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@gerowen.bsky.social

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• Privacy, open source software, cybersecurity, self-hosting/homelab and tech enthusiast • Father, husband, occasional gamer • Website: https://marcusadams.me • Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@gerowen

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Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · Aug 10

Reminder that I post to #Mastodon more than I do here. The greater character limit, the ability to edit posts if I make a mistake and the audience in general makes it a better experience for me than #Bluesky, so follow me there, 🙂

Link: mastodon.social/@gerowen

RSS: mastodon.social/@gerowen.rss

Marcus Adams (@[email protected])

6.12K Posts, 382 Following, 766 Followers · • Privacy, open source software, cybersecurity, self-hosting/homelab and tech enthusiast • Father, husband, occasional gamer

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 12h

Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:

www.404media.co/libraries-sc...

Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down

Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.

www.404media.co

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 9h

Headline: #Libraries Scramble for #Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down

Subtitle: Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.

Source: www.404media.co/libraries-sc...

Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down

Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.

www.404media.co

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 15h

Several classic #ResientEvil games are on sale on #GoG right now, DRM free.

Link: www.gog.com/en/game/resi...

#Gaming #PCGaming

Resident Evil Classic Bundle

Includes: Resident Evil Resident Evil 2 Resident Evil 3 Resident Evil 0 Resident Evil HD

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 1d

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Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 1d

#Anubis has dropped a new release.

Link: github.com/TecharoHQ/an...

Release v1.23.0: Lyse Hext · TecharoHQ/anubis

Sorry this took so long, work has been wiping me out. If you know of any companies that are hiring for someone of my skillset, please let me know. Add default tencent cloud DENY rule. Added (data)...

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 1d

Headline: #NS hit by #Microsoft #Cloud outage; Travel planner, ticket machines affected

Source: nltimes.nl/2025/10/29/n...

NS hit by Microsoft Cloud outage; Travel planner, ticket machines affected

Microsoft said it is looking into reports of problems with Microsoft 365 and its Azure cloud platform. The statement follows a surge in outage reports, which in the Netherlands has led to significant ...

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 1d

Headline: Nearly 90% of #Windows Games now run on #Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, #gaming on Linux is more viable than ever

Source: www.tomshardware.com/software/lin...

Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever

The number continues to grow, but growth seems to be slowing.

www.tomshardware.com

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 1d

Back on track.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

Mike Johnson describes Trump’s mental decline and unhinged behavior.

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 2d

Booooooo, oh well.

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Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 2d

Headline: #Python Foundation goes ride or #DEI, rejects government grant with strings attached

Subtitle: Foundation says it won't compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would've really helped

Source: www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/p...

#Trump

Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings

: Foundation says it won't compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would've really helped

www.theregister.com

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 3d

Headline: #Microsoft 365 price hikes 'deliberately mislead' consumers, company sued

Source: www.neowin.net/news/microso...

Microsoft 365 price hikes 'deliberately mislead' consumers, company sued

Microsoft has been sued in Australia for "deliberately misleading" customers regarding recent price hikes for Microsoft 365.

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 4d

Headline: Man in #Nazi uniform assaulted #Georgia student after he was denied entry to bar, officials say

Source: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Man in Nazi uniform assaulted Georgia student after he was denied entry to bar, officials say

The University of Georgia said it was "horrified by the actions of an individual who, while in downtown Athens wearing a Nazi uniform, assaulted a female" student.

www.nbcnews.com

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 4d

#Jellyfin has released 10.11.1 with some bug fixes. If you're using the #Debian repo like I am, it should be available to install.

Link: github.com/jellyfin/jel...

#SelfHosting

A screenshot of the terminal window on my server showing that new versions of the following packages are available to install:

- jellyfin-server
- jellyfin-web
- jellyfin

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 4d

#Anubis has dropped another pre-release update.

Link: github.com/TecharoHQ/an...

Release v1.23.0-pre2: Lyse Hext · TecharoHQ/anubis

What's Changed docs: point get started button to the per-environment setup docs by @Xe in #1213 fix(store/bbolt): remove actorify by @Xe in #1215 feat(default-config): block tencent cloud by defau...

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 6d

#Nextcloud 32.0.1 is available according to my server. The changelog hasn't been posted yet, but the update is available, at least if you're using the manual tarball version with your own database/webserver setup like I am. I'm not sure about the availability of the snap or docker versions.

A screenshot of an email from my Nextcloud server informing me version 32.0.1 is available.

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 6d

My Minecraft, Luanti and Kiwix service files were created by me to start with, so they're fine. So Anubis is the only thing left that I'll have to manually edit its service file after each update. I wonder if there's a config file for it to accomplish something similar.

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 6d

Brainstorming ways to minimize manual work keeping my custom systemd services inside their chroot jails even thru package upgrades that might overwrite the systemd service file. Turns out #Jellyfin has a config file that allows you to modify the default systemd service file directives.

#Linux

A partial screenshot of my /etc/systemd/system/jellyfin.service.d/jellyfin.service.conf file, showing that I've added a "RootDirectory = /mnt/jellyfinchroot" directive.

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 6d

I installed #Comet browser in a VM to see if it could be easily identified, so that admins who are so inclined could block it to prevent its integrated #AI from potentially scraping their pages despite using tools like Anubis. Its user agent contains no unique identifying information...

A screenshot of my desktop. The left half is log entries from my webserver showing connections made by the Comet browser. The right half is my VM showing that not only did I load a page, but I asked the AI assistant to read the page and tell me what was on it.

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 7d

Title: The Death of Social Media

Link: youtu.be/TpiuZdilY78

#SocialMedia #MentalHealth

The Death of Social Media

YouTube video by Moon

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 7d

Headline: #Microsoft warns of potential #cybersecurity disaster if you stay on #Windows 10

Source: www.neowin.net/news/microso...

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 7d

Headline: Unseeable prompt injections in screenshots: more vulnerabilities in Comet and other #AI browsers

Source: brave.com/blog/unseeab...

#Security #CyberSecurity

Unseeable prompt injections in screenshots: more vulnerabilities in Comet and other AI browsers | Brave

AI browsers remain vulnerable to prompt injection attacks via screenshots and hidden content, allowing attackers to exploit users' authenticated sessions.

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 8d

Headline: #Microsoft disabled a File Explorer feature for certain files, here is why

Source: www.neowin.net/news/microso...

#Windows #Security #CyberSecurity

Microsoft disabled a File Explorer feature for certain files, here is why

Recent Windows updates changed how File Explorer works with files downloaded from the internet. Here is what is going on.

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 8d

If you host your own #Minecraft server and use #Bluemap to have a browse-able world map, there's a new version available with some fixes, models and textures for the copper golems and chests, etc. You can download the update here:

Link: github.com/BlueMap-Mine...

Release Version 5.13 · BlueMap-Minecraft/BlueMap

Highlights / Notes Copper-chests and coppergolem statues models. And reverted the integrated webserver changes from 5.12. (There are some issues with using virtual-threads in combination with a dat...

Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 8d

There's a new pre-release version of #Anubis with lots of fixes and changes. You can learn more and download the update here:

Link: github.com/TecharoHQ/an...

Release v1.23.0-pre1: Lyse Hext · TecharoHQ/anubis

Added (data)/meta/default-config.yaml for importing the entire default configuration at once. Add -custom-real-ip-header flag to get the original request IP from a different header than x-real-ip. ...