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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Lambo@openbiblio.social ("Lambert Heller") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dw%5Finnovation/115683450291101654

So cool, what @dw_innovation is offering here! Feeling grateful for publicly funded, independent journalism...
It's considering not only online surveillance + censorship, but poor connectivity, the potential of peer-to-peer connectivity, avoiding the app store bottleneck etc.

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

Came home to 2 envelopes full of joy!

Thanks @robb & @adam

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

Be careful what you wish for, Joe Lonsdale. You could get what you deserve.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/09/for-the-capitalist-parasites-theyre-asking-for-it/

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

so many typos... should have taken another walk.

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

Advent of Code day 9 status: done ★★

https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-09T13:29Z/

— talking a walk outside for fresh air is helps reset the brain!

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:

Message.casa est aussi disponible en français !

https://message.casa/fr est un service gratuit d’email et de messagerie instantanée axé sur la confidentialité, construit sur les principes du smolweb : léger, intentionnel et respectueux de votre espace numérique.

Je publie régulièrement des codes d'invitation (nécessaire à la création de compte), ainsi que les utilisateurs déjà enregistrés.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

RE: https://defcon.social/@fortyseven/115686336586809751

Bluesky Birthdate Required

So, it seems like now you can no longer use #Bluesky unless you provide them with your birthdate.

Others report you can't even delete your account unless you provide your birthdate to them (https://mastodon.social/@JennCutter/115686590793556531)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
excess ("Excessive Minimalism") wrote:

@dgar

“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Heres Tom with the Weather.”
― Bill Hicks

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:

Some new invite codes for https://message.casa

• deluge-boondocks-8384
• circus-smirk-5483
• sibling-hatchling-4305

Active users have got some too!

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

Mid-winter photos: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/photos/mid-winter-2025/

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

RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/115689456979124302

The thing about writing end-of-year reviews and thoughts in these times is that it makes for fucking grim reading.

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

But, I worry, because I can see the cracks in the wall: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/but-i-worry/

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
caitp@mstdn.social wrote:

if you see someone say "radical gender ideology" as though it were something to be afraid of or opposed to, remind them that for your mom or grandma or great grandma, those words meant being able to a bank loan or credit card independently, or get a divorce from an abusive spouse, or to cast a ballot in an election (in government, or even in business)... I mean I'm skimming the surface, you get it. "Radical gender ideology" is just not wishing to lock most of humanity in a cruel prison for life

Mastodon wrote:

If you care about digital sovereignty and want to see your government join the #fediverse, contact them to say that #ItsTimeToAbolishX.

Help us make a list of how to get in touch with a representative in your area under this post, and don’t forget to #hashtag so your neighbours can find it 👇🏽 we’ll start:
#EU: https://commission.europa.eu/about/contact/representations-member-states%5Fen
#USA: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials

Mastodon wrote:

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/

Mastodon wrote:

Elon Musk and X are once again proving why institutions should never rely on corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms to reach their people.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0589g0dqq7o

Boosted by jwz:
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

look don't worry about the poop, it's optional, you can pick it out if you don't like it

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

An old fashioned office chair.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #streetphotography #abandoned #decay #rust

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

“They’re buying more GPUs than there is data centre capacity or available power! They must be warehousing unused GPUs!”

Or the GPUs have a much shorter service life on average than claimed, so they constantly have to replace failed units, which is both more plausible and worse news for the industry

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:

Two new invite codes for https://message.casa

stoop-careless-3962

licking-outfit-6553

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io ("Jenniferplusplus") wrote:

All out of ideas? Buy Time Warner. Buying Time Warner never fails. You definitely won't regret spending 30 or 40 billion on Time Warner

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
dymaxion@infosec.exchange ("Eleanor Saitta") wrote:

Still really genuinely angry at how much the passkey rollout has fucked up the flows for anyone using a security key.

Fuck forcing people to set pins on hardware tokens. Fuck defaulting to allowing a hardware token to log in without the password. Fuck making every mobile device you own a first class token and making login attempt spam a thing again.

I get that passwords are broken. I don't have a problem with the idea behind passkeys as such for less-technical users (although fuck vendor lock-in and non-portable credentials), but do not fuck over technical users trying to protect critical systems by breaking their workflows or destroying basic security primitives.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
whitequark ("✧✦Catherine✦✧") wrote:

one of the biggest misconceptions about microchips people have is that the process is anything close to "fully automatic"

it really isn't. i mean, some operations are, but look at this video! there's a human like every other step of the process. and it's not like this is some expensive unique device. they're making mass-market LEDs by the reel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5--LfHdshco

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

well I guess that fun is over, unless there is a new bypass script?

Boosted by jwz:
ricci@discuss.systems ("Rob Ricci") wrote:

EMAIL WRAPPED 2025

This year, you received too fucking much email!

Number of emails that found you well: zero

Number of emails that you printed, even though you didn't consider the environment: zero

Number of times an "out of office" autoresponder was immediately followed by the person answering your email: all of the times

Your favorite email was: none of them

Next year, you are considering: are there any countries where email is illegal, and what are their immigration laws?

Boosted by jwz:
dphiffer@social.coop ("Dan Phiffer") wrote:

My union doesn't have a presence on the Fedi, so please excuse the 🦋 screengrabs.
https://bsky.app/profile/propublicaguild.org/post/3m7j5xrhw5227

kevinevans@hachyderm.io ("Kevin") wrote:

Living without (cable) internet because of tonight's storm.

#wawx

jwz wrote:

Today in Email Hegemony.

Here are the 2025 top ten domains from orders placed on the DNA Lounge store. Remember this the next time someone uses email as an example of a federation success story.

73.0% gmail.com
8.5% yahoo.com
7.1% icloud.com
2.6% hotmail.com
0.7% outlook.com
0.6% aol.com
0.5% comcast.net
0.5% me.com
0.4% sbcglobal.net
0.3% live.com
5.8% everything else

https://jwz.org/b/yk0O

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

Yikes 🔥

Here's to Hope!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
charleskeener.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Charles Keener") wrote:

www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/he...

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