New post: shell tricks that aren't exactly secret, but aren't always taught either.

Split into two sections: what works on any POSIX sh (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Alpine...) and what's Bash/Zsh-specific. Because not everyone is on Linux with bash as their login shell.

Things like CTRL+W, $_, pushd/popd, fc, set -euo pipefail caveats, and more.

https://blog.hofstede.it/shell-tricks-that-actually-make-life-easier-and-save-your-sanity/

#unix #bash #shell #sysadmin #freebsd #linux #cli

You did it! 🥳

European Parliament just decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop.

This means on April 6, 2026, Gmail, LinkedIn, Microsoft and other Big Techs must stop scanning your private messages in the EU. #PrivacyWins 💪

i wish you all
the chance today
to eat and rest and laugh and play

to sit and watch
the world go by
and notice how the butterfly
moves through the air
with gentle grace
and always seems to find its place
amidst the flowers
bees and trees
i wish for you the peace of these

and that your heart
is light once more
like rainbows dancing on the floor

#caturday #CatsOfMastodon #poetry

in linux you can use the evil bird emoticon (:>) to destroy files, eg `:> important_document.txt`

the bird will eat the file and leave it completely empty!

Your Signal account is probably safe - unless you fall for a trick like this.

Learn more about this in
my article on the Bitdefender blog: https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/signal-account-safe-unless-fall-for-this-trick

From the Dutch authorities:
https://english.aivd.nl/latest/news/2026/03/09/russia-targets-signal-and-whatsapp-accounts-in-cyber-campaign

From Signal themselves:
https://bsky.app/profile/signal.org/post/3mgnap76pnk2a