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  • House Speaker Mike Johnson Says He Won't Hold Vote Calling on Trump to Release Epstein Files. Trump needs "space," Johnson says

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  • A conscience really is a goddamn hindrance in this world rather than a net positive.

    Sort of. People without a conscience and without the power, privilege and/or social tools to abuse that often also end up pretty badly. Like how narcissism can lead both to (unwanted) social isolation, or even prison time, and then also sometimes to a successful business/political career or creating your own adoring cult, depending on other factors, both intrinsic and extrinsic to the person.

  • how many people came to this platform due to leaving / being banned from Reddit?

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  • My first account was on .ml roughly 5 years back, when it was basically the only instance. I had heard about there being a FOSS alternative to Reddit - but I quickly lost interest because the community was just too small back then. Re-activated my account when the API exodus happened, because there was finally a community large enough to provide a lived-in feeling. Have only gotten more dedicated to the Fediverse ever since.

  • Giving Up on Element & Matrix.org

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  • Not impossible, although, sadly - any system where anonymity is the prime focus will also invite fucked up shit in addition to legitimate use, without any complicated motives behind it. There's just a relevant fraction of humanity who are, sometimes essentially, sometimes temporarily, messed up fucks. Which is why I think providing ways to combat abuse has to be a high priority for the underlying development of any project like it, unless it explicitly doesn't aim for mainstream adoption.

  • Giving Up on Element & Matrix.org

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  • I had a wild ride with matrix, originally wanting to run a node on my server. That did not turn out well, because I was a bit stupid and just assumed there would be more admin/mod tools out of the box. As it turned out, I had inadvertently allowed spam/abuse accounts on my node without even noticing, because naive as I was, I assumed my admin-level account would get informed of stuff like user registrations and abuse reports in the standard Element frontend. As a bonus, when I checked what was supposedly the official matrix support channel, it was repeatedly getting spammed with CSAM and gore at the time. That was when I realised, that it definitely was not the ecosystem for me, and running a node without experience had been a pretty stupid idea on my end.

  • Since we're doing magic eyes now...

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  • Yupp, I never got the hang of cross-eyed viewing, even with the tips that are around, whereas the "looking through the image" technique is super easy for me, basically just relaxing my eyes. I assume there's people where it is the other way around, and the cross-eyed method works better for them.

    Basically it's about which image is transferred as information from which of your eyes, and the two different techniques swap the eyes, which also swaps the 3D depth information.

    I love the Wellington here viewed the "wrong" way - like the ocean is a massive plateau surrounding the coast, with that strip of developed area rising like another giant wall.

  • Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us?

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  • A mere 0.1% of users share 80% of fake news. Twelve accounts – known as the “disinformation dozen” – created most of the vaccine misinformation on Facebook during the pandemic. These few hyperactive users produced enough content to create the false perceptions that many people were vaccine hesitant.

    So, this is super anecdotal, but through the father of a friend I learned about a guy who was just downright a walking stereotype in that regard. Said father is a rather conservative guy (ex-cop, actually), got lucky and rather rich, and he lived in a suburban village here in Germany. Said neighbour, as described by him: Also an ex-cop, old acquaintance, wife and kids left him because he was violent, living financially comfortably in a large house in that suburban German village on his own, but miserable. And he, unironically, sent said father of my friend far-right propaganda articles, images, messages just... all day long. Every 10 minutes or so. Presumably as mass messages to about anyone who still had a semblance of contact with him. Anecdotal, hearsay with 2 degrees of separation, but - it was the first time I realised those people existed as actual people just casually living their lives around us all.

  • Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us?

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  • It's definitely not the same, but I am somewhat reminded of Robert Sapolski's Baboon stress study

    Some key paragraphs:

    Robert Sapolsky and Lisa Share report evidence of a higher order cultural tradition in wild baboons in Kenya. Rooted in field observations of a group of olive baboons (called the Forest Troop) since 1978, Sapolsky and Share document the emergence of a unique culture affecting the “overall structure and social atmosphere” of the troop.

    Through a heartbreaking twist of fate, the most aggressive males in the Forest Troop were wiped out. The males, which had taken to foraging in an open garbage pit adjacent to a tourist lodge, had contracted bovine tuberculosis, and most died between 1983 and 1986. Their deaths drastically changed the gender composition of the troop, more than doubling the ratio of females to males, and by 1986 troop behavior had changed considerably as well; males were significantly less aggressive.

    After the deaths, Sapolsky stopped observing the Forest Troop until 1993. Surprisingly, even though no adult males from the 1983–1986 period remained in the Forest Troop in 1993 (males migrate after puberty), the new males exhibited the less aggressive behavior of their predecessors.

    The authors found that while in some respects male to male dominance behaviors and patterns of aggression were similar in both the Forest and control troops, there were differences that significantly reduced stress for low ranking males, which were far better tolerated by dominant males than were their counterparts in the control troops. The males in the Forest Troop also displayed more grooming behavior, an activity that's decidedly less stressful than fighting. Analyzing blood samples from the different troops, Sapolsky and Share found that the Forest Troop males lacked the distinctive physiological markers of stress, such as elevated levels of stress-induced hormones, seen in the control troops.

    But if aggressive behavior in baboons does have a cultural rather than a biological foundation, perhaps there's hope for us as well.

  • Since we're doing magic eyes now...

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  • I can only do parallel-view, not crosseyed, those look so surreal that way (inverted height/depth basically)

  • A nice treat after battle

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  • This is what the biggest brand of those are called in Germany:

    A lot of people would probably agree, that Bussy is a warrior's dessert.

  • PieFed.World is now open

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  • Ah, I am sad to hear that. And sorry that has been your experience.

    As only an amateur coder, I can't weigh in how serious the issue is, but I'm gonna take your word for it, without any other person involved adding input. I hope it'll end up in a state, where the project can still sustain its growth in both features and users.

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  • Dude.... you are literally claiming A) that I am vegan when I explicitly wrote that I am not, and B) that I am "not open to alternatives", when I myself mentioned two aspects concerning how animal raising can be done sustainably, only that that is not what our current system favours due to reasons of maximising profitability.

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  • So, I do get where you are coming from - but there are some things to consider. Firstly: while domestication and animal husbandry are pretty old, factory farming and such is very recent and has given everything a pretty new touch. While I think it's still valid to bring up as an argument, "X has existed as a pillar of our life for thousands of years" is usually not a great argument in and of itself, the same could easily be used to argue for slavery and a lot of other fucked up shit in history.

    Besides that, there is sustainability. Yes grass-fed cattle can actually be sustainable, and allow for utilising land that is otherwise not usable to produce food. Also there is plant matter and "waste" from farming and food production more broadly, that can be utilised in feeding livestock sustainably, which would otherwise be composted anyway (and in some cases, gets pre-composted pretty well by said animals). So, yes, there are ways to produce meat and other animal-derived products sustainably ... but that is usually a bit of a cop-out, trying to divert attention from how the vast, vast majority of meat production is not sustainable in mostly water and CO2 numbers.

    Personally speaking, I am also not vegan and not an animal rights activist - but claiming it is simply a continuation does miss some aspects.

  • PieFed.World is now open

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  • Congratulations Ruud & Rest - everyone at the foundation really, it's just fun to say Ruud & Rest! I'm excited to see how this will develop. PieFed does have a lot of features already, that I do miss for Lemmy, and the communication from the main dev has been great so far. (An opportunity to post links to his PeerTube channel, as well as his Liberapay profile).

    A great addition to the "Threadiverse" in particular, and the larger Fediverse!

  • Fediverse Canvas Event 2025 live stream

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  • You actually make a great point. Really, for me it was mostly a quick idea because I had been musing about PeerTube's streaming capabilities in a different comment thread, and about how it leverages the P2P mechanism, so it was fresh on my mind that I wanted to stress-test my own server somehow (and I wanted to learn how to set-up OBS with chat and stuff for PeerTube). Then, while "working" on the canvas, I had the sudden: "Hey, I'd love to set my pixels while zoomed in, while also watching the whole field zoomed out"-thought ... but of course that would just as easily be possible by just having two browser windows open 🤷

    If nothing else, I got some promising data showing my server can handle several people tuning in to live streams at the same time - and I am also using this to test how my server handles someone wanting to encode a 24h+ VOD from a stream, so that will be there, too - probably for another time-lapse in addition to the official ones.

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    Fediverse Canvas Event 2025 live stream

    videos.abnormalbeings.space /w/jduC4iLMn5V56dUStbMMc3

  • Europe is slowly ditching Microsoft: why it's happening & why it could fail.

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  • Hi, the OP this was crossposted from here. The answer is simple: I am using PeerTube Companion, a Firefox add-on that automatically redirects me to my home instance when loading any PeerTube video - so I can easily comment and like and subscribe. So when using the "share" button or copy-pasting the link from the address bar, I will default to posting a link to my instance - in essence, it is the same video, loaded from the same source, federation being what it is.

  • I'm chaotic good

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  • Oh no, my tastes tell me I am all four on the bottom right, so, basically chaotic evil and neighbours 🤔

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  • My brain is telling me, the bottom right picture has to be the fluffiest thing to possibly exist fluffily in the universe

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    Microsoft exits Pakistan after 25 years (post by Jawwad Rehman, who established and led Microsoft’s Pakistan subsidiary)

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  • Could that be the common ground for the India-Pakistan conflict to come to an end?

  • Social media isn’t just for pictures

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  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    Are Your Mastodon Instance Feeds a Ghost Town?

    videos.abnormalbeings.space /w/f3t7ZEiRtXGD8ajArCknh3
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    FediHost Podcast: Reece Martin Is Bull-ish on Fedi

    videos.abnormalbeings.space /w/fhchCURMfPSEHzEHzfsEDx
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    The application crowdfunding was a success! | JoinPeerTube

    joinpeertube.org /news/crowdfunding-app-end
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    PeerTube just reached its final goal for the mobile app fundraiser - 75k € - with a few hours to spare!

    support.joinpeertube.org /en/
  • aus aller Welt @feddit.org
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    Stimmung in der US-Provinz: Kaffee, Haferflocken - und Dissens über Trump

    www.tagesschau.de /ausland/amerika/trump-migrationspolitik-stimmung-100.html
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task

    www.brainonllm.com
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    Framasoft fundraiser for the PeerTube mobile app extends time to run for 2 more days - reached all substantial stretch goals, about 14k missing to meet last target

    support.joinpeertube.org /en/
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    Flutter application development: feedback (2/2) | JoinPeerTube

    joinpeertube.org /news/flutter-app-dev-feedback-2
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    Fediverse Support Line [Podcast] #2 - Migrating

    videos.abnormalbeings.space /w/9QgodfVkXVVNiKp2dib7a4
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    App crowdfunding — We are halfway there! | JoinPeerTube

    joinpeertube.org /news/crowdfunding-app-goal-2
  • de_EDV @feddit.org
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    heise haben nun ihre eigene PeerTube-Instanz

    peertube.heise.de
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space
    Video talking about Fediverse successes when providing spaces for niches the mainstream social media has problems reaching

    The Power of a Niche

    videos.abnormalbeings.space /w/koFzMbNgaQ3fqmNMQEGm4X
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    Framasoft have reached the first goal of 15000 € for their PeerTube Fundraiser, with 15 days to go!

    support.joinpeertube.org /en/
  • PeerTube @lemmy.wtf
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    Framasoft have reached the first goal of 15000 € for their PeerTube Fundraiser, with 15 days to go!

    support.joinpeertube.org /en/
  • aus aller Welt @feddit.org
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    Minen und Macht: Wie wertvolle Rohstoffe die Kämpfe im Ostkongo befeuern

    www.tagesschau.de /multimedia/podcast/11km/podcast-11km-2660.html
  • PeerTube @lemmy.wtf
    AbnormalHumanBeing @lemmy.abnormalbeings.space

    Framasoft, the devs of PeerTube and other projects, are doing an AMA over on !opensource@lemmy.ml - check it out!

    lemmyverse.link /lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/post/3469690