@mcrocker I have grown to loathe this stuff. It's always moving which is just so distracting. It gives me anxiety. I'm going to have to figure out how to turn off the RAM lights...the CPU cooler just needed to have the lights unplugged. But the RAM is lit without any wires, powered by the motherboard I guess. It looks neat for like 30 seconds and then it needs to go tf away.
@swelljoe walking thorough my living room at night does not require turning on the lights due to all the router and Raspberry Pi LED's. In fact, there are enough green and blue LED's in the mix that it can mess up night vision.
Libertà è partecip/Azione diretta – 2025-09-29 @anarchia Quanto sta accadendo a Gaza e in Cisgiordania non si può spiegare in termini politici, ma solo come effetto di una psicosi che non abbiamo saputo curare. Quello che accade adesso in Medio Oriente non è che l’ultimo anello di...
You have to check the provenance and the source. If you're not sure that the image or video came from a trusted source, don't share it and don't react to it. Go see if your trusted sources are talking about the topic.
You can no longer trust by default an image or video shared on the Internet by an unverified source. *Especially* if it confirms your existing beliefs.
There was a window of time starting about 2005 and ending about 2025 when it was easy for an average person to create and distribute a genuine image or video, but difficult for an average person to create a fake image or video that stood up to scrutiny.
That was the window of time that citizen journalism worked.
You have to check the provenance and the source. If you're not sure that the image or video came from a trusted source, don't share it and don't react to it. Go see if your trusted sources are talking about the topic.