Mastodawn

Let’s not stop being horrified that the Trump regime is murdering people in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/us-military-strike-boat-pacific

US military kills two more people in strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific

Small boat destroyed in video posted on social media as US campaign has killed at least 178 people since September

The Guardian

errg Apr 9

Zack Whittaker Apr 8

New, by me at TechCrunch: The developer of the widely popular Wireguard VPN says he is also unable to ship software updates to Windows users after Microsoft locked his account, marking the second high-profile app developer (VeraCrypt) in the past few weeks to face this issue.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/wireguard-vpn-developer-cant-ship-software-updates-after-microsoft-locks-account/

WireGuard VPN developer can't ship software updates after Microsoft locks account | TechCrunch

The popular open source VPN maker is the second high-profile developer to say Microsoft locked his account without notifying him and are blocking their ability to send software updates to users.

TechCrunch

errg Apr 8

The Tennessee Holler Apr 8

“YOU CAN’T DO THAT!” Just outside MEMPHIS, new Osceola, AR police Chief Bobby Ephlin smacks a Black man in a wheelchair across the face. More: www.actionnews5.com/2026/04/07/h...

errg Apr 6

Glyn Moody Apr 5

LinkedIn is secretly scanning your browser for 6,000 extensions, and you weren’t told - https://thenextweb.com/news/linkedin-browsergate-extension-scanning-privacy-fingerprint bad #linkedin #privacy #surveillance

LinkedIn is secretly scanning your browser for 6,000 extensions, and you weren’t told

In short: Every time you visit LinkedIn in a Chrome-based browser, a hidden JavaScript routine silently probes your browser for more than 6,000 installed extensions, collects 48 hardware and software characteristics about your device, encrypts the resulting fingerprint, and attaches it to every API request you make during your session. The practice, labelled “BrowserGate” by researchers, […]

The Next Web

errg Apr 5

Peter Gleick Apr 5

2022: "The Pentagon slammed Russia’s barrage of missile strikes across Ukrainian cities and said Moscow’s deliberate targeting of energy infrastructure is a war crime."

Trump 2026: "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There would be nothing like it!! Open the Fuckin' Strait you crazy bastards or you'll be living in Hell- just watch! Praise be to Allah. President Donald J. Trump"

errg Apr 5

Lauren Weinstein Apr 5

In unhinged rant, senile madman Trump declares he'll commit bombing war crimes, uses F obscenity, calls Iranians "crazy bastards" and praises Allah

errg Jan 21

Prof. Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️Jan 21

Sometimes it feels like I'm the only person in the world using #Nextcloud #Forms, because it's impossible to get responses on forums. For a year, I've been trying to figure out how to validate input via regular expressions (a.k.a. #regex), but no matter what I type in, I get an "invalid expression" error message. Does regex on Forms simply not work, and no one cares? Like the menu item is a just a placeholder for a possible future feature?

errg Nov 21

Dare Obasanjo Nov 21

I’m confused, I thought the other countries paid the tariffs? 🤷🏾‍♂️

errg Nov 19

The Tennessee Holler Nov 19

HAYES: “2 female reporters asking obviously totally newsworthy Q’s — one gets called ‘PIGGY’ the other gets called ‘INSUBORDINATE’ because she didn’t bow and scrape to the Saudi King.”