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Seeing the latest news that Meta is now asking users for permission to mine their unpublished photos, I'm re-upping on this: are you still on Instagram, Facebook, or WhatsApp?

I've had friends say that me leaving FB made their feeds noticeably less interesting, and they were spending less time there.

The network effect does work in reverse!

If you're still on Meta services, ask yourself: what would it take to leave? It can be incremental! https://blog.riley.pub/walking-away-from-facebook/

@shoq @velshi

1500 billionaires control the fate of the planet & democracy.

The billionaires want to keep burning fossil fuels, no matter the result.

The billionaires want plutocracy & oligarchy, not democracy.

The billionaires want slaves & serfs, not citizens & voters

The billionaires want profitable wars, not productive peace.

The billionaires want public corruption, not law & order.

The 99% have to decide whether billionaires get their way,... or not.

"Silencing Your Motorbike's Plastic Parts"
by Robin Dean
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Major turnout as Budapest Pride defies Orban’s ban in Hungary https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/major-turnout-as-budapest-pride-defies-orbans-ban-in-hungary/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it

I just read through a new, detailed, seemingly statistical rigorous academic study researching why people don't use AI. Its conclusions on this question are not unreasonable, and while I don't agree with all of them, there are salient points.

I am not going to give this study any direct oxygen by linking to it or naming it specifically. Because in my personal view, its entire purpose is nightmarish.

The ultimate focus is obviously on one key aspect, what do the Big Tech Billionaires need to do to suck EVERYONE into using these horrible systems. The entire study -- again, in my opinion -- is an effort to create a roadmap for Big Tech to "adjust" what they're doing to undermine the concerns non-users of the tech have, and seduce them into becoming addicted users instead.

There was no sense that not using generative AI is a valid choice, rather it's seen as an aberration that needs to be eliminated.

I found the entire study to be both interesting and disgusting.

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Maybe it's time to invite Chinese EV manufacturers to build plants in Canada? #ElbowsUp

Incels are right, we won't sleep with them. Not for the reasons they think though. It's not about looks or wealth like they believe. They are weak of mind and lack character. The inability to take responsibility for this is a self fulfilling prophecy.

This is from Israel's oldest paper. This is Israeli media reporting these war crimes and genocide in broad daylight.

You won't see this in American corporate media. They've continued to ignore this, enable this, even justify this and cheer it on.

Do not look away. This is genocide. This cannot stand.

If all the rich people are really going to leave if we raise taxes then let's raise taxes nationally and maybe they'll leave the country.

Angry review: "This game has GAY people in it!!!"

I have some news for you about the whole of society my dude.

Maybe stay home? Always?

Language is important.
I'm tired of media euphemisms.
It's not climate skeptic, it's climate denier.
It's not vaccine skeptic, it's anti-vaxxer.
And it's "lies" and "racism" and "genocide" and "war." Words have meaning.

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@hzulla I use NewPipe to download audio from YouTube.

@ves93 #organicMaps on Android and #openstreetmap maps on a Garmin 60Cx.

You’ve made No Kings Day so massive that even TMZ is talking about it.

Tomorrow is going to be one of the biggest and most widespread days of peaceful protest in American history. We will see you in the streets: https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible #nokings

Trump is testing the boundaries of his power right now. His military escalation in Los Angeles is a rehearsal for what MAGA wants to do across the nation. That’s why we need millions of Americans to join us tomorrow for peaceful protests on #NoKings Day: https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible