for everyone who still thinks that GenAI is a good thing: elon musk added an "edit" feature to all of the pictures, videos and gifs available on the platfrom X. this feature specifically targets independent artists, cosplayers, anyone whose content can be made inappropriate, etc. i dont want to go into heavy detail, explaining why it's bad, here's the link that further explains this. i also have posts from russian artists that explain stuff directly on x.

so if youre an artist, time to quickly delete your account and delete your art from there because 1) it will be stolen, 2) you have no way to turn off this feature yet, 3) your images can possibly become nsfw (and essentially deepfakes)

merry christmas. i wish elon musk to one time suffer as much as the rest of the world that he sets on fire.

PSA: Shitter is basically giving themselves rights to license and distribute everything you've ever posted. Delete your tweets and lock your account if you still have one. Especially if you're an artist

I just wanna add that you can't trust anyone with your data and social media profiles but yourself. Make a blog or join a federated / distributed platform. If you need a social media profile to promote your art, remember that Mastodon and Bsky are bridged. I'm gonna soon abandon Telegram too and I beg you to please start using the alternatives out there. Digital resistance is as important as any other form of resistance, because control starts from the flows of information, how you communicate and how you access media, and every piece of data you give up to them is yet another brick in the wall

So, Meta is using Instagram DMs to train their Meta AI

I've seen posts about an opt-out with a link described as "right to say no to this policy", but if you check the link it's NOT an opt-out

All you can do is send a request ONLY IF you have proof that Meta AI gives out your personal info as a reproducible response to a prompt

TL;DR Instagram is using your DMs to train their LLM and there is no opt-out

There's a research study out there called AYAGDOS, lead, amongst others, by Lisa Littman, who wants to study rapid onset gender dysphoria via social failure, and is trying to make data fit that fucked up theory by purposefully misrepresenting the people who partake in her studies.

Lisa is also on the advisory board on Genspect, a fully serious anti-trans org that operates within the EU and works closely with the medical systems wherever they're let in to push anti trans science.

They're actively recruiting for their study on sites like Reddit, targeting demographics who frequent trans subs.

whatever you do, do not participate in trans social studies without doing your research on the people leading the study, they're incredibly good at covering their tracks and will misuse your input to further a false narrative against trans people.
If you want to see just how bad it is, look up Genspect, you'll find ties to Turning Point, trans social rejection propaganda, gender ideology broadly being painted as deliberately inciting violence, detrans agenda pushing

La testimonianza di Rita Rapisardi giornalista de il manifesto

Ieri sera verso la chiusura del giornale, tarda, tanto lavoro, vedo esplodere la storia del "poliziotto martellato", soprattutto da dopo che Crosetto twitta il video (rubato a un collega di Torino oggi, non citato, non pagato, il logo tagliato) che poi rimbalza ovunque.

La notizia in poco tempo diventa quella principale, oggi ci aprono i giornali, la premier in ospedale a stringere mani, dopo che a Niscemi si è fatta vedere dieci giorni dopo, ma non dalla popolazione per paura di contestazione.

Fortuna vuole che quella scena l'abbia vista con i miei occhi, ero a cinque metri, ancora più vicina del videomaker che si trovava alle mie spalle, in mezzo al corso, diviso dalle barriere del tram. A quel punto della serata gli scontri stavano andando verso la conclusione, i manifestanti si erano dileguati da corso Regina, quello di Askatasuna, dove si sono svolti per la maggior parte, per scappare verso il lungo Dora attraverso i giardinetti che portano al Campus Einaudi.

Migliaia di persone si sono riversate in quel poco spazio e pian piano sono riuscite ad arrivare dall'altra parte, sulla Dora appunto, anche perché le forze di polizia arrivavano da entrambi i lati e la paura era quella di essere chiusi contro i cancelli, motivo per cui alcuni hanno aperto un varco tra le grate. Il tutto per fortuna si è svolto abbastanza tranquillamente, in molti urlavano di fare piano, con calma e non agitarsi. Nel frattempo continuava incessante il lancio dei lacrimogeni.

In corso Regina ormai erano in pochi. Sono tornata indietro per controllare, si parla di 20-30 persone al massimo. Mi affaccio e arrivano lacrimogeni ad altezza uomo (cosa vietata), una ragazza di fianco a me viene colpita, un'altro batte sull'angolo del muro e mi sfiora. Indietreggiamo, capisco che da lì sono un bersaglio, quindi torno sul corso e mi nascondo tra le auto.

A questo punto vedo arrivare da sinistra una squadra di venti agenti in antisommossa che corrono per manganellare quei dieci più vicini, ormai deboli di numero. Sono pronta ad urlare "stampa", convinta le avrei prese anche io, abituata a vestirmi sempre di nero poi.

Uno di questi, esce dallo schieramento, parte da solo e si allontana di 15 metri, per inseguire un paio di persone. Le inizia a manganellare, uno finisce a terra. Altri manifestanti arrivano in soccorso prendono il poliziotto e lo sbattono via, lui cade a terra e da lì ci sono quei secondi immortalati dal video ormai virale. Perde casco non allacciato e poi i due colpi di martelletto (non martello).

Mi giro e guardo la squadra, nessuno arriva a salvarlo, eppure l'hanno visto. Intanto da dietro arrivano delle urla, "basta, basta, lasciamolo stare". I militanti si allontanano e finalmente arriva un collega. In due poi lo trascinano via. Doppia ritirata, a quel punto mi allontano anche io, non era rimasto più nessuno.

Cosa capiamo quando vediamo un video? Dov'è la nostra capacità di analisi? Quali domande ci facciamo? Cosa è successo prima, come interpreto quei pochi secondi, saranno tagliati ad arte? Ieri sera leggo "il poliziotto assaltato, circondato, preso e isolato".

Ci sono numerosi video di persone a terra circondate e manganellate quando sono a terra (non finiranno in home page), ho visto teste aperte, labbra spaccate, persone intossicate dal lacrimogeni che hanno vomitato in strada. Almeno in trenta sono andati negli ospedali torinesi, allertati la sera prima, l'ultima volta l'emergenza era stata data nel periodo Covid, per capirci. Molti altri curati sul posto, non si avvicinano ai pronto soccorsi per paura di denunce.

Ora al di là di tutto, questo volevo raccontare, solo perché ero lì, di analisi sulle violenze e il loro significato ne trovate altrove, non aggiungerò altro, quello lo facciamo di persona. La giornata di ieri invece la trovate sul giornale, scritta insieme a Giansandro Merli, o nei commenti.

Segui @ossrepressione

TL;DR ACAB the State is your enemy italiaposting

so now you can summarize long messages with cryptominers-fueled AI if you have telegram premium. i guess it's time to choose a federated microblogging platform. any suggestions are welcome

Hello lesbeans ✨

As you probably noticed in the last couple months I've been posting less and less. Due to the downward spiral of centralised platforms (Twitter, Reddit, Discord, Telegram) I have been constantly looking for alternatives that are outside of the control of centralised entities without being impossible to use for the average user

Today I rejoined XMPP, a messaging protocol that has existed for almost 30 years and is being constantly improved upon. All I had to do was download the app Monocles Chat and register on one of the available free public servers (xmpp.earth): no weird shit, nothing harder than setting up a gmail account

I quickly discovered a welcome surprise: XMPP supports microblogging via PubSub (only on some clients tho), thus becoming what I think is the first really promising alternative to Telegram, with usernames, stories, both private and public chatrooms, and a channel-like feed, all while having better security (e2ee) and being decentralised/federated

Monocles Chat is available on F-Droid (where it's FREE, recommended) and on the PlayStore. Most servers, like xmpp.earth, offer a browser interface too

I invite you to try it, and if you wanna hit me up there I'm celeste@xmpp.earth

What XMPP server should I pick?

If you can, I recommend self-hosting.
If you can't, you can pick mov.im or something from this list if you want a native integration with the social Movim functionalities. This list has also a lot of information on the servers and anything between A and B tier would be a good pick (I personally have a good history with disroot.org and I'm currently using xmpp.earth)

What is Movim?

Movim is an integration of social network functionality on your XMPP account, centered around microblogging and communities. You don't have to make a new account or anything, and all standard XMPP functions are integrated in the movim interface. It works as a web-app so you can use it from any browser on any device

#resources

A couple thoughts after trying XMPP for an afternoon (I know it's not a lot)

The protocol itself is great. It offers a lot of flexibility, supporting private e2ee chats (with OMEMO or OpenPGP), both private and public chatrooms, microblogging, stories, reactions, stickers, gifs, all easily customizable through extentions

Chatting

It works just fine
- on the most popular clients OMEMO (e2ee) is enabled by default
- The interface on Android apps is not the prettiest but it's clean and not confusing, and desktop applications are even better
- The settings are very transparent and easy to understand
- Public chatrooms are also very easy to find, and there are dedicated groupchats for supporting users with any problem. Everybody I've spoken to was really kind and answered every question and doubt I had
- The microblogging feeds only work among users with clients that support the feature (e.g. Conversations does not). But it's extremely intuitive and even if the feed UI on Monocles frankly sucks, it's working and easy to use. The same goes for Stories

Movim

It's amazing to see that people have developed an advanced social network from scratch that works so well and is fully open source and free to use.
However, movim does not have any proper client and must be used either on a browser or as a Progressive Web App in order to use all the social functionalities as intended. This in turn may cause some issues if you rely heavily on e2ee chats and a hardened browsers.

So what?

XMPP is really promising and both Movim and the recent implementation of Pubsub on Monocles are pushing for an increase of people using the protocol for more than just messaging.

However, I wouldn't recommend using the same account for private chats and social network stuff

• If all you need is a secure messaging app you can use with your pusher as well as your mom, or you are a journalist or a political dissident, Signal/Molly is still probably the best option.

• If you want a simple replacement for Telegram, either Movim or a normal XMPP client are good enough. They might be less intuitive and less feature rich than Telegram, but they work.

• If you want a replacement for Discord, your best bet is either waititing for the release of spaces on Movim or move to Matrix (Fluffy chat is a good client imo).

• If you want to just focus on the blogging part, Mastodon is probably what you're looking for.

oh and the emojis are ugly 😭