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mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Our friends at EFF have coordinated a letter signed (thus far) by 41 cybersecurity professionals (including me) condemning the administration's unwarranted and dangerous attacks against Chris Krebs.

https://www.eff.org/document/chris-krebs-support-letter-april-28-2025

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
eniko@peoplemaking.games ("Eniko Fox") wrote:

Nobody likes a centrist. Except fascists. Fascists love centrists

Boosted by jwz:
ianb@well.com ("Ian Betteridge") wrote:

That’s a lot of cum

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
vantablack@cyberpunk.lol ("🌈 vanta rainbow black 🌈") wrote:

if you're angrier about the people raising a stink about fosstodon

than the transphobic fascist moderator they willingly harbored

you're a piece of shit who doesn't care about trans people

#fosstodon

Boosted by jwz:
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

If you are having trouble understanding how dire this threat is, I urge you, urge you, to read even a few words about how IBM helped Hitler in the 30s and 40s

(NB: an early step was building a national database!)

and then imagine the computer-powered Holocaust but at the scale of 2025 technology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%5Fand%5Fthe%5FHolocaust

jwz wrote:

XScreenSaver 6.10 is out now, including iOS and Android.

Four new hacks this time, just one by me: Dumpster Fire, Hopf Fibration, Platonic Folding and Klondike.

Dumpster Fire is, obviously, why I was asking for fire sim code last week, for which The Lazyweb was singularly unhelpful. But I worked it out...
https://jwz.org/b/ykm0

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
djsundog@fedi.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog from the *new* toot-lab") wrote:

the communities and systems you build and grow today are what comes next. don’t let anyone convince you otherwise.

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

just one more nudge to the right bro. If we give up one more ideal the moderates will vote for us bro. This time'll be different bro. Just one more marginalized identity into the volcano bro. I promise bro. Please ignore one more atrocity bro. We put out fires by jumping in the flames bro.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

Of course, if personalities and circumstances were sufficiently similar these processes could be merged. The question is what this might feel like for these agents. Assuming such changes would happen when the people were sleeping it might not be noticeable.

But I’m in that controversial camp that regards breaks in consciousnesses as instantiating a new individual. Strictly speaking you exist until you sleep or lose focus. Then when you gain focus you are a new individual.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
jer@hachyderm.io ("jan-erik") wrote:

THE SIGBOVIK PROCEEDINGS ARE OUT! https://sigbovik.org/2025/proceedings.pdf

/cc @skade (he was complaining)

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

@arbres I’m so sorry that happened to you. Victim-blaming is the ultimate gut punch, the lowest blow to those who are already suffering. It’s also the entire first chapter in the playbook on deflecting focus and dodging accountability. When someone blames a victim, it’s because they know they’re holding the wrong belief and they need someone *else* to feel bad about that, so they don’t have to deal with it themselves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
hollie@social.coop ("Hollie") wrote:

@adam Great post! If Manton had responded this way at micro.blog, I'd still be a customer.

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Captured with the Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 HR-Digiron-W (@ f/6.3) lens. Phase One IQ4-150 back (@ ISO 50), Cambo WRS-5005 Camera (shifted vertically -22mm, pushing the limits of the lens). 16x9 crop.

This fire escape stairwell, retrofitted onto the back of Georgetown's Healy Hall, reminded me a bit of a Piet Mondrian painting. Hard afternoon shadows added to the abstract view.

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Efficiency -- you keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/28/so-youre-telling-me-i-shouldnt-expect-my-tax-refund-check-any-time-soon/

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Fire Escape, Georgetown, Washington, DC, 2025.

All the pixels, none of the ironwork, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54481107849

#photography

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Isn't she pretty?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/28/long-legged-pointy-venomousmy-kind-of-girl/

Boosted by jakedel@mamot.fr ("S. Delafond"):
codegouvfr@social.numerique.gouv.fr ("code.gouv.fr") wrote:

DINUM is a proud sponsor of the #Debian 2025 conference, which will take place in Brest in July.

👉 https://debconf25.debconf.org/sponsors

Not only because Debian is a GNU/Linux distribution that many French administrations use, not only because many civil servants contribute to it, and not only because the Debian project is such an amazing social achievement: it's also because we still have so much to learn from it!

📅 Btw, the CFP is still open: https://debconf25.debconf.org/cfp/

#DebConf #FreeSoftware #BlueHats

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

I’m waiting for the criticism that I’ll receive for writing this. I suspect most of it will be lumped into opinions about me as a person, or dismissive comments about “attacks”, and not so much about the actual problems at the heart of the matter.

I’m OK with being called names, but please take note of who out there will choose to make a fuss over my passion instead of what it is that I have passion *for*.

(People who criticize my ending a sentence with a preposition are all good, though.)

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

One person’s “drama” is another person’s entire life struggle. Pay close attention to the language that people use to minimize and otherize.

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

💥 Crisis Communications 101: A Crash Course for Privileged Guys in Tech

“If you don’t know what to say, then just say this: ‘Thanks for bringing this to my attention. This is a very serious concern, and it deserves to be treated seriously. I’m going to look into this, and I will respond soon.’ There, was that so hard? You didn’t admit to anything, and you didn’t have to sell your soul to the woke mob.”

https://notes.neatnik.net/2025/04/crisis-communications-101-a-crash-course-for-privileged-guys-in-tech

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
liw@toot.liw.fi ("Lars Wirzenius") wrote:

Disturbing thought: is computing usability an enemy of freedom and agency?

For decades the computer industry has made computing devices and technology (computers, phones, online services, etc) increasingly less skill and understanding to use. This helps them sell more.

1/5

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
evs@social.lol ("Evan") wrote:

@adam The recommendation to move to nostr feels very telling

“Tired of being held to a higher standard? Come into the openly nazi bar where we’ll welcome you with open arms…” 🫠

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

If social.lol were to defederate from Fosstodon, let me assure you that it would be because of people like this. https://fosstodon.org/@tristan957/114415611619581992

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

Kev Quirk: “the fedi is supposed to be a friendly, welcoming online space, right? But the fact is, it isn't. It's just like everywhere else online - the vocal minority are just as loud, and just as obnoxious as everywhere else.”

Oh, cry me an entire river already. I’m *so* sorry that your feelings were hurt by people holding you accountable for their safety.

This is a place where good people expect better from each other, and Fosstodon failed to live up to the promise.

https://kevquirk.com/blog/my-thoughts-on-the-fosstodon-drama

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

RFK jr must be terminated and his every act erased.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/28/science-is-being-murdered-in-the-usa-and-we-know-who-is-doing-it/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H34jcpEsFs

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

I hope all of our Iberian peninsula friends are safe (and comfortable), and that things come back online soon. :prami_pouty:

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c9wpq8xrvd9t

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

I don’t mention this nearly enough, mostly because I don’t want to be that pushy guy trying to sell you something. But you can save 10% on your first year of @fastmail by using this link: https://fastmail.com/omglol

I’ve been with Fastmail for over a decade, and it’s simply the best email service I’ve ever used. And they just rolled out a super nice new look. 😍

If you’re still on Gmail, maybe give them a try. It feels good to pay for your email, vs. Google profiting off of your private messages.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
WeirdWriter@caneandable.social ("Robert Kingett") wrote:

Longer blog post coming but of course PewDiePie would love #Linux and otherwise. It isn't a secret that fascists, and their enablers, love the open web, open source, and even open technology, and places like the people focused web and the indieweb, as an example. this isn't new. Open source and open technology and the IndieWeb etc. Will always attract fascists. Why do they love these things? Simple, they believe they have a space free from community consequences to spew their hatred. You can combat this in a number of small and big ways. Some small ways are making them obviously uncomfortable, and or outright unwelcome, remember the guy that kicks out Nazis even though they say please and thank you?

First, some petty ways.

Make all of your Linux distro wallpaper LGBT+ inclusive.

But on a more serious note,

You can't outright stop them from using open source software. You can, though, make it very clear their bullshit won’t be tolerated here.

This means prioritizing your marginalized contributors over them. Implement their ideas over obvious Nazi ideas. Do things that tell them, hey, your bullshit isn't welcome. Force them to look for non woke software.

You won’t chase them from the internet. That's not possible, but you can force them to be around other Nazis exclusively and that's important because they need numbers. You don't need them. They need you as a recruiting ground. It really is that simple.

As for all who don't believe PewDiePie is a fascist or at least a fascist sympothiser, https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/PewDiePie
#PewDiePie #OpenSource #IndieWeb #Software #Tech #Technology

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

When you dismiss your alarm at 9am, close your eyes for just 2 minutes, and then it's suddenly 10:45am. Weird time glitch.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:

Crucial Tracks (https://app.crucialtracks.org) by @endonend is one of the most interesting web dinguses I've seen in a long time.

∞ https://rknight.me/notes/202504280935/