@decryption TIO were brilliant in getting iinet to refund me after all their stuff-ups when I changed providers.

@bagder how about a talk AFTer #fosdem at @cfgmgmtcamp in Gent ? )

@leodurruti and I wasn’t familiar with the band so thank you for the introduction! I’m always interested in hearing new heavy psyched out sounds 🤘

Speaking of, I’ve been listening to a great deal of Dope Purple over the summer

https://dopepurple.bandcamp.com/album/grateful-end

Five Ebola survivors discharged as DRCongo’s case count breaks 6,000
https://www.africanews.com/2026/09/01/five-ebola-survivors-discharged-as-drcongos-case-count-breaks-6000/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Africanews @africanews-euronews

lot of that going around

I know you all know this, but if you're doing food preserving, follow recipes from a reputable source. I made freezer jam today, so it wasn't really important, but I saw some real doozies when looking for a recipe.
One said "remove as many stones as you desire", as if there's a smooth vs crunchy debate re plum pits in your jam.
#food

Duane "Keffe D" Davis, a former Los Angeles gang member, was found guilty on Monday by a Las Vegas court of the 1996 murder of chart-topping rapper Tupac Shakur. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/09/01/entertainment-news/suspect-guilty-tupac-shakur-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #entertainmentnews #music #us #murder #tupacshakur #celebrities

NEW: Russia’s second batch of Rassvet satellites appears to have failed to reach intended operational altitudes, marking another setback in Moscow’s efforts to rapidly develop a Russian analogue to Starlink. (1/12)

Read more: https://isw.pub/UkrWar083126

Mon PC Portable d'occasion qui ne marche pas encore à 100%, suite:
Leur technicien qui devait régler mon problème est enfin sorti de l'hôpital... et il est maintenant en vacances pour 2 semaines.

There are certainly differences, and agreed that an alternate-universe Bluesky could certainly make different and better decisions. Then again, there are also similarities, or at least analogies.

In any case, we are where we are ... with my activist hat on I look at the ecosystems and software platforms as imperfect but potentially-useful prototypes. But with my cynic hat I mostly think it's really funny that Bluesky botched this so badly and predictably!

@rysiek @cwebber @ricci

Don't let anyone tell you digital rights are not important enough. It's a fight we *must* win if we are to stand a chance of winning the fights that *do* matter.

“...there are far more pressing issues than how we regulate the net, from climate change to economic injustice. But every one of those fights will be won or lost on the internet, which makes the fight for the net the most foundational fight, if not the most important.”

@pluralistic in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/15/internet-answer-questions-of-our-time

You're welcome.

@flexghost
> it’s the nexus institute

Managed to find this session on their website, but sadly the video is paywalled;

https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/video/what-have-you-seen-what-is

I just discovered that the Japananese have this great word, Nagori.

Nagori is savouring what you know to be ending.

It's dancing to the final song at a wedding. It's waking up in your childhood bed for the last time before heading to college. It's looking at the mess of wraping paper the children left Christmas morning before going to the kitchen for breakfast.

I never realized it before but my joy at seeing the thunderstorms that mark the end of the summer where I live is Nagori. The night temperatures cause the need for a light jacket. Things change and some anxious trees put a pop of fall color into their canopy at this time too. It's the final days of summer and I love this time, and the memory of what summer was for the year.

May you have a lovely experience with nagori as well. Savor the changes in your life and enjoy the moments before they end.

Peace.

@randahl Trump und seine ganze Machtbasis laufen allein mit Ragebait. Das Schlimmste, was du ihm antun kannst, ist ihn nicht zu beachten.

Gilt übrigens auch für die Söders, Amthors und Weidels dieser Welt.

Den großen Privatschul-Boom gibt es zum großen Teil gar nicht.

Obwohl in 20 Jahren über 9.000 öffentliche Schulen dichtmachten.

Ohne Boom öffnen Private, wo der Staat sich zurückzieht. Ob Kinder dort besser lernen, hat Bent Freiwald nachgerechnet:
https://krautreporter.de/kinder-und-bildung/5422-der-boom-von-privatschulen-verstandlich-erklart?shared=245325bf-d421-414d-a315-27776e299044&utm_campaign=share-url&utm_medium=social-media&utm_source=mastodon.social

Crue dévastatrice dans l'Himalaya : le bilan dépasse les 1 000 morts au Népal et en Chine
(FRANCE 24)

https://www.france24.com/fr/asie-pacifique/20260901-crue-d%C3%A9vastatrice-himalaya-nepal-chine-tibet-bilan-d%C3%A9passe-1000-morts

@farah Come Closer by Sara Gran. Not exactly terrifying but disturbing AF