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

Dennis? Please fuck off.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/18/cleaning-up-spam/

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Disappointment over EU silicon decision - RÚV.is”

https://www.ruv.is/english/2025-11-18-disappointment-over-eu-silicon-decision-459174

> Sources within RÚV state that Maroš Šefčovič, Commissioner for External Trade and EEA Affairs at the European Commission, and Ursula Von der Layen, President of the European Commission, pushed strongly last night for this to be the outcome.

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

ya think?

denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

wow, an asahi linux bugzilla bug with SIX people on CC? I guess every single asahi user is following that bug, damn.

(okay, just in case the asahi people see this: this is a joke. a shitpost. not serious. please don't yell at me.)

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
bloor@bloor.tw ("🆎") wrote:

Dear Diary,

Really enjoying my first day here at CloudFlare. Think it’s going great.

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

Hahaha, it's not just me.

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

Bearblog is down. Pagecord is down. The IndieWeb needs a little more “indie” in infrastructure, not just spirit.

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

AI companies responding to AI financial news today:

Attachments:

• gifv: Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, the former Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, telling news reporters “No problems, everything is fine”

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

every bit of this story about the PRC and energy technologies should be part of a Dem Party campaign to critique the regime and to point the way towards Americans having something to vote *for*

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?i=1000737228597

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
daveycraney@social.lol ("Davey Craney") wrote:

I see Cloudflare is having global issues.

Cue the articles and social posts where everyone agrees it’s very bad how consolidated the web has become being controlled by such a small amount of giant companies.

Then see how everyone then goes back to not changing anything about it.

Boosted by denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert"):
gabrielesvelto@mas.to ("Gabriele Svelto") wrote:

More seriously, we should brace for the when the tech industry will ask to be bailed out. They dug a trillion-sized hole of debt to build datacenters for AI that nobody needs or wants. They will try to offload their stupid mistakes on the public and WE WILL NOT LET THEM.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
pierogiburo@tech.lgbt ("Evvy :neofox_floof:") wrote:

not even noticing that cloudflare is down because i am too busy frolicking in the meadows

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Important context here is that one of the largest silicon metal plant in Iceland was closed this summer because of tariffs (current and upcoming) and being undercut by cheap Chinese metal.

The hope was that production could be restarted in a few months

It's actually likely that the EU's decision will wipe out the industry here in Iceland

https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2025-07-21-lokun-kisilversins-a-bakka-thad-mun-folk-fara-449147

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

Cloudwho?

https://european-alternatives.eu/category/cdn-content-delivery-network

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

good luck Windows users 🫡

https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/18/windows-11-to-add-an-ai-agent-that-runs-in-background-with-access-to-personal-folders-warns-of-security-risk/

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

The story covered by the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service

https://www.ruv.is/english/2025-11-18-breaking-iceland-and-norway-not-exempt-from-eu-silicon-safeguard-measures-459147

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Commission imposes definitive safeguard measures on certain ferroalloys”

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip%5F25%5F2698

The EU's unusual move of putting tariffs on countries that are ostensibly a part of the single market—Iceland and Norway—has very effectively killed off their own campaign to get us to join the EU

Support for EU membership in Iceland rarely polls for more than just over 50%. Now a simple "EU treats small countries in the single market like garbage" means the upcoming referendum has no chance

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

Cats and photography are totally incompatible, unless you like seeing your gear destroyed or filthy with cat hair.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/18/life-sometimes-gets-in-the-way/

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Comedian inside drama is fascinating, if you're a comedian none of the rest of them like and you do something obnoxious, all of them will immediately have a tight five about you

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

WHAT

RE: https://www.threads.com/@todgoldberg/post/DRKjOy9CZ-w

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

I used an aspect-ratio media query AMA

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/At-rules/@media/aspect-ratio

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

suddenly winter

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

The problem with relying on pithy observations like “history tends to repeats itself or rhymes” is that history is long and has many stanzas. It’s impossible to know in advance with any certainty whether tomorrow is going to rhyme with 2008, 1929, or the fall of the Roman Empire.

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Open Source Power”

https://blog.muni.town/open-source-power/?ref=werd.io

Always link to writing that cites Ursula Franklin

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Can I vent? All of the emotions from my now former tech career. : r/womenintech”

https://www.reddit.com/r/womenintech/comments/1oz2aoz/can%5Fi%5Fvent%5Fall%5Fof%5Fthe%5Femotions%5Ffrom%5Fmy%5Fnow%5Fformer/

The story here is, TBH, more the norm for women in tech than not.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
hund@fosstodon.org ("Hund") wrote:

@mike Mint is one of my favourite alternatives when it comes to 'regular' operating systems that just works out of the box.

Mint is incredibly polished, both in terms of UI and UX. Cinnamon is one of the best DEs that I've seen. KDE is probably the only competitor here. Cinnamon is the only DE that I (as a tiling user) can stand.

It feels like they often get overlocked thanks to it's reputation as a 'beginner OS'. As a Gentoo user, I think they're one the more potent alternatives out there.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mellifluousbox/115569615176946969

I am passing the torch to @mellifluousbox, who will be the new Executive Director. Felix has been involved with #Mastodon since 2020 and has been instrumental in evolving the organization, raising funds, and growing the team to get us to where we are now. With @haubles and @renchap by his side, and the team we have assembled over the years, I have faith that the new leadership will do a stellar job.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #Mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I intend to stay on and continue to advise the new leadership and contribute, because Mastodon—and the fediverse—is one of the very few beacons of hope for a better web.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/

Mastodon wrote:

This important milestone also marks the beginning of a new era of community governance and collaborative decision-making for Mastodon. Now more than ever, we need to work together to build safe and resilient social spaces. We must build information networks that are resistant to billionaire control and surveillance. It will take all of us working together to do that.

So please consider joining our mission; we have a lot of work to do.

https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors#donate

Mastodon wrote:

We’re also looking ahead to what comes next. In another blog post published today, we introduced Mastodon’s new leadership team. Our Executive Director is @mellifluousbox (formerly, CFO of Mastodon gGmbH), who has already represented Mastodon on international stages.

We also shared an organisational update, and a fundraising update, in that blog post.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/the-future-is-ours-to-build-together/