Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org
Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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A phenomenal turn out today at the trinity rooms to discuss how we, as a community can work together to make our town safe from the creeping fascist agenda.
Meticulously planned by hardworking and talented people from The RYSE, CSSD, Stroud District Together with Refugees and of course SAR.
We will make sure to share some of the outcomes from the meeting once we have all had time to go through the notes.
A fabulous way to ensure we all enjoy a Fascist Free Stroud!!
#stroud
Meticulously planned by hardworking and talented people from The RYSE, CSSD, Stroud District Together with Refugees and of course SAR.
We will make sure to share some of the outcomes from the meeting once we have all had time to go through the notes.
A fabulous way to ensure we all enjoy a Fascist Free Stroud!!
#stroud
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Free™ Software™ was never sufficient. It always needed to be a step on a larger path, and maybe this weekend's news with xz illustrates some portion of why that it, and also where the rest of the path lies.
Meanwhile, others can't afford food or health insurance
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Boeing's outgoing CEO could get "golden parachute" worth as much as $45 million.
The CEO before him got one worth $62 million on his way out the door in 2019.
America has socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for everyone else.
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UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/30/uk-government-lawyers-say-israel-is-breaking-international-law-claims-top-tory-in-leaked-recording
"The revelation will place Lord Cameron and prime minister Rishi Sunak under intense pressure because any such legal advice would mean the UK had to cease all arms sales to Israel without delay."
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“All of the men confirmed or presumed to be dead had emigrated from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador or Mexico.
They were Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35; Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26; Miguel Luna, 49; Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, 38; Jose Mynor Lopez, 35; and one as-yet-unnamed man.”
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Lets show our support :)
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Original maintainer of #xz has started undoing some of the changes introduced by the author of the backdoor https://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/
Poor guy, I can't imagine the stress he must be feeling right now 😖
Comprehensive timeline of the incident is at https://boehs.org/node/everything-i-know-about-the-xz-backdoor
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“Details of nationality, immigration and visa status should be recorded whenever a criminal is convicted, ex-immigration minister Robert Jenrick has proposed.” “Jenrick granted planning permission for a £1bn property scheme two weeks before the developer donated £12,000 to the Conservative party.” Criminal who got away with it trying to out others. #tories
Agreed, I did see a reply on here that suggested what happened in this case may have been malicious, I can't find the reply, but we simply don't seem to know at this point.
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Now that you mention it, I really like this place because I'm not blocking five or six accounts a day for being obvious trolls or bigoted hobgoblins.
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#AfternoonUpdate #Milestones Today in History: Today is Saturday, March 30, the 89th day of 2024. https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2024/03/30/today-in-history-today-is-saturday-march-30-the-89th-day-of-2024/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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One of the interesting things I've noticed about this xz situation is that this is probably the first big tech event that I've seen unfold *specifically* on the Fediverse - All of the sources (outside the fediverse) that I've looked at are linking, screenshotting, etc, Mastodon posts, referencing handles here, etc. Nothing linking to tweets. Nobody talking about how new stuff is being discussed on Twitter/X.
I'm curious, have any of you who are still over there seen any productive discussions?
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America's Most Visited National Park Is Threatened by Climate Change
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Memories Are Made by Breaking DNA -- and Fixing It, Study in Mice Finds
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Henrietta Leavitt, Cosmology Pioneer, Receives Belated Obituary
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Editorial: Labour must forget ‘small state, small spending’ orthodoxy and invest in Britain | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/editorial-labour-must-forget-small-state-small-spending-orthodoxy-and-invest-britain
In the UK, despite background checks, police checks, references, etc bad people still get to work or volunteer with children and go on to abuse. This applies to the police, NHS, which has seen recent horrific incidences. Lucy Letby, Wayne Couzens et al.
I don't think we can mitigate against this 100 percent, what works is the fact people act on their instinct and raise concerns, the first step in finding out what is going on.
I think the same applies to free software contributions, we value contributors, but there are lots of checks / balances in place, in this case the concern was a drop in performance, and thank fully it raised a red flag for further investigation.
Could be a newbie programmer making an error, or an experienced programmer making an error, or a bad actor with malicious intent.
We are human can't catch everything, we can do our best to though.
Let's not aim blame, but learn from this. Which I AM very confident the community will learn from this.
Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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