... and I'm saying this as a South American who was born exactly when the CIA was messing with ALL South American governments.
And now "We need Greendland, and we'll take it the easy way or the hard way" is NOT something someone in power should be saying.
About anything, actually.
A #Iran hi ha una revolució del poble que està fart del islamisme, de com tracta a les dones, de la falta de llibertat. Noies i dones valentes estan treint-se els vels i cremant fotos de ayatollas.
El règim teocràtic ha tallat internet per evitar que se sàpiga que està passant. Els mitjans nostrats no en parlen.
@dje_renard merci !
The Verge is actually doing it. Actually connecting the dots between the fascistic tendencies of app stores with the profit motives of their proprietors.
FINALLY.
The open web has been roadkill in the profit games the mobile duopoly has set up, muscled out of view with policies and choices that were designed to leave no fingerprints. But we can all see it clearly now:
https://www.theverge.com/policy/859902/apple-google-run-by-cowards
@slightlyoff I used Report a problem in the App Store for the X app to report illegal content, child porn.
Not that I think it will make any difference but if Apple get a larger number of reports from different sources it might be difficult for them to ignore the issue.
socrates, plato, and slavoj žižek
God blessed you with a bunch of fellow libs for a fight, good fucking luck.
In 2024, Tenacious D was doing its gig, and Kyle Grass, when asked what he wanted for his birthday, said "Don't miss Trump next time".
It was offensive and aggressive.
But he was right.
... and I'm saying this as a South American who was born exactly when the CIA was messing with ALL South American governments.
…“What does the world look like that you are bringing about, and how are the policies that you’re advocating bringing those things about?
…What if … you had your candidates engage in speculative fiction exercises based on the policies that they believe in and that they espouse. And then you imagine those immersive worlds 20 years out, and then the public gets to decide, is that what you want?”
Hmm. If those exercises are not grounded in thermodynamic reality they *don’t change anything*.
…it’s called:
Don’t Talk About Politics: how to change 21st Century minds.
“Democracy is dying because we are clinging to a dangerous and outdated myth: talking about politics can change people’s minds. It doesn't.”
—Sarah Stein Lubrano
…So far, biosphere reality is not present in this discussion except when it’s mentioned obliquely in passing by host, Manda.
The conversation is all about forms of deliberation and governance and not at all about the realities that underpin whether any of that can work.
And it’s here where I sense Sarah Stein Lubrano is on the right track.
We cannot align ourselves with realities we are far removed from by just deliberating https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/114664927294576425
J’ai répliqué le message sur mon carnet web (en modifiant très légèrement le texte, pour qu’il soit un peu plus pertinent quand vous ferez un copier/coller pour votre élu·e)
J’aimerais compiler une liste de villes petites et grandes qui ont quitté Twitter et les autres réseaux commerciaux. Pour l’instant j’ai Rinxent et les articles de @nicosomb qui sont plein d’enseignements. Vous en avez d’autres ?
https://fourbi.eu/billet/2026-01-10-lettre-a-mon-maire-qui-poste-encore-sur-x-twitter
I recently came across this chart for our total energy consumption in Germany for 2024 and the biggest circle is the red one for fuel in the transport column. 644 TWh 🤯
Only about 20% of the energy in fuel is converted into movement, the rest is wasted as heat. (80% of 644 TWh = 515 TWh)
According to the Federal Environment Agency, all private households used 465 TWh to heat our homes in 2024.
Let that (heat)sink in: We produce more excess heat by burning fuel than we need for heating.
@bastianallgeier This chart and these stats are eye-opening. We need more of this type of communication to spread positive messages about the benefits of switching away from fossil fuels.
Having lived with an electric car for a few months now, I'm more convinced than ever that it's a significant step toward solving the mobility puzzle.
Makes me angry that this is happening at a time when we have turned our train infrastructure into a giant mess. Fixing this is another big step.
Glen Lelievre
This is a survey all #Discord users need to fill out. Discord wants to know if we want AI to run the app. It'd be using data from pictures, conversations, voice notes, live streams, art, 'learning' from us in the app if they don't get strong enough pushback.
Let them know how you feel before they ruin that app for everyone as well.
It's an official survey and it doesn't even take 5 mins. Please boost and share in your servers too.
https://discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5BGtstVUidXadts
#genAI #AIslop #AI #gaming #streaming #streamer #noToAI #gamer #gamers #womenWhoGame #resist
Inside Iran’s Protests: How a Plunging Currency Set Off Wide Unrest
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/world/europe/iran-protests-economy-currency-collapse.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into World @world-newyorktimes
In 2024, Tenacious D was doing its gig, and Kyle Grass, when asked what he wanted for his birthday, said "Don't miss Trump next time".
It was offensive and aggressive.
But he was right.
@sebsauvage @Phipe aussi simple que possible !
Some PhD opportunities in Vienna
@skinnylatte sincere thank you for this tip off!
As far as your plan to avoid the World Cup in the USA, I can assure you 99% of Americans have already made those plans.
@algernon@come-from.mad-scientist.club I don't have any of the num_shub_* metrics though, which is what's confusing me. Should have maybe specified that those are what I'm missing
@mstar Ah, I see!
Those are specific to Nam-Shub of Enki. The script used by iocaine is what generates the metrics, so nam_shub_* will only be available if you use NSoE. If you use the built-in script, the metrics will be qmk_*.
They're somewhat similarly shaped.
@scottwilson theyre here, right? @Tutanota :D
@Viss @scottwilson Yes, we are. 😊 Import is in beta so it's currently only available under the Legend plan, here's more info> https://tuta.com/support#mail-import
