@glynmoody A buggy web browser vs a large data center? Really?
@ubersoft @dangillmor It is a bigger issue for freeware, because the GPL licenses were created to prevent exploitation of a developer's effort.
#Oil price crisis could last months or years, EU's energy commissioner warns - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/22/ukraine-eu-90bn-loan-russia-war-hungary-zelenskyy-putin-magyar-orban-europe-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-69e89f6e8f08979e8e011af3#block-69e89f6e8f08979e8e011af3 and all caused by #trump's blundering incompetence - for zero gains
@ubersoft @dangillmor IIRC, using Claude code in your workplace grants Claude access to "train" on your software, so all satire aside, yes it can also apply to proprietary code. The difference is there's less chance of detection with proprietary, because the source isn't available.
OTOH, scraping code is mostly scraping algorithms and algorithms can't be patented.
@tommorris There have been hints that the US President is watching mistranslated, auto-dubbed interviews with other heads of state and it having consequences.
There's a reason why interpretation is a job with educational requirements.
#Israel’s death penalty law could spell suspension from rights body role, says chief - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/israel-death-penalty-law-rights-body-council-of-europe "Not using capital punishment ‘really a requirement’ for Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly, says president"
@glynmoody Maybe it should say, "Firefox is helping to kill the planet."
#Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its #AI models - https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/meta-will-record-employees-keystrokes-and-use-it-to-train-its-ai-models/ and definitely not to monitor people's working
The arguments behind every landmark Supreme Court ruling have never been freely available to the public… until now.
Thanks to a gift from the Wolf Law Library at William & Mary Law School, more than 125,000 #SCOTUS records & briefs are now freely freely available on the Internet Archive, spanning 1830 through 2019. The arguments that shaped America, including Brown v. Board of Education. Loving v. Virginia.
Read the full announcement ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u-s-supreme-court-records-and-briefs-the-arguments-that-shaped-america-now-freely-available/
Open-source software is in existential danger -- and the ramifications of that are grim for everyone but the opportunists who'll make a few bucks from its demise.
@ThinkAndGrowRich They can lock down social media, but they can't lock down the flyer.
Last Linux install workshop was such a hit, we're hosting another!
Join us at Firestorm Books Wednesday, May 13th at 6pm with a fully backed up laptop.
More info here: https://blog.bunk.computer/linux-install-workshop-will-now-be-monthly
Here at subMedia, we believe strongly in the principle of revolutionary internationalism. To that end, we are very pleased to announce the launch of Spanish and German social media accounts, and versions of our website. Along with an ongoing commitment to release our future videos in both Spanish and German -- on top of already working in English, French and Portuguese.
This has been a long time in the works and as we move through these dark times we know that building meaningful working relationships and solidarity, across borders is the most effective strategy we have for fighting an organized global elite. We hope that our media project can in some way help to facilitate this cross border solidarity.
We’re starting from the beginning in building out our Spanish and German catalogues, focusing first on our A is for Anarchy series and a selection of other short films. This Day in Anarchist History has been available in Spanish since its inception on Kolektiva, thanks to the work of our comrades at Coordinadora Anarquista - Tejiendo Libertad (CATL). We plan on translating and releasing more older subMedia videos with Spanish and German voice-overs at a rate that is sustainable for the crew.
For Social Media Accounts in Spanish follow:
https://www.instagram.com/submedia.es/
https://kolektiva.media/c/submedia_en_espanol/videos
https://www.youtube.com/@subMediaenEspañol
For our Spanish website visit:
For Social Media Accounts in German follow:
https://kolektiva.media/c/submedia_auf_deutsch/videos
https://www.youtube.com/@subMediaaufdeutsch
https://www.instagram.com/sub.media.de/
For our German website visit:
#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