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My wife Kirsten @MoonCat and I decided to give potential podcasting a go. I know, 'Not another one?' But we hope this might be a bit of light entertainment for you.
Consider this a pilot to see how things go.

In this first episode we discuss a somewhat annoying Tiktok trend I heard about in a video, the point of hugging and our love of the 'Cautionary Tales' podcast from Tim Harford.

StroongeCast E01: Will You Peel My Orange? youtu.be/XeVO8pTfrK8

Download: onj.me/media/stroongecast/01_-…

@Kirsten Louis
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C2S server for matrix.org accounts is blocked in Russia using deep packet inspection (DPI). That means people can no longer access their accounts without resorting to censorship circumvention technology.

The website and S2S federation server are still reachable from Russia.

@ooni @matrix

#Matrix #Russia #Roskomnadzor #Censorship

OONI Explorer screenshot, showing that access to "matrix-client.matrix.org" is restricted in Russia since September. It's a bar chart, date on horizontal axis, number of measurements on vertical axis. The graph starts with green bars (means "OK") an then sees a spike in yellow ("Anomaly") and grey ("Error") bars.
#matrix #Russia #censorship #roskomnadzor @The Matrix.org Foundation @OONI

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How effective are bug bounties in securing critical, open source infrastructure? On 30 Sep 2024 in Berlin, following a keynote by Sabine Grützmacher (MdB), Dr. Ryan Ellis will present his research and dive into FOSS, security, and the public interest with an expert panel. Details & agenda for the evening event: sovereigntechfund.de/programs/…

We’ve set aside 30 spots for interested FOSS community members. Register here: events.sovereigntechfund.de/bu…

45 unique black outlines of beetles and bugs in a grid, mostly in squares with a lilac background, but with white and green squares interspersed. The bugs are all generative art by bleeptrack.
in reply to Odón Elorza

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modulux

Me parece una postura interesante, y desde leugo estoy de acuerdo en la importancia de socializar los medios de comunicación y las redes sociales. Lo que veo menos claro es esa tendencia de separa las redes sociales corporativas de otras hegemonías en los medios de comunicación de masas. No hicieron falta rdes sociales para colar el timo de la conspiración del 11M al país, solo el poder de la prensa, radio, y tele de toda la vida.

Creo que hay una cierta lucha sectorial interburguesa entre los propietarios de editoriales, televisiones, y otros medios de comunicación contra los propietarios de centros de datos, cables submarinos de fibra, y demás; y en esa lucha soy bastante neutral, porque no me creo que el periódico sea bueno y democrático y TikTok malo y antidemocrático en contraste.

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Ok, I should be sleeping right now, but what's happening is SO FUCKING CRAZY.

Long story short: WPEngine is suing Matt Mullenweg, Automattic and the WordPress foundation for slandering them. In return, Matt is suing them for trademark violation.

But, BUT, WPEngine has fired their first shot. And what a shot it is, friends:
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Link to the full letter

Some extracts:

Stunningly, Automattic’s CEO Matthew Mullenweg threatened that if WP Engine did not agree to pay Automattic – his for-profit entity – a very large sum of money before his September 20th keynote address at the WordCamp US Convention, he was going to embark on a self-described “scorched earth nuclear approach” toward WP Engine within the WordPress community and beyond. When his outrageous financial demands were not met, Mr. Mullenweg carried out his threats by making repeated false claims disparaging WP Engine to its employees, its customers, and the world. Mr. Mullenweg has carried out this wrongful campaign against WP Engine in multiple outlets, including via his keynote address, across several public platforms like X,YouTube, and even on the Wordpress.org site, and through the WordPress Admin panel for all WordPress users, including directly targeting WP Engine customers in their own private WordPress instances used to run their online businesses

During calls on September 17th and 19th, for instance, Automattic CFO Mark Davies told a WP Engine board member that Automattic would “go to war” if WP Engine did not agree to pay its competitor Automattic a significant percentage of its gross revenues – tens of millions of dollars in fact – on an ongoing basis. Mr. Davies suggested the payment ostensibly would be for a “license” to use certain trademarks like WordPress, even though WP Engine needs no such license. WP Engine’s uses of those marks to describe its services – as all companies in this space do – are fair uses under settled trademark law and consistent with WordPress’ own guidelines. Automattic’s CFO insisted that WP Engine provide its response to this demand immediately and later, on the day of the keynote, followed up with an email reiterating a claimed need for WP Engine to concede to the demands “before Matt makes his WCUS keynote at 3:45 p.m. PDT today.”

In parallel and throughout September 19 and 20, Mr. Mullenweg embarked on a series of harassing text messages and calls to WP Engine’s board member and also its CEO, threatening that if WP Engine did not agree to pay up prior to the start of Mr. Mullenweg’s livestreamed keynote address at 3:45pm on September 20, he would go “nuclear” on WP Engine, including by smearing its name, disparaging its directors and corporate officers, and banning WP Engine from WordPress community events.


They... they have text message captures. In the pdf. Matt Mullenweg was trying to extort them ... by text messages. They seem to have the entire thing in the writting.

In the final minutes leading up to his keynote address, Mr. Mullenweg sent one last missive: a photo of the WordCamp audience waiting to hear his speech, with the message that he could shift gears and turn his talk into “just a Q&A” if WP Engine agreed to pay up


They finish requesting Automattic to "preserve, and not destroy, any and all documents or information in their possession, custody, or control that may be relevant to any dispute between WP Engine and Automattic". They are going to war, big time.

All this crap is just because they refuse to pay his protection money. And the guy has been stupid enough to put everything in writting.

Holy. Fucking. Shit.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT.

They are going to toast him alive

#wordpress #automattic #wpengine

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35% of #bisexual men in a relationship *with another man* have never told that partner about their bisexuality. And only the minority of us are very or fairly open about our #bisexuality to our male partners. That's from ILGA Europe. The norm is for us bi #men to be quiet about our bisexuality, even in same-gender relationships. #Gay men, you can think about that one during #BiVisibilityDay.

#queer #lgbtq

ilga-europe.org/report/interse…

#queer #LGBTQ #gay #bisexual #bisexuality #men #bivisibilityday

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NGI Assure, the program aimed at improving trust in our digital society, successfully concluded after its 4 year run.

[1]152 teams contributed to a more trustworthy & secure internet with their Free and Open Source projects. Thank you all!

We've made a book showcasing all the projects which you can download from the link below. There are also paper copies, so ask for those when you see us IRL.

[2][1] nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240919-NG…
[2] nlnet.nl/media/NGIAssure-bookl…
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#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #Trust #Security

#foss #security #ngi0 #ngi #trust
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