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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
hemisphericviews@social.lol ("Hemispheric Views") wrote:

Hey all, @jason is going to do a live stream and work on modding an iPod. If that's your thing, check out the Hemispheric Views YouTube for the stream. Maybe he will have a sweet iPod at the end of it. 🤷‍♂️

Saturday, February 8 at 3:00 pm (Pacific Time)

iPod Mod and Chill 🎉

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
Hex@kolektiva.social ("hex") wrote:

Hey Americans!

Now that the IRS is completely backdoored and will be occupied for the next absolutely forever unfucking itself, now might be a good time to think about a #TaxStrike. Like, maybe the #50501movement should organize some kind of tax strike until the 25th amendment is invoked.

Protests are nice and all, but you have to hit them where the money is or they can ignore you. Maybe y'all could use a nice hashtag like #TaxStrikeTo25 or something like that. ;)

#uspol

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

R. R stands for Restarting the project after a two-year hiatus. (It's my wife's, I'm just documenting.)

#darktable

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

With the latest update to #Mastodon's web app, we show you a little reminder when you're about to post a picture without adding alt text. Alt text is crucial for accessibility, but has other perks too, such as making it much easier to search for your post—or filter it. Of course, the reminder can be simply toggled off in preferences.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
tojiro ("Brandon Jones") wrote:

In programming, there are exactly 2 levels of logging:

1. ERROR: Unknown Error

2. Greeting my good developer! Allow me to regale you with the long and illustrious history of the initialization of this fair class we call IErrorUnknownFactory! It all started... [Repeated 15 times per second]

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Mhmm.

https://youtu.be/I4Kq569J5F4?si=3Okp0uFXaLl9EW9d

nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

From a cryptographer’s perspective, the UK’s demand for access to encrypted iCloud data sets a deeply unsettling precedent. Encryption is founded on the principle that only authorized parties have the ability to transform unreadable ciphertext back into readable information. Once a “special key” or backdoor is introduced—even under the guise of lawful access—the intrinsic security promises offered by strong encryption begin to unravel. In practice, no cryptographic system can differentiate between an “authoritative” user and an attacker who has replicated or stolen that key. Thus, the prospect of compelled backdoors is like an infection spreading through the entire security architecture: once compromised, a carefully built system can crumble.

Another subtle but serious risk lies in how this move emboldens authoritarian regimes worldwide. If a mature democracy like the UK can coerce Apple into abandoning its end-to-end encryption guarantees, less scrupulous governments could demand the same. Rather than carefully circumscribing access to specific investigations, there is a risk that blanket mandates become the new normal. For smaller tech companies with fewer resources than Apple, such pressure becomes nearly impossible to resist—leading to a broad erosion of individual privacy and free speech in places where it is most vulnerable.

One might argue that national security and law enforcement concerns justify exceptional access, yet practical evidence casts doubt on its effectiveness. In the face of government-imposed backdoors, sophisticated criminals would simply pivot to specialized, offshore encryption tools. Meanwhile, ordinary users—journalists, dissidents, everyday citizens—would be disproportionately harmed. The knowledge that a government can remotely “switch off” one’s privacy fosters a climate of self-censorship and chills open discourse. The technological arms race also escalates; as new secure apps and channels spring up, demands for new backdoors follow in a cycle that undermines trust in all digital platforms.

Furthermore, Apple’s strategy of potentially withdrawing its secure offering from the UK highlights the unintended economic and social consequences of such policies. Global tech firms, facing legal mandates that demand they weaken their security products, may conclude it is simpler to remove certain features from entire markets. This erodes consumer access to cutting-edge security tools and sets a dangerous global precedent where the UK’s measures may effectively dictate encryption standards elsewhere. When one jurisdiction’s policies have global reach, it forces a “lowest common denominator” approach to security.

Most concerning of all is the broader political narrative. By targeting end-to-end encryption, the UK government effectively challenges the principle of private communication.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20g288yldko

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Time for another installment of "Ivan Answers the Question in the Header Without Reading the Text"!

This "gem" of journalism from USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/05/american-spending-finances/78059694007/ asks us:

"Americans are worried about money. So why are they spending more than ever?"

They're spending more because everything is more expensive (duh!) And *that's* why they're worried (duh!!).

Don't confuse the cause with the effect.

Mastodon Feed updated their profile.

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
rauschma@fosstodon.org ("Axel Rauschmayer") wrote:

In the grand scheme of things: Is any variable ever *not* temporary.

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

Human languages and music are the two things I regret not learning more about in this one preposterously finite life.

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

This may not be everyone's "cup of tea", but I want to live in a world where this is the primary form of energy between people. Much less dominance seeking and much more creative, joyful collaboration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snzI6qPJQ0c

(We need to figure out how to consistently defend ourselves and each other from the assholes who crash our good times.)

Boosted by denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert"):
valenting@fosstodon.org ("Valentin Gosu") wrote:

I just published a blog post about getaddrinfo and all the other weird DNS APIs that we use in Firefox to resolve HTTPS records.

https://valentin.gosu.se/blog/2025/02/getaddrinfo-sucks-everything-else-is-much-worse

All this was part of the talk I gave at FOSDEM last weekend.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:

Ye [aka Kanye West] Takes Back Apology and Calls Himself a Nazi in Social Media Rant

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/arts/music/ye-takes-back-apology.html

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

@mpesce I am trying to figure out how to finance operating expenses & growth for my

https://arghstudios.com/

"Storyteller" service project (story ideas for adults to use with kids), and to do it in a way that keeps the service free for all to use.

I wanted to see what you thought of using Patreon, or some similar donationware management system, to finance this (I've been paying for it "out of pocket" to date).

if you have a minute, thanks for your thoughts.

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

@simon I am trying to figure out how to finance operating expenses & growth for my

https://arghstudios.com/

"Storyteller" service project (story ideas for adults to use with kids), and to do it in a way that keeps the service free for all to use.

I wanted to see what you thought of using Patreon, or some similar donationware management system, to finance this (I've been paying for it "out of pocket" to date).

if you have a minute, thanks for your thoughts.

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

@DeborahElizabeth I am trying to figure out how to finance operating expenses & growth for my

https://arghstudios.com/

"Storyteller" service project (story ideas for adults to use with kids), and to do it in a way that keeps the service free for all to use.

I wanted to see what you thought of using Patreon, or some similar donationware management system, to finance this (I've been paying for it "out of pocket" to date).

if you have a minute, thanks for your thoughts.

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

@sbourne I am trying to figure out how to finance operating expenses & growth for my

https://arghstudios.com/

"Storyteller" service project (story ideas for adults to use with kids), and to do it in a way that keeps the service free for all to use.

I wanted to see what you thought of using Patreon, or some similar donationware management system, to finance this (I've been paying for it "out of pocket" to date).

if you have a minute, thanks for your thoughts.

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

@neurovagrant I am trying to figure out how to finance operating expenses & growth for my

https://arghstudios.com/

"Storyteller" service project (story ideas for adults to use with kids), and to do it in a way that keeps the service free for all to use.

I wanted to see what you thought of using Patreon, or some similar donationware management system, to finance this (I've been paying for it "out of pocket" to date).

if you have a minute, thanks for your thoughts.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

department of government efficiency plan

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

enough of the "user account self-management system" is operational that you can create an account for yourself and then use the (free) service at:

https://arghstudios.com/

please do try out our "Storyteller" service. at this point in our beta test, we could use a lot of feedback from users... we want to make the Storyteller service work great for everyone.

[change email/password, recover lost password, & deactivate account functionality being written now]

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Willow@chaosfem.tw ("Willow, Venus Pirate 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

My wife saw this and was like, “I found a meme of you!”

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
misty@digipres.club ("Misty") wrote:

This is today - Bandcamp are donating their share of money to California wildfire relief. It's a good day to buy some music!

They've also published the schedule for regular Bandcamp Fridays, when their share of revenue goes straight to artists. The next one of those is next month.
https://digipres.club/@misty/113952370497187154

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
eunews ("European News 🇪🇺") wrote:

Fake TikTok videos show hundreds of thousands marching for AfD in Germany

Ahead of Germany’s federal elections, fake news and AI-generated propaganda is multiplying online.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/07/fake-tiktok-videos-show-hundreds-of-thousands-marching-for-afd-in-germany

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CNN@flipboard.com wrote:

DOJ agrees to give two-days’ notice if it releases names of FBI employees who worked on January 6 cases
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/politics/fbi-names-january-6-two-days-notice?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-CNN

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

Lines of code once grim,
Logic tangled, hope was thin.
Now a bright screen glows.

h/t https://arghstudios.com/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
brianleroux@indieweb.social ("Brian LeRoux 💚") wrote:

@baldur @slightlyoff @tbeseda @konnorrogers imagine writing HTML, CSS and treating JS as a fallback without a build? It's so good. Absolutely faster. More resilient. Works forever. And yet somehow ppl are absolutely convinced otherwise and make it their personality so facts don't matter. Alas.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
zicklepop@nyan.lol ("melanie kat") wrote:

(linkedin poster voice) my child asked for a baby doll after seeing the kids at daycare playing with one, so i handed them a hard boiled egg and a hand full of mayonnaise. here’s what they learned about selling SaaS to emerging markets:

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
andypiper@macaw.social ("Andy Piper") wrote:

Patience, Empathy and Humility are my top three words for anyone in / wanting to be in #DevRel, BTW.

Listening to community discussions in forums, and responding to issues, even the difficult or angry sounding ones, were the times where I grew the most in my previous professional roles.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to ("Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀") wrote: