Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

- In the vote this week (8 October), ambassadors from all EU Member States will get together (behind closed doors) to indicate how they plan to vote at the main (public) vote (14 October);

- A lot of people will be looking at Germany, who have long been opposed to #ChatControl, but who are now rumoured to be considering the Danish proposal. Germany is very important because if they switched to support the proposal, Denmark might be able to secure a deal (https://edri.org/our-work/chat-control-what-is-actually-going-on/);

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Fascism isn't just randomly rising all around the world at once. It's the same billionaires making it happen all over the world. Go after the billionaires!

They've declared war on the rest of us. We'd better return the favor if we want to survive.

South Carolina Judge Diane Goodstein blocked the Trump admin from getting voter data.

And now, her Edisto Beach home was set ablaze

Her husband, 76, broke both legs jumping from the 2nd floor. Others were badly hurt.

Political violence is wrong.

Not when it’s your team

Not when it’s my team

All of it.

A sharp look at the smoke and mirrors of influencer culture, where authenticity is staged, success is rented, and everything’s for sale. Ava reminds us that real life doesn’t need an audience.

https://kevquirk.com/blog/a-frank-piece-about-influencers/

If I wanted to mess around with ActivityPub c2s clients what's a server I can host that has support for it?

We must not buy into the Republican Fascist narrative which is premised on the First American Civil War. On that story, a Second American Civil War could only be officially begun by secessionist states militarily attacking the U.S. federal military. But the Second American Civil War will, I predict, be seen by historians as having begun differently: with the U.S. federal military being sent to attack in U.S. states whose people and governments oppose Republican Fascism. 11/11

We appreciate that certain politicians have recently admitted their naivete in entrusting the voices of their governments to corporate / for-profit social media.

To these politicians, we say: https://joinmastodon.org/hosting

We have a nifty contributor guide here for tips on getting involved with elementary OS

https://docs.elementary.io/contributor-guide

Especially look for issues tagged “Good First Issue” or “Bitesize” on GitHub

https://github.com/elementary

And don’t forget you can join our discord and get some mentorship if you get stuck:

https://discord.gg/pCenUBu

#hacktoberfest #opensource

My favorite word: Enshitification

Now there’s a book 📕 by Cory Doctorow

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

It’s not just you. The internet is getting worse, fast. The services we rely on, that we once loved? They’re all turning into piles of shit, all at once.

Ask any Facebook user who has to scroll past 10 screens of engagement-bait, AI slop and surveillance ads just to get to one post by the people they are on the service to communicate with.

This is infuriating. Frustrating. And, depending on how important those services are to you, terrifying.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/05/way-past-its-prime-how-did-amazon-get-so-rubbish #Enshitification @pluralistic

Nature's smart cutting system could transform surgery and reduce patient harm

Scientists at Heriot-Watt University have unlocked the secret behind how female sawflies make such specific cuts - a discovery that could revolutionise surgical instruments and dramatically reduce the cutting of healthy tissue during operations.

The breakthrough research reveals how these tiny insects use a completely passive cutting system that automatically knows which materials to slice through and which to leave untouched, all without any sensors or computerised controls.

https://www.hw.ac.uk/news/2025/natures-smart-cutting-system-could-transform-surgery-and-reduce-patient-harm

New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Mapping the Nearest Ancient Sloshing Cold Front in the Sky with XMM-Newton" by Sheng-Chieh Lin (University of Kentucky) and 10 others based in the USA, Spain and Germany

https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.145187

ICE is planning to create a surveillance team that hunts for leads on social media

https://www.engadget.com/social-media/ice-is-planning-to-create-a-surveillance-team-that-hunts-for-leads-on-social-media-163743143.html?src=rss

Be warned. Spread, boost, please, for all the good folks in the USA

#ICE

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Was Kessler Syndrome canonically part of William Gibson’s Jackpot? Asking for a species I know.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/kessler-syndrome-space-debris

Is anybody here like.... #weird or whatever. I wanna embrace this app, but it seems like most people are tech geeks and I'm just not. Has anyone gone to a good concert lately? Shit. I wanna find my weirdos.

‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd https://twp.ai/E6CIWN

Wired: LibreOffice Calc, LibreOffice Writer

- they keep me in cat food, donations are voluntary

Tired: Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office 365 Excel, Microsoft Office 365 Word.

- full of more rubbish, offsiting my data to the US, being a pain in general playing nice with other software, expects ME to give THEM cat food like they're entitled to it, with no concern about my own cat food situation

Yes, I use .ODS and .ODT files now.

Nuts to MS .XLSX and .DOCX. 🔥✊🔥

For Newcomers To Mastodon - You Don't Need An App

One of the really great things about Mastodon is it runs perfectly well in a web browser both on a computer and mobile device.

That's right! No need to download any app. No Play Store or Apple Store.

Just go to https://joinmastodon.org/, pick a server and get going.

Some people like the apps, and there are plenty of good apps, but many users, maybe most, simply use a web browser. Highly recommend Firefox, DDG, or Vivaldi.

#FollowMeToMastodon