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"UK activist group #MediaRevolution has launched Mo-Me, a new #fediverseclient, in collaboration with the #Newsmast Foundation. The launch coincides with the group’s “Media Liberation Day” campaign targeting billionaire media ownership. The pitch of #MoMe is editorially curated channels, rather […]

"#Bonfire’s technical architecture prioritises flexibility and local control…with]a highly modular approach to building [#fediversesoftware. At its core is Bonfire a large set of software modules, called the Bonfire Toolkit. These modules all perform a small function of a social networking […]

"Few works of fiction have inspired more adaptations, re-imaginings, parodies and riffs than Mary Shelley’s tragic 1818 Gothic novel, “#Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus,” the tale of Victor Frankenstein, who, in his crazed quest to create life, builds a grotesque creature that he rejects […]

"With the embrace of #AIvideo generation for political gain, it is likely that soon a major election will be influenced by imaginary imagery. Governments’ impulse may be to rein in video generation software like Sora, likely through mandatory #watermarking of AI content. But such controls can […]

Fediverse Report 141 - this week's #fediverse news

- @bonfire finally officially launches their Bonfire Social platform, as well as a crowdfunding campaign to support and further expand this ambitious project
- @Mastodon has officially launched v4.5 bringing quote posts to the entire fediverse […]

"The state should not be parenting the public. Yet under the #OnlineSafetyAct, every citizen becomes a suspect who must prove innocence before speaking or viewing online. What is framed as “protecting children” is, in practice, the construction of a population-wide compliance system.
Britain’s […]

Three years ago, I decided to quit Twitter and install a Mastodon server to see if it can replace it for me. It worked better than expected and I discoered so many new amazing people along the way.

I would also never have imagined that I could end up recruiting and leading the team building it! […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@hackernewsrobot/115518651467725919

This is the post-2008 economics: The whole market is completely used to bailouts. The new philosophy is that if you can just grow big enough, you can scare the government into footing the bill for your own recklessness.

If I dare […]

elevate.io: The collaborative online video editor The online video editor that runs in your browser, no installation required. With real-time collaboration and powerful AI tools to create faster than ever before.

Hey, this tech is cool! elevate.io: The collaborative online video editor https://elevate.io/ #cogdogcooltech

From my stuff tagged "cooltech" bookmarked in pinboard https://pinboard.in/u:cogdog/t:cooltech

"This process of extracting and exploiting our data, generated by everyday interactions with services mostly provided by US #bigtech companies , has been called #datacolonialism. In #Brazil, the numbers are significant: approximately 134 million active #Instagram users, 160 million on #WhatsApp […]

Archaeologists carefully uncover an ancient Roman mosaic beneath a modern construction site in London, with The Shard skyscraper towering in the background. The detailed geometric and floral patterns of the mosaic—crafted in red, white, black, and ochre tiles—contrast strikingly with the surrounding soil and machinery, symbolizing the city’s deep historical layers where ancient Londinium meets contemporary London.

The Largest Roman Mosaic Found in London in 50 Years
In the heart of London, archaeologists working on Southwark Street uncovered the largest Roman mosaic found in the city in half a century. Discovered in 2022 by the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), this […]

[Original post on mastodon.online]

"O projeto de #divulgaçãocientífica, financiado pela #Fapesp, leva por nome “Ciência em construção: praticando a #soberaniadigital nas universidades públicas: abrindo as portas do #Fediverso”, e visa à criação de um modelo autônomo e democrático, livre da dependência das big techs, e fortalecer […]

A screenshot of the Mastodon web interface showing replies to a post, with an UX element reading "More replies found" and a "Show" button.

The Fediverse feels more vibrant when conversations are buzzing! Mastodon 4.5 fetches replies from other servers to show you more complete conversation threads - another much-anticipated feature.

Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research, Study Suggests

I had dinner with a colleague from @inaturalist.bsky.social yesterday and Jeanne shared that their users are discovering an average of one brand-new-previously-unknown-to-science species EACH MONTH!

No dia em que #Trump anunciou #Ozempic barato todo mundo nos EUA, sua equipe aponta que os americanos irão perder 135 billion pounds até os midterms. Ou seja, 61.234.969.950 kgs, ou mais de 61.2 toneladas a serem perdidas pelos norte-americanos até a próxima eleição que Trump não pode perder. O […]

To muito deslumbrado aqui no Centro de Mídia da #COP30, já vi vários dos meus ídolos incluindo @giovanagirardi.bsky.social e @andretrig.bsky.social

LLMs are a fundamentally useless technology because their applications (supposedly) boil down to humans not having to think for themselves or do their own writing / drawing / filming.

But if you can do it on your own - why would you need a robot to do it? It’s, at best, a novelty.

That’s why […]

Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥

"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"

"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115503016101266241

Congratulations to @Mastodon @MastodonEngineering on the 4.5 launch!

Also nice to see an updated roadmap!

https://joinmastodon.org/roadmap

#mastodon #fediverse

"#Zohran #Mamdani won by literally meeting #people where they’re at—in bodegas, subway stations, sidewalks, even at the NY Marathon. He met people not to pitch them, but to listen and learn. These conversations informed his successful campaign more than his charm, social media prowess or any of […]

An email from Peter Thiel dated January 5, 2020, discussing Millennials' attitudes toward socialism. Thiel argues against dismissing their views and suggests understanding the economic challenges they face, such as student debt and housing affordability. Addressed to Mark Zuckerberg, Nick Clegg, Antonio Lucio, Sheryl Sandberg, Marc Andreessen.

#CapitalistRealism exposed: This email isn't a prediction of #socialism; it's an autopsy of late #capitalism. #PeterThiel identifies the system's fatal flaw: when people can't own anything, they stop believing in ownership itself. He’s not forecasting a […]

[Original post on mato.social]

Ronaldo Lemos: "#STF publica decisão que modifica o #MarcoCivil da Internet
A decisão redefine completamente o marco normativo da internet no #Brasil, substituindo o modelo atual, que era simples e objetivo, por 4 novos regimes de responsabilidade concomitantes. Não será fácil saber na prática […]

"The presidency of #COP30 proposes the revision of financial rules and the #taxation of fortunes, jets and specific goods - such as military or luxury items - as ways to reach the goal of US$ 1.3 trillion (R$ 7 trillion) per year for #climatefinancing.

The proposals are in one of the most […]

"The Pipeline Made Visible

Unlike old #authoritarianism built on fear and force, this new system rules through code, capital, and infrastructure — making resistance feel architecturally impossible.
It’s a self-reinforcing loop: #Ideology fuels venture capital → #capital captures the state → […]

"The presidency of #COP30 proposes the revision of financial rules and the #taxation of fortunes, jets and specific goods - such as military or luxury items - as ways to reach the goal of US$ 1.3 trillion (R$ 7 trillion) per year for #climatefinancing.

The proposals are in one of the most […]

#FernandoHaddad: "I don't believe that the #energytransition can fit into a national project. And therefore we are proposing at the #COP30… to start building some kind of #internationalgovernance, one that has it's own budget. We can't make the mistake of imagining that inter-state & […]

Ronaldo Lemos: "#STF publica decisão que modifica o #MarcoCivil da Internet
A decisão redefine completamente o marco normativo da internet no #Brasil, substituindo o modelo atual, que era simples e objetivo, por 4 novos regimes de responsabilidade concomitantes. Não será fácil saber na prática […]

Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not 247 points by stillatit 10 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 200 comments Just saw the CEO of Substack celebrating traffic from X/Twitter shooting up thinking they stopped suppressing tweets with links[0]. Actually, this traffic is because now any time you open a tweet with a link, the in-app webview loads in the background, and displays when you press the link. I run an ecom store that gets a lot of its customers from Twitter. I was also shocked to see my traffic double or triple overnight and thought the algorithm had blessed me and my business. Soon realized what was actually happening. Thought other traffic-monitors might appreciate this explanation. Meanwhile Nikita Bier is pretending they never suppressed tweets with links to begin with, offering the alternative explanation: "a common complaint is that posts with links tend to get lower reach. This is because the web browser covers the post and people forget to Like or Reply. So X doesn't get a clear signal whether the content is any good"[1]. A bit of a rewriting of history since Elon and his mom both tweeted about how it wasn't fair to use his platform to promote other links/platforms, even banning people who shared profiles of other social networks (including Paul Graham for a period). They suppressed all links shortly after. [0] https://x.com/cjgbest/status/1985464687350485092 [1] https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1979994223224209709

Looks like X is juicing web visit numbers by opening a browser WebView in the background whether the user visits the link or not.

They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...

Totals by Candidate 11 Zohran Kwame Mamdani 1012850 50.32% 12 Curtis A. Sliwa 144123 7.16% | 13 Irene Estrada 2575 0.13% | 14 Eric L. Adams 6182 0.31%| 15 Joseph Hernandez 1228 0.06% 16 Andrew M. Cuomo 837398 41.61% 17 Jim Walden 2128 0.11% | 18 WRITE-IN 6163 0.31% | 2012647

Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969

Live Updates: Mamdani Wins N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race After Highest Turnout in Decades

🇺🇸 Zohran Mamdani vence a eleição para prefeito de Nova York após a maior participação em décadas. Com plataforma progressista e foco em acessibilidade econômica, torna-se o prefeito mais jovem da cidade em mais de um século jnascim.info/mamdani-mayor