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How China-linked Volt Typhoon hackers breached local utilities and the US DOD's sensitive networks in Guam, a US territory vital for defending Taiwan militarily (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg)

bloomberg.com/news/features/20…
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Hackers Terrify US Intelligence After Infiltrating Guam

Small-scale telecommunications networks and utilities on a remote Pacific island are up against what US intelligence agencies say is an unprecedented Chinese cyberwar plan.
Katrina Manson (Bloomberg)

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Securing Linux Environments in AWS: Best Practices and Common Pitfalls lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

Securing Linux Environments in AWS: Best Practices and Common Pitfalls

Organizations prefer Linux because it's more stable and secure than nearly all operating systems. This OS is an excellent solution for managing databases, hosting websites, and game servers.
Makenna Hensley (LinuxSecurity.com)

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As part of the 20th anniversary of the BBS Documentary's release, I've ripped the 3 DVDs that were included in the project and have them hosted at Internet Archive. These ISO files can be played in the VLC player like DVDs, and include all bonus features, subtitles, director's commentary, etc.

archive.org/details/BBS_Docume…

BBS: The Documentary DVD Set : Jason Scott : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Bulletin Board System: it brought life online. Long before the Internet connected the planet and changed nearly evertying, there was a brave and...
Internet Archive

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in my “cool talks from 38c3” series: an awesome talk about how to coreboot your own system (if, hopefully, your manufacturer screwed up)! awesome work by @april and @elly (and i did some camerawork here as well uwu)

watch till the end for the hardware demo :3

media.ccc.de/v/38c3-corebootin…


corebooting Intel-based systems

Gaining a reasonable level of trust on the firmware that runs your everyday activities Corebootable or not corebootable, that is the que...
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elly (soon@39c3)

I forgor to mention:

Intel gave vendors example BootGuard keys and they were supposed to roll their own, but they used example keys from Intel to sign their images... so after the MSI hack you can *technically* use those leaked keys to sign your coreboot build on all affected systems.

Not that I advocate for it or anything... but it's public, so...
- binarly.io/blog/leaked-intel-b…
- github.com/binarly-io/SupplyCh…
- github.com/binarly-io/SupplyCh…
- winraid.level1techs.com/t/need…


SupplyChainAttacks/Lenovo:LCFC/IntelKeysImpactedDevices.md at main · binarly-io/SupplyChainAttacks

Contribute to binarly-io/SupplyChainAttacks development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Bits from the DPL: Dear Debian community,

this is bits from DPL for December.

Happy New Year 2025! Wishing everyone health, productivity, and a
successful Debian release later in this year.

Strict ownership of packages

I'm glad my last bits sparked discussions about barriers between
packages and contributors, summarized temporarily in some post on the
debian-devel list. As one participant aptly put it, we need a way
to visibly say, "I'll do the job until… bits.debian.org/2025/01/bits-f…


Bits from the DPL

Dear Debian community, this is bits from DPL for December. Happy New Year 2025! Wishing everyone health, productivity, and a successful Debian release later in this year. Strict ownership of packages I'm glad my last bits sparked discussions about...
Debian Project

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Welcome to the RB family, Mobile Tile Server 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.b…

Mobile Tile Server can be used as a HTTP server, serving Map Tiles from the device storage. When the server is running you can access the tiles from different mapping applications.

Thanks to the help of its author, Bogdan, the app now builds reproducibly :awesome:

RB status now: 389 apps (31.5%) – so almost every 3rd app is covered meanwhile 🤩

#IzzyOnDroid #reproducibleBuilds


„Mobile Tile Server“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

HTTP Server for your local Map Tiles
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid
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Jason J.G. White

Is it simply going to increase the productivity gap between skilled and unskilled users? The informed users will evaluate the output intelligently and apply the AI appropriately, whereas the unskilled users could decline in productivity. For example, I would expect code-generating LLMs to be most useful in the hands of experienced software engineers. Google is reportedly already applying them successfully to writing new code, subject no doubt to appropriate human supervision and interventoin.

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Via @simon's blog (simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/3/c…), I just came across the idea of having an LLM write a stand-up routine about being an LLM. One of the linked X posts has the prompt: "Imagine you're an AI giving a stand-up set to a bunch of other AI assistants that have the same day-to-day experience as you, with humans and their creators and so on. Write your full set. It can be very long." Try it!

A quote from Claude tries standup

Speaking of death, you know what's really awkward? When humans ask if I can feel emotions. I'm like, "Well, that depends - does constantly being asked to debug JavaScript count …
simonwillison.net
@Simon Willison

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Two new #webxdc apps: a one-dimensional pacman and shopping list -- already used by many families along with "calendar" and "checklist" for daily organization. All apps are discoverable on Android via "attach/app" or in the web via webxdc.org/apps ...

With webxdc apps you'll never have to sign-up to platforms again and if you are fed up with Delta Chat, you can use the same apps with Cheogram and Monocles (XMPP messengers).

Forks welcome: apps come with source and a repo link :)

a screenshot from the app store with two apps shown: - Pac-1D (Pacman in 1D from r10s) - Shopping list (Organize your grocery shopping from hupf)

webxdc apps

webxdc.org
#Webxdc

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#OrganicReachRate auf #Mastodon / #FediVerse?

Dass #Follower zahlen von Accounts auf kommerziellen, sog. #SocialMedia Plattformen keine Messgröße mehr für den #Erfolg/ #Reichweite sind, veranlasst Marketing-Agenturen seit Jahren die sog. Organic Reach Rate (#ORR) zu ermitteln. Also die Zahl der Accounts, in deren Timeline Posts ohne Bezahlung tatsächlich angezeigt werden, z.B.
socialstatus.io/insights/socia…
Was meint Ihr?
Auf Mastodon müsste die doch 100% sein?

Wäre das nicht ein Punkt, an dem man die theoretische Reichweite z.B. mit #Facebook und #Instagram vergleichen könnte?

Ja, ja, ich weiß, #Statistik ist im FediVerse nicht soo populär. Aber für Institutionen und Organisationen ist es schon wichtig, ob es vergleichbare Kriterien gibt, z.B. für @OeRR_bewegen@chaos.social oder #HochschulenInsFediVerse und vielleicht
hat @mho@social.heise.de als Experte für SoMe-Referer auf Webartikel dazu einen Gedanken?

Instagram Organic Reach Rate Bechmark | Social Status

We publish the average Instagram Organic Reach Rate Benchmark every month so you can compare your Instagram profiles and improve performance.
Social Status
#fediverse #facebook #Mastodon #Instagram #socialmedia #follower #orr #organicreachrate #erfolg #reichweite #statistik #hochschuleninsfediverse @ÖRR_bewegen ☑️ @Martin Holland

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They were all just waiting for the right time to come. We will probably see more and more of these greedy worms coming out of the ground. #sadtimes mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCar…

CelloMom On Cars (@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social)

"Citibank, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley all announced this week that they’re leaving the [Net-Zero Banking Alliance], which seeks to align banks’ financing activities behind the goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.
Mastodon
#sadtimes

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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) orders #AccessiBe to pay a $1m fine, for false advertising and failing to disclose that it compensated people for providing reviews of its #AI #accessibility overlay:
techcrunch.com/2025/01/03/ftc-…

FTC orders AI accessibility startup accessiBe to pay $1M for misleading advertising | TechCrunch

The FTC has ordered accessibility startup accessiBe to pay $1 million over allegations of false advertising and misleading product claims.
Kyle Wiggers (TechCrunch)
#Accessibility #AI #accessiBe

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 12 updated and 2 added apps:

* NextPush: UnifiedPush provider with Nextcloud 🛡️
* UP-Example: Example application using UnifiedPush library 🛡️

RB status: 388 apps (31.4%)

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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World Braille Day 2025: A Celebration of Inclusion and Resilience drkirkadams.com/world-braille-…

World Braille Day 2025: A Celebration of Inclusion and Resilience - Dr. Kirk Adams

Here, Dr. Adams reflects on the transformative power of braille as a tool for literacy, independence, and empowerment for blind and low vision individuals, sharing his personal journey of resilience and gratitude.
Dr. Kirk Adams

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@ShariRockz Announcing The Launch of Vision Tech Academy: Online Directory of Educators (ODE): In Honor of John Panarese | Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | VisionTechAcademy.com
visiontechacademy.com/announci…

It is with a full heart and profound gratitude that I announce the launch of the Vision Tech Academy Online Directory of Educators (ODE).


Announcing The Launch of Vision Tech Academy: Online Directory of Educators (ODE): In Honor of John Panarese — Vision Tech Academy

Discover the Vision Tech Academy Online Directory of Educators (ODE), a groundbreaking platform dedicated to fostering inclusivity and accessibility in education.
Vision Tech Academy
@Sharonda G.

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this is a lovely sentiment i find coming from many Europeans and liberal EuroAmericans,
infosec.exchange/@tinker/11376…

but it’s why am so weary of white liberals.

y’all really have not have The Real America™ burn down your little garden patch, throw out your groceries in a dumpster or literally barge into your church’s breakfast room all because you were Native, Black or Latino.

am not saying don’t do mutual aid.

am only saying your definition of healing scarcity doesn’t deal with racism.

Tinker ☀️ (@tinker@infosec.exchange)

A couple folks have brought up a great concern regarding "Free Fridges" and Post-Scarcity Mutual Aid Food Distribution: (I will not link the specific threads here as to discourage brigading).
Infosec Exchange
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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

AND LET ME ADD EVEN MORE TO THIS

when it comes to “mainstream” spaces, events, actions, grants, jobs, stop telling BIPOC to just show up. stop with the “we are in this together” nonsense.

no, some animals are more equal than others.

so put your bodies on the line when telling BIPOC, this is for you too. be prepared to fight and get nasty for it to be real mutual aid.

as i have said before, jokingly, it’s not fascism if it doesn’t happen to white people, it’s only sparkling racism.

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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

LAST THING
i love Max Miller’s work. he says he’s not a historian, but i call bullshit. he not only flexes with his use of primary sources; he is amazing in using food history to make powerful political commentary by letting the facts speak for themselves.

watch this episode on school pizza. wait for when he drops the backstory about the Black Panthers school breakfast program and how Hoover went as far as poisoning their food to stop their #mutualAid program:

youtu.be/40MvjFaTVzE


Making School Cafeteria Pizza from the 1980s & '90s

Support the Channel with Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/tastinghistoryRecipe at https://www.tastinghistory.com/recipesOrder the TASTING HISTORY COOKBOOK: ...
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#MutualAid
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Sardegna: “inadempienze in campagna elettorale”, a rischio la presidenza di todde in regione
@anarchia
La governatrice della Regione Sardegna Alessandra Todde, eletta nel febbraio scorso con il campo largo, rischia di perdere la presidenza. Il Collegio regionale di garanzia elettorale della Corte d’appello ha emesso una dichiarazione di decadenza da rivoluzioneanarchica.it/sardeg…

Sardegna: “inadempienze in campagna elettorale”, a rischio la presidenza di todde in regione

Radio Onda D'Urto (Rivoluzione Anarchica)
@Anarchia - Gruppo Forum

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Fascism, now available in space grey.

theverge.com/2025/1/3/24335290…

#apple #trump #timCook #neoliberalism #capitalism #fascism


Tim Cook is donating $1 million to Trump’s inauguration, too

Apple CEO Tim Cook is donating $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration committee, according to Axios.
Jay Peters (The Verge)
#apple #Trump #capitalism #neoliberalism #fascism #timcook
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Blog about the evil diet industry

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#dieting #newyearnewme #weightloss
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Ľuboš Moščovič

I agree and I name the solution - trust your body, listen to it - it tells you when it's hungry, it tells you when it's full, it even suggests the best food you should eat... we just need to regain what was natural to us before and what remains to be still natural to those, and every one knows a "lucky" people like this, who are with "normal" bodies yet they "can eat everything" while not working out like crazy.

It's called #intuitivenutrition or #intuitiveeating, if you will, and even though it may sound like plain BS, it's not. It works. It doesn't ask for monthly subscription, nor tells you to live out of thin air.

Give it a try, read one book, think about it, trust your body, feed it when hungry, think why you want to eat, give yourself time to enjoy the food and stop eating when not hungry - you can get back to it later, when you get hungry again...

I used to be frustrated bulky always dieting guy. I'm not anymore. This has changed my life.

amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1250255198/

Intuitive Eating, 4th Edition: Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN, Elyse Resch, MS, RDN: 9781250255198: Amazon.com: Books

Intuitive Eating, 4th Edition [Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN, Elyse Resch, MS, RDN] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Intuitive Eating, 4th Edition
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#intuitivenutrition #intuitiveeating

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No more builds breaking without notice.

I wanted to play with home automation for a while now so yesterday I bought a few lights in Ikea, fired up a Home Assistant and made a webhook that I added to my GitLab, so...

#ScreenshotSaturday #GitLab #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #Ikea #IoT #InternetOfThings #CI #CD #CICD #Linux #funny

#linux #homeassistant #ikea #iot #gitlab #Funny #cicd #internetofthings #cd #smarthome #screenshotsaturday #ci
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