We have a test instance of Lemmy 0.18.2 running with our patches on top ready for testing: https://test.hexbear.net Lemmy has been seeing a *lot* of activity recently, so this release brings with it a lot of changes (some of which we are hoping are going to fix some of the jank y'all have probably been experiencing). You can see the full list of changes here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/releases. This is also the release that removes websockets! Disclaimer: Anything you post will be nuked after we're done testing, nothing is being saved from the test instance. If you encounter a bug please let us know what happened, how we can reproduce it, and your OS & browser in the comments below. The more detail, the more likely we can fix things!

Hexbear was a victim of a targeted XSS attack similar to the attack many other Lemmy instances have seen. The account that first leveraged the attack was registered on 2023-07-10 at 03:58 UTC, the fix for the vulnerability was applied by around 04:35 UTC. This leaves a ~40 minute window in which anyone browsing the site could have had their account hijacked. The attacker was able to act (post, comment, DM) as the account they hijacked. They will also have been able to view/use the compromised account's settings page. This means they will have been able to see users' email addresses. Some accounts that were compromised were temporarily banned, these bans have now been lifted. **If you were using the site during the above time window, please double check your account settings to see if anything was changed.** Passwords were *not* stolen, JWTs were. We have just invalidated all old JWTs so **the attacker no longer has access to the hijacked accounts** (this is why all users have been logged out).

Context: https://hexbear.net/post/159221 Hi everyone, we're excited to announce that we are ready to do the final site migration back to Lemmy. Before we actually push the new version to the main site, we want to test the new version of Lemmy we're running to catch bugs and any weird behaviour we can fix quickly before we move do the move. ~~The final move is (tentatively) scheduled for next weekend (downtime will be announced once this is confirmed).~~ This is no longer the plan but it will still be soon. We have a test Lemmy instance from a recent-ish snapshot of the site that we need people to try using. You can login with your normal account details and just post away. ~~Test Lemmy instance URL: https://test.hexbear.net~~ Testing is complete. Disclaimer: Anything you post will be nuked after a week or two, nothing is being saved from this test instance. If you encounter a bug please let us know what happened, how we can reproduce it, and your OS & browser in the comments below. The more detail, the more likely we can fix things!

news layla • 2y ago • 0%

Scottish independence: 19 October 2023 proposed as date for referendum

www.bbc.co.uk

:sicko-blur: Gammons mad in the comments of course

news layla • 2y ago • 0%

Roe v Wade overturned by Supreme Court

news.sky.com

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf

games layla • 2y ago • 100%

Overwatch 2

I regret to inform you it's Not That Good

politics layla • 3y ago • 100%

Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

# Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict (Please send me links to any examples I've missed, I'll add them to this post. Also feel free to send this post elsewhere and use it as agitprop. ) --- ## CNN > It’s one thing for sarin gas to be used on people in far away Syria who are Muslim and of a different culture. What is Europe going to do when it is on European soil, done to Europeans? -- Julia Ioffe [Source](https://twitter.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1504513897281339392) ## CBS News > This isn't a place ... like Iraq or Afghanistan that has seen conflict > raging for decades. This is a relatively civilized, relatively > European ... city where you wouldn't expect that, or hope that it's > going to happen. [Source](https://twitter.com/incontextmedia/status/1497608440134340610) ## BBC News > 'It's very emotional for me because I see European people with blue > eyes and blonde hair...being killed every day by Putin's missiles' [Source](https://twitter.com/jrc1921/status/1497718700547346433) ## Al Jazeera > What's compelling is just looking at them, the way they're dressed, > these are prosperous...middle class people. These are not obviously > refugees trying to get away from areas in the middle east that are > still in a big state of war, these are not people trying to get away > from areas in north Africa, they look like any European family that > you would live next door to. [Source](https://twitter.com/DocRobotnivik/status/1497895651887271938) ## NBC News > These are not refugees from Syria, these are refugees from > neighbouring Ukraine....These are Christians, so, white, they're very > similar to people who live in Poland [Source](https://twitter.com/ruchirsharma_1/status/1497655099979714563) ## ITV News > Now the unthinkable has happened to them, and this is not a > developing, third world nation, this is Europe. [Source](https://twitter.com/jrc1921/status/1497878168216252416) ## BFM TV > We’re not talking here about Syrians fleeing the bombing of the Syrian regime backed by Putin, we’re talking about Europeans leaving in cars that look like ours to save their lives. [Source](https://twitter.com/RioMoussallem/status/1497535170450231301) ## The Telegraph > They seem so like us. That is what makes it so shocking. War is no longer something visited upon impoverished and remote populations. It can happen to anyone [Source](https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1497652701890555914) ## Other examples ### French media doing the same [Example 1](https://twitter.com/PierreABISAAB/status/1497592136329531394) ### Bulgarian PM >These are not the refugees we are used to. They are Europeans, intelligent, educated people, some are IT programmers...this is not the usual refugee wave of people with an unknown past. No European country is afraid on them. [Translation source](https://twitter.com/VictorPPetrov/status/1497600362626359296) [Other source](https://twitter.com/TihomirSabchev/status/1497264454236610563) ### Black people blocked from escaping Ukraine/entering nearby countries > A Nigerian medical student at Poland/Ukraine border (Medyka-Shehyni) > told me she has been waiting 7hrs to cross, she says border guards are > stopping black people and sending them to the back of the queue, > saying they have to let 'Ukrainians' through first. [Source](https://twitter.com/stephhegarty/status/1497603013799784449) ### Official Ukrainian National Guard Twitter account > Azov fighters of the National Guard greased the bullets with lard against the Kadyrov orcs [Source](https://twitter.com/ng_ukraine/status/1497924614865002497) ### Denmark likely to exempt Ukrainians from controversial refugee jewllery law > A controversial law allowing Danish authorities to confiscate valuable items from refugees is unlikely to be applied to Ukrainians who seek protection in the Nordic country. [Source](https://www.thelocal.dk/20220303/danish-government-likely-to-exempt-ukrainians-from-controversial-refugee-jewellery-law/) #### Others (unconfirmed/unverified) > We are currently at the Ukraine-Poland border. Their Police and Army > refused to let Africans cross they only allow Ukrainian. [Source/video 1](https://twitter.com/nzekiev/status/1497805019311218689) [Video 2](https://twitter.com/Damilare_arah/status/1497654141350522880) [Video 3](https://twitter.com/Damilare_arah/status/1497650917088374790) > Ukrainian forces brutally beating Indian Students in Ukraine after India abstained on UN vote against Russia. [Source 1](https://twitter.com/AbhijitKumarJe2/status/1497921318913814533) [Source 2](https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/indian-students-stranded-in-ukraine-beaten-up-at-poland-border-1085591.html) --- ::: spoiler Links in order, all archived https://web.archive.org/web/20220227200905/https://twitter.com/incontextmedia/status/1497608440134340610 https://web.archive.org/web/20220227201110/https://twitter.com/jrc1921/status/1497718700547346433 https://web.archive.org/web/20220227201116/https://twitter.com/DocRobotnivik/status/1497895651887271938 https://web.archive.org/web/20220227201122/https://twitter.com/ruchirsharma_1/status/1497655099979714563 https://web.archive.org/web/20220227201127/https://twitter.com/jrc1921/status/1497878168216252416 https://web.archive.org/web/20220227201131/https://twitter.com/RioMoussallem/status/1497535170450231301 https://web.archive.org/web/20220227201135/https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1497652701890555914 https://web.archive.org/web/20220227201145/https://twitter.com/PierreABISAAB/status/1497592136329531394 https://web.archive.org/web/20220227201146/https://twitter.com/VictorPPetrov/status/1497600362626359296 https://web.archive.org/web/20220227201149/https://twitter.com/TihomirSabchev/status/1497264454236610563 https://web.archive.org/web/20220227201151/https://twitter.com/stephhegarty/status/1497603013799784449 https://web.archive.org/web/20220227200242/https://twitter.com/ng_ukraine/status/1497924614865002497 https://web.archive.org/web/20220227201157/https://twitter.com/nzekiev/status/1497805019311218689 https://web.archive.org/web/20220227201159/https://twitter.com/Damilare_arah/status/1497654141350522880 https://web.archive.org/web/20220227201208/https://twitter.com/Damilare_arah/status/1497650917088374790 :::

news layla • 3y ago • 100%

Syria joins China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative

news.cgtn.com

*positive* news related to Syria? gasp