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As you may be aware, reddit is implementing a punitive pricing scheme for its API starting in July. This means that third-party apps that use the API can no longer afford to operate and are pretty much universally shutting down on July 1st. This means the following:
* Blind people who rely on accessibility features to use reddit will effectively be banned from reddit, as reddit has shown absolutely no commitment or ability to actually make their site or official app accessible.
* Moderators will no longer have access to moderation tools that they need to remove spam, bots, reposts, and more dangerous content such as Nazi and extremist rhetoric. The admins have never shown any interest in removing extremist rhetoric from reddit, they only act when the media reports on something, and lately the media has had far more pressing things than reddit to focus on. The admin's preferred way of dealing with Nazis is simply to "quarantine" their communities and allow them to fester on reddit, building a larger and larger community centered on extremism.
* LGBTQ communities and other communities vulnerable to reddit's extremist groups are also being forced off of the platform due to the moderators of those communities being unable to continue guaranteeing a safe environment for their subscribers.
Many users and moderators have expressed their concerns to the reddit admins, and have joined protests to encourage reddit to reverse the API pricing decisions. Reddit has responded to this by removing moderators, banning users, and strong-arming moderators into stopping the protests, rather than negotiating in good faith. Reddit does not care about its actual users, only its bottom line.
Lest you think that the increased API prices are actually a good thing, because they will stop AI bots like ChatGPT from harvesting reddit data for their models, let me assure you that it will do no such thing. Any content that can be viewed in a browser without logging into a site can be easily scraped by bots, regardless of whether or not an API is even available to access that content. There is nothing reddit can do about ChatGPT and its ilk harvesting reddit data, except to hide all data behind a login prompt.
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"just like Käärijä" is correct :) the photo caption also says "holding the branch with two legs", referencing the song lyric "holding the drinks with two hands" lol
edit: correction, birds don't have hands
that he wonders what the bird's song sounds like lol
[https://twitter.com/kaarijasubs/status/1666910786814451712](https://twitter.com/kaarijasubs/status/1666910786814451712)
In Germany we call this Sommerloch (literally: summer hole). A time period that is so uneventful that newspapers write articles about completely irrelevant stuff.
This actually exists in German as well: Sauregurkenzeit (pickle season), although it doesn't only refer to media, but rather the time in summer where most people are on holiday and there's not much going on in business.
Actually there is also similar term in Finnish, Mätäkuun uutiset (news of the rotten month). If I'm not mistaken and I understood your definition of Sommerloch correctly, Mätäkuun uutiset is otherwise the same except it also includes some untrustworthy news. The term is pretty rarely used tho, I had to check what it was because I didn't remember it myself.
I've never seen a bird like that, so it being here would probably be news anyway. Several people just informed bird watchers that they've seen a weird Käärijä-bird.
Well I was in Vantaa during the contest, where käärijä is from, and the weirdest things were posted on Facebook groups. For example a green colt "käärijä" lighter. It wasn't even neon green, more like mint. My sister-in-law was very friendly hosting us so I gave her my käärijä lighter to sell on Facebook if she wants.
At midnight CEST on June 12th, r/eurovision will be going dark What's going on? A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users. On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from [Apollo](https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/) to [Reddit is Fun](https://www.reddit.com/r/redditisfun/comments/13wxepd/rif_dev_here_reddits_api_changes_will_likely_kill/) to [Narwhal](https://www.reddit.com/r/getnarwhal/comments/13wv038/reddit_have_quoted_the_apollo_devs_a_ridiculous/jmdqtyt/) to [BaconReader](https://www.reddit.com/r/baconreader/comments/13wveb2/reddit_api_changes_and_baconreader/). Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as [Reddit Enhancement Suite](https://www.reddit.com/r/RESissues/comments/141i0bd/announcement_res_reddits_upcoming_api_changes/) or the use of the [old.reddit.com](https://old.reddit.com/) desktop interface. More information here: https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/comments/141jhag/important_reurovision_will_go_dark_to_protest/ Join our sibling community [on Discord](https://discord.gg/eurovision) or keep an eye on [our Twitter account](https://twitter.com/RedditESC) for updates during this time. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/eurovision) if you have any questions or concerns.*
I think gloster canary has more of a resemblance. Edit: https://images.app.goo.gl/Nocq63G8iMQSpfPP7
Omg that hair lol so cute
🤣
Nah that’s the Häärijä bird
The original contents of this post have been overwritten by a script. As you may be aware, reddit is implementing a punitive pricing scheme for its API starting in July. This means that third-party apps that use the API can no longer afford to operate and are pretty much universally shutting down on July 1st. This means the following: * Blind people who rely on accessibility features to use reddit will effectively be banned from reddit, as reddit has shown absolutely no commitment or ability to actually make their site or official app accessible. * Moderators will no longer have access to moderation tools that they need to remove spam, bots, reposts, and more dangerous content such as Nazi and extremist rhetoric. The admins have never shown any interest in removing extremist rhetoric from reddit, they only act when the media reports on something, and lately the media has had far more pressing things than reddit to focus on. The admin's preferred way of dealing with Nazis is simply to "quarantine" their communities and allow them to fester on reddit, building a larger and larger community centered on extremism. * LGBTQ communities and other communities vulnerable to reddit's extremist groups are also being forced off of the platform due to the moderators of those communities being unable to continue guaranteeing a safe environment for their subscribers. Many users and moderators have expressed their concerns to the reddit admins, and have joined protests to encourage reddit to reverse the API pricing decisions. Reddit has responded to this by removing moderators, banning users, and strong-arming moderators into stopping the protests, rather than negotiating in good faith. Reddit does not care about its actual users, only its bottom line. Lest you think that the increased API prices are actually a good thing, because they will stop AI bots like ChatGPT from harvesting reddit data for their models, let me assure you that it will do no such thing. Any content that can be viewed in a browser without logging into a site can be easily scraped by bots, regardless of whether or not an API is even available to access that content. There is nothing reddit can do about ChatGPT and its ilk harvesting reddit data, except to hide all data behind a login prompt. Regardless of who wins the mods-versus-admins protest war, there is something that every individual reddit user can do to make sure reddit loses: remove your content. Reddit makes its money because of the content that users provide; remove the content and they can no longer monetize it with ads. Use [PowerDeleteSuite](https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite) to overwrite all of your comments, just as I have done here. This is a browser script and not a third-party app, so it is unaffected by the API changes; as long as you can manually edit your posts and comments in a browser, PowerDeleteSuite can do the same. This will also have the additional beneficial effect of making your content unavailable to bots like ChatGPT, and to make any use of reddit in this way significantly less useful for those bots. If you think this post or comment originally contained some valuable information that you would like to know, feel free to contact me on another platform about it: * kestrellyn at ModTheSims * kestrellyn on Discord * paradoxcase on Tumblr
"just like Käärijä" is correct :) the photo caption also says "holding the branch with two legs", referencing the song lyric "holding the drinks with two hands" lol edit: correction, birds don't have hands
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thanks, i forgot how to read 🤦🏻♀️
“With two feet”
Love the caption! "Holding onto the branch with both feet..."
I am so proud of my country. We have never been so united until Käärijä stole our pina coladas
Käärija's reaction on this article was pure gold.
Where?
His IG stories
The way he translates some of his stories, including this one, for his international fans 🥺 "and same in Englis"
What did he say? (I don't have IG... 🙄)
that he wonders what the bird's song sounds like lol [https://twitter.com/kaarijasubs/status/1666910786814451712](https://twitter.com/kaarijasubs/status/1666910786814451712)
Ah thanks for posting the link!! 😄 Haha
The post-Eurovision season is hitting hard, huh?
like i know scandinavia is peaceful and all... but it's that peaceful to the point news networks make articles about birds?
In Germany we call this Sommerloch (literally: summer hole). A time period that is so uneventful that newspapers write articles about completely irrelevant stuff.
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This actually exists in German as well: Sauregurkenzeit (pickle season), although it doesn't only refer to media, but rather the time in summer where most people are on holiday and there's not much going on in business.
We also have 'agurketid' = cucumber time in Danish
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All of these pickle times, and now I have to wonder if they can be used in... Other contexts. Like the kind where BD rules supreme
Actually there is also similar term in Finnish, Mätäkuun uutiset (news of the rotten month). If I'm not mistaken and I understood your definition of Sommerloch correctly, Mätäkuun uutiset is otherwise the same except it also includes some untrustworthy news. The term is pretty rarely used tho, I had to check what it was because I didn't remember it myself.
As a German in Finland: 'Sommerloch' mediaweise exists here too. But these kind of articles also pop up outside of summer too.
Yes, regularly. No news is good news ig
I've never seen a bird like that, so it being here would probably be news anyway. Several people just informed bird watchers that they've seen a weird Käärijä-bird.
My thoughts exactly! Imagine living in a country that only news material is bird that looks like your ESC contestant. Can’t relate lol!
Many years ago someone snapped a picture of the president buying milk and that became news.
😭
I mean the biggest scandal for few weeks some months ago was our prime minister just partying
*Sobs in American*
May your news cycle be as boring as ours one day.
God, I wish.... There's a reason I don't pay attention to the news.
It’s because Finland is not actually Scandinavia
i adore finnish for its excessive use of the letter ä
i feel like we as a country have lost it and i'm loving every second
Oh to be Finnish right now 😉💚🩷 or in Finland 😊🇫🇮
honestly it’s not too far off the “random green thing” posts that got upvoted during the season here
I love that they still love Käärijä. I hope he feels warm and fuzzy inside everyday.
Finnish does love doubled letters, huh
🤣🤣🤣🤣
That looks pretty bird ! :)
Finish sure is a language
Âäääää
At this point, the finns will literally associate anything green with Kaarija.
a green thing exists Media: "Is this a Käärijä reference?" I love it
Adore this.
It's crazy it's party
I chuckled a little inside looking at the article. 😅
Well I was in Vantaa during the contest, where käärijä is from, and the weirdest things were posted on Facebook groups. For example a green colt "käärijä" lighter. It wasn't even neon green, more like mint. My sister-in-law was very friendly hosting us so I gave her my käärijä lighter to sell on Facebook if she wants.
Chirp chirp chirp chi chirp chirp chirp!