📵 Apple’s “notarisation” – blocking software freedom of developers and users / FSFE

｢ There is no non-profit Free Software app store available for iPhones and iPads. Apple blocks non-profit app stores with extremely high financial requirements and prohibits unfettered installation of software. Even for the Free Software commercial ones, such as the Alt Store, Apple still applies a complete review and control, through an encryption layer over distributed source code ｣

https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20251105-01.html

Immutable Software Deploys Using ZFS Jails on FreeBSD / Conrad Research

｢ FreeBSD’s native support for ZFS snapshots and jails provides a powerful foundation for immutable deployments. By creating a new jail from a ZFS snapshot for every release, we get instant roll‑backs, zero‑downtime upgrades, and a clean, reproducible environment ｣

https://conradresearch.com/articles/immutable-software-deploy-zfs-jails

#freebsd #zfs #opensource

free software without progressive politics is just free labor

where the fuck is Bill Gates? why isn’t he screaming about the #NIH and Kennedy’s evisceration of #HHS ?

where are Oprah, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, Lebron James, the Kardashians, all of them paper billionaires?

where is Mark Cuban? and how about the Democrats’ favorite billionaires, Michael Bloomberg and Howard Schulz?

where exactly are all the good billionaires fighting Trump’s destruction of the federal government and what semblance of democracy USA had?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scientists-fear-trump-administration-nih-cuts-could-impact-health-60-minutes-transcript/

have any of y'all found a physical media library tracking tool you like? ideally something i could self-host but i can live with it being SaaS

40 days for what? Why cave now? Why these particular Dem Senators? *Looks at map of cities most impacted by flight cancellations.* Ah...

Schumer (NY) 🛫

Booker (NJ) 🛫

King (ME)

Hassan (NH)

Durbin (IL) 🛫

Ossoff (GA) 🛫

Shaheen (NH)

Gillibrand (NY) 🛫

Masto (NV)

Warner (VA) 🛫

And yes, we were headed for a major aviation incident if we didn't cancel even more flights or get FAA folks paid. Maybe we still are. 😢

And no, this is not saying that I think caving is the right call. It's not.

For everyone wondering what the solution is: how do you keep all the flights without paying the FAA employees? Simple. You don't. You cancel even more flights, or pay workers.

That's what "government shutdown" means.

Otherwise, it's just a "government pay down," for government employees.

If they cave, the Democratic Party is done.

If you have Democratic senators, please, I urge you to call them and tell them to keep the pressure on Republicans going and not reopen the government until ACA subsidies are in place.

Commission for @mathspy

Thanks so much for your support! ☺️

#PixelArt #MastoArt #FediArt #Art #Commission

say what you want about Chuck Schumer

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Friend: I'm going to see Five Iron Frenzy, I'm so excited

Me: oh rad, I'd heard they were still ok. ... what are they up to these days?

2021 album:

"Your generals arе dead and buried
Lost to time, thе cause they carried
The statues that they never earned
We'll bulldoze as your flags are burned"

2021 album:

"So light the coal, your future is a dust bowl
You can't see the sun 'cause oil pays the bankroll"

🤘 🔥

https://genius.com/Five-iron-frenzy-tyrannis-lyrics

@mattblaze @pluralistic
Good luck. I used to fly a lot in 1970s-1990s, and in the earlier era I remember all too well flights that had to circle… but then scheduling got much better.
Like measles, another scourge brought back.👎

Please be very aware that the emerging capitulation by Senate Democrats over the #republicanShutdown maintains the current plan to eliminate medical care for millions of Americans first in December of this year when the state-administered Affordable Care budgeted programs are set to expire without a renewal action, or right after the midterm elections next fall, when Medicaid itself (whatever it's called in your state) will cease to be funded under the new federal budget. Combined with approved, huge, doubledigit-percentage increases to private healthcare premiums, most Americans and every community will be directly affected, and the national economy isn't likely to collapse; it is certain to do so. Hospitals will be closing. If you're not okay with it then get on the phone now, seriously.

#healthNews #healthcare #healthcareNews #economy #economicNews #uspol #shutdown #financialNews #redistribution #feudalism #plutocracy #kakistocracy #hospitalShutdowns

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/senate-hopes-for-shutdown-breakthrough-sunday-00644023

It is my birthday and I just want some peace. Could you spare something for our fundraiser? We are $515 short at the moment, and I cannot even get a cake-in-a-box until I know I can pay for life-saving meds and food. Please help?

https://paypal.me/ramavabray

https://patreon.com/ifwhen

-alice

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My flight from LAX to PHL (en route to Web Summit in Lisbon) was told to join a holding pattern over PHL because of air traffic controller shortages, but we didn't have fuel, so we diverted to BWI and were put in a holding pattern there, but we had even less fuel, so now they're trying to land us at Dulles. Here's hoping. Thanks, Trump.

Edit: landed at Dulles

Goddamnit, you chickenshit, turncoat Democrats. The voters gave you a mandate and a spine on Tuesday and you're about to blow it. NO!. This is your one chance to protect healthcare. Stop!

#PeerTube accounts of #Nature & #Animals

(If account looks blank, see here: https://fedi.tips/why-does-someones-account-page-look-completely-blank-is-it-really-blank/)

@cohanf - Nature videos in Alberta

@hollerpixie - Outdoors in Appalachian

@moxxi - Adventures of a cute corgi dog

@tom - Vlogs by disabled rural Canadian off-grid

@wildlife - Trail camera in California

@onelin - Hiking & nature in New Hampshire

@living_birdhouse - Wildlife in backgarden, birdhouse

@parsingphase - Wildlife in Massachusetts

@pixys_vids - Videos of everyday life incl pets