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#PSA #Authors #Writing #GenAI #Meta #Anthropic #AnthropicClassAction

Deadline to join the class action against Meta/Anthropic: Friday August 15, 2025.

"Submitting your information here does not make you a member of the Class. But, if you are a member of the class, submitting your information will help us direct formal notice of the class action at the appropriate time."

https://www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-author-contact/

Gift link to The Atlantic database search tool:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/?gift=uvbqc-y7RgcozRTSY7kANHrt8LyDF9nPyN5h5Dmp4rE

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#PSA: Do less.

There's a time to strive and perform, and a time to breathe and exist.

You don't have to self-host.
You don't have to run Linux (although I highly recommend not running Windows, and to a slightly lesser degree, not running MacOS).
You don't have to code.
You don't have to know all the things your friends know and consider to be "basic."

You can just be the very best you you can be.
Start with one little thing at a time. Focus on just one new good habit per week, or per month.

Life is short, but life is also really long. There's no reason to spend it angry or frustrated with yourself.

#PSA #openssh #ssh #security
OpenSSH 高危漏洞
影响版本
8.5p1 <= OpenSSH < 9.8p1

处置建议
更新 OpenSSH > 9.8p1
或
LoginGraceTime=0

https://www.secrss.com/articles/67636?app=1
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-6387

PSA for everyone on Mastodon: You don't need to use link shorteners. All links count as 23 characters, no matter what.

All a link shortener does is keep people from seeing where the link goes*. Many of us will refuse to boost posts with shortened links precisely because of this.

Please, just put the actual link in your post!

* And make your link become useless if the link shortening service ever goes away for any reason.)

#Mastodon #etiquette #links #LinkShorteners #PSA

#PSA: I deleted all the #Meta/ #Facebook apps. Have you tried #Signal? It is co-founded and initially funded by Brian Acton, a co-founder of #WhatsApp. [1] Signal is better than WhatsApp in every possible way. @signalapp also has impermanent usernames for when you don't want to give out your number. Does audio/video/group chats as well.
https://signal.org

Note 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Acton

#PSA #CallToAction

The new Harry Potter show is upon us, and while there's debate as to how much JK Rowling is involved in the running of the show, the fact remains: it's her IP. It makes money, she makes money.

If you watch it, if you buy HP merch, if you visit the HP park attractions, if you make others curious to watch it, etc., you are funding this TERF's persecution of trans people.

So, don't.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights #HarryPotter #JKRowling #Transphobe #TERF

https://www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowling-anti-trans-organization

#PSA
FLOSS developers and projects must migrate away from Fosstodon due to moderation problems that will lead to the instance being silenced or defederated in the near future by many other instances.
There are other providers, like floss.social and migration on Mastodon is easy. This is a minor chore, but a urgent one.

@lo__
https://mastodon.social/@lo__/114394272337752629

#PSA #Romancelandia #BlackRomance @romancelandia @bookstodon

Via author D.L. White: "HUGE exclusive Black Romance book giveaway is STILL live. You won't find these eBooks anywhere else."

https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/JPoM6EV6IIWOMGzFj2TT

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#PSA
#Mastodon, nor the #Fediverse in general will never ask you to "verify" with payment details, especially not from a non-moderator account. If you get a message asking you to verify, it is a #Scam #Bot, and you should block and #report it to #moderation.

We are currently getting a wave of #spam from bots like this. Again, do not even click the link, just block and report.

- TechHub Moderation

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#PSA #Romancelandia @romancelandia @bookstodon

Via Victoria Dahl aka Victoria Helen Stone: "ALERT! If you get an email from someone claiming to be me and wanting to “chat with fellow writers” or “talk about your writing journey” IT IS NOT ME! It’s a phishing scam. BLOCK & REPORT. Some clues: I don’t have a gmail account & I never want to chat. I’ve reported to Google, so fingers crossed."

Please boost and share!

#Scam #Phishing #Impersonation

At a bar and need help? Order an "Angel shot".

-"with lime" means call the police.

- "on the rocks" means you need a taxi called.

- "neat" means you need an escort to your car.

You can also ask for Angela, as in "is Angela working tonight?"

See also the "help me" hand gesture: https://beige.party/@amiserabilist/114876091506990343

#Safety #Signals #PSA

#PSA #PolariPrize #Transphobia @bookstodon
Author Sasha Coward withdraws "Queer as Folklore" from the Polar Prize long list over the inclusion of John Boyne, transphobe. (his original post here: https://bsky.app/profile/sachacoward.bsky.social/post/3lvwhq7ljik23)

Also, there's an open letter you can sign, here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfe8SgwGycvDaXMHHzoRkuYDDbABS_R7-0EgsVN1QMMBKYl0w/viewform?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwMCfj5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABpxqBq16p0cryC_CvEDnzlJrh8pdH3X_GcMNRiZJ5VGVn0FfvqL7jsgB7CRQa_aem_jzYCfgNCzD2HWJdh2qjGhg&pli=1

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