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I should clarify, I meant to ask if the main thing it's doing is taking care of the IP addresses/browser trackers

What they're doing is helpful, but I believe it's limited to sending them queries and having them contact the LLM provider on our behalf. If there is any personal information in the queries we send (ex. Passwords, secrets, names), those are passed along to the provider.

As opposed to something like Confer (which isn't out yet), where the provider can't see anything

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/signal-creator-moxie-marlinspike-wants-to-do-for-ai-what-he-did-for-messaging/

It would be best to ask on !meta@lemmy.ml

Lemmy in general

Lemmy software doesn't block VPNs, this is done by individual instances as a way to handle bots / attacks.

Your instance blocks VPN & Tor users: https://lemmy.world/post/11967676

Some more details

“I really thought this was just going to be something more organized, but it’s obviously not,” DeMario said about Trump’s deportations. “They just blanket everybody.”

DeMario said Alcantu moved to the U.S. from Cuba 25 years ago through a Visa Lottery, a State Department program. They didn’t think her immigration status would be a problem, and he voted for Trump.

DeMario said Alcantu had a minor run-in with the law during a traffic stop, and as a result of the case, she received a deportation order in 2008.

“They go through her purse, and then they dump the purse out, and three Xanax pills fall out,” DeMario said.

I should have included the tag, I made it up 😄

Fun fact, the ketchup chips in Canada were inspired by these

/s

most depictions of magic carpet flights have the carpet move very erratically because they have a mind of their own

That might be a good thing. If you fall, the carpet will rush down to catch you

Thanks! I've added this to the post, the community sidebar, and under the Ontario topic on Piefed.ca

Thanks! I've added it in this post, the community sidebar, and under the Finance/Shopping topic on piefed.ca

The article mentions tribal superstitions and lack of healthcare

Such cases are often reported from areas inhabited by disadvantaged tribal communities, where superstition is rife and a non-existent public health system leads to dependence on quacks for medical advice.

The murders in Jharkhand occurred in the Kudsai hamlet, a remote tribal settlement of around 50 mud houses located 250km (155.3 miles) from the state capital, Ranchi.

The violence appears to have been triggered by recent incidents in the village, including rumours of sudden cattle deaths and the illness and death of a local man named Pustun Birua.

His wife Jano Birua says she consulted an informal healthcare provider - common in villages where no doctors are available - when he began suffering from anxiety and fainting spells. He told her that her husband was not suffering from any physical illness.

Asked why she did not take him to a hospital, she said: "We are poor people, so it wasn't possible to take him that far."

Meanwhile, rumours spread that Jyoti Sinku was practising witchcraft and was responsible for the man's illness.

Pustun Birua died on Tuesday evening. That night, according to Jyoti's husband Kolhan Sinku who is in hospital, a mob of about a dozen people, including five women, stormed their home and set fire to his wife and child.

Recalling the horror from his hospital bed, he said: "I pleaded with folded hands to have the matter resolved in the village council but the attackers didn't listen to me."

Based on the testimonies of Kolhan Sinku and another family member, the district police have registered a complaint of murder and criminal conspiracy.

Police say four men have been arrested and a special police team has been set up to track down other members of the mob.

They added that they would organise programmes in rural areas to raise awareness against superstitions.

Details:

Messages between the two James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High School teachers were found on a student athletics Instagram account, according to advocacy group Parents of Black Children, and included a racist slur and an anti-Black meme.

The group accused school officials of not taking immediate action after a student who had access to the Instagram account screenshotted the exchange and notified the school’s principal.

Thank you for taking care of that, and sorry for the delay on my end! I've had a busy week, and I've been slowly going through the DMs/replies in my queue