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@streetartutopia@mastodon.online Is that bottom image real? It seems absurdly implausible that it could've been taken at the exact same camera angle, height, and location as the first image given the immense destruction that has occurred around where the camera is sitting at? A reverse image search also only turned up a few X accounts reposting it with no source. (Note: I'm only questioning the validity of that particular image, not the destruction that has actually occurred in Gaza as a whole)

@danieruotakuboy @fosstodon The server is likely abandoned from what it seems. The main admin on there hasn't posted anything for over 3 years, and it's using an outdated version of the Mastodon client that's been out of support since last April. Especially in the last year or so, there's been persistent issues with spammers and inappropriate content springing up on there (due to still having open registrations) that's not being actively removed, even after multiple reports.

@ai6yr I did find a notice posted on March 5th from the main account on that instance announcing it was shutting down, though it doesn't seem like the admins pushed out that notice to the weather bots themselves, so unless you were following that specific profile, there was no warning at all.

@Techaltar YouTube's done this sort of thing for years now, this isn't new. Instagram's implementation of the Share feature is somehow even worse than this: If you're logged in, the Share feature attaches tracking data to created links that, when accessed, shows a pop-up asking you if you want to follow the Instagram account that was being used to create the Share link at the time, basically doxing the account owner.

@EthicalProfessor Here's an actual source for the quotation if anyone wants it. The full quote is actually longer than what that Bluesky post is showing. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/pope-leo-xiv-tyrants-trump-spat

@annika@xoxo.zone AFAIK, the "?si=" tracking parameter only appears if you use the Share button below the YouTube video. Copying the URL from the address bar or right-clicking on the video player and selecting "Copy video URL" does not add any additional tracking parameters; only the actual video link.

@kravietz@agora.echelon.pl "Google allows the ad sponsors to specify an URL that will be displayed on the ad (original brew.sh here), but the click takes you to the malware domain brewe.sh." WAIT WHAT?!!!! 🤯 Google let's advertisers change how a URL is displayed on an ad even when it differs from the actual linked page after clicking on the ad??!! Why in the actual fucking shit is that even a feature??!! 😡 🤬

@jpoesen If you're referring to in-person pursuits, adding a location or region where you live might be helpful if you're wanting more locally tailored answers.

@tj

@markwyner

@woe2you @CppGuy @MarkHoltom I'd love to get a Henry, but sadly they only make them in 240V, making them pretty useless in North America. If there's an equivalent out there that works on 120V, I'd love to know! (for future reference anyways, I don't need a new vacuum currently)

@noheger@wien.rocks Microsoft did this sort of thing with Windows 11 as well (apparently done via some sort of weird DWM hack to round the window corners, without actually changing how the touch targets are located). Though for whatever reason, the mouse targets are smaller on the top corners of the window than on the bottom, even though it technically shouldn't matter.

@ariadne (not including a million other problems with colonizing Mars I'm not even going to begin to get into)

@futurebird@sauropods.win There's essentially no such thing as "snow days" where I'm from. It's district policy to keep the schools open as much as possible (unless the weather conditions make it literally impossible for even staff to show up to schools, which never happened during the course of my school career). Parents do have the option to not send their kids to school if they choose to, though I don't recall many parents actually doing that unless they lived very far away from the school or something.

@ramiro@xoxo.zone @kravietz@agora.echelon.pl It's been an ongoing problem for years now, yet Google's done little to nothing about it. Using an ad blocker should prevent the sponsored search results from showing up.

@alice@lgbtqia.space I once came across an account just as described (forgot who it was, sorry), though even more ridiculously they added a watermark advertising their account to all of the videos they posted even though likely none of the videos were theirs and stolen from any one of the millions of free websites out there with such content. They also never credited any of the creators they stole the videos from, so no way to even possibly know who the subject(s) were in the first place.

@chrisisgr8 -push wrongness generator 3000 bots to every possible service and job ever made (whether or not it's actually useful or necessary) -get people to buy and promote (functionally worthless) nft's for (hopefully) a massive profit!!

@kytta There was a weird problem I noticed on Google Maps earlier this year where a major arterial road in my city somehow got renamed to "x" (yes, literally just the letter x). I have no idea how that happened. I reported the change, and it did get reverted to the correct name later on (though I don't know if my report actually had any bearing on the issue getting fixed or not).

@Nic3 @Endof10 You can find that information in the Settings app > System > About, and on the "Edition" line under the "Windows specifications" section it should say the Windows version followed by the edition you're running (i.e. "Windows 11 Home", "Windows 10 Pro", etc.).

@bestiaexmachina I love this so much!

@chirpbirb The #bediverse 😴

@chu What is more concerning to me is the sheer number of kids I've seen shooting down the street or sidewalk on these e-scooters with no helmets or anything. Massive recipe for disaster if they were to hit a bump or something and fly off the scooter right onto the pavement at 30+km/h. Probably doesn't help that helmets on e-scooters are only "encouraged" where I live and not a legal requirement unlike with e-bikes, so it's more-or-less unenforced in that sense.

@LukefromDC @firestorm @crimethinc @pmpress The videos in question aren't age-restricted to 18+ only. What they're talking about is this other YouTube feature that can be enabled on a per-network basis by an administrator and has effect whether or not you're signed into a Google account: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7354993

@infobeautiful@vis.social FYI, this image is from Linus Tech Tips. I remember seeing them post this to their YouTube/Twitter several years ago.