⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@qoto.org

This, Jen, is the US-EAST-1

PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.

This is too funny to not share!

#AWS #UE1 #USEast1 #Pentagon #Hexagon #Octagon #Funny

For a piece about wearing a mask as an act of community care, I'm looking to talk to people in the UK (especially Scotland) who are still masking regularly!

If this is you, and you're up for answering some questions for me, please drop me an email me at quinn@quinnrhodes.co.uk.

#JournoRequest #COVID #LongCovid

Animal welfare campaigners have called for the release of 15 penguins “trapped in a basement without sunlight or fresh air” at the Sea Life London Aquarium – with former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey daring the company’s chief executive to swap places with the birds.

Sea Life London Aquarium is owned by Merlin Entertainments. The CEO is Fiona Eastwood

Arbor Building, 16th Floor
255 Blackfriars Road
London
SE1 9AX

merlin@brunswickgroup.com

+44(0)207 654 0888

#animalrights

🆕 blog! “Improving PixelMelt's Kindle Web Deobfuscator”

A few days ago, someone called PixelMelt published a way for Amazon's customers to download their purchased books without DRM. Well… sort of.

In their post "How I Reversed Amazon's Kindle Web Obfuscation Because Their App Sucked" they describe the process of spoofing a web browser, downloading a b…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/improving-pixelmelts-kindle-web-deobfuscator/
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#Amazon #drm #ebooks #kindle #python

#AI is not your friend…
https://www.stopfriend.com/

A simple webpage built out by an acquaintance of mine - compiling photos of defaced ads for an AI startup “Friend” around #NYC

Disclaimer: I have no knowledge of or association with anyone who made the graffiti and do not condone breaking the law or vandalism in any form.

@whitequark Reminded me of @windytan s excellent infographic that explains a modem sound. https://www.windytan.com/2012/11/the-sound-of-dialup-pictured.html?m=1

Reminder – Microsoft deliberately chose to ignore the vociferous warning of their head of #cybersecurity which is why #solarWinds could happen https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-solarwinds-golden-saml-data-breach-russian-hackers I missed my train stop (on the way to give a talk! had to take a taxi back!) reading that scoop. Why does no one talk about it? Why do people trust Microsoft for cybersecurity? 2/2

I don't run a TV listings website anymore but - for fans of #StarTrek - ITV1 is starting showing _Strange New Worlds_ with the first two episodes from 22:20 tonight (hopefully then available on #ITVX).

It's proper old school episodic Star Trek set before Kirk took over the Enterprise (but most of y'all will know that already)

#ITV #StarTrekSNW #UKTV #SciFi #CasualUK

Remember the massive blackout in Spain last year? When some people had no electricity for about 24h?

Back then, the blame was immediately put on renewables, pushing the claim that wind and solar are unreliable.

Well, the answers are in, and that was a big, fat lie by media beholden to the fossil fuel industry:

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/08/nx-s1-5534949/spain-blackout-misinformation-renewable-energy

Unfortunately, too many people believe this crap. The opposite is true: renewables paired with batteries stabilize the net.

#renewable
#solar
#blackout

Dale Luck, one of the engineers who designed the Amiga, let me touch the Lorraine, the first working prototype.

I am a happy man.

When I come down from nerd heaven I'll make an extensive thread about it, with plenty of pictures and loads of alt text for those who cannot see them. I want to share this joy with everybody.

#Amiga #Amiga40

Ladies and Gentlemen: here is #Lorraine !

#Amiga40
#Lorraine
#Amiga
#Prototype

Looking for an infrastructure person who hands-on experience of servers and networking, monitoring.
Great opportunity to deploy cutting edge technology.
Hybrid role, will require approx 2 days per week in London (i.e. office/occasional DC visits).
Message me for informal questions.

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC221/research-platforms-manager

#hiring #london #uk #fedihire #fedihired #jobs #linux #opensource

Well, it finally happened, I installed Linux on an unused laptop that still has pretty good specs and is not too old.
How did it happen? I needed a new laptop. I ordered a new Windows machine from a brand I have liked and has proved reliable for many years.
But then, I set it up and looked at all the bloatware and 💩 I'd have to remove manually, and something in me snapped. I reset it to factory settings and shipped it back. 1/ infinity

16th October

86 Palestinians have been shot by Israelis since peace was declared on Friday

#Gaza

@falken Of course, we also have a release blog: https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-hub25-autumn/