You voted for this slogan and now it's here! We have a new batch of super nice t-shirts (they're 100% organic cotton with a thick, soft feel) with a cute screen printed design from @dopatwo. "My friends are not for sale"—because your connections to other people are more than a bargaining chip for big tech companies to keep you from leaving them.

https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-my-friends-are-not-for-sale-unisex-t-shirt

#Merchtodon

New blog post: PF Firewall on FreeBSD - A Practical Guide

After years of running PF across multiple FreeBSD servers, I've written up the patterns that work: macros, tables, brute-force protection, NAT for jails, and dual-stack filtering.

Covers everything from basic concepts to production configs, plus a sidebar on authpf for bastion hosts.

If you're running FreeBSD and want a firewall that's elegant, powerful, and actually understandable, PF is worth your time.

https://blog.hofstede.it/pf-firewall-on-freebsd-a-practical-guide/

#FreeBSD #PF #Firewall #Security #Jails #SysAdmin #IPv6

Unboxed my #Plushtodon Mastodon plushies this morning. Their larger sibling is at home as it shipped last week. These two had to hop the pond and be signed for at the post office this morning.

My review: 15/10 ⭐️
They are so soft, squishy and best of all no odd smell. Plushies sometimes smell and need to be aired out. Wherever/however these are manufactured, they are scent free which added the extra 5 ⭐️

Not pictured are two awesome sticker sheets from #Mastodon #MastodonMerch

I was wondering when a reporter would uncover this.

So BitLocker is super secure, right? Well... BitLocker recovery keys are backed up to Microsoft's Cloud - and they give them out to law enforcement on request. Using the BitLocker recovery key, you can just unlock the device without a PIN etc.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/

The Q4 2025 Issue of the FreeBSD Journal is here!

This edition focuses on FreeBSD 15.0 and features articles covering:

-FreeBSD 15.0: Fixes and Features
-Universal Flash Storage on FreeBSD
-VOX FreeBSD: How Sound Works
-Credentials Transitions with mdo(1) and mac_do(4)
-Printf("Hello, srcmgr\n");
-FreeBSD and Google Summer of Code 2025

Read it here: https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/freebsd-15-0/

#FreeBSD #FreeBSDJournal

The sxmo stickers have arrived and they fit perfectly with my Fairphone 4 slim case.

#sxmo #postmarketos #linuxmobile #fairphone