Bobby Brown @bobbyd0g@hellsite.net

FYI, there is a bug in systemd. So, running: "systemd-tmpfiles --purge" will delete your /home/ in systemd version 256. #linux

Source: https://mathstodon.xyz/@bremner/112615591101488528 and https://x.com/DevuanOrg/status/1802997574695080067

A few years ago, a kid mourning his dad handed me over 300 DVDs his dad had made of local bands in his London Suburb in the 2010s before passing on. He didn't know what do with them. I did. All of them are up at Internet Archive, hundreds of hours of cover bands playing in a bar, and now, thanks to a volunteer, Ducky, we have them all with dates and descriptions, where known. Enjoy.

https://archive.org/details/hamiltonpubperformances

oh, good, SPD is planning to expand their license plate reader program and contract out the data storage to Axon, who can be subpoena'd by states which have passed anti-trans laws.

you can let the city council know what you think about this decision: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/tell-seattle-not-rush-license-plate-scanners-our-streets-without-protections

David Graeber: “Everyday we wake up and collectively make a world together; but which one of us, left to our own devices, would ever decide they wanted to make a world like this one?”

#LGBTQA

If you're in London, I encourage you to visit the national covid memorial wall on the south bank of the Thames. It is about 500m long, between Westminster Bridge and Lambeth Palace, facing Westiminster Palace.

I found it by accident this morning and I really wasn't prepared for the scale of it or the notes written by the bereaved. It stands as a memorial to the 240,000 people who died from COVID in the UK, and a monument to the incompetence of the Johnson government.

It will make you sad, and it should also make you angry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Covid_Memorial_Wall

I mentioned this on a Unix mail list, and Doug McIlroy replied.

https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/112615649865163136

Information Security: "We Can Do It, We Just Choose Not To" - In this provocative post on misaligned incentives on security, Matt Palmer argues that because credit card breaches cost issuing banks and card companies a lot of money, they have gone to great lengths to protect credit card data. But because such incentives don't exist for other data, they are found lacking. Apathy, not inability. Its a good read. Highly recommended.

Blog post: https://www.hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/blog/2024/06/14/information-security-we-can-do-it-right-we-choose-not-to.html

Kid1 asked me where we go after we die, and I answered "where do knots go when they're untied? The string is still there". It seems to have stuck with him and I think the place where untied knots go is now part of our family mythology.

Finally. The US has sued Adobe over early termination fees and making subscriptions hard to cancel: The FTC took action after receiving numerous complaints from consumers across the country. https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/movies/the-us-has-sued-adobe-for-early-termination-fees-and-making-subscriptions-hard-to-cancel-165808358.html

"Being alive is as special an occasion as it gets" 😍

"Microsoft is even adding AI to the Notepad app on Windows 11"

jesus fucking shitwank

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-is-working-bringing-ai-to-the-notepad-app-on-windows-11

Official statement from @Mer__edith: the new EU chat controls proposal for mass scanning is the same old surveillance with new branding.

Whether you call it a backdoor, a front door, or “upload moderation” it undermines encryption & creates significant vulnerabilities.

https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/upload-moderation.pdf

why queer? #daveysart #MonthofGlune