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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/853595

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! ;)

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Across platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok, several content creators and pages regularly publish videos targeting individuals perceived to be gay, transgender, or queer. By using out-of-context clips, filming individuals without consent, or even raiding private gatherings, these pages generate views through sensationalism and moral policing.

This type of content frequently relies on unverified claims, character assassination, and harmful stereotypes—often attempting to link minority identities directly to criminality or social misconduct. In many instances, public figures and anchors actively call on authorities, employers, and families to take punitive action against individuals simply for their personal expression, appearance, or participation in private social events.

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Let's gooo

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India’s chief of defence staff says the country suffered initial losses in the air during a recent military conflict with neighbouring Pakistan, but declined to give details.

“What was important is, why did these losses occur, and what we will do after that,” General Anil Chauhan told the Reuters news agency on Saturday on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore.

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Pakistan and Afghanistan have traded claims of seizing each other’s border posts, as border clashes between their militaries intensify following an air strike on Kabul earlier this week.

The Taliban on Sunday said it had captured three Pakistani border posts during its retaliatory attacks at seven points along the border.

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"At Balochistan Police, the compromised assets included servers hosting web applications that manage police and citizen data, such as criminal and biometric records," Aleksandar Milenkoski, principal threat researcher at SentinelOne SentinelLABS, said in a report published this week.

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This EON investigative documentary traces the rise of Dr. Humam Khalil al-Balawi, better known online as Abu Dujana al-Khorasani, and reconstructs the operation that culminated in the December 30, 2009 attack on Camp Chapman in Khost, Afghanistan. Through declassified material, historical reporting, expert context and exclusive interviews from North Waziristan, the documentary follows Humam’s journey from Jordan to Pakistan’s tribal regions and examines how he convinced both Jordan’s General Intelligence Directorate (GID) and the CIA that he had penetrated Al-Qaeda’s senior leadership.

The doc is really well made, with some interesting political analysis. Worth a watch!