I began to use Mastodon.

I hated its UI requiring Javascript first so that registered my account on kbin.social. But I became to have liked Mastodon after noticing that it has API which we can use without Javascript.
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/

In particular, its trends API is f*cking nice! I could get trend tags and links with curl or the like, required parsing json somehow though. It would be perfect if it could filter by my non-english language...

$ curl https://mastodon.social/api/v1/trends/links?limit=20
<...parsing somehow...>
Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/

Archive of Our Own Survived a Cyberattack, But Will It Survive Congress?
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/kids-online-safety-act-lgbtq-youth

Vivaldi, Mozilla raise alarms over Google's proposed 'DRM for the Web'
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2009730/vivaldi-mozilla-warn-of-googles-proposed-drm-for-the-web.html

Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/25/texas-a-m-professor-opioids-dan-patrick/

Twitter Deletes Fact-Check Of Musk Connecting Bronny James’ Cardiac Arrest To Covid Vaccine
https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2023/07/25/twitter-deletes-fact-check-of-musk-connecting-bronny-james-cardiac-arrest-to-covid-vaccine/

Fatigue Is So Much More Than Being Tired
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/07/chronic-fatigue-long-covid-symptoms/674834/

Twitter commandeers @X username from man who had it since 2007
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/twitter-took-x-handle-from-longtime-user-and-only-offered-him-some-merch/

Elon Musk takes @x  handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.
https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-take-x-handle-from-original-user

Angela Davis on Racial Reckoning: 'Diversity and Inclusion Without Radical Change Accomplishes Nothing'
https://jezebel.com/angela-davis-on-racial-reckoning-diversity-and-inclusi-1844853369

The ChatGPT revolution is another tech fantasy
https://www.disconnect.blog/p/the-chatgpt-revolution-is-another

Twitter becomes X
https://www.platformer.news/p/twitter-becomes-x

‘Stop calling it Twitter’ says guy who deadnames his own child
https://chaser.com.au/general-news/stop-calling-it-twitter-says-guy-who-deadnames-his-own-child/

2 Teachers Exposed Far-Right Activities At Their German School. They Had To Leave Town.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/germany-far-right-teachers-school_n_64c0fb92e4b0df86321252f5

Opinion | What’s Happening in Giorgia Meloni’s Italy Is Scary
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/opinion/meloni-italy-washington-visit.html

How the Ultrawealthy Use Private Foundations to Bank Millions in Tax Deductions While Giving the Public Little in Return
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-private-nonprofits-ultrawealthy-tax-deductions-museums-foundation-art

“We’ve Changed the Game”: Teamsters Win Historic UPS Contract
https://teamster.org/2023/07/weve-changed-the-game-teamsters-win-historic-ups-contract/

Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible
https://stackdiary.com/web-environment-integrity/

Congress is About to Pass a Very Bad Internet Bill. Here's How You Can Stop It.
https://www.readtpa.com/p/congress-is-about-to-pass-a-very

Home Taping Is Killing Music: When the Music Industry Waged War on the Cassette Tape During the 1980s, and Punk Bands Fought Back
https://www.openculture.com/2023/07/home-taping-is-killing-music-when-the-music-industry-waged-war-on-the-cassette-tape.html

Saguaro cacti collapsing in Arizona extreme heat, scientist says
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/saguaro-cacti-collapsing-arizona-extreme-heat-scientist-says-2023-07-25/

$ curl https://mastodon.social/api/v1/trends/tags?limit=20
<...parsing somehow...>
sineadoconnor
ThrowBackThursday
____needs____because
thursdayfivelist
thursday
TheEyes
Sinead
60smusictaughtme
AUSNGA
TBT
thirstythursday
Slack
waffle552
porvie
uswnt
梅雨明けのフォロー祭り
wordle768
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calckey
meermittwoch

Firstly

OK, block non-old UI completely ASAP!

Secondly

I just f*cking hate js files and XHR though you're right! :(

By the way, does the old UI make lemmy.world heavier than its default UI? Either yes or no, I want lemmy.world to continue providing the old UI. I love it! :D

My proposal: using old UI by default must mitigate the attacks because we will no longer have to download shitty *.js files anymore.

My guess: lemmy.world is attacking itself to make people believe that it is more popular enough than Reddit to be attacked so hard.

Isn't there a possibility that Cloudflare is making the script kids do DDoS attacks against lemmy.world to sell its CDN? :D

My understanding:

Mastodon = Twitter + fediverse = Twitter f*cker
Lemmy    = Reddit  + fediverse = Reddit f*cker
/kbin    = Mastodon + Lemmy = F*ckers f*cker

FYI:
http://xmrtown4e5hj3yivdimt27np24atr7dyd7savkk6of5mdlykret7igqd.onion/

https://kbin.social/m/meta@monero.town/t/168770/Onion-instance-federation-very-limited
https://kbin.social/m/random/p/778378/Lemmy-Tor-guide-https-github-com-salif-lemmy-onion-service-I-have-just-tested-federation-with

I found it in kbin search:
https://kbin.social/search?q=tor+onion

Next, someone somehow finds a protocol-level vulnerability of ActivityPub. This makes the Fediverse and all its related services using ActivityPub (Mastodon, Lemmy, KBin, etc) gone in a night. Then Fediverse refugees must buy the last haven again from El*n or Sp*z in exchange for their souls. Finally, they stay in the haven until they die without something important they had past... -- Fin --

Internet dystopia will come! 😱

Only in its sidebar? :D

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https://old.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/14rgm2u/mlmymorg_an_oldredditlike_frontend_for_lemmy/

I a bit laughed at this on R*ddit.

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