Churbleyimyam
@Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
- Comment on UK government says anyone working in Britain for the Russian state will have to register and declare what they are doing or face jail 2 days ago:
I wish I could give your comment more than one upvote. I think the vast majority of us are not fully aware that we’re in the middle of an active Russian propaganda campaign. Apparently there are at least 10,000 people in Russia employed full-time on this and a tiny fraction of that here to try and combat it.
I think this is the first time our society has been subject to a state-backed propaganda campaign since the widespread adoption of the internet (which is of course not regulated like ‘legacy media’ is) and so it makes sense that most people aren’t really on their guard for it. The government has no excuse though. They are reported to by the intelligence services, who know exactly what is happening here.
- Comment on How do I discover the Pixelfed content that is out there when so many big instances block exploration? 3 days ago:
Would you be able to subscribe to those things via your account if they hadn’t made it across to your instance though? I’m no expert but perhaps this is side-effect of controls for moderating federation i.e blocking or allowing content from other instances.
I do agree that it should be easier to browse any instance though. Some Pixelfed instances browser home pages seem to allow it and some don’t - I’m guessing it’s an admin option somewhere.
- Comment on Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft. 3 days ago:
Yeah I know what you mean. Map downloads especially can take up a lot of space/take a lot of mobile data to download. I tried to copy them across manually once but it didn’t work.
- Comment on Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft. 4 days ago:
Organic Maps is definitely easier to use, especially for new users but OsmAnd is more powerful. I have both and they’re awesome.
- Comment on How do I discover the Pixelfed content that is out there when so many big instances block exploration? 4 days ago:
I use Pixelfed by subscribing to hashtags that I’m interested in and artists/photographers who I come across via hashtags or my instance feed.
I’m guessing that this is how Pixelfed is designed to be used as users and hashtags are what makes up your home feed.
I’ve never felt the need to browse by instance but I can see that this could be a cool feature to add if there are any which are dedicated to a particular subject or style. Of course the same functionality can be accomplished simply by users adding unique and specific hashtags to their posts e.g #celticsculptures or #seeninplymouth.
- Comment on copper 5 days ago:
This is what can happen if you don’t get anyone to look after your house when you’re away.
- Comment on London: Police to install permanent cameras equipped with live facial recognition 6 days ago:
They already rolled this out in Cardiff recently.
- Comment on Child support 1 week ago:
This just makes me angry
- Comment on calibre 8.0 1 week ago:
Another option for some Kobos is Inkbox/QuillOS. It’s a full open source OS replacement and is very cool. It was very usable last summer when I tried it out on my Kobo Lara HD and is probably even better now.
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to fediverse@lemmy.world | 7 comments
- Comment on Starmer says he wants to increase UK defence spending to 3% - and announces foreign aid cut 5 weeks ago:
Reducing dependence on crackpot America is good in my book, as long as we’re not going to just spend that budget with them anyway.
But for gods sake get rid of the tax exemption on wealth to pay for it instead of cutting things that people actually need.
- Comment on Stalwart mail server 1 month ago:
I can’t comment on Stalwart but if you’re looking for something reliable and easy to install on a VPS I recommend YUNOhost, which is a FOSS server OS that has email out of the box.
- Comment on Pixelfed's first plateau in progress 1 month ago:
It seems odd that you’re here on a social media site then.
- Comment on Audiblez v4.0 is out: Generate Audiobooks from Ebooks 1 month ago:
Some people have to buy ebooks with DRM to support the author but like to strip it using a Calibre plugin, for various reasons.
- Comment on Pixelfed's first plateau in progress 1 month ago:
Check out YUNOhost. I had a Pixelfed server up and running in 20 mins.
- Comment on Pixelfed's first plateau in progress 1 month ago:
You’re 100% right about that. I’ve never ran out of nice posts to look at on Pixelfed. I think the medium & format is a lot less addictive and a lot more relaxing/positive, which might help to explain it.
- Comment on Pixelfed's first plateau in progress 1 month ago:
Pixelfed is definitely a good example of “its what you make it”.
Try searching for and following some hashtags that you’re interested in. I have an awesome home feed made up of art, design and photography hashtags and artists.
- Comment on Ghost blog adding activitypub 1 month ago:
I would love to know how you get on with this.
- Comment on Ghost blog adding activitypub 1 month ago:
The people who make writefreely are saying that they are working on making image uploads possible for self-hosted instances, not just their own at write.as. Currently if you are self-hosting you can insert an image but it must be hosted elsewhere and inserted via a markdown link.
- Comment on imagine 1 month ago:
Oh OK, that makes sense - you’re talking about clones right? I thought you were saying that they don’t even come out the same species 🤣
- Comment on imagine 1 month ago:
Wild maple trees for example do not grow true from seed.
How do they reproduce?
- Comment on Ghost blog adding activitypub 1 month ago:
This looks a lot like Writefreely.
- Comment on Ghost blog adding activitypub 1 month ago:
And you would be able to see blog posts in a fediverse feed and subscribe to a blog that way.
- Comment on A resource to help introduce people to the Fediverse 1 month ago:
Good work!
- Comment on Water bills in England and Wales to rise by £123 a year in April 2 months ago:
If you could have as much clean water as you want, delivered to interior of your home, without wrecking the environment or greasing the palms of rich layabouts, I think £600 a year would pretty damn cheap.
- Comment on UK Home Office hands Fujitsu contracts worth £25mn 2 months ago:
Own goal.
- Comment on It's just the begin Jerry. 2 months ago:
When did Michael Portillo get into acting?
- Comment on I believe him on a factual level, but not on an emotional level. 2 months ago:
The national mascot of Belgium is a naked toddler urinating in public. They are not a serious people.
- Comment on I never realized this 2 months ago:
🎤 My name is chika-chika Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
- Comment on Day 1 Reddit Refugee 2 months ago: