Mastodawn

Age verification laws are really just censorship mandates clothed as child safety proposals—here’s why. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/rep-finke-was-right-age-gating-isnt-about-kids-its-about-control

Rep. Finke Was Right: Age-Gating Isn’t About Kids, It’s About Control

What’s at stake is whether “protecting children” becomes a legal pretext for embedding government control over the internet to enforce specific moral and religious judgments—judgments that deny marginalized people access to speech, community, history, and truth—into law.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Ryo Kimball Feb 16

jwz Feb 16

Everything written by AI boosters tracks much more clearly if you simply replace "AI" with "cocaine".

I shall demonstrate!

(Not linking to OP, because it's trash.)

"Let’s pretend you’re the only person at your company using cocaine.

You decide you’re going to impress your employer, and work for 8 hours a day at 10x productivity. You make everyone else look terrible by comparison. [...]

In this scenario, you capture 100% of the value from your adopting cocaine."

https://jwz.org/b/yk3t

cocAIne

Every now and then I make the mistake of of posting something on Mastodon that really should have gone on the blog first. This is one of those, from last week. It did some numbers. Everything written by AI boosters tracks much more clearly if you simply replace "AI" with "cocaine". I shall demonstrate! (Not linking to OP, because it's trash.) "Let's pretend you're the only person at your ...

Ryo Kimball Feb 16

DEF CON Feb 15

Good news, everyone!

The #DEFCON34 room blocks are live! While supplies last, you can get a special room rate at the following hotels:

Fontainebleau
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For those who must be first in line.
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Sahara
Legendary Vegas spot with next-level pools and right on the monorail.
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Wynn and Encore
Lovely accommodations and tons of cool places to eat and be entertained.
https://book.passkey.com/go/DefCon26

Circus Circus
Budget friendly and has a haunted house AND an arcade. We promise the clowns are friendly.
https://book.passkey.com/go/DEF6CC

We’re halfway there. #DEFCON 34 will be upon us before you know it - be prepared and save yourself some coin.

See you soon!

Ryo Kimball Jan 19

Stan Stewart aka muz4now Jan 19

"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice."
~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
from Stride Toward Freedom (1958)

Ryo Kimball Dec 25

The 500 Hats of LambdaCalculus Dec 25

Hey Chooms, I have an emergency... my house had an electrical fire due to an improperly grounded circuit (thanks, old wiring!), caused by an idiot family member running a space heater at max power. Nothing got damaged in the house itself, thankfully, but my town declared the house is uninhabitable until the circuit is repaired, which means I'm temporarily homeless for a few days.

I'm arranging a place to stay, but in the case it doesn't pan out, I may need to get a hotel.

Ryo Kimball Dec 22

LukHash Dec 21

It’s that time again! 🎄✨ All my music on Bandcamp is FREE to download for a limited time 🎁 If you like retro vibes, grab my albums & singles in .WAV .FLAC .MP3 .SID and enjoy some tunes 👾🎶 (And if you know someone who’d dig it, just pass it on!)

👉 https://lukhash.bandcamp.com/

Thanks for all the support this year and have a great festive season! 🎅❤️

Ryo Kimball Dec 22

Show thread

now it's veronicaexplains.net Dec 22

I don't "make Linux and FOSS work for me." Years ago, I *chose* to work with Linux and FOSS.

I just switched, and if things required Windows or a Mac, I didn't do those things. I did other things instead.

My priorities welcomed that choice. Yours might not. That's OK! But it doesn't mean Linux can't do it.

It'd be like saying "my bicycle can't haul a tractor, therefore bicycles are worthless." You'd sound absurd. That's what they do. Because rage sells.

Ryo Kimball Dec 14

Pretty Good (at crashing out)Dec 13

Ryo Kimball Dec 8

hackaday Dec 8

Wavebird Controller Soars Once More with Open Source Adapter

https://hackaday.com/2025/12/07/wavebird-controller-soars-once-more-with-open-source-adapter/

Wavebird Controller Soars Once More With Open Source Adapter

After scouring the second-hand shops and the endless pages of eBay for original video game hardware, a pattern emerges. The size of the accessory matters. If a relatively big controller originally …

Hackaday

Ryo Kimball Dec 4

cackalackycon Dec 4

Tomorrow is the First Friday of the month, go find your local 2600 meeting.
https://www.2600.com/meetings/

Rep. Finke Was Right: Age-Gating Isn’t About Kids, It’s About Control

cocAIne

Wavebird Controller Soars Once More With Open Source Adapter

2600 MEETINGS FOR MARCH | 2600