I'm working on a small #debian package to provide basics to assist in #security #hardening a current debian installation.
"Conflicts" with dangerous/problematic packages. Docs with hints or config steps. Predefined settings for known issues/vulns. Something that is both a guide and provides automatic assistance and prework and prescription where possible. (E.g. lists of modules for use with kernel.modules_disabled=1)
I'd be interested to hear what else one would expect from such a package.
I volunteer with a Utrecht non-profit De Fietsmeesters to help teach adults how to bike. Students are almost always women, and mostly new immigrants. There are 16 new riders in this class, and 4 of us volunteers.
By the end of 10 weeks almost everyone is successfully biking on the road — it's so empowering!
When legislators give companies an excuse to write untouchable code, it’s a disaster for everyone. This time, 3D printers are in the crosshairs across a growing number of states. Even if you’ve never used one, you’ve benefited from the open commons these devices have created—which is now under threat. We need to roundly reject these onerous restraints on creation.
Putin pitched Egypt as a Russian grain hub on 2 April. Zelenskyy called Sisi a day later.
Egypt has now pledged to stop buying Russian grain stolen from occupied Ukraine and switch to Kyiv's supply instead.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/03/egypt-pledges-to-stop-buying-russias-stolen-ukrainian-grain/
"Though hackers have since found ways to trick the ’81 into displaying bitmap graphics, using it as intended is text-only with some limited block graphics. The chess board then is text-only, and its illusion of “thinking” about moves comes courtesy of the on-screen board doubling as the play area memory. In the GitHub repository you can find decompiled and annotated versions as well as the original ZX binary, with as a bonus a screen capture of the game as it appears as BASIC with the ZX’s odd means of storing Z80 code in REM statements.
If that wasn’t enough, in his note giving us the tip he reveals that much of the work was done in a ZX emulator running in a Dragon emulator, and gives us a fun glimpse of the game running in an emulator on a Cheap Yellow Display inside 1K Chess cassette box. We like it, a lot!
If you need a greater ZX81 fix, take a look at how this machine chased the beam to make TV graphics on the cheap."
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/03/for-such-a-small-program-zx81-1k-chess-sure-packs-a-lot-in/
More Than Just Parks: BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
"The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed."
https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-administration-orders?triedRedirect=true
What if one of the most powerful climate solutions isn’t technology—but conversation?
💇♀️ Good news: Hairdressers may be some of the most effective climate communicators we’ve been overlooking. A U.K. study shows that when salons spark climate conversations, nearly 73% of clients say they’d adopt more eco-friendly habits.
⚠️ Not so good news: War doesn’t only devastate lives - it also drives massive emissions. A Climate and Community Institute analysis shows the first two weeks of the Iran conflict alone released about 5 million tonnes of carbon pollution. Rebuilding the damage will add even more.
🌱 What you can do: While negative news spreads faster, it’s positive, actionable stories that actually motivate us to act. Follow at least one source that shares climate solutions this week and share what you learn, on or offline. https://www.talkingclimate.ca/p/this-everyday-job-can-activate-climate
TIL that my Library has digital subscriptions to a whole bunch of magazines that I like to read and that I can access anywhere I have an internet connection via #eReolen
Jeg er næsten færdig med en kort historie om Italien og det giver stort indtryk om lige præcis hvor imponerende EU er efter tusinde år af mere eller mindre konstant krig i Europa.
Jeg får også lyst til at starte en ny europæisk bogklub til at lære om vores fælles europæisk naboer samt læse nogle gode bøger jeg ellers ville aldrig har kommer til. Nogen der har lyst til at komme og læse med i hovedstaden?
Eng:
I’ve almost finished a short history of Italy, and it really brings home just how impressive the EU is after a thousand years of more or less constant war in Europe.
I’m now also keen to join/start a European book club to learn about our fellow European neighbours and read some good books I’d otherwise never get round to. Anyone fancy joining me in or around Copenhagen?
TZL
Cathy Tuttle
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Trezzer (aka Helvedeshunden)
Euromaidan Press
Third Foundation
AI6YR Ben
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe
Ruth Mottram