The UK has announced plans to fast-track legislation requiring “age verification for VPN use”. The correct term, however, is not age verification but identity verification.
A law like this would require everyone to identify themselves in order to use a VPN. This would pose a risk to whistleblowers, violate human rights, and represent yet another step toward an authoritarian society.
Big new update to #LibreOffice, the free and private office suite. Version 26.2 is here, with:
📝 Markdown support
📊 Connectors in Calc
🚀 Spreadsheet speedups
...plus many other new features, improvements and fixes. Learn more and download it: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/04/libreoffice-26-2-is-here/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware
Congress, having the power of the purse, has an opportunity to respond to the murder and baseless arrests of American citizens, the cruel and inhumane conditions detainees are subjected to, and the denial of due process to both citizens and non-citizens.
The Department of Homeland Security funding bill to be considered by the House today does not rein in the lawless conduct from ICE. The American people deserve better. I'm voting NO. https://casten.house.gov/media/press-releases/casten-to-vote-against-dhs-funding-bill-that-fails-to-rein-in-ice
In Sunnyvale for ~12 hours, love the photos #megapixels takes at dusk
Duckduckgo has a survey for pro/anti-AI and I cackled so hard at the (current) results
Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
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