Hard Pass

Fucking finally, this app has been fucking teenagers for longer than I can remember.

When you live in hope for a better future and ignore reality, the truth hits you with incredible force, and then hope becomes futile.

source https://www.instagram.com/p/DPM-ku-DEwJ

The government of Israel has hired a new conservative-aligned firm, Clock Tower X LLC, to create media for Gen Z audiences in a contract worth $6 million.

Clock Tower will even deploy “websites and content to deliver GPT framing results on GPT conversations.” In other words, Clock Tower will create new websites to influence how AI GPT models such as ChatGPT, which are trained on vast amounts of data from every corner of the internet, frame topics and respond to them — all on behalf of Israel.

At least 80 percent of content Clock Tower produces will be “tailored to Gen Z audiences across platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, podcasts, and other relevant digital and broadcast outlets” with a minimum goal of 50 million impressions per month.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36675743

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChicagoSuburbs/s/Ge4lBr9uKs

Credit to OP for the post, but I can't stand it anymore. Don't look away now, this is who we've become. I've always tried to be an advocate for others over myself. Sorry if it's a repost.

Originally Posted By u/WoahDude876 At 2025-09-30 02:17:50 AM | Source

(TikTok screencap)

Famous bisexual 17th century French duelist and opera singer, Julie D'Aubigny, after winning three duels in a row

Previously asked 2 years ago.

What are folks using these days? Reolink seemed to be a popular choice 2 years ago. I'll start looking here.

I've been using Eufy (yeah, I know). Apparently, Eufy has a way to transfer clips to a NAS via RTSP. However, I've been seeing users complain that the transferred clips end up with degraded quality. Not great. De-great-ed.

My home server has plenty of space on it, so it would be cool if I could save clips (or all the video footage?) directly to my ZFS pool.

What do folks' security camera setup look like?

How many of these have already been in practice?

Or maybe it's easier to ask...

How many of these haven't been in practice just yet? As that's likely a shorter list.

Originally Posted By u/WastingMyLifeToday At 2025-09-30 02:01:36 AM | Source

The Sacred Band of Thebes (Ancient Greek: Ἱερὸς Λόχος τῶν Θηβῶν, Hieròs Lóchos tôn Thēbôn) was an elite heavy infantry of select soldiers, allegedly consisting of 150 pairs of male couples...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes

So ahead of the loyalty pledge ceremony to Trump, support aircraft are heading to the Middle East. Either a war with Iran or the end of Gaza is nigh.