In 2023, Signal was the first mainstream messenger to enable post-quantum cryptography. We’re still ahead of the (elliptical) curve, implementing a new hybrid PQ ratchet ensuring Forward Secrecy & Post-Compromise Security even in a post-quantum world. signal.org/blog/spqr/

This is standing ovation stuff by @sundress. Not a single word wasted, and so many quotable bits.

A threat model for #accessibility on the web: alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-th…

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Extremely pleased to announce the release of the ActivityPub Fuzzer! This is a tool that runs in a local development environment and (partially) emulates known ActivityPub software. It can even create a fake local "public fire hose" shaped like what you might see if you hooked your in-development software up to the real Fediverse.

I built this because I wanted ways to test in-progress fedi software for compatibility without actually making it live and breaking things.

asml.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/10…

Your Review: Project Xanadu - The Internet That Might Have Been
"...The original idea was to make a file for writers and scientists, much like the personal side of Bush's Memex, that would do the things such people need with the richness they would want. But there are so many possible specific functions that the mind reels. These uses and considerations become so complex that the only answer is a simple and generalized building-block structure, user-oriented and wholly general-purpose...."
astralcodexten.com/p/your-revi…

Release 25.10 is here!
The Eloquence IBMTTS Community Dictionaries just hit a new milestone with nearly 1,500 new and updated entries, and a major overhaul which resulted in the removal of 94 duplicates.
Entry stats:
• Abbreviations: 84.
• Special words/main: 1215.
• Roots: 62011.
Check it out: github.com/eigencrow/IBMTTSDic…

I know some folx are surprised to see David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) publicly sharing statements that mirror the rhetoric of white nationalism. I am not. The writing has been on the wall for years.

This is what Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo laid out so clearly: the myth of white male supremacy ensures that unremarkable white men can position themselves as thought leaders, innovators, or even DEI champions, while...

RE: infosec.exchange/@cheri_allian…

Morello is a modified quad-core Neoverse N1 with CHERI support. The UK Government funded a lot of the development and there are a few tens of them left over that don't yet have homes.

They look like real computers (ATX case, HDMI out). The under my desk runs CheriBSD (FreeBSD fork), KDE with its Wayland compositor and a bunch of userspace apps, with everything including the GPU drivers memory safe. It can also run AArch64 binaries, but that's less fun.

If you're doing interesting research that would benefit from CHERI or if you are looking to evaluate building products on CHERI systems, reach out to the CHERI Alliance.

CHERI RISC-V (the 'Y' base) is near to standardisation, so there should be RISC-V CHERI application cores available fairly soon, but the Neoverse N1 is a fairly advanced microarchitecture (designed for server chips) and it will probably take a while for RISC-V chips to equal it in performance. It was a fairly rushed conversion to CHERI, so has a few significant performance artefacts that won't be there in a production chip, but this is still probably the best opportunity to get a desktop CHERI system for at least the next year or two.

#CHERI #Morello

Interoperability doesn't happen by accident. Matrix is an open standard, but it's also capable of talking to other platforms.

Embark on an adventure with @halfy as he walks us through how bridges happened, at the Matrix Conference.

🎟️ Grab your tickets before we run out!
🗓️ October 15 to 18
🗺️ Kaleidoscoop, Strasbourg, France

conference.matrix.org/register

#LambdaMOO
(...guess it'll wait until *after* I announce that I discover some outstandingly stupid mistake, so... time to get this out of the way: )

I have now dropped LambdaMOO 1.9.0alpha

Should I make it to an actual ready-for-prime-time release, this will be the first since 1.8.1, roughly 25 years ago.

I'm looking for anyone *already* running a MOO instance of some sort (*) who needs a path forward (I figure for each of the 3 or 4 I know about there should be others I don't, which should add up to at least several)
to kick tires and try it on on your own platform
and maybe others that I can't do myself.

(*) and perhaps other folks who build unix software for fun, who are bored today

Details here:
wrog.net/moo/1.9.0

“A threat model for accessibility on the web”
alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-th…

A deep, well-researched & cited piece from @sundress detailing systemic failures down the web stack (standards bodies, browsers vendors, etc) which marginalize #accessibility and its voices — but with proposed solutions.

#a11y

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You pay, they profit, they leave a mess, you pay again. Repeat as necessary www.theenergymix.com/any-new-oil-... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #ClimateChange

Any New Oil Pipeline Will Need...

in reply to Tim Bray

Your conclusion, "The real reason not to use GenAI", seems at odds with your statement "I’m not a hater." Shouldn't your reasons for not using GenAI lead you to advocate that we don't even use it for coding, even in the areas where it'll probably work? I guess Those reasons for not using GenAI sound to me like reasons to fight the prediction and try to make it not come true.

I know things are tough for most people, so don't worry if you can't chip in right now.

A good friend of mine could use your support.

@SilverEagle has been developing free and open source software for a heck of a long time. If you've ever used Internet Radio before, there's a damn good chance you've used AzuraCast.

They have a Ko-Fi goal of $2500. If any of you can chip in even $3 to help them, it is difficult to overstate the immense burden you'll be alleviating.

ko-fi.com/silvereagle

I've tossed in $100 to get this started. Can we get them to their goal?

Canada updates U.S. travel advisory, warning citizens with gender-neutral passports
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/canada-updates-us-travel-advisory-warning-citizens-with-gender-neutral-passports/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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When his mic was silenced, Li was about to ask why the government pays $460 million to private schools, while public schools are deprived. A good question, although asking it can get you spanked. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... via @ calgaryherald #Cdnpoli #Ableg

Braid: Student speaks out at A...

We've just recorded and posted the latest episode of #StroongeCast for youtube members. It will be out at the usual time of 10:00 UK tomorrow morning.
If you want to support us that way because you like the content, then you can do so at:
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Me ha llevado un minuto gracias al texto copiado de @spainforpalestine

Por lo menos que se les pete el inbox ;)

#GlobalSumudFlotilla

Si retooteais no seais como suelo ser yo y hacedlo también, que es un minutillo 🇵🇸

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El ministerio de Exteriores emite un comunicado donde no se atreve a condenar la acción de #Israel

– Insurgente. Tu diario de contrainformación
insurgente.org/el-ministerio-d…

📧 Good emails open doors. Bad ones close them.

We’ve put together 6 simple rules of email etiquette that make all the difference - and you don't even need AI to write good emails!

👉 tuta.com/blog/email-etiquette-…

All eyes on the Global Sumud Flotilla: as they approach Gaza, the threat has never been so high...

freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracke…

Meanwhile, Caitlin Johnstone speaks of the so-called "peace plan" for Gaza, demonstrating how Israel flows millions of dollars to Tik Tok and X influencers to spin the narrative to their genocidal interests.

caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-trumpa…

#FreeGaza #FreePalestine #EndAllWars

The favorite weapons of Israel: #DronesAndSocialMedia

#WarIsPeace

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Fifteen ships have passed the illegal "Restriction zone 2" set by the Israeli occupation forces, sailing towards #Gaza, as the shameless soldiers of the genocidal State are intercepting humanitarian vessels of the Flotilla...

Across Europe, people are protesting and chanting to push their elite politicians to intervene in favour of the humanitarian aid.

#EndAllWars #FreeGaza

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Good morning... The #Mikeno vessel has reached the territorial waters of #Gaza and seems to have stopped merely minutes before it could be visible from the coast...

GPS position comms depend on internet of AIS (digital VHF), but both seem to be disabled...

It's one of two vessels to have reached the "R1" restriction zone imposed by the occupation forces.

#GlobalSumudFlotilla #FreeGaza #EndAllWars

On this day last year I became a Microsoft MVP. I endured several months in that program until I ejected myself.

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/10/02…