My latest article, "Fediblock, a Tiny History" is free for any one to read

It's not exhaustive, but it's something. I recognize that for many years I have wanted to rewrite my archived history on here, on fedi

I hope this is a first step

#writing #article #fediblockmeta

Wild ass day in the Tor node operator world. Got an email from my VPS, forwarding a complaint from WatchDog CyberSecurity saying that my box was scanning SSH ports!

> Oh no, oh no, I knew I should have set up fail2ban, oh god why was I so lackadaisical!

So I remote in to the machine: no unusual network activity, no unusual processes, users, logins, command history, no sign that anything is doing anything I didn't tell it to do.

So what's up? Turns out there's been a widespread campaign where some actor is spoofing IPs to make it look like systems running Tor are scanning port 22: forum.torproject.org/t/tor-rel…

Operators from all over are saying they're getting nastygrams from their VPS providers because WatchDog is fingering their source IPs (which are being spoofed and NOT part of a global portscanning botnet).

@delroth did an amazing writeup of the whole thing here: delroth.net/posts/spoofed-mass…

#tor #infosec #cybersecurity #threatintel #privacy

[tor-relays] Tor relays source IPs spoofed to mass-scan port 22?

It would be hard to explain to Verizon I run Tor relays since they technically don't allow servers. I hope I'm not forced onto AT&T Internet Air as my particular co-op rental unit won't let met get Spectrum even when other units can, not that I wante…

^{Tor Project Forum}

Why is there a separate @Tutanota calendar 📆 app, when the email app has calendar built in already?

#calendar #tuta

Christ all these phishing emails in the past couple of days are crazy.

Thanks @Tutanota for making it easy to mark them, although I wish I could just select them and mark them all at once :(

I've been looking at @Seirdy's /meta/ page and it was so cool I was inspired to follow suite.

In fact, I realized I love reading about people talking about their personal sites themselves and wished more people do it, so I made a post about it which lists some other examples I've found:

"Add a Meta page to your personal website"
home.hedy.dev/posts/meta-pages…

personal sites are really cool, would love to see more meta pages out there -- #BoostsWelcome

Add a Meta page to your personal website

Why we should have more /meta (or similar) pages on our personal sites, and examples in the wild.

^{~hedy's home}

Hi my friends. I have a new gift for you. I wanted to update the Star Trek soundpack for Mona so here it is, version 2! Enjoy.
1drv.ms/f/s!AlLCVRViUqvZhbZhd9…

#Blind, #Mona

For today especially, but as always

Go to Preferences > Filters

To add terms that you don't want to see today to filter from your timelines

Also, if you're posting about the thing that's happening today, add a content warning to your post by clicking the button that looks like a warning triangle with an exclamation mark

Counterintuitively, adding an accurate and descriptive CW on Fedi tends to INCREASE the possible reach of your post, because some won't boost un-CW'd politics

Arguing with people about PDFs is tiresome.

“Sure, tools don’t write accessible PDFs, and readers don’t have the functionality to output the added information, that is almost never there, in an accessible way. But the format itself is accessible!”

The mind, it hurts. If people have no access to the information, it’s not accessible.

Hi everyone! We've just made another bugfix release of #GoToSocial, version 0.17.2 Ridiculously Selective Sloth:

github.com/superseriousbusines…

The update fixes a couple small bugs around media processing and filter expiration, and adds media-image-size-hint and media-video-size-hint values to the config file.

Please read the release notes carefully when updating to this version.

Thanks for reading, and have a nice day! Or not, it's up to you; whatever you prefer!

Release v0.17.2 Ridiculously Selective Sloth · superseriousbusiness/gotosocial

Here's bugfix version 0.17.2 of GoToSocial! If updating to this version from 0.16.0 or below, please follow the instructions for v0.17.0, replacing 0.17.0 with 0.17.2 throughout. ⚠️ Be aware that u...

^GitHub

Good morning everyone!

You may be feeling a bit anxious about today (understatement). I'm here to help take your mind off the happenings. I'll be sharing some of my creations and art today as a distraction.

If you notice a colour theme, that's intentional! Sending good vibes to everyone! ❤️❤️❤️🙏

#art #pottery #ceramics #MastoArt #handmade

Reading about the red mirage and the Blue Wave made me think this deserves a repost

#uspol
#mirage
#frlztho
#HarrisWalz2024

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You can register to vote on Election Day in the following states: AK, CA, CO, CT, HI, ID, IL, IA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MT, NV, NH, NM, RI, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI, WY, + Washington, D.C.

Boost and share! #kamalaHarris #FederatetheVote

Thank you for highlighting the voices of Wikimedians on this matter.

scroll.in/article/1075145/a-de…

A Delhi High Court case could end up threatening how Wikipedia works in India

Wikipedia contributers may now self-censor or get disincentivised from growing the world’s largest encyclopaedia.

^{Vineet Bhalla (Scroll.in)}

I was in the train just now with a group of young women studying to be apothecary assistants. They were confused about their exam on calculating medicine doses. What did they use to inform themselves about the right calculations? ChatGPT. 🤐

Forget about AGI. *This* is how AI is gonna kill you: in small, stupid, absurd ways.

#PSA: if you have a small business that ships items, consider not using Uline: the owner uses the company's profits to fund right wing anti-democratic causes.

propublica.org/article/uline-u…

And, because you still need to ship your product, here's a good resource to replace them:

refuseuline.com/

#Uline #RefuseUline

Refuse Uline

Uline is a purposely political company aligned with extreme right-wing ideology. Despite their politics, millions of small businesses and artists still use ULINE completely unaware of what their dollars are supporting. This needs to end now.

^{refuseuline.com}

Ug. I didn't think I'd struggle to stick with a Mastodon instance, but seriously... Doctor Who...

I might need to pull out my super long scarf and create a second one over there

PSA your subscription dollars to Spotify go directly to supporting the convicted criminal that is running for President to turn the US into a fascist state.

The best time to cancel it was when signed in that fascism promoter. The second best time is now.

reading a cv ...

"Error free coding in C"

👀

that's really not a thing, I'm sorry

liebe leute,

ich suche weiterhin nach aufträgen für mich, ich bin #freelancer für native #iOS apps und sofort verfügbar. wenn ihr da was wisst, denkt an mich und sagt gerne bescheid. mein angebot ist simpel: ordentliches handwerk. kein bullshit (ki ist mitgemeint).

lebenslauf gibt’s hier: zeitschlag.net/lebenslauf/

vielen dank fürs teilen und weitersagen! ❤

Hello, World! We’re now the Sovereign Tech Agency 🎉

It’s been two years since the Sovereign Tech Fund began investing in open technologies in the public interest, and our mission has grown to be more than the “fund” in our name. The new Sovereign Tech Agency anchors digital infrastructure on the agenda and is a home for the Sovereign Tech Fund and our other programs that strengthen the open source ecosystem.

Read more: sovereign.tech/news/stf-part-o…

Are you interested how to use Apple notes as an #accessible graphing calculator? Check out this post

nunonuno.micro.blog/2024/11/04…
#accessibility #apple #blind #ios #math #education #tech

"Disposable vapes are indefensible. Many, or maybe most, of them contain rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, but manufacturers prefer to sell new ones. More than 260 million vape batteries are estimated to enter the trash stream every year in the UK alone. Vapers and vape makers are simply leaving an e-waste epidemic to the planet's future residents to sort out."

(Original title: Guy makes “dodgy e-bike” from 130 used vapes to make point about e-waste)

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/1…

Guy makes “dodgy e-bike” from 130 used vapes to make point about e-waste

It’s not a project for most people, but watching someone ride up to 20 miles, and up to 30 mph, on tossed-out vape batteries is transfixing.

^{Kevin Purdy (Ars Technica)}