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We have found that you could be leaking traffic on macOS after system updates. To our current knowledge a reboot resolves it.

We are currently investigating this and will follow up with more information.

Read more here: mullvad.net/blog/macos-sometim…


macOS sometimes leaks traffic after system updates

We have found that you could be leaking traffic on macOS after system updates. To our current knowledge a reboot resolves it. We are currently investigating this and will follow up with more information.
Mullvad VPN

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Looks like my next read. THe attached audiobook sample contains ... a lot of swearing.

"What would happen if you crossed the high fantasy of Wheel of Time with the irreverent comedy of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?"

Meet Your Maker is a comedic, epic fantasy series that asks the questions: What is fiction? What is reality? And does it make a difference, when everyone and everything is trying to kill you?
Bruce created this world. Now he has to survive it.

Meet your Maker by Seth McDuffee.
seanrandall.me/recommends/1039…
#Bookstodon


Meet Your Maker: An Epic Fantasy LitRPG: 1: Amazon.co.uk: McClain, Johnathan, McDuffee, Seth: 9781039455405: Books

Buy Meet Your Maker: An Epic Fantasy LitRPG: 1 by McClain, Johnathan, McDuffee, Seth (ISBN: 9781039455405) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
seanrandall.me
#bookstodon

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The G7 countries had a meeting on disability and inclusion for the first time ever.

These groups should really take the next step and add ableism to the meeting topics as it is where lack of inclusion stems from.

g7disabilityinclusion.it/en/g7… @disability #Ableism #Economy #Disability

G7 Inclusion and Disability For the first time in history, a ministerial meeting dedicated exclusively to the topics of inclusion and disability will be held. Following the protocols established for G7 ministerial summits, the preparatory days and the ministerial meeting will be held behind closed doors. However, we have decided to open the moment of welcoming the delegations to the public, to allow for greater participation and awareness of these fundamental issues The G7 ministers will ascend the stone stage of the Basilica of Assisi to greet all those present. Usually this moment of greeting is reserved, but on this occasion it will be open to the public to encourage greater sharing and participation. This is why the G7 Inclusion and Disability is a historic event, wanted by the Minister for Disability Alessandra Locatelli, and supported by the Ministers dealing with disability from all the participating countries. To launch a message of sharing, of Peace and to put at the centre of the international agendas the themes of inclusion, universal accessibility, autonomous and independent living, the enhancement of talents, labour inclusion and the right of everyone to full participation in civil, social and political life.

G7 Inclusion and Disability – G7 Disability Inclusion

www.g7disabilityinclusion.it
#Disability #economy #ableism @Disability group

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I am very happy to announce that Rabbit Waves is out!

The idea for this project came after @neauoire & I were discussing the disappearance of certain traditional seasteading skills and maritime communication knowledge. We believe these skills are valuable when electronics misbehave, but they're also just generally fun to learn and to use.

All of the art is drawn by hand :>! We will add more content as we go!

rabbitwaves.ca/

a sketchbook page featuring some hand drawn art of the phonetic alphabet, as well as how to communicate with flag semaphore.
a sketchbook page showing illustrated sea birds having a conversation using the phonetic alphabet.

Rabbit Waves

rabbitwaves.ca
@Devine Lu Linvega

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 16 updated and 2 added apps:

* MockTraffic: a random DNS, HTTPS internet traffic noise generator πŸ›‘οΈ
* Fossify Launcher: a customizable homescreen app to complete your green Fossify collection πŸ›‘οΈ

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #izzyondroid

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#today on the sands of Talacre beach N.E. Wales, our elderly whippet Meg came alive again in the October sunshine, the clean sea air, and the freedom of the wide open space - like she used to be before old-age lethargy set in. We rarely see this Meg now. Another trip to the seaside soon, methinks.
#whippet #NorthWales #wales #cymru #beach #seaside #doglovers
a wide open sandy beach, the sea far off, the blue sky and wispy cloud. In the foreground a white and grey whippet, jumping in sunshine, looking at the camera, open mouthed like she is laughing. Walking behind her is me, blue woolly hat, specs and grey beard, hands in pockets. Behind me a white lighthouse in the distance
#seaside #beach #Today #doglovers #Wales #cymru #whippet #northwales

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Thank you, McSweeney's, for perfectly capturing the CoinDesk endorsement of Donald Trump I wrote about last night

McSweeney's: mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-an-…

Newsletter: citationneeded.news/issue-68/

#USpol #USpolitics

Headline: "I’m an Undecided Hobbit, Torn Between a Dark Lord Who Promises an Age of Chaos and an Elf Queen Whom I Just Wish I Knew More About"
Despite all of this, the sometimes decent CoinDesk crypto media outlet has come out with a truly embarrassing endorsement-that-claims-not-to-be-an-endorsement of Donald Trump. (β€œIf CoinDesk were in the business of endorsing political candidates and if crypto were the only issue that mattered, it's pretty clear whom we would back to become the next U.S. president.... [E]ven though we don't endorse candidates, we do endorse Trump's crypto platform, such as is [sic].”) Although they claim to be β€œtroubled” by his racism and β€œincreasingly authoritarian rhetoric” β€” which they describe as β€œthe antithesis of a crypto movement focused on decentralizing authority and empowering individuals” β€” the opinion piece by CoinDesk’s editor-in-chief, published on behalf of CoinDesk as a whole, is full of β€œneverthelesses” and β€œeven thoughs” and β€œhowevers” as he recommends Trump anyway. The whole thing boils down to β€œsure, Trump is a shameless racist who’s been increasingly threatening to do things like round up immigrants and deploy the military against his political enemies, and his statements on crypto kind of seem like empty pandering, but on the other hand, Harris has been... vague.”

Issue 68 – Opportunity agenda

Harris shouts out crypto in her β€œOpportunity Agenda for Black Men”, one crypto exec leaves prison as another enters, and Stand With Crypto bets on the favorites.
Molly White (Citation Needed)
#uspol #uspolitics
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Google’s NotebookLM Now Broadly Available with Audio Overview Customizations thurrott.com/a-i/google-gemini…

Google's NotebookLM Now Broadly Available with Audio Overview Customizations - Thurrott.com

Two weeks ago, I posted a video showing off the insanely capable Audio Overview tool in NotebookLM, Google’s experimental AI service. Today, the online giant added two interesting new features to Audio Overview that make it even more compelling.
Paul Thurrott (Thurrott.com)

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FediMeta, blocklist update, 1/3

Got two blocklist updates today, and a non-update with private visibility. First, a FediNuke/tier0.csv transparency update:

I override-added an instance to FediNuke using my documented override process: caekis.love.

Was already near consensus, and the admin was already in receipts for the gleasonator.com FediNuke entry.

See the many receipts for caekis.love in my receipt archive. The severity was enough to warrant inclusion.

#FediNuke


My Fediverse blocklists

Documentation on which Fediverse blocklists I offer, how they are made, their differences, their caveats, and their intended use.
Seirdy’s Home
#fedinuke
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in reply to Seirdy

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Seirdy

FediMeta, blocklist update, 2/3

I also retired my tier-1 blocklist. It’s the least-used blocklist I have, and I’m managing several; it’s not worth the effort. Every new severity level demands more instances to carefully consider.

Without willingness to spend that effort, its existence encourages me to treat it like a dumping ground for other entries that don’t qualify for other lists instead of evaluating entries’ severity properly.

I will maintain it in private to shine a light on the latter phenomenon, but I won’t share it.

Before you protest, know that I’m maintaining six other blocklists:

  • FediNuke.txt
  • My tier0 list (might re-name)
  • BirdSiteLive, bird.makeup
  • Other bridges
  • Corporate social media (Threads, Medium, Minds, etc)
  • Spammy subdomains

They will be unaffected. If anything, they’ll improve.

#blocklists

bird.makeup - Home Page

bird.makeup
#blocklists

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MacChat: β€œExploring Parallels, ChatGPT, and CleanMyMac: Mac Adventures and Beyond” - Unmute unmute.show/macchat-exploring-…

MacChat: β€œExploring Parallels, ChatGPT, and CleanMyMac: Mac Adventures and Beyond” - Unmute

In this episode of MacChat, Chris and Marty dive into exciting Mac-related adventures, sharing insights on using Parallels to run Windows 11 on a Mac Mini, optimizing storage with CleanMyMac X, and exploring the benefits of ChatGPT for translating do…
pgnpt (Unmute)

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β€žDisability History Projectβ€œ Aufruf zum Einreichen von Objekten, die politisches Engagement von Menschen mit Behinderungen und ihren Kampf um Selbstbestimmung dokumentieren. science.orf.at/stories/3227176…

Menschen mit Behinderung: Objekte fΓΌr neues Sammlungsprojekt gesucht

Mit dem β€žDisability History Projectβ€œ will das Haus der Geschichte Γ–sterreich (hdgΓΆ) die Erfahrungen von Menschen mit Behinderungen sichtbarer machen.
ORF.at
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With the 2024 marathon approaching, I'm seeking prize sponsors. If your company/organization offers products or services for the blind and you're interested in sponsoring, let's connect. This is a fantastic opportunity for advertising, as the marathon consistently attracts very large crowds. Feel free to fill out this form, and let's chat about how you can help me take this year's marathon to the next level. forms.gle/MnuauzyMD8zH1NLo7

2024 Marathon Sponsorship Application

Please complete this form if you are interested in sponsoring Liam's 2024 marathon. The contribution of a prize for distribution during the event is highly encouraged. For reference, visit https://lerven.
Google Docs
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Lawrence Lessig develops an interesting proposal and argument for reform of democratic institutions in this recent lectue at the LSE.
www2.lse.ac.uk/lse-player?id=4…
#democracy #AI #SocialMedia #constitutionalism

What AI is doing to America's democracy

In this lecture, Lawrence Lessig will discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on the 2024 American election, and the implications that this will have for democracy in the future.
London School of Economics and Political Science
#AI #socialmedia #democracy #constitutionalism

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If you read anything today, read this from @pluralistic - "You Should be Using an RSS Reader".

Cause you really should. Really.

Speaking of which, anyone knows of a tool somewhere that can analyze sites that don't have RSS feeds in search for changes and puts those changes on a RSS feed of its own?

'Cause that'd be really useful, you know?

pluralistic.net/2024/10/16/kee…

Pluralistic: You should be using an RSS reader (16 Oct 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

pluralistic.net
@Cory Doctorow

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New contribution experience report, about fixing a bug in @thunderbird . Spoiler: it went surprisingly well, they have made some serious effort to ease first contributions since last time I tried (and failed). Go #Thunderbird! ⚑ antonin.delpeuch.eu/posts/cont…

Contribution experience report: Thunderbird

My ramblings about open source development and related topics
antonin.delpeuch.eu
#thunderbird @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

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We asked and you answered! Here's Tuta's updated list of best WhatsApp alternatives in 2024 πŸ‘

Which one is your favorite? πŸ€” Do comment below - or check out our detailed review first!

πŸ‘‰ tuta.com/blog/best-whatsapp-al…

#WhatsAppalternatives #Messenger #Privacy #Encryption

Signal, Threema, Wire, Element, SimpleX, Session.

Best WhatsApp Alternatives For 2024 | Time To Go Private! | Tuta

There are lots of messaging apps similar to WhatsApp. Here's a review of the best secure alternatives: Signal, Threema, Telegram, Element, Wire, SimpleX, Session, and more.
Tuta
#privacy #encryption #messenger #whatsappalternatives

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Welcome to the RB family, IconRequest πŸ₯³

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/de.ka…

With this app you can share the data for adding the icons missing in your icon pack.

Thanks to Bastian for helping us establishing #reproducibleBuilds for this app here at #IzzyOnDroid :awesome:


β€žIconRequestβ€œ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Retrieve app icons from your installed applications
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid

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Microsoft can't cloud

Microsoft, the company that lost the cryptographic keys that protected their cloud customers from attackers (and that was found out only using extended logging at extra cost)
wiz.io/blog/storm-0558-comprom…

now lost important log files.

archive.is/UZGyh

People go to the cloud, despite the fact that cloud is more expensive than on-premises by a factor of 5, because cloud promises to get operations right so that companies can outsource that and focus on dev.

Microsoft is NOT an operations company at all.

It can't cloud.


Compromised Microsoft Key: More Impactful Than We Thought

Our investigation of the security incident disclosed by Microsoft and CISA and attributed to Chinese threat actor Storm-0558, found that this incident seems to have a broader scope than originally assumed.
Shir Tamari (Wiz.io)
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Fuck Microsoft and Fuck Nadella.

As expected, the 24H2 update installed 'Recall', it can't be uninstalled.

To disable the Microcoft spyware, run this as admin

C:\Windows\System32>Dism /Online /Disable-Feature /Featurename:Recall

Can't vouch that all the people you share your screen, code, IP, private details, will disable theirs. consider NOT sharing anything ever again.

reshared this

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I remember some people expressing how annoyed they were with people reimplementing standard command line tools in Rust. But here is the reality of such reimplementations: hachyderm.io/@cliffle/11332081…

It isn’t just the memory safety. The reimplementations typically turn out much simpler, partly because of a more high-level language and partly because of usable dependency management.

If you have 20 times less code to maintain, you can do a lot more with it. Adding β€œnice to haves” like output coloring in C requires considerable effort, improving usability of these tools in Rust on the other hand is a no-brainer. That’s e.g. why duf and dust can present the output better than df and du.

And there are performance wins at almost zero cost. That’s partly due to relying on well-optimized libraries instead of own reimplementations (yes, dependency management again). But taking advantage of multi-threading and modern CPU features seems much easier in Rust as well.

cliffle (@cliffle@hachyderm.io)

There's a handy command line tool, fdupes, for scanning a filesystem for duplicate files and optionally removing them. It's about 6kloc of C. That seemed like kind of a fun little toy problem for this evening, so I wrote a little work-alike in Rust.
Hachyderm.io

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#ECJ: The Directive on the legal protection of computer programs does not allow the holder to prohibit the marketing by a third party of software which merely changes variables transferred temporarily to a game console’s RAM @Sony #PlayStation πŸ‘‰ curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_…

CommuniquΓ©s de presse - Cour de justice de l'Union europΓ©enne

Court of Justice of the European Union
CURIA
#ECJ #Playstation
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