Unruffled [they/them] @ Flatworm7591 @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Everything should be back up and running now. Let us know if you notice any other bugs.

Bug report:

1. Cross posting currently broken for default frontend ui.
2. Embedded media with mime type .m3u8 is triggering a file download prompt on desktop instead of displaying embedded video. Confirmed this is happening on Edge, Firefox & Chrome on Windows desktop, but not on Android.

FYI the main frontend is experiencing some problems during the update, but the other frontends work:

• https://a.lemmy.dbzer0.com/ for Alexandrite
• https://photon.lemmy.dbzer0.com/ for Photon
• https://v.lemmy.dbzer0.com/ for Voyager
• https://old.lemmy.dbzer0.com/ for mlmym

Update: Main frontend is back up and running. pict-rs is still borked currently.

Quick update, db0 is having some issues with the upgrade due to problems with pict-rs. If images are a bit borked for you right now, that's why.

Awesome! Lots of cool features in the new release: release notes.

Bearskin bug? Happy pride month!

To be fair, they are entitled to moderate their instance however they see fit, as are we. On the whole, it's good to have a diversity of instances in the Fediverse, because then you get to pick and choose which ones you want in your feed, according to your interests.

Having said that, I understand your frustration and share some of your concerns. There's a relevant post on .world right now on that very topic... https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/21652340

@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com looks like the backlog has started to subside now. We will monitor until it normalises.

Their mod actions usually do federate out, but their outgoing federation is a bit borked right now with some instances, perhaps due to the recent upgrade to Lemmy 0.19.4-rc.6. I believe they are at least aware of it now, though they have been basically non-responsive to the issue so far.

Unfortunately, I'm not getting any response from the .ml admins here or on Matrix, so if anyone wants to reach out to them and ask them to restart their sender that would be great, as the issue is ongoing.

Edit: still crickets from .ml admins ¯(ツ)/¯

Pinging @nutomic@lemmy.ml @cypherpunks@lemmy.ml @JoeBidet@lemmy.ml @davel@lemmy.ml

Can confirm, it's only the piracy communities that are blocked, and we are still otherwise federated with lw. It's not really a big problem as far as we are concerned, they can pick and choose whatever communities suit their instance. We will have lost some clicks and visibility from them, but at the end of the day, it's not going to affect our share price lol.

@dessalines@lemmy.ml could you restart your sender?

Thanks for reporting the issue. I'm sure db0 will take a look when he gets the chance.

Awesome!

To be clear, I would definitely prefer your particular version of a Socialist State with worker co-ops compared to working for a neoliberal free market capitalist business. And thanks for taking the time to engage with me in good faith. I've enjoyed our discussion.

As a moderator, I might encounter more tankies than you. Daily, I see posts justifying Putin's invasion of Ukraine, for example. We can likely agree that this stance is indefensible, both historically and otherwise. Unfortunately, tankies tend to stand out because they actively troll on other instances. I acknowledge my perspective towards MLs generally might be skewed by this experience.

Simultaneously, China is showing assertiveness towards Taiwan, seemingly preparing for an eventual invasion. The Belt and Road Initiative is another manifestation of China's subtle imperialistic goals. They have adopted the same sort of strategy as the IMF and World Bank, offering loans to impoverished nations for development, which leads to a debt trap, control over crucial foreign infrastructure, and increased political and economic influence. To be fair, it's a case of what's good for the goose is good for the gander, but it's unsettling to see China going down that road.

I guess I'm just not convinced by the argument that supporting Russia and China equates to opposing imperialism. On the contrary, it seems more like an attempt to replace Western imperialism with a similar form led by China and Russia. To me, leftist authoritarianism is just as unappealing as Western authoritarianism, and shouldn't be endorsed or excused. And no government should be defended from valid criticisms just because it's notionally socialist.

Nice false dichotomy.

That last 6% (which seems very arbitrary tbh) includes such concepts as "anti-authoritarianism" though, which is a core concept of anarchism. M-Ls on Lemmy generally endorse a centrally planned economy and state ownership of capital and resources, which inevitably leads to state authoritarianism (or so history tells us). Most M-L leftists here are happy to defend that kind of authoritarianism, so long as it's in opposition to the Western liberal democracy. I think that's why anarchists argue so much with M-Ls, because it's a core and arguably irreconcilable difference in ideology.

I agree with you that in an ideal world, anarchists and M-Ls would have little to argue about, but given the sheer number of tankies arguing that China and Russia are basically faultless (even while admiting they are no longer truly communist or socialist) and throwing their support behind the most despicable theocratic and/or authoritarian regimes, like Iran, Yemen, North Korea and Russia, just because they see it as a way to diminish Western liberal democracies, there seems to be a lot to argue about nowadays. Replacing a one authoritarian state with just another authoritarian state does not seem like progress.

That's cool, sounds lke you are a based leftist, not a tankie.