Free Soft&Hardware Enthusiast @goatwildernesscollective@librem.one

to me, it seems like it would have been news that Google stopped 30 million #ads for "misinformation" in 2023 but zero in 2024 https://blog.zgp.org/google-ads-shitshow-report-2024/ (I guess misinformation has friends in high places now, and there was enough other Google news last week)

2 girls in Hong Kong

Part of my "Hong Kong" collection:
https://pixelfed.social/c/818542138553721349
(Web browser only, does not work in-app)


#hongkong #streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #girls #monochrome #stairs

So, that's why!

#TrumpRegime #DOGE #USPolitics

UK Government and Tony Blair Back AI-Powered Surveillance Push Including Digital ID and Facial Recognition

https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-ai-surveillance-digital-id-facial-recognition-report

Paper shredder

https://files.hrdl.eu/pn_2025-03-20_sway_hints.mp4
Reposting this video here from community member Hrdl.

This video demos the improved display controller driver which means goodbye artifacting and welcome to automatic redrawing on a per pixel basis. As seen in the video, the display runs at a higher (and stable) 84Hz refresh rate than the stock 80Hz thanks to some tuning.

You can find the work Hrdl has been doing here: https://git.sr.ht/~hrdl/linux

Shiny new thing

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) launched the European Union Vulnerability Database (EUVD) website https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/

#ENISA #EUVD #CVE #Security #Europe #EuropeanAlternatives

#Tails 6.14.2

https://tails.net/news/version_6.14.2/index.en.html

#FOSS #privacy #cybersecurity #anonymity #Linux #Tor

Google is so sneaky. This prompt inside Gmail gives you three options. The two most visible options (number 1 is 'Try it now' and number 2 is 'Continue') basically mean 'Enable Gemini AI to write emails.' The third option cancels it which is hidden well. Google, you could do better than this. This is a perfect example of a dark pattern. For those who want AI to write basic emails can enable it but there is not need to do this kind of "shady" stuff.

#ai #privacy

Here @jorge nails the disconnection between traditional Linux desktop distros aimed toward sysadmin (like me), versus what non-sysadmin actually want.

"Many of the things that user run into is that they are using a Linux distro based on this old model of mangling individual packages. And as users have told us, and as we know, remember, it's not like we are interrupting a hockey stick growth party around here for the Linux desktop. Users do not want this."

https://youtu.be/fWy3NNjTs6I?t=926

#bluefin

I've seen things you wouldn't believe. Entanglements off the shoulder of Orion. I saw Qbits glitter in the dark at the quantum gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to —STOP GENERATING

"immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than u.s. citizens" has gone missing from USG website.

Archive.org version:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250121225514/https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/undocumented-immigrant-offending-rate-lower-us-born-citizen-rate

Um. No, Apple.

Trailer for the Murderbot TV show is out and it looks… better than I was afraid of but judgement is still out.

From the like 4 whole seconds of it I can already tell I want more of their take on Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon tho lol

While instituting the largest tariff increase in modern history, Trump claimed that the income tax was passed for “reasons unknown to mankind” and caused the Great Depression.

Here’s the real history.
https://www.propublica.org/article/history-income-tax-history-16th-amendment-trump-tariffs-great-depression?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Tax #History #Tariffs #Trump #USPolitics

It arrived.

🔍 First Look at the Bare Liberux Nexx PCBs 🔍

Our redesigned prototypes have arrived—completely bare! These are the raw PCBs, fresh from manufacturing, before any components are assembled.

It’s been a long wait, but they’re finally in the hands of our assembler! Now, we eagerly await the next step: having them fully assembled in our hands. 🛠️✨

Stay tuned for more updates as we bring Liberux Nexx to life! 🚀

#LiberuxNEXX #OpenHardware #PCB #TechUpdate