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Anders Eknert

I didn't expect my post about Swedish Television mistakenly labeling Vladimir Putin as "president USA" yesterday to blow up the way it did. What I *really* didn't expect was #Hachyderm's admins deleting my post just as it was approaching a thousand boosts. This because someone allegedly reported it as "misinformation", and that what I saw on TV "does not appear to have actually happened"... which ironically is about as Putinesque a statement can be.

So how would you fact check this? A few people commenting on the post had already done that, the way people normally do — by asking for the source. And they got it. I even boosted the link to SVT Play, where the broadcast can be streamed by anyone. It's still there svtplay.se/video/jAM5B9o/aktue

The Hachyderm "fact checking" process doesn't ask for a source though. In fact, they didn't ask me for anything. Since there were no news headlines mentioning this blunder, it must not have happened.

I appreciate the lecture for me to "fact check my posts before posting", but the assumption that I'd want to post anything on this instance again could certainly need some fact checking.

To the rest of you, enjoy this last screenshot of Putin definitely not getting labeled as "president USA" on SVT2 News on Swedish Television. And for those of you who can't get enough of things that never happened, I'll post a video in a comment below too.

Message from the Hachyderm admins stating "Some of your posts have been found to violate one or more community guidelines and have been subsequently removed by the moderators of hachyderm.io. Hello, Your post was reported to us as it contains incorrect information. Although we do not believe this was intentional (and thus are not categorizing this as "misinformation"), we are removing the post as it does not appear to have actually happened. We fact checked this post by researching if there were any news headlines, in the US or elsewhere, that a major European news network had labeled Russia's president as the president of the United States. In future, please fact check posts before posting / reposting them. Misinformation is spreading rapidly with the current political situation both in the United States and internationally, and it is important to not to contribute to it when and where that can be avoided. Thank you, The Hachyderm Mods"
Screenshot from SVT (Swedish Television) picturing Vladimir Putin with the title "president USA" next to his name.
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European Commission

Europeans benefit from some of the strongest consumer protections in the world!

Whether that’s when:

🔹 Shopping – Right to safe, high-quality products that can be repaired, replaced, or returned if needed.
🔹 Travelling – Compensation for delays or cancellations.
🔹 Banking – Secure payments and fair contracts.
🔹 Surfing – Protection of personal data and safeguards against scams.

For over 50 years, the EU has been working hard to keep consumers safe – both in stores and online.

A digital illustration features three shopping bags, two yellow and one blue with the EU flag (a circle of yellow stars on a blue background). The text "Your rights as an EU consumer" is displayed above, with "rights" and "EU consumer" highlighted in yellow. A dotted line runs across the image, adding a visual flow. The small EU emblem appears in the top left corner.
A digital graphic with the heading "Repair, replace, or refund" in bold black text. The text explains that EU consumers have a minimum two-year guarantee on purchases and can get faulty goods repaired, replaced, or refunded for free. Key terms such as "two-year guarantee," "repaired," "replaced," and "refunded" are highlighted in yellow. A circular icon with a euro (€) symbol is at the bottom, with arrows indicating the three possible options (repair, replace, refund). A dotted line flows through the image.
A digital graphic with the heading "Safe products" in bold black text. The text reads: 'Safe products. Products offered to EU consumers must always be safe. If a dangerous product appears, companies must take immediate corrective actions.’ The words 'must always be safe' and ‘immediate corrective actions’ are highlighted in yellow. Below the text, there is a blue seal with yellow stars resembling the EU flag, displaying the text '100% SAFE.' A dotted line with yellow and black colors loops around the seal.
The image is titled "Travel rights" in bold text. It informs that passengers may be eligible for compensation if their flight or train is delayed, canceled, or overbooked. The word "compensation" is highlighted in yellow. Illustrations of a blue paper airplane and a yellow suitcase are present, connected by a dashed line that flows through the image.
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Christian Schwägerl

Wenn Bundespräsident über die nötige “Aufarbeitung” der - spricht, klingt das so, als wollte er noch den letzten Querdenker besänftigen. Wann und wie wird eigentlich wieder der -Toten gedacht (letzte Gedenkfeier war bei 80.000 Toten 2021, jetzt sind es mehr als doppelt so viele), wie werden deren Angehörige, Menschen mit “abgeholt”? Wie wird gewürdigt, dass Zehntausende Menschen nur wegen Pflegekräften, Hygienemaßnahmen, Impfungen noch am Leben sind?

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Vagina Museum

We have hit our target! The Vagina Museum is saved! This #WomensHistoryMonth, together we prevented the Vagina Museum from becoming a footnote in women's history. Instead, we made women's history. This community prevailed against overwhelming forces... in a single day. gofundme.com/f/btscc2

gofundme.comDonate to Save The Vagina Museum, organized by Vagina MuseumThe Vagina Museum is one month away from closing – forever The Vagina Museum will be forced t… Vagina Museum needs your support for Save The Vagina Museum
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Charlie Stross

Become an irreplaceable 10x developer in 30 seconds flat

Why learn actual skills when you can just look impressive instead?

Introducing rust-stakeholder - a CLI tool that generates absolutely meaningless but impressive-looking terminal output to convince everyone you're a coding genius without writing a single line of useful code.

github.com/giacomo-b/rust-stak

Generate impressive-looking terminal output to look busy when stakeholders walk by. - giacomo-b/rust-stakeholder
GitHubGitHub - giacomo-b/rust-stakeholder: Generate impressive-looking terminal output to look busy when stakeholders walk by.Generate impressive-looking terminal output to look busy when stakeholders walk by. - giacomo-b/rust-stakeholder
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Augie Ray

The man who “accidentally” threw two Nazi salutes at a rally recently retweeted someone who claimed Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn't murder millions--their government employees did.

These are the people running our government, in case you want to know what's ahead.

Elon Musk reposted Alice Smith, who said: Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn't murder millions of people. Their public sector workers did.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf

Covid, 5 years on: what have we learned?
Thanks to science, another spanish flu style catastrophe as in 1918 was prevented.
"The mRNA vaccines prevented millions of deaths. The technology for building new, effective vaccines quickly came on in leaps and bounds. Masks worked. And as with every pandemic in recent history, subsequent reviews have found that the advice to go early and hard with containment was correct."
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · Five years on, the right’s Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstreamBy Laura Spinney
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

This is an extremely good article of all the ways Trump is bringing authoritarianism to the United States of America. With multiple experts drawing multiple parallels to past fascist regimes and also, how it is different this time, particularly with information warfare.

Wake up America.
For the love of god.
WAKE UP AND FIGHT

HE IS TRANSFORMING YOU INTO EVERYTHING YOU SAID YOU WOULD NEVER BE.

france24.com/en/americas/20250
#trump #usa #fascism

FRANCE 24 · What parallels do historians see between the Trump administration and the Nazi regime?By Stéphanie TROUILLARD
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