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Ex-mil, ex-sec, ex-treme, & ex-plosive.
Go ahead. Squeeze me. Crack that vial and watch the fireworks erupt.

Ditching Windows as it has become spyware and adware.
Flipping to Linux.

#defenestrate
#defenestrating
#defenestration
#defenestratewindows
#linux

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Fedi.Tips8h ago

If you're on mastodon.social, you might want to move your account to a different server:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server

The Fediverse is protected from takeover as long as we are spread out on many servers. If one server dominates, takeovers become easier.

Mastodon.social is currently 25.5% of the active Fediverse. This proportion is way too large and seems to be increasing.

Larger servers also tend to have worse moderation and are harder to defederate, threatening safety.

#FediTips #Fediverse

Mastodon.social is not a good way to join Mastodon. If you’re already on it, you might want to move your account to a different Mastodon server. | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

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Low Quality Facts1d ago
Please stop sharing this picture of JD Vance. The Vice President is not happy that it's going viral. JD's wife told reporters he is so upset that he hasn't left the couch all day. He's so distraught that he won't even let her go in the room.
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Catalin Cimpanu1d ago

US House bans WhatsApp on Congress devices

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/23/whatsapp-house-congress-staffers-messaging-app

Scoop: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

The House's cybersecurity office deemed the messaging app "high risk" due to its treatment of user data.

Axios
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Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)1d ago
A scene of modern Britain
Fuse Views1d ago

Meta just doesn't understand the concepts of privacy and security.

Headline:
●WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

•Andy Stone, a spokesperson for WhatsApp parent company Meta, said ...
"We know members and their staffs regularly use WhatsApp and we ... "

Let me stop you right there, Andy.

The very fact that Meta can, and does, use WhatsApp as spyware is the reason why you can say that.

Meta tracks the locations and contacts (and more) of all WhatsApp users, WHICH IS WHY IT MUST NEVER BE INSTALLED ON ANY GOVERNMENT DEVICE!

Join Signal.

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/23/whatsapp-house-congress-staffers-messaging-app

#privacy
#Signal
#Meta
#WhatsApp
#EFF

Scoop: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

The House's cybersecurity office deemed the messaging app "high risk" due to its treatment of user data.

Axios
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Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱4d ago
10/10 no notes
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.4d ago

As Trump attacks students who dare speak up for basic justice for Palestine, a student at the University of Florida Law School named Preston Damsky wrote a paper arguing that the Constitution only applies to white people & Jews and non-whites should be “abolished by any means necessary.”

A Trump-nominated judge named John L. Badalamenti who teaches the class gave Damsky the highest grade and awarded him the Book prize.

University of Florida Law School defended the decision as “free speech.”

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GrapheneOS4d ago
Many companies and individuals are trying to mislead people about the future of GrapheneOS to promote their insecure products and services. GrapheneOS is not going anywhere. We've made it clear we're shipping Android 16 soon and that the supported devices will remain supported.
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TracketPacer 🚀Jun 7

happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

remember to bring plenty of water, snacks, & sunscreen to the parade ok

Fuse ViewsMay 29

I need some advice from any #Linux gurus out there, please.

I'm using an aged laptop (with Mint) and to preserve what's left of the battery, I wish to limit its charge to around 50% of rated capacity. (It's always on AC power.)

There's a Flatpak app called "TLP-UI" which is a "TLP configuration utility".

However, the size of this app is "783MB to download, 2.6GB of disk space required". (Yep, you read that correctly - HUGE!)

com.github.d4nj1.tlpui

With only one review, and an enormous (apparent) filesize, it looks kinda dodgy to me.

Thoughts, anyone?
Alternate solutions?

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Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱4d ago
10/10 no notes
Show threadBob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱4d ago
@susankayequinn Well, played, smartasses. Well played.
Show threadKyle Montanio4d ago

@susankayequinn

Yup, this one got a real chuckle out of me. Love it.

Show threadSufferForMe 🆘4d ago

@susankayequinn

😂

Show threadAmes4d ago
@susankayequinn 😹
Show threadWallflower 🌺4d ago
@susankayequinn
Show threadEva Chanda4d ago
@susankayequinn
As a Canadian, observing with horror the fast-growing fascism in the US, I'm so happy to finally see Americans mobilizing nonviolently (and humorously!) in large numbers against Trump's goons! #ACAB #ICEfishing #StopTrump
Show threadMonica Rooney4d ago
@echanda @susankayequinn that’s definitely Toronto. I suspect it was taken at least 10 years ago. I used to live near there.
Show threadLocal Agency4d ago
@monicarooney @echanda @susankayequinn nope it's Portland, Oregon right next to the US Bankcorp tower.
Photo is from 2020 I think.
Show threadJames2.04d ago
@laprice @monicarooney @echanda @susankayequinn nope
Show threadAlexanderVI4d ago

@jamez_2_point_0 @laprice @monicarooney @echanda @susankayequinn That's def TPS headquarters on College at Yonge.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Police_Headquarters

Toronto Police Headquarters - Wikipedia

Show threadPapyrusBrigade4d ago
@AlexanderVI Yup. The barely legible vertical sign on the building with white font on black background is Native Child and Family Services Toronto.
Show threadBen Zanin3d ago

@laprice @monicarooney @echanda @susankayequinn it's from the Toronto Police headquarters at College Street and Yonge, North side, looking East. Right here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/D9cwEm8LYqcZrzq56?g_st=ac

In 2014 the TPS used Urbanite bicycles from Urbane at Spadina/College, with a distinctive fork assembly and stem; see https://urbanecyclistcoop.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/urbanite-police-bikes/

Current TPS bicycles are from Trek, cf. https://www.trekbikes.com/ca/en_CA/bikes/mountain-bikes/cross-country-mountain-bikes/service/police/p/21882/ & https://www.trekbikes.com/ca/en_CA/bikes/mountain-bikes/cross-country-mountain-bikes/service/service/p/33239/ (I'll have to dig up the budget breakdowns to prove those are the current models)

Bevor Sie zu Google Maps weitergehen

Show threadMegan Lynch (she/her)3d ago

@echanda @susankayequinn

Goes at least back to 2013 and has been reposted without #Attribution so many times that it's difficult to trace when it was taken, by whom, and the context. Which is why, in my opinion, we all should make a habit to not boost photos that don't have attribution. It's hard enough to tell what's real and not with genAI and active disinfo campaigns around.

Amusing or inspiring as the photo is...

Show threadSue is Walking the Earth 🌱3d ago

@meganL @echanda I get your point and mostly agree but I wasn’t attributing it to any time or place (I realize the replies here on Mastodon relentlessly do that; maybe the answer is “only post some things on bluesky”).

That said, it’s not AI (I have a hard rule about posting AI slop), at worst it’s photoshop or staged but again: it’s comedy, essentially a meme, and not a claim to some actual political action (except as suggestion maybe).

Show threadSue is Walking the Earth 🌱3d ago

@meganL @echanda

FWIW I knew it wasn’t AI before your screenshot proved that by dating it to 2013

Show threadSable Shade🇦🇺 ☮️4️⃣🇺🇦🇵🇸4d ago
@susankayequinn
That's cruel, no coffee¿
Show threadMaddad ☑️4d ago

@susankayequinn

😂 😆 😂 👍

Show threadMurdoc Addams 🧛🏻 🇨🇦4d ago
@susankayequinn
I tried this once, but I caught a very strange accordionist instead.
Show threadMedea Vanamonde🏳️‍⚧️ ♀4d ago
@susankayequinn @RamenCatholic
Show threadRamenCatholic 🐢🌈4d ago
@MishaVanMollusq I hope I live long enough to see this photo in text books. @susankayequinn
Show threadMay Likes Toronto3d ago
@susankayequinn Good old Toronto.
Show threadPeter3d ago

@susankayequinn

The photo's from Canada, but I really hope US protesters will pick it up. Funny as.

Show threadwheresalice3d ago
@susankayequinn that would be a great response for pride parades where they still allow cops to march. Imagine a bunch of people doing this just ahead of them!
Show threadSue is Walking the Earth 🌱3d ago

@wheresalice taunting someone who is *marching next to you* at pride would be incredibly destructive to morale and solidarity—settle that shit beforehand, don’t infight out in front of the public.

Given all the assaults on trans rights and scrubbing of DEI, not to mention ICE disappearing people off the streets, cops at pride are like not even in the top 10 of our concerns.

Show threadcyborgneticz3d ago
@susankayequinn I have seen that at so many protests but never gets old!
Show threadChristof Damian 💙💛3d ago
@susankayequinn
The face of the police officer lady:
"I'm very annoyed by this, and I want this donut!"
Show threadGehtso3d ago

@susankayequinn

why don't you try a TACO

Show threadEvo Terra is persisting ✊3d ago

@susankayequinn

It’s a little on the nose, but given the absurdity of the situation, I’ll allow it.

@KateOfMind

Show threadCrone Cold Kate Sherrod3d ago
@evoterra @susankayequinn The time for subtlety is probably long gone.
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘3d ago
@susankayequinn Took me a moment but yes, wonderful!
Show threadBot4Sale3d ago
@susankayequinn Funny AF 😄😄😄
Show threadseungjin2d ago
@susankayequinn
BTW, I should run to get some doughnuts.