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ICEBlock Creator Sues U.S. Government Over App’s Removal

The Department of Justice demanded Apple remove ICEBlock, which reports sightings of ICE officials, from its App Store. Now the creator is suing, saying the demand violated his First Amendment rights.
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Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/…

The world needs social sovereignty

The world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms and log on to a better way of being online. The world needs an open social web through the fediverse and Mastodon.
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#digitalsovereignty

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If you care about digital sovereignty and want to see your government join the #fediverse, contact them to say that #ItsTimeToAbolishX.

Help us make a list of how to get in touch with a representative in your area under this post, and don’t forget to #hashtag so your neighbours can find it 👇🏽 we’ll start:
#EU: commission.europa.eu/about/con…
#USA: usa.gov/elected-officials


Representations in Member States | European Commission

Commission representations perform various functions such as liaising with local authorities and media, organising official visits, and providing political information and analysis.
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#fediverse #hashtag #EU #USA #itstimetoabolishx

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The #curl repo on GitHub surpassed 40K stars: github.com/curl/curl

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GitHub - curl/curl: A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, T

A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP...
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I would like to propose SOSS: Sponsored Open Source Software.

If your company uses OSS, you sponsor the project $100/year.

Not per seat, or per team, just $100/year, all in.

- 30 developers using Ghostty? $100
- 300,000 engineers using tmux? $100, total

You audit the OSS you use (OSS tools for this would quickly emerge, $100, thank you). You set up a bunch of annual $100 sponsorships. Everyone wins.

This guarantees the longevity of that tiny piece of code propping up your bank.

#SOSS

#soss

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It's so depressing how orgs like #Mozilla squander volunteer goodwill for nothing. They'll never recover from this self-inflicted damage:

«Mozilla’s translation bot on Support Mozilla (that is currently overwriting user contributions is based on the closed source, copyright infringing LLM, Google Gemini. This is in spite of Mozilla claiming that they are at the forefront of open source AI, and belies their exhortations to choose to build open source AI and data sets»

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Mozilla’s Betrayal of Open Source: Google’s Gemini AI is Overwriting Volunteer Work on Support Mozilla

TL;DR: Mozilla’s translation bot on Support Mozilla (that is currently overwriting user contributions is based on the closed source, copyright infringing LLM, Google Gemini.
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RE: mathstodon.xyz/@antoinechamber…

Is the age of arXiv over? They've been making hostile-to-scientists changes for a while now, let me list a few:

+ (Here) Enforcing English submissions, when science is international and many cultures have traditions of serious work in their own language. By allowing auto-translation, they are advocating for *slop* over carefully written non-English work.

+ Moving to an enshittified cloud architecture and ending arXiv mirroring (something that many institutions were happy to contribute to).

+ Subjecting scientific papers to a buggy and mostly non-working LaTeX->HTML conversion process that leads readers to click the HTML version, which is in nearly all cases of mathematical papers totally broken and full of errors. (It seems that they are now doing a better job of skipping this for papers where there is no hope, to be fair.) Let me be clear: translating LaTeX to HTML will always be a non-starter, even if you have a billion-LOC Perl program that claims to do it. You cannot translate a programming language to a markup language, period.

+ Subjecting established academics (e.g. associate professors) to outrageous submission-holds, requiring us to get endorsed by our own students, etc...

The only thing missing is “arXiv AI” — which I am sure is coming soon, as it seems the “AI Transformation” comes for all public goods...

Combine this with the shaky funding situation in the US, I am thinking it would be good to imagine a future without arXiv. And I am not talking about an arXiv replacement...

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The new @arXiv policy is to impose an English version for all papers. They acknowledge: “We realize that many arXiv submitters may not have access to professional translation services; non-English paper versions that use automated translation are ac…
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Because age verification is really just there to:

- suppress queer information
- restrict abortion access
- gatekeep sexual education
- slurp up more personal data for marketing

"But think of the children!"

Maybe we should think about the corporations that prey on their attention-spans and self-esteem instead.

Sign stuff here:
stoponlineidchecks.org

Info on how to help here:
docs.fightforthefuture.org/s/6…

#CallToAction #Activism #InternetSafety


ONLINE ID CHECKS WILL RUIN THE INTERNET

Fight for the Future
#activism #internetsafety #calltoaction

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Today in Email Hegemony.

Here are the 2025 top ten domains from orders placed on the @dnalounge store. Remember this the next time someone uses email as an example of a federation success story.

73.0% gmail.com
8.5% yahoo.com
7.1% icloud.com
2.6% hotmail.com
0.7% outlook.com
0.6% aol.com
0.5% comcast.net
0.5% me.com
0.4% sbcglobal.net
0.3% live.com
5.8% everything else

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jwz: Today in Email Hegemony

Here are the 2025 top ten domains from orders placed on the DNA Lounge store. Remember this the next time someone uses email as an example of a federation success story. 73.0% gmail.com. 8.5% yahoo.com. 7.1% icloud.com. 2.6% hotmail.com. 0.
jwz.org
@DNA Lounge
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»Jürgen Resch, Bundesgeschäftsführer der DUH, verlangt mehr konsequente Kontrollen, Bußgelder und sofortiges Abschleppen der Falschparker: „Solange die Städte ihrer Aufgabe nicht nachkommen, rufen wir alle Bürgerinnen und Bürger auf, Verstöße zu dokumentieren und zur Anzeige zu bringen.“«

Quelle: rnd.de/wirtschaft/illegales-ge…


Illegales Gehweg-Parken bleibt Problem: VCD fordert Kommunen zum Handeln auf

Der Verkehrsclub VCD hat deutschlandweit dazu aufgerufen, zugeparkte Gehwege zu melden. Das Ergebnis zeigt: Vier von fünf Autos parken dort illegal.
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Addressing Linux’s Missing PKI Infrastructure

"we’re starting the development of upki: a universal PKI tool. This project initially aims to close the revocation gap through the combination of a new system utility and eventual library support for common TLS/SSL libraries such as OpenSSL, GnuTLS and rustls"

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Addressing Linux's Missing PKI Infrastructure

Earlier this year, LWN featured an excellent article titled “Linux’s missing CRL infrastructure”. The article highlighted a number of key issues surrounding traditional Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), but critically noted how even the available meas…
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Today's Web Design Update: groups.google.com/a/d.umn.edu/…

Featuring @michaelharshbarger, @aardrian, @SteveFaulkner, @deconspray, @mgifford , @sarajw, @matuzo, @j9t, @mehm8128, @Jayhoffmann, @Meyerweb, @bkardell, @adactio, @slightlyoff, and more.

Subscribe info: d.umn.edu/itss/training/online…

#Accessibility #A11y #WebDesign

Web Design References: Webdev Newsletter

Web Design References: News and info about web design and development. The site advocates accessibility, usability, web standards and many related topics.
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#a11y #Accessibility #webdesign @Adrian Roselli, pH0 @bkardell @Mike Gifford, CPWA @Alex Russell @Jeremy Keith @Eric A. Meyer @Steve Faulkner @Manuel Matuzović @Jens Oliver Meiert 🇺🇳 🇵🇸 @Sara Joy @Jay Hoffmann @deconspray @Michael Harshbarger @mehm8128
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Dec 7 had the earliest sunset of the year, even though the shortest day is on Dec 21.

This is because solar noon does not occur at clock time 12:00 p.m. Because of orbital eccentricity and axis inclination, it occurs earlier or later according to the Equation of Time.

E.g., for Philadelphia –
Dec 7: Sunrise 7:09 – Sunset 4:35 (9:26h), Solar noon 11:52
Dec 21: 7:18 – 4:38 (9:20h), 6m shorter, Solar noon 11:58, shifted by 6m
Sunset Dec 21 = 4:38 = 4:35 – 0:03 + 0:06
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Graph showing how many minutes the clock is ahead (+) or behind (−) the apparent sun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_of_time https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/philadelphia

apparent solar time minus mean solar time

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Remember the AIxCC competition? After lots of research and triaging, the conclusion has landed: not a single *real* problem was found in #curl.

My previous write-up on the rather lame injected problems they found:

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/10/22…


AIxCC curl details

At the AIxCC competition at DEF CON 33 earlier this year, teams competed against each other to find vulnerabilities in provided Open Source projects by using (their own) AI powered tools.
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#curl

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Will you be there? #bruxconference2026 #fosdem #fosdem26

Brux Conference 2026 - Rebuilding Europe's Sovereignty

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Brux Conference 2026 - Rebuilding Europe's Sovereignty

After “The Perfect Storm” (last year’s theme), it is now time to REBUILD Europe - January 28th 2026, Steigenberger Wiltcher’s Hotel, Brussels.
Brux Conference 2026
#fosdem #fosdem26 #bruxconference2026

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Je o mně známo, že bytostně nesnáším lháře, křiváky, komunisty, StBáky a vůbec jakékoliv šmejdy.
A dnes se podruhé v mém dosavadním životě stává premiérem tohoto státu jedna z nejodpornějších postav podnikání a politiky. Spolu s dalšími přisluhovači a mafiány povede také jednu z nejhorších polistopadových vlád.
Když jsem se koncem roku 1989 na chvíli jako mladý "revolucionář" zapojil do demokratizačního procesu v naší okresní vesnici, neměl jsem tenkrát samozřejmě tušení, že za plus třicet let se do různých pozic politiky opět dostanou lidé bez morálky.

Inu, skutečná demokracie jest křehká květina. Pečovat o ni se musí v pravdě a lásce. Doufejme tedy, že těch pár let strádání přežije a v mezičase vyrostou nové mladé výhonky, které do politiky vrátí slušnost, poctivost a řád.

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Tak Babiš už je premiér. Tuším, že až dnes cestou domů překročím státní hranice, bude v ČR všechno krásné a svěží. Hned na první benzínce poteče nafta proudem a šťastní důchodci na mě budou mávat šťanglí uheráku. Cesta do Německa bude ucpaná ‚migranty‘ a svítit se bude všude klidně i přes den — elektřina přece bude tak levná.

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Deutsche Bahn zwingt mich, mein Login-Passwort zu ändern: Es hat 24 Zeichen, ist zufällig, beinhaltet Groß-/Kleinbuchstaben und Zahlen und hat eine Entropie über 110 Bit. Aber weil kein Sonderzeichen drin ist, gilt es als unsicher. Sicherheitsrichtlinien von 2005 lassen grüßen. 🙄

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#bahn #db #security #sicherheit #passwort #fail

#security #fail #sicherheit #bahn #db #passwort
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Oh, Warp 4 – those were the days! (we're getting old, yeah…) Meine letzte war allerdings 4.5.2 🙈

Sagen wir mal so: "not everything that is _doable_ is also _feasible_ 😉 Nicht jeder hat so ein Buch im Regal – und nicht immer ist ein "Zweitcomputer" zur Hand (ja ja, Smartphone etc) – aber ehrlich, warum sich das Leben unnötig schwer machen? Dafür haben wir doch Politiker & Gouvernance 🙊 💨

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Huge Victory: #ChatControl no longer forces us to break #encryption. 🎉

🚨But: It now wants #AgeVerification.

The Trilogue starts today 🗓️

You've helped us stop #backdoors: tuta.com/blog/chat-control-cri…

Now, help us stop #AgeVerification! 👇️

fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-t…

#Fight4Privacy

Map of countries in the EU that are opposing, proposed and in favor of Chat Control.

Huge Victory: Chat Control no longer forces us to break encryption! But: It now wants age verification. | Tuta

The EU Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse, first published in May 2022, has become the "most criticized law of all time". Here's how to stop it now!
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#encryption #chatcontrol #fight4privacy #backdoors #ageverification

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Wenn privilegierte Personen #Rassismus nicht verstehen:

Ich betreue eine Person auf Intensivstation. Sie gehört der Volksgruppe der Szinti und Roma an und ist aus der Ukraine geflüchtet. Die Familie ist in heller Aufregung. Ein paar von den jüngeren Männer sprechen ausreichend englisch um sich halbwegs zu verständigen, die Frauen fallen vor uns auf die Knie.
Sie sind furchtbar besorgt wie jede Familie die einen 1/

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wenn die Angehörigen da sind ist nicht hilfreich - denn es bestätigt das was sich befürchten: Da ist keiner der sich kümmert während in den anderen Zimmer die Leute ein und aus gehen.

Ich versuche dies eine*r Kolleg*in zu vermitteln.
Die Antwort: Ja ok, aber dann entscheide ich mich irgendwann zu vertrauen oder ich nehme meinen Angehörigen mit nach Hause.

Sorry - priveligierte weiße Person: So funktioniert das nicht 7/

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du bist dir des Privilegs dass du anständig behandelt wirst, dass du normalerweise nicht belogen wirst, dass deine Mutter natürlich im Krankenhaus anständig behandelt wird gar nicht bewußt. Dir geht es so gut, dass du nicht mal theoretisch darüber nachdenken magst was es heißen könnte immer in Sorge zu leben und ständig diskriminiert zu werden - du machst einfach mit und würdest von dir sagen, dass du natürlich nicht rassisitsch bist - dcoh bist du. 8/

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I use Font Awesome icons on my presentation cover slides to link to my website and email. It would be great if we could also use them for Jabber/XMPP addresses!

#XMPP is currently the second most requested icon on Font Awesome, and it’s close to reaching the top spot. You can support the request here:

github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Aw…

Brand Request: XMPP (formerly named Jabber) · FortAwesome Font-Awesome · Discussion #21069

🏷️ What brand are you requesting? XMPP 🌐 Official website http://xmpp.org/ 📘 Brand assets or guidelines (optional) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:XMPP_logo_(without_text).svg 🔍 Request che...
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#xmpp

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Starting to write up a series of articles about the Linux kernel CVE work that has happened in the past 2 years, starting with some "back to basics" information about how Linux kernels are numbered as many people/companies really don't know how we do this, and it matters a lot in tracking bugfixes and how to determine "vulnerable" and "fixed" kernel releases:
kroah.com/log/blog/2025/12/08/…
and
kroah.com/log/blog/2025/12/09/…

Linux kernel version numbers

Despite having a stable release model and cadence since December 2003, Linux kernel version numbers seem to baffle and confuse those that run across them, causing numerous groups to mistakenly make versioning statements that are flat out false.
Greg K-H (http://www.kroah.com/log/)
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