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Computing, Security, Lock-picking & Hackspaces. Tea fiend. He/Him http://union.place/@sleepy
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ericjgeller.com
Scoop: The lone employee behind CISA's Pre-Ransomware Notification Initiative resigned on Friday rather than take a forced reassignment to FEMA.

CISA says PRNI will continue, but sources said David Stern's loss will be a major setback for it.

My story: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-ra...
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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asahilinux.org
In our final progress report for 2025, you'll find even more patches making their way upstream, 39C3, and a special treat for M2 Pro/Max MacBook users. Happy holidays from the Asahi Team!

asahilinux.org/2025/12/prog...

#asahilinux
Progress Report: Linux 6.18 - Asahi Linux
Porting Linux to Apple Silicon
asahilinux.org
December 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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stephaniecarvin.bsky.social
LOL. No.
News story from The Register from July 2025 which says “Microsoft admits it 'cannot guarantee' data sovereignty Under oath in French Senate, exec says it would be compelled – however unlikely – to pass local customer info to US admin”
December 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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gogdog.bsky.social
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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jordansorcery.bsky.social
Back in 1989 Games Workshop designed a Christmas game for Sounds magazine to advertise the UK Grindcrusher tour for Bolt Thrower.

My latest video takes a look at this wonderfully weird little bit of Warhammer ephemera, watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/C30rbcWED6k
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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sundersays.bsky.social
Reform should rapidly suspend Staffordshire Council leader Ian Coopet for this overt racism
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/03/r...
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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nationaltrust.org.uk
Opportunities to transform nature don’t get much bigger than this!

We have the opportunity to conserve 340 acres (138 hectares) of biodiverse countryside surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset.
Aerial view of the Cerne Abbas giant - a landscape feature showing the white chalk outline of a naked man with a club raised in one hand. There is text over lay which reads 'It's a big one!'
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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demontomatodave.bsky.social
Sooz' mouth fell off and she's got to buy a new one! If you can go to this, go to it, mouths are dead expensive
soozuk.bsky.social Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · Nov 17
TL;DR....Friday 30th January 2026 @ Royal Vauxhall Tavern

An Evening with Sooz Kempner. All funds go towards lead-up and recovery from an operation on my damn larynx.

£10 TICKETS: www.outsavvy.com/event/31688/...
it's me on a cool forest background with red curtains I found that's probably AI but I didn't make it so whatever
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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justinleeanderson.com
I know this petition has much more support than it currently has. Please share far and wide. Petition to require generative AI to carry a watermark and to make it illegal to use a person’s likeness in generative AI without permission.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Require generative AI watermarks & ban using people’s likeness without consent
As AI generated content becomes increasingly realistic, we think laws should be put in place to prevent misuse. All such media should carry a permanent watermark or disclosure, alongside a blanket ban...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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infinata.bsky.social
“I was just following otters.”
chrismohney.bsky.social Chris Mohney @chrismohney.bsky.social · Nov 28
really went dark for the sequel
A movie marquee advertises for the films Nuremberg in Zootopia 2
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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harikunzru.bsky.social
‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
DEPARTMENT Homeland Security @DHSgov The stakes have never been higher, and the goal has never been more clear: Remigration now.
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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thewhalergirl.com
Hey all, do I have any UK based concept artists following me (or who knows anyone) who would be up for a long term 22 month contract working on Dragonwilds at Jagex? Remote with a very occasional day in office in Cambridge. Development experience and fantasy genre work is a must. Mid level role.
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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sundersays.bsky.social
Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024

More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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paulbernal.bsky.social
Of course another consequence of removing juries from all but the most serious crimes is that those pesky juries won’t be able to find annoying protestors not guilty.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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arianagic.bsky.social
There is absolutely no reason for the European Union and NATO to behave like we are hostage to the policy choices and objectives of the United States on matters of international affairs, in particular, on Russia's war and genocide against Ukraine. We're not slaves or pawns to Washington.
1/8
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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davidandress.bsky.social
International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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wjjh.bsky.social
At the American cemetery in Margraten in the Netherlands silence has fallen where truth once spoke. Two panels honouring WWII Black American liberators have been removed without explanation. To erase their story is to betray not only history, but ourselves.
wjjh.blog/2025/11/07/t...
The Silence At Margraten
At Margraten, silence has fallen where truth once spoke. Two panels honouring Black American liberators have been removed without explanation. My parents, when they returned to their war-torn home,…
wjjh.blog
November 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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dburbach.bsky.social
Um, wut? Optical illusion?
October 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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thejuicemedia.com
The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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mikebrooks668.bsky.social
I’ve not actively hated Rishi Sunak in a while, so the news he’s taken a job with Anthropic AI (aka the company I’m part of a mass lawsuit against for stealing our work to train their LLM) is actually kind of comforting.
October 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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nerdjpg.com
Welcome to the capitalist innovation museum we got

- scam machine
- psychosis inducing machine
- weapons of mass destruction
- button you push that makes the planet hotter
- markets that intentionally starve people
- clothes that fall apart after washing them 1 time
- medicine you can’t afford
October 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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signal.org
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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meredithmeredith.bsky.social
📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
signal.org Signal @signal.org · Oct 3
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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oldenoughtosay.com
This also isn’t true!!! There is a public consultation NOW OPEN and you can go have your say. Obviously they want to present it as a done deal but it’s not.

hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/
October 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM