It’s not “capitalism” to want the #Fediverse to grow and be a useful alternative to Zuckerberg and Musk-owned social networks.
But it’s certainly capitalism to allow Zuckerberg and Musk to grow their wealth unchallenged because they own the only large and useful social networks.
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💌THE LOVE LETTER SALE❤️🔥
At Suga-jinja (須賀神社 - twinned with Kōtsū-jinja) a rather different sort of event takes place at Setsubun (and the day before).
There are no oni, but there are 'Kesōbumi-uri' (懸想文売), 'vendors of love letters', with their faces carefully hidden.
#京都 #Kyoto #loveletters #Japan
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So #PeerTube has the 3rd highest MAUs on the #Fediverse.
But who are these users, and what servers are they on? Here’s the top five servers by MAUs:
Four of the top five servers are located in Europe, and the bulk of their videos directly serve a specific language (German, Russian, Swedish, etc.)
The lone English language server is phijkchu, and it seems to be run by an indie game developer named Robert Moran. I have no idea who he is but he seems to be a big deal.
By the way, the bulk of Peertube users seem completely unaware they’re on the Fediverse and just see their server as a self-contained site.
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I use PeerTube every time I get annoyed by YouTube's broken algorithm, which is about every second day. I just wish I had more than ~2 creators that interest me there.
I think @peertube needs a campaign to get open source conferences like @fosdem to upload to the network. They don't even need to run a full-fledged instance, just some sort of ActivityPub connector. Maybe I should attempt that.
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thanks.
wirtube -> instant block
gegenstimme too.
pitty that for the peertube project.
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Sonnet 029 - XXIX
When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts my self almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
bot by @davidaugust
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Ants — yes, ants — could protect apples, nuts, cocoa, and other beloved crops from disease and climate change.
Not expected to be surprised:
@futurebird
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Many plants recruit ants. The assumed reasons for this are primarily that ants will drive out and eat many herbivorous insects (and even deter some larger vertebrate herbivores) After that possibly pollination?
But this notion that ants may prevent fungi, and other problems (due to the fastidious cleaning habits they have cultivated for millions of years to survive in dense colonies without disease) may help explain just how many plants seem to be "ant seekers."
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Some plants roll out a velvet carpet for ants. They have "extra floral nectaries" which are like little juice stations where the ants can drink sweet nectar. Carnivorous plants have been known to host more insect prey so the ants can find the protein they need. And many plants have hollow structures that make perfect humidity regulated nesting places for ants.
We ought to sit up and take notice and learn a thing or two from the plants.
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Here is a delightful video on wingless crane flies!
Can someone in Hawaii please gently check if these insects are still around?
youtube.com/watch?v=i3RYBPEkje…
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.www.youtube.com
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El País de España con un editorial de que Musk está asaltando el Estado de derecho, y lo ha violado, en los EE.UU.
elpais.com/opinion/2025-02-04/…
Spain’s @el_pais with an editorial calling out that Musk is attacking the rule of law, and he’s breached it, in the U.S.
#musk #ruleoflaw #democracy #media
Las facultades ejecutivas que Trump ha otorgado al hombre más rico del mundo suponen una brecha del Estado de derecho en EE UUEl País (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
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Senator Brian Schatz Is Actually Doing Something (When Very Little Can Be Done)
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#StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Republicans and some Democrats will call him a hypocrite for this.Charles P. Pierce (Esquire)
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'Sponsored by Turbo Tax': Critics jab Elon Musk over IRS cuts
rawstory.com/elon-musk-irs/
#BoycottTurboTax #StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
One of Elon Musk's biggest cuts was to the team that helps run the easy filing system for the Internal Revenue Service. Although the "Direct File" program isn't mandatory, conservatives have criticized it as a program for the left.Sarah K. Burris (Raw Story)
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All #MoronInChief Trump did was hurt America in the eyes of the world.
'Folding like a bad poker player': Critics say Trump 'got played' by Trudeau
rawstory.com/trump-canada-tari…
#StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Critics on social media laughed as news broke that President Donald Trump paused plans to levy severe tariffs on Canada.Daniel Hampton (Raw Story)
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Elon Musk announced that he has dissolved the Internal Revenue Service’s free file program, effectively firing the staff who worked on the popular program, the Daily Beast reports.
The billionaire revealed that he “deleted” the group of individuals who oversaw the system that allows Americans to easily file their taxes for free on the IRS website.
#DeportElonMusk #FreeFile #StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) announced Monday that she will support Tulsi Gabbard to become director of national intelligence, giving her a key boost in her confirmation push, The Hill reports.
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Lawrence Summers: "Stop or I'll shoot myself in the foot! It's a lose-lose."
Ex-US treasury secretary warns Trump’s 'absurd' tariffs are 'driving people into China's arms'
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#StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #Tariffs #China #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers criticized President Donald Trump’s claim that Canada is inciting a trade war, telling CNN Monday that the move would ultimately benefit China. “It's absurd,” Summers said. “Canada is our friend.Naomi LaChance (Alternet.org)
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LOL. Big, tough Trump.
Trudeau Says Trump Tariffs Delayed 30 Days After Call
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that new US tariffs would be paused 30 days after a call with President Donald Trump.Jordan Fabian (Bloomberg)
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One of Musk's minions, Gavin Kriger, has an apparent social media history filled with neo-Nazi posts. So they don't want any reporting on DOGE!
Elon Musk’s Pet U.S. Attorney Threatens Anyone Reporting on DOGE
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#StopTrumpNow #DOGE #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
The shadow president wants total secrecy around his seizure of government agencies.Ryan Cooper (The American Prospect)
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I’m going grocery shopping today.
And believe me, I’m looking at all the labels. If I see Made in the USA, I ain’t buying.
Mexico, you’re cool. So is everyone else. But USA, you don’t get a cent.
globalnews.ca/news/10995583/bu…
The push to buy domestically ramped up over the weekend, after Trump announced he would apply 25 per cent tariffs to Canadian goods, with a lower 10 per cent duty on energy.The Canadian Press (Global News)
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"...conspicuous spots are more likely to evolve in forest-dwelling species and in areas with more canopy cover, whereas species inhabiting open areas and deserts tend to lose them... taxa with conspicuous spots transition between open and forested habitats less often... We suggest that spots in velvet ants require complex visual environments to be effective... In simpler environments, carrying conspicuous spots could be costly..."
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Elon Musk, who is building a payments app as part of X, has been given access to the Treasury Department payments systems. This is beyond a conflict of interest and a threat to the US payments infrastructure.
Not to mention a privacy matter for anyone that gets any kind of payments from the Federal government including tax refunds.
americanbanker.com/payments/ne…
#FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Payments #PayTech
As Elon Musk and his associates gain access to internal computers, Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden slammed the move and said it poses a national security risk.John Adams (American Banker)
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Mr. Art of the Deal strikes again!
"It seems like the trick to negotiating with Trump is to realize he doesn’t have any idea what the current facts are," said Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell. "'Oh you want 10,000 troops?' says world leader who already deployed 15K. 'Great 10k it is.'"
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#DeportElonMusk
I’m a Federal Worker. Elon Musk’s Government Data Heist Is the Entire Ballgame.
slate.com/news-and-politics/20…
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Does anyone know if #Mastodon (or any other popular fediverse software) supports the part of the #ActivityPub spec (§ 6.2.1) that (if I’m reading it correctly) allows for pushing an object without a wrapping “Create” activity?
It’s described as a client-to-server behavior for actor outboxes, but I’m wondering if any server-to-server applications support it for inbox delivery.
w3.org/TR/activitypub/#object-…
The ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the [ActivityStreams] 2.0 data format.www.w3.org
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Canadians cancel trips, ban American booze after Trump's tariffs
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#StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #Canada #Tariffs #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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The Russians are here! The Russians are here!
USAID staffers told to stay out of Washington headquarters after Musk said Trump agreed to close it
apnews.com/article/trump-musk-…
#StopTrumpNow #USAID #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development have been instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters after billionaire Elon Musk announced President Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut the agency.AP News
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An Open Letter To The Majority Of Congressional Democrats
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#StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #TrumpCoup #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
The norms are gone. Wake the hell up!Ali Davis (Wonkette)
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"Some of you are acting like this is just Helen the new office manager changing the birthday cake schedule around and soon it will all blow over and you can all be friends at the pizza party at the end of the month. You cannot.
The Republicans have been radicalized. There’s a whole crop of them who actually believe Fox News. And a whole bunch of those who crave a king, either because they are insecure dipwads who need a strong Daddy or because they are calculating that they’ll at least get to lap up some of the ketchup that drips off the napkin tucked into Trump’s collar. They are not here to make the country work. They do not believe any rules should apply to them. Rules only apply to YOU, and those rules will keep changing."
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"January 6 was nothing compared to this. But make no mistake, this too is the gov't being torn apart by a mob of thugs."
"And for those of you in the Congress (or anywhere else in the country for that matter), make no mistake what is going on here is precisely the same as what happened on January 6 in that it is an effort to negate the role of both the Congress and the people in our system of government."
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I was busy in my garden when my neighbour looked over the fence and asked what I was doing ...
I said 'I'm putting all my plants 🌿 in alphabetical order'
She replied 'Really? I don't know how you find the time'
Oh that's easy I said, 'It's right next to the sage ... '
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Camellia Tea Ceremony
in reply to Camellia Tea Ceremony • • •Kesōbumi (懸想文 'love letters') are special 'attraction' amulets that were particularly popular with young women in the Edo period.
By placing the amulet in your clothes draw it is said that you will always have something good to wear, and will always look good in what you wear.
#Kyoto #懸想文 #Japan #loveletters #charmamulets
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in reply to Camellia Tea Ceremony • • •falling in love
with the vendor
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懸想文売りに懸想をしてみても
-Nishino Fumiyo (西野文代 1923-2019).
As their name suggests, kesōbumi (懸想文💌) also help in finding (or realizing) love. Businesses often purchase the charms to 'attract' customers and guests.
#Kyoto #須賀神社 #懸想文 #Sugajinja #Japan
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Camellia Tea Ceremony
in reply to Camellia Tea Ceremony • • •The tradition of kesōbumi stretches back to Heian times. Poetry was commonly used by the nobility to woo potential partners and follow up romantic trysts.
Propriety often kept faces hidden, so it was important that penmanship, paper, fragrance, and attached flowers made an impact.
#Heian #Kyoto
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Camellia Tea Ceremony
in reply to Camellia Tea Ceremony • • •For the unlucky-in-love, those poor at penmanship, and the illiterate who wished to mimic the practice of kesōbumi, hard-on-their-luck aristocrats provided a useful service...writing letters on their behalf.
To prevent embarrassment (and social disgrace) identities were kept secret.
#Japan #Kyoto
Camellia Tea Ceremony
in reply to Camellia Tea Ceremony • • •Over time the idea of kesōbumi 'love letters' evolved into a charm that would work in a more general way to make the possessor 'attractive' (whether in love or business).
It is said the first 'love letter vendors' (懸想文売) appeared in the Edo period in Kyōto.
#懸想文売 #懸想文 #loveletter
Camellia Tea Ceremony
in reply to Camellia Tea Ceremony • • •Only awarded at Setsubun, kesōbumi originally contained the blossoming sprig of a plum tree, symbolising the spring (and with it new opportunities).
Nowadays there is a picture of plum blossoms instead.
WARNING📢...for the amulet to work it must be kept secret.
#Kyoto #Japan
Camellia Tea Ceremony
in reply to Camellia Tea Ceremony • • •In the Meiji period 'love letter' charms fell out of fashion, but after being moved in 1924, Suga-jinja saw a way to revive the custom and revive its own fortunes (Kōtsū-jinja merged with the shrine in 1964).
Maintaining tradition, the identity of vendors is kept secret🧐
#Kyoto
Camellia Tea Ceremony
in reply to Camellia Tea Ceremony • • •Naturally there is a special sweet for the occasion😉...
Setsubun is the only time it is possible to purchase Aoimochi's (葵餅) 'suga-tamochi' (須賀多餅).
The plum-flavored mochi is branded with a love letter, and the yuzu-flavoured mochi with a gohei (御幣).
#須賀多餅 #餅 #mochi #sweets #Japan
Le Monolecte 😷🤬🐧
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