Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

#FTC Admits #AgeVerification Violates Children’s #Privacy Law, Decides To Just Ignore That - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/04/ftc-admits-age-verification-violates-childrens-privacy-law-decides-to-just-ignore-that/

Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset
- https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/757426 uk gov petition

hf.space is a hosting service for "AI Apps" and is currently being used to generate large amounts of #Spam on federated networks. The subdomain seen in use is ali525-q.hf.space - however, numerous spam activities are paused, running, or being stopped by HuggingFace and at this time we recommend suspending federation with the hf.space domain entirely.

ref: https://huggingface.co/ali525/spaces

to report the HF user see https://huggingface.co/content-policy

@alda @baldur In my previous workplace, e-health, I pointed out that certain corner-cutting would cause patients to die.

My team lead: "You should come to the office to get COVID, so that you think less."

Few devs have a reference point for genuinely working software. Usability labs were disbanded over 20 years ago. Very few companies do actual user research, so their designs are based on fiction. Bugs are the norm

Alienation is also the norm for devs, both socially and organisationally. Whether it works for the end user doesn't cross their mind. Whether the design fulfils business needs is not their problem. Bugs are a future problem. Ship insecure software and patch it as user data gets stolen

I just performed the world's first rubberchickenbowtiectomy, and I am exhausted. The patient is in recovery doing well waiting for adhesives to dry. We've scheduled a secondary procedure for later today, a mostly cosmetic procedure to reduce scarring.

The Lancet still refuses to publish my study related to this dangerous but life-saving procedure, mostly because I haven't written or submitted one, which is an outrage.

(Translated here into English, but discussion was in German)

First, to make it clear, these were Polizei Bayern, NOT Bundespolizei

Police, showing his ID: "Gruß Gott!" (Bavarian hello, means Greet God! - always makes this atheist annoyed). "Identity check!"

Me: "Could I ask, why are you controlling?"

P: "This is a train to Austria!"

M: "Yes, we are LEAVING Germany!"

P: "Yes, but it is still a border!"

M: "But sorry, I am leaving. Why are you checking?"

Dear friends of #BSDCafe - the BSD Cafe Journal needs some attention.

This isn't the best time for me to revive it myself, and that's exactly why I'm counting on you!

I'm sure you have great ideas, thoughts, projects, and articles that would fit perfectly in that space.

So don’t be shy 🙂
The BSD Cafe Journal is waiting for you!

#BSDCafeJournal #Blogging #RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD

#Vanuatu moves forward with #UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/05/vanuatu-un-climate-crisis-trump "US weakened its proposal to advance a key climate ruling but vows to hold major polluters accountable" slap #trump in the face

URGENT: Please Write the FCC to Oppose Latest SpaceX World-Changing Plan, Massively Light Polluting Reflect Orbital Satellites, Which Will End the Night Sky

"The Reflect Orbit satellites will produce a simply incredible level of light pollution to the degree that it will end the night as we know it. The impact on life, not just nocturnal species but even plant life, cannot be estimated and is potentially catastrophic. There is another pollution-generating SpaceX energy-generating scheme."

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/03/urgent-please-write-the-fcc-to-oppose-latest-spacex-world-changing-plan-massively-light-polluting-reflect-orbital-satellites-which-will-end-the-night-sky.html

Time to announce something new: @aiscarvalho and me have set up a dedicated consultancy to help organisations migrate away from big tech platforms.

https://devicediversa.org

We help inform your decisions: we map your requirements, present alternatives, list the pros and cons involved, and give you support and advice throughout the migration process.

We draw from our 15+ year experience using F/LOSS software and managing our digital infrastructure in order to help other organisations do the same, with technical expertise that we know how to convey in clear and human terms.

So if you know an organisation that wants to get away from Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Dropbox, Salesforce, Zoom, Notion, AirTable, Adobe or Figma, we're here to help!

We were able to restore IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity. Performance is still not optimal, and connections are occasionally dropping. We've taken measures to try and maintain uptime overnight (with a certain probability).

Routes protected by iocaine (crawler protection) may return 503 errors. Currently, it appears that these packets are also occasionally being lost.

It's 2:30am, and we require a good night's sleep before we can look into this further.

Almost every web hosting provider relies on Amazon, Google, or Microsoft infrastructure. We're creating Henhouse to operate on servers owned by small businesses and co-ops. And we made Henhouse a co-op, too! Learn more and contribute at https://opencollective.com/henhouse #bigtech

John Fetterman just voted with every Senate Republican (except Rand Paul) to block legislation aimed at halting Trump's disastrous war of choice with Iran.

Fetterman and his GOP colleagues now share ownership of Trump’s stupid, unpopular, unjustified, and already tragic war — and the fallout. https://www.ms.now/news/trump-iran-war-powers-senate

NEW: “From Iran to Palestine, stop the U.S. war machine,” chanted the crowd of hundreds that showed up to Chicago Ave. and Lake St. in south Minneapolis on Feb. 28 for an emergency anti-war protest against the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran. Just hours earlier, at least 165 people — mostly schoolgirls — were killed when bombs struck an Iranian elementary school.

Hi all, we are aware of a service disruption and are currently investigating. We apologize for the inconvenience and kindly ask for your continued patience.

(P.S. Make sure to check out @codebergstatus for further updates, thanks!)

This will also help #LinuxMobile as well. There'are rumors that this might get integrated into #stevia:

https://mstdn.social/@theeclecticdyslexic/116169411669556587

Co-op Cloud returns to New York City (occupied Mohican / Lenape land), Sunday March 29th, 4-6pm, back at Ridgewood Commons @bsky.brid.gy

DM us, or join on Matrix, if you have thoughts on preferences on topic or theme – otherwise stay tuned for announcements

### Public Funding
We also discussed collaboration with municipal governments. Some (like Barcelona) have been burned by corporate contracts. The big challenge is service agreements; fulfilling them requires more capacity than some of coop cloud's members can handle - though https://digidemlab.org/en/ offers a compelling model and partner for collaboration.

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🔴 Brand new Tom the Dancing Bug now up on Boing Boing!
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Lucky Ducky gets replaced by A.I. Digital Ducky
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https://boingboing.net/2026/03/04/tom-the-dancing-bug-lucky-ducky-gets-replaced-by-digital-ducky.html