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💻 #Privacy, #AI, #Politics, #OSINT, Journalism, Philosophy, Humor, Pacifism, #AnimalRights, 420 and Cleaning up #Nature
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2026-07-21 23:39:18 UTC

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They love spending on anti privacy ;)
https://www.gadgetreview.com/reddit-user-uncovers-who-is-behind-metas-2b-lobbying-for-invasive-age-verification-tech

2026-07-21 19:01:46 UTC

However you look at it, #ageverification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.
We've seen all kinds of legislation pushed through in the past, often even against major resistance.
What makes me suspicious this time is the speed at which some of the slowest bureaucracies in the world are adopting it and how it's happening in 20+ countries in parallel.
It's like they're all in a group chat, fast-tracking this before resistance can even form.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260721-french-lawmakers-expected-to-pass-social-media-ban-for-children-under-15
#Privacy #EU

2026-05-28 07:42:45 UTC

I wonder if the people at #X ever read their own announcements.
Literally explaining how they sold out and enshittified the "blue checkmark".
This also seem like yet another step towards mandatory #IDverification on social media! (only to protect them kids & democratize the platforms of course 😉)
#Enshittification #SocialMedia #Twitter #Internet #announcement #news #web #verification #online #privacy #privacymatters #europe #eu #decision #digital #id #rights #legal
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/651/024/612/383/652/original/0a270483be7802af.jpeg

2026-05-28 07:04:51 UTC

It's almost like this guy wants his ties to #Epstein kept in the news cycle - pressuring the media hard while simultaneously triggering the Streisand effect.
One is left to wonder: is this intentional, or is he really incapable of learning?
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-refiles-10-billion-defamation-suit-against-wsj-over-report-epstein-ties-2026-05-28
#Trump #USA #News #DonaldTrump #jeffreyepstein #UnitedStates #President #America #US #Law #Legal #Lawsuit #StreisandEffect #Media #Article #Reuters #Donald #Politics

2026-05-13 12:11:07 UTC

Looking at how much conflict natural resource-rich countries (oil, gold, diamonds..) seem to attract, I wonder whether such wealth is more a curse than a blessing.
Many regions with scarce #naturalresources, adapted & perform very well. Some of the richest are examples (Switzerland, Luxembourg, Singapore..)
Looks to me like the greed for them attracts conflicts: civil wars, invasions etc. Cultural, ethnic, religious reasons often just seem to be used to cover it.
#Society #Economy #Philosophy

2026-04-13 10:39:06 UTC

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Hahaha cute 🥰

2026-03-20 12:47:16 UTC

Kids & young adults around me are heavily affected by #TikTok use & they themselves are even telling me about their #addiction.
It's time we did something to fight back!
Let's raise awareness, promote alternatives & get people to healthier communities like the #Fediverse :)
https://www.reddit.com/r/DeTikTok
Is live now!
#PublicDomain #SocialMedia #Reddit #Community #Design #Art #Humor #Meme #Can #App #Software #Corporation #childsafety #children #safety #awareness #internet #online #news #announcement
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/261/498/600/528/514/original/d0f2f8c794ff9982.jpg

2026-03-16 09:15:52 UTC

Honestly I don't even know where to start, just speechless.
This is just sooo bad 😡
#TikTok and #Meta = pure evil:
"maximizes profits at the expense of their audience's wellbeing"
"told us that it's because the stock price is down"
"maintain a strong relationship" with political figures to avoid threats of regulation or bans"
"advice to parents with children using TikTok is: "Delete it, keep them as far away as possible from the app for as long as possible"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj9kgxqjwjo
#News

2026-01-21 12:29:49 UTC

It's official, the #Metaverse failed!
Meanwhile I don't even know 1 person who ever visited it 😅
Not one(!) after:
#Meta "...had funneled some $73 billion into Reality Labs. To put that into context, you’d have to spend $1 million per day for 200 years to match that kind of spending."
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/19/well-there-goes-the-metaverse/
#FuckMeta #Demeta #Facebook #Zuckerberg #Markzuckerberg #Meta #Tech #IT #Software #News #Technology #VR #virtualreality #investment #us #usa #corporation #digital #fail #spending

2026-01-12 14:35:20 UTC

🌏 This is THE thing that some people really really don't seem to get:
“...it’s taken 100 years to get the oceans that warm at depth,” he says. “Even if we stopped using fossil fuels today, it’s going to take hundreds of years for that to circulate through the ocean...”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/the-oceans-just-keep-getting-hotter
#climate #ocean #globalwarming #heat #hot #weather #climatechange #oceanlife #marinelife #emissions #poles #arctic #northpole #southpole #news #update #climatescience #data #earth #humanity #science

2025-12-29 15:02:25 UTC

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I was wondering when that would become an issue. How did you notice? Is there any plan to challenge AI content?

2025-12-21 13:43:19 UTC

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I'm also going to be switching to wireless, how do you like it so far? :)

2025-12-21 13:42:20 UTC

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looking sharp <3
You could try one of those arms for screens!
I also see that you are a fellow #Eizo enthusiast, are they still #MadeinJapan?
How is their curved screen?

2025-11-26 07:06:55 UTC

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great mood shots

2025-10-22 14:17:11 UTC

Just finished the icon design for my new Subreddit aimed at helping people get rid of META products in their home: https://www.reddit.com/r/DeMeta/
#reddit #meta #instagram #facebook #whatsapp #metaai #humor #funny #fun #design #graphicdesign #trash #garbage #delete #remove #subreddit #community #radioactive
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2025-08-13 21:39:08 UTC

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Absolutely! The public AI content detectors are good enough to find many of those, as they are extremely low quality, have a big data sample and are even built in a similar way. As there does not seem to be any regulation by Google, Governments etc. this will have to be done by the open source community again?

2025-08-12 08:36:37 UTC

🤖 You can now block many #AI websites & content from your search engine results!
✅ Step 1 - Add this free & open source #Adblocker to your #browser: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
✅ Step 2 - Open the setting "dashboard" of the plugin, go to "filter lists" > at the bottom "import"
✅ Step 3 - Add this list there & apply: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist/main/list.txt
🥳 Done 🥳
PS Opted for the oldschool #guide look, hope you like it too <3
#artificialintelligence #ublockorigin #tech #technology #foss #opensource #ki #web
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2025-07-12 11:21:57 UTC

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😋
They will probably ban them once we are 50% made of #PFAS ;)

2025-07-11 13:29:18 UTC

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At least there is some gov doing the right thing:
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-eu-environment-ministers-blood-chemicals.html 😄

2025-07-11 13:22:17 UTC

You’d think that, with everything we know about #PFAS, governments would lower the limits, right?
Think again. When the #foreverchemicals limit (TFA here) is too strict for corporations in #Germany, they can simply have it raised twentyfold!
Worse yet, this doesn’t seem to faze the German #government #environmental agency, as the corporation wanted an even higher increase 🤣
Maybe corporations should just run the #Umweltbundesamt? 😜
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baTmzLvUrKE&t=249s
🖼️ CCO https://madeindex.org
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2025-02-11 13:27:43 UTC

🗺️ As many people are angry with #Google & asking for alternatives to #GoogleMaps, here are some Free & #OpenSource options:
📱 App
- https://osmand.net/
- https://organicmaps.app
🌐 Web
- https://mapcarta.com
- https://www.openstreetmap.org
Not Open Source:
🌐&📱
https://en.mapy.cz
https://wego.here.com
https://www.mapquest.com
🌐
https://www.lokjo.com
📱
https://www.komoot.com
https://www.magicearth.com
#FCKGoogle #Alternative #Apps #App #Web #Software #News #Tech #Maps #Map #Technology #it

2025-02-04 01:01:20 UTC

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Thank you for sharing that valuable pro knowledge about the vulnerabilities with us :)
What is your current best-practice recommendation?

2025-02-03 23:41:41 UTC

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🤣 🤣 🤣

2025-01-07 22:08:54 UTC

Why wasn't there more accountability for the colossal 2024 #Crowdstrike / #Microsoft outage?
Where is the #government and the avalanche of lawsuits?
Other companies lost over US$10 billion¹, people's lives worldwide were affected, with some even at risk² & countless #IT admins' weekends ruined.
Meanwhile, their #stock price is almost back to its all-time high³!
Sources:
¹https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_CrowdStrike-related_IT_outages
²https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_CrowdStrike-related_IT_outages#Healthcare
³https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CRWD
[@ramin_hal9001](https://fe.disroot.org/users/ramin_hal9001 )
#Tech #Software #Corporations

2025-01-06 13:57:09 UTC

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1984 mass #surveillance is a constant threat everywhere. I was also surprised by the extent of it in #Germany, especially given the number of #privacy advocates in the country.
Hopefully we can increase awareness!
🇫🇷 #France is already ahead on #AI surveillance 📹: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/tech-24/20230324-france-passes-controversial-ai-surveillance-bill-ahead-of-2024-olympics
🇮🇹 #Italy has also seen it used: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/italy-fines-first-city-privacy-breaches-use-ai-2024-01-26/
... 😋
@npub1d2a…gtj2

2024-12-15 18:23:52 UTC

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🤣 🤣 🤣 That may just be the dawn of a new era in art!

2024-12-15 18:11:07 UTC

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Charcoal and red onion peels are the only permanent and simple paint options I know of ;)
It might be really challenging to do your low poly art style with a spray can! 😂

2024-12-15 17:23:35 UTC

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😂 No brush is fine; I regularly paint with my fingers, but no paint might be an obstacle 😋

2024-12-15 17:15:31 UTC

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haha 🧓, it's hoping for one last use! ;)

2024-12-14 15:26:38 UTC

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one last painting? :)

2024-12-14 15:24:52 UTC

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wholesome 😍

2024-11-27 12:09:33 UTC

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Horrible tradition! 🦃 ❤️ 🍗 ❌
#thanksgiving

2024-11-24 17:48:34 UTC

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It's not cheating if you still love the #Fediverse! ❤️

2024-10-31 12:48:24 UTC

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Generous models you had there 😂

2024-10-31 12:42:20 UTC

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😂 😂 😂 For the first time, I understand where that saying comes from!

2024-10-24 14:55:59 UTC

📷 #Germany has unleashed self-learning¹ AI camera systems on it's citizens.
AI + Mass Surveillance = Human Rights violations Made in Germany:
🇬🇧 https://madeindex.org/blog/ai-mass-surveillance-human-rights-violations-made-in-germany
🇩🇪 https://madeindex.org/de/ki-massenueberwachung-menschenrechtsverletzungen-made-in-germany
Sources:
¹https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXQ_E6AZTXQ&t=158
#Tech #Privacy #Government #Artificialintelligence #Software #IT #News #Mannheim #Deutschland #KI #MadeinGermany #HumanRights #Surveillance #kunstlicheintelligenz #uberwachung #AI #camera #regierung #nachrichten #georgeorwell #german #deutsch #BadenWurttemberg #parody

2024-10-10 09:01:39 UTC

Most of the mastodon.social #botnet we recently confirmed is still intact.
https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/113214966299464693
Only the accounts we all reported were banned, while the others are still active.
The #reports specifically mentioned that they are part of a larger botnet, to no effect.
#Mastodon #software seems to be great at automatically detecting obvious botnets, like the first example while struggling with #AI generated, higher-quality profiles.
@npub163h…mv0n
#admin #report #fediverse #it #tech #socialmedia
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/282/230/976/230/541/original/03f8b67b08eaaef5.jpeg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/282/231/963/584/064/original/4f6646cdb251aa95.jpeg

2024-10-09 11:58:19 UTC

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Through the Gates of hell ;)

2024-09-28 11:55:28 UTC

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😂
SWF? Is this about [@threads](https://threads.net/@threads/ ) & #bridge / #nobridge?

2024-09-28 11:48:23 UTC

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😂 Horrible company...
#Mastodon also has a much less toxic comment section :)

2024-09-28 11:34:49 UTC

I wonder if I have discovered a huge #Mastodonsocial bot net.
Look at the profile description, most of the (the similar looking) followers, names, posts (#AI made images), the accounts engaging with those & join date.
They seem to advertise the same 2 websites.
Examples:
https://mastodon.social/@thomasleah
https://mastodon.social/@thomasking
https://mastodon.social/@johnnysands
...
@npub163h…mv0n @npub1vl7…f6g0 @npub1jhw…x4ma
What do you think?
#Fediverse #Mastodon #botnet #bot #bots #it #tech #automation #artificialintelligence #socialmedia

2024-09-26 14:29:21 UTC

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This was not the first time the BND spy agency attacked #Tor: https://netzpolitik.org/2017/secret-documents-reveal-german-foreign-spy-agency-bnd-attacks-the-anonymity-network-tor-and-advises-not-to-use-it/
This makes me question the #data traffic issue I was curious about a while ago again:
https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/112483597849270943
https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/112483742510413795

2024-09-26 14:24:03 UTC

✔ @npub1vwv…cqgs & @npub1r62…wl6t are going to strengthen their collaboration by merging¹! 👍
✔ #Tor has also released a new alpha
✔ It seems this #update does not address any of the potential #security issues, recently suspected after #German #lawenforcement claims to have used #timinganalysis to unmask Tor users.
✔ Potential solutions: timing delays, cover traffic...
¹https://blog.torproject.org/tor-tails-join-forces/
²https://blog.torproject.org/tor-is-still-safe/
#Torproject #Tails #Privacy #Surveillance #Freedom #Germany #Tech #Internet #Gov #IT

2024-08-30 08:16:08 UTC

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Is it the same on other #Mastodon instances? Maybe it's disabled?

2024-08-30 08:11:38 UTC

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and the profile looks like this:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/049/957/505/006/293/original/232f2a72c352369c.jpeg

2024-08-30 08:09:02 UTC

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are you using it on web or app?
Here is how it looks for me:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/049/948/086/321/583/original/84acc2eee88198c5.jpeg

2024-08-30 07:49:07 UTC

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You can easily #report by going to the 3 dots under a message or 3 dots on top of a profile (the report option is pretty far is at the bottom of the list :)
#Mastodon

2024-08-29 11:46:25 UTC

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Actually have been looking into #Nostr, not sure how to utilize it, are you using it? :)
Have only found #Damus (which seems to be extremely proud to be #banned in #China ;) at this point, but it's only available via download at this point, so I haven't tested it:
https://damus.io/

2024-08-28 15:30:38 UTC

The #Mastodon team is amazing!
Have you noticed how they improved #notifications for us? 😀👍
They are now collapsed & grouped!
Even though it's such a small group of #devs, they take #feedback seriously: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/30328
If you have a suggestion or issue (not mentioned before (use the search function to find out)) you can post it on the @npub163h…mv0n #Github page: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues
A big thank you to all contributors!
Looking forward to everyone's notifications ❤️
#UI #UX #IT #FOSS
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2024-06-06 22:49:54 UTC

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Was wondering how so many people have the skills to host #Mastodon, especially considering safety etc., thank you for enlightening me :)

2024-06-06 22:39:51 UTC

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Is this a provider that specifically hosts #Mastodon instances or how do they know about the character limits? :)
Congratulation on 2000 though - many people care about this!
You could probably put it in the #server description like mstdn.social 😀
The instance directories don't seem to have it as a filter option 🤔

2024-06-06 22:30:51 UTC

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Interesting! Is there a technical difference with a higher character limit for the hosting company?

2024-06-06 17:06:02 UTC

The recent & cofirmed¹ #Google #Leak on #Github has revealed - they lied² for years:
✔ Track what users do in #Chrome #Browser & use it⁰³
✔ Store a copy of every #website & version they ever indexed⁴
✔ (Likely) Manual influence on #search results (Quality Raters)⁴
✔ Whitelist (Up-/Downrank) Covid & #Election websites³⁴
✔ Keep #domain registration information⁵
Good they already removed the company motto "Don't be evil" 😂⁶
Image - CC0 https://Madeindex.org
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#Privacy #Tech #Satire #Design
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