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All servers listed by Fedi.Garden have defederated Meta's #Threads.
You might think "Why not let users choose what they see? Users can block stuff they don't like."
The trouble is, you can't block real life effects of hateful lies spread online. Disinformation about vulnerable groups causes discrimination, threats, violence, and mass murder:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/06/rohingya-sue-facebook-myanmar-genocide-us-uk-legal-action-social-media-violence
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/ethiopia-facebook-algorithms-contributed-human-rights-abuses-against-tigrayansMeta is getting worse:
#Meta (including Threads) needs to be defederated.
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All servers listed by Fedi.Garden have defederated Meta's #Threads.
You might think "Why not let users choose what they see? Users can block stuff they don't like."
The trouble is, you can't block real life effects of hateful lies spread online. Disinformation about vulnerable groups causes discrimination, threats, violence, and mass murder:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/06/rohingya-sue-facebook-myanmar-genocide-us-uk-legal-action-social-media-violence
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/ethiopia-facebook-algorithms-contributed-human-rights-abuses-against-tigrayansMeta is getting worse:
#Meta (including Threads) needs to be defederated.
@FediGarden plus, users might not be aware their posts end up in Meta's databases, and we know Meta is happy to exploit the data they do have in most obnoxious, creepy, and horrible ways, like:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/20/parents-outraged-meta-uses-photos-schoolgirls-ads-manMaking it a more explicit decision – having to change the instance, or making Threads blocked by default and allowing the people using the instance to unblock it if they'd want to – makes more sense to me.
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@FediGarden plus, users might not be aware their posts end up in Meta's databases, and we know Meta is happy to exploit the data they do have in most obnoxious, creepy, and horrible ways, like:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/20/parents-outraged-meta-uses-photos-schoolgirls-ads-manMaking it a more explicit decision – having to change the instance, or making Threads blocked by default and allowing the people using the instance to unblock it if they'd want to – makes more sense to me.
TBH think Meta need to be shut down, Meta knew in 2016 people would die and didn't care:
“We connect people. Period. That’s why all the work we do in growth is justified. All of it.”
"Maybe it costs someone a life by exposing (them) to bullies. Maybe someone dies in a terrorist attack coordinated on our tools.”
"The ugly truth is that we believe in connecting people so deeply that anything that allows us to connect more people more often is de facto good."https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/growth-at-any-cost-top-facebook-executive-defended-data
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TBH think Meta need to be shut down, Meta knew in 2016 people would die and didn't care:
“We connect people. Period. That’s why all the work we do in growth is justified. All of it.”
"Maybe it costs someone a life by exposing (them) to bullies. Maybe someone dies in a terrorist attack coordinated on our tools.”
"The ugly truth is that we believe in connecting people so deeply that anything that allows us to connect more people more often is de facto good."https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/growth-at-any-cost-top-facebook-executive-defended-data
@FediGarden @rysiek Yeah, they were the worst of the worst long before twitter->X and truthsocial, and everyone should be able to draw the line there. But people put more effort into avoiding gmo and gluten than genocidal social media corporations.
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@FediGarden @rysiek Yeah, they were the worst of the worst long before twitter->X and truthsocial, and everyone should be able to draw the line there. But people put more effort into avoiding gmo and gluten than genocidal social media corporations.
> people put more effort into avoiding gmo and gluten than genocidal social media corporations
holy fsck this is so absolutely spot-on!
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Build Your Own Compact Temp Gun
Sometimes you need to know what temperature something is, but you don’t quite want to touch it. At times like these, you might want a temp gun on hand to get a good reading, like the one [Arnov Sharma] built.
The build is a relatively simple one, and is based around an Waveshare ESP32 C6 development module that comes with a small LCD screen out of the box. The microcontroller is set up to read an MLX90614 infrared temperature sensor. This device picks up the infrared energy that is emitted by objects relative to their temperature. The sensor has a great range—from -70 C to 380 C. The readouts from this sensor are then displayed on the screen. Battery power is from a small 600 mAh LiPo cell, which is managed by a IP5306 charge module.
It’s worth noting that these infrared temperature sensors aren’t infallible devices. The temperature they perceive is based on certain assumptions about factors like an objects emissivity. Thus, they don’t always give accurate readings on metallic or shiny objects, for example. It’s also important to understand the sensor’s field of view. Despite many commercial versions featuring a laser pointer for aiming, many of these infrared temperature sensors tend to average their reading over a small spot that gets larger the farther away they are from the object being measured.
Tools like portable temp guns are pretty cheap, but sometimes it’s just fun to build your own. Plus, you usually learn something along the way. Video after the break.
