Ontario's 3-day early voting window opens Thursday
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European leaders back #Zelenskyy after #Trump falsely calls him a “dictator.” Germany, France, the U.K. and Czech leaders reject the claim, noting Ukraine’s constitutional wartime measures
They warn against echoing kremlin propaganda and reaffirm Zelenskyy as Ukraine’s democratically elected leader
kyivindependent.com/european-l…
European leaders back Zelensky after Trump's accusations
"Ukraine has been defending itself against Russia's merciless war of aggression for almost three years... And it is simply wrong and dangerous to deny President Zelensky's democratic legitimacy," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on X.Martin Fornusek (The Kyiv Independent)
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the cost of speeding the production schedule for the new planes could be to compromise the president’s safety
Hmm... maybe this Trump guy's on to something after all... 🤔
nytimes.com/2025/02/19/us/poli…
#Trump #USPolitics #USPol
A Frustrated Trump Wants His New Air Force One Planes Pronto
Among the ways being discussed to force faster delivery of two presidential planes are relaxing security clearances for Boeing workers and even purchasing a temporary luxury plane and retrofitting it.Eric Lipton (The New York Times)
If you want to see leadership in the face of metastasizing American fascism, watch this:
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Hmm 🤔 maybe it's the app not displaying it properly? As I can see it well enough from Mastodon and the web... Ugh.. Tech confuses me sometimes.... Sorry!
You there, join a singing group!
Fascists hate it when people regularly create art and joy together
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Political cartoon by Michael de Adder depicts #Putin literally taking the shirt off #Trump’s back at a poker table while Trump thinks to himself, “nobody makes deals like me.”
#geopolitics #USpol #Ukraine #Russia #UnitedStates #StandWithUkraine
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Although Trump is wealthy, he is by no means an extraordinary businessman or dealmaker, or even that wealthy in real terms, what he does have in abundance is ego, and has built a cult like following around it
I’m curious. This place has a very vocal anti-capitalist community, anytime moneys come up people shout about donations. When it comes to consent and Trust & Safety I’ve seen many people attack devs. Yet, when #Mastodon was asking for donations to fund a position it was largely crickets. #IFTAS has done great work and set out to be a great benefit to the #fediverse and #OpenSocialWeb yet they’re struggling to keep the lights on. How can that be? So many of you are always talking about donations so why are projects underfunded and servers shutting down due to lack of funding? Where are you passionate and vocal lot? wedistribute.org/2025/02/iftas… about.iftas.org/
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@woof @KatS you went way into association fallacy and are trying it on me now, and try to rely on activism purity to justify who gets to be good or bad. That's activism toxicity to its finest. Too bad for you, I'm not young or inexperimented enough in this to be swayed. I know my enemies and my allies. But you went too far for me to listen to you anymore. Goodbye.
tfw when you wait 3 hours for your posts to post and then realize that Friendica set them all to private and there's no one tagged in them 💀
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I guess this solves the case of the missing posts too.
#FediDB respecting robots.txt has really changed how stats are tabulated.Prior to this change, there were 997 #Pleroma servers that were counted. Now the count has been reduced to 582.
With #WordPress, the difference is more stark. Prior to the change, there was over 9,000 WordPress servers counted. Now the count is at 3,578 servers.
To be sure, I’m not complaining – privacy is important. But it is to say that #ActivityPub user counts should have a big asterisk: many servers have opted out of being crawled. This means they are not being counted.
FediDB says there are 12,923,059 accounts across the #Fediverse. But this is actually drastically higher.
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I was wondering how #mastodon would handle longer blog-style posts with images linked throughout made from #friendica. It seems like it just doesn't. I checked mastodon.social and mas.to and neither are aware of the post I made earlier even though notifier task has completed its notifying.
Kind of a bummer.
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@Jupiter Rowland That's really helpful info. Wow, do I ever get back helpful and thorough replies about Friendica. Thank you, roaming avatar! 😀
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Definitely give 'em a follow.
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The American Guarantee Is a Joke
The world's most powerful nation has become a pathological liar - breaking treaties, abandoning allies, shredding regulations, and destroying its own institutions.Joan Westenberg (The Index.)
Big Tech is censoring abortion content! 🚨
Social media platforms are removing vital info on reproductive health. Have you been censored? Report it here: eff.org/uncensored.
#StopCensoringAbortion
Stop Censoring Abortion: Help EFF and Repro Uncensored End Digital Suppression
As reproductive rights come under attack in the United States and other countries around the world, it is vital that people have access to accurate abortion information–especially online.Electronic Frontier Foundation
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The German National Socialists called this "alignment" or "synchronization".
Make all institutions and industry serve the regime. Big Tech in America is just as willing as German heavy industry and chemical industry was.
Google, Facebook, and Amazon are getting in line to become our age's BASF, Flick, and Krupp.
@Ruud
We're having problems with posting again. I have some posts sent about 90 mins ago that still say "notifier task pending" and haven't been distro'd off server.
Edit: it was about 3 hours before they finally went through.
I used to think Smashing Pumpkins was a British band who found pumpkins delightful
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Boosting cuz still very much in this mood…
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Mood.#CanPoli #CdnPoli #NAFTA #USMCA #CUSMA #Nationalization #Canada #BuyCanadian
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@obrien_kat if that is what is calling you then you are a rare breed and we are all luckier to have you! The USA needs a whole bunch more people like you.
it is what is calling me, I just am not sure I can do it. In particular, I would lose my visa to keep living in Spain.
But I keep thinking about it …
But I keep thinking about it …
"[T]he withdrawal of the American security umbrella will be a really, really bad thing...These effects will be almost uniformly terrible and will be measured in lost lives and lost freedom of real people."
Benjamin Wittes discusses the betrayal of Ukraine in the Situation. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--what-america-stands-for-now
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If anyone's been looking to get rid of American social media or just looking for a good Canadian Pixelfed server, pixelfed.ca just launched.
It's run by Fedecan, a registered Canadian non-profit.
They also run lemmy.ca and I can personally vouch for the team being both great admins and terrific people.
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🆙 There is boost of spirit in our Ukrainian social networks right now, people are calling to unite together, as it was in 2022.
🇪🇺🤝🇺🇦 It is time for Ukraine and Europe to UNITE, maybe this is our last chance…
And thanks to all Americans who still support Ukraine! 🇺🇸🙏
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the fact the US President can call Zelensky a "Dictator" on the same day he calls himself King is.... wild.
Dear America, any time now... you should probably rise up against this guy. Right?
Like... fire in the streets kinda thing. Right?
You think Democracy and Freedom are important enough to risk your own safety... just like so many other countries in the world... RIGHT?
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This is a little known fact about notifier task: it's pending.
Goooood mooooooorning!
Okay, it's afternoon. Whatever.
I've got coffee. I've got a new external hard drive to replace the broken one that makes evil hard drive clicking sounds. It's a good day.
Sup fedi
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in case anyone else needs a five hour loop of chatty ducks swimming around youtube.com/watch?v=mQJ6q1ZCzs…
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Oooof.. 
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Currently I am still over €440 min short for the server & media storage bills 
Please, if you can think about donating to help me pay these bills
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A boost would also be appreciated a lot 
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Most if not all the work I do (online) I give away for free! Personally I dislike advertisements so I won't apply those either.stux (stux.me:~$)
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Update Signal and pay attention when joining groups:
wired.com/story/russia-signal-…
👉 No, Signal has not been compromised
👉 No, Signal encryption has not been broken
👉 No, there is no back-door in Signal
You should continue using Signal. The update is responding to a sophisticated, state-level attack targeting specific groups.
Unless you are a high-value target, you are almost certainly never going to see this in the wild.
If you know you are a high-value target, ask your support.
A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage
Google warns that hackers tied to Russia are tricking Ukrainian soldiers with fake QR codes for Signal group invites that let spies steal their messages. Signal has pushed out new safeguards.Andy Greenberg (WIRED)
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@chiclyde I outright reject this kind of nihilism.
We can and should make systems that are less likely to lead humans to failure.
The changes introduced by Signal here will lead fewer people to have their account accidentally linked to a malicious client. That's a win.
@chiclyde It is a win. My point is, humans are always the weakest link in the security chain. Most attacks I see these days start with ‘phishing attempt began…’
In my tech work I have watched people work very hard to circumvent security in tech. Usually from a place of ignorance.
Tech can only do so much.
Granted, as you said, ‘high value targets’ should consult their support staff, they exist to harden the human part of the security chain.
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Not enough chocolate in your life? Want to up your chocolate game? Missed me talking about local chocolatiers? Click this link!
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#Food #Chocolate #WaterlooRegion #WellingtonCounty #Mastonom #LocalFood #CBC
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#FediDB respecting robots.txt has really changed how stats are tabulated.
Prior to this change, there were 997 #Pleroma servers that were counted. Now the count has been reduced to 582.
With #WordPress, the difference is more stark. Prior to the change, there was over 9,000 WordPress servers counted. Now the count is at 3,578 servers.
To be sure, I’m not complaining – privacy is important. But it is to say that #ActivityPub user counts should have a big asterisk: many servers have opted out of being crawled. This means they are not being counted.
FediDB says there are 12,923,059 accounts across the #Fediverse. But this is actually drastically higher.
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Good morning!!!
I've got coffee. I fed the crows. I rickrolled someone on Lemmy while laying in bed. The day's off to a good start. I'm ready to Fedi!
Sup?
Fun fact: the crows know the sound of my coffee maker. When they hear it they start peeking in the windows trying to get my attention. They might think it's the sound of a cat food maker.
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Remember that the NAACP is calling for a massive boycott of Walmart, McDonald's and Meta because of their about face on DEI under pressure from the vague notions of the US president and his friends.
I would appreciate it you participated in this boycott too. It seems like it's pretty big.
(The NAACP has likely spoken with people at these organizations and found no common ground. They kind of hate calling for corporate boycotts so I can only imagine they go nowhere and were disgusted.)
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Easily, readily. I *do* go to McDonald's about once every six months, but I can forego that. Walmart? Never go, nor Sam's Club. No facebook, no meta, no instagram.
As you say, generally, the NAACP is quite conservative about these things. The merit, then, is that when they *do* speak to it, we get a trusted source.
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Some trees just have the most amazingly coloured bark, don't they?
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Gumbo Limbo or something similar I think!
@nickrauchen
Wasn't paying much attention when I saw the tree, but turpentine tree rings a bell. I saw it in Wales, of all places.
Wasn't paying much attention when I saw the tree, but turpentine tree rings a bell. I saw it in Wales, of all places.
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Russia’s war crimes in action: An FPV drone struck a rescue vehicle in Kostiantynivka, injuring emergency workers delivering water. As medics helped the wounded, a second drone hit. Targeting those who save lives — that’s russia’s true face.
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Vancouver folks: Come hang out on Thursday, Feb 20th & discuss alternative/open social media IRL! Casual meetup with quick intros downtown (location shared next week). Part of our initiative for more face-to-face community building. Bring interested friends!
Open Social Media IRL Social
Join others IRL interested in alternative and open social media in Canada. The time will mostly be for hanging out with a few short presentations and introductions at the beginning.lu.ma
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Good morning! #CatsOfMastodon #KatLand #Cats #Tortie #Cat
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Janis
in reply to Dan Gillmor • • •I'd like to see JB and AOC face off. PBS News Hour, Joe Rogan, Aspen, TED, wherever.
You /know/ Bernie would be there.
Lesley Carhart
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Humble Fan of Atty. Woo
in reply to Lesley Carhart • • •@hacks4pancakes
are you in Illinois? I like that Gov. Pritzker is speaking out. I like that a lot. We need more of this, and I think he and Hochul are giving others the backbone, maybe to start themselves.
Lesley Carhart
in reply to Humble Fan of Atty. Woo • • •Humble Fan of Atty. Woo
in reply to Lesley Carhart • • •@hacks4pancakes
care to say where you are embarking for? I was so happy to receive my social security auto deposit today. whew!
Lesley Carhart
in reply to Humble Fan of Atty. Woo • • •Humble Fan of Atty. Woo
in reply to Lesley Carhart • • •@hacks4pancakes
stay in touch. best of luck. hope it goes well for you.
Lesley Carhart
in reply to Humble Fan of Atty. Woo • • •Rich Smith "" (Ace Tomato Company)
in reply to Lesley Carhart • • •Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼♀️🐈🐈⬛
in reply to Lesley Carhart • • •SearingTruth
in reply to Dan Gillmor • • •"America has always been fragile.
Now each and every one of you must again determine who we really are.
Democracy or autocracy.
And defenders of good, or watchers of evil."
SearingTruth
PG1958WILLNOTCOMPLY 🇺🇸🇷🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸
in reply to Dan Gillmor • • •Linus Gasser
in reply to Dan Gillmor • • •very nice talk indeed.
Let's get our buckets to kill the fire!
Lesley Carhart
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in reply to Dan Gillmor • • •Beggar Midas
in reply to Dan Gillmor • • •...They're all fucking dead.
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in reply to Dan Gillmor • • •Arthur Dent
in reply to Dan Gillmor • • •Ignorance in combination with egoism is not to be accepted.
And: not invulnerable.
Gregg Alley
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in reply to Dan Gillmor • • •Jó Skælettísson
in reply to Dan Gillmor • • •Can't watch it often enough.
Andreas
in reply to Dan Gillmor • • •A good start.
But you will need more than speeches.
Level 98 🇺🇦
in reply to Lesley Carhart • • •contrasocial
in reply to Dan Gillmor • • •It doesn't land for me knowing that he criticizes palestinians for resisting that same fascism where they are.
The hypocrisy just makes this fall flat for me. Being selectively anti-fascist is not being anti-fascist at all.
Geert Uytterhoeven
in reply to Dan Gillmor • • •30 January 1933: Appointed chancellor of Germany,
23 March 1933: Enablement Act.
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German law which transferred power from the Reichstag and the Weimar President to Adolf Hitler and his Cabinet
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Pelican Dock Music
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