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The latest round of in is large, significant and sharp. We shall hope and see if the people of Iran have success this time

Here's a little wrinkle and it is amazing

have been lighting pictures of the on fire, and lighting cigarettes with it

Burning photos of the supreme leader is a serious offense

Women smoking is restricted

Not a single (mandatory) to be seen

https://www.newsx.com/viral-news/symbol-of-resistance-iranian-women-ignite-viral-protest-by-lighting-cigarettes-with-supreme-leader-ali-khameneis-photos-see-pics-143567/

a woman lighting a cigarette with a burning phot of the Ayatollah
a woman lighting a cigarette with a burning phot of the Ayatollah
a woman lighting a cigarette with a burning phot of the Ayatollah
a woman lighting a cigarette with a burning phot of the Ayatollah

Britain could ban Elon Musk’s X amid a row over after it emerged that child sexual abuse images had been generated using X’s AI chatbot, Grok undressing women and children in photographs, online safety & compliance. Keir Starmer said that he’d asked media regulator for “all options to be on the table”.

I’m amazed that public bodies, government accounts, and the third sector didn’t leave years ago!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/08/musks-x-could-be-banned-in-britain-over-ai-chatbot-row/

“Musk’s X could be banned in Britain over AI chatbot row Sir Keir Starmer brands deepfakes on social media site ‘disgusting and not to be tolerated’ header of article with a picture of Musk and and X logo.

"A woman has told the BBC she felt "dehumanised and reduced into a sexual stereotype" after Elon Musk's AI Grok was used to digitally remove her clothing.

The BBC has seen several examples on the social media platform X of people asking the chatbot to undress women to make them appear in bikinis without their consent, as well as putting them in sexual situations."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98p1r4e6m8o

Sometime around the 2020 era, we lost the right to be mediocre at things we love.

No longer can you just bake bread...you must start a sourdough side hustle lol. Wanna stay fit and go jogging or running? Nah, you gotta optimize your biometrics for a marathon. What my point is that every hobby has been enshittified and gentrified into a brand opportunity.

This strange infatuation with optimization culture is killing the human spirit.

So this new year, starting tomorrow, one of my resolutions is to do something bad but fun. Maybe I write a terrible poem. I like to draw and paint, so perhaps I will draw a horse that looks like a table or sing off-key in the showers or in front of my loved ones. The algorithm driving the mainstream social media wants me to be a polished product, but my humanity lives in …

Big Tech platforms routinely censor any mention of the , so I've started designing, printing, and placing these stickers around town.

No idea if they get any scans, but I figure simply getting the word "fediverse" out there might raise the consciousness a little.

Any ideas for slogans that might pique the interest of facebook-addicted normies?

Edit: I'm so glad this post has gotten so much attention, because I think it's a good idea, and I'd love to see others run with it. I know nothing about making stickers and wouldn't have made these had I not been gifted a small toy printer with a few rolls of sticker paper. Hopefully someone out there can do a more professional job of it :)

Three small white stickers each with qr code and the following black text, respectively: "Big tech thinks you're stupid. Join the fediverse! Jointhefediverse.net" "cats not capitalism. Join the fediverse! Jointhefediverse.net" "Anarchy not Algorithms Join the fediverse! Jointhefediverse.net"

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We're very excited to announce that we're sponsoring Protocols for Publishers - @team - in London.

As well as helping support the event, @saskia will be joined by Siddhartha from The Bristol Cable to talk about building a social app for a local community, with their local news publisher.

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"Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the 'biggest waves of censorship' on its platforms in years."

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/11/meta-shuts-down-global-accounts-linked-to-abortion-advice-and-queer-content

'[Tingo], you're into these things. Please help [children] understand these new laws.'

'You're not banned from social media. US companies are banned from giving you an account. Knock yourselves out getting around it, no-one can stop you.'

My goal to spend way less time on social media is going well so far. 😃 I'm posting a lot less and I've started opening the Flipboard app instead of social media. Scrolling through Flipboard is a lot more calming than being subjected to all the rage bait and yelling on Meta apps.