sovietknuckles

Post here if you’re able to help mod, we’d greatly appreciate it.

Ideally your account should be on lemmy.ml, and also have a history of posting here.

Edit: Convo is over, it started at 1:57:47 in the VOD

I thought I had the post saved, but I guess not

Request: Can we please whitelist one or more Rimgo instances for embedding images/videos in comments?

List of Rimgo instances, along with their data collection policies: https://codeberg.org/rimgo/instances#clearnet

I understand that we want to limit which sites are whitelisted for embedding, given embedding's history of abuse after Hexbear started federating, but since Imgur is already whitelisted, maybe Rimgo is okay to whitelist, too?

More info: I use Imgur to share videos with sound in Hexbear comments, because we cannot upload videos directly to Hexbear. Example:

However, Imgur often does not work for me (and likely many other Hexbear users) due to it often blocking VPNs. For that reason, I personally have the LibRedirect extension installed, which redirects any Imgur link I visit to a Rimgo equivalent (example: https://rimgo.kling.gg/aDD5Cf9.mp4). However, because Rimgo is not whitelisted for embedding, using it directly on Hexbear does not work:

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On a side note, if https://catbox.moe/ becomes whitelisted for embedding, we would not need to use Imgur or Rimgo anymore for video hosting. Catbox is generally better than Imgur for video hosting, since Imgur limits videos to 1 minute.

From Hasan's 2023-10-12 stream at 7:46:45

Tweet: https://nitter.net/Aldanmark/status/1712221575544517081

https://lib.lgbt/post/252855

He did it from his hotel in Las Vegas with scuffed audio and Internet because he's there for TwitchCon

Y'all come on in and sit for a while. It's time to learn about Argentina and rank the worst white people countries

Web player: https://soundgasm.net/u/sovietknuckles/The-Deprogram-Episode-99-Brit-Spawn-Ft-BadEmpanada

@Red_Toad@hexbear.net called it

As the WGA leadership and members move forward on the scribes’ tentative agreement with the studios and streamers, the 160,000-strong actors union could be sitting down with the AMPTP within days.

Riding the momentum that has hit Hollywood since the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers struck a deal on September 24, SAG-AFTRA leaders have penciled in meetings with the Carol Lombardini-led group by the end of next week, we hear.

As always in labor relations, the situation is fluid, and no negotiation has truly started until all participants are seated at the bargaining table. “We have no confirmed dates scheduled and there will not be meetings with the AMPTP this week,” a SAG-AFTRA spokesperson said Tuesday. “When we do have dates confirmed, we will inform our members. No one should rely on speculation.”

The AMPTP did not respond to Deadline’s requests for comment on the potential meetings.

The actors union has been on strike since July 14, when its members joined the WGA on the picket lines, creating Hollywood’s first joint strike since the Kennedy administration. The writers have suspended picketing and are awaiting details about their deal, which could come today or tomorrow.

WGA leaders on both coasts are scheduled to vote today on whether to send the tentative agreement to the general membership for ratification. If that occurs as expected, a vote by the nearly 12,000 members of the guild could come within several days, and a “yes” from them would end the WGA strike.

But the actors remain on the picket lines for now as both unions have pledged and shown solidarity with each other throughout the current labor strife.

While the WGA and SAG-AFTRA share similar concerns about AI, residuals and data transparency, to name a few, the actors union has some individual concerns that need to be addressed in its contract talks.

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher has been vocal and passionate in her rhetoric, saying, among other things, that “the AMPTP’s maniacal corporate culture for greed must stop.” Meanwhile, the union’s National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland has made many public appearances, including at the Toronto Film Festival, to talk up his side’s point of view.

Meanwhile, SAG-AFTRA members voted unanimously on Monday to authorize a strike against the video game industry, citing concerns including “the exploitative uses of AI and lagging wages.”

The union’s Chief Contracts Officer Ray Rodriguez said: “This strike authorization makes an emphatic statement that we must reach an agreement that will fairly compensate these talented performers, provide common-sense safety measures, and allow them to work with dignity. Our members’ livelihoods depend on it.”

A kbin user has the most upvoted comment chain on that post.

https://kbin.social/m/meta%40lemm.ee/t/458933/How-do-I-block-all-of-Hexbear-from-All/top

sh.itjust.works and a 1-user Lemmy instance called lemmy.magnor.ovh also see and reply to Hexbear comments, though Hexbear doesn't see their replies:

https://lemmy.magnor.ovh/comment/2371501