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A privacy notice is not consent. Reading a multi-page document written by corporate lawyers just to find out how you're being tracked isn't "agreeing" to anything. It is a digital ransom note.
True consent is:
Granular: I choose exactly what you see.
Revocable: I can take it back at any time.
Opt-in: Off by default, always.
Stop confusing notifying us with asking us.
#Privacy #DigitalSovereignty #Fediverse #TechEthics #TerminalTilt
We have a sad tale today from Manchester Piccadilly station.
This is Chocolat. Or at least that's the name printed on their foot.
They're a lovely, cuddly black kitty who was sadly separated from their owner on Platforms 3 & 4 about 19.14.
We heard a tinkle of broken glass and helped their owner tidy up however she had left before I could pass this lovely kitty back to her owner.
Unable to find her on the nearby train we are a bit lost.
Please share this far and wide, across any social media and maybe we can help reunite this poor kitty with their rightful owner.
We will ensure Lost Property here look after her in the meantime.
@nihl so true, ZFS+BE takes all the fun / risk out of sysadmin.
These notes are a bit better in terms of process https://gist.skunkwerks.at/dch/1235613c469f492fa01186bba159248b I think.
@nihl these are my oldish notes https://docs.skunkwerks.at/1F9bz6fvS5q-EAcwk2OAUQ?both#
It doesn't explicitly say, make sure you upgraded to latest 14.3pX but it should.
I am reasonably sure most of the errors I encountered here are now resolved.
If I have time tonight I'll whizz through them in a VM.
Okay I watched the second NTSB press briefing twice yesterday and have some juicy deets to dish out for you fine folks. Some of this was previously available/self evident but I wanted to wait a bit for the NTSB to do its thing. Here we go 
Longer post so maybe bookmark and read later.
First off, as the chairwoman succinctly emphasized: If a airline crash happens, many things likely went wrong. Flying is so safe because it has defense in depth built in. I personally would like to say we must resist the very natural desire to focus on "okay, who f'ed up". This is a search for the truth.
The controller clearly at least twice told the truck to stop before the crash
Two controllers were in the air traffic control tower cab (in layman's terms, the top most part of the tower with windows where the active ATCs oversee things and work) at the time. They had just gone on duty for the "midnight" (22:30-06:30) shift at ~22:30ish local time.
There is conflicting information on which air traffic controller was in charge of operations on the ground.
The controllers at the time were dealing with another emergency on the ground. So there was a heavy workload on controllers who were also working multiple positions. NTSB cautions about talking about "controller distraction" as they were doing their job.
The controllers were doing combined positions since it was the midnight shift. This is the standard operating procedure for a lot of airports, including Newark. (See other #ChillyATCAdventures posts). The chairwoman has concerns about this nationwide common practice and so do I.
Conflicting reports on how many certified ATCs were in the facility overall. ATCs are supposed to take periodic breaks and be relieved by another controller.
The truck did not have a transponder to report its location. The airport did have airport surface detection equipment (ASDE-X) but the ground radar did not alert since the proximity of multiple ARFF trucks caused the system to have low confidence.
Chairwoman Homendy is awesome, as usual
Incredibly specific job klaxon if you are:
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https://careers.cats.org.uk/job/851046
(Cat Scientist - Emerging Welfare Technology at Cats Protection, Ā£49k, apply by April 3)
"Israel using white phosphorus to scorch earth in south Lebanon, researcher says" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/25/israel-white-phosphorus-south-lebanon-researchers ā¢ "Rule 45. The use of methods or means of warfare that are intended, or may be expected, to cause widespread, long-term and severe damage to the natural environment is prohibited. Destruction of the natural environment may not be used as a weapon." https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule45 ā¢ "Rule 44. Methods and means of warfare must be employed with due regard to the protection and preservation of the natural environment. In the conduct of military operations, all feasible precautions must be taken to avoid, and in any event to minimize, incidental damage to the environment. Lack of scientific certainty as to the effects on the environment of certain military operations does not absolve a party to the conflict from taking such precautions." https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule44 ā¢ "Rule 84. The Protection of Civilians and Civilian Objects from the Effects of Incendiary Weapons" https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule84 ā¢ "Rule 85. The Use of Incendiary Weapons against Combatants" https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule85 ā¢ "Rule 71. Weapons That Are by Nature Indiscriminate" https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule71 ā¢ "Rule 70. Weapons of a Nature to Cause Superfluous Injury or Unnecessary Suffering" https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule70 Et cetera, et cetera.
@schwa Iām filled with confidence:
48 issues closed. 21 security vulnerabilities fixed. Built with parallel AI agents in one session.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@anatudor/115973327674841296
This got hearted over 750 times?! š¤Æ
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