If anyone has a service that will let me turn an Youtube RSS feed into a podcast, please let me know! I was using one a few years ago, but it no longer works. I would like to play the Youtube videos inside a podcast client.
@Micro SF/F by O. Westin Brings to mind one of my favorite MLP cartoons, Spike and Rarity are married with kids, and when Spike is available, the kids like to play rescue the dragon the evil princess.
"The power of the Gestapo was used to focus upon political opponents, ideological dissenters, career criminals, the Sinti and Roma population, handicapped persons, homosexuals, and, above all, the Jews.
Those arrested by the Gestapo were often held without judicial process, and political prisoners throughout Germanyβand from 1941, throughout the occupied territories under the Night and Fog Decreeβsimply disappeared while in Gestapo custody.
Contrary to popular perception, the Gestapo was actually a relatively small organization with limited surveillance capability; still it proved extremely effective due to the willingness of ordinary Germans to report on fellow citizens."
This repository contains resources concerning unofficial Linux distribution aimed at visually impaired users. This distribution is called Vojtux. The name is based on first name of the main contributor; Vojtech. github.com/vojtapolasek/vojtux
Mastodon was recommended by a friend, so still figuring all this out. I'm a young writer trying to learn my craft by writing in public. Learn by doing, right?
Works are free under CC BY. 100% human. #introduction
In general, Trumps' knowledge is limited and he is not credible, except when he wants to satisfy his immature mind, in which case you should be cautious.
On that basis, the fact Europeans landed in what is now the USA in 1492 does not mean they owned the land, So the war of independence was not valid as you don't own the land either despite winning that war, So hand everything over to the dependents of the tribes the land was taken from.
@kevinrns Counterpoint: There are more than a hundred million people in the US attempting to defeat this Fascist crime ring. We can do more than one thing at a time. Just because people are planning for midterms (a very important task, I might add) doesnβt mean others arenβt working in hundreds of other ways to apply pressure right now.
@drahardja @kevinrns I'm seeing ever-larger anti-ICE protests, my state officials are filing molto lawsuits, and we're being quite loud about all this. Might not be enough, but it's what we can do.
If it comes to a general strike, I'll down tools and march.
@drahardja @n1xnx @kevinrns I think a lot of our national media is abdicating their responsibility to report how many large protests are happening, even in smaller towns. At the same time, it feels like the larger social media networks have become some mix of complicit, overloaded with ads, and/or filled with Nazis, bots and Nazi bots. That makes it hard for people to organize or self-report bc many people have either left those networks or don't feel they can trust those networks.
@n1xnx @drahardja @kevinrns Presently, The dis-United States of America and Iran are both holding mass protests against their authoritarian regimes. All we can do from other places is and see which of the two succeed.
βAfter talking to NW Natural, they have released a multi language notice that will also go to every customer regarding how to best identify a NW Natural Utility Worker when they come to your home or are nearby. There has been reports of ICE agents disguising as utility workers to lure people out of their homes. Please stay aware.β
-- Oregon State Representative Ricki Ruiz (Gresham)
Also, the trending tab works. It has been a while since I was on Twitter, but I vividly remember the "For You" tab being worthless for finding people I wanted to follow.
And when you see something come through your feed boosted by someone you've chosen to follow but written by someone else, consider clicking through to that person's profile. If you seem to have some things in common, perhaps you'd like to follow them, or maybe you see other interesting things or people in the things *they* have boosted. This is how you build out your network. There's no algorithm to do it for you, meaning you get to make the choices, not someone else.
@oberstenzian People don't put up with bullshit for long here. If they try bringing their bullshit here, they will quickly find themselves banned or isolated.
Once they realize that their bullshit can't be forced on anyone, they'll run to Threads or somewhere else.
and if the #grok porn bot scandal was the final straw for you, good on ya but please take the time to talk to anyone you know who may still be reluctant to leave X and encourage them to follow you here and leave that shit show behind.
Reminder for my supporters on Patreon, the switch to monthly subscriptions is happening next week. Don't miss your last chance to adjust your pledge. The first "monthly" will be charged on Feb 1st. Update now to avoid surprises! (and thank you for your support!)
@realtegan Thank you for your support! Yes, the 'monthly' label will be converted by Patreon next week. Each tiers will be converted to 1:1 , so if you donate 3$ per episode, it will be converted to 3$ monthly next week.
Furious AI Users Say Their Prompts Are Being Plagiarized
Move over, Ship of Theseus β thereβs a new paradoxical thought experiment in town. Some power users of generative AI have grown so comfortable with their new tools β especially image-generating ones β that they now feel entitled to the specific prompts they use to churn out slop, as if the entire technology wasnβt based on the work of human artists that had been ingested without consent. Consider Amira Zairi, a self-professed βAI educatorβ and βambassadorβ for Adobe, LeonardoAI, and TripoAI, who posted a scathing rant this week on X-formerly-Twitter to her 49,000 followers. Her complaint? Other people were βplagiarizingβ her unique AI prompts. ββMake your own promptsβ isnβt advice. Itβs basic integrity,β Zairi wrote, using syntax that reads suspiciously like text generated by ChatGPT. βIβm honestly fed up. Changing a few words, renaming the prompt, or slightly rephrasing it doesnβt make it yours, the idea is still the same, the vibe is the same, and the results are obviously similar.β βAnd no, this isnβt about one or two people, and it didnβt happen once!!!!β Zairi continued. βCreating your own prompts is actually easier than copying someone elseβs work! Try it.β #AiSlop #AI Futurism
Friends and family of the 43-year-old man who was fatally shot by a Department of Homeland Security agent in Northridge on New Year's Eve gathered on Sunday to demand accountability and hold a candlelight vigil for their lost loved one.
Question for anybody whoβs played a lot of different MMOs: Has there ever been an MMO Raid where one part of the raid has had you do a Power Rangers style βEveryone works together to control a giant robotβ fight, or anything remotely similar? Because I feel like thatβd be sick as hell.
Turns out German farmers grew too much potatoes last year, so now all the extra potatoes have to be consumed (the alternative is just burning them for biodiesel). This means free potatoes for everyone in Berlin! They accept applications for batches over 1 ton until Monday; and also on Thursday and Friday there will be multiple distribution points across Berlin for picking up smaller amounts for personal consumption, measured in kilos. 4000-tonnen.de
π΄ π - AOC: βI understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street.β
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Exclusive | Here's who's really behind the Minneapolis ICE
resistance movement \
Radical leftist groups, including one financed with $7.8 million from progressive -
billionaire George Soros, are behind the anti-ICE protests...
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ICE agent who shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is >
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Exclusive | Here's who's really behind the Minneapolis ICE
resistance movement \
Radical leftist groups, including one financed with $7.8 million from progressive -
billionaire George Soros, are behind the anti-ICE protests...
1 day ago
New York Post \
ICE agent who shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is >
βcommittedβ Christian, βtremendousβ father and husband, i
family says
The ICE agent who fatally shot protester Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is a Trump-
supporting Christian and war veteran who has a Filipina...
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