch!
instagram.com/reel/DKdAv5zORM0…

Fiese Schnüffelei: Meta und Yandex spionierten Nutzer ihrer Android-Apps aus

Wie Sicherheitsforscher herausfanden, schleusen Tracking-Pixel persönliche Daten aus dem Browser an die Apps und Server der Anbieter. Meta hat bereits reagiert.

heise.de/news/Fiese-Schnueffel…

#Android #Anonymität #Facebook #Instagram #IT #Journal #Mobiles #Netzpolitik #Datenschutz #Security #Spionage #news

Wie Merz die Boomer-Generation zur Wahl komplett verarscht hat: "Aktivrente" bedeutet nicht steuerfreier Zuverdienst zur Rente. Sie bedeutet, als Rentner (!) mit weniger Abzügen im Job zu verbleiben – und zwar anstatt der Rente.

Ein meisterlicher Beschiss der Wähler.

ℹ️ Update: Der Parlamentarische Geschäftsführer der Unionsfraktion im Bundestag rudert zurück. mastodon.social/@avatter/11462…

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After its 2019 illegal spyware attack with 1,400 hacked phones: Surveillance company NSO appeals WhatsApp decision, says it can’t pay $168 million in ‘unlawful’ damages therecord.media/nso-group-appe… #staatstrojaner

The cost of StarLink and other billionaire pet projects is way too high.

"We find that the population of reentering satellites in 2022 caused a 29.5% increase of aluminum in the atmosphere above the natural level, resulting in around 17 metric tons of aluminum oxides injected into the mesosphere. [...] As aluminum oxide nanoparticles may remain in the atmosphere for decades, they can cause significant ozone depletion."

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Jeder sagt, Liebe tut weh,
doch das ist nicht wahr.
Einsamkeit tut weh.
Ablehnung tut weh.
Jemanden zu verlieren, tut weh.
Eifersucht tut weh.
Jeder verwechselt das mit Liebe.
Doch in Wahrheit ist Liebe
das Einzige auf der Welt,
was diesen Schmerz
überwinden kann
und jemandem wieder
ein wundervolles Gefühl gibt.
Liebe ist das Einzige auf der Welt,
was nicht weh tut.

(Liam Neeson)

Habt einen schönen Abend, ihr Lieben, 🧡
und später eine gute Nacht! ✨

#MeerMittwoch #Liebe #Abend #Nacht

#RÜCKRUF | #WARNUNG | Aus aktuellem Anlass: Verbraucherinformation von SCHROEDER 'ISKG' für KAUFLAND (K-BIO 'Zarter Gemüsemais' > mglw. Glasstücke im Produkt = u. U. erhebl. VERLETZUNGSGEFAHR)
produktrueckrufe.de/sources/SC… (PDF)

Siehe auch: produktrueckrufe.de

A Signal Flare for Strengthening the Navy of the DPRK-from Voice of Korea #DPRK kfauk.com/a-signal-flare-for-s…

New from 404 Media: the IRS tax filing software Turbotax tried to kill just got opened source. Available on Github, people are forking it

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I appreciate this piece, but I want to correct the record on one point. I don't talk about LLMs as making "collages" but rather as making papier-mâché, and the difference matters!

theguardian.com/technology/202…

>>

in reply to Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)

When an artist uses materials with text on them to create a collage, it's natural to assume that they chose the materials in part for the meaning of the text they include. Papier-mâché, on the other hand, uses paper (usually newsprint) simply for its physical properties. The text is incidental.

I use this metaphor to highlight, yet again, that LLMs don't work with the meaning of the text they process & extrude -- just the form.

Study finds live avian flu virus in raw milk for more than 1 day at room temperature, 1 week in fridge 😱www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

Study finds live avian flu vir...

RFK-backed ostrich farm fighting H5N1 cull boasted of turning birds into pet food
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Posted into All Stories @all-stories-TheTelegraph

Racing to Save #California’s #ElephantSeals From #BirdFlu
In 2023, bird #flu arrived on the rocky shores of the Valdés Peninsula in Argentina, ripping through the local colony of southern elephant seals. More than 17,000 seal pups died. It could take decades for the population to recover.
Now, a team of #ecologists, #epidemiologists and #veterinarians is scrambling to keep the same thing from happening to northern elephant seals.
nytimes.com/card/2025/06/03/sc…
archive.ph/Xe8d6
#H5N1 #influenza

"As Gaza faces over three months of Israeli blockade, a group of 12 activists is sailing to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid. The Madleen ship was launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and initially planned to sail from Malta last month, but the group’s ship was damaged in a drone attack. The new mission includes the renowned Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who speaks with Democracy Now! live from the Madleen."

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#Gaza #Israel #GretaThunberg

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The Fed Gov Demands Data from #SNAP —But Says Nothing About Protecting It

part of a larger effort by #Trump admin to gain “unfettered access to comprehensive data from all state programs that receive federal funding,” thru #EO14243. While the order says this data sharing is intended to cut down on fraud, it is written so broadly that it could auth almost any data sharing…flies in the face of well-established data #privacy practices & places people at considerable risk.

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📚 Celebrating what we love, with the people who love it too. Our Guests of Honor this year are the superstar authors Sarah Gailey and Tochi Onyebuchi!

Come through June 18–21 in Oakland:
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Another PSA about Amazon:

They only pay authors 30% in royalties (even if they price above 2.99) when someone buys a book through Amazon COM while not actually living in the US.

That's right. Amazon "steals" 40% of my royalties because the customer is in a different location that the USA.

Why?

Because they can. Because we authors let them get away with that. No other store does this.

Buy direct. Or at least not through Amazon.

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#Reading
#WritingCommunity

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When we released post editing for #Mastodon, we first released a version that supported processing and displaying edits incoming from other servers, before releasing a version that flipped a switch allowing anyone to make edits. We're taking an identical approach with quote posts, as the upcoming 4.4 version of Mastodon will begin displaying quote posts from other servers and software. Once this is widely deployed on the network, 4.5 will bring the long awaited ability to quote posts.

Hey NYC-area folks!

Tonight (June 4), my friend Kevin Smokler is going to be at Greenlight Books in Brooklyn ...

... to do an event for his new book "Break the Frame", a collection of his interviews with pioneering female directors

Tonight he'll be in conversation with Debra Granik, director of -- among other fabulous movies -- "Winter's Bone"

Event details here: greenlightbookstore.com/event/…

super worth attending if you can!

Drawing on sources as varied as Wordsworth, Hitchcock, and Conan Doyle, author @PhilipPullman considers the sonic beauty and expert storytelling of Milton's masterpiece and the influence it has had on his own work: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t…

"Die Bundesregierung hat bisher KEINE israelischen Kriegsverbrechen in #Gaza abschließend festgestellt. Dabei prüft das Auswärtige Amt die endlosen Beispiele angeblich seit vielen Monaten."

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Komplette BPK:
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#Westbank #Palästina #Israel #Genozid #Rassismus #Rechtsextremismus #Propaganda

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Sui

@bifouba Die Aussagen von der Bundesregierung sind wirklich nur noch Gaslighting.

Ich freue mich aber, dass innerhalb der Linkspartei langsam der Wind dreht. Dass sie jetzt die JDA statt die IHRA nehmen und dass nun eben Menschen wie Köktürk im Bundestag sitzen, ist eine gute Entwicklung.

Meinem Eindruck nach liegt das vor allem auch an den jungen Leuten, die neu in der Partei sind und inzwischen so große Mehrheiten bilden, dass sie die Antdeutschen (und die Reformer) überstimmen können.

in reply to daniel

And here's peace activist and CND campaigner Pat Arrowsmith's jacket. It was her father's Civil Defence warden's jacket which Pat wore in the 50's and 60's, and has attached a peace badge to it.

Pat, ineligible to inherit her father's money unless she was married to a man (she was a lesbian), married an anarchist poet for one day to qualify for the inheritance, then had the marriage annulled and donated the money to Sappho and Gay Pride Week 1979.

#pride #peace

Update – US Approved Moderna’s CARCINOGENIC Next-Gen COVID sa-mRNA Vaccine. FDA & CDC Shady Moves vs RFK Jr.

American cardiologist Peter McCullough and epidemiologist Nicholas Hulsher, who published many study on Covid vaccines, confirmed that are the dangerous new sa-mRNA technology

vtforeignpolicy.com/2025/06/fd…

#usa #covid #mrna #vaccines

People reach for Hitler analogies to describe Trump, because Hitler is what we all learn about in school. But there are other historical analogues that might be a closer fit, and Louis Napoleon is definitely a good one.

lareviewofbooks.org/article/he…

#USPol

in reply to Jason Lefkowitz

"The Eighteenth Brumaire focuses on the 1851 French coup d'état, by which Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, president of the Second Republic and Napoléon Bonaparte's nephew, became emperor of the Second French Empire as Napoleon III. It seeks to explain how capitalism and class struggle created conditions which enabled 'a grotesque mediocrity to play a hero's part'."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eigh…

#USPol

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#Palestine / Israeli [defense] exports surge 13% to $14.8 billion despite Gaza genocide impact

Israel's defense exports jumped over 13% in 2024 to $14.8 billion, even as overall Israeli exports contracted 5.6%. The defense sector now represents nearly 25% of Israel's goods exports and approaching 10% of total exports.

Europe became the dominant market, accounting for 54% of defense exports (up from 35% in 2023) as countries increased military spending amid the Ukraine war. Air defense systems, missiles and rockets comprised 48% of exports, with Israeli technology proving effective against drone and missile threats.

However, industry sources report that images from #Gaza are complicating deal closures. #Spain recently froze a nearly $300 million Spike missile deal due to the situation in Gaza. Defense companies face parliamentary opposition in European countries and competitors using the Gaza war to discourage purchases of Israeli systems.

Sales to Abraham Accords countries reached $1.8 billion (12% of total exports), while Asian exports dropped from $6.3 billion to $3.4 billion due to major 2023 deals with India and Azerbaijan not repeating.

Hebrew themarker.com/allnews/2025-06-… or archive.ph/B0bED

See also

12 countries condemn forced displacement of Palestinian village in occupied West Bank kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/1146…

@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide


#Palestine / 12 countries condemn forced displacement of Palestinian village in occupied West Bank

Diplomatic missions from #UK, #Germany, #France and 9 other nations issued joint statement expressing solidarity with residents of Mughayir a-Deir who were forced to abandon homes due to settler violence and Israeli authorities' failure to provide protection.

As has been common practice for years, Israeli settlers established an outpost meters from a Palestinian village. The community was forced to flee after escalating violence and threats. Seven neighboring communities have already been displaced following the same pattern. Tens of thousands in Area C face "high or imminent risk" of forcible transfer.

These countries demand Israel dismantle the outpost and allow safe return. They call this a violation of international law and demand Israel respect the prohibition on forcible transfer.

xcancel.com/FranceJerusalem/st…

**JOINT PRESS STATEMENT**
**WEST BANK, JUNE 2025**

**DIPLOMATIC STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN MUGHAYIR A-DEIR**

The undersigned diplomatic missions express their strong solidarity with the Palestinian community of Mughayir a-Deir. The community's long-standing residents were recently forced to abandon their homes and belongings due to escalating settler violence and a prevailing climate of impunity.

Israeli settlers have established an outpost just metres from the community, which is a clear violation of international law. Mughayir a-Deir was one of the last remaining Palestinian communities in the area. Seven neighbouring communities have already been displaced amid a broader and deeply troubling pattern of violent settler attacks and a lack of protection by the Israeli authorities.

We therefore urge the Israeli authorities to dismantle the outpost immediately and to take urgent and effective measures to enable the safe return of the displaced residents. It is imperative that the community is protected from further violence and intimidation.

Mughayir a-Deir is not an isolated case—it reflects a broader pattern of displacement in Area C of the West Bank, where a coercive environment marked by repeated settler violence, movement restrictions, land confiscation, demolitions and inadequate access to essential services is making life unbearable and pushing communities to leave. Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Area C face a high or imminent risk of forcible transfer. This alarming trend gravely undermines prospects for a just and lasting peace.

We call on Israel to respect its obligations under international law, including the prohibition of forcible transfer. We also reaffirm our clear and consistent opposition to settlements, which are illegal under international law. We emphasise Israel's responsibility to protect all Palestinian communities in Area C.

*The Consulates General of Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, the Representative Offices of Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands, as well as the Office of the European Union Representative to the West Bank and Gaza*

@palestine
@israel
#SettlerViolence #IsraelWarCrimes #Palestine #EthnicCleansing #GazaGenoicide


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[followup]

Houthi attacks are forcing major operational changes:

[...] He [Colonel (Res.) Yair Kulas, head of SIBAT - the Defense Export and Defense Cooperation Directorate at Israel's Ministry of Defense] also referred to supply chain challenges: 'The supply chain is challenging due to shipping routes that have been changed under the Houthi threat, Ben Gurion Airport which has been blocked at times due to missile launches. So if we need to be more flexible, we are being flexible. And if there is a demand from the purchasing country for local production on its territory, we establish manufacturing activity there.'"

Hebrew ynet.co.il/economy/article/syi…

While Israeli defense companies acknowledge supply chain challenges from Houthi attacks on shipping routes Operation Prosperity Guardian , European naval missions provided free security for Israeli exports. Rather than diverting resources to Red Sea security, Israel can maintain focus on high-value defense production for the European market surge. While European militaries absorb the costs and risks of confronting Houthis and Israeli arms companies profit from the resulting demand.

#Nestlé-Lobbyistin Klöckner, #CDU, eine Partei, die #Israel für deren #Genozid und Kriegsverbrechen in #Gaza und #Westbank Waffen liefert, die Haftbefehle des #IStGH gegen #Netanyahu und #Galant untergräbt - ein Merkmal rechtsextremer, verfassungsfeindlicher Politik - wirft Casin #Köktürk, #Linke aus dem Bundestag, weil sie einen Pullover mit der Aufschrift "#Palästina" trägt.

Die CDU / #CSU ist rechtsextrem und demokratiefeindlich.

nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1191683.…

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#Rechtsextremismus #Rassismus

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"Wadephul im Plenarsaal: #Deutschland wird weiterhin an #Israel Waffen liefern. Kein Wort zu über 50.000 Toten und verletzten Kindern. Ich werde von Frau #Klöckner aufgefordert den Plenarsaal zu verlassen, weil auf meinem Shirt „Palestine“ steht. Ihr habt alle dermaßen versagt." #Linke

x.com/cansinkoek/status/193022…

🧵 2/2

#CDU #CSU #Rechtsextremismus #Rassismus #Israel #Palästina #Gaza #Westbank

The Right to Repair Is Law in Washington State

Link: eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/righ…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

Schülerinnen aus Münster spenden ihre langen Haare für den guten Zweck


Haare spenden für Krebskranke: Schülerinnen aus Münster haben ihre Haare hergegeben. Aus den Spenden sollen jetzt Perücken werden.#Regio-Beitrag03062025 #StudioMünster #Münsterland #Haarspende #Schulen #Krebs #Mädchen
Schülerinnen aus Münster spenden ihre langen Haare für den guten Zweck

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🥳 #PeerTube v7.2 is out! 🥳

New design for video management and publication pages, rework of the display and filter system for sensitive content... this new version is ready for the summer! ☀️

Check out what's new in the release announcement: joinpeertube.org/news/release-…

Lumi nutzt unseren Balkon oft auch zum Ausruhen. Heute suchte sie Schutz vor der Hitze: erst im Blumenkasten und später auf der Bank. 🐿️🥹❣️
➡️ balkonhoernchen.de/blog/eichho…

#balkonhörnchen #eichhörnchen #squirrel #squirrelcontent #squirrels

#Niedersachsen testet #Tempo30 an Hauptstraßen:
- Verkehrsfluss flüssiger
- Weniger Staus und Wartezeiten
- Luftqualität verbessert
- Reduzierte Lärmbelästigung
- Weniger schwere Unfälle
💁‍♂️

Erhobene Daten und Ergebnisse sind auf andere Regionen übertragbar.
Niedersachsen prüft Bundesratsinitiative für deutschlandweite Umsetzung.

#Tempolimit #TempolimitJetzt

ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachs…

Our study just out in Nature: the extreme North Atlantic heat in summer 2023 was mainly due to weak winds causing shallow mixed layers, which heat up more quickly.
Global warming is causing a trend toward shallow mixed layers, making such extremes more likely.
🌊
nature.com/articles/s41586-025…
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Es ist zwar nicht wirklich wichtig und an nem kleinen Handy-Display fällt es wahrscheinlich eh kaum jemandem auf, aber in diesen Hintergründen steckt meistens mehr Zeichenarbeit als in den Comics.

Ich baue sie trotzdem ganz gern ab und zu ein, weil ich denke, sie bringen so ein bisschen Abwechslung rein, auf die Weise besteht hier nicht ALLES nur aus ein paar schwarzen Linien auf weißen Blättern.

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Just to be clear, when I say that Fedora is the new Ubuntu, I mean that Fedora now occupies the place that Ubuntu used to have in terms of Linux distributions. It's a GOOD thing.

One of the things I really enjoy about using Fedora, is that they push the Linux desktop towards the future. Some call it bleeding edge, but it's not. It's cutting edge: you don't get the absolute latest, but you get the best that's also stable.

Fedora was among the first to adopt Wayland, the first to adopt Pipewire, to push Flatpak, portals, the first mainstream distro to push immutable filesystems in Fedora Silverblue.

This drive towards modern tech was what Ubuntu was doing back in the day: they were implementing the latest versions of GNOME, adopted newly developed programs at the time, like Banshee, or F-Spot, they pushed to have better driver integration, and more software available.

Using Fedora, I got that same excitement I used to get when I was using Ubuntu: every 6 months, there's a new drop of amazing updates. You get more modern technologies, you get improved security, you get new features right as they're being released, and you get that sense of really taking advantage of all that new stuff the Linux community talks about.

Fedora is a "current" distro, which means that you get the latest release of all the interesting stuff, like the desktop environments, the linux kernel, the graphics drivers, or wayland. And they do this without sacrificing stability.

Fedora, in my experience with it, has been rock solid. In general, I didn't have many problems with any Linux distro that I daily drove, but all of them tended to exhibit small issues after a while.

My experience with Fedora has been fantastic thanks to this: Flatpak is wonderfully integrated in the GNOME Software app, it's all a one click install, all updates are handled there, I just never think about my system anymore, I just use it. That peace of mind is something I never truly achieved with any other Linux distro

Another thing I really like is that Fedora has the DEFAULT experience. They ship the desktop as is, without any meaningful extensions, themes, configurations, or tweaks.

It's just productivity central. GNOME, for me, doesn't need anything else than the default experience. It is extremely efficient once you wrap your head around how it works, and providing me with a crutch, like an always visible dock, or desktop icons, would just compromise that productivity.

Moving to Fedora also had me learn a few things, especially how to use dnf. I didn't need to use it, but I wanted to; and since I was a lot more familiar with APT, I had no idea what I was doing.

Turns out, Fedora has a huge community as well, something Ubuntu has had since it began, so it's another checkmark next to my "Fedora is the next Ubuntu" checklist

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« #JeanLucMélenchon est intervenu sur Al Jazeera pour un échange avec #RimaHassan qui est à bord de la #FreedomFlotilla, aux côtés de #GretaThunberg, l’équipage de la Flottille et de militants pour la #Palestine, en direction de #Gaza, le 3 juin 2025. »

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#FlottilleDeLaLiberté #solidaritéAvecLaPalestine #solidaritéAvecGaza #Mélenchon #JLM @palestine @israel

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Une évaluation des mois passés par Trump à la Maison Blanche par un éminent commentateur de CNN.

Stephen Collinson a déclaré :

Au cours de ses quatre mois à la Maison Blanche, Trump s’est livré à des menaces de droits de douane, à des déclarations sur son désir d’annexer le Canada et le Groenland et à la destruction de programmes humanitaires dans le monde entier.

Le résultat, selon lui, est :

« À l'heure actuelle, les dirigeants chinois, russes, israéliens, européens et canadiens ont constaté que Trump n'est plus aussi puissant qu'ils le pensent. Ils en concluent donc qu'il est possible de lui désobéir sans conséquences. » (E)

Seuls les Arabes prennent au sérieux ses bêtises quotidiennes, achètent ses faveurs et lui offrent des concessions, tout en soulignant nécessairement leur rejet de son plan de déplacement de Gaza, mais sans prendre de positions qui contrecarreraient son potentiel ultérieur.

Were the covid gene therapy injections selectively targeted at people of a non-Indian heritage? If you look at Mark Crispin Millers posts I don't recall seeing many Indians there. Could be wrong but majority by far of fatalities were people of European or African descent.

Have additionally been trying to understand for quite some time why I was being nagged via text messages during covidhoax to update my 'ethnicity' with my local general practitioners office. I got about six messages telling me to do so all of which I ignored. It was a high priority item for them for reasons I still don't quite understand.

There was also the paper that came out of India indicating that the novelty flu pathogen selectively biased certain 'ethnicities' toward poorer outcomes. Europeans and Africans came off worst I believe. RFKjr mentioned this paper which was reported on widely and immediately became controversial - so it was obviously meant to be seen by as many as possible.

Novelty pathogen with ethnicity bias coupled with novelty injections with an ethnicity bias. Would be so easy to conflate the two and thereby validate the conclusion of that paper from India.

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And while all this was happening Africans and Europeans across the west were supposed be engaged in a terrible 'race war' thanks to Pierre Kory thereby depleting their ranks, assets and resources etc. Indians were fully exempt from this supposed whacky racer war aside from helping to stir it all up.

The timing of it all matches perfectly with the progression of the corona hoax. I actually think this very plausibly was the original plan which didn't meet expectations by quite some wide margin. Left everyone puzzled and confused more than anything else which was then followed by an awkward pause like it was now fully off-script so no one was really sure what to do next.

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Then Ukraine happened and like right out of nowhere AI became the newest current thing. It just blew up exactly as you'd expect if someone had been sitting on it waiting for exactly the right moment.

It was going to change everything then didn't except get everyone talking about it. Perhaps the controllers of the corona hoax were a little too overconfident into its potential as a labor saving gimmick. Now we find out that a big AI project being run out of India was a giant hoax. So that stymied the AI takeover.

Current scorecard looks something like this.

Novelty pathogen takeover = failed
Novelty injection takeover = failed
vaxpass/digital id takeover = failed
Whacky racer takeover = failed
AI takeover = failed

US government takeover = succeeded (for now)

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"Eco-paradox USA: The relationships between economic growth and environmental concern generally, and by different income group"

sciencedirect.com/science/arti…

> The very economic processes that enable societies to develop environmental consciousness simultaneously intensify their physical impact on ecosystems, creating a disconnect between stated environmental values and actual environmental outcomes.

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> At the individual level, a different dynamic emerges. Despite their greater environmental impact, affluent groups exhibit less environmental concern and prioritize economic growth over ecological protection. This highlights the limitations of post-materialist narratives, which assume that affluence inherently fosters environmental responsibility. In contrast, lower-income individuals within the US—despite their smaller carbon footprints—consistently exhibit stronger pro-environmental attitudes
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@FediThing Might be. There's certainly some research that might support that.

The writers of the paper argue that because lower-income groups are more exposed to the impacts of environmental degradation. More volatile weather and pollution have a material impact on their lives in ways that the richer classes do not experience.

IMO, it probably a mix of both and other factors and incentives (i.e. the rich are more likely to fall for propaganda about ethical and pro-environmental consumption)

Israel just took another huge step towards West Bank annexation, explained #Palestine mondoweiss.net/2025/06/israel-…

Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android

"a novel tracking method by Meta and Yandex potentially affecting billions of Android users. We found that native Android apps—including Facebook, Instagram, and several Yandex apps including Maps and Browser—silently listen on fixed local ports for tracking purposes.

These native Android apps receive browsers' metadata, cookies and commands from the Meta Pixel and Yandex Metrica scripts embedded on thousands of web sites. These JavaScripts load on users' mobile browsers and silently connect with native apps running on the same device through localhost sockets [WebRTC]. As native apps access programatically device identifiers like the Android Advertising ID (AAID) or handle user identities as in the case of Meta apps, this method effectively allows these organizations to link mobile browsing sessions and web cookies to user identities, hence de-anonymizing users' visiting sites embedding their scripts."

localmess.github.io/

similar to what ebay does. seems like facebook wants another maximum GDPR fine (which should be increased btw).
these attacks should be mitigated by disabling :javascript: (e.g. uBlockO), blocking tracking scripts (e.g. uBlockO), android without Android Advertising ID (GrapheneOS) and avoiding facebook and yandex sites and apps or better yet all proprietary spyware apps (f-droid.org)

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re: Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android

GrapheneOS default browser Vanadium also blocks it partially with disabling unproxied udp by default with a upstream webrtc fix soon released too

grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/…

FediForum starts in less than 24 hours


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Seems to be a kind of online conference. For being open source focused it's opening is very salesy/buzzword salad-ish.

"Open protocols, not closed platforms. The Fediverse, Mastodon and ActivityPub. ATmosphere, Bluesky and AtProto. Human connections, not AI bots, nor fake news nor manipulative algorithms. New funding models. New forms of governance. Better trust and safety. Direct relationships to stakeholders and customers. Interoperability across social platforms everywhere, and so much more.

After a decade of stagnation, next-generation social media is breaking out of the closed silos and connecting the world into a global, open social web. It’s a wild world full of opportunity.

FediForum brings together the leading thinkers and doers who build this new Open Social Web."

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In 2010 - yes 2010 - Israel attacked an aid ship.

They killed 9 and a 10th died 4 years later after a coma.

Autopsies showed all killed by gunfire, with 5 shot in the head - some at very close range 5-14 cm.

IN THE HEAD AT CLOSE RANGE.

Israel has long acted in what can only be described as evil.

edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/mea…

#gaza #genocide #palestine #freedomflotilla

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Slrpnk.net outage (resolved)


Edit: unexpectatly we are back online. Will share how we found a solution later. There might be still some federation issues though.

Alt account of poVoq@slrpnk.net here.

Our instance is currently down and I can't get remote access to the servers. It appears that there might have been a hardware failure of the main firewall, which is the one thing I can't work around remotely.

I am still trying a few things, but I am not very optimistic that I can get access.

The really unfortunate part is that just now I am on one of my rare work deployments abroad, so I also can't access it physically during the next few weeks and my usual back up that could restart it is not available either.

As something like that never happened in 3 years operating the servers, I thought I can risk it, but murphy's law seems inescapable 😓

I will try to keep you posted here on any updates, but probably there will not be much I can do for a while. Really bad timing 😥

Edit: we might use this "opportunity" to migrate the instance to Piefed, which has been an idea for quite some time now. I will keep you posted on that.

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Kris

As email in profile is an optional feature on our instance about 50% of the userbase opted to not share one so we would only reach some people. But yes, getting spam filtered would be another problem of mass-mailing.

But I found a way to put up a simple html error page and will add this later to inform our members and link to this thread.

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in reply to Kris

I am a slrpnk user. Oh well, shit happens. What makes me a bit sad was that a few months (?) ago something similar happened. Slrpnk.net was down for aa day or two? Don't remember the exact amount of time. What I do remember is asking if there was intention of adding a second admin and making the point that it would be good to create that sort of redundancy. I was ignored.

Mid of july is basically 1 and a half months from now. Hopefully a new solarpunk instance emerges, one that is safer from such scenarios.

Enjoy your vacation and don't stress too much! Shit happens.

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