Heads up, Ontario: the next cell phone emergency broadcast system test is scheduled for 2026-05-06 12:55h!

https://www.alertready.ca/testing-schedule/

(You should also take a minute to read about how the private company Pelmorex bought up the rights to operate our emergency broadcast system ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelmorex , https://canadatelecoms.ca/consumer_resource/wpa/ https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/mrgnc-mngmnt/mrgnc-prprdnss/ntnl-pblc-lrtng-sstm-en.aspx ); also look up the underlying delivery system ( https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/122200_122299/122268/14.01.00_60/ts_122268v140100p.pdf ← https://www.etsi.org/standards-search#page=1&search=RTS%2FTSGS-0122268ve10&title=1&etsiNumber=1&content=1&version=0&onApproval=1&published=1&withdrawn=1&historical=1&isCurrent=1&superseded=1&startDate=1988-01-15&endDate=2026-04-05&harmonized=0&keyword=&TB=&stdType=&frequency=&mandate=&collection=&sort=1 ) and especially § 6.2)

Putting an ask out for a friend. She's hoping someone might have some of these Mars Lumograph 100 EE pencils tucked away somewhere that they don't want. They're unavailable now and there's nothing quite like them out there. If you have any let me know and I'll put you in contact.

Please boost!  

#AskFedi

New feature on next generation Covid vax: Which vaccines are advancing the most?

I highlight 3 in mid- to late-stage trials, with manufacturing partners/plans—including a "universal" Covid vax & a mucosal one—and another 6 vaccines.

Plus more clinical trial results & 10 new preclinical reports.

Now @PLOS
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2026/04/02/accelerating-development-for-some-nextgen-covid-vaxes-update-no-39/

#Vaccines #Covid #Covid19

Miod Vallat ( @miodvallat ) featured #OpenBSD/luna88k in his "OpenBSD stories."
Hard to believe it’s already been over 20 years... Time really flies.

Miod Vallat さんの "OpenBSD stories"(英語)で #OpenBSD/luna88k にも触れてもらえました!
もう20年以上たったのか...

http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/m88k3.html

Today, you can't trust anything you read from the Internet, except of course the next part of the #OpenBSD on m88k story, in which new hardware enters the scene, setbacks happen, and many hopes are left unfulfilled (for now).

http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/m88k3.html