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1000 richest people are approched. "The end of the world is here. Time to go to your doomsday bunker", they are told. The billionaires nodded. They knew this was coming. They were prepared.

So they gathered their loved ones and locked themselves in luxury bunkers. No contact to outside world.

10 years later they emerge. The world has healed. The air is breathable, people are happy. "What was the catastrophy?" they ask the first person they meet.

She screams: "THEY GOT OUT!!!"

#microfiction

Bye 2023 đź‘‹đź‘‹

Requiring a "skilled person" write a report before mass surveillance is imposed does little

Especially given that the UK gov HAS ALREADY heard from hundreds of skilled experts restating longstanding consensus: there's no such thing as a safe backdoor.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66240006

UK amends encrypted message scanning plans

Extra oversight for powers to scan encrypted messages for child abuse images passed by peers.

BBC News

This is the real, human cost of mass surveillance of everyone's private digital communications.

If we actually care about keeping people safe, we need more end-to-end encryption not less.

Lulz
Happy Canada Day

The Supreme Court just used a fake case to attack the LGBTQIA+ community

Anyone can now legally refuse service if they don’t agree with your “lifestyle choice“

Literally the Jim Crow position

So let me say this clearly:

If you voted Republican in recent history, if you support any GOP organizations, you are my enemy.

Every Republican. Every moderate who voted trump in 2016. Every NIMBY wine mommy. Full stop.

Without us, you’re nothing. It’s time you found out.

YES, zig should 100% divorce LLVM ✨

https://youtu.be/m0IWOrZqewg

YES, zig should 100% divorce LLVM ✨

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Wow! PyCon AU has a model set of COVID rules that cover every case I can think of. Highly recommend them to other conference organizers https://2023.pycon.org.au/safety/covid/
COVID-19 information—PyCon AU 2023

If MS-DOS is so great then why didn't they make an MS-TRES