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Who are you, Richard Stallman? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

lol this is hilarious.

20y ago I attended a talk by him which I still remember. I completely stopped using windows after that.

he was on the GNU/Linux name rant back then as well. he also had a huge floppy disk he put on as a halo and paraded around as saint iGNUcious.

interesting talk and entertaining

EU medicines agency quits X, moves to Bluesky in c/[email protected]

I love systemd in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

systemd-network is great on servers. I use it on every machine that isn't on wifi

MAGA Is Starting to Crack in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 week ago

lol no it's not. taxes went up for everyone making less than 300k. but fox news calls it tax cuts. low income maga voters buy it it hook, line and sinker. high income maga voters actually get the tax cut.

they saw 4 years of this clown and more felonies than fingers, and came out in droves to vote for him.

magas not cracking anytime soon.

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It's Actually Infuriating that Actually Infuriating has no posts and no users (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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On Reddit, you had the "fake internet points". On Lemmy the points are totally real, but still worthless. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't even know you have points on Lemmy. how do I check them

A Request to the Fediverse Community in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

is there a search function in Lemmy to search for posts? is it indexed and does it show up in search engine results?

if yes, that might help a lot with getting traffic

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Endangered and unpaid: Mukesh Chandrakar’s life symbolised the Bastar media story (www.newslaundry.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Unpaid Basar journalists write story following up on the tragic death of a six-month-old girl who had got caught in a crossfire the previous year as well as landmine deaths in the region. They also report on conditions of new schools, the salaries of teachers and the implementation of government schemes in the area.

One of the authors is murdered and his body is found in a septic tank in the area near his home. He was 32 years old. The main suspect was Contractor Suresh Chandrakar, who had recently had an extravagant wedding for which he’d used a helicopter and organised Russian dancers, and was a distant relative of the victim.

Drain the swamp? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

so firefox, fediverse, ducksuckgo/startpage/searxng, and signal. (also, Linux and self host email)

The fact that this is a real image is infuriating in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 98 points 1 week ago (1 children)

not mildly infuriating. it's very infuriating

Open letter to Zuckerberg from Pixelfed creator Supernault in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

lol. so I told my mom im deleting Whatsapp. if she wants to keep in touch with me she can install signal, or pay for international texts and calls.

she installed signal 😃

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Open letter to Zuckerberg from Pixelfed creator Supernault (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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his post on mastodon is here:

https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/113849098386232034

Dear Mark, I hope this finds you well. I noticed something interesting today - it seems Instagram is blocking links to my little open-source project. You know, the one that lets people share photos without harvesting their personal data or forcing algorithmic feeds on them. I have to admit, I'm flattered. Who would've thought a small team of volunteers could build something that would catch your attention? We're just trying to give people a choice in how they share their memories online. No VCs, no surveillance capitalism, just code and community. Remember when Facebook started? It was about connecting people, not maximizing engagement metrics. Our project might be tiny compared to Instagram, but we're staying true to that original spirit of social media - giving people control over their online presence without turning them into products. You could've ignored us. Instead, by blocking our links, you've given us the best endorsement we could ask for. You've confirmed what we've been saying all along - that big tech is more interested in protecting their walled gardens than fostering genuine innovation. Every time you block a link to our platform, you remind people why we built it in the first place. Your action tells them there are alternatives worth exploring, ones that respect their privacy and agency. So thank you, Mark. You've turned our little project into a symbol of resistance against digital monopolies.

What is hexbear? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

my first account was on lemmy.ml because it was one of the top options on one of the apps I used. it stopped working with jerboa which why I switched to lemmy.world...