On this day in 1993, the Lucasville Uprising began. Lucasville tells the story of one of the longest prison uprisings in U.S. history. At the maximum-security Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, prisoners seized a major area of the prison on Easter Sunday, 1993. More than 400 prisoners held L block for eleven days.
Lucasville examines the causes of the disturbance, what happened during the eleven days, and the fairness of the trials.
Final call for all co-operators to fill out our community survey **today**📋️ 📢 ☀️
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We're updating our website to show the diverse developments in Co-op Cloud in the last 2 years.
Our goal is to attract more contributors and diversified funding by showing our social side (not just technical), community focus and democratic structure 🌍
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Germany, Ukraine Start Ramping Up Use Of European #Starlink Alternative - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/10/germany-ukraine-start-ramping-up-use-of-european-starlink-alternative/ finally
@lightweight Did you see the Docker security issue allowing escapes outside the container? Sorry, I don't remember where I saw it, but it was within the last week.
Another good reason to ditch Substack for more honorable newsletter publishing platforms: https://digiday.com/media/former-substack-creators-say-theyre-earning-more-on-new-platforms-that-offer-larger-shares-of-subscription-revenue/
@lightweight We're going to need the domed cities and terraforming here on Terra.
In contrast, a fediverse server that has no connections with any other server can still serve as a fully functional social media platform for the people using it, and publish posts to the open web.
An ATProto account that's rejected by all active Relays can't do anything. At all. There's currently one ATProto Relay, totally controlled by BlueSky. Even if more are established, they're so resource-intensive to operate that there would only ever be a handful of them at most.
(2/?)
#USpol
Reading the news.
Canada owns $350 billion in U.S. treasury bonds; Japan, one trillion; the EU, $1.5.
Canada threatened to sell, and the EU. These loans, and others, ($8.5T) bankroll the US. No wonder the President backed down.
In December 2024, China held $759 billion in US Treasury stock. So, between the authoritarian and the wannabe, who has more to loose, and who has more power over their economy?
A proper economist might make it more complicated, but you know where my bet goes.
Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted teens with advertisements based on their ‘emotional state’ https://piefed.social/post/624425
Powering off your phone or laptop erases the key that unlocks its encryption, and so protects against unwanted searches, EFF’s Will Greenberg told AP. “This is why a border agent can’t simply turn a device on to use a tool like Cellebrite.” https://apnews.com/article/internet-privacy-smartphones-travel-e0a3146ae7966ea0e4157dbfae1f6a81
It occurs to me that 'AI' is 'Trickle Down Economics' for the tech entrepreneur. It's not really a thing, but getting most people to believe it is helps those currently in the locus of power consolidated their positions while continuing to exploit everyone else.
Rampant use of police surveillance tech “really comes down to a question of, do we want to live in a city where all of us – all of us, not just 'criminals,' but all of us - are watched & listened to everywhere we go?” EFF's @JoshRichman told NBC Bay Area. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco-police-tour-new-facility/3840883/
New blog post: Q1/2025 Progress: Over 20 apps added and many improvements
Transparency matters.
That’s why a coalition of press freedom groups is urging an immigration court to let the public and the press watch hearings in Mahmoud Khalil’s case online.
https://freedom.press/issues/let-the-public-watch-the-mahmoud-khalil-deportation-case/
🧪 New research finds 1 in 5 packages suggested by AI code tools don't exist.
Attackers can register these hallucinations.
This emerging threat has been dubbed "slopsquatting."
(h/t @sethmlarson and @andrewnez)
Here's what you need to know:
https://socket.dev/blog/slopsquatting-how-ai-hallucinations-are-fueling-a-new-class-of-supply-chain-attacks
What Audio Analysis Reveals About Aid Workers Killed in #Gaza - https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04/09/gaza-palestine-israel-killed-death-aid-workers-international-red-cross-crescent-audio-analysis/ "audio evidence also appears to confirm that the first shots were aimed at the medics’ convoy from a distance of approximately 40 to 45 metres. " good to have @Bellingcat working on this
Fanatical brings back the Oddworld Complete Collection for $1 / £1 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/fanatical-brings-back-the-oddworld-complete-collection-for-1-1/
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa