Notices by DJM (freelance for hire) (cybeardjm@masto.ai), page 2

@pfefferle As far as I remember when I started using AP 4+ years ago "Webmention By Matthias Pfefferle" was part of the recommended plugins to add for a proper ActivityPub configuration...

@pfefferle "you will receive an email if one of your accounts has a new follower!" where can this be deactivated?

For the block: why was it added without my knowledge to the theme?

@pfefferle Is that the start of the plugin's enshitification?

Hi @pfefferle - just updated to AP 4.5 - is there some documentation about the new features?

E.g. the Fediverse Reaction block was added to my WP theme without my knowledge on 1 blog (not the other) and seems fairly broken anyway (on 1 post with 850+ boosts, I got a huge block of overlapping text outside the screen...) => where are the overall settings for this block (like Webmentions or Syndication links options)?

- sending email to (new) followers? Sure! Where is this feature?

#GoodNight
#Cats #Franquin

"A few seconds before happiness"

#Dogs #Dog #Doggos

@glynmoody Do you consider that idea "sustainable"?

Can a Dutch case about #RSS teach us anything about #AI #Copyright?

"On October 30 2024, the District Court of Amsterdam decided on a very interesting case about copyright infringement in an RSS feed [...]"

https://www.technollama.co.uk/can-a-dutch-case-about-rss-teach-us-anything-about-ai-copyright

Long live RSS!

@glynmoody That's... I have no words...

Polluted rivers, uprooted farmland and lost taxes: Ghana counts cost of illegal gold mining boom

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/25/polluted-rivers-taxes-ghana-illegal-gold-mining-boom

"The Ghana Water Company’s capacity to supply clean water to some parts of the country has been reduced by 75%. Researchers from the University of Cape Coast say Ghana may have to import water by 2030."

#Galamsey #Ghana #Africa #Mining #Gold

Exactly 39 years ago today (Nov 18,1985), a 6-year-old & his best friend tiger began exploring the mysteries of childhood with humor (& tuna sandwiches).

#CalvinAndHobbes #Comics

Measles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023

"The new data show that an estimated 107 500 people, mostly children younger than 5 years of age, died due to measles in 2023. Although this is an 8% decrease from the previous year, far too many children are still dying from this preventable disease."

https://www.who.int/news/item/14-11-2024-measles-cases-surge-worldwide--infecting-10.3-million-people-in-2023

#Measles #WHO

@cryptadamist Blockchain Capital invested in Opensea, Kraken, Ethereum, Coinbase & Ripple... so, a bit of everything... Desillusion is coming for the new BS users (and many old ones), but they don't want to see it...

@JenMorency @cryptadamist That's why I had a clash the other day over @ BS, stating that the "value" so far was in owning the PDS and the full ledger (index of all DiDs https://web.plc.directory/). The ledger is supposed to be "decentralized" at some point, but my guess is that will never happen "willingly"...

The Mobile Economy
Sub-Saharan Africa 2024

Report: https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/connectivity-for-good/mobile-economy/sub-saharan-africa/
Infographic: https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/connectivity-for-good/mobile-economy/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GSMA_ME_SSA_2024_Infographic_Spread.pdf

#Africa #SSA #Mobile #GSMA

@mekkaokereke @tarheel Mpesa, used in a few countries mostly in East Africa, is Electronic Money on mobile.
Across the African continent, Mobile Money (based on various mobile operators / MNOs - mobile operators - sometimes interoperable) is used a lot (See GSMA report here https://www.gsma.com/sotir/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GSMA-SOTIR-2024_Report.pdf )

I use it to pay bills, groceries, airtime and internet...
MoMo is regulated by central banks, in a special category: example in UEMOA (West Africa) https://www.bceao.int/fr/content/etablissements-de-monnaie-electronique (in French)

From the vault: 2018

Toxic mud swamps fortunes of Niger Delta women years after oil spill

"Whether through oil pollution or land grabs, decades of being deprived of their land have taken their toll on Delta women, according to Wanam.

'We are dead already,' she says. 'But we’re alive.'"

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/dec/19/toxic-mud-swamps-fortunes-of-niger-delta-women-years-after-oil-spill

#Africa #Nigeria #Oil

From the vault: 2018

Kanye West:
"The spirit of Fela, the spirit of Bob Marley, the spirit of Tupac, flows through me."

Seun Kuti, son of #FelaKuti:
"On behalf of the Kuti family, I want to state that the spirit of Olufela Anikulapo Kuti isn’t anywhere near Kanye West."

#Afrobeat #Music #QOTD

Open the window, please...

#Cats #Kitten #Caturday

@briankrebs @feld @xdydx Tracking wallets is relatively easy, it's their attribution that's usually the hard part.
But sure, BTC is not the prefered way anymore, it's Tether/USDT.