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Otter@lemmy.cato
politics @lemmy.world•Senate Rejects War Powers Resolution That Would Force Trump to End Iran Strikes
5·9 hours agoThis is a common scam/phishing attempt that shows up from time to time.
I’ve made you a mod in this community. Let me know if you wanted a different account as the mod / something else, and we can take care of it from the admin side.
For reference, in cases like these, we recommend either posting in !main@lemmy.ca or contacting the admin team by messaging @admin@lemmy.ca
Otter@lemmy.cato
Technology@lemmy.world•Nearly Half of Europeans Want X Banned if it Continues to Break the LawEnglish
2·18 hours agoThey wouldn’t suddenly ban it though.
Any ban would roll in without enough time for people to switch away. Twitter doesn’t do anything special that can’t be replicated elsewhere.
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World News@lemmy.world•NATO Shoots Down Iranian Missile Headed for TurkeyEnglish
81·18 hours agoTo those down voting, the comment likely refers to this. However I haven’t looked into how true this is, and I don’t know this website
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/03/01/turkey-concern-douglas-mcgregor-iran/
Amid intensifying escalation across the Middle East, a Turkish media outlet has highlighted controversial remarks by retired U.S. Colonel Douglas McGregor, sparking strong reactions in Ankara.
According to the report, McGregor suggested that after Iran, attention could shift toward the “elimination” of Turkey, placing Ankara in what he described as the next phase of a widening regional confrontation following U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iranian targets.
Otter@lemmy.cato
Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net•2026's conflicts are about to make the case for renewables and electric vehicles even more attractive.
1·20 hours agoFor now, but it still changes the cost calculus when planning future energy projects. Countries that get burned on the costs today will want to prevent that in the future.
Otter@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Eight Experts on What You’re Not Being Told about the War in Iran | The WalrusEnglish
15·20 hours agoI think people are more likely to join platforms like this if they have lost trust in the other platforms, which also makes them more distrustful and cautious in otherwise normal interactions
We could all have more patience with one another 😄
I did want to read some comments discussing the contents of the article. I’ll pop back later I guess
Otter@lemmy.cato
Linux@programming.dev•I searched `CachyOS vs Fedora` on YouTube and all I found was AI Slop 🙄
161·22 hours agoWe need a browser extension with a whitelist for accounts that are either verified, or created before 2022. If the extension gets popular and people start buying old accounts to post spam on, then it would also need a blacklist for confirmed spammers.
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Otter@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Eight Experts on What You’re Not Being Told about the War in Iran | The WalrusEnglish
26·22 hours agoThat’s an excerpt from the piece, from one author section, not OP. While it is possible that the author used AI for their section, it’s also a common style for this kind of publication (which is why LLMs often emulate it).
I agree that the original author should know better
Otter@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Eight Experts on What You’re Not Being Told about the War in Iran | The WalrusEnglish
9·22 hours agoThey usually do decent reporting, and they’ve been around for a few decades now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walrus
Its one of the few smaller independent Canadian outlets that I follow the RSS feed for. So many other “Canadian” sounding outlets are actually owned by large american conglomerates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmedia_Network
Otter@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Eight Experts on What You’re Not Being Told about the War in Iran | The WalrusEnglish
8·22 hours agoThe title is saying “Eight experts (in various fields) weigh in on (topics that aren’t being discussed in mainstream news, but should be) when it comes to the war”
We’re going to stick to the summer time all year instead of the winter time
Otter@lemmy.cato
Technology@lemmy.world•WhatsApp officially names Mullvad and Amnezia VPN as go-to tools for bypassing censorshipEnglish
28·2 days agoSupposedly Amnezia is an anti censorship tool, however Facebook has a terrible track record with recommending VPNs. The previous one turned out to be spyware
Onavo, Inc. was an Israeli mobile web analytics company that was purchased by Facebook, Inc. (now Meta Platforms), who changed the company’s name to Facebook Israel.[1] The company primarily performed its activities via consumer mobile apps, including the virtual private network (VPN) service Onavo Protect, which analysed web traffic sent through the VPN to provide statistics on the usage of other apps.
Guy Rosen and Roi Tiger founded Onavo in 2010. In October 2013, Onavo was acquired by Facebook, which used Onavo’s analytics platform to monitor competitors. This influenced Facebook to make various business decisions, including its 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp.
Since the acquisition, Onavo was frequently classified as being spyware, as the VPN was used to monetize application usage data collected within an allegedly privacy-focused environment. In August 2018, Facebook was forced to pull Onavo Protect from the iOS App Store due to violations of Apple’s policy forbidding apps from collecting data on the usage of other apps. In February 2019, in response to criticism over a Facebook market research program employing similar techniques (including, in particular, being targeted towards teens), Onavo announced that it would close the Android version of Protect as well.
Otter@lemmy.caMto
Canada@lemmy.ca•B.C. to end time changes, adopt year-round daylight time
221·2 days agoSchools can choose to start later in the day if they find it helpful, without needing everyone else to change their clocks and schedules too
Interestingly
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-adopting-year-round-daylight-time-9.7111657
We just got rid of it
Otter@lemmy.cato
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Introducing Habitat - A Social Platform for Local CommunitiesEnglish
3·3 days agoLooks cool! I’d love to see local buynothing groups have a Fediverse alternative.
Out of curiosity, is there any standard or common format around location data for Fediverse platforms?
Thanks for sharing! I cross posted it to !dataisbeautiful@mander.xyz
I made accounts on a few instances, but I stuck with this one (and eventually joined the team) for the same reasons
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