When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:

💄 Dizzy Dishes, the first appearance of Betty Boop
🔍 The first 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🤡 Animal Crackers
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!

🎥 Creators: Enter the Public Domain Film Remix Contest
💻️ Virtual Party: Jan 21st @ 10am PT
🎟️ Film Screening: Jan 21st @ 6pm PT
Learn more: https://blog.archive.org/public-domain-day-2026/

Merry Christmas to everybody, except that dude who works for Elastic, who decided to drop an unauthenticated exploit for MongoDB on Christmas Day, that leaks memory and automates harvesting secrets (e.g. database passwords)

CVE-2025-14847 aka MongoBleed

Exp: https://github.com/joe-desimone/mongobleed/blob/main/mongobleed.py

This one is incredibly widely internet facing and will very likely see mass exploitation and impactful incidents

Impacts every MongoDB version going back a decade.

Shodan dork: product:"MongoDB"

"We wish to honor the first earthling into space," said the aliens, "by inviting them to join us on our journey across the cosmos."

The earth representative frowned. "You must mean Yuri Gagarin? Unfortunately, he is long dead."

"A minor detail, given our technology," the aliens replied, "and no, we do not refer to the human."

The air grew bright and hot. Colors swirled. A dog appeared.

Said the aliens, "Come with us, Laika. Join us on our journey."

The dog barked happily.

#microfiction

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#OpenSource #FreeSoftware

A year ago I installed solar panels+batteries, and now have a year of electric bills to compare.

2024: $4,133.13
2025: $655.62!

The entire year was less than the previous year's July bill.

Also got an EV last year so that amount ALSO includes my "gas" costs from charging at home. (~$1500/year with my prev gas car.)

Hard to think of a pair of purchases I've been happier with!

What really happens to the online purchases you return?
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/what-really-happens-to-the-online-purchases-you-return/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Canada @canada-CTVNews