Noah Snedden ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ

@Whimsical418
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Trump is now waging war against his own national bank, The Federal Reserve.

The Chair of The Federal Reserve explains that Trump has subpoenaing him in an attempt to force him to set the US interest rates based on Trumpโ€™s feelings rather than economic responsibility.

I really hope this man can hold the fort until The Midterms because if not, the US economy has a really dark outlook.

Linux desktop reaches an all-time high on Steam at 3.58%! ๐Ÿš€

We saw it grow steadily since October last year. ๐Ÿ’ช

https://itsfoss.com/linux-market-share/

#linux #marketshare

If I were a digital rights activist, I would see this time as a golden opportunity.

#Grok, the #AI "assistant" powered by Musk's xAI, has become an engine of non-consensual image and video generation at a mass scale - including pornographic and pedopornographic content. Creating and distributing this imagery has never been quicker or easier. All one has to do is reply to an image posted by someone on X with a mention of Grok and a prompt. This feature was restrained recently but people who pay an $8 subscription to X can still do it. As Sam Cole writes on @404mediaco : "Masterful Gambit: Musk Attempts to Monetize Grok's Wave of Sexual Abuse Imagery" https://www.404media.co/x-premium-grok-paywall-images-ai-generator/

How many politicians pushing for #ChatControl are still using X? How many official government accounts? You know, the same people who screamed WE NEED TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN and pushed for the scanning of all digital communications and files (including E2EE encrypted ones) of European citizens? An "Orwellian nightmare" as @Em0nM4stodon wrote on Privacy Guides: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/09/08/chat-control-must-be-stopped/#act-now

In the Privacy Guides article by Em, the French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and Irish governments (amongst many others) were in full support of Chat Control. As far as I can tell, prominent politicians, Prime Ministers and official government accounts from these countries are still posting on X.

Is there anything we can do to point out the hypocrisy? Or have the abuse machine that is Grok sanctioned and fined? And - this is key - use this horrible incident to push politicians to FINALLY quit X? It's about time.

#StopChatControl #LeaveX #QuitX #SaveSocial

Masterful Gambit: Musk Attempts to Monetize Grok's Wave of Sexual Abuse Imagery

In an attempt to push more people toward a paying subscription, Grok now refuses to generate images in replies. The paywall is pretty leaky, though.

404 Media
An apt sign.
Good luck to anyone starting the year with a new health regime. Hereโ€™s how mine always goes.
typo of the day "curl --limit-rage ..."

Weโ€™re leaving X.

Not for clicks.
Not for politics.
For safety, democracy and basic responsibility.

We wonโ€™t stay on a platform that fails children, enables deepfake abuse and fuels disinformation.

But this is not an exit from the conversation.
Itโ€™s a move to better spaces.

Come with us.

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Weโ€™re keeping our drinking water safe. ๐Ÿ’ง

From today, EU countries must monitor PFAS levels in drinking water. PFAS are long-lasting chemicals that can be harmful, if levels are too high.

If that happens authorities must act and inform people until the water is safe again.

Because everyone deserves access to safe drinking water.

The Bosch eBike Flow App wins the CES Worst in Show award for Enshittification!
"In China, driverless delivery vans have become a total meme, they plow through crumbling roads, fresh concrete, motorcycles, anything. Nothing stops them."