I'll believe it when I see it.
Microsoft is focusing on fixing the core issues of Windows 11 over the coming months after persistent bugs, ads, and bloatware eroded user trust.
theverge.com/tech/870045/micro…
Microsoft is going to spend 2026 improving Windows 11. It comes after Windows update quality issues and complaints about the operating system.Tom Warren (The Verge)
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The US administration have held meetings with members of the Alberta Prosperity Project, a separatist group that is pushing for the western province to become independent.
The group is openly seeking a $500B US line of credit from the US Treasury to help bankroll the new country, if they come out victorious in a referendum.
DO WE NOT HAVE LAWS PREVENTING THIS AND/OR PUNISH THIS?!?!? cbc.ca/news/politics/eby-alber… #cdnpoli #polcan #treason
B.C. premier says Alberta separatists seeking assistance from U.S. is 'treason'
cbc.ca/news/politics/eby-alber…
It's also interference from a foreign nation.
If you're a Python developer, definitely make your voice heard here: pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/01/y…
I filled it out. I feel like it was briefer than previous years? And obviously there are a bunch of questions about genAI junk, which I suspect will end up showing up as very widely used, so I hope some of you skeptics will also fill it out and at least we might be legible as a meaningful minority
This year marks the ninth iteration of the official Python Developers Survey. We intentionally launched the survey in January (later than ye...Python Software Foundation Blog
- the server is not proprietary
Is literally a server of your property.
- they didn't assign you forcefully a server, you choose to proceed with the default onboarding,
And the default onboarding points to your servers.
the default server will change to random in the future when multi-relay is ready
You had ONE job. One.
> Is literally a server of your property.
buddy, what is wrong with your choice of words??? "proprietary" is used to mean that the source code of the server component is not available, of course every server out there has an owner and is "proprietary" according to your definition 🤦🤦🤦
> And the default onboarding points to your servers.
as said, this will change in the future, for now we do what is easier for users
> You had ONE job. One.
you just want to complain 👎
Habt ihr es auch gesehen? Die Doku des ZDF über so genannte #Christfluencer und ihre Verbindungen nach extrem rechts? Falls nicht. Hier in der Mediathek:
zdf.de/video/reportagen/die-sp…
#Evangelikalismus und #Freikirchen sind teilweise anfällig für rechte Ambitionen in Richtung #AfD und US-Rechte.
Und die christlichen Kirchen, was unternehmen die dagegen? Ich nehme nichts wahr.
Spurensuche im digitalen Glaubensraum: Was steckt hinter dem Content von Christfluencern wie Jasmin Friesen und Leonard Jäger?ZDF
just heard the most american airport announcement ever:
“we are now boarding to paris, a reminder that this destination is international, meaning outside of the united states”
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I don't know who needs to hear this but if that ICE agent didn't just randomly execute Alex Pretti in the street but rather targeted him because Alex kicked an ICE vehicle the week before, that elevates your random murder to premeditated murder instead.
Hope that helps.
#BookReview They Came to Slay, the Queer Culture of DnD - by Thom James Carter
You may have guessed it, but I bought the book because it's purple, and who could resist a title like that? 💜
For anyone who's played #DnD for a while, like myself, there wasn't much new in the book. A little bit predictable. But a fun one to have in my collection regardless, and inspired me to experiment with characters of other genders in future TTRPG sessions.
hi, you might want to look into ArcaneChat messenger, its main selling point is being purple 😌
: Agency looks to understand the extent of identifying information available to its masked agentsThomas Claburn (The Register)
RE: mastodon.social/@kottke/115979…
Wow, another one. An acquisition by Bending Spoons is really Il bacio della morte, to use the language of Bending Spoons' origin.
Vimeo was recently acquired by a private equity firm and you know what comes next: Vimeo Lays Off ‘Most’ of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes ‘the Entire Video Team’. gizmodo.com/vimeo-lays-off-mos…Vimeo Lays Off 'Most' of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes 'the Entire Video Team'
Employees reported major job cuts this week, just months after the video hosting site was bought by Bending Spoons.Bruce Gil (Gizmodo)
Express yourself securely, unbounded, freely
#DeltaChat #privacy #security #decentralization #diday #digitalindependece #autonomy #independence
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Tesla's Q4 2025 earnings call made one thing painfully clear: the company is no longer interested in being an automaker.Fred Lambert (Electrek)
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Also, I may have put myself in a situation where my Mastodon life and my work life collide in a way I never intended.
This is largely because the reaction to "I spoke to blind people and this is what they said" is being treated like either a revolutionary stroke of genius or a heretical breach of protocol, depending on who I speak to.
If you’re going to FOSDEM, please wear masks. The venue is stuffy and con crud was a thing before the virus that can take away your ability to concentrate enough to make software.
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#ThreeDuckThursday is heading for the weekend.
#DuckOfTheDay #Duck #Ducks #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Birding #Birds #HolmeFen #TheGreatFen
I've been asked a few times in the past week to use #GitHub, and I'd like to be helpful, but I keep seeing Renée Good's face and it would seem disrespectful somehow.
Happy to email a patch, but I'm done with that site.
Problem to solve This task comes after the implementation of ActivityPub for social features, implementing cross-instance search, implementing visualizing cross-instance projects,...GitLab
FYI: GitLab happily collaborates with ICE.
Here's what GitLab's CEO, Sid Sijbrandij, himself committed:
gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitl…
> vetting customers is time consuming and potentially distracting.
GitLab employees are forbidden to discuss politics at work or raise concerns about GitLab's customers.
Even when it's perfectly clear that a customer is evil, they want to "do business with customers with values that are incompatible with our own values".
They "welcome everyone […] to be customers of GitLab" as they "do not currently exclude anyone from being a customer based on moral/value grounds."
Here's a news article:
theregister.co.uk/2019/10/16/g…
Code-hosting biz also bans staff from talking politics at workThomas Claburn (The Register)
I just (re-)discovered the Playdate play.date/ and it looks really cool but also really expensive. Is there way to buy a used one easily in France/Europe?
It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. There’s a crank. It comes with 24 free games to get you started. Say hi to Playdate from Panic.play.date
I dunno about you, but I don't need my devices "analyzing my facial expression"
ft.com/content/49f4e2e4-3a68-4…
Just learned about FediSky, a project by @msonnberger that adds an ActivityPub instance sidecar to a PDS.
Think Bridgy Fed except hosted by the PDS owner or Wafrn except reversed.
Still in early dev, but keeping an eye on this space 👀
github.com/bluesky-social/atpr…
What are the current plans from BlueSky (the company) for interoperability with Mastodon/ActivityPub? We currently have two emerging alternatives to X that deserve to be taken seriously: the fedive...GitHub
This is gonna sound like a call out post, and... No, it really isn't. I'm not calling out anyone in particular. I've just seen it one too many times. The straw, the camel's back, yadiyada.
My cis dudes. I love you. I really do. But I'm tired of you going under women's post expressing their grievances about men, to explain how ashamed you are of other men. It's... It's tiring. Like, it's really fucking tiring. Because you don't realize that every time we make such a post there is at least one or two of you. Every time.
We don't care about you being not like the other guys. Yes, sure, are one of the good ones, whatever. Good boy and all that. But when you do this, not only do you not contribute anything to the discussion, you're actually adding to the problem. It's adding emotional labour to the women trying to explain themselves when really you should just stay quiet and listen.
Give a like. Boost the post, even. But you don't need to say anything, not to us. Call out other men in the responses that are probably trying to argue and ending up exactly proving her point. Do better, instead of saying that you already are.
Vimeo Lays Off 'Most' of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes 'the Entire Video Team'
gizmodo.com/vimeo-lays-off-mos…
Private Equity is the pillager of industry.
Employees reported major job cuts this week, just months after the video hosting site was bought by Bending Spoons.Bruce Gil (Gizmodo)
I learned the other day that dropout.tv is built on Vimeo's platform. It had been awhile since I'd thought of Vimeo, so I went to see what they've been up to. When I saw they were purchased by Bending Spoons, I figured this was coming.
I wonder if they'll keep their PaaS offering...
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