Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

I'm reminded of a remark by the noted social theorist of gift exchange Fred Rogers: “And those handmade presents that children often bring home from school: They have so much value! The value is that the child put whatever he or she could into making them. The way we parents respond to the giving of such gifts is very important. To the child, the gift is really self”. The gift is really self, you Google AI weirdos.

WOW - online course on using crochet to make "Topologically nontrivial, visually pleasing yarn sculptures" https://momath.org/onlinecrochet/

US security firm unwittingly hired apparent “nation-state” hacker from North Korea

KnowBe4, which provides security awareness training, was fooled by stolen ID.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/us-security-firm-unwittingly-hired-apparent-nation-state-hacker-from-north-korea/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Finally, we have a date to share 🤠
#linux #vanillaos #opensource #cloudnative #releaseday

The recent CrowdStrike outage is a wake-up call: centralized services are a single point of failure. 🌐

For true digital resilience, we must decentralize and diversify our technology. Read Nextcloud's take on this event.

https://nextcloud.com/blog/global-outage-shows-lack-of-digital-sovereignty-and-resilience/

Introducing NextGraph

Why centralisation is bad for us ?

https://nextgraph.org/introduction/

Apple is *absolutely* spending more in every state and government capital around the world to defeat browser choice than they are to push for real privacy. They're spending *boatloads* more to scupper right-to-repair than they are to make privacy a reality by *killing the model brokers rely on* and legally prevent re-identification without consent.

But boy howdy, those ads. They sure are purdy.

CrowdStrike https://xkcd.com/2961/

Inside the Risky U.S. Probe of Allegations That Drug Mafias Financed a Campaign of Mexico’s President López Obrador
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Documents obtained by ProPublica show how the DEA risked a #political furor to try to penetrate López Obrador’s campaign.

The 2010 probe found no proof of his involvement in cartel donations before it was shut down.

#Mexico #Crime #Politics #Elections #Drugs #Government #AMLO #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/mexico-amlo-dea-probe-cartel-campaign-donations

“CyberInsecurity: The Cost of Monopoly

How the Dominance of Microsoft's Products Poses a Risk to Security“.

Dan Geer was fired for highlighting this issue, but it remains a significant concern.

https://cryptome.org/cyberinsecurity.htm

But it just doesn't make any sense they said; it's a useless old relic they said; you should simply switch to our centrally-managed solution fully protected by CrowdStrike they said

Sue Mi Terry, wife of WaPo columnist Max Boot, has been charged with acting as an agent of South Korea; the indictment cites a WaPo column she wrote with Boot (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/07/16/terry-south-korea-cia-fara/
http://mediagazer.com/240718/p18#a240718p18

The DOJ Antitrust Division isn’t afraid to go to court https://www.theverge.com/24186099/doj-antitrust-division-litigation-apple-google-ticketmaster

An investigation by India’s antitrust body has found that Apple exploited its dominant position in the market for app stores on its iOS operating system, engaging “in abusive conduct and practices”, a confidential report seen by Reuters showed.

https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/12/india-calls-out-apples-abusive-conduct-and-practices-with-app-store-as-antitrust-woes-continue/

🚀 Our first interview with Mat, our Contributors Leader, is live! Get exclusive insights into the journey, challenges, and innovations of Vanilla OS 2 Orchid. Stay tuned for the upcoming release!

https://vanillaos.org/blog/article/2024-07-09/interview-with-mat-insights-on-the-development-of-vanilla-os-2-orchid

#Linux #OpenSource #VanillaOS #VanillaOS2 #Dev #Interview

if you're a data 'anything' and wonder "why is R still a thing?" maybe this answer I wrote on Reddit will help #RStats #pydata #datascience

FTC unanimously moves to block $4 billion merger of mattress giants | CNN Business

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/02/business/ftc-sealy-mattress-firm-merger/index.html

A couple of years ago, a man in his 70s looked at my bike skeptically. "Why do your ride it?" he asked.
When I said "saves money," "doesn't pollute," he scoffed.
But he agreed when he said it was good for my health. I forgot to tell him the real reason: Joy.

🚲🧵

Supreme Court rules 6-3 that bribery is a conceptual impossibility, state administrative capacity is illegal, and it is henceforth the only branch of government. But don’t worry, they’re all good friends who take themselves very seriously.