yewtube: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=xZkTtgsJ3MU

transwoman vtuber YukkoEX ranks changes when gender transitioning. her channel centres around trans ppl, their stories, experiences and a lot of other topics. this is the first and only vid of hers i've watched tho

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3393645

> from this reddit post

direct quote:

> In fact, if you want information to kill the police officers who are going to Haiti, I am sure we can help.

!erm-this-you

!aubrey-happy

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3384817

> link that was attached to original post (1st ever ActivityPub), original post is linked in this post > > > The obvious choice for ActivityPub’s birthday would be the 23rd of January 2018 - the day it was annointed as a W3C recommendation. That doesn’t seem quite right though - its not as if the spec came into existence in any sense upon that date. In fact, Mastodon implemented it before thne. > > > > There are several possible dates you might pick, but for me it will always be September 5th 2014 - when I committed the first sketch of a specification I called ActivityPump [github.com] and pushed it to Github > > > > It wouldn’t be until November that I actually submitted (a revised and enhanced version of) that draft to the working group, but even then I had the very nucleus of the specification written down. > > > > Happy 10th birthday, ActivityPub. 🍰

piped: https://piped.video/watch?v=2UWtYefPd7o

a jungle-breakcore-internet nostalgia fusion, but can only be described as "girlcore".

the visuals are very fitting and the music is relaxing and suitable as BGM

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3130286

> piped: https://piped.video/watch?v=FJYvx42j7OU > > a transwoman in a maid suit installing Arch Linux on an iMac to run a Minecraft server. extreme Druaga1 vibes if you've watched his stuff. > > very quirky and also pretty enjoyable if you're a tech nerd. > > precautionary slight CW for occasional horny

piped: https://piped.video/watch?v=FJYvx42j7OU

a transwoman in a maid suit installing Arch Linux on an iMac to run a Minecraft server. extreme Druaga1 vibes if you've watched his stuff.

very quirky and also pretty enjoyable if you're a tech nerd.

precautionary slight CW for occasional horny

piped: https://piped.video/watch?v=qkNP2KveLVE

nice video on an enby's experience with being queer and neurodivergent through their gender expressions and problems with holding conversations and social anxiety. they use a text-to-speech system to talk as they prefer using it over their actual voice

what do you ppl think? awesome right??

piped: https://piped.video/watch?v=N4IEiqLN2Yg

i should stress that no development has been made to this since last month and the only recent development was the sole contributor suggesting the idea to the official ActivityPub repo last week.

the contributor proposed sending an E2EE message as follows, using PGP keys that are stored with password encryption on the instance's server:

1. It requests the recipents public key
2. If there is a recipent public key, it sends the recipents public key to the sender
3. If there is a recipient public key, it encrypts the message
4. If there is no recipient public key, it will warn the user that this message will send unencrypted and the user can reject sending the message or continue sending the message with encryption.
5. The message is sent to the user

currently, fediverse services just use existing E2EE services (Matrix, XAMPP, etc.) and while the demand isn't big i think it would be really convenient. especially as a part of ActivityPub, E2EE messages would work over different fedi services to any fedi account, as opposed to separate, incompatible implementations maintained by each fedi service.

what do you guys think about this idea? cool or no?

edit: btw if you don't know, "private" messaging on fediverse is equivalent to mentioned-only posting, meaning the instance admins can read them as plaintext. this is why Lemmy has a disclaimer warning that your messages aren't private, has a Matrix account field on your profile to securely message with and why virtually no fedi services have tried implementing E2EE encryption

after cooking and eating various types of "food" from the last post, chiyo-chan is on the fritz once again! help sakaki identify what food(s) she ate to cause this:

• @Grownbravy: “the wrongest take any 14 y/o has ever had about queerness and politics.”
• @Owl: “A pretty cake. (It's a piece of cake to bake.)”
• @Guamer: “a reactionary post”
• @Zoift: “A homonculus. She is using a whisk for discipline.”
• @asante: [“weed brownies!! !niko-wonderous”](https://hexbear.net/comment/5141841)
• @take_five_seconds: “crack”
• @Cowbee: “Beanis”
• @WIIHAPPYFEW: “freebasing”
• @Sickos: “ANFO”
• @asante: “organic peroxides”
• @macerated_baby_presidents: “beef stroganoff”
• @Łumało@lemmygrad.ml: “babciny przepis na dżemik z dodatkiem k o k a i n y”
• @Dirt_Owl: “Anime girls”

uhh also msg if you don't want to be mentioned here

🎵 Tsukurimashou, tsukurimashou, \ Sate sate nani ga dekiru ka na. \ Hai, dekimashita. 🎵 \ ~ Tsukurimashou!, Azumanga Daioh!

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2934489

> > CNN — AI images have become an unavoidable roadside attraction on Facebook and other social media, where dramatic and outlandish depictions of emotional scenes lure users into doling out likes, shares and “Amens.” > > > > Among the funhouse images of fake children crying in the street and police officers saving inexplicably huge Bibles > from the rain, countless depictions of Jesus Christ seem to take up an outsized amount of AI real estate. > > > > It makes sense. The central figure of Christianity invokes potent reactions from billions of followers around the globe. For the last 2,000 years, faithful hands have labored to create likenesses of their professed savior, projecting > onto him various theologies and mythologies combined with aesthetics of the time: Jesus suffering on the cross, Jesus > as the Good Shepherd, Jesus the creator of miracles, Jesus the word made flesh, Jesus as cosmic judge. > > > > Now, in the age of AI, Jesus can assume an infinite variety of roles with just a few keystrokes. Jesus as a durian fruit, for instance. Or Jesus battling shirtless with Satan. Sometimes, Jesus is cuddling a person in need in a hospital bed, his chiseled features and strong hands providing divine comfort. > > > > None of these things are in the Bible, but they are alive in the minds of particularly imaginative Christians, or just those who want some easy engagement on Facebook. > > > > What’s unsettling is how many AI-created images of Jesus are unnecessarily handsome and rugged, like one of those Instagram influencers who wears a lot of pendants and is always wandering barefoot through an island jungle. > > > > There’s nothing wrong with that, per se. The Bible doesn’t get specific about Jesus’ looks, and certainly artists over the millennia have taken creative license when it comes to his physique (and, to a different point, his skin tone). > > > > However, generative AI, like the kind that can create images from text prompts, doesn’t work like an artist’s brain. All of these handsome AI Jesus images are created from patterns a machine picks up from the information it is fed. What does that say about us, and how we view the figures most important to our cultural identities? > > wasn't there c/the_dunk_tank posts about this lmao

> CNN — AI images have become an unavoidable roadside attraction on Facebook and other social media, where dramatic and outlandish depictions of emotional scenes lure users into doling out likes, shares and “Amens.” > > Among the funhouse images of fake children crying in the street and police officers saving inexplicably huge Bibles from the rain, countless depictions of Jesus Christ seem to take up an outsized amount of AI real estate. > > It makes sense. The central figure of Christianity invokes potent reactions from billions of followers around the globe. For the last 2,000 years, faithful hands have labored to create likenesses of their professed savior, projecting onto him various theologies and mythologies combined with aesthetics of the time: Jesus suffering on the cross, Jesus as the Good Shepherd, Jesus the creator of miracles, Jesus the word made flesh, Jesus as cosmic judge. > > Now, in the age of AI, Jesus can assume an infinite variety of roles with just a few keystrokes. Jesus as a durian fruit, for instance. Or Jesus battling shirtless with Satan. Sometimes, Jesus is cuddling a person in need in a hospital bed, his chiseled features and strong hands providing divine comfort. > > None of these things are in the Bible, but they are alive in the minds of particularly imaginative Christians, or just those who want some easy engagement on Facebook. > > What’s unsettling is how many AI-created images of Jesus are unnecessarily handsome and rugged, like one of those Instagram influencers who wears a lot of pendants and is always wandering barefoot through an island jungle. > > There’s nothing wrong with that, per se. The Bible doesn’t get specific about Jesus’ looks, and certainly artists over the millennia have taken creative license when it comes to his physique (and, to a different point, his skin tone). > > However, generative AI, like the kind that can create images from text prompts, doesn’t work like an artist’s brain. All of these handsome AI Jesus images are created from patterns a machine picks up from the information it is fed. What does that say about us, and how we view the figures most important to our cultural identities?

wasn't there c/the_dunk_tank posts about this lmao

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2934407

> > Niger's military leader, speaking alongside the junta chiefs from Mali and Burkina Faso, has said they are "irrevocably" turning their backs on the wider West African bloc, Ecowas. > > > > The three men are meeting together for the first time to cement an alliance created in the face of opposition from neighbouring countries. > > > > Soldiers took power in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in a series of coups from 2020 to 2023. > > > > All three countries – which now form the Alliance of Sahel States - have been affected by jihadist violence, in part a reason given for the army takeovers. > > > > In January, they all announced a plan to leave Ecowas, which is holding its own summit on Sunday. > > > > Speaking at Saturday’s meeting in the Nigerien capital, Niamey, the country's leader, Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, said that in the place of Ecowas, the junta chiefs wanted to build a community of sovereign peoples "far from the control of foreign powers. A community of peace, solidarity, prosperity based on our African values.” > > > > Gen Tchiani is hosting the talks with Burkina Faso’s Capt Ibrahim Traoré and Mali’s Col Assimi Goïta. > > > > In a message on X, external, the Burkinabé leader said that "together, we will consolidate the foundations of our true independence". > > > > Speaking at the summit, Capt Traoré went on to say that "this continent has suffered and continues to suffer from the fire of the imperialists. These imperialists have only one cliché in mind: 'Africa is the empire of slaves'." > > > > Security co-operation is high on the agenda, but the alliance, known by its French acronym AES, will also look towards forming closer economic ties, including the aim of creating a common currency. This would be a rejection of the France-backed CFA Franc, which is used in many states across the region. > > > > All three countries have expelled French soldiers who were there as part of an anti-jihadist mission and turned towards Russia for military assistance. > > > > Calls for greater sovereignty and a rejection of the former colonial power have been a key part of the rhetoric coming from the junta leaders. > > > > The countries have also resisted calls from Ecowas for a rapid return to civilian rule. > > > > Capt Traoré arrived in Niamey a day ahead of the meeting and was welcomed with an enthusiastic reception. Television pictures show cheering crowds waving Nigerien and Burkinabé flags. > > > > Among them was Sidi Mohamed, the head of the National Youth Council. > > > > "Today, as Africans, we are very proud to see a summit where it's an African summit, a summit where states have decided to pool their energies, to pool their forces to create an alliance for their development, without any foreign stakeholders, without any counterparts from the powers that are used to ruling over us,” he told journalists. > > > > Col Goïta arrived on Saturday. > > > > The presidents of the wider West African bloc will have their chance to respond at a heads of state meeting in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, on Sunday. > > > > They are also due to announce the activation of a standby force to fight regional insecurity. > > > > Over the past decade, the Sahel has become an increasing focus of Islamic State militant activity, creating insecurity and instability. > > > > The juntas in Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have so far failed to quell the violence. > > TLDR: > * they basically met in person for the first time at a summit (as the Alliance of Sahel States) > * they are activating their own standby force > * they are looking towards closer economic ties and a common currency