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  • Ai2/AllenAI released a FOSS LLM which runs locally on iPhone

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  • Amazon is changing what is written in books

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  • Appreciate it! The last audiobook I picked up from Libro is Kara Swisher's "Burn Book". Not sure if it's your thing, but was totally worth it for understanding more personal context around the big Tech CEOs from the last 25 years.

  • Here it comes... 👀

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  • Yeah I'm super keen, but my lower-tier Samsung isn't supported. I really wish FairPhone would offer a cheaper option :(

  • Lemmy and the fediverse as a whole be like

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  • Is this Club Penguin?

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    The only way to defeat Trump may be through Bernie Sanders-style leftism

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  • Trump / Musk is the two-headed avatar of corrupt Capitalism - the final boss - the last stand before it is finally vanquished.

  • Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after promises to not sell their data go up in smoke

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  • oh cheers for the heads up. Hadn't heard that!

  • Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after promises to not sell their data go up in smoke

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  • hahah both are good

  • Disney Introduces Christian Character After Ditching Transgender Story

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  • Really hope Jesus makes his comeback via an appearance on RuPaul. The bible does say it will be unexpected.

  • Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after promises to not sell their data go up in smoke

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  • Or use Waterfox which does most of this by default

  • Is there anything similar to Ground News that compares Russian media stories and right-wing talking points?

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  • Ah okay, cheers for the info! I'm new to US-based sources

  • Ex-believers, what made you quit your religion/cult?

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  • I grew up as a Christian. When I was around 15, someone asked me "if I hadn't been born a Christian, would I be a Christian?" Considering it, I opened my Bible and immediately a verse popped out (in classic God fashion) saying "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have"

    So then I felt called even more to really explore, based on that:

      • I couldn't currently defend my faith reasonably
      • If God was actually real, he wouldn't be scared of people exploring arguments against Christianity, because the faith would be based on something ultimately true.
      • By exploring other faiths, arguments, etc, if I returned as a Christian, I would have a much stronger faith.

    The more I explored these arguments, as well as gaining a better understanding of what the Bible actually is (in a historical and literature sense), more and more of the belief system unraveled, eventually to the point I didn't call myself a Christian anymore.

    Then over the next decade I went back and forth exploring alternative denominations in Christianity, as well as other religions (Daoism, Buddhism, Judaism), especially as I still felt a "spiritual pull" / intuition in a lot of situations. So it took me a really long time to separate that intuitive sense of direction from the belief system around the Holy Spirit specifically, and learn where trusting that intuition is effective, and where it can be misleading. That's been the most complex part of all of this.

    I still enjoy exploring other belief systems, components of Christianity, and connecting with whatever that intuition is occasionally, as I do think there is a lot there for human psychological and emotional health that Western modernity sorely lacks. (I suspect this hole in our culture is why a lot of fundamental US Evangelism has flourished btw)

    But that's how I lost my faith - God gave me the push I needed :P

  • UK gives royal welcome to Zelenskyy after White House meltdown

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  • The BRICS partnership (Of which China is a key player) encompasses almost 50% of the world's population, and their Belt and Road initiative is a soft power wet dream.

    The world has actually already become multipolar, but most Western media won't make that clear because they are still stuck in the old Colonial mindset of Captialist-Democracy = 100% civilized / Not-a-Capitalist-Democracy = 100% backwards.

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    Zelenskyy doesn't apologize for blowup with Trump, but insists he respects president and US | Fox News

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  • There's a YouTube version now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfqLcBwUT_E

    I partially wanted to show that, as twisted as Fox news is, they are at least hosting this interview without (much) bias on their front page. It's important, as this is what most of their audience will see of Zelenskyy, and this is essentially as "primary" the source can get.

  • Diplomacy dies on live TV as Trump and Vance gang up to bully Ukraine leader

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  • Ah cheers, misread that!

  • Sergey Brin says AGI is within reach if Googlers work 60-hour weeks

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  • I highly recommend Kara Swisher's recent book "Burn Book" for insights into the Tech lads like Brin, etc, as she's known most of them since the 90s.

    Really helps contextualize the crazy cocktail of engineering/commercial power with general naivety a lot of these guys have going.

  • Diplomacy dies on live TV as Trump and Vance gang up to bully Ukraine leader

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  • "Democracy dies on live TV" - wow that headline hits hard.

  • Is there anything similar to Ground News that compares Russian media stories and right-wing talking points?

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  • Might not be exactly what you have in mind, but I have a separate browser that has set as Home the following state-owned or aligned news sources from around the world to check different perspectives on current headlines:

    https://www.bbc.com/ - Britain

    https://www.abc.net.au/news - Australia

    https://english.news.cn/ - China

    https://www.foxnews.com/ - US Right-wing

    https://edition.cnn.com/ - US Left-wing (@GuyFawkes recommends MSNBC over CNN here)

    https://www.rt.com/ - Russia

    https://english.alarabiya.net/ - Saudi Arabia

    https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097 - Germany

    https://www.batimes.com.ar/ - Argentina

    https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/ - South Africa

    https://ddnews.gov.in/en/ - India

    https://www.cbc.ca/news - Canada

    https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en - Brazil

    https://www.straitstimes.com/global - Singapore

    https://news.un.org/en/ - United Nations

    https://www.sbs.com.au/news - Australia, but more multicultural perspective

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    Zelenskyy doesn't apologize for blowup with Trump, but insists he respects president and US | Fox News Video

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  • Watching this feels like a masterclass of diplomacy. Zelenskyy is talking directly and respectfully to the Fox audience, while trying to clearly explain why Ukraine can’t just bow down to faulty peace deals without question.

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    Zelenskyy doesn't apologize for blowup with Trump, but insists he respects president and US | Fox News

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  • Watching this feels like a masterclass of diplomacy. Zelenskyy is talking directly and respectfully to the Fox audience, while trying to clearly explain why Ukraine can't just bow down to faulty peace deals without question.

  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
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    AllenAI Tulu 3 405b available for chat and download

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    US Bill proposed to jail people who download Deepseek

    www.404media.co /senator-hawley-proposes-jail-time-for-people-who-download-deepseek/
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    US Bill proposed to jail people who download Deepseek

    www.404media.co /senator-hawley-proposes-jail-time-for-people-who-download-deepseek/
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    Non-US alternatives to digital services

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    Non-US alternatives to digital services

  • World News @lemmy.ml
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    Canada and Mexico respond with own tariffs against US

    www.ctvnews.ca /politics/article/canada-to-slap-25-per-cent-tariff-on-155b-of-us-goods-after-trump-initiates-trade-war/
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    Canada and Mexico respond with own tariffs against US

    www.ctvnews.ca /politics/article/canada-to-slap-25-per-cent-tariff-on-155b-of-us-goods-after-trump-initiates-trade-war/
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    Video Essay: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America

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    Cuba rejects US plan to deport immigrants to Guantanamo Bay

    cubaminrex.cu /en/cuba-rejects-us-decision-incarcerate-migrants-guantanamo-naval-base
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    Internal Memo about FBI firings from Acting Director (5:51 onwards)

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    Sam Altman admits OpenAI has been on the wrong side of history with Open-Source

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    Proton's biased article on Deepseek

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    Proton's very biased article on Deepseek

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    Open-source Deepseek R1 dethrones commercial AI, now allegedly being hit by cyberattack

    www.cnbc.com /2025/01/27/deepseek-hit-with-large-scale-cyberattack-says-its-limiting-registrations.html
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    Open-source Deepseek R1 dethrones commercial AI, now allegedly being hit by cyberattack

    www.cnbc.com /2025/01/27/deepseek-hit-with-large-scale-cyberattack-says-its-limiting-registrations.html
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    “It’s good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything,” Musk said at AfD rally

    www.theguardian.com /technology/2025/jan/25/elon-musk-makes-surprise-appearance-at-afd-event-in-eastern-germany
  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
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    A whole laptop made from scratch + released as open-source

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    A whole laptop created from scratch + released as open-source

  • Gaming @lemmy.ml
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    OpenOMF - One Must Fall: 2097 Remake Project

    www.openomf.org
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    OpenOMF - One Must Fall: 2097 Remake Project

    www.openomf.org