Or Vietnam!

https://wsocial.eu/, though it could beneficially be confused with https://w-social.eu/.

There’s nothing on their site yet, just an empty promise and a broken setup. Not inspiring confidence.

Jammen godt vi har så mye å lære av Amerika!

I am sure there are plenty of good people in the American Cuban minority just as there is anywhere, and it’s as awful for them as for anyone else. But yeah, a lot of people are having a leopards eating face moment, and it’s difficult to feel sorry for the Rubio types out there.

!betteroffline@lemmy.zip

It seems to overlap with !betteroffline@lemmy.world - is this intentional? Are they different in mission?

“Dobbelt-V” in Norwegian. It is by far the most poorly named letter of our alphabet, though to be fair it’s also the most neglected one.

Dropbox to Nextcloud. Saves me so much money every month and I way prefer the user experience.

Not to mention W, a single letter that nevertheless takes ages to pronounce in most languages.

It would have been a pity had it been needed - thankfully it is not. This project either needs to connect to ActivityPub, or it’s just a huge waste of time. I suspect the latter.

A lot of it will correct itself once the bubble bursts and AI companies have to be profitable. AI needs to be regulated and all that, but also importantly it needs to not be subsidized. Make them pay for the environmental cost of computing. Subject them to the same laws you would anyone else - don’t allow crazy data centres that steal people’s water and electricity.

Then again, even when it becomes more expensive than it is now creeps will still pay to have non-consensual content produced. So regulating the fuck out of the industry is also essential, but I honestly doubt we’ll make much progress before after the crash. The EU is making some decent efforts but it’s also too afraid of missing out on the slop bubble.

Everybody needs to hurry up and watch Doctor Strangelove (1964) before the world ends. It is hilarious but also a terrifyingly realistic portrayal of the type of weirdos currently in power in the US. It feels the only real difference is that in Doctor Strangelove there is at least one decent man at the table. Today there are none.

The 60s were amazing for spaghetti westerns. A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly are obviously amazing, but check out Django as well. It’s a personal favorite, and origin of the absolutely amazing theme song playing during the opening credits of Django Unchained.

For horror fans, Night of the Living Dead (1968) is a must-watch, and they fucked up their copyright so it’s available on peertube.

Worth seeing on the big screen whenever possible. I love everything about it honestly. It’s incredible that not a single scene looks dated despite being made in the 60s and set in space. Incredible movie.

I don’t usually go for sci-fi, but 2001 is something else.

Many European countries have their own national alternatives, but there doesn’t seem to be much interoperability going on between countries.

Is MasterCard any better at all? Are there developments towards an alternative to be accepted across Europe?

Didn’t realize it’s back! Cool stuff.

You got Mercatored. The German soldiers are somewhat on the large side, but the Finnish soldiers are in fact very tiny.

Hadn’t heard of this, but have been actively waiting for it to exist. Very cool, thanks!

Don’t see why this was taken down, pretty brilliant imho.

1. Be informed. Read books rather than endless snippets of doom. Arendt, Orwell, Graeber, Steinbeck—there’s plenty of options. Avoid spiralling into ideological rabbit holes—reading Marxist literature is good, exclusively reading Marxist literature is deeply concerning.
2. Share quality content on the open web where fascists cannot sensor speech. Focus on building communities.
3. Encourage others by being kind and supportive, and understanding of differences. Inspite of popular opinion there’s still a big gap between centrists and fascists—welcome the centrists with open arms, take their points seriously, and debate on reasonable terms. You can both learn something from each other—just because you understand the contours of the system of oppression it doesn’t mean you’ve got it all figured out. Remain humble.
4. Take care of yourself, if it feels heavy maybe make some tea and craft something or read a pleasent book.

That would be my advice, I guess. In general I think there’s more positivity to be found in long-form content, as people have had time to think about issues beyond the initial shock and disgust of the state of affairs expressed in daily news and short form content.

Some uncontacted tribe in the Amazon is currently winning the AI race.

I guess it’ll fuck them over soon enough anyway.