‘Now Is the Time of Monsters’ The Old World Is Breaking Down. A New One Is Breaking Through.
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"Donald Trump is returning, artificial intelligence is maturing, the planet is warming, and the global fertility rate is collapsing."Opinion
By #EzraKlein
Jan. 12, 2025from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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Opinion | The Old World Is Breaking Down. A New One Is Breaking Through.
Four trends are converging to make life much scarier.Ezra Klein (The New York Times)
Boris Johnson said colonialism in Africa should never have ended and dismissed Britain’s role in slavery
Boris Johnson said colonialism in Africa should never have ended and dismissed Britain’s role in slavery | The Independent
MPs call on prime minister to explain whether he still believes ‘the problem is not that we were once in charge, but that we are not in charge any more’Jon Stone (The Independent)
Boris Johnson said colonialism in Africa should never have ended and dismissed Britain’s role in slavery
Boris Johnson said colonialism in Africa should never have ended and dismissed Britain’s role in slavery | The Independent
MPs call on prime minister to explain whether he still believes ‘the problem is not that we were once in charge, but that we are not in charge any more’Jon Stone (The Independent)
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Pretty much...
Especially when you comment anything remotely social or political. The mouth breathers clamor to project their personal war on the nearest comment that vaguely resembles some words they can latch on to.
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From Urban Dictionary over 20 years ago:
Comrade (noun, adjective): The best greeting in the world; A true worker's word.
Burning ameriKKKan flags again, comrade?
HRF Speaker Canceled by Pro Palestine Conference in Denmark - The Hind Rajab Foundation (2025-01-11)
HRF Speaker Canceled by Pro Palestine Conference in Denmark
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) was invited to participate in one of the panels of the European Palestinian Network Conference in Denmark today, but due to false information circulated by the Israeli...THE HIND RAJAB FOUNDATION
Black people were 28% of those killed by police in 2024 despite being only 13% of the population.
Mapping Police Violence
Mapping Police Violence collects comprehensive data on police killings nationwide to make the case for change.Mapping Police Violence
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[Consiglio] VPS con poche pretese
Ciao a tutti, vorrei giocare con snac, un server fediverso estremamente poco avido di risorse.
Vorrei provarlo su un vps senza spendere troppo, tanto le risorse necessarie sono minime (fedimeteo gira su un vps, diviso in 25 istanze snac, e prende meno di 300 MB di ram -> mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano/113… )
Avete consigli?
su Kagi puoi creare filtri automatici da usare per la ricerca impostando domini predefiniti. Loro hanno creato un filtro per tutti chiamato "fediverso/lemmy" dove semplicemente hanno inserito alcuni server Lemmy più famosi e conosciuti. Tu puoi crearti il filtro Mastodon (da far usare anche ad altri eventuale) con dentro server Mastodon predefiniti che scegli tu.
Non credo sia possibile creare filtri automatici esclusivi del fediverso d'altronde ogni dominio è diverso da un altro come li faresti a distinguere automaticamente?
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Sure, it won't inhibit their actions at all, but it greatly reduces the negativity I experience here and stops me from interacting with it
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Since I could not find a decent quality template for this, I made my own: feddit.org/pictrs/image/140229…
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That turned into a direct link at least from Mbin
!yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com
I think something in Lemmy's text editor does that sometimes.
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I'm not so sure about the Mbin part, I've had it happen from my Lemmy account too. As far as I can tell, it suggests the direct link lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/yepowertrip… when you type !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com if you accept the autosuggest.
From what I've seen, if you ignore it and just type/paste the link and submit the comment, it doesn't happen.
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Mine doesn't have a display (L3150), but you're right about the deep cleaning. You doo need the utility for that.
I got away with 4 consecutive cleaning rounds..
edit: I've seen the button combination in your printer's user manual.
Niri scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor v25.01 released
Release v25.01 · YaLTeR/niri
Niri is a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor. Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize. Here are the i...GitHub
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Pixelfed - No video preview image
When I upload a short video to Pixelfed, I don't get a preview image. The video is mp4 H.264. Is there a solution? I would find Pixelfed super as an Instagram replacement. But without a preview, it's not that nice. I gave an example as a link. What experiences do you have with pixelfed and videos?
Pixelfed - No video preview image
When I upload a short video to Pixelfed, I don't get a preview image. The video is mp4 H.264. Is there a solution? I would find Pixelfed super as an Instagram replacement. But without a preview, it's not that nice. I gave an example as a link. What experiences do you have with pixelfed and videos?
Stickbro (@stickbro@pixelfed.de)
I miss the summer and the sound of the FPV engines! First-person view (FPV) is a method used to control a radio-controlled vehicle from the driver or pilot's viewpoint.Pixelfed
Could this be due to the post visibility setting of your post, your account, or the server you're on? Or perhaps a synchronisation delay. I ask because...
Browsing that link in Firefox on Android shows me a preview?
When I view your profile with my Pixelfed account (using Moshidon on Android) shows no posts?
When I view your profile with my Pixelfed account (using Moshidon on Android) shows no posts?
This could be an incompatibility in viewing Pixelfed API data - try a client which specifically lists Pixelfed support, such as Fedilab - their (stickbro) profile shows up fine for me in Fedilab, $0.02.
Your favourite search engine -> "pixelfed no video preview" -> several Github issues that are all closed, some with commits saying something was fixed, others just closed without resolution.
I experience this preview problem viewing videos posted both by Pixelfed uploads (such as yours) and videos posted via Mastodon instances which I follow in Pixelfed. There's something broken in Pixelfed software being able to generate video previews from several sources in my experience, which do not exist if you follow those same accounts from a Mastodon instance.
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I remind you that mastodon users can overcome the serious problem of not being able to view Lemmy communities in an orderly manner.
The Raccoon for Friendica app, compatible with Mastodon, provides simplified viewing (viewing only topics) for all accounts of the Lemmy community, Friendica group or Gup.pe group type
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"mastodon users can overcome the serious problem of not being able to view Lemmy communities in an orderly "
This is generally the way Mastodon displays posts, that they do not appear in an orderly manner. Mastodon does this with all posts, No matter whether they come from Lemmy or Friendica, Akkoma or Mastodon. This has nothing to do with Lemmy.
Posts/replies in Mastodon always appear individually and without context in the timeline. In the timeline, the latest posts/replies (Mastodon does not differentiate between them) always appear at the top, then many other individual posts, then at some point the question about the reply from above and so on.
(I personally find that very confusing, but this is probably the common microblogging style and one of several reasons why I also prefer Friendica over Mastodon, because Friendica has a very good thread view, which I miss in Mastodon)
... but thank you very much for the tip that Racoon also works well with Mastodon. A very good tip for Mastodon users! 👍
Raccoon for Friendica | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Mobile client for Friendica, Mastodon and compatible federated social networks.f-droid.org
But if you click on an OP on Mastodon (whether from Lemmy or wherever) , there is already a thread view that is quite ok and shows the structure and progress chronologically.
You may have to click twice in Mastodon because you can't see in the timeline whether a post is an OP or a reply to it.
This is generally the way Mastodon displays posts, that they do not appear in an orderly manner.
In my opinion, this is not a contingent consequence, but the problem is a bit deeper: Mastodon staff knows well that helping Mastodon users to use groups better (for example by helping them to visualize them better) means helping competing projects like Friendica, Lemmy, Mbin, Piefed, gup.pe and even Peertube (which also works as a synolos between user (author) and group (channel).
Helping the rest of the Fediverse means giving up the dominant leadership position that guarantees them subsidies, donations, visibility and, above all, the possibility to do whatever the fuck they want, imposing de facto standards.
Distribution of active users in the Fediverse (source: fedidb.org - 12/2024)
PS: this is why I am a supporter of Friendica, Lemmy/Piefed, Wordpress, Mbin, Peertube and Bonfire: because virtuous competition brings diversity and diversity brings resilience
Yes, I also find that another problem with Mastodon, that they display posts from other software so poorly or incompletely (e.g. with Peertube not the video description, not all images etc.).
And I share your view of the desire for dominance in the Fediverse and there have been corresponding conflicts between developers in the past. One point of conflict a few years ago was that the Mastodon dev didn't want group functions, so Mastodon can't create groups.
But I still don't quite understand what you mean by the problem “do not appear in an orderly manner”? What does that have to do with groups?
Israeli forces death toll rises to seven amid intensified Gaza clashes
Earlier today, the Israeli Occupation Force admitted to the deaths of two soldiers and the injury of 30 others during battles in Gaza. Subsequent reports now reveal that the toll has risen, with seven Israeli soldiers confirmed dead and 30 others evacuated due to injuries, including 11 in serious or critical condition.
Israeli media reported that a powerful explosive device detonated inside a tunnel in Gaza early in the day, resulting in the initial fatalities. The total number of Israeli soldiers killed since October 2023 has now reached 831, according to Israeli reports.
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Alla människor tar en massa foton. De kräver en massa lagringsutrymme och det kostar en massa pengar om en lagra det på Google Photos, Flickr eller Apple iCloud eller nåt annat liknande program.
blog.zaramis.se/2025/01/12/bil…
Bilder i Fediversum - istället för Instagram - Svenssons Nyheter
Bilder i Fediversum. Alla människor tar en massa foton. De kräver en massa lagringsutrymme och det kostar en massa pengar om en lagraAnders_S (Svenssons Nyheter)
Brottsligheten ökar inte och färre ungdomar begår brott. Den totala brottsligheten ökar inte, varken den polisanmälda eller den självupplevda. Den självupplevda brottsligheten mäts genom att befolkningen tillfrågas om de utsatts för brott.
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