nullifidian @nullifidian@qoto.org

I see Boris Johnson is nominating his dad for a knighthood.

It would be terrible if the fine system of honours that gave us Sir Fred Goodwin and Sir Jimmy Savile were to be brought into disrepute like this.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/05/boris-johnson-nominates-father-for-a-knighthood

A programming life hack:

https://youtu.be/3riMOs_PEg0?t=3

You are welcome.

Of course. And it isn’t just Signal that would leave! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64584001

Poll: Should the #SNP elect an #AntiAbortion #AntiGayMarriage #ChristianFundamentalist as its new leader?

(Please boost for wider view. 2nd try at this poll - previous one mysteriously vanished.)

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-unknown-class-water-rich-asteroids.html

"Follow hashtags that make you happy," they said. I followed #DogsOfMastodon, and they were right. It was a good suggestion.

Shared by my Daughter
"I need privacy, not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgement and intentions are"

In response to "if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear"

A randomized control trial to determine whether parachutes prevent death when jumping from aircraft.

Don't understand clinical trials and all that other statistical/epidemiological stuff? This will help.

https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/363/bmj.k5094.full.pdf

Updated today! #CTF #DFIR, and #Malware fans, here we go, the event we've been waiting for all year long! We are just a few weeks away from the SANS, CounterHackSec #KringleCon, so grab my annual #HolidayHack cheatsheet: https://bit.ly/HolidayHack2022

@RustyBertrand Mastodon, his arms wide.

I hesitate to boost this, because people only reading the headline might misread it as "someone is accusing Eugen of *being* a Nazi, which is either true or a melodramatic Godwinization" or "Mastodon is full of Nazis".

TLDR:

1. Our instance, qoto.org, came under attack by an actual, swastika-waving Nazi. Mastodon is by no means full of such bad actors, but they do exist. Freemo provides evidence and history of the attack.
2. This bad actor created enough disinformation noise that Eugen chose to delist qoto from joinmastodon to protect the reputation of Mastodon. This was a win for the baddies.
3. Debates over proper moderation and federation policies are complicated and can grow heated.

@freemo @Gargron @trinsec @khird #qoto

(Interesting thing I learned when autocompleting those tags: there are several accounts impersonating Eugen.)

May 2015: “…we’re not going to stay in a country where we might be forced to backdoor our products (and possibly not even be allowed to tell anyone about it)”

https://ar.al/notes/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/

Nov 2022: “Internet services used every day by British consumers would be obligated to scan all public posts and private chats against government-specified criteria … If these services don’t want to do it, they could pack up and leave the UK.“

https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/cybersecurity/2022/11/online-safety-bill-make-life-harder-victims

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#OnlineSafetyBill #SmallTech #SmallWeb