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Hard to believe Tumblr lasted this long even. They killed like 3/4 of their content (and audience) when they decided to not have any porn like 4 years ago. Everybody left. An early example of enshitification.

I could not find confirmation that biometrics are only stored on the device. In fact, I did see that iOS does at least part of the biometrics in it’s iCloud keychain.

It seems that Passkeys generally require a biometric scan of some kind. I would prefer a level of privacy where I am not providing images of my face or fingerprints to unknown agencies on the cloud.

Musk has become erratic, irrational, and volatile. These are not conditions suitable for someone who manages other people’s money. Financial institutions know this, and will not be a part of his delusions.

NYT should simply walk away from Xwitter. NPR did so with no apparent loss of viewership.

I’m already using Linux alot, and Windows 10 sometimes. I would drop Windows entirely if it were subscription model.

Great article. Well worth reading.

I saw today that they have found that over 80% of the microplastics in the ocean are from automobile tires.

Xwitter is a Nazi hate cesspool. I deleted my account not long after Musk took over. I would be delighted to see it fail, and Musk brought down a few notches.

Microsoft Edge is based on the Chrome codebase, so it will get the baked in ad mechanism.

In today’s skewed political spectrum, “Left” is what would be considered moderate in a reasonable perspective.

I use Debian XFCE, and it is perfect for me.

I never intend to use a flatpak or snap, and avoid them like the plague. The whole concept is incredibly ugly to me, and wasteful of computer resources.

So let’s say someone is harassing and abusing somebody on the platform. Blocking gives the victim a recourse. Let’s say someone with an extreme ideology, such as a Nazi anti-semite, consistently posts hate at a jewish person. Blocking gives the victim a recourse. Blocking is an essential feature of social media, and Musk is a complete idiot.

Far right media considers “Fact Based” to be a “Liberal Bias”.

The basque people would love their land to be this large once again.

So this is “Austrailia Broadcasting Corporation”, not the ABC (American broadcasting Company) which I am familiar with in the US. I presume they share no more than an acronym.

All the Lemmy and kbin instances can see anything posted on any other instance. It’s all what they call “Federated” content. Best to pick an instance which is not too overloaded, but still has plenty of links to existing Federated content. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that if you or anyone else on your instance subscribe to a “Magazine” (like a subreddit), then your instance will have an established link to that Federated content.