After Russian strikes on Ukraineβs energy system, Moldova had to request emergency electricity support from Romania. A major energy group went offline, pushing interconnection lines to the limit. Romanian help prevented a grid overload, while Moldova urged citizens to cut consumption during peak hours to avoid blackouts.
Well, my Razer Kraken v3 X gaming headset is developing a crack in the headband. I got myself a little simple headset to replace it for now, but Iβve gotten used to having something a bit fancy. Any recommendations? Had to work with a Mac, and I prefer USB, but will consider wireless.
anyone have a guide for running 32 bit android apps on newer phones, without root or closed source apps? looking like my best bet is something like vmos but i'm not seeing any open source options...
unfortunately in my experience the android ecosystem is still very much closed-source. there's a few good open apps but it just doesn't seem like a space that gets a lot of love.
I encountered an LLM-based support assistant today that told me it couldn't answer my question because another, different LLM chatbot had an exclusive license/authority on that information, and I suddenly had a vivid vision of a previously unexplored layer of hell.
Trump says he's expanding the travel ban to 30+ countries, and if a country doesn't have a "stable government," it's on the list. I'm willing to bet all 30+ nations are:
1. Black or brown majority
2. Nations USA has intervened to destabilize their Govt
White supremacy continues to thrive in 2025 USA. Also funny how he thinks that the US government is stable. Is he putting himself on the ban list?π€
to stay in the terminology: but even the "white" countries he is aiming to attack/controll if they are not radical/fascist/nazi enough for his taste. Latest target of his adjustment tour is Europe, specifically EU, because they are constitutional democracies - protecting democracy & the rule of law - acting accordingly. The buffoon FOTUS offered his "help" to "adjust" the countries to eliminate the left and lead them into... I guess MAGA idiocracy.
I still can't believe our checks and balances are still letting this all continue. It's terrifying that our checks and balances have been bought and paid for. What's worse is the American citizens cheering all of this on like they're on some superior high road can't even see they're next. Everyone is a target in this government setting.
"White supremacy continues to thrive in 2025 USA" not for long, when white people learn that all the things that made them powerful disappeared because there's no migrants to work in them, and they didn't learn to cook good food either
Free chairs, anyone? I have two matched dining chairs and a small pink IKEA office chair that are surplus to requirements here.
Before they go into storage, if anyone wants to come to the western suburbs of Melbourne and pick them up, they're yours.
The dining chairs are perfectly solid and stable but have lived in a household with cats all their lives so have some light scratches, and if you've got allergies to cat fur they've definitely got some in the folds despite vacuuming.
The recommendation to delay the hepatitis B vaccine is βa direct threat to infant safetyβ that βcontradicts every major body of scientific evidence accumulated over four decades,β according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/0β¦
What is being implemented under the guise of βhealth freedomβ is, in fact, the demolition of the very institutions and structures that have protected millions from infectious disease.
The official Department of Justice recruitment page is saying the quiet part out loud: they donβt care about law, they only care about deportations. Flagrant. False. Possibly illegal. This is why many of us have advocated for an independent immigration court for years. οΏΌοΏΌ
This is their hiring motto? Never have weβve seen such a concerted effort to replace the Fed work force with Trump toadies, especially judges who only give a rip about Trump law βwhatever I proclaim!β Now think about all the firings that have to happen to clean this mess up. π€
we need cis people to understand that there are quite a few countries where hrt is available without a prescription and none of those countries have a detransition problem
hormones should be free, with no prescription requirement, and no psych evals, to anyone of any age, minors included
#DonaldTrump has full presidential immunity due to #TrumpVUnitedStates, so he can't be tried INSIDE the U.S., but since killing the survivors of the Venezuelan boat strike is a #WarCrime, he CAN be tried by international law. Then let's do that. He can't pardon himself internationally.
Our car was clamped while parked at the NET Forest Tram Park and Ride in /Nottingham, and we had to pay Β£140 to have it freed.
The prominent signs displayed at the entrance state that those parking without using the tram will be clamped. We did use the tram to and from the city centre after walking in the adjacent park.
It was the enforcement officer who pointed out a notice on the BACK of the entrance sign which stated, in small print, that #drivers have to buy a ticket on arrival. We appealed citing inadequate signs but the appeal was rejected.
This is really disturbing and dangerous. It's more insidious than censorship because viewers cannot tell a video has been altered.
If you post to YouTube, I'd strongly recommend you start ALSO posting to PeerTube, either on your own server or a public server. There's a complete guide here:
I understand why some creators, including myself, don't leave #YouTube. However it's *vital* now more than ever to also make yourself a #PeerTube server. You need an accurate archive of your work that YOU control, even if no one watches it there. youtube.com/watch?v=MrwJgDHJJoβ¦
HOLY SHIT this is a new low even for YouTube. If YouTube just randomly alters content, there is ZERO reason for ANY creator to stay. Because who guarantees that YouTube will stop there? They could alter content so aggressively that it completely twists what you stand for, and DEFACING your hard work. YouTube could stab you in the back at any time by essentially posting FAKE content under your name.
Creators need to make a very LOUD STINK about this. Oh, and leave. This is BAD.
That's why having a copy of your videos on PeerTube is so important, it means any alterations on YouTube instantly become obvious by comparing the two versions.
It also means your viewers who want to avoid YouTube/Google completely are being given the option of watching on PeerTube.
and having content created for YouTube on PeerTube is a nice positive externality. One thing Youtubers need to understand is that the copying/import facility that PeerTube provides isn't a solution, there should be a specific upload to PeerTube and not a simple backup from YouTube (the later risks having the Big Tech altered video on PeerTube). @Wuzzy
@jt_rebelo Wait. I don't think I understand your post. When you import a video from YouTube in PeerTube, that's NOT a full copy but basically just a mirror? Meaning that changes to the video will change the video in PeerTube?
If so, that should be made SUPER clear in the UI because that sounds like a trap. It should be clearly visible to the creator when a video was added not as a full independent copy but is pulled from another site. This distinction is important IMO.
As far as I know it's not a mirror, it's just YT-DLP downloading a copy. If the original changes, it isn't reflected on PeerTube.
However, the advantage of a direct upload is it never even passes through Google's systems. Usually this just means higher image quality, but if Google is going to alter uploads with AI then it would avoid that too.
I mean, if the video is already on Youtube there might be no way (unless it happens right after the original is uploaded) to know (without watching the video copied to PeerTube) that it was altered (I'm not talking about new uploads, or at least not videos that haven't been for a while on Youtube - doing what they want to do with the videos has to take some time, even if it is fast). And knowing Big Tech, we all know that sooner rather than later they'll do their alterations while the video is being processed (after the upload) and before being posted (might not fool everyone, but they only need a small part, like they did with ads on videos uploaded by accounts that had no way to receive ad revenue - they did it to my "channel" years ago). @Wuzzy
@jt_rebelo @Wuzzy Copying from YouTube to PeerTube seems risky to the point of dumb. Even if the video seems to be unaltered on YouTube, can one be sure there arenβt invisible changes?
If you are willing to upload directly, that's the best option by far: you have total control over it and it's the highest possible technical quality.
However, some people who are new to the Fediverse and/or on the fence about PeerTube may find it easier to try it if there is a way of just automatically copying stuff over without having to do each video manually. Some of them may have hundreds of videos in their archive.
However, YT-DLP is unreliable, through no fault of its own. YouTube changes its blob configuration so much that theyβre constantly chasing it.
When I left Google a while back, I just included my videos in my βtakeoutβ archive. Then I manually uploaded them to PeerTube. It took a while, but I knew I could trust the integrity.
@jt_rebelo Ahhh, so you mean YouTubers should just upload the video from their computer directly. Yeah, makes sense, there is a risk the YouTube video might have *already* been defaced before you click the Import button. π
I really hope more YouTubers WAKE UP to this nightmare and leave this shitshow of a website for good.
He also runs a managed hosting service that makes it a lot easier for anyone to start a PeerTube instance at fedihost.co (no connection to my account, just a similar name!)
Oh wait, you meant to tell YouTubers they should post on PeerTube as a means of collecting EVIDENCE for when YouTube has defaced your work? Interesting.
IMHO YouTube just needs to DIE. A platform that so blatantly HATES the own creators does not deserve anyone's time. PeerTube FTW!
(I'm not a YouTuber btw, the few videos I did post are all on a PeerTube instance anyway lol.)
If a video creator wants to make sure people can always see the original versions of their video, it's important to have versions uploaded somewhere that Google/YouTube cannot touch them. PeerTube seems to be the best option, especially if it's your own server, as it's outside corporate control.
I tried to find a server on peertube that would allow me to upload my videos, but none of them allow an unlimited upload. The biggest server I found would let me upload a maximum of 25 videos in 4K quality and that's it. Can you please advice me on how to make your suggested back-up without having to manage my own server.
Fediverse servers are run by volunteers who do not run ads and do not sell people's data. They have to pay for the data storage costs themselves, out of their own pocket.
In those circumstances it's impossible for anyone to promise unlimited uploads.
You can avoid limits by paying for the storage yourself, by setting up your own server. This is also covered in the same guide: fedi.tips/how-to-publish-videoβ¦
Can someone explain how to simply watch a video on PeerTube. I've been thrashing through reams of stuff telling me what PeerTube is but nowhere is there a simple link telling me how to watch a video there.
honestly this is not a good argument. YouTube has always altered the content through encoding and what they are doing now is not that much different. The only difference is that it may not be deterministic (if it is, then the only difference is the technology being used).
That's really "uncool". Perhaps many more should know this. I didn't like YouTube since it looks like spam when I just follow an interesting link. I wish #peertube becomes much more popular.
p.s. If you already have a PeerTube account and want to get more visibility for your videos, here's a guide all about that: fedi.tips/how-to-promote-your-β¦
It's a big task as YouTube has been around for 20 years now, but we can make a start by using other platforms that cannot be bought out by Google.
YouTube was originally independent, but because it was centralised it was very easy for Google to purchase it.
PeerTube is not centralised, it's spread out on many different servers and anyone can start their own pretty easily. It would be much more difficult for anyone to buy PeerTube out.
To be fair, they mailed me last month about my two channels, showing how to opt out before they start to do it.
That being said, I already recreated that two channels on PeerTube earlier this year and think this is an important move, even if nobody watches it on PeerTube, at least to have a ready-to-go backup.
Eh, this has been known for quite some time now. It's just generative upscaling. Not that I support it but you are blowing this issue out of proportion. It is not ACTUAL alteration of the content.
The Trump administration is so sure it can get away with anything that itβs willing to try anything. That misapprehension of the situation has resulted in at least 200 rulings against the admβ¦
My Duolingo subscription is about to expire. Are there any non-evil language learning apps? I'm ok paying a fee. I just want it to be effective and not evil.
Duolingo went too far toward making it feel like a video game.
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