Mastodawn

A small set of people are merging changes to various Linux components to make sure every application knows your birth date.

This is being done rapidly by people with questionable justifications and being merged with no youth and few marginalized people involved.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice/-/merge_requests/176#0b07c0cc4d49be119f65cdb2037440f56eed647a

user: Add BirthDate with polkit-gated GetBirthDate and SetBirthDate methods (!176) · Merge requests · accountsservice / accountsservice · GitLab

Summary Add a BirthDate field to the user account interface. For non-homed users, the value is stored...

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Lieven 1d ago

Fredrik Graver 1d ago

I often agree with Robert Reich, but not this time. Trump is a wholly US creation; a product of a national glorification of greed, selfishness, and ego all disguised as some sort of conquering hero.

So, USians: You made him, you elected him, and he is your responsibility. His actions absolutely reflect on you, and he is your responsibility to deal with.

Get rid of him. Now. And then we can talk about being friends again.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/19/donald-trump-american-ally?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Dear allies of America, please don’t confuse our president with us

We are trying our best to resist him, contain him and remove him from office as quickly as we possibly can. Thank you for your patience

The Guardian

Lieven Mar 13

Eugene McParland 🇺🇦Mar 13

“They don’t like the #EU”: Europe’s top diplomat says Washington wants to divide Europe

Universiteit in Beiroet geraakt bij Israëlische aanvallen, decaan en onderzoeker gedood

Bij Israëlische luchtaanvallen op een universiteit in een buitenwijk van de Libanese hoofdstad Beiroet zijn donderdag twee academici omgekomen, meldt de Libanese president Joseph Aoun op X. Het gaat volgens Aoun om een onderzoeker en de decaan van de faculteit Natuurwetenschappen van de Lebanese University. Aoun heeft in een telefoongesprek met het universiteitshoofd zijn condoleances aangeboden,…

NRC

Lieven Mar 10

Mullvad VPN Mar 10

Mass surveillance and censorship are escalating in many countries right now. There is a global attack on secure encrypted communication. Often, authorities, politicians, and tech companies work together to push for new laws. One example: when Ashton Kutcher (yes, the actor), through his tech company Thorn, tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens through undemocratic and corrupt methods.

Lieven Mar 7

Farhad Mar 7

Pictures of all the victims of US and Israel massacre of elementary school in Minab, Hormozgan province of Iran.

#MinabMassacare #WarOfAggression #WarOnIran #WarCrime #NecerForget #NeverForgive #USpol #Politics #Children #Iran #Minab #SchoolChildren

Lieven Mar 7

apache/Mar 7

📂 Italiaanse procureurs bevestigen dat twee immigratieactivisten en een journalist werden gehackt met spyware van het van oorsprong Israëlische bedrijf Paragon. Apache onthulde vorig jaar dat het Europees Investeringsfonds in 2020, via een Israëlisch durfkapitaalfonds, kapitaal verschafte aan Paragon.

https://apache.be/2025/01/01/europees-investeringsfonds-eif-verschafte-durfkapitaal-israelisch-spywarebedrijf-paragon?mtm_campaign=Mastodon

Europees Investeringsfonds verschafte durfkapitaal voor Israëlisch spywarebedrijf Paragon

Spionagesoftware van Paragon Solutions werd ingezet tegen activisten en journalisten.

Lieven Mar 7

Francisca Sinn Mar 7

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/116182247009412220

This is a #WarCrime .

Civilians: war crime.
Double-tap: war crime.

Lieven Mar 6

Franck Nijhof Mar 6

🚀 I've just opened 2 new roles in my department at the Open Home Foundation to work full-time on #HomeAssistant!

🖥️ Frontend Engineer
🔐 Security Engineer

Fully remote. Full-time. #OpenSource every day.

Best job in the world. Working on open source for a non-profit, building the biggest smart home platform on the planet. It changed my life; your chance to change yours.

Boosts appreciated! 🙏

🔗 https://www.openhomefoundation.org/jobs

#SmartHome #Hiring #RemoteWork #FOSS #InfoSec
https://www.openhomefoundation.org/jobs

Open Home Foundation Jobs

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Lieven Mar 6

@jill @davidho All of the non-profit open source software foundations are funded this way, especially the ones registered in the US. Don't really see an issue with it. Is there any?