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On 2008-05-18 15:49:33, the father of the #Fediverse and creator of #ActivityPub, Evan Prodromou, sent the first ever message in what was later called the "Fediverse" social network (not Mastodon® social network).

• The first software was called Laconica.
• The first instance was Identica.
• The first prototol was OpenMicroBlogging.
• The first label/name was Identiverse social network.

Here is the archived post: This is my first post.

The network never went down. From the first protocol, OpenMicroBlogging, it switched to the protocol OStatus (also by Evan), then to ActivityPub as most know it today. It's exactly the same social network since 2008!

Happy 17th Year Anniversary Fediverse network!

#FediverseDay #FediverseMonth #MayIsFediverseMonth

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Originally Posted By u/pbeenard16046 At 2025-05-05 10:41:48 AM | Source

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Apple's revenue: $400 Billion.

Meet Alex Roman. He is part of the 6 most powerful men running the Apple Corporate Empire.

Vice-President of Finance. One of the very few people with access to Tim Cook's personal office. Roman's job is squeezing App developers and ensuring iOS users can never escape the Apple store.

He testified in front of a California court to defend Apple fees.

The judge said he lied under oath. She says he is taking her for a fool.

From the Court decision:

In stark contrast to Apple’s initial in-court testimony, contemporaneous business documents reveal that Apple knew exactly what it was doing and at every turn chose the most anticompetitive option.*

To hide the truth, Apple's Vice-President of Finance, Alex Roman, outright lied under oath.

Internally, Phillip Schiller had advocated that Apple comply with the Injunction, but Tim Cook ignored Schiller and instead allowed Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri and his finance team to convince him otherwise*

Cook chose poorly. The real evidence, detailed herein, more than meets the clear and convincing standard to find a violation. The Court refers the matter to the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California to investigate whether criminal contempt proceedings are appropriate.

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25924283/epic-v-apple-contempt-order.pdf

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The original was posted on /r/piracy by /u/Yashrajbest on 2025-05-08 03:17:02+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/piracy by /u/Flaky-Criticism-5789 on 2025-05-08 03:04:14+00:00.

By Alien Fernandez May 1, 202511:30 AM EDT

HAVANA, May 1 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Cubans gathered in #Havana’s Revolution Square for the traditional May Day march on Thursday, amid a grueling economic crisis and as tensions ratchet up with U.S. President #DonaldTrump’s administration.

TeleMessage, a communications app used by former Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz, has suspended services after a reported hack exposed some user messages. The breach follows controversy over Waltz's use of the app to coordinate military updates, including accidentally adding a journalist to a sensitive Signal group chat. From the repor In an email, Portland, Oregon-based Smarsh, which runs the TeleMessage app, said it was "investigating a potential security incident" and was suspending all its services "out of an abundance of caution." A Reuters photograph showed Waltz using TeleMessage, an unofficial version of the popular encrypted messaging app Signal, on his phone during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

A separate report from 404 Media says hackers have also targeted GlobalX Air -- one of the main airlines the Trump administration is using as part of its deportation efforts -- and claim to have stolen flight records and passenger manifests for all its flights, including those for deportation. From the report: The data, which the hackers contacted 404 Media and other journalists about unprompted, could provide granular insight into who exactly has been deported on GlobalX flights, when, and to where, with GlobalX being the charter company that facilitated the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador.

"Anonymous has decided to enforce the Judge's order since you and your sycophant staff ignore lawful orders that go against your fascist plans," a defacement message posted to GlobalX's website reads. Anonymous, well-known for its use of the Guy Fawkes mask, is an umbrella some hackers operate under when performing what they see as hacktivism.

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The original was posted on /r/apple by /u/Fer65432_Plays on 2025-05-08 01:31:51+00:00.

I use VPN 24/7 and to minimize fingerprinting I keep my cell phone's time in the same location as my VPN. I would like to know if you know any FOSS app where I can put the time of my location in the status bar, I've been looking for a long time but so far I haven't found any :(

Indian forces have attacked Pakistan with missiles in three locations, Pakistan's military spokesman is quoted by the country's state TV as saying. There are also reports of intense shelling and loud explosions in border areas of the Pakistan-administered state of Kashmir, according to Reuters news agency. Relations between India and Pakistan have declined sharply following a deadly militant attack on tourists in Kashmir last month. India accuses Pakistan of backing cross-border terrorism - a charge Islamabad flatly denies.

The Indian government says its forces have launched "Operation Sindoor", "hitting terrorist infrastructure" in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir "from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed". In a statement, the Indian government says "nine sites have been targeted".

"Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution.

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Timestamps

(00:07) Welcome

What is included in the episode, and what will be released as part of episode 8 later this month. Revised description of what Linux Prepper is.

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(06:22) Trivia Challenges at Linuxfest Northwest

• Saturday Winners
• Sunday Winners
• Linux Unplugged 612, around 7 minutes in.

(17:26) On tabling at my first conference.

Gratitude for meeting so many people and having this shared experience together! Ways to support me, especially in sharing the episodes to social media or with friends that would find this interesting!

Thank you to those who are donating to support the show!

• Paypal

(24:45) Tahoe LAFS

Decentralized object storage

• Request to mirror federated storage locally in Nextcloud server
• Join our attempt to self-host Tahoe for a year!
• Is it worth hosting decentralized services for others?
• Is storing encrypted data for other people not worth it?
• Have you hosted distributed tools between yourself and other people's servers? Did it succeed? Fail?

(45:54) Alby Hub Fundraising to register a Self-hosted node.

Thank you to those supporting the show on Podcasting 2.0 clients.

• Direct Donation link
• See related forum post

(47:20) Sequoia Fabrica Makerspace

• See related forum post

• Wiki for Sequoia Fabrica

• Networking layout of the space

• How to Host Events

• FAQ

• Noisebridge Hackerspace

• Spacebridge launches since 2024

• Noisebridge's infrastructure Ansible

• List of International Hackerspaces in your Area.

I lost some multiplayer games because of their anti-cheat, but that "forced" me to go through my backlog (including family-shared games), so I don't mind after all.

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The original was posted on /r/learnjapanese by /u/TakoyakiFandom on 2025-05-08 00:57:42+00:00.

Hey! I'm interested in adding new study methods to my routine so I'd like to hear what your experience is with apps and videogames like Shashingo and such.

Do you really think there's any real value to learning through games? Or is it just like a way of feeling like you've made progress but does not add real language skills or helps you passing tests.

Also if you have any app or game recommendations (for level N3+, I'd love to hear)

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The original was posted on /r/learnjapanese by /u/MarvelousMadDog on 2025-05-05 23:26:43+00:00.

Hello everyone.

Recently, I discovered Satori reader, and what an amazing tool it is. I eventually want to sign up for it (using free version right now until I figure this out..) but I'm having trouble figuring out how to use it optimally. Currently, I read through a story once, then listen to it. Sometimes with the furigana on, sometimes with it off. I am not really sure how much time I should spend on each story. Do I re-read it over and over until I understand 100% of it without having to look anything up? Or do I continue reading stories one after another.

I guess what I'm trying to ask is what is the most optimal was to utilize Satori reader to get the most out of it? I don't want to just keep reading things and exhaust all the stories (if that's even possible), I want to fortify/learn more through the stories themselves. I just need some sort of clarification on how to use this powerful tool to its greatest potential.