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Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):

MxVerda@lgbtqia.space ("Mx Verda") wrote:

@sam Just link people to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_murder and tell them to stop whining.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

@mosseri just announced that #Threads users can finally follow fediverse accounts. Which means you can now reach 200M people from your Mastodon account without ever using Threads yourself. True decentralization happens on the fediverse!

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):

thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange ("The Nexus of Privacy") wrote:

It looks like Threads has taken their next incremental step in two-way federation: according to Mark F***ing Zuckerberg "now you'll be able to follow people from other fediverse servers who liked, followed or replied to federated profiles on Threads." As always in the fediverse, opinions differ:

• If you're concerned about harassment, stalking, and data harvesting threats from Threads ... the risks just increased substantially. This post is for you, with information about how to dcerease them.
  • if on the other hand you're one of the many people here who see federaton with Threads as a good thing, then Zuckerberg's announcement is good news, and this post is for you to share with friends who are at risk.

So, if you don't want your posts going to Threads, now's a good time to move to an instance that blocks Threads.

If you're on an instnace that doesn't block Threads and don't want to move yet, you can still block the domain yourself. This doesn't provide as much protection as being on an instance that blocks Threads, but it's certainly better than nothing. How to block Threads on Mastodon - and a reminder that blocking on the fediverse only provides limited protections has instructions, with screenshots.

Still, if you're concerned about Threads, it really is much better to move to an instance that blocks them. Even this doesn't provide bulletproof protection, but it's stronger than individual domain blocking. Unfortunately, you can't move your posts (although you can create an archive), but you can usually keep of your followers.
@FediTips Transferring your Mastodon account to another server is a thorough guide. Erin Kissane's Notes From a Mastodon Migration and Cutie City's Migrating Servers are also very useful -- it's worth reading all of these before you move!

And if you're really concerned about the risks and want to have protection be as bulletproof as possible, I agree with Kissane's suggestions in Untangling Threads

"I think the nearest thing to reasonably sturdy protection for people on fedi who have good reason to worry about the risk surface Threads federation opens up is probably to either…

• block Threads and post followers-only or or local-only, for fedi services that support it, or* operate from a server that federates only with servers that also refuse to federate with Threads—which is a system already controversial within the fediverse because allowlists are less technically open than denylists.

We're starting to see examples of that second approach now -- The Website League is one, an island network where none of the servers federate with Threads; see their December update for more. I expect we'll see more of these over time.

#threads #fedipact #fediverse

Reblogged by jwz:

retroist wrote:

Blocked.

Attachments:

• Off the hook rotary phone.

Reblogged by jwz:

dansinker@omfg.town ("Dan Sinker") wrote:

love my ancient ancestors for creating a body system to survive being eaten by a sabertooth cat just so I can stand in front of a screen shaking for no reason great work everyone

jwz wrote:

My morning ablutions include reporting and blocking a dozen new followers who all follow exactly 39 people and have a bio saying something about crypto, often also including "marketing specialist" or a variant of "I love god".

The shift is that lately, instead of the profile picture being of a woman with giant tits, the profile pic is usually of a young black man.

I guess the crypto boiler rooms have a new target market?

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Canadians have nothing to fear from an American invasion.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/04/first-canada-then-switzerland/

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• Trump looking at Switzerland from Canada as a goose prepares to teach him a lesson (remote)

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

janmr@mathstodon.xyz ("Jan Marthedal Rasmussen") wrote:

Donald Knuth's 28th annual Christmas Lecture: Strong Components and Weak Components https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au26uZfuxVY (past recordings https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rOAvKVR_dyCigSBMcYjevYB) #computerscience #lecture

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Lmao at Neil Diamond snagging the top spot for the new year.

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• Replay'24 Music Monthly Top Artists Jan Neil Diamond Feb Doja Cat March Eluvium April The White Stripes May Michael Jackson June Chilly Gonzales July Chappell Roan August Chilly Gonzales September Tyler, The Creator Kendrick Lamar

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

CBS reporting this was a premeditated attack and the suspect is still at large; already calling for more security in Central Park, says "suspect was able to exploit lack of security" and points to an increase in violent crime in NYC.

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):

jk ("josef") wrote:

typing 'websites' into google. not ready to narrow my search down yet. just want to see whats out there

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in midtown Manhattan, official says | CNN:

"The suspect shot Thompson with what appeared to be a silencer, according to a law enforcement official"

Holy shit. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/12/04/us/brian-thompson-united-healthcare-death

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Part of the Christmas traditions in my family is appreciation for comedic Christmas music. These two graced my inbox yesterday. I laughed. It helps to be familiar with some NIИ:

https://alexreed.bandcamp.com/album/head-like-a-holy-night

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Honestly shocked that with all the wealth and resources the left has, the best we can come up with for fighting fascism are novelty twitter accounts who dunk on trolls and ask us for five dollars.

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

garbados@friend.camp ("crows call me breadlady") wrote:

you should have a website https://nora.zone/manifesto.html

ty @nora

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

leggylav@packmates.org ("lav ΘΔ") wrote:

@garbados @nora oh my dog, they found one, someone made one, ***an easy wysiwyg drag and drop page builder***

i have been looking for something like https://simplepagebuilder.app/ for so long and haven't been able to find this particular one, thank you for sharing this :neofox_googly_shocked:

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Oh, look! I now have a pair of brown widows in the lab!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/117295304?pr=true

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• Brown Widow (Latrodectus geometricus) (remote)

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

evacide@hachyderm.io wrote:

From now on, every time there is a new proposal to backdoor e2ee apps, we're just going to point to this, right?

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-officials-urge-americans-use-encrypted-apps-cyberattack-rcna182694

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fredbrooker@witter.cz ("Fred Brooker") wrote:

PHP-WASM

#php #wasm

https://github.com/seanmorris/php-wasm

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• ce6f05e3bcc7ecee.png (remote)

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Pete Hegseth, Doug Wilson, and god damn Christopher Hitchens.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/04/what-a-winner/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBAfVe97Ybk&list=RDNSiBAfVe97Ybk&start_radio=1

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Hard to believe, I know, but Catholic priests still make the news for their abuses.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/04/shocking-unbelievable-news/

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• Hear no pedophiles see no pedophiles speak no pedophiles (remote)

cmiksche ("Christoph Miksche") wrote:

I hate `apt` https://blog.m5e.de/post/i-hate-apt/

rust@social.rust-lang.org ("Rust Language") wrote:

Rust 1.83.0 has been released! 🦀✨

This release includes mutable references and pointers in const, references to statics in const, new `ErrorKind`s, and many new const methods on pointers, slices, floats, and more!

Check out the announcement: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/11/28/Rust-1.83.0.html

Reblogged by jwz:

thatkatharine@ohai.social wrote:

Five years ago, a novel virus hit the scene. Now—

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• Visa logo parody reading "COVID" with the tagline "It's everywhere you want to be." (remote)

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

This is sugar with a couple of teaspoons of juice and a little of food coloring. The color is correct, and I see some sign of crystallization after 24 hours. No telling if it's going to solidify without discolor, or if I'll be able to scrape it off. But there's hope! I'll keep you posted.

#cooking

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• Bright red half dried sugary mess on a white round plate.

jwz wrote:

Dear Lazyweb,

Using the authorize.net API, how can I get a list of transactions that have chargebacks? I can get *aggregate* chargebacks with getBatchStatistics, but I want to specifically know which transaction IDs had chargebacks. getTransactionDetails does not seem to contain this.

For example, someone who came to a show and then did a chargeback on their ticket is someone whose credit card I would like to blacklist in the future.
https://jwz.org/b/ykeC

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

There's a new #HalfMoonRun single, Loose Ends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihy7ZhNFLiw

#NowPlaying #NP

Reblogged by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):

jay@macaw.social ("Jay Holler") wrote:

Startups on hard mode: Oxide. Part 1: Hardware https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/oxide // finally catching up on old articles I wanted to read. This was great @bcantrill @ahl

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ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

Pat Gelsinger "retired"... so clearly @bcantrill and I knew what we'd talk about on Oxide and Friends last night! We discuss how Intel got here and what their future might look like... and Bryan has some tantalizing picks for their next CEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMqrE2G3gBQ

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):

catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:

Please help. My child is very sick.

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• Food of a crocodile swimming with his head out of the water and a Crocs shoe in its mouth. (remote)