archive.today and archive.ph (also .is, .md, .fo, .li, .vn) could be Russian assets.
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Really though? It isn’t necessary. Use Bandcamp, you probably have half your artists covered. The rest - one of those Spotify alternatives: Tidal? Qobuz?
Personally I do selfhost btw. Jellyfin, though I heard of a better alternative specifically for music recently - and forgot the name again 😥 Something lowercase, like a verb… “normalize” or some such. Navidrome! Thanks @0konomiyaki@aussie.zone
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That’s not “benefit of the doubt”, that’s “playing devil’s advocate”. They probably used something like this.
Just following Dear Leader’s example.
Ich lebe in einem sehr kleinen Land, das sich seit fast 2 Jahren einer konservativ-neoliberalistisch-rechtspopulistischen Regierung erfreut.
Erbarmungslos wird an Geringverdienern und Unterstützungsbedürftigen gespart.
Statistiken zufolge hat das endlos negative Sekundäreffekte, und die direkten Einsparungen liegen unter 1 Milliarde € (pro Jahr, nehm ich mal an). Zum Vergleich, die gleiche Regierung wünscht sich eine (1) Bahnstrecke zwischen zwei Grossstädten so umzubauen dass der Zug statt 110min nur noch 80min braucht. Das würde 3 Milliarden € kosten.
Von längst fälligen Lohnerhöhungen im sozialen Sektor ganz zu schweigen. Nachdem sie während der Pandemie alle so schön geklatscht und danke gesagt haben.
There’s no simple solution to what this image proposes.
Their headquarters are still in EU but if you look a little closer almost everything else is US business, incl. Trump & Thiel. Servers are Google’s.
So “boycott US digital services” still very much applies.
Frankly I’m just surprised the bridge was still open up to this point.
This move coincided with the larger migration crisis in Finland
Um, no. There’s no migration crisis in Finland.
My sentiments precisely. Constant reminders are still important though:
Russia is ramping up efforts
Constantly. For more than a decade. The so-called Hybrid War is real.
Let’s not become frogs in boiling water.
Aber klar Markus, unser urbayrischer Minitrump, muss doch in den Schlagzeilen bleiben.
I totally understand your sentiment, but applying for citizenship is not joining a tribe.
Also they pivoted to online/video formats; are those part of the numbers?
For a critical blog, the first few paragraphs sound a lot like they’re shilling for Proton.
I’m not sure if I’m supposed to be impressed by the author’s witty wording, but “the cool trick they do” is - full encryption.
Moving on.
But that’s misleading. The actual large language model is not open. The code for Proton’s bit of Lumo is not open source. The only open source bit that Proton’s made available is just some of Proton’s controls for the LLM. [GitHub]
In the single most damning thing I can say about Proton in 2025, the Proton GitHub repository has a “cursorrules” file. They’re vibe-coding their public systems. Much secure!
oof.
Over the years I’ve heard many people claim that proton’s servers being in Switzerland is more secure than other EU countries - well there’s also this now:
Proton is moving its servers out of Switzerland to another country in the EU they haven’t specified. The Lumo announcement is the first that Proton’s mentioned this.
No company is safe from enshittification - always look for, and base your choices on, the legally binding stuff, before you commit. Be wary of weasel wording. And always, always be ready to move* on when the enshittification starts despite your caution.
* regarding email, there’s redirection services a.k.a. eternal email addresses - in some cases run by venerable non-profits.
“The situation must fundamentally improve for the people in the Gaza Strip. The whole world is watching, and this threatens to put Israel in an increasingly difficult position,” he said.
“We urgently need a ceasefire and an agreement on the release of the hostages,” he said. The international situation has escalated to the point where Israel is, unfortunately, finding itself increasingly isolated on the global stage.
So… we need to save Gaza and Palestinians not for their own sake but to help Israel out of a difficult position? What a cynical and fucked-up way of thinking. I think I understand why he and increasing numbers of esp. German politicians bend themselves into pretzels over this: trying to appease public opinion while still supporting the industrial-military complex and the state of Israel, while trying not to appear pro-genocide. Worms.
The other person pulled you into defending yourself against a ridiculous claim.
Ach ja, Thema Thiel. Hallo zurück. Beide psychotisch mMn.
Verdammt, du magst GIFs aber ganz schön. Erstmal dein Unter abonniert.
So they just voted to - well, not quite dismantle democracy but at least open the doors wide for dismantling it.
Almost unanimously.
That’s so fucked up.
Slightly unrelated, but in my language Bestie means Beast. So, Peter Thiel’s beast
Devoid of all meaning except for being unmistakably racist. And not the mild, everyday kind either.
edit: there’s already two sibling comments with almost opposite interpretations. Fuck that shit, I don’t need to understand the finer (?) points to know that Yarvin & Thiel are horrible people who have way too much influence. And I bet half the time Yarvin doesn’t even understand it himself, he just needs to keep the controversy boiling.
Yes! Navidrome!
I get them dirt cheap or completely for free. It’s actually reverse piracy (no I’m not serious) since no doubt the previous owners ripped everything.