For first time in a billion years, two lifeforms have merged into one (www.independent.co.uk)
‘The first time it happened, it gave rise to all complex life,’ scientists say
Flipboard Federates 11,000 Magazines by 400 Creators and Enthusiasts (flipboard.medium.com)
If you're encountering the Subscribed 404 error, this is a good time to revisit Collections (kbin.social)
Feeling thwarted by the 404, I suddenly remembered there are plenty of curated feeds over in Collections for us to browse. Have updated one of mine to reflect newer communities.
NATO Explains Why The Theme For ‘Star Trek: First Contact’ Was Played At Sweden’s Induction Ceremony (trekmovie.com)
Is there a solution for spam from federated communities? (fedia.io)
Recently, there's been a pretty serious spam bot on a federated community: https://fedia.io/u/@ThuleanSneed@startrek.website...
Is anyone else finding it impossible to block anything from hexbear.net? (fedia.io)
You literally can't do it. If you try, you just get an error message. Pretty much anything from hexbear.net is unblockable. Which is really unfortunately, because it is one of the worst instances out there.
So blimey - what happened there? (kbin.social)
Kbin seemed tio take a nice long sleep there. I almost assumed it had fallen over for good. I Really hate the generic, undated 'over the next few days we are working on servers' mesesage.
Threads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration (www.theverge.com)
Are there any kbin instances which are up to date with the source code? (kbin.social)
I know Ernest is working on getting ready to update kbin.social but are there any other instances which are faster with the bug fixes and updates?
WGA Strike To Officially End At Midnight As Guild Leaders Approve Tentative Deal With Big Gains (deadline.com)
Am I the only one noticing it about kbin's name? (kbin.social)
kbin sounds a lot like kabin, or かびん/花瓶, which means vase in Japanese.
Can't delete bad posts (kbin.social)
Sometimes when I upload a link it doesn't load properly, it happens no big deal, but then I can't delete these buggy posts and then I end up unintentionally spamming a bunch of duplicates as I try to post again...
What's the best Linux alternative to Windows for gaming
I use Windows for my desktop PC but I’m also a fan of Linux for work and programming....
CANVAS 2024 IS LIVE (canvas.fediverse.events)
cross-posted from: toast.ooo/post/4031774...
‘Star Trek’ Alum Jonathan Frakes to Direct Sci-Fi Adaptation of ‘Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime’ (variety.com)
Blocking instances (a suggestion) (fedia.io)
I'm coming from kbin. It used to be that when I blocked an instance, I wouldn't see any posts or comments from users on that instance....
Is the Kbin source outdated compared to kbin.social? (kbin.social)
I just realized that some features like "Collections" are not available in other Kbin instances nor in Mbin when in theory they all use 0.10.1....
North Koreans Secretly Animated Amazon and Max Shows, Researchers Say (www.wired.com)
Lemmy.world has gone read only to us (kbin.social)
We'll still get their content but be unable to interact.
German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating (arstechnica.com)
Start composing a reply to this thread. Did you notice you can change the size of the reply field by dragging the right bottom corner? (kbin.social)
I think that's cool. I have not discovered a limit to how large you can make the box.
What happened to embedded videos? (fedia.io)
For a while now all video threads are basically just opening a screenshot of the video when you expand them instead of opening the video itself. I noticed this both for YouTube and Catbox hosted videos and you now have to first open the thread itself, and then click on the actual link of the title to open the actual page where...
Fedia maintenance is complete (fedia.io)
Fedia.io is now running on it's own stand-alone server. This server is costing me $210/month, so any contributions are welcome. Please let me know of any issues.
Marvel Studios 'Fantastic Four' poster unveiled, main cast revealed. (startrek.website)
Thought there may be some overlap between the F4 and Trek fandoms. I’m over the MCU overall, but as a life long F4 fan I might check this out if I hear its decent. Poster looks promising, dig the retro vibes and the team being presented as a family. Pascal seems like an odd pick for Reed Richards, but the rest of the main cast...