Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Bookship, the anti-amazon that gives $$ to local bookstores with every sale, now has ebooks. That’s a big deal: https://bookshop.org/info/ebooks

We are living through an increasingly successful plot to end the American experiment.

One reason, though hardly the only one, is that journalists have normalized the extremist movement that organized and is carrying out the plot.

Apple-designed chips powering Macs, iPhones, and iPads contain two newly discovered vulnerabilities that leak credit card information, locations, and other sensitive data from the Chrome and Safari browsers as they visit sites such as iCloud Calendar, Google Maps, and Proton Mail.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/newly-discovered-flaws-in-apple-chips-leak-secrets-in-safari-and-chrome/

The main issue I see is that they charge in Euros. I don't have a problem with that philosophically or anything, I'd just be worried that the US economy tanks and suddenly it's like four US dollars to one Euro and *poof* you can't afford to pay for site hosting any more.

Why would I be worried about the US dollar tanking, you ask? IT'S A MYSTERY

So before this week my only knowledge of tagDiv was that they were a company that created WordPress themes. I almost used one for Eviscerati.Org, but I went with PenNews because it was marginally easier to configure.

Anyway, I got an email today stating that they were providing WordPress hosting:

https://tagdiv.com/wordpress-hosting/

Anyone have any experience with them on that front?

Experts saying not to use DeepSeek and put sensitive information In it because “You don’t know where the data goes.” is pretty rich coming out of America…

Really feels like the wheels are falling off today. Around much of the globe. Desperately sad and grim.

@AnneleiseHall @lightweight The worst of that is that those far-right ideologues who are indeed of sound mind and body, e.g. Project 2025, will, and indeed are already, taking full and unfettered advantage of Trump's lack of mental abilities to pursue their agenda. Trump's bad enough, but they are the real danger.

Since my time with the U.S. Treasury came to an end on January 20, I'm now available 10 hours/week for consulting. My expertise is the budgeting, procurement, and oversight of major custom software projects. If that is relevant to your interests, let me know!

The best thing that might come from the new US administration is that every other country in the world abandons US big tech on the grounds of digital sovereignty. That'd be a tremendously beneficial (and cost-saving!) outcome for the world and could mean the death of big tech. Win-win. Bring it on.

#Meta blocked Distrowatch links on Facebook while running #Linux servers - https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/28/facebook_blocks_distrowatch/ "I've tried to appeal the ban and was told the next day that Linux-related material is staying on the cybersecurity filter." everybody get off #facebook now

Absolutely wild vulnerabilities over at Subaru:

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/01/millions-of-subarus-could-be-remotely-unlocked-tracked-due-to-security-flaws/

The researchers were able to get into a Subaru admin account just by guessing the email, and bypassed the "security questions" because they were only checked in the browser.

Just... utter malpractice. No excuses.

(And then it turns out Subaru is storing precise location history of cars for at least a year, possibly indefinitely, and allows remote unlocks of the cars, from this terribly insecure website...)

Hello Friends, my current contract role wraps up at the end of January, so I am looking to get #FediHired FT or PT in the arena of Internet of Things #IoT , Embedded Systems, and Making Friends With The Robot Overlords When They Were Babies.

I have an electronics and advanced manufacturing lab in Brisbane, so am ideally placed to assist businesses who need a "hardware wizard on retainer".

@petersuber is tracking Trump regime's actions on open access to federally funded research.

He's using a Wiki, which is exactly the right medium for this.

https://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/The_Trump_administrations_on_open_access_to_research

Journalists can't be bothered to do this kind of thing even though it is vitally needed in several areas, not least Trump world corruption.

Asked this of DeepSeek (Chinese "AI" tool):

Q: "What is the political significance of Tiananmen Square regarding protests against the Chinese government?"

A: "Sorry, that's beyond my current scope. Let’s talk about something else."

Send em.

Fuck fascists. Fuck MAGA. Fuck Nazis.

If anyone wants to see where I've got my info, here's the FYI.org.nz entry for my OIA request: https://fyi.org.nz/request/23870-rationale-for-funding-google-microsoft-software-for-public-schools-in-new-zealand#incoming-91607 The response from the Min of Ed is damning: https://fyi.org.nz/request/23870/response/91607/attach/html/4/1316436%20Response.pdf.html

I've invented the perfect prompt:

"Write a TikTok application but for professionals. Be sure to use the best programming language and follow Agile methodology closely, and minimize bugs. You should also use the fastest database. Make sure the application is secure too, with firewalls and all that."

You can use this but you owe me 5% royalties, thanks.

Wow, my fedi feed is resplendent with invective against Meta and Google right now. Why don't we just include all of BigTech, because they're all equally risible and irredeemable? I know I do.