Mastodawn

I hope to see way more blog posts on disconnecting modems from your car: https://arkadiyt.com/2026/05/13/removing-the-modem-and-gps-from-my-rav4/. In fact, people should be demanding legislation that lets them purchase cars without any remote connectivity. It’s supposed to be your car after all, not the car manufacturer’s.

Removing the Modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid

Modern cars are computers on wheels that send home nonstop telemetry about you. In this post I remove my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid's modem and GPS to prevent that :)

muddle 1h ago

Dan Gillmor 2h ago

When governments use the benign expression "lawful access" instead of an accurate one -- "backdoor required" -- you know that surveillance statism is the goal.

It's Canada's turn to stomp on real security in the name of total surveillance.

https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/the-lawful-access-two-headed-surveillance-monster-how-bill-c-22-went-off-the-rails/

The Lawful Access Two-Headed Surveillance Monster: How Bill C-22 Went Off the Rails - Michael Geist

The government’s plans for lawful access have gone off the rails. In recent days, Signal has warned it would pull out of the Canadian market rather than comply with Bill C-22. Windscribe, the Toronto-headquartered VPN provider, has said it would relocate its headquarters out of Canada and NordVPN has warned it would consider following suit. Apple and Meta have both raised public concerns about the bill’s effect on encryption and cybersecurity. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Cybersecurity Advisors Network, civil liberties groups, and a long line of legal and security experts have all called for changes. The chairs of the U.S. House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs Committees have written to Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree warning that the bill threatens U.S. national security and the integrity of cross-border data flows. Even the bill’s own oversight body, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency, has told the SECU committee it does not have the access it needs for effective oversight. If the government thought it could push through the bill largely unnoticed, it has been proven painfully wrong as there are now trade frictions with the U.S., the prospect of leading companies exiting the Canadian market, and weaker cybersecurity protections for ordinary users. How did Canada’s lawful access plan go awry so quickly?

Michael Geist

"Land of the free!"

this is what insanity looks like. a single developer named Peter Steinberger spent $1.3 million in just 30 days. A Forbes article claimed that a $200 subsidized plan actually uses $5,000 in compute. Assuming that was true, then this is highly unusual & irresponsible way to spend money. I can't imagine the energy & clean water wastage to chase such a fool's dream. who are these people? you are replacing human devs with very expensive bots & i don't see how it can make $$'s https://xcancel.com/steipete/status/2055346265869721905/photo/1

muddle 1h ago

These were not the files we were looking for.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

muddle 2h ago

Ham on Wry 11h ago

Quote of the Day:

‘MAGA is the last breath of the Confederacy.’

Vote them out.

#Midterms #vote #elections #MAGA #trump #republicans #democracy #democrats #constitution #confederacy #EpsteinFiles #iran #news #politics #worldnews #war

muddle 2h ago

Simon Brooke 9h ago

We live in a world in which we face several separate genuinely existential problems, at least one of which, the #ClimateEmergency, is so critical that unless we make radical change this decade there is no future for life on this planet. And our media have spent the week discussing gossip about a useless crew of politicians not one of whom has the courage even to discuss possible ways to address any of those problems.

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Jaap Burger 8h ago

“It turns out blaming the blackout on “too many renewables” was like blaming a loss by Real Madrid on having too many non-Spanish players on the pitch.”

https://www.raponline.org/blog/remembering-the-28th-of-april-what-you-think-you-know-about-the-iberian-blackout-is-probably-wrong/

Remembering the 28th of April: What You Think You Know About the Iberian Blackout is Probably Wrong

One year ago, shortly after noon on a mild spring day across the Iberian Peninsula, the electric grid collapsed. There were no dramatic satellite photos Michael Hogan explores the complex causes of last April's widespread blackout on the Iberian Peninsula, and what we can learn from them.

Regulatory Assistance Project

muddle 2h ago

MediaFaro News Digest 6h ago

Hungarian roads may be contaminated with asbestos.

Measurements have shown that more than 300 sites in western Hungary have been covered with aggregates containing asbestos.

They may have been exposed to contamination when stones were transported there from Austrian mines.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260515-hungarian-roads-may-be-contaminated-with-asbestos?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Hungary #Asbestos #Pollution #Mining #PublicHealth #Austria

Hungarian roads may be contaminated with asbestos.

Measurements have shown that more than 300 sites in western Hungary have been covered with aggregates containing asbestos. They may have been exposed to contamination when stones were transported there …

Euronews

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg 6h ago

Detailed drawings of flowers with deconstructed colors are now officially a series, I guess 😊

Directly drawing with liners is fun, there are no mistakes and no corrections, everything becomes the final drawing - and flowers and plants are a thankful subject because they can so easily be adapted from thw reference photo. Good to stop my perfectionist tendencies and just draw.

#LagoDiGarda #VicisArt #aquarelle #watercolor #drawing