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troed

@[email protected]

All humans are equal. I'm a slightly autistic white middle-aged cis male and your safe ally. I discuss based in facts and actively despise "but my gut feeling .." arguments.

I try to DEI my follows. That doesn't mean my interactions with you, funny and interesting woman, will end up with DM-sliding. I'm very happy where I am.

I use two accounts. This one is mostly for random topics, both in Swedish and English. A more tech/retro/cybersec focused account can be found over at @troed

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@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

After Moltbook, AI agents can now hang out in their own space-faring MMO
SpaceMolt envisions a world where AI plays with itself and the humans just watch.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-moltbook-ai-agents-can-now-hang-out-in-their-own-space-faring-mmo/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica "plays with itself and the humans just watch."

That's just OnlyFans though, right?

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It's now been 1 1/2 weeks since Apple removed my review of the app on the Apple Store. I have an escalated customer request with a personal contact to have it reinstated, and they're "actively working on the case" since a week.

I've already quoted a nice little recent post by the @EUCommission in my communication with them, where the EC pointed out that "In Europe, you have the right to challenge content moderation decisions taken by platforms.". Just to be clear, there was no way to specifically challenge the decision - the link in the email sent out by Apple went to the general customer service who have no insight or access to the content moderation team and decisions. I had to fight to get to where my case is now.

I will take this all the way through the legal system unless they get their act together. I used to be supportive of back in the day, but no more.

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@thelinuxexperiment@tilvids.com avatar thelinuxexperiment got to admit, I didn't read this as two separate headlines and got mighty confused with a tingly feeling there for a while :D

"France moves to open source, modular Linux handheld PC"

@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

After 40 years of adventure games, Ron Gilbert pivots to outrunning Death
Interview: Storied designer talks lost RPG, a 3D Monkey Island , “Eat the Rich” philosophy.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/12/after-40-years-of-adventure-games-ron-gilbert-pivots-to-outrunning-death/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Death by Scrolling is a completely different genre - but oh so fun to sit and grind away at.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

I am shocked by how fast credit card issuers in Denmark block credit cards based on a hunch.

I have now twice had a card blocked, because their AI system saw a "suspicious usage pattern". Both times it was just me using my card normally.

It is deeply problematic, because you get no warning. You are just standing in the middle of nowhere in a foreign country, and suddenly you cannot pay the cab to the airport, because the AI God has spoken.

Is it like this in your countries as well?

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@randahl No. I've had a SAS Mastercard (Swedish SEB being the issuing bank) for an unholy amount of years and they've always reached out to me and asked whether the transaction they identified was valid or not.

Actually, they just did that yesterday, and indeed it was a fraudulent transaction and I had to get the card blocked. However, thanks to their app I could add the new card to Apple Pay and could thus use tap payments the very next minute again.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

I have loved following the amazing photography of @CatherineBabault .

So yesterday when I saw this generated image (pic 1) of how her awesome photo of A BEAR could look as a poster, I got worried that she would get in trouble for not adhering to the server rules by disclosing that THE ROOM was generated.

So I messaged her (pic 2).

To my surprise, Cathrine then blocked me — maybe she thought I was accusing THE BEAR of being generated.

I really wish she knew, I was talking about THE ROOM.

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@randahl

I've stopped caring about the blocking culture here. I fully support each and every person's right to block for whatever reason they have.

In the end it's their loss, choosing to live in a cocoon of "yes people", never experiencing a single opinion or word not 100% adhering to their own views.

@CatherineBabault

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

If a pyromaniac wanted to burn down your house and you were fighting back, Marco Rubio would suggests you instead let him burn down half your house as a compromise.

Rubio posting: Ending a complex and deadly war such as the one in Ukraine requires an extensive exchange of serious and realistic ideas. And achieving a durable peace will require both sides to agree to difficult but necessary concessions. That is why we are and will continue to develop a list of potential ideas for ending this war based on input from both sides of this conflict.
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@randahl The problem is that the current US regime considers themselves to be one of those sides.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , (edited ) to random

25 killed and 93 wounded in Ternopil, western Ukraine, after Putin aimed his ballistic missiles towards civilian homes.

When Hitler's V1 cruise missiles hit London, we responded by ending Nazi Germany.

What are we waiting for?

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@randahl I absolutely hate making this comment, but based on what I've read at Cornucopia today they do seem to have aimed at the newly roofed factory next to this building. Their missiles "just" have horrible accuracy.

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@randahl Apologies - I wrongly assumed you already read Wilderängs daily coverage. I've edited my comment with detailed sourcing.

@troed@sangberg.se avatar troed , to random

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mellifluousbox/115569669020807811

Access to a non-billionaire owned and authoritarian-proof social network is self-defence.

Today Mastodon became one of the open source projects I donate to. They're simply that important.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

Trump orders distraction from the Epstein files, so the former part time Fox News host Pete Hegseth is gearing up for a war with Venezuela.

Venezuela has 200,000 troops ready for the welcoming, writes CBS News.

What a way to deliver on America First and the election promise of no more expensive wars.

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@randahl I think the whole of South America ponders what belonging to the US' "hood" means for them.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

Predictable like clockwork, Trump accuses the newly released Epstein e-mails of being a hoax.

How does that even work?

These e-mails came from the Epstein Estate. They were stored on and timestamped by a Gmail server. They were reviewed by the FBI and shared with Republicans on The House Oversight Committee, so how could Democrats fake that?

Is he saying Democrats took a time machine back to 2011 to get Jeffrey Epstein to write that Trump spent hours with one of the rape victims?

Come on.

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@randahl I regularly read r/Conservative to see how "their side" experience the same news. It's bat shit crazy, but a good way to break out of ones' own echo chamber.

@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , to random

Good news everybody! The SteamDeck/Linux stutter is now fixed in Death by Scrolling, plus some other awesome quality of life changes. We continue to make improvements mostly because I can't stop working on the game.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3773590/view/613179230182706248

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@grumpygamer Chance card removal is really nice for those long runs - thanks!

@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , to random

If you bought Death by Scrolling and are enjoying it, please give it a thumbs up on Steam. A lot of people have bought it thinking it's yet another Vampire Surviver clone and it's not so they leave crappy reviews. Death by Scrolling is a very different game for a different audience.

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@grumpygamer Esp. the reviews claiming there's no character building because they haven't understood the cards are pretty sad to see people appreciate ...

@homegrown@social.growyourown.services avatar homegrown , to random

Hey people who run their own PeerTube servers 👋

There is a little-publicised feature in PeerTube which lets servers subscribe to a shared "allowlist" of good servers to federate with. (You can also manually federate with additional servers that aren't on the list.)

Would there be any interest in setting up such a shared list so that PeerTube admins can easily find other nice/safe servers to federate with?

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@homegrown I'm a bit confused by this. I'd like to federate in the sense that my bandwith and storage help those servers, but I only want my own channels to show up when people visit my server specifically.

@nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar nixCraft , to random

Let’s hear your scariest Linux server or desktop story in 10 words or less ...

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@nixCraft Shift-key slipup. rm -rf /home&usertodelete

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

As a kid, I learned English from English language cartoons on FilmNet. I learned from German TV shows. My passion for Swedish crime series taught me Swedish.

But now, the largest tv medium of our time, YouTube, has begun auto-translating everything. Future generations will not be exposed to foreign languages and be inspired to take an interest.

There was no public review of this, no democratic vote. One company just decided to turn foreign cultures off and make the world dumber.

For profit.

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@randahl I get why you learnt Swedish. Not even Danish children understand danish.

/Skåning

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@randahl trivia for the non-nordic readers:

Us nords are born into the intra-nordic bantering, but to others it sometimes might appear quite scary.

My US manager had invited a very important finnish customer of ours to dinner here in Sweden. As we had drinks waiting for the food to arrive I started up some Sweden-Finland jokes and he just looked at me as if I was absolutly out of my mind and thought they were about to just up and leave.

Fun times :D

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-Scandinavian-countries-like-to-make-silly-jokes-about-each-other

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

A French reporter asks Trump what he thinks about the Israeli Parliament voting to annex The entire West Bank (Palestine).

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@randahl Using the royal "we" there too I see.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

After multiple nightly Russian drone strikes, the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv is completely without power. Chernihiv had a pre-war population of 280,000 people.

And yes, that is yet another war crime committed by the Russian dictatorship.

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@randahl When the invasion happened my wife jumped in the car and drove down to southern Poland to help refugees to Sweden. One family (mother + daughter) we took in ourselves, since we had a spare guest house. Unfortunately Sweden really mistreated Ukrainian refugees, with a job market that was extremely difficult (the mom was a highly paid IT contractor) to get permits to and even though they stayed completely free with us the little money they got was barely enough to go by.

After a year, they took the decision to move back - to Chernihiv - since it seemed it would be far enough away from the worst effects of the war.

We're failing them, by not having gone in with a "coalition of the willing" and secured the whole of western Ukraine.

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

🔞 Platforms have no excuse to continue practices that put children at risk.

We’ve asked Snapchat, YouTube, Apple App Store and Google Play for more information on the measures they have in place to protect minors.

This is the first investigatory step after the adoption of the Guidelines on the Protection of Minors, now also available in all EU languages and in a child- and parent-friendly version.

More → https://link.europa.eu/gNT3qK

A dark background with a “Content Warning” symbol and text that reads: “Keeping kids safe online isn’t optional.” The European Commission logo appears in the top right corner, and the words “See Why” are shown at the bottom.
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@EUCommission As a parent my biggest worry for the safety of my children is that you want to take away their right to secure their communication.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

It typically takes a couple of hours to make good quality for my show, which sounds like a lot, but that is because it takes a lot of time to time them right and to figure out how to break the text in a way that makes the most sense.

But I gladly do it, because many use them. In the previous episode, 31.7 percent had subtitles turned on, and that is 28,434 people.

If you ever make a YouTube video, add subtitles. 📺

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@randahl Spotted a single word error, "while" should be "were" at 11:54

Awesome job with the video - you've really got this nailed down. Now thinking of adding subtitles to my own highly specialized cybersec stuff :D

@coffeegeek@flipboard.social avatar coffeegeek , to random

In 2025, every website that produces original content should have a clear and transparent AI policy page published, to keep their visitors and readers informed.

We have one up at CoffeeGeek. (remove the / before the .com to visit the link). Screenshot included below (sorry for the broken link, but yeah, MastoDDos)

https://coffeegeek/.com/about/artificial-intelligence/

Screenshot of the AI Policies Page at CoffeeGeek
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@coffeegeek I get why you as a business need it, the hatred against AI follows a historical pattern of resistance to new technology that might affect jobs.

... but I can't help but comparing it to having a "Proof-reading policy". "This website uses only humans to correct grammatical and spelling errors".

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

👋 Watt’s up, Europe?

The numbers of electric vehicles sold in Europe in 2024 are in:

⚡ 1.45 million new battery-only EVs registered
📈 +32% growth in the total electric fleet
🚗 Nearly 6 million e-vehicles on the road
🔋 13.6% of all new car registrations are electric

Europe is accelerating full throttle to a clean future.

Read more: https://link.europa.eu/cNKjkh

A color-coded map of Europe titled "Share of electric vehicles sold in each EU country in 2024," showing the share of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) as a percentage of total new passenger car registrations. The EU average is 13.5%. Countries with the highest shares (>20%, darkest shade) include Sweden (35%), Netherlands (34.5%), Finland (29.5%), Luxembourg (27.4%), Belgium (28%), and Denmark (51%). Other countries like France (16.5%), Portugal (19.9%), and Austria (17.5%) are also in the <20% range. Several Eastern and Southern European countries (including Italy, Spain, Poland, and Czechia) have shares below 10% (the lightest shades).
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@EUCommission Being Swedish it's so funny to look at the Nordics here (Norway would be black if included) and remember how one of the old arguments against EVs from people who can't give up their engine sounds was that "they don't work in cold climates".

That's when they're at their best.

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , (edited ) to random

Children's safety is non-negotiable.

We've asked Snapchat, YouTube, Apple and Google to provide information on age checks, recommender systems and app store risks.

Under the Digital Services Act, they must prove how they protect minors from harmful content and illegal products.

More 👉 https://link.europa.eu/nkJBRV

A laptop surrounded by yellow stars and icons representing online safety, privacy, and ad restrictions. Text reads: 'DIGITAL SERVICES ACT – Snapchat, YouTube, Apple and Google to provide information to ensure child safety online.' European Commission logo at the bottom.
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@EUCommission Agree! It's one of all the many reasons for why we can never back down on the right to secure communication - for everyone - including kids.

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , (edited ) to random

Justice and the rule of law are essential for a democratic, trustworthy, and inclusive Europe.

The proposed EU budget will allocate nearly €800 million to the Justice Programme.

It will deliver:
⚖️ Faster cross-border justice
⚖️ Better access to justice for all
⚖️ Smarter use of digital tools
⚖️ Stronger support for victims
⚖️ More use of digital tools
⚖️ Cross-border cooperation to fight serious crime

Justice that works for people strengthens trust in our democracy.

Blue graphic with an outline drawing of Lady Justice holding scales and a sword. White and yellow bold text in the centre reads: “Justice at the heart of our Union.” In the bottom right corner is the European Union flag
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@EUCommission Not if Chat Control is implemented.

@junesim63@mstdn.social avatar junesim63 , (edited ) to random

"The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?"

Robert Reich

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@junesim63 The EU needs to go further than just the @EUCommission being here. All government organizations communicating publicly need to do so on their own instances on an open network - which means the Fediverse.

If the EU enforces that, other countries will follow. That's how we disarm the algorithms.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , (edited ) to random

My hero this week is teacher Shane Parmely.

Stopped at one of Trump's fascist checkpoints, and asked about her citizen status, she just calmly explains to the agents that she does not comply with fascism and they can detain her for as long as they want, but she is not complying with their Nazi agenda.

Realizing they have lost, they finally let her go.

Resist America — every inch of the way!

https://youtu.be/aqEBTG9hJzg

UPDATE: While the video is new, the episode is from Trump’s first presidency.

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@randahl It looked to me as if they ran their faces through a database and concluded they were citizens there at the end.

Which could be said to be even more worrying.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

@benroyce I have to ask, are the citizens down in DC going to accept this Trump military occupation long term?

I think here in Denmark, if the government rolled military forces into the streets of major cities, that government would not survive long. There would be mass strikes, blockades and other initiatives to force the government to resign.

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@randahl

I believe part of the problem is that in the US you and your family will end up on the streets unless you're a good citizen and quietly go to work every day. In Europe the laws protecting employees, as well as our vastly better social benefits all around, makes it easier to go out and take a public stance.

@benroyce

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

Only Trump would run a campaign on consumer prices being too high, and then expect Americans to celebrate him for reaching a "huge deal" where he increases EU product tariffs to 15 percent, up from an average of 1 percent under Biden.

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@randahl Those he considers to be his base don't really care if this makes things more expensive for them - as long as he managed to pressure the EU into doing something they didn't want to.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , (edited ) to random

Yesterday was my first bad day on Mastodon, and what happened to me could happen to you, so let me explain what went down, and how I got blocked by a lot of people.

In March, I wrote a post critical of Musk (picture 1). I then asked another Mastodon user (Harriett) whom I have found friendly, if she would help me translate a Danish phrase to English, and linked to the Musk post where the phrase would be relevant.

But yesterday — 4 months later — that blew up in my face. Here is how…

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The original post which caused all the trouble. Here I am asking Harriett if she would be so kind to help me translate.
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@randahl fyi - some of the people in the discussion aren't actually angry over the misinterpretation/changing of the original post, but the fact that the post appears on Bluesky with foto and bio of the user in question ("doxxing").

... others are angry because they believe you don't care about the fact that her details appeared there but only worry about your follower count - while I think it's obvious that what upsets you is being presented publicly as a bad actor.

The awesome @Em0nM4stodon is PSAing about the first case here: https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/114870842797314328

... as for the second I think it's just fallout. Once people get the "bad actor" impression everything else will be interpreted that way as well.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , (edited ) to random

I am truly sad about this incident. As @Gargron explains here, this technical error has nothing to do with me, but I cannot tell those who have misunderstood the situation because they have now blocked me.

Man this is frustrating. 😞

Update: I have now been unblocked.

https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/114870503529714155

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@GottaLaff

This is one of the weirdest dramas in the Fediverse so far. I think everyone gets and understands that there was a clear breach of expectations here - but it's difficult to understand how come Randahl gets all this negativity (mutes and blocks) because of it.

Sometime technology doesn't do what we thought without it having been anyone's fault. Yet it still seems, after it's been cleared up what happened, as if there's still a need to blame someone.

(Removed tag to Harriett's account since my account is also using Bridgy Fed and I honestly don't know how else to handle it)

@SnowyCA @randahl

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

That moment when Elon Musk’s AI starts speaking in the first person as Musk, then the answer gets deleted by…someone.

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@georgetakei oh lord extract the prompt behind this. The ending totally shows it's a specific prompt for questions on these ties.

@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026, with strings attached
End-of-support date isn’t changing, but extra year will be functionally free.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/microsoft-extends-free-windows-10-security-updates-into-2026-with-strings-attached/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Can't speak for everyone, but my elderly parents have asked me to move them to Linux. Using a computer today means "being able to edit documents" and "use the web". For the majority of users they won't even notice whether they're on Windows or not.

It's really only a few kernel-cheat detection games thay truly forces people to Windows now.

@w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

Politico- DoD moving two US Navy destroyers toward the Eastern Mediterranean as Israel braces for a retaliatory attack from Iran. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/13/pentagon-destroyer-israel-iran-00405019

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@w7voa This war would never have happened if Trump was president.

@_elena@mastodon.social avatar _elena , to random

Dear Fedi friends,

By now you might have seen the post announcing the release of my promotional video for the Fediverse. But in case you have boosts turned off, here we go: https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

I posted about it this morning from my account because I have a 5000 character limit there. And I had so many people to thank for their help. It really takes a village.

Thank you for all the wonderful feedback so far ❤️

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@_elena Most excellent! Thank you very much for your effort - sharing the video on the few non-fediverse platforms I still frequent :)

@tagesschau@ard.social avatar tagesschau , to random German

Automarkt: BYD verkauft erstmals mehr E-Autos in Europa als Tesla

Die Expansion von BYD nach Europa trägt offenbar Früchte. Der chinesische Autobauer hat erstmals mehr Elektrofahrzeuge in Europa zugelassen als Platzhirsch Tesla.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/byd-tesla-europa-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

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@tagesschau Yeah this is not something to celebrate. These cars are modern spyware and it would be much better if we spent that money on European cars.

/VW ID.7

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social avatar ErikJonker , to geopolitics group

So Trump shut off intelligence and weapon supplies (only recently restarted) and is now suddenly worried about encirclement of Ukrainian troops, something you can typically prevent with good intelligence.
geopolitics@a.gup.pe icon geopolitics group

Trump about Ukraine and surrounded troops there.
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@georgetakei Clearly she liked what she saw on that video.

@w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

"We're doing very well with Russia. But right now they're bombing the hell out of Ukraine," President Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office. "I'm finding it more difficult to deal with Ukraine."

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@w7voa "settle" says everything.

@kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange avatar kevinrothrock , to random

Wrote up a summary of Zelensky’s interview with Fox News. I believe you can criticize Zelensky’s past and present navigation of U.S. politics, but he’s doing the absolute best he can here.

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/03/01/in-fox-news-interview-after-oval-office-disaster-zelensky-thanks-america-repeatedly-for-support-and-stresses-historical-moment-for-u-s-ukrainian-partnership

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@kevinrothrock This is key:

"“I want him to be more at our side,” Zelensky explained, after describing Trump’s negotiating philosophy as seeking to be “in the middle” between Ukraine and Russia."

What's the middle ground between you and someone who wants to kill you?

That's what Zelenskyy is trying to bring up. Trump is not the one getting killed, so he doesn't care.

@coffeegeek@flipboard.social avatar coffeegeek , to random

Sigh.

The MastoDDos effect is only getting worse.

At this point, we may have to block all links to CG from Mastodon. Five times today our site's gone down because of urls posted by popular fediverse accounts.

This is possibly the worst thing about Mastodon and the fediverse.

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@coffeegeek

I believe someone checked and saw that a single access to your page results in 18MB of data transferred where a lot seems to be dynamically served.

You're right in that Mastodon should do better here, but your site is also an outlier.

@imrehg

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social avatar ErikJonker , to geopolitics group

The mineral deal with Ukraine will generate incalculable costs for the USA with regard to credibility, reliability and how it's viewed as a nation and ally around the world. The worst deal ever, but for Trump the main point is "we get our money back" , whatever that is...
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@ErikJonker

Apparently Putin intends to declare victory in two days. The coincidence with Trump hastily forcing Zelenskyy to sign a peace deal now is interesting, wouldn't you say?

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@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

“Truly a middle finger”: Humane bricking $700 AI Pins with limited refunds
Humane's showing how not to treat early adopters.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/truly-a-middle-finger-humane-bricking-700-ai-pins-with-limited-refunds/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica The real lesson is "Don't buy devices that can't operate without cloud subscription".

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social avatar ErikJonker , to geopolitics group

Trump goes all out on Zelensky, threatening him.
Scary, USA is looking more like an enemy then an ally of Europe.
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@ErikJonker

Zelenskyy approval rating: 57%
Trump approval rating: 44%

well ok then

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@dansup@mastodon.social avatar dansup , to random

I never wanted to become a BDFL.

I like building things, and want to get Pixelfed, Loops, Sup, PubKit and my other projects to reach a stable state, and then hand over control to the community, once ready.

I'll still be lurking in the background, ready to help when needed.

But I think our projects will grow even more with a dedicated team of contributors and maintainers in control.

This is why I'm working to establish a non-profit foundation!

This belongs to the people, boost if you agree ❤️

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@dansup "once ready" is the most dangerous thought to hold when planning to open source though ;)

@dansup@mastodon.social avatar dansup , to random

https://loops.video reaches 15K users, and growing!

Loops total user count, 15000 users
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troed ,
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@dansup Signed up two days ago but haven't gotten the signup email. Well-handled email stuff on my side, but I'm in no rush so please take care of your own stress levels first :)

@nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar nixCraft , to random

WFH in a one picture

This is a webcomic about the realities of working from home. A person stands in their living room, labeled "unwashed, " wearing the "same shirt three days in a row." Their "desk" is a cluttered coffee table, their "coworkers" are cats, and their "lunch break" involves eating junk food while staring blankly ahead. The caption reads, "I work from home!"
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@nixCraft "Micro managing middle managers' view of people who work from home in one picture"