⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@qoto.org

My teen has a #Framework laptop, which he takes to school every day. Last week, the screen broke (from being stepped on). He went online, ordered a replacement display kit. It arrived yesterday. He sat down with the video instructions to swap out the screen. And... done!

#RightToRepair is awesome.

FatGid+4 : A four-byte type, an eight-byte stride, one root shell. FreeBSD 14.x kernel local privilege escalation via setcred(2).

https://fatgid.io/

#freebsd #unix #opensource

One in three children in the UK are living in poverty.

Labour’s answer? Cheaper rollercoasters.

#ukpol #GreenParty #labour

OK, I need some gentle help. Boosts welcome.

I am totally new to the idea of WLED, but have a reasonable amount of comfort with Home Assistant.

I would like to have LED strips in my workspace that I can turn on while filming. I want to be able to set the colors in Home Assistant. I enjoy soldering as a relaxing exercise, and can probably flash firmware, but coding drivers from scratch is not currently in my bag of tricks.

What options do I have for something customizable here?

EDIT: to clarify, I'm looking for LED strips that work with Home Assistant, and ideally let me set the colors. Please forgive me if WLED doesn't make sense to mention, I am not experienced in this hardware.

Babe, wake up. New man-made horrors beyond comprehension dropped.

505) Pouffebot. Helps you put your feet up after a hard day, literally. #SmallRobotsRemastered

Google Search as you know it is over

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/

Well, I haven't used Google Search since so long that I don't remember how it could be.

https://noai.duckduckgo.com/ is the less bad thing nowadays for me

But more and more I use Mastodon Search : ask humans, get cool human answers 😎

Some more great news: I’m pleased to announce that #HP has also agreed to be a premier sponsor for the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (#LVFS) as part of our new sustainability effort.

With the industry support from HP (and our existing sponsors of Lenovo, Dell, Framework, OSFF and of course Linux Foundation and Red Hat) we can turbo-charge the growth of the LVFS even more than I'd imagined. Thanks!

Weekly Bestsellers, 18 May 2026 https://locusmag.com/2026/05/weekly-bestsellers-18-may-2026/

NHAM Hot Pick of the Week! 🔥👌

If you only listen to one track by a Fedi artist this week, may we recommend Skinicism by Doctor Body (@alisynthesis)?!

🐞 Linus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable’

“So just to make it really clear: If you found a bug using AI tools, the chances are somebody else found it too. If you actually want to add value, read the documentation, create a patch too, and add some real value on *top* of what the AI did. Don't be the drive-by ‘send a random report with no real understanding’ kind of person. OK?”

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/18/linus-torvalds-says-ai-powered-bug-hunters-have-made-linux-security-mailing-list-almost-entirely-unmanageable/5241633

#ai #linux

The UK data watchdog is all bark, no bite.

From failing to investigate complaints to forgoing regulatory action in favour of a slap on the wrist, the ICO isn't doing its job.

It's time that the regulator is overhauled, because data protection laws only work if they're enforced.

Read our blog ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-ico-isnt-doing-its-job-why-the-data-watchdog-needs-to-be-reset/

#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol

Classic 7 is Windows 10 LTSC cosplaying as Windows 7

https://www.theregister.com/oses/2026/05/17/classic-7-is-windows-10-ltsc-cosplaying-as-windows-7/5241291

Uncanny rebuild resurrects the 2009 desktop, complete with support, updates, and licensing questions

<- by me on #TheRegister

ESP32-S3 boards feature WAGO connectors for LED strips, buttons, other swappable modules

Rev Adrian Kennard (RevK) has designed several open-source hardware ESP32-S3 WiFi and Bluetooth IoT boards with WAGO connectors for interfacing LED strips, buttons, and other GPIO modules. Initially developed for the gloves and the helmet of an Iron Man suit, the ESP32-S3 boards can be used for any relevant project that needs more flexibility than soldered modules and more reliabil…
https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/17/esp32-s3-boards-features-wago-connectors-for-led-strips-buttons-other-swappable-modules/

There will be some people who don't get this, so try an (imperfect) analogy:

Imagine you can automate the easy parts of parenting, the bedtime story, the moments when kids want to cuddle, the days when they eat well. And the parent is left ONLY focusing on the hard stuff, the tantrums, the life lessons, the medical worries. That is not parenting. That is burn out.