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Happy International Repair day! Let's remember that having the #RightToRepair your equipment, electronics, car, house, etc frees you from corporate greed. On this day, I like to look back at the previous year of what all I have saved, restored, repaired, and discarded. #InternationalRepairDay

Finally, and great timing to keep it fresh on voters' minds.

New: The feds warned cops to expect "emotional confrontations" at Flock city council meetings which "may present public safety risks." Came immediately before a series of people were illegally arrested while speaking against Flock at city council meetings www.404media.co/cops-warned-...

Note that the CDC changed the rules to significantly raise the threshold this year - so it takes more cases to be designated as Mild, more cases to be severe. So it's actually worse then this - compared to maps of previous years.

And yet, silence from the FDA and CDC.

The poll so far between Twitter, Bluesky and Mastodon. I think it looks less absurd than last time, but still pretty clear that the base is divided. bsky.app/profile/mits...

Note that the CDC changed the rules to significantly raise the threshold this year - so it takes more cases to be designated as Mild, more cases to be severe. So it's actually worse then this - compared to maps of previous years.

Fantastic. I have missed that sound for decades.

<presses button> www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP5G...

Whereas on GrapheneOS, we have: - Graphene App Store - Accrescent - Obtainium (most flexible) - Aurora (anonymous fallback when all 3 above fails) With the exception of Aurora, Google doesn't play a damn role in what I decide to curate and install.

OPNSense/pfSense Nextcloud MediaWiki WordPress Anything with PHP.

When they say Ai is replacing tech workers and content writers, there are reasons why you should continue to hire tech workers and content writers.

Remember, we also had root certificates compromised last week (with the Linux kernel root exploit). Sidenote: their password was 4. Not four as in "four letter." No, the CA Root certificate just had the number "4" as the password.

ABBOTT: Japanese developers today have unique names, like FromSoftware COSTELLO: From what ABBOTT: FromSoftware COSTELLO: I thought you said it was from Japan ABBOTT: It is COSTELLO: But what's the name of the developer ABBOTT: FromSoftware COSTELLO: The Software's From Japan, though ABBOTT: Yes

This is one of the absolute coolest shots of the expanding debris from a supernova explosion I have ever seen, and I've seen a *lot*. So what the heck's going on here with this thing? Hey, let me explain. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/an-incredi... 🧪 🔭

Remember, we also had root certificates compromised last week (with the Linux kernel root exploit). Sidenote: their password was 4. Not four as in "four letter." No, the CA Root certificate just had the number "4" as the password.

When they say Ai is replacing tech workers and content writers, there are reasons why you should continue to hire tech workers and content writers.

Technically, a dictionary is a book of spells.

By my napkin math, total Bell Labs research expenditures from 1930-1980 were on the order of $50 billion in 2026 dollars. AI companies have spent ~$1 trillion so far: The equivalent of ~20 Bell Labs histories. In its history, Bell Labs researchers discovered the transistor, the solar cell, the laser

Private equity has transformed youth sports into a $40 billion for-profit industry. Now, lower incomes families are being priced out and those that do participate are stuck with high costs. That's why we're collecting stories from those who experienced it firsthand: earful.us/c/youth-sports

RIP Tom. And also, wtf Ridley Scott?!

"in fact, if it were possible, we at Exxon want to, and in a gentle and loving manner, enter you from behind."

@technewsday.bsky.social 's Cybersecurity Today dedicated an entire show on it. Very detailed.

Still remember the MS specialist saying, "prepare yourself" because #MECFS signs and symptoms look so much like MS that even the MS expert was sure! "Nope; you have the wrong lesions... you may have a kind of 'pre-MS'," was her conclusion. 25% of MS diagnoses are misdiagnoses. How many are ME?

Long read but a good one on how to exploit the recent Linux kernel exploit CVE-2026-99999 because... DAMN!

Make sure to check out the sequel! bsky.app/profile/anth...

Long read but a good one on how to exploit the recent Linux kernel exploit CVE-2026-99999 because... DAMN!

Got to 18 dozing off. Still won't take a hint, so I'll try again tomorrow.

Nothing quite sums up the abhorrent violence inherent in the state (anywhere, everywhere in the world) than a video of the cops tear gassing an orchestra playing music at the Place de la Republique in France yesterday

In case you hadn't seen it, yet: #CDC has created a new survey that removed #LongCOVID and #MECFS, both of which have previously been measured. There are other disability- and chronic-illness-related questions missing, too. You can leave a comment here: 🧵 www.regulations.gov/commenton/CD...

Quick tip: check out MapFlip (goork.de/mapflip) - I built it as a 100% offline app that redirects Google Maps links straight to Organic Maps or OsmAnd. Perfect for traffic updates!

However, I am now exploring MapQuest. Not as private, but it's in solidarity with protesting - and it has Traffic! It's new Flock/ALPR camera overlay is fantastic too. OrganicMaps' satellite imagery sign-up failed me over the weekend when I needed it in deep in a large park over the weekend.

Support @gamersnexus.bsky.social , and pickup a Microslop t-shirt or 5.

During this Opt Out October, let's revisit EFF's excellent tips on how to limit your online precense. Maybe do one per day, not all at once.

Another example of the tech billionaires hand-waving for Regulatory Capture - to ban these open and free Chinese models.