Mastodawn

daniel berntsson, one of mullvad's two founders and owners, has donated millions to a local fascist/populist party. (swedish link to flamman, a socialist news site)

the örebro party are mainly known for using unusually aggressive rhetorics and racism.

in the article, berntsson specifically mentions supporting the örebro party's politics of forced repatriation of swedish citizens born abroad.

EDIT: …and should you decide that you're not renewing your subscription, then may i suggest telling them about it? i mean it's arguably a good thing if they're made aware that they're losing customers because of the owners financing this crap. and they can't get away with it since anonymous donations to political parties are prohibited in sweden.

you could even tell them here on fedi. it's mullvadnet(at)mastodon.online

Techprofil ger miljoner till Örebropartiet

It-bolaget Mullvads grundare donerade fem miljoner – till parti som vill se ”storskalig återvandring”

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John Leach 3d ago

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Charlie O’Hara 6d ago

Anyway, here's an Early Day Motion that you can ask your MP to sign. It would stop the implementation of the code of practise that bans trans people in "single sex spaces".

Come on, I've seen you all mouth off about other things. Time to do something useful.

https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/65938

#UKPol

Draft Code of Practice on Services, public functions and associations - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament

That the draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 May, be disapproved.

John Leach 4d ago

Unfortunately the dehumidifier also generates heat so it's unclear how much benefit it will offer overall to this warm, humid room.

John Leach 4d ago

Buying tickets well in advance for a relatively unknown band such as Angine de Poitrine is a bit like naming your kid after a Game of Thrones character before knowing how the show ends. Hopefully they don't turn out to be fash or something.

John Leach Jun 18

Oh no Jim Lill has done a video about microphone pre-amps. So it might be time for me to finally sell my "Golden Age Pre 73" Neve 1073 clone mic preamp before the prices of them tank! I bought it thinking I needed it but could not for the life of me hear a difference and never bothered with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-vIeA7yy6Q #audiorecording #recording #microphone

Tested: Where Does The Tone Come From In A Microphone Preamp?

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John Leach Jun 17

Will Jessop Jun 16

If you are in or around Manchester this Thursday and do programming you should come to this rather excellent talk by Murray of LRUG fame, there may even be free pizza (I think).

https://nwrug.org/events/whats-ruby-four

If you do come, please register!

NWRUG Event: What's Ruby Fo(u)r?, Thursday 18th June

This month, Murray Steele (http://h-lame.com/), fresh off sold out shows at Haggis Ruby and LRUG (which he organises), will share his critically acclaimed ta...

John Leach Jun 15

Please, stop using redis so much! Your data can almost certainly go in your SQL database. Just put it in your SQL database. Your SQL database is already a dependency! It has persistence! It is backed up, and maybe even highly available! It can store more data than you have RAM! Stop using redis! #moresql

John Leach Jun 4

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John Leach Jun 4

The repair of my 38 year old electronic piano continues...

#repair #piano

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John Leach Jun 4

The repair of my 38 year old electronic piano continues...

#repair #piano

John Leach May 24

Next thing to disassemble: our brush cutter. I replaced our petrol one because I was spending more time repairing it than cutting grass. This electric one has lasted 2 years without issues until this week where it started making a grinding noise and eventually stopped spinning up. Credit to Makita though for selling basically every single spare part at not piss-take prices. Somehow just re-assembling fixed it though, so no replacement needed! #gardening #repair

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