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jwz wrote:

Welp, after my spamnesty, including a restructuring of my fail2ban jails and drastic reduction in the number of regexps being processed, performance was pretty good for a while. But in the last 8 days I've already put a 30 day ban on over *1.6 million* IPs that hit the honeypot. And now fail2ban is using a bunch of CPU again. fail2ban.sqlite3 is 2.5G.

We used to be an internet.

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
phillip@social.lol ("Phillip :usa_distress:") wrote:

@fromjason Love this essay! It lends itself as an entry point to framing social media companies in the same lens as other “disruptive” tech startups like Uber and Lyft:

- Pick an existing “resource” or industry
- Sell at a loss to kill competition
- Enshittify to make line go up
- Hope and pray that people don’t wake up to their power

In this case, the “resource” is human connection and creativity, but with the gamified flair from casinos.

I didn’t know about that example with Vine, though of course the article is from Taylor Lorenz :D

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
falcennial ("millennial fulcrum") wrote:

@fromjason wise.

my most despised of them is the depression. god it can go fuck itself.

guess which one I hang out in mostly. 💀

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Damn someone made a DB of ICE agents who are also on LinkedIn lmao

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Since we're talking about #Bluesky and #ICE I'm reasonably sure that the Bluesky app was/is throttling external links to a website that lists ICE agents.

Look at the bottom address bar. Bsky dot app holds onto the link for about 13 seconds before it finally forwards me to the website. This is different than normal load speed.

I tried this with multiple other links published to the app and couldn't not duplicate.

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

soOoOOoOoooo

do i have to unfollow, one by one, everybody i follow from the hipster nazi bar, including the bridge?

#bluesky #fuckICE

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jefposk.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy wrote:

Logged in to bluesky just long enough to block ICE. You should too. Also, fuck bluesky, it's run by Nazis. Come to Mastodon! Peace out.

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
fkamiah17@syzito.xyz ("MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸 🏴") wrote:

G'nite folks.

#FuckICE

A lamp post with a yellow sign on a city street.  In black capitals: SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA, A LITTLE GIRL IS HIDING IN AN ATTIC, WRITING ABOUT ICE.

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca ("Bruce Elrick") wrote:

General strike!
General strike!
General strike!

https://minneapolisunions.org/system/files/2026-01/press%5Frelease%5F-%5Fjanuary%5F16%5F2026.pdf
#strike #generalstrike #ice

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Kamala Harris using campaign email lists to sell her new book, while making it very unclear the terms in which that money goes to supporting candidates would fit perfectly as a Veep episode.

So please: Make a contribution of ANY AMOUNT today, and I will send you a copy. of 107 Days. If we raise more than the books cost, every dollar will go toward helping Democrats in every corner of the country and at every level of government.&10;If you've stored your info with ActBlue, we'll process your contribution instantly.
Book cover: fictional character Selina Meyer from the show Veep. Portrait photo, her hand holding her head. The photo is heavily blurred everywhere but her face  overly "photoshopped"&10;&10;"Selina Meyer A Woman First: First Woman"

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

When demand exceed supply, the market inevitably responds with slop to fill the gap.

Maybe that's what's happening with people's FYPs.

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/slop-is-everywhere-for-those-with-eyes-to-see/

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange ("Nonya "Fucking Bitch" Bidniss") wrote:

the vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence.

ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval. And the noise has the added benefit of drawing large crowds of bystanders who can quickly outnumber the ICE agents, who then have to decide if they want to escalate a situation or perhaps abandon their activity altogether.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/minneapolis-ice-watch-protesters-violence-research

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Grutjes@mstdn.social wrote:

Wow. Bluesky has just welcomed and verified ICE.

For anyone still thinking Bsky is a real alternative to Twitter: No, it's not.

Mastodon is. Bsky is just X at its infancy.

#ICE #Bsky #Bluesky #fascism

Verified account tracker @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app Jan 17, 2026

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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

[END TODAY IN HISTORY RUN]

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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Prohibition begins in the US, 1920

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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Set uid bit patent issued, to Dennis Ritchie, 1979

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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

[BEGIN TODAY IN HISTORY RUN]

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Boosted by jwz:
williampietri@sfba.social ("William Pietri") wrote:

In honor of Meta's latest announcement, a thread on 175 years of 3D failure.

Let's first go all the way back to 1851 with the Brewster Stereoscope. No less a person than Queen Victoria was impressed, kicking off a fad that quickly sold over 250,000 units. Turns out it was not the future of photography.

1/

A photo of the (Olliver Wendell) Holmes stereoscope with card, a simpler and more economical model inspired by the Brewster stereoscope

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GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

A story in 4 parts about banks and tech bros hyping imaginary value.




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assignedmale.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Sophie Labelle ") wrote:

History is making fun of us

4 frame comic. In the first frame, a portrait of Knut Hamsun. In the second, Hamsun is seen shaking hands with Goebbels. In the third, he looks at something Hitler is showing him. In the third, Machado presents Trump with her Nobel prize. Text reads :  The last Nobel prize laureate to gift their medal to someone was The influential Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun*. Source : *the Nobel prize committee, the Nobel prize and the laureate are inseparable, JANUARY 16th 2026 he won the Nobel prize of Literature in 1920, and in 1943, decided to give it to Joseph Goebbels, the nazi head of propaganda. Days later, Hamsun was awarded a rare audience with Hitler, to complain about the German administrator of Norway and to plead for the release of Norwegian prisoners. nothing came out of it. sometimes, it feels like history is making fun of us.

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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

Any specific technology you can think of is not inevitable. It does not perpetuate itself. We make choices and perform work to bring it into existence. We can also make choices and stop the work to cease its existence.

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Boosted by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):
JanMiksovsky@fosstodon.org ("Jan Miksovsky") wrote:

@collinsworth Like most modern products, it's a privacy nightmare — absolutely no bounds on what information it collects about you and everyone in your household

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
techcare@social.coop ("Tech Care Co-operative") wrote:

Hi everyone :ablobcatattention:

We're a new tech co-op that aims to support people working for social good with compassionate and caring tech support. No more feeling alone, no more getting stuck. That thing that is a total showstopper for you, may be an easy fix for us. We’ll be there for you.

We're currently mostly one person @kawaiipunk who is a founder member of @autonomic (and friends) but we're looking to expand.

https://techcare.coop/

#introduction #workercoop #coop #foss #techcoop

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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

twice??

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-pardon-of-convicted-woman-is-the-second-time-he-s-erased-her-sentence-in-a-criminal-case/ar-AA1UmRwY?ocid=edgemobile

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jwz wrote:

"Wait, The Metaverse is just cell phones now?" "Always has been."

Meta has discontinued its metaverse for work, too: Two months before it changed its name to "Meta," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally introduced us to his metaverse for work:...
https://jwz.org/b/yk2D

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I will not look at hacker news comments, I will not look at hacker news comments, I will not look at hacker news comments

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ycombinator@rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com (":rss: Hacker News") wrote:

Slop Is Everywhere for Those with Eyes to See
https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/slop-is-everywhere-for-those-with-eyes-to-see/
#ycombinator

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jwz wrote:

Let's say you run a nonprofit animal shelter. And for some reason, some people feel you should be seeing hockey-stick growth, but the donations aren't covering it.

So you decide to start up a side-line of selling kittens for meat.

Then you will inevitably have someone stroking their chin and saying, "Yes, yes, but how could they afford to stay open if they weren't selling kitten deli slices?"

Some might say - maybe you aren't an animal shelter any more. Some might say.
https://jwz.org/b/yk2A

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

New post: Capitalism loves a good filler. So why should the web be any different?

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/slop-is-everywhere-for-those-with-eyes-to-see/

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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

life is so very difficult for a house cat

grey cat curled up like a crescent in the sun, tail wrapped and face tucked