@evan sorry!

I do appreciate that no matter how bad things are, my friends remain incurable nerds (as so I). I'm spending time with a good friend, both of us grieving recent losses and generally having a really bad time, and they're learning Morse code and talking about getting a ham radio license, while I was telling them about the tree ID book I ordered and how I want to learn more about bogs.

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including racism—and by exercising our constitutional rights, including our most powerful tool for change: the vote.

🗳️ Register to vote.
🗳️ Vote in local and national elections.
🇺🇸 Be the change.

#BlackHistoryMonth #History #Civilwar #CivilRights #nurses #healthcare #racism #equality #harriettubman #freedom #vote #hero #humanity #quote #compassion #America #books

@Downes Oh interesting

@brianb Expediency. I was switching from WordPress to Ghost, and my blog is 20 years old.

So I wanted to easily be able to pull from one to the other, and that seemed the easiest way!

💫 Now officially launched: #OpenTechnologyResearch will connect research, community, and policy, to ensure that diverse voices guide inquiry and impact. By @OpenForumEurope @okfn @osi

👩🏾‍💻 New website: https://opentechresearch.org/
👉🏾 Announcement: https://blog.okfn.org/2026/02/03/open-technology-research-officially-launches-to-strengthen-global-research-community/

Just adapted the calendar.txt format by Tero Karvinen (https://terokarvinen.com/2021/calendar-txt/) for Emacs, with a small modification (one event per line only). Code for emacs (and bash) at: https://github.com/rougier/agenda

@davidgerard @recantha They're louder than I'm used to, but not deafening. The blinking lights which explode from wherever I touch it is a nice distraction.

@DulceMaria

I'll be honest I went on holiday a couple of weeks ago. It was a short holiday and the first one in years, but still it's a bit rich for me to pretend I never go. 😂

@isard en resum, ves a saber però si hi ha Meta al darrera...

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We recognize how their struggle inspired and laid the groundwork for movements advancing the rights of women, #immigrants, and all marginalized communities.

📚During these challenging times of banning #books and whitewashing history, we need educate ourselves and reflect on the truth that our destinies are connected, and progress for one #community strengthens us all.

🎯Let us honor this shared humanity not just in memory, but through peaceful civic action against systemic inequities—

"A group of major academic publishers convinced a judge in New York to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of thwarting competition by barring scholars from submitting papers to multiple journals simultaneously and denying pay for 'peer review' services."
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/academic-publishers-defeat-lawsuit-over-peer-review-pay-other-restrictions-2026-01-30/

@TheBreadmonkey after drinking his horrifying metallic smoothie became an indestructible robot.

"Until an indestructible robot body can be built to house my brain and give me the immortality I and this planet so richly deserves, I must once again succumb to sleep. I bid you adieu."

https://beige.party/@TheBreadmonkey/115607275152659868

your time has come.

@amiserabilist

😂

@spla
En realitat, l'article diu dues coses: que algú ha denunciat Meta perquè pensa que el xifrat no és realment E2E; i que un professor/expert diu que no es pot saber si ho és perquè no és software lliure, però que seria una estupidesa dir que ho és si és mentida (per les implicacions legals i econòmiques).

D'altra banda, WhatsApp fa servir una implementació concreta del protocol de Signal (abans TextSecure). De manera que el protocol podria ser segur (o no) i la implementació no (o sí).

🧵1/ 🇺🇸 #BlackHistoryMonth: Black #history is American history.

Harriet Tubman’s overlooked roles.👇🏾

🗣️We often remember Harriet Tubman as an escaped enslaved woman, an abolitionist, and the fearless “conductor” on the Underground Railroad — but her legacy also includes her work as a dedicated nurse who tended to Union Army soldiers, a compassionate caregiver, and a revolutionary hero.✨

👉🏽This month, we honor the legacy and courage of those—known and unknown—who fought for justice and #equality ..

23 päivää kestänyt selvitys havaitsi, että lähes kolmannes (30,99 😖 Metan alustoilla näytetyistä mainoksista johti huijauksiin ja haittaohjelmiin. Pelkästään EU:n ja UK:n alueella tämä tarkoittaa yli 300 miljoonaa näyttökertaa alle kuukauden aikana.

Eikä pidä unohtaa, että tästä toiminnasta Meta saa rahaa.

https://www.gendigital.com/blog/insights/research/scam-ad-machine-meta

At least 30 people have died and 324 injured due to heavy snowfall along the Sea of Japan coast over the past two weeks, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi urged people to stay alert and ensure their own safety. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/fatalities-heavy-snow/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #snow #aomori #niigata #akita #sanaetakaichi

The term “white fragility” is rooted in the myth of white supremacy.

Once it moved beyond academic theory and into everyday language, it became something else entirely: a shield.

A shield that allows racist behavior to be reframed as discomfort.
A shield that turns accountability into something optional.
A shield that asks everyone else to tread lightly around white people’s feelings and reactions to truth.

@notsomildlyneurotic I've said for years there should be a reality show where teams compete to build the cheapest/most effective guillotines. get home depot to sponsor it