Read an interview with a #democracy researcher who said that if citizens can't get fair and correct news to base their vote on, then it's not a democracy. Like Germany in the 1930s.
But we are in a situation where major parts of the electorates of Western countries *choose to avoid* readily available fair and correct news, preferring #Fascist propaganda channels on #YouTube.
#YouTube
#ThoughtProvoking
#Censorship
#HistoricalCensorship
#MarketPlaceOfIdeas
#TheDangerOfReatrictedThought
The Terrifying Predictions of George Orwell
https://youtube.com/watch?v=kqknNSao500
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Show HN: A personal YouTube frontend based on yt-dlp
Link: https://github.com/christian-fei/my-yt
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43373242
Finally finished the story...
...Or did I?
The MajorLinux Show: Hunting Monsters on Fridays with Friends (03/14/2025)
Finally finished the story…
…Or did I?
The MajorLinux Show: Hunting Monsters on Fridays with Friends (03/14/2025) – MajorLinux
https://majorlinux.com/the-majorlinux-show-hunting-monsters-on-fridays-with-friends-03-14-2025/
Finally finished the story...
...Or did I?
The MajorLinux Show: Hunting Monsters on Fridays with Friends (03/14/2025)
In the @newyorktimes: 
"#ActivityPub has also led to a wave of start-up efforts such as #Mastodon, a microblogging service that now has more than 14 million accounts connected by a network of over 14,000 host computers, as well as start-ups like #Pixelfed and #PeerTube, distributed services that offer features similar to #Instagram and #YouTube."
A Long-Shot Bet to Bypass the Middlemen of #SocialMedia
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/technology/mike-mccue-surf-browser-decentralized-internet.html
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975) has just popped (currently free, probably U.S. only) on #YouTube Movies and TV. I believe (offhand) that this is the first time it's been there (at least with free status), and probably hasn't been there more than a few minutes (less than 20 comments as this instant).
"NI!"
My Biggest Linux Gaming Fear Has Happened #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/5KYQRk_SIB8
Disney+ is making Andor free to stream on YouTube, and now you have no excuse not to watch the best Star Wars show
Fire up your podracer engines
#StarWars #Andor #Disney #YouTube #SciFi #Streaming #DisneyPlus #TechRadar
I wish I could tell #YouTube creators that YouTube will make it that much harder to watch videos, and they will lose audiences as a result, as this DRM experiment ramps up. https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12563 #Video #DRM
Friendship ended with Firefox: Floorp is my friend now #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/6OUjWdAtGbs
Currently free (probably U.S. only) on #YouTube Movies & TV is the remarkable 1955 film "Night of the Hunter", starring Robert Mitchum, Shelly Winters, and Lillian Gish -- and a host of others. It tells the story of a Depression era traveling "preacher" who is actually a serial killer -- with H A T E tattooed on the fingers of one hand and L O V E on the fingers of the other. It was a critical and financial failure, and was the only film credited to famed actor Charles Laughton as director. From the opening credits onward, it is obviously not a conventional film of the time, and it is heavily influenced by German expressionism. Largely seen from the point of view of two siblings being chased by Mitchum's character, it stunningly (other than a couple of establishing shots taken back East) was entirely shot here in L.A., mostly in sound stages including the crucial river scenes. It is often described as a Horror Fairy Tale, and over the years has become one of the most acclaimed film masterpieces of all time. I recommend it VERY highly. I can pretty much assure you that you've never seen any other film like it before! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kgZd8jeVyQ
If you're a YouTube content creator, be aware that bots are now working to doxx you based on reverse-engineering your word block list (a lot creators block their own names in comments so that folks they know in real life don't give away identifying info in the comments).
Oh my! The person who made #Sponsorblock, the "open-source crowdsourced browser extension ... for skipping sponsor segments in #YouTube videos"
...also now released #DeArrow, the "open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube. >>>The goal is to make titles accurate and reduce sensationalism. No more arrows, ridiculous faces, and no more clickbait.<<<"
Together YT is half-usable again!
Hello!
Is this mic on?!
The MajorLinux Show: Monster Mondays (03/10/2025) – MajorLinux
https://majorlinux.com/the-majorlinux-show-monster-mondays-03-10-2025/
Tubefilter: MrBeast’s investor pitch deck shows why he’s shifting his focus to Beast Industries. “The Verge got hold of a pitch deck that shares some financial information about the parent company MrBeast created to encompass all of his entertainment and retail ventures. Beast Industries is a growing company with a lot of promise, but MrBeast’s brand isn’t all about videos anymore. In […]
- Try to boycott #Google, there are other search engines. #SergeyBrin, co-founder of #Alphabet, which owns Google, #Gmail, #Android, and #YouTube. #DuckDuckGo, for example, has been recommended by a supporter.
- Boycott #Apple Products! #TimCook, CEO and major shareholder of Apple, donated to Trump’s inauguration and is reported to have developed a "personal relationship" with Trump.
- Don’t shop at #Walmart! Walmart, owned by the ultra-rich #Walton family, pays its employees so poorly that many of them are on food stamps.
- Don’t shop at #Target! Target, which has stopped selling #LGBTQ merchandise due to right wing pressure."
waiting for summer 
