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Queer Afghans cry for help under Taliban rule, citing private prisons, torture & death (www.lgbtqnation.com)
 

The LGBTQ+ Afghan activists accuse the UN and the world of remaining silent as they face a "widespread and systematic crime against humanity...

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Mauritius Supreme Court legalises homosexuality in historic victory (www.gaytimes.co.uk)
 

The Supreme Court of Mauritius has declared the country’s criminalisation and ban of same-sex intimacy ‘discriminatory’ in a landmark ruling.

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At least 22 killed in massive Hamas surprise attack, emergency service says (www.timesofisrael.com)
 

The Magen David Adom emergency service says at least 22 people have been killed since the start of the massive attack by the Hamas terror group.

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Wrestlers Who Are Openly LGBTQ - Wrestling Inc. (www.wrestlinginc.com)
 

Many of today's most popular wrestlers, both in major feds and on the indies, are LGBTQ+. Here are some of the most prominent wrestlers who are out and proud.

Germans caught celebrating Oktoberfest with Nazi salutes in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

@atlasraven31 Possibly drunk proud neo-nazi idiots.

@stopthatgirl7

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Germans caught celebrating Oktoberfest with Nazi salutes (www.jpost.com)
 

Performing Nazi salutes has been illegal in Germany and Austria since the end of World War II and is punishable by law with prison time.

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Ex-gay activist faces homosexuality charges under Uganda law he advocated for (www.lgbtqnation.com)
 

A local paper deemed it the first major case since the enactment of the "Kill the Gays" law.

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We are poised to pass 1.5℃ of global warming – world leaders offer 4 ways to manage this dangerous time (theconversation.com)
 

A new report explores options for managing the period after global warming exceeds 1.5℃. This is called ‘climate overshoot’, because we’re pushing past the safe zone into dangerous climate change.

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How dictator Franco built his regime vilifying the Jews, then tried to hide it (www.timesofisrael.com)
 

In his new book 'Architects of Terror,' Sir Paul Preston shows how Spain's ties to Nazi Germany and use of antisemitic propaganda belied its claims of sympathy to Jewish refugees

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The Hidden Costs of the Gay Community’s Love Affair With Steroids (www.them.us)
 

Steroids have been popular among gay men for decades. For some, they're life changing — but for others, they can be debilitating.

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Grindr isn't just for sex – a quarter of users also there to network (www.thepinknews.com)
 

Around a quarter of Grindr users say they're not just on the LGBTQ+ dating app for hookups – they're also using it to network.

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The Last Hour of Prigozhin’s Plane (www.wired.com)
 

Russia tightly controls its information space—making it hard to get accurate information out of the country. But open source data provides some clues about the crash.

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Princeton University's 'AI Snake Oil' authors say generative AI hype has 'spiraled out of control' (venturebeat.com)
 

In a VentureBeat Q&A, Princeton University's Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor, authors of the upcoming "AI Snake Oil," discuss AI hype.

The Next Generation of Solar Technology: An Introduction to Solar Paint and Solar Glass in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

@sparseMatrix
It is happening relatively fast. Solar glass is already in production, at least as good as I know in Spain (the Spanish startup Onyx Solar is one of the pioneers in the area. They have already implemented solutions in buildings in Spain, Australia, Saudi Arabia and a prototype of a new version of the product in Israel.

German intel: AfD taken over by extremist factions in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@BlackRose I am wondering whether the increase of the AfD together with the actual momentum of extreme right wing parties in other countries can jeopardize the estability of European institutions after the next European elections.

AI cannot replace spies, UK intelligence chief to say in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@stopthatgirl7 mmm... what do you mean?

@BrikoX

RFK Jr. suggests COVID-19 could have been 'ethnically targeted' to spare Jews in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (11 children)

@PabloDiscobar I don't understand this agresivity.

@stopthatgirl7 @Arotrios

Supreme Court of Nepal orders registration of marriages for same-sex couples in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

@munkinasack what? Can you explain it a little more?

Threads is All The Worst Parts of Twitter And Instagram in One Very Bad App in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

@HotDogFingies That is what I thought... just like twitter without journalists and politicians. No idea why Threads doesn't want inside.

About to start rolling out wave 2 of Artemis beta 👀 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

@hariette Is it possible as a user to change the background of this thread? It cannot be read with the kbin mobile webapp. It happens only with this specific thread and previous posts about Artemis.

Poll: Almost 70% of Russians want Putin re-elected in 2024 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

@lusterko Taking into consideration how many million of Russians have already leave the country, I think it is almost normal.

Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads app – report in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@OldFartPhil Anyway... maybe with "intellectual property" they mean another thing? I mean... if Meta is a Twitter clone, Twitter was a identi.ca clone too.

@Pips @Very_Bad_Janet

Are you going to try Meta's Threads? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

@bathrobe I don't know about tiktok, but I think that it is the same data that Facebook collects. And the worst is what we have at the end, "Other Data". That means, each moment Meta can decide to collect yet more things without to inform the user.

@m0bi13 @edu4rdshl @Arotrios

YSK that Kbin can subscribe not only to magazines and communities, but entire instances. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

But it doesn't work for every instance.. don't ask why.
The two instances of Mastodon in which I have my accounts are not reachable through this way

https://kbin.social/d/babka.social
https://kbin.social/d/hed.im

But people from those instances follow my kbin account (and opposite) ... thus they are federated with kbin and the federation does work.

Other domains like facebook or twitter should not be accessible, but they are and the results are not really good...

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