vidir, available from the moreutils package in #Debian.I can't believe I didn't know about it already! I frequently have to rename many files, and vidir lets me apply my keybinding and hacky macro knowledge to yet another task :D
Censorship creeps onwards 🤐
Ignoring issues with the UK Online Safety Act, the government is using Henry VIII powers to engulf more content.
Aimed at blocking 'self-harm' content, algorithms will misidentify support resources and content will vanish behind age gates.
https://www.digit.fyi/uk-gov-to-toughen-online-safety-act-against-self-harm-content/
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #censorship #freespeech #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
@BBCNews So much of this relates to the tabloidification of social media. Which is about disempowered users, who cannot choose their moderators and prioritisation engines,
@ret 100% especially when you add that the far right are inevitably quite happy to forget FX once they have the power to restrict speech they do not like. We are watching that happen in real time.
@generalx@freeradical.zone @id@fedi.4x31.dev @prosodyim@fosstodon.org I use a PostgreSQL backend and it works fine for me. Granted, my server has ~5 users :)
MCC codes used to restrict what Aslyum Seekers can purchase https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/30/home-office-bans-asylum-seekers-from-buying-luxury-goods-and-services digital borders within a state where access to goods or services is denied by data
@philpem I’m getting a premonition… 🔮 “Labour vows to crack-down on unmonitored ‘self-hosted’ sites” - BBC, June 2027
Just turn the mount anti-clockwise. It will feel like you're breaking something, but all will be well.
Replacing the bathroom light:
Whatever you do, DO NOT turn the mount! Definitely don't do it at the beginning of a bank holiday!
Wow AI minority report crime mapping - as we all know the problem with crime is a lack of detection. Local residents don’t know where it’s happening! https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-to-help-police-catch-criminals-before-they-strike #AI #crime #precrime
"No matter your age, the [UK] Online Safety Act will restrict the content available to you online.”
“Adults are being forced to hand over information to unregulated age verification providers in order to get the uncensored version of social media apps such as X, Reddit and Bluesky.”
🗣️ ORG's Sara Chitseko.
https://theface.com/society/online-safety-act-palestine-young-voters-democracy-uk-politics
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #osa #censorship #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol #ageverification #freedomofexpression #privacy
The @dino and #Conversations_im developers have a booth at @FrOSCon. Come find us to talk about #XMPP and grab some merch.
Last night I got age checked buying a vegan tiramisu, which got me wondering how much tiramisu you'd have to eat as an underage drinker to get even remotely inebriated. So I'm putting it out there because that's the sort of extreme nerdery Mastodon is good at calculating.
"We must oppose #ChatControl / #Palantir / facial surveillance: what if it falls into the wrong hands"
I've always found that argument rather bizarre, because any hands wielding these things automatically become the wrong hands.
But it seems to work better than abstractly trying to convince people that these tools are *intrinsically* bad, and it's not wrong either, just a bit redundant - so I'll keep using it.
Gajim 2.3.4 has been released! 🥳
This release supports time zones 🕑 in profiles, adds drag and drop improvements, enables displaying long messages inline, and fixes many smaller issues.
Thank you for all your contributions ❤️ Let us know what you think!
Support Gajim's development: https://liberapay.com/Gajim
It comes in two flavours: random but still useful:
"Yeah, V for... uh... Veloceraptor?"
And sadistic:
"That's right, Q for Queue... oh wait, sorry. Q for..." mind goes blank here!