Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

'Trump, however, is fine with violence when it benefits him. It's why he pardoned the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, many of them violent offenders, because he was okay with violence being committed if it benefitted him.'

Trump thinks violent right-wing radicals have the right idea https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/9/12/2343154/-Trump-thinks-violent-right-wing-radicals-have-the-right-idea

Next Tuesday, "Networking for System Administrators" launches on Kickstarter. https://mwl.io/ks

If you have any interest, I'd appreciate a follow. KS uses follower count and first-day backers to determine how much they'll promote it for me. #sysadmin

Mission:Libre's office hours for September will be held at https://meet.missionlibre.org/SeptemberOfficeHours on 19:00-20:30 Tuesday 16 September UTC.

Drop in when you want for how long you want to talk about bringing free software to teens or anything else on your mind about software freedom!

Other times are available -- just ask!

https://missionlibre.org/upcoming-events

#freesoftware #opensource

1. Remote role ✅
2. Norway 🇳🇴 visa application ✅
3. ...who knows!?

2 years ago I decided I wanted to move to Norway, not knowing when or how. Today I applied for my visa. Things are in storage, shippers are lined up, and it finally feels real. So excited for the next chapter!

Why Roadless Areas Matter for Wilderness Preservation
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/12/why-roadless-areas-matter-for-wilderness-preservation/

"We should all be deeply concerned about the most recent challenge to the integrity of America’s national forests—the proposed repeal of the 2001 U.S. Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation Rule. This could open up nearly 45 million acres of our public lands to road-building, logging, mining, and development. Roadless wildlands protected

Reminder that Trump spent all week trying to get Kamala Harris assassinated too by pulling her secret service detail and then using the police union to pull her security detail offered by the LAPD, let’s not forget about that.

We did it: DE 🇩🇪 LU 🇱🇺 & SK 🇸🇰 just decided to oppose Chat Control! 🥳

Thanks everyone for your help and keep fighting the good fight. 🫶

Chat Control will not get a majority - at least not today.

More on why it is the most criticized law of all times: https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism

Undercover video of an IDF sniper bragging about killing Palestinian civilians.

Daniel Raab shows no hesitation as he watches footage of 19-year-old Salem Doghmosh crumpling to the ground beside his brother in a street in northern Gaza.

“That was my first elimination,” he says. The video, shot by a drone, lasts just a few seconds. The Palestinian teenager appears to be unarmed when he is shot in the head."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8hYKszuWhs

🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️
#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News

ICC need an arrest warrant for Starmer and Lammy.

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/09/09/doha-raf-refuelling-plane/

@zleap @Geri

Reform don't have any other policies - other than to make themselves rich and massage Nigel's ego. If that means destroying the country, then so be it. I just hope the UK union implodes as a consequence of this turn towards Reform.

TL;DR: In a recent court filing, Google acknowledged that the open web is experiencing a rapid decline, contradicting its previous claims of a thriving internet ecosystem, despite ongoing debates over AI's impact on web traffic. https://www.theverge.com/news/773928/google-open-web-rapid-decline #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum

Two years apart. We were warned. Half of us didn't listen.

Astronomers have discovered a super massive black hole (SMBH) at the center of the well-known Cosmic Horseshoe Einstein Ring system.

Using gravitational lensing effects and stellar kinematics (how an SMBH affects the motion of stars around it) and data on asymmetrically placed lensed images of another distant galaxy, the mass of the SMBH is estimated at 36 billion solar masses, close to a new record. The galaxy itself is estimated at 5.2 trillion solar masses.

https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/541/4/2853/8213862?login=false
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“Mockery of science”: Climate scientists tear into new US climate report
Department of Energy is not serious about engaging with the scientific community.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/09/mockery-of-science-climate-scientists-tear-into-new-us-climate-report/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Matrix.org homeserver grinds to a halt after RAID meltdown - Engineers wrangle 55 TB restore and traffic replay as millions of messages queue up A RAI... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/matrixorg_raid_failure/