#unsolicited — Public Fediverse posts

Opening WAFRN is… something… sometimes.

Seems to be some posts from bsky don't immediately apply their content warnings so the posts don't hide themselves.

Posts where the… "gentlemen" have taken a… "candid" photograph.

No. I will not be taking a screenshot to show what I mean.

Is this even fixable this end, @gabboman ?

https://blog.gslin.org/archives/2026/08/12/13143/%e6%b3%95%e5%9c%8b%e7%a6%81%e4%ba%86%e9%9b%bb%e8%a9%b1%e8%a1%8c%e9%8a%b7-%e5%be%9e-opt-out-%e8%ae%8a%e6%88%90-opt-in/

法國禁了電話行銷 (從 opt-out 變成 opt-in)

#call #france #illegal #law #legal #marketing #OptIn #OptOut #spam #telemarketing #unsolicited

France to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/08/06/france-to-ban-unsolicited-telemarketing-calls-from-august-11_6756208_7.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49254880

#HackerNews #France #telemarketing #ban #unsolicited #calls #consumer #rights #digitalprivacy

Calling out lies is not being rude, it is speaking truth.

Allowing lies is what leads a fiend to believe you are too weak to contradict them in anything.

Allowing lies leads to war.

Your desire to be "polite" is what allows a fiendish culture to invade and conquer- while you wait for a corrupted legal system to stage a corrupted election.

Just saying...

#unsolicited #philosophy #truth #rude #power #polite #social #responsibility

In the midst of our plastic dystopia,
I take a moment to reflect.

Look at how you go - Oye como va...

Love, forgive.

Rinse and repeat until you see yourself in every face you meet.

Compassion is the rule your life is measured by.

Expand your horizons with kindness.

Blessed be, and grace to thee!
~

#unsolicited #philosophy #blessings #compassion #love #hope #joy #peace

LLM hallucinated spam slop

Even a parrot would formulate a better set of sentences. This is easily sent to /dev/null

#LLM #slop #AI #InfoSec #spam #unsolicited #email #dev #null

@stefano

So today I apparently rubbed my phone the wrong way while I was tearing down my old office and future bathroom, because it collaborated with Zuck's horrible Messenger and sent out one of my work sketches to a handful of random people in my contact list. Some whom I haven't talked to in ages. An interesting conversation starter to be sure. It also begs the question: could I perhaps lower my #Fairphone's willingness to send #unsolicited pics without my approval? Seriously - the thing was in my pocket the whole time.

#pocketdial #pocketpics

Making the internet a better place, an "ipv6 nd ra suppress all" at a time.

#peering #unsolicited #default #gateway #ipv6 #IXP #notusbutsomeoneelse

"they should make an #app for all the #men that #talk to themselves in #women’s dms. connect them all and let them send each other #unsolicited dick pics and #cheesy sexual fantasies."

https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/792740859477098496

Dear Editor-of-Papermill-Journal-XY, opening an #unsolicited #account with my credentials, then demanding to review shit not even close to any field I ever worked in, following by increasingly pestering "reminders" to #review and requiring to name ten other reviewers if I can't, is NOT the way to do it.
>>> blacklist + delete without notification it is.
#scientific #publushing #hownottodoit

A true male comrade, who claims to hate #misogyny - would never ever think about sending any #unsolicited #DickPics much less actually do it - then try to blame women for not being impressed & blocking them.
These wankers don't see their own shitty misogynistic views/actions as gross & despite what they say, they tend to treat women as objects more than anything else.

Jealous much?

#ElonMusk Makes #Unsolicited Bid to Buy #OpenAI for $97.4 Billion

The billionaire is leading a group of investors in the unsolicited offer, which complicates the start-up’s plan to change its *#nonprofit* status.

#techbros #brofight #tech #AI #megalomania

I’d say “yer both pretty” but you’re just not.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/technology/elon-musk-openai-bid.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Some members of the fediverse have some ... #unreasonable behaviours. If it only affects them, that's fine. But when they're aggressively bothering others, it's a problem. They're the #scolds that jump on posts, frequently those new to the #fediverse, giving forceful instructions about their #behaviour.

#Demanding strangers add content warnings to posts mentioning subjects that bother you is not #reasonable. It's like walking up to someone you don't know in a coffee shop and demanding they turn their laptop screen away from you because you don't like the article they're reading or the email they're writing. Some people on the receiving end of this behaviour will accommodate such #demands, just to avoid the conflict -- but you should not be surprised, or offended, if you get a harsher response telling you to mind your own damn business.

It's similar for people demanding others add alt-text to images. I do it. Lots of people do. But the people who don't add alt text don't owe anybody anything. You demanding they spend their time doing something because you want it, not because they want to, is simply not reasonable behaviour.

This scares people away from the community - justifiably, because it's #aggressive, #unsolicited, unwanted criticism.

This happens in other spheres, too. As a Free Software author, I sometimes get email from people demanding I implement a feature or change a behaviour to suit their preferences.

Please don't be like this.

@purplepadma I have stopped using normal* #Google #search entirely until it turns off the #unsolicited #climate damaging and #inaccurate #AI #SPAM, or provides a setting to.

@searchliaison

*I am still using Scholar and Maps as they don't insert made-up wrong stuff at vast energy cost...

Unusual conclusion of a keynote at a #SemanticWeb #AI conference. Alon Halevy concludes his keynote on AI for Well-being with some #unsolicited book recommendations':
- Amor Towles: A Gentleman in Moscow,
- Bonnie Garmus: Lessons in Chemistry,
- A. Brooks: From Strength to Strength,
- M. Abrahams: Think Faster, Talk Smarter
#Semantics2024 #Semanticsconf #bookrecommendations

The only unsolicited relationship advice I could ever give is to feed them cake and tell them they are pretty.
#advice #relationships #unsolicited #dating #cake

Dear Friends of #email,
As we may know:

- #Email used to be #free from most #ISP. No longer. ​:ablobcatcoffee:​
- On #Linux most of knew how to set up a Linux 'app' e.g. #Claws, #Thunderbird etc
- Everyone started using email services to cut out mega #spam, and #unsolicited #trash
- many of us (well me at least) have forgotten how to set up an email app
- I have a securish email account but they want to charge for basic options, such as redirect from a #Linux service
So now:
I have Thegood.cloud service running on my server/desktop. BUT unless I take a paid... notice that word 'paid' for 'service' to include email, I am stuck. Protonmail want money. Registered URL '$ervice$' want money. And so on ad infinitum $$$

Not all of us have money, credit cards, #ID etc. And also we only have so much time and memory available to fiddle about with passwords, settings and so on. ​:ablobcatbongokeyboard:​

What is a lobster meant to do? 🦞 Leave the internet? Que? ​:ablobcatgoogly:​

Thank you for listening to me moaning and a fuming ​:blobcatthx:​

#email #gmail #google #cloud #frustration

Attention, #charities:

If you make #unsolicited #robot phone calls to me in an attempt to get me to #donate to your organization, then no matter how much I am positively disposed towards your org and your mission, I will not be #donating to you. Even if I've donated to you in the past.

If your robot caller tries to pretend that it is, in fact, an actual #human, then I will *also* be doing what I can to get others to stop donating to you. This is a complete #ethical #failure.

#charity #phone

Being the #father of two fine #children, I like to give out #unsolicited #Advice.

I think everybody should get #outdoors at least one hour a day.

The simple act of feeling the #sun and #wind is #nurturing.

#Walking is a very #healthy #activity.

#Parks and #nature areas give #soul to a #community.

if you don’t have a #garden, it’s never too late to start, or even join a #community #garden.

'tis the season for unsolicited political spam in my email. Oh boy.

#politics #spam #unsolicited

@mpesce

#malware
#unsolicited install
#bloatware

"These are not the #Unsolicited #ConversationalOpeners you are #LookingFor..."

🧙:wolfparty:🤖🐺🤖:wolfparty:🧙 | 🀄🎠🦹🦄🦹🎠🀄

https://syzito.xyz/@PSiReN/111202239140484808

@FinchHaven @mattblaze @tmcfarlane

He didn't ask you to fawn over him. He just #rejected your #unsolicited, unwanted, unhelpful, and unashamed criticism of him publicly talking about his artwork.

Many of us actually *enjoy* what he has to say.

And if you don't, then do please mash the living fuck out of that #unsubscribe button.

Today I filed 48 complaints against global brands with the Swedish and Polish Supervisory Authorities for #unlawful processing of my #personaldata for the purpose of #illegal #unsolicited #directmarketing activities, under the #GDPR and unlawful #email #tracking under #ePrivacy.

#privacy

Seeing a notable increase of the "Hi Mum" SMS scam being sent out in the lead up to the holidays in AU. If your family is in AU, please remind them of the common scams going around these holidays, it'd be a terrible time to fall victim to one of these.

The "Hi Mum" scam is a "family impersonation” scam. It's not particularly new but scammers will use what works. I've had 3 reports of this scam being successful this past week among quite a few recipients in my circles.

The victim receives an #unsolicited text or social media message claiming to be their child and letting the parent know they've lost their phone, that this is the best way to contact them and to delete their old number. They'll often establish rapport and then ask for money with a premise like they can't access their funds because of their lost phone or they need help with a bill.

Remember to talk to your family about these scams, it's easy to forget to let them know when you spend all day warning others about it for your job.

More info on AU scams can be found here:
https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/
#scam #holidays #impersonation #securethenation

@my Also, no need to apologize for asking a question. When I post #health stuff I think it's GOOD for people to ask questions.

(Less good for them to offer #unsolicited #medical #advice, but you didn't do that.)