Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. 🥳 🇫🇷

Not only that, but they have also moved 80, 000 National Health Insurance Fund Employees to open source alternatives replacing U.S owned Big Tech platforms like Microsoft Teams & Zoom.

It’s amazing to see the country take action, push for real digital sovereignty, & opt for open source solutions! 👏

More here: https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/

TypeScript 6.0 is now available!

This release brings better type-checking for methods, new standard library features, new module features for Node.js, and more!

But most important, this release brings us one step closer to the upcoming native-speed 7.0!

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-6-0/

I’ll be active today on the 10-meter band (28.078 MHz), running JT9 from 06:00 to 13:00 UTC.

I won’t be at the rig every single minute, but I’ll be monitoring closely and doing my best to catch your signals and get back to you. If you’re into weak-signal modes or just want to see how the ionosphere is holding up today—come join in!

If you know anyone who might be interested in a JT9 contact, feel free to spread the word.

Looking forward to seeing you on the waterfall!

73!

#hamradio #jt9

Replaced Disqus with Mastodon-powered comments on my Hugo blog. The idea clicked as soon as I read @getajobmike's post. One tootId in the frontmatter, a web component by @dpecos doing the fetching, and Disqus is gone. No tracking. No ads.

Here's how I set it up on my blog: https://jonhnnyweslley.net/blog/mastodon-comments/

#mastodon #gohugo

Yes, the #EU has a lot of regulations.

But remember that thanks to those regulations you can use a single USB-C cable that can charge anything, rather than 10 different connectors and adapters as it was common until 10-15 years ago.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you no longer have to pay eye watering roaming fees for calls and data when you travel to other EU countries, as it was common until 5-10 years ago.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if big tech has at least some constraints onto what it can do with your data and how much choice you have as a customer.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you, as a EU citizen, can benefit from the services of any other embassy of any other EU country if stranded abroad.

Those who try to depict the EU as a bureaucratic hell worth dismantling are those who hate the impact that its laws have on their freedom of exploiting markets, exploiting customers or living out of rent money.

Or those who hate the combined economic and political power of a united Europe with a single market because it threatens their national interests, and they’d rather exert their leverage with a bunch of divided and weaker countries instead.

Europe isn’t perfect and a lot can be improved. But those who call for its demise DO NOT talk in your interests.

Aw, sad to hear about Dan Simmons passing away. Hyperion was my gateway to science fiction.

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/02/hyperion-author-dan-simmons-dies-from-stroke-at-77/

#DanSimmons #hyperion #scifi #RIP #author #sff