Commented - Kbin.cafe - ☕ content aggregator and micro-blogging platform for the fediverse

With the decline of twitter and reddit, it's time to take a look at RSS again if you haven't already. (voidfiles.github.io)

It's always good to be in control of your own content sources.

YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

Multiple reddit alternatives (kbin.social)

Does anyone else have multiple accounts while looking for new reddit alts? So far I've got accounts on Lemmy, kbin, and Squabbles and I've been lurking on Raddle, Sqwok, and Tildes from the outside....

so, which Big Tech company do you think is going to shit the bed next and popularize its Fediverse/FOSS equivalent in the process? (kbin.social)

I'm personally crossing my fingers for Discord.

90% of Ukrainians support joining EU, 73% support joining NATO (www.eurointegration.com.ua)

What is general practice for installing games from outside Steam? (kbin.social)

PC/Linux/Steam Noob here. I just got a game from GOG and I’m seeing tutorials mention Heroic, Lutris, and Wine via ProtonUp-QT as methods to get non-Steam games installed and running on Deck. Which method would you consider the easiest and most reliable for content from GOG, Ubisoft, Epic, etc…

La rétrospective Steam de 2023 est disponible ! À quels jeux avez vous joué cette année ? (store.steampowered.com) French

Alternativement, quels jeux vous ont marqués ?...

[2022] ‘Publishing is not a crime’: media groups urge US to drop Julian Assange charges. First outlets to publish WikiLeaks material, including the Guardian, come together to oppose prosecution (www.theguardian.com)

What claims are just not backed by historical facts? (kbin.social)

To me, it's: That ancient people thought the Earth was flat....

Yet another approach on Threads (Jerry Bell) (infosec.exchange)

I continue to be squeezed by both sides of the threads situation. I am operating on the premise that people who think I’m a terrible person and this is a terrible instance for allowing any interaction with threads have left and/or blocked, those remaining seem to want to either have nothing to do with threads at all and are...

Critical Role’s Candela Obscura is but a pale shadow of its inspiration, Blades in the Dark (www.polygon.com)

The curious case of Epic Games: how the developer beat Google but not Apple (www.theguardian.com)

TikTok requires users to “forever waive” rights to sue over past harms (arstechnica.com)

EU leaders approve Ukraine accession talks, bypassing Orbán (www.politico.eu)

Weil kritisiert geplante Kürzung von Regionalisierungsmitteln | Bahnblogstelle (bahnblogstelle.com) German

Larian Studios CEO posts speech he didn't get to say at game awards (twitter.com)

Nitter link: nitter.net/LarAtLarian/…/1735128899984466295

Tagesgeld, Bauzinsen, Aktien: Wann sinken die Zinsen wieder? (www.tagesschau.de) German

Doch der Blick der Anleger richtet sich bereits aufs neue Jahr, und die Mehrheit geht von starken Zinssenkungen 2024 aus: So preisen die Fed-Funds-Futures spätestens für Mai eine erste Lockerung ein. Bis Jahresende sollen die Leitzinsen in den USA um einen vollen Prozentpunkt fallen. Im Euroraum geht der Marktkonsens sogar von...

Credible Cyber Offense (sh.itjust.works)

“The Ukrainian government’s military intelligence service says it hacked the Russian Federal Taxation Service (FNS), wiping the agency’s database and backup copies.”...

This does put a smile on my face (sh.itjust.works)

18 Jewish Elders Arrested Following Gaza Ceasefire Protest Outside White House (truthout.org)

Superreiche bekommen Unternehmensanteile im Millionenwert geschenkt, doch plötzlich kein Geld mehr für die Schenkungssteuer auf dem Konto! - Die Verschonungsbedarfsprüfung aus der Reichen-Trickkiste (www.zdf.de) German

Montana Esequiba (sh.itjust.works)

Predirect: A manifest v3 web extension with minimal permissions to automatically redirect popular sites to privacy friendly frontends (github.com)

It supports both links and embeds and is available on firefox for android. List of sites is on github. I’m the main developer so you can ask questions.

Tories have 'successfully' scapegoated carbon price in affordability crisis: Trudeau (www.ctvnews.ca)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Conservative party has been successful at "scapegoating" the carbon price as the reason everything is more expensive.