Federated Moderation: Towards Delegated Moderation?
Introduction In Improving fediverse culture and social behavior along the way I introduced two ideas, that are I think interesting enough to warrant a separate thread. The brainstorm will start in the Lemmy Fediverse Futures ideation space, and elaborated here (if there’s interest). See Lemmy: https...
Why would you want to delegate moderation:
Temporarily, while looking for new mods and admins. When an instance is under attack by trolls and the like, ask extra help When there is a large influx of new users
Switching from Facebook to the Fediverse: What's stopping us?
This question is particularly relevant for non-profits working in the field of human rights – especially those who are familiar with the problems inherent in Facebook’s attention-based business model.
In other words, doing human rights advocacy through Facebook could be a case of “one step forward, two steps back”: Though awareness and even impact may be achieved on a particular progressive front, it comes at the cost of all the economic, social, and political problems associated with surveillance capitalism.
Global navigation jamming will only get worse. The U.S. needs to move fast - SpaceNews
GPS jamming and attacks on other global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) are becoming increasingly common as geopolitical crises escalate.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16174071
Interesting implications, perhaps the global positioning system is not as infallible as we thought
Can anyone else think of what instruments are available to citizens of UN member states to defend public access to GPS systems?
Relevant rights would be the right to benefit from scientific advancement, clearly.
If GPS jamming becomes a civilian issue, would the ICJ or the ICC be the appropriate avenue or OHCHR?
The 'Shared Psychosis' of Donald Trump and His Loyalists
Forensic psychiatrist Bandy X. Lee explains the outgoing president’s pathological appeal and how to wean people from it
“Shared psychosis”—which is also called “folie à millions” [“madness for millions”] when occurring at the national level or “induced delusions”—refers to the infectiousness of severe symptoms that goes beyond ordinary group psychology. When a highly symptomatic individual is placed in an influential position, the person’s symptoms can spread through the population through emotional bonds, heightening existing pathologies and inducing delusions, paranoia and propensity for violence—even in previously healthy individuals. The treatment is removal of exposure.
Algeria's Emotional Speech At The United Nations Sends Shockwave; Netanyahu Isolated!
Water is a fundamental human right, and its use as a weapon is deeply concerning.
“We once thought there were good guys in the world—countries who would stand up for universal human rights. But that’s just not how it is.” - Angelina Jolie
Vaillant contends we live in what he calls the Petrocene
Some call our modern epoch the Anthropocene. Others have dubbed it the Capitalocene, or the Plasticene. Now another name has been proposed... the Petrocene. __________________________ In his award-winning book Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast, John Vaillant explores the history of humanity's i...
"Some call our modern epoch the Anthropocene. Others have dubbed it the Capitalocene, or the Plasticene.
Now another name has been proposed... the Petrocene."