⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@qoto.org

See, too much freedom. Governments forcing organizations to hire people to quell speech on their applications.

I don't know anything about this person. I don't really know anything about Telegram other than that's where Hamas militants post messages. I guess that's the problem. The wrong people are speaking.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/25/telegram-messaging-app-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-in-france

“And when we disagree with the politics of another nation we?…”

“Interfere”

“No, we…”

“ALRIGHT SWEETHEARTS ROLE PLAY SESSION IS OVER. WE ARE GETTING DEPLOYED IMMEDIATELY. ANOTHER FINE DAY IN THE PLANETARY COUNSELLING CORPS!”

“What’s the mission sarge? Is this gonna be a stand-up group session or another bug hunt?”

“This is the real thing, Intern. Defacto planetary empire gone to pot. Nuclear weapons. Regulatory capture. Science denialism. End-stage capitalism. They’re shooting kids in schools”

“Fuck I hate these baby killer planets!”

“Secure that shit, Counsellor, we ship out for this Planet Dirt in ninety minutes”

#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot

Boeing is remarkable because it's a nearly perfect exemplar of the outcomes of our current economy, whether on society, the planet, or even companies themselves.

Boeing used to be well known for how well it treated its employees. It used to have tons of "lifers" who worked there until they retired. It used to make a respectable profit, and enjoyed almost universal praise for its product quality.

Then, modern capitalist goons showed up.

NASA briefing just started.
The decision (as expected) - it will be SpaceX Dragon, next February.
Starliner will return uncrewed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGOswKRSsHc
2/n

UKRAINE INTEL THREAD/9

Understand how horribly close the defeat was. Russia - Putin - planned a HUGE invasion force to fly as surprise to Ukraine's capital, seize the President, force him to surrender - or shoot him, and put their puppet in charge - to surrender

THAT was the plan for the 4 hr war

Hey video game developers:

I want to do a video game showcase program on our new cable network.

This might take the form of an esports style tournament or it might take the form of just having someone play the game for twenty minutes and talk about it.

I'd need to get clearance for the materials in the game so that we can broadcast it. Small but growing in person audience, plus medium sized and growing web audience.

Does this sound like your cup of tea? Reach out to have your game included! (Here is fine, or via email.)

Boosts appreciated.

@cnes 👆 The French space agency CNES has the official account @cnes Here on Mastodon. Not Blueskly, Threads, or elsewhere.

Can we help them grow and reach for the stars?

I am deceased

LibreOffice 24.8: Handy even if you're happy with Microsoft

https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/23/libreoffice_24_8/

Mature, stable – and can rescue rescue corrupt Microsoft files

<- by me on @theregister

What the fuck is SBAT, why did it break your dual-boot setup, it's not strictly my fault but if you need a scapegoat whatever: https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/70348.html

I've found a lot of conflicting and confusing reports about the #SecureBoot issue caused by a Microsoft update, so here's my relatively informed take about it.

Spoilers: this isn't an issue with GRUB, but with another less known bootloader called shim. GRUB can also be affected though. So let's talk about how the bootchain of a #Linux distro works and what happened to it. 🧵 1/11