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Trigger warning: Grooming.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12658553

Leftist news commentary & interviews. Fighting for political and social change. Sabby Sabs podcast is a part of Revolutionary Blackout Network.

Short Summary

1. The video discusses the controversy surrounding Twitch streamer Hassan Piker's comments about the draining nature of streaming for long hours.
2. Piker clarified that his comments were about how streaming affects his social battery, comparing it to his previous sales job.
3. Commentary on Piker's streaming habits and choices, emphasizing that he is not forced to stream for long hours and could choose a different job if he wanted.
4. Discussion on the impact of certain job types on social energy and the personal choices involved in extensive streaming.
5. The video raises concerns about the negative impact of excessive online time, emphasizing the importance of real-life social interactions and breaks from online activities.
6. Criticism of the culture of constant streaming and online performance, describing it as unhealthy and destructive, especially for younger generations.
7. Concerns about the impact of online communities relying on constant engagement and validation, leading to unhealthy behaviors and identities being formed around online personas.
8. Discussion on the potential health risks of sitting for long periods during 9-hour streams, emphasizing the importance of taking breaks to avoid back, posture, and hip issues.
9. Mention of a comment by Hassan Piker suggesting making changes to prioritize health and well-being, such as streaming fewer days per week.
10. Emphasis on the importance of taking breaks and not feeling obligated to maintain a hectic streaming schedule.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12582172

System Update is a LIVE prime-time news show hosted by award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald.

Short Summary

1. The video transcript discusses a controversial statement made by a Socialist Communist figure named Hassan Piker, who lives in a multimillion-dollar mansion in Los Angeles despite claiming to champion the working class.
2. Piker argued that his job, which involves streaming online, is more emotionally and socially draining than regular jobs that involve manual labor or hourly wages.
3. This statement sparked outrage, especially among some on the left, as Piker earns millions of dollars a year from his online activities.
4. Piker later attempted to clarify his comments by explaining that jobs requiring constant social interaction can be more mentally taxing than physical labor.
5. The transcript highlights the idea that there are costs and benefits to pursuing any path in life, but it is important to be mindful of complaining about difficulties to those struggling with more basic challenges.
6. The video transcript discusses the unhealthy behavior of spending excessive amounts of time online, particularly focusing on a streamer who streams for hours every day and the negative impact it has on mental health.
7. It mentions a study linking excessive internet use to symptoms of depression and anxiety, emphasizing the concern of individuals, especially teenagers, becoming addicted to online platforms like YouTube and forming their sense of worth and identity based on online interactions.
8. The transcript emphasizes the need for parents to limit their children's online usage to promote mental health and prevent addiction.
9. The video discusses the importance of examining real mental health epidemics in the United States, particularly among those born into the era of the Internet.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11768583

Tucker interviews Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia. February 6th, 2024.

Short Summary

1. The video features an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, focusing on the war in Ukraine, its origins, current status, and potential resolutions.
2. The interviewer questions Putin's motives in Ukraine, suggesting paranoia about a US attack on Russia; Putin provides historical context tracing back to the 9th century.
3. Putin discusses the historical relationship between Russia and Ukraine, including significant events and influences from Poland and Lithuania.
4. The video suggests viewers consider Putin's perspective as a sincere expression of his beliefs, regardless of agreement.
5. The speaker discusses historical struggles for rights in Russian lands, particularly Ukraine, mentioning Polish oppression in the 13th century and turning to Moscow for support.
6. The establishment of Soviet Ukraine and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 are discussed, highlighting the loss of resources bestowed upon Ukraine by Russia.
7. Putin's presidency and attempts to restore relations with Russia are mentioned, including a conversation with Bill Clinton about Russia joining NATO, which Clinton later said wasn't possible.
8. The speaker criticizes the US for violating international law and the UN Charter by bombing Belgrade and mentions Russia's support for Serbia during the Yugoslav conflict.
9. The video touches on NATO's expansion towards Russia's borders, which Russia tried to persuade against, and discusses the West's fear of a strong China.
10. The speaker concludes by discussing the importance of compromise and global cooperation, criticizing the US's use of sanctions and force, and advocating for peaceful resolutions through dialogue.

edit: correct yt link, info of video on Nov 4, 2023

Internet Anarchist made video before, talks more on Jacksfilms:

The Satisfying Downfall of SSSniperWolf [22:54 | Nov 4, 2023 | Internet Anarchist] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7YtrRRccC0

sorry this is a reddit source

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/853004

Hello there, and welcome to the Fediverse! Let's get you started.

This post was created together with many users, intended to help you have an easy start! It has a simple language, and it includes many useful links.

For your first day here

Hello, newbie user! Lemmy is just like Reddit, but better. Ha-ha. Seriously. But let's not overwhelm you for now.

This very neat starting guide was written by our beloved admin, @ruud. To avoid confusion, start reading it from the Quick start guide section.

If you're new to Lemmy, this post will also help you perfectly.

kbin users can check out this amazing starting guide instead. This is also a nice guide.

Finding Communities on Lemmy/kBin

If you finished reading your starting guide, it's time to go find your new favorite communities! Check out these dedicated services: number 1, 2, 3, and 4, and 5! Go have some fun! :D

For your second day here

Hello again! You're less of a newbie now, and you found some amazing communities! We can start talking about the Fediverse. I hope you didn't forget to read the rules for lemmy.world!

kBin.social's rules are in this link.

The Fediverse

You must've realised that we addressed Lemmy and kBin users differently. And what is this Fediverse people keep talking about, anyways?

Lemmy and kBin are two different platforms, and they can perfectly interact with each other! This means that they are a part of the federation. And they are only two members of the vast Fediverse.

What is the Fediverse? video by Framasoft to get a good understanding with visuals!

As a great lemming once said: Fediverse is basically like a group chat, but for websites. This means that federated websites all agree to share their content with each other, constantly, at the same time.

Follow this link to view a list of all Lemmy instances.

Follow this link to open the Fediverse Observer. It is set to show kBin, but you can navigate your way through the site to show any Fediverse platform you'd like.

For your third day here

That's it! What else do you want? Go have some fun and keep learning along the way! ;)

I just logged onto YouTube for the first time today, and there's a random number appended to my username. Everyone's usernames, as far as I can see. Does anyone know what that's all about?

People were rightly calling out the fact that the subreddit only had the 48 hour blackout. They seemed really offended by SomeOrdinaryGamers insult of reddit mods... oh well? I discord mod, I don't exist purely on discord I have a life outside that being called out for being a discord mod is just funny banter. Get a thick skin lol

but the reaction was truly magnificent and I want to share it Completely missing the point and deliberately missing the point. Of which "Doing a 48 hour blackout and saying that gives an end time/date to the blackout meaning it really doesn't fucking matter to big-corpo reddit."

Which is correct because u/spez proved that. Anyway Enjoy the meltdown: https://imgur.com/a/xobVK6T

I managed to catch the user that was posting before they banned them from the subreddit. Dude is very obviously terminally online... So embarassing.

Anyway, I'm not going to do what that subreddit admin did. That was an utter abuse of power. Also smile crappy_pirate. You're on lemmy! Welcome.

Update I got banned 🤣

Something that happened a month ago but it gets worse.

There has been a deliberate and sudden attempt to try to completely hide any evidence of shady behaviour by SnailGames with a sudden surge in news.

People are also highly suspect of Ark's positive rating on steam as a lot of those that review the game highly are low hour accounts.

There really isn't a whole lot of proof but it would be interesting to know how often they get positive reviews if it say... Comes in clusters.

https://youtu.be/HtC8LU49bRA I bought Ark when it was on sale. I really do regret it. It was not a very well optimised game. Just ran poorly.

The tl;Dr is there is a clan called Tea on the official servers who were raided by a tribe called the island boys. There were multiple server disconnects on that server as the Tea base was being raided. One player was banned. Early on. Each time the IB clan got into their base the server disconnected and rolled back.

Anyway. SnailGames are bringing out a web 3 blockchain game... So that sums up my feelings on them as a company. Not touching anything SnailGames touches. Wish I got a refund on Ark when I still could.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/1447s9b/xqc_says_his_personal_documents_and_baby_pictures/

The reddit post containing the comments: "ILoveApples01 Op · 1 hr. ago

xQc says his personal baby pictures with only one copy are now missing from his house - https://twitter.com/xqcchatmessages/status/1666734181748191233?s=61&t=hwORiQcDO0qKBvzCuX5gfA

Here is where he mentions there was only one copy of the photos that are now missing - https://twitter.com/xqcchatmessages/status/1666734517116346368?s=61&t=hwORiQcDO0qKBvzCuX5gfA

xQc says his work visa and other documents are missing - https://twitter.com/xqcchatmessages/status/1666735753584590848?s=61&t=hwORiQcDO0qKBvzCuX5gfA "

I'm not a fan of xQc but this is madness.

I couldn't imagine being the kind of person so obsessed with sponsors and that content creator grind to just totally gloss over the fact that you were saved from death on Mount Everest by Sherpas who you didn't even acknowledge...

madness.

Article:

A climber is being slammed online after being saved by a Sherpa from Mount Everest's "danger zone."

Social media users are upset that he chose to thank his sponsors and partners instead of his savior.

He eventually posted multiple thank-you notes to a list of people, including his savior.

A Malaysian climber rescued from certain death on Mount Everest is now being accused on social media of being ungrateful to the Sherpa who saved his life.

The climber, Ravichandran Tharumalingam, was on death's door when he was found on May 18 by the mountain guide Gelje Sherpa and his Chinese client, who were on their way to Everest's summit.

Ravichandran was stuck in the mountain's infamous "death zone," where oxygen is limited, and temperatures can drop below minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit.

Gelje found Ravichandran shivering from the cold, grasping a rope, and with no bottled oxygen, Sherpas, or guides, he later told CNN in an interview.

Other teams climbed past Ravichandran, but Gelje persuaded his client to quit their ascent and attempt to save the stranded climber, he told the outlet.

Wrapping Ravichandran in his sleeping mat and carrying him on his back, Gelje brought the climber down to Everest's Camp 4, where other Sherpas eventually assisted him.

It was a feat in itself — Gelje descended 1,900 feet at extreme altitude in six hours, all while carrying another man.

Upon recovery, Ravichandran returned to Malaysia and went on national TV in early June to speak about the daring rescue. The climber has summitted Everest at least three times, and lost eight fingers to frostbite in 2022.

But when featuring the media appearance in an Instagram post, in which Ravichandran thanked his rescue insurance and partner organizations, he omitted Gelje's name.

"I am alive today, because I had the best and dedicated Partners — The 14th peaks Expedition Co and Global Rescue Ins," he wrote.

Other posts on his Instagram account, in which he advertised a T-shirt, thanked his sponsors, and promoted a Mount Rinjani climb, also did not mention Gelje.

People subsequently flooded Ravichandran's posts with negative comments, blasting him for failing to recognize the Sherpa who carried him solo to Camp 4.

"Hope you'll be donating all profits to the Sherpa who saved you," one commenter wrote.

"You're alive thanks to a sherpa," another wrote.

Twitter users accused Ravichandran of deleting comments that spoke negatively of him.

And on almost all of his recent posts, commenters accused Ravichandran of initially blocking Gelje on Instagram.

Insider could not independently verify this claim. The climber was following Gelje's account as of Monday, and it's unclear if he previously blocked the mountain guide. However, Gelje shared an Instagram story on Tuesday that claimed Ravichandran had blocked him. A screenshot of an Instagram story that Gelje posted which claims Ravichandran had blocked the sherpa and includes a picture of two people walking on the side of Mount Everest. An Instagram story shared by Gelje claimed that Ravichandran had blocked the Sherpa.

Much of the criticism levied against Ravichandran focuses on him reserving his main acknowledgments for the Sherpas working for 14th Peaks Expedition, a climbing-sports company that he is partnered with.

The company 14th Peaks Expedition also took part in the rescue, though its team only reached Ravichandran later — after Gelje had carried the Malaysian to Camp 4 on his own.

Gelje runs the company AGA Adventures and does not work for 14th Peaks Expedition. The company's cofounder, Adriana Brownlee, told Insider that he neither worked with nor for Ravichandran.

After receiving waves of negative comments, Ravichandran eventually acknowledged Gelje in a list of Sherpas who pitched in to rescue him. However, he credited Gelje under his partner organization.

Gelje thanked Ravichandran on Sunday evening for mentioning him in the post. "Thank you, hope you are recovering well," the Sherpa commented.

Gelje has since received an outpouring of support on social media from Malaysians, who have commented on his old posts to thank him for rescuing Ravichandran.

This spring has seen one of Everest's deadliest climbing seasons, with 12 people confirmed dead on expeditions and another five climbers missing.

Insider reached out to Gelje via his company and personal social media for comment on Ravichandran's interactions with him. Brownlee, Gelje's business partner, responded that the Sherpa hoped the situation would "cool off."

When contacted about the online backlash, Ravichandran sent Insider a link to an Instagram video with no further comment. The video features Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, a mountain guide and the founder of 14th Peak Expedition, speaking of Ravichandran's rescue and praising the climber's relationship with his partner Sherpas.

In the clip, Tashi speaks on his phone with an unknown man, who asks him if Ravichandran personally thanked the Sherpas who saved him. Tashi agreed that this happened.

Tashi also said that Ravichandran reached the summit of Everest on May 17 with two of 14th Peaks Expedition's Sherpas, but did not speak further of the guides' exact whereabouts during the rescue.

Ravichandran appeared to suffer from hypothermia during his descent, and 14th Peaks Expedition organized a rescue team, Tashi said. That was when Gelje found Ravichandran, Tashi added.

It's unclear from Tashi's conversation where Ravichandran's original two guides were at the time.

Tashi and Ravichandran did not respond to further requests for comment from Insider.

June 8, 2023: This story was updated to reflect a response from Ravichandran.

Twitch was originally going to bring about a change that would mean people couldn't work with third party sponsors.

It was worded extremely poorly, restricting your ability to how you could advertise on your stream. Disallowing "burned in ads" which are any advertisements you put on OBS, or have pre-recorded and play on your stream.

They restricted how big the ads could be on your screen, only being allowed to cover 3% of your screen.

The way it sounded it could effect people who host charity streams. A lot of people have obs ads for charity streams.

I guess it cements the reminder, Don't trust any platform really. None of them are your friends. Anyway the video is very interesting!

Definitely if you stream on twitch, keep options open and don't rely it on heavily.

This video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgBCnksLt8Q covers a lot about current drama between Iilluminaughtii colleagues and past friends all stemming from the Legal Eagle situation.

Many still assume it is about the Legal Eagle situation, it isn't. Blair Zon has been responsible for allegedly inflicting psychological abuse on ex-friends and former colleagues.

Things could have been left at the Legal Eagle situation but she dug further by exposing a suicide note from one of the SadMilk collaborators called WonderStruck. Who she has now sent a cease and desist letter too. Among countless other things.

Whilst there are things I don't agree with that Wonderstruck posted in his rebuttal like shaming her for clutter, I absolutely despise her for the facade she has been putting on for years.

She had me fooled I'll be frank. Up until a Mr Beast video where she went a little bit mask off during it.

It's honestly a wake up call really, people who preach morality and righteousness at the expense of greedy corporations aren't immune to being shitty people. I think that is what is killing her channel. Everyone who watches her content are people who don't like gas lighting, deceit, shitty behaviour but she is someone who had been engaging in it and it's quite open to see.