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Mic. Drop. 🎤 ⬇️

(edited to use a more neutral emoji)

https://youtu.be/h3AtWdeu_G0

You know what WON’T get stuck in the Strait of Hormuz?

Solar and wind energy

Israel used 2,000+ bombs in the first 30 hours of the Iran war; the US struck 1,000+ targets in the first 24 hours. Iran responded with at least 390 missiles and 830 drones in the first two days. Bellingcat has tracked the munitions used by all sides so far: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/03/bombs-will-fall-everywhere-the-american-israeli-and-iranian-weapons-being-deployed-in-middle-east/?utm_source=mstdn
“Bombs will fall Everywhere”: The American, Israeli and Iranian Weapons Being Deployed in Middle East - bellingcat

Bellingcat has been monitoring strikes across the Middle East and has identified a wide variety of weapons that have been used in the conflict so far, including missiles and drones.

bellingcat
the fifa peace prize winner did what

I just published a new guide on evolving a single BGP router into a multi-homed, two-PoP network using FreeBSD, FRR, and PF.

- Native peering on Vultr + 3 GRE transits
- Tying it together with iBGP
- Why stateful firewalls break asymmetric transit (and how to fix it)

All for ~€18/mo.

Read it here:
https://blog.hofstede.it/running-your-own-as-going-multi-homed-with-ibgp-and-three-transits/

#FreeBSD #BGP #IPv6 #Networking #Sysadmin #FRR #Homelab

Running Your Own AS: Going Multi-Homed with iBGP and three Transits

Expanding a single BGP router into a two-PoP distributed network: adding a Vultr edge router with native BGP peering, three upstream GRE providers and iBGP to tie it together - plus the stateless P...

Larvitz Blog

🛩️🔦⚡️🛰️ Nice demonstrator showing >2.5Gbps connections between a flying aircraft and a geostationary satellite.

I do hope that TNO and Airbus D&S have a plan to shrink the laser power delivery unit a bit 🐘

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Connectivity_and_Secure_Communications/World-first_gigabit-per-second_laser_link_between_aircraft_and_geostationary_satellite

To hell with AI, more innovation like this please.
#solarpunk
#climate
#ecology
Die kluge @afelia bringt die Zusammenhänge zwischen Putins hybrider Kriegsführung und den Tech-Oligarchen aus den USA auf den Punkt!

NEW: The developer of the long-running and popular open source text editor Notepad++ has confirmed that China government-backed hackers hijacked the software's update feature for months during 2025.

The hackers could access computers of victims who were running hijacked versions of Notepad++.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/02/notepad-says-chinese-government-hackers-hijacked-its-software-updates-for-months

Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months | TechCrunch

The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software update mechanism to deliver tainted software to users for months.

TechCrunch

Repost from https://todon.eu/@marcohackney/115992340469511552 with ALT text added. Unified chargers, free roaming, travel, study and work everywhere in the EU, simple bank transfers with SEPA and Wero. EU makes life better. It' definitely not GoodEnough™ in all parts.Work remains to be done. And that's worth doing!

Originally from a Facebook post by the EU Commission, ALT text added by me.

#ThanksEU