TIL that the official joinmastodon.org list of instances contains no free speech, libertarian, or right-leaning instances. Every political instance in the list (the category called "Activism") is fully left-leaning. I have no idea why this surprises me.
But at least if your interests aren't politics, they have some categories that might appeal to you. For example, I'll just leave this here: https://joinmastodon.org/communities/furry
If you're also still on @twitter@twitter.com, we've got another chance right now to explain to people why the #fediverse is so much better. Just an FYI.
“Say you’ve got an older Mac that’s no longer getting security updates from Apple but you still want to use it, elementary OS is going to be a very familiar interface to you… It looks great, it’s stable, it’s updated regularly, and will run on many, many, many Macs.”
“Help stop the spread of child exploitation! … but first you have to jump through a bunch of hoops to use our proprietary cloud service.” - Microsoft
Isn’t there just a public hash database somewhere? Hashes work one-direction, so you can use them to identify an image given the source, but you can’t reverse the hash to see the image. Seems like an obvious thing to publish so people can filter it.
Right-wing extremists have been using gaming platforms for propaganda and recruitment purposes for some time. Two new initiatives are trying to counter this. Social work will soon be done not only in troubled urban areas , but also online - where gamers are mingling. Five "digital social workers" will be touring through gaming platforms such as Steam, as social scientist Mick Prinz reports.
That is all there to it. 5 Motherfuckers with Mickey Mouse degrees gonna harrass you and your frens on Steam if your are stupid enough to admit, that you from Krautland or using Originin and Uplay. Since the official website is hosted in Germany, the Webdesigner responsible for it underwent the duty of doxing his ass on behalf of their newly minted NGO (its only a thing since April). Not that it gonna protect the two named in the article alongside their professions from wannabe gum shoes. Nichegamer has the Burger side on this: https://nichegamer.com/2020/10/12/electronic-arts-ubisoft-more-join-adl-to-push-social-justice-and-combat-right-wing-extremism-in-gaming/
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