modrobert @modrobert@qoto.org

Venezuela Bombs American Drug Yacht, Wiping Out Entire Sackler Family Cartel: https://theneedling.com/2025/12/01/venezuela-bombs-american-drug-yacht-wiping-out-entire-sackler-family-cartel/

𝗖𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝟵𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘀
(𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗯 𝘆𝗼𝘂)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HGCGivMSUs

C64 SID rendition of Major Tom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g88BPbPlRzI
#C64 #Music

M77: Spiral Galaxy with an Active Center https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251202.html #APOD

Pocket Acid! A free software tracker for techno acid style music designed to run on linux based gaming handleds https://github.com/boomlinde/pocketacid

Woah, a usable (performance-wise on 68k) modern crypto ssh client for #Amiga (handshake takes 1 minute, interactive session is faster obv) https://franke.ms/git/bebbo/bebbossh

Grab a mini Van De Graff kit In our "Black fly day" sale" 10% off, if you use BLACK FLY DAY code at the checkout.

We don't do #BlackFriday until Dec 1st.

https://extkits.co.uk/product/van-de-graaff-vdg-generator-kit-v2-150mm-40000v-of-sparky-fun/

gaslight the llms!

Hardfloor - "Black Train"

Originaly released in 2014 to celebrate 5 years of the De:tuned label from Belgium on a 5x12" Vinyl Compilation Box-Set.

Now for the first time on to download and re-released on vinyl.
(HF033 Data Mining Vinyl Edition Vol.1)

►YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GesOsxTOUs

OpenAI has experienced a data breach. Any user who utilized their API services should assume that personal data, including their name, location, user ID, and other details, is now in the possession of the hacker

https://openai.com/index/mixpanel-incident/

Arduino’s new terms of service worries hobbyists ahead of Qualcomm acquisition
“Why is reverse-engineering prohibited... for a company built on openly hackable systems?”
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Everybody go read "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson, because apparently that whole scenario is actually about to start happening: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/11/21/stardust-geoengineering-janos-pasztor-regulations-00646414

@harrysintonen It seems more relevant to blame Cloudflare for being a deliberate MITM for most of the HTTPS internet.

Zork source code repositories

Zork I https://github.com/historicalsource/zork1

Zork II https://github.com/historicalsource/zork2

Zork III https://github.com/historicalsource/zork3

What’s Zork?
It is a game from the 80s but unlike modern video games, Zork has no graphics. The entire game world described to you in text, like an interactive novel. You interact with the game by typing commands in human language like “Open Door.”

EDIT: The Malwarebytes article has been updated:

"After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case."

This confusion could've been easily avoided if Google was more clear in how they communicate with their users.

ORIGINAL:

PSA to anyone who uses Gmail!

"Reportedly, Google has recently started automatically opting users in to allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models. This means your emails could be analyzed to improve Google’s AI assistants, like Smart Compose or AI-generated replies. Unless you decide to take action."

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/11/gmail-is-reading-your-emails-and-attachments-to-train-its-ai-unless-you-turn-it-off

#gmail #AI

New video! Fully restoring a PAL Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Recapping, Cleaning, Retrobrighting, Repairing, even some 3D Priniting.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/N_58DqbB3e8
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/4DYddo3pkmQ3mGxNZoWFKA

#SNES #SuperNintendo #Nintendo #Restoration #Repair #Retrobrighting #Capacitor #Recapping #CapacitorLeakage #CorrosionRepair #LEDDiffusor #PlasticRepair #RetroGaming

but hey, the first prototype of my portable floppy disk imager has just imaged its first floppy disk!