@abnar_farrakhan, a Black King wrote:

People speak ill of my father not because he tells lies, but because his truth disrupts comfort, challenges power, and forces reflection. That truth can be uncomfortable—even for Black [People]—because it demands responsibility, accountability, and a break from systems we’ve learned to rely on.

#blackfathers #blackpeople #messageoftheday #truth #farrakhan #blackandproud #blackmastodon

@books

"...printed books are a zone of resistance against the neon god of the algorithm since tinkering with code can’t delete their contents..."

#messageoftheday #MOTD #Books
https://lithub.com/in-praise-of-print-why-reading-remains-essential-in-an-era-of-epistemological-collapse/

In Praise of Print: Why Reading Remains Essential in an Era of Epistemological Collapse

When the witty and wry English fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett interviewed Bill Gates for GQ in 1995, only 39% of Americans had access to a home computer. According to the Pew Research Center, the…

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#MessageOfTheDay

An #oldInternet specification — so small that you can fit the whole thing in a single screenshot.

Its name is —

#IETF #RFC865

Quote of the Day Protocol

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc865

The protocol is very trivial. I suspect a big reason why the specification even exists is — to reserve #tcpPort17 & #udpPort17 for this QotD protocol.

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( #internet #port17
#messageOfTheDay #motd #quoteOfTheDay #quoteOfTheDayProtocol )

RFC 865: Quote of the Day Protocol

This RFC specifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts on the ARPA Internet that choose to implement a Quote of the Day Protocol are expected to adopt and implement this standard. The Quote of the Day service simply sends a short message without regard to the input.

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#messageoftheday generated by #Fortune
« A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere »
GROUCHO MARX
#humor #humorists