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I'm no fan of Starmer, even less of the OSA but Grok is literally producing deepfake CSAM and other non consensual images. The UK government, like I would hope the vast majority of people, think that's appalling and don't want it to happen. They asked X/Musk to stop Grok producing non consensual deepfakes and all they did was limit its availability to paying subscribers - essentially making the creation of deepfake CSAM a premium service. All Musk really demonstrated is that X can act swiftly, despite the numerous times it said it can't, but doesn't want to deprive its paying users of the ability to create CSAM.

It's totally insane to me that this is being framed, by US Republicans as a free speech issue but I guess a country that can murder a woman driving a car is fucked up in plenty of other ways too.

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Honestly, I'm more surprised governments didn't invoke the "think of the children" argument here and sanction Shitter. Feels like now would have been a perfect moment
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Anyone or institution still on X is a joke. Except maybe a journalist. But even still.

When is the UK going to make their official reddit account?


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"La lucha de las #cooperativas de vehículos eléctricos compartidos por cambiar la #movilidad en las ciudades"

Article a @lamarea:

➡️ url.pangea.org/m2601ma

#Mobilitat #Sostenible #Carsharing #VE #Altacoop
@alternacoop
@sommobilitat
@resteve

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So I made game for only the most hardcore OSM folks. I hope the dozens (dozens!) of us enjoy. 🎉

"Think you know OSM tags? Prove it! Take turns adding tags to build a query. But be careful, if the combination you create doesn't exist on OSM, your opponent can call your bluff."

watmildon.github.io/TagDuellin…

#OpenStreetMap #gaming

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Interesting talk


!Aotearoa / New Zealand

Interesting talk if you are in #christchurchnz on 26 Jan


Hey friends in #Aotearoa you should go and see @drlucyrogers doing her free talk in Christchurch. Wed 28th Jan at 6pm.

christchurch.bibliocommons.com…


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Not sure why @abeorch@friendica.ginestes.es decided not to include any details about the talk. The host is

Dr Lucy Rogers MBE is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Former Visiting Professor at Brunel University, she’s an award-winning engineer, author of Up: A Scientist’s Guide to the Magic Above Us and former BBC Robot Wars judge. Her creative projects span animatronic dinosaurs to carbon-negative technologies. She’s passionate about nature and sustainable engineering solutions.


It looks like an interesting talk! Unfortunately, the title: "Up: A Scientist’s Guide to the Magic Above Us." sounds like some pseudoscience bullshit.

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Thanks for adding details.. I was on my phone and it was an opportunistic share.

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📢 Yay! A new version of the Firefly III Data Importer has been released. Version v2.0.0 is out. Check out the release notes and download it today! #opensource #oss #newrelease #php #software #personalfinance #selfhosted

github.com/firefly-iii/data-im…

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"Open Printer is an open-source, repairable inkjet printer designed for makers, artists, and anyone tired of throwaway hardware. Built with standard mechanical components and modular parts, it’s easy to assemble, modify, and repair. You can print on standard sheets or paper rolls and choose between black or color cartridges, refillable at your convenience."
crowdsupply.com/open-tools/ope…

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Welcome to the Public Domain, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) 🎖️

🎬 The third film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards is a realistic look at the First World War. Experience the first filmed adaptation now in the public domain.

Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domain…

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree

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Monitoring battery drain


!VanLife - Working on our #HinoRainbow #motorhome conversion we have an issue with occasional drain of the motor batteries. (I guess something somewhere is being left on despte an isolation switch being used when we are parked up) - I' trying to figure out someway of monitoring battery drain on them so we can be alerted.
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Yeah we converted the bus ourselves and havent bothered with a shore power connection. We will put more batteries and an inverter just in case but almost everything is DC now days anyway..
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Bit of a setback as we have discovered today our califont is leaking but hopefully we will be road legal on Monday (without hot water)

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'Honmon Temple at Ikegami' - Kawase Hasui, 1931.#JapaneseArt #shinhanga

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Mappy Christmas #OpenStreetMap 🎄🗺️

If you fancy a Christmas or Boxing day walk, @everydoor streetcomplete.app @vespucci_editor or osm.wiki/Go_Map!! make great company for a little mapping adventure. 🚶‍♂️📍📱

Thank you for all the awesome mapping, fixing, and improvements this year 🎁🥳

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It’s Christmas Eve, and time to post my favourite photo., one that still fills me with awe whenever I see it.
It was taken by William Anders on Dec. 24, 1968, on the Apollo 8 mission and is the first photo ever taken of the earth with the moon in the foreground. It’s a reminder that we only have one world and its people are all we have. Take care of both.
Regardless of your beliefs, may the holiday season bring you peace.

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Tesco, good, occasionally busy later. Sainsbury’s, moderate to good, rough in toilet roll aisle.
Asda, light to moderate, heavy crowds by evening.
M&S and Co-Op, fair.
Waitrose, fair to moderate.
Lidl, rough at first, easing later.
And that’s the end of the Shopping Forecast.

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We set up a new Mastodon instance focused on supporting nonprofit/charitable organizations. If you know of such an organization looking for a place in the Fediverse, please point them our way.

empathyforward.org/2025/12/cha…

charities.place/about

#nonprofit #mastodon #fediverse

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We should build a federated LinkedIn alternative. I think the purpose of LinkedIn is legitimate - there is a need for business-focused social networks. But LinkedIn is just a steaming hunk of garbage.

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my theory is that it doesn't exist because the people who could build it did not really care about such a service. Technically it is not very different (and probably easier than some of the existing server projects).

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A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp made billions of dollars last year from Chinese ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned content. reuters.com/investigations/met…

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