neuracnu @ neuracnu @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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He’s also still getting tons of regular work outside sci-fi. He’s got a comedy with Paul Reiser coming out later this year that looks pretty funny, too.

https://youtu.be/lVSBJsxWtUo

He doesn’t need to go back to Trek, and I’m glad for that.

Regarding Kate Mulgrew, Prodigy made a lot of sense for her given her talents as a voice actor. (RIP Infinity Train)

I think it technically counts as Spring, but Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction has me enraptured.

But if we're talking about Summer alone, hands down, Dungeon People.

Same (using element.io). I’m in several other matrix rooms, but it seems like the JS or form action on the join button is harfed.

Cross-Origin Request Blocked: The Same Origin Policy disallows reading the remote resource at https://matrix-client.matrix.org/_matrix/client/v3/directory/room/%23gv-apply%3Ablahaj.zone. (Reason: CORS header ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ missing). Status code: 502.

Asking the person you’re debating to look up your own citations is certainly one way to converse. But ok, let’s go for it.

In Aug 2023, Forbes published an article describing the proposal of “unfettered access” you referred to:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2023/08/21/draft-tiktok-cfius-agreement/

In June 2024, the Washington Post reported that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) turned down the proposal and includes some broad reporting as to why:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tiktok-offered-an-extraordinary-deal-the-u-s-government-took-a-pass/ar-BB1nfAcE

The article isn’t very technical, but it mentions some interesting responsibility angles that the US wouldn’t want to back themselves into:

• throwing open some, but not all, doors to server operations and source code creates a mountain of work for the government to inspect, which would be a workload nightmare
• the US government’s deepest concerns seem to be about what data is going out (usage insights on the virtuous side and clipboard/mic/camera monitoring on the ultra shady side) and data coming in (bespoke content intended to influence US residents of China-aligned goals). Usage insights are relatively benign from national security perspective (especially when you can just mandate that people in important roles aren’t permitted to use it). Shady monitoring should be discoverable through app source code monitoring, which you can put the app platforms (Apple, Google, whoever else) on the hook for if they continue to insist on having walled app gardens (and if you trust them at all). The content shaping is harder to put your finger on though, since it’s super easy to abstract logic as far out as you need to avoid detection. “Here, look at these 50M lines of code that run stateside, and yeah, there are some API calls to stuff outside the sandbox. Is that such a big deal?” Spoiler: it is a big deal.
• the US can’t hold Byte Dance accountable so long as it remains in China. Let’s say the US agreed to all this, spent all the effort to uncover some hidden shady activity that they don’t like (after an untold amount of time has passed). What then? They can’t legally go after Byte Dance’s foreign entity. The US can prosecute the US employees, but it’s totally possible to organize in such a way that leaves those domestic employees free from misdeeds, leaving prosecutors unable to enforce misdeeds fairly. It’d be a mess.

The second article explains this somewhat, but I’m admittedly painting some conjecture on top regarding how a malicious actor could behave. I’ve got no evidence that Byte Dance is actually doing any of that.

But going back to the “influence the public” angle, I’m struggling to see how different TikTok is versus NHK America (Japan’s American broadcasts) or RT (American media from the Russian standpoint) aside from being wildly more successful and popular. But I guess that’s all there is to it.

I’d prefer our leaders also be transparent with us regarding their concerns about TikTok. The reductive “because China!!1!” argument is not compelling on its own.

Do you have any citation for that?

Does ByteDance publish TikTok’s transmission protocol to demonstrate transparency?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Protocol

Andyougotablessing andyougotablessing andyougotablessing andyougotablessing…

I’m no Trump apologist, but I have to admit that I do very much like the act of looking a journalist in the eye and calling them out for bad-faith behavior and bullshit arguments to their face.

Of course, the journalists were 100% justified and in-line in this case, and Trump is a well-practiced bullshitter who’s flailing.

But wow, wouldn’t it be grand if someone with progressive bona fides acted like that…

https://youtu.be/aFQFB5YpDZE

I’d recommend watching it on a phone or laptop with headphones with one of the ear pieces taken out.

I tried uploading the unedited clip on its own a few days ago, but it was removed for violating copyright. Compositing the videos together counts as new/unique content, and the muxed audio does help bolster this claim.

If you have a vpn, you might try opening a connection within one of the counties that is streaming the games for free and try to watch on one of their websites.

Done!

https://archive.org/details/olympic-blue-man-4

This is a FANTASTIC idea. I'm uploading it now.

🔵🧿☣️🔘

I’ve got copies of both the US and Australian broadcasts. I’m in the process of building a synchronized side-by-side video showing what each broadcaster put out.

I’d love to share it if I could convince YouTube’s bots that it’s not a copyright violation.

And if there’s a PeerTube instance out there that won’t mind me uploading it there, I’m happy to share it with you.

Update: I uploaded this to the Internet Archive today: https://archive.org/details/olympic-blue-man-4

Trans person here. I'd like to continue being myself without fear of medical erasure or being murdered for funzies because my eyeliner made a conservative person afraid.

Men: Stop fixating on the need to “get a woman”. Procreation is not how to win at life. No one virtuous is keeping score like that. All that “alpha/omega” stuff is trash. Stop everything you’re doing, trying and striving for. Spend some time genuinely at rest, not fixating on sex or work or entertainment or fitness, and think about yourself.

Really examine the person that you are. Think about the good that you’ve done. Think about the harm that you’ve caused. Think of how you can nudge yourself towards being a better person; someone who is considerate to others feelings, someone who can help without expecting reciprocation. Start doing that stuff. Your reward for this work is inner peace, not babes and money and success.

Self-reflection leaning towards kindness, forgiveness and genuine curiosity about yourself is the key to being the best you that you can be.

It will take a long time. When you get frustrated, ask yourself what kind of reward you’re expecting. If that reward is anything besides “being a happier, more satisfied me”, work on refocusing yourself.

Living like this will catch people’s attention. A word of warning: some will be emotional vampires who want to take advantage of you, and you’ll unfortunately have to live through a few relationships with those before you recognize them. But other people, more well-adjusted folks, will notice as well. Those are the kinds of people who can become life-long friends. And, in my experience, that’s where loving relationships start.

Who knows? You might uncover some really important things about yourself along the way that you never realized were there before.

ski-bop dooo....

Many thanks to Ada here for the wisdom and patience it takes to navigate these challenges. Running an instance is hard enough; throwing user politics into the mix (especially those around trans identities) makes things down right treacherous.

I'd support policies aligned with expected user behaviors and punishments for violations. Bad faith actors are going to try to burrow their way in here, and they're going to make themselves known by testing boundaries and creeping up on the lines of what counts as unacceptable behavior. I'm comfortable with those kinds of edging-trolls being shown the door.

01:09: “Yer such a jerkoff!”

Perfection.

Skibidi Toilet is old hat by now, but this was the first I’d heard of “What the sigma”.

I’m getting 50% Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture vibes.