It is very very very very very very very very very very very very very bad, because if they can enter immigrants' homes without a warrant, then they can enter anyone's home without a warrant. The idea that the Fourth Amendment can be overridden by an "administrative warrant" issued by an employee of the very agency that wants to fuck with you is ludicrous, and if we had a serious Supreme Court it would be shot down immediately.
Some scammers are pretending to be Mastodon admins and asking people to "verify" their accounts by clicking on a link, which then asks for their card details or other sensitive info.
DO NOT CLICK THE SCAM LINK!
GENUINE MASTODON ADMINS WILL NEVER ASK YOU TO VERIFY!
There is a real verification system on Mastodon, but it's entirely optional and does not involve credit cards. Genuine verification is voluntary and based on website ownership.
In some ways this is a sad development, but on the other hand the Fedi has clearly gained sufficient traction to make it worth while scammers targeting uses on it. I have boosted for reach.
No, I don't think so, but this way you can basically focus on updating the page and have it be evergreen. I was thinking of the new users that maybe don't federate with everyone yet so might not even see your account. Could be good for us old hats too to see what we missed if we're offline. @FediTips
Kyiv Independent's new documentary reveals how Russia prepared to seize #Crimea since the early 1990s
The #documentaryinvestigates how #Russia steadily expanded its presence in Crimea and, in #violation of #InternationalLaw, sought to seize control of the peninsula from the moment #Ukraine declared independence in 1991, through #military assaults, political schemes, and even #coup plots.
The documentary is available to watch on the Kyiv Independent's YouTube channel.
Playlist reverse, it lets you put the latest videos at the top of the list which is great for anything which involves recent developments (tech news etc).
Without the plugin, people have to scroll to the bottom of your playlist every time to see the latest additions.
33K likes, 879 comments - lawyer_oyer on January 20, 2026: "Some very disturbing news in the Renee Good case: Weβre now learning that the FBI actually opened a civil rights investigation into the shooter β ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
"But if it's 1000 years from now, why do they talk like people today? Why are there disabled people, and fat people, and why do they still listen to our music, andβ"
Stop. It's not a documentary about the future. It's a sci-fi/fantasy show about the present. It always has been.
There's a new website in NZ called OK Bouquet, where you can search in your local area and see if anyone local is selling flowers from their gardens. There are quite a few flower farms/florists on there, but there's also local people who make bunches of flowers from their gardens.
I put a jar of Floret zinnias up on there to see what happens. Who knows if anything will come of it, but it's an interesting concept.
I never applied for an amateur radio license because I didn't like the idea of appearing on an official list of "skilled" people. Until now that was a theoretical fear. One I wasn't even sure if it was warranted or just me being overly cautious.
In Belarus things escalated quickly. Radio amateurs - usually recognized as men of goodwill - have been declared enemies of the state and publicly shamed and indicted for high treason.
During the 2nd world war, both sides confiscated amateur radio equipment; however my understanding is that Germany did it a lot sooner; I'd heard that in the UK those amateurs turned into people fixing stuff in the field, but in Germany they went the other way and engineered the equipment to survive in the field with less help.
βWe do not want to be rich like Americans. Look how greedy they are, even trying to invade their friends. Even if there are minerals and oil under our landβ¦we still would not sell ourselves. We know what happened to Indigenous people in Alaska and Native Americans. β¦ We see who Trump surrounds himself withβwhite power peopleβand we are not white. We are people of color. We know our rights would likely be taken away.β βTillie Martinussen, Former Greenland MP #trump #greenland
I tried getting into Apple Notes on my Windows laptop, via Librewolf.
I got an error on the page, saying Notes canβt open. It said, βThis browser's WebGL feature is not available.β
Anyone know what that means and how to resolve it?
I used to be able to access Notes on this same laptop when using Firefox and more recently I think on Vivaldi, so I suspect itβs a browser thing but donβt know for sure.
Averhealthβs lab practices have been faulted by its own accreditor, and the company has been targeted in lawsuits and dropped by two child welfare agencies, a ProPublica investigation found.
Translation for Americans: a member of the Irish parliament (the Dail) who happens to be a barrister (an attorney specialising in advocacy in front of a judge, including criminal prosecution/defense) has formally written to the head of the Irish cybercrime unit setting out applicable charges against X/Grok and sternly requesting formal prosecution of that company on child pornography/trafficking charges.
TD Barry Ward, who is also a barrister, has written a letter laying out very clearly why X/Grok could and should be prosecuted immediately under existing Irish law. Iβm sharing it in full as it is the public interest. Iβll add my own opinion that the X premises should be raided as soon as possible before evidence can be destroyed.
The letter follows
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To: Detective Superintendent Pat Ryan Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau
Dear Superintendent,
You will no doubt be aware of the social media company X and its Grok app, which utilises artificial intelligence to generate pictures and videos. I understand you are also aware that, among its capabilities is the generation, by artificial intelligence, of false images of real people either naked or in bikinis, etc. There has been a great deal of controversy recently about the use of this technology and its ability to target people without their knowledge or consent.
Whatever about the sharing of such images being contrary to the provisions of Cocoβs Law (sections 2 and 3 of the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020), the Grok app is also capable of generating child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or child pornography as defined by section 2(1) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 (as substituted by section 9(b) of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017).
In the circumstances, it seems there are reasonable grounds that the corporate entity X, as owner of Grok, or indeed the corporate entity Grok itself, is acting in contravention of a number of provisions of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 (as amended). Inter alia, it is my contention that the following offences are being committed by X, Grok, and/or its subsidiaries:
1.β β Possession of child pornography contrary to section 6(1) in that the material generated by the Grok app must be stored on servers owned and/or operated by X and with the companyβs knowledge, in this jurisdiction or in the European Union [subsections 6(3) and (4) would not apply in this case];
2.β β Production of child pornography contrary to section 5(1)(a) as substituted by section 12 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, in that material is being generated by the Grok app, which constitutes child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or child pornography as defined by section 2(1), since it constitutes a visual representation that shows person who is depicted as being a child βbeing engaged in real or simulated sexually explicit activityβ (per paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of child pornography in section 2(1) as amended by section 9(b) of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017);
3.β β Distribution of chiid pornography contrary to section 5(1)(b) as substituted by section 12 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, in that the said images that constitute child pornography are being distributed, transmitted, disseminated or published to the users of the Grok app by X or its subsidiaries;
4.β β Distribution of chiid pornography contrary to section 5(1)(c) as substituted by section 12 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, in that the Child pornography is being sold to the users of the Grok app by X or its subsidiaries, now that the app has been very publically put behind a pay wall;
5.β β Knowing possession any child pornography for the purpose of distributing, transmitting, disseminating, publishing, exporting, selling or showing same, contrary to section 5(1)(g) as substituted by section 12 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017.
You will also be aware that, pursuant to section 9(1) of the 1998 Act, a body corporate is equally liable to be proceeded against and punished as if it were an individual.
Given the foregoing, as well as the public outcry against public decency, it is clear to me that X is flagrantly disregarding the laws of this country put in place by the Oireachtas to protect its citizens.
I am formally lodging this criminal complaint in the anticipation that you will investigate it fully and transmit a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions without delay; I would be grateful to hear from you in this regard.
The Independent has been covering this quite a lot over recent days, and Barry Ward is not the only TD to speak up about this. Here's Niamh Smyth from the day before.
The junior minister with special responsibility for artificial intelligence has doubled down on her criticism of X, accusing the social media platform of βtrying to let Grok off the hookβ by not taking responsibility for content created by the onlineβ¦
And since (for tax reason) most Big Tech moved their EU or even EMEA business to Ireland - it could mean that Elon would have to cease operations in the EU.
@jackwilliambell @tenkoman I think you mean "nudes of male politicians, not just the female politicians Grok is already being used to threaten and humiliate".
The indirect prompt injection vulnerability allows an attacker to weaponize calendar invites to circumvent Google's privacy controls and access private data. posted by pod_feeder
So, no update on #Loops , obviously its dead to me at this point since it doesn't work.
#holos we did a little more testing and stuff, I'm following my account both here and on my Mastodon, with the same results, however I have found if I mention this account, the post shares and shares quickly, so it looks like my account is simply not Federating, since its both this instance and stlouis.social that can't see its posts.
You really canβt make this stuff up. On Friday, the State Departmentβs Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs posted to Twitter/X condemning Nicaraguaβs government forβand I quoteβ&β¦
I may boost this post every day. If you live in the USA, I would definitely follow @HeavenlyPossum as we need all the help we can get as the weather can and will get much darker.
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