⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@qoto.org

460) Rummagebot. Checks the pockets of clothes before they go in the wash and removes any tissues, money, gig tickets, pens, etc. #SmallRobotsRemastered

Air to Ground Message:

THE PRINTER FAILED BUT THE PRINTER SUPPLY CIRCUIT BKR WAS CYCLED THIS CLRD THE ISSUE BUT ITS BEEN HAPPENING A FEW TIMES IM PUTTING IT IN THE BOOK DO YOU WANT ME TO WRITE THE RESOLUTION AS BKR

Area: Tampa, FL, USA
Type: Airbus A320
A: #adf863d281a
F: #f88ea797765

#acars #vdlm2

Long read. Excellent post, centred on the notion that it's important *to know how things work*.

"Confused, dependent users are more profitable than competent, autonomous ones. Lock-in is more valuable than interoperability. Opacity is more valuable than transparency. The architecture of modern consumer technology has been optimized against user competence with extraordinary success, and every quarterly earnings report validates the approach."

https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the-slow-death-of-the-power-user/

#Software #Computers #iOS

So, for my juniors, when I tell you "typing is not the bottleneck", I know what I'm fucking talking about.

It took me a couple of weeks to re-create 4 months worth of work. If I had to bet, I'd bet my second edition was *better* than the edition I lost.

So we come down to the day, and I am ready.

The age-verification trap: verifying user’s ages undermines everyone’s data protection
https://www.osnews.com/story/144475/the-age-verification-trap-verifying-users-ages-undermines-everyones-data-protection/

"Microsoft said it receives around 20 requests for BitLocker keys a year and will provide them to governments in response to valid court orders"

This should not have been technically possible in the first place... But that's Microsoft, you know...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/

Because Trump is insane.

The stone age didn't end because of a shortage of stone but because something better came along.

Bloomberg: Why are we ending the wind farms?

Al Gore: Because Trump is insane.

#greenpeace #MAGA #USA #democracy #trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMt7381duyQ

Our latest blog explores why participatory governance is essential if data is to truly serve communities.

When residents help define and interpret data, it shifts from being done to people to created with them.

Read more 👇
www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/reframing-data-why-we-need-more-participatory-governance

#DataGovernance #OpenData #CivicTech

@Gottox i think that syntax is possibly the worst thing in the shell (all I can I ever convince myself to remember is that cmd > file.txt 2>&1 does what I want and the other one doesn’t)

So just realised that with #Marchintosh approaching it will be almost a year since I started my aim of journalling on the eMate for a year. The idea came to me during March, but my first journal post was a month later. So I guess it's not really a #MARCHintosh project. Hell it's not even a Macintosh :-) but I will improve the workflow next month. I have enjoyed doing this and I will continue for more than a year (2nd entry was better as I’d worked on the keyboard!). https://www.scotgate.org/2025/10/08/journalling-on-the-emate/

We've been on X/Twitter for many years, but it's time to reduce our activity there and instead promote Mastodon as our main social media channel now. So we've done just that: https://x.com/LibreOffice/status/2026204949760131158 – Welcome to all our new followers here 😊

@cwebber What's telling, I think, is that all these people go on about how much they're doing and how great AI is to help them build more *but there's no actual demonstrable stuff being done.* I mean, if AI was some kind of Nx multiplier you'd think we'd be getting N times more actual functionality out of software but mostly it seems like the N multiplier only applies to blog posts about how AI multiplies their programming.

UPDATE: thanks for all the good recs and sharing! i think i got a lot to forward :D

a medical professional in berlin asked me for a referral for paid help migrating from windows to debian on their work laptop (thinkpad), is there a cool small company (or freelancer) in berlin who does that sort of thing that you can recommend?

Please do not travel to the United States.

"How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention"

"Maria Antonia had learned English at her private school in Medellin. She overheard one immigration officer tell another that if she had been 10 years old, they would have been able to keep her separated from her mom. That, she said, is when the real fear set in."

https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-maria-antonia-guerra-story

Consultation on a new legal framework for law enforcement use of biometrics, facial recognition and similar technologies (accessible) - GOV.UK

The UK government is launching a consultation to help develop a new legal framework for the use of facial recognition and similar technologies by law enforcement. While these technologies have already proven valuable in tackling serious crime and enhancing public safety, their use raises important questions about privacy, oversight, and public trust.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/legal-framework-for-using-facial-recognition-in-law-enforcement/consultation-on-a-new-legal-framework-for-law-enforcement-use-of-biometrics-facial-recognition-and-similar-technologies-accessible

#SimCity for the #Fujitsu FM Towns.

Decided to start growing my FM Towns collection a bit more.

#RetroGaming

Goldman Sachs launches AI-free index
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/20/ai-goldman-sachs-stocks-index
Goldman Sachs has launched an S&P ex-AI index, SPXXAI, which that lets you invest in the S&P 500 benchmark index minus all things AI.
This product is proof of the demand among investors for a way to hedge their exposure to the AI trade.