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Virginia Giuffre, Prince Andrew accuser says she has only days to live after crash

globalnews.ca/news/11106651/vi

Virgina Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein‘s alleged sex trafficking victims, who also accused Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, says she has just a few days to live after going into kidney failure.

In an Instagram post on Sunday, Giuffre alluded to a bus crash and said doctors told her she has just four days to live.

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Global News · Virginia Giuffre, Prince Andrew accuser says she has only days to live after crashBy Michelle Butterfield

Once again I have to ask what is the FUCKING POINT of an OS-level mute setting if #Instagram posts can just IGNORE IT anyway? I don’t give a SHIT if your photo post includes background music, I’m not scrolling tiktok, I NEVER want to hear anything if I’ve put my phone on SILENT. 🤬

Things I deal with on #Instagram that I don’t on #Pixelfed number 40351: No Instagram I don’t need to see yet another advert for the mis-selling of Car Finance in the UK and that I may have a claim, as I’ve informed you many, many times, this is irrelevant! Ya fecking wanks!

"Some of the best conversations happen over a good meal, and for Alex Rich and Ben Poremba, that’s exactly the idea behind “#Jews in the Lou.”

Filmed at Deli Divine and produced in partnership with #StLouis #Jewish Light, the social media series brings real conversations with real St. Louis Jews to #Instagram and #YouTube. Each episode features unfiltered dialogue with community leaders, business owners, creatives, coaches and changemakers—anyone with a compelling story and a connection to Jewish life in St. Louis."

stljewishlight.org/jewishfood/

St. Louis Jewish Light · 'Jews in the Lou': Real conversations over pastrami, pickles and Jewish identity - St. Louis Jewish LightSome of the best conversations happen over a good meal, and for Alex Rich and Ben Poremba, that’s exactly the idea behind "Jews in the Lou."

Qué problema: #CostaRica no tiene neutralidad de red.
Todos los proveedores de telefonía celular ofrecen planes que subsidian #whatapp #facebook #instagram #waze #x o #pinterest
Esto hace que gente con pocos recursos o los que pasan sus vidas endeudadas estén más inclinados a usar estos servicios y de esta manera se hacen más fuertes las companías.
Cuesta mucho hoy día en CR no tener el whatsapp o facebook.
Es hora que nos hagamos indepiententes de estos servicios. Hasta ahora solamente han estado vendiendo nuestros datos. Y a mi nunca me han preguntando si estuviera de acuerdo con que suban mi contacto junto con el resto de la libreta a whatsapp.
Lo que ahora pasa es que los fascistas en el poder en #EEUU van a usar estos datos para acabar con cualquiera que no les haga caso o que no les caiga bien.
Admás, puede que el día de manyana paren los servicios para país X.
Hay buenas alternativas:
#Signal #threema #matrix
Y que dejen de hacer estas ofertas los proveedores.

Quand vous partagez un lien provenant d'un média, notamment YouTube via l'application ou le navigateur Web, pensez à supprimer le ? OU le & ainsi que la suite de caractère qui s'ensuit. Cette chaîne de caractères sert à traquer les connexions et les provenances donc à collecter des données à caractère personnel vous concernant.

Par exemple :

Application mobile - youtu.be/AWi7AeZaNcI
?si=bmJmRUhZW7NpGG6y ⬅️ à supprimer

Navigateur Web - youtube.com/watch?v=N2nHCfuIG4
&pp=ygUWZGFucyBtb24gcXVhcnRpZXIgcmlmZtIHCQliAAYKOfT1XA%3D%3D ⬅️ à supprimer

youtu.be- YouTubeEnjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Feliz domingo Entreletters. Hoy os traemos noticias fresquitas, y es que ahora ¡Estamos en una red social más!
Así que ahora nos podéis encontrar a parte de aquí por supuesto, en:
X: x.com/EntreLetrasPod
Instagram: instagram.com/entre_letras_pod
¡Y estranándonos en Tiktok!: tiktok.com/@entreletras.pod
Si os apetece seguirnos, nos encantará recibir mucho amorcito, y mucho feedback🤗
#Podcast, #EntreLetras, #RRSS, #Mastodon, #X, #Instagram, #Tiktok

X (formerly Twitter)EntreLetras 📖🎙️ (@entreletraspod) on Xamistad, libros y risas garantizadas. Cinco lectores empedernidos con gustos muy diversos📚 #entreletrers

I've reached this point where I know Big Tech is useless unless I can free it from corporate greed with Linux and GrapheneOS.

Big Tech is like digital colonialism, siphoning creativity and exploiting consumers for profit while deepening inequality. These corporations treat individuals as mere resources in their relentless pursuit of profit.

Platforms like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and all those other platforms are just tools for Big Tech to exploit us. They're trash.

When will you stand up against their exploitation? Look at the harm they cause!

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#fulltextsearch on #fediverse

@rolle Thx, good tip, ⭕from:me word

Speaking of searching.... and not being allowed, aka #Suspended

"It's why #ElonMusk periodically freaks out and suspends users who list their Mastodon userids in their Twitter bios"

techcrunch.com/2022/12/15/elon

"And it's why #Meta will suspend your account if you link to #Pixelfed, a Fediverse-based alternative to #Instagram"

404media.co/meta-is-blocking-l

#Pluralistic #CoryDoctorow
pluralistic.net/2025/01/14/con

I don't use Instagram Reels much anymore since uninstall the app about 6 months ago, but once in a while I absent-mindedly click into it from the browser. And I cannot believe just how bad the content it is feeding me has gotten.

Every. Other. Reel. is something that is overtly racist, sexist, or horrible (i.e. mocking someone with down syndrome.) When I used the app, my "algorithm" was basically skateboard videos, cats, rock climbing, and left-wing comedy skits. Traces of that remain, but the majority of content has become hypertoxic.

I can't tell if this is the new normal for Instagram, or if the algorithm has "reset" for me and this is what Zuck wants a late 20s white guy in America to be seeing on a regular basis. There's undeniable convenience for Zuck and how he's positioned himself in normalizing this stuff given the larger political picture and how he's aligned himself with Trump.

Anyone else having a similar experience?

Given this information about #pixelfed and its developer, we will be closing our Pixelfed instance today. We will also be looking for a new #Instagram like platform to use. #Loops looked promising, but it is the same developer as Pixelfed. I will exiting the Pixelfed beta testing for iOS as well. Stay tuned for more updates.

fokus.cool/2025/03/25/pixelfed

fokus.coolPixelfed leaks private posts from other Fediverse instances - fiona fokus