“To opt out, GitHub users should visit /settings/copilot/features and disable "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" under the Privacy heading.” https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/26/github_ai_training_policy_changes/

I know the US Gov't has discontinued their free tax filing thing. But they're still linking to freefilefillableforms.com on irs.gov, so I gave that another go. My wife is self-employed, and, besides that, none of our income is W-2 style. Due to this, we have to file 5 schedules. Despite this […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@updateme/116399897908034093 Destroy ICE. Chinga la migra! #migration #ice #uspol #gestapo #abolishice #migracion #lamigra #chingalamigra

The insurance company I've had my Home Owner's policy with for 37 years next month, sent me a letter 5 weeks prior to its renewal to let me know that they were cancelling my insurance going forward due to wildfire risk. It's fine to decide you're no longer going to do business in an area, but […]

#microsoft locks account that #veracrypt maintainer uses to sign #windows bootloaders with no explanation or route for appeal. If they don't fix this, in a few months every Windows computer that uses VeraCrypt whole-disk encryption will stop being able to boot and all the data on it that isn't […]

It reminded me of that famous intellect's observation: "Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again." - George W. Bush

I watched the opening part of last night's speech by the Snowflake in Chief, and when I heard him open with: "My fellow Americans..." so sincerely (that was sarcasm, y'all), I immediately turned it off. It's not that he's stupid, it's that we are that I find so vexing.

ROGAN: “You can't accept people that are masked, that don't have any paperwork, that don’t have a warrant, on the streets in militarized situations.”

Trump State Dept. Accused of ‘Largest Fee Fraud in History’ of US Immigration System | Common Dreams https://www.commondreams.org/news/immigration-fee-fraud-state-dept

Mullvad have had an anti-surveillance advert censored in the UK. Hopefully the Streisand effect does its thing https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk #uk #censorship #mullvad

I've been re-watching the Ken Burns PBS series "The Vietnam War". I'm completely in awe of how the same poor strategic and tactical decisions can get repeated over and over like clockwork with no regard at all for those that gave us our Vietnam fiasco. And, of course we're repeating them all […]

Hey #fedora folks, I believe the process you point us to on the download page for the #f44 Plasma beta is flawed, at least it was for me. The filename for the .iso that's in the -CHECKSUM file differs from the filename for the .iso file that the download link yielded.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/116178635828161083 This is why blocking ads and trackers is not just a suggestion. It should be a baseline of your online existence.

For all the Proton fans

NEW: Read this terrific piece @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social for @thenerve.news in which she unpicks Edge.org, the hugely influential 'salon' funded by Epstein & threaded through with race science & eugenics. 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...

"why must you hate innovation so!" I boldly proclaim as my undercooked algorithm prematurely murders your grandma

I've always been suspicious of Deepak Chopra. He's a businessman who presents himself as a spiritual teacher. A lot of what he says is quantum technobabble, designed to manipulate the unwary into thinking he has depths. So OF COURSE he's in the Epstein files. And OF COURSE half the time he's […]

"Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump." https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723968/epstein-files-trump-accusation-maxwell The missing files are about accusations that Trump sexually assaulted a child and hit her in the head. The FBI interviewed the […]

mfs be like "born too late to explore the world 😢" does openstreetmap look complete to you? get working

My son bought a second-hand Windows 11 PC for games, and has been having BSOD issues with the graphics card since he got it. Out of desperation he tried installing Bazzite on it, which I encouraged, but was also trying not to get his hopes up, telling him that the some things might not work. But […]

These are legal immigrants, following the lawful process, getting kidnapped by ICE in their appointments and being held prisoner without due process. I used to volunteer to help people prep for USCIS naturalization interviews. This story about the lawless institution USCIS has become turned my […]

The student protest in Quakertown, #Pennsylvania was peaceful until the #police showed up -- Including the police chief in plain clothes -- and started grabbing students and tackling them to the ground. The chief put a young girl in a choke hold. #video […] [Original post on newsie.social]

I realize that we are numbed by the sheer Idiocracy of this Presidency, but can we please take a minute to recognize that the President of the United States just accused the US Supreme Court of being controlled by foreign powers?

First day wearing this new shirt that arrived yesterday. Saw it scrolling by on mastodon a few days ago and had to get one for myself. Can't find the toot anymore, but here's the shop link: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/70096211-stop-forcing-ai-into-fucking-everything-original

Hey all you #grapheneos users out there, I have a dumb question: Do you ever have problems with apps that require a Cloudflare box to be checked when you log in? I'm trying to install and use an app from my credit union, which is only available via the Play Store. There's one of those forms on […]

Not great! (From @jennycohn.bsky.social )

Bad Bunny is a bad MFer. That is all.

So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh

[Cool US Taxes Thing] If you live in the US you do not need to give $270 to turboTax or whoever. Especially if your income is one job with a W2. You can use https://www.freefilefillableforms.com which is run by the government and you can fill out the form on your computer. It has tips and help […]

##ice #deportation #annefrank #Refugees #sarcasm #alt

I have it on good authority that Kristie Gnome and some of the upper echelon of the American Gestapo are in #phoenix at the Arizona Grand Resort off the 10 & Baseline. Apropos of nothing, seems like a good day to take some musical instruments (improvised OK) and celebrate the incredibly warm […]

Sen. Jon Ossoff wrote about Donald Trump. “He continued his sore loser’s crusade, with an FBI raid (!) on a Georgia election office. From Minnesota to Georgia, we’re watching the President unravel, weaponizing federal law enforcement for personal power and revenge. We must stop him” […]

Cory Doctorow: "America is not great. It has been gutted by the Epstein class, who robbed us blind, raped our kids, and are now selling us shitcoins and chatbots and the spectacle of protesters being shot in the streets." https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/02/corprophagia/#that-makes-me-smart

Good ghod, the NY Times is such a terrible news organization! In their sport-oriented Athletic page, there's a article describing a poll of NFL players on the Bad Bunny Half Time Super Bowl Performance. One player states that he'd prefer Americans as performers. The parenthetical remark […]

[US Pol: ICE lies] "Well ICE broke his rib a week ago so that proves he's a trouble maker!" ... ... . . . Maybe. I don't know. This is going to sound crazy but maybe it shows that ICE has been trying to kill him for a whole week instead? I mean, if he'd so much as given an ICE employee […]

I wonder how long it's going to take to convince enough MAGA folks that the story they've been fed that "there are massive numbers of hardened criminals here illegally in the USA from other countries" is bullshit. At least enough of them to make change in gov't possible. What I've seen as far […]

Welp, here in the USA, we're easing into the early income tax filing period. I've read that the Trump White House has killed the service that helped lower income taxpayers file their returns. But I'm still seeing the Free Fillable Forms link on irs.gov. If this is still accessible, I highly […]

RE: https://mastodon.world/@jeffowski/115974321408376157 I totally agree with your sentiment! This HR Mgr response is a fairy tale, though. They would never divert from the corporate line. They are there to justify management decisions well enough to keep the company from losing a lawsuit.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115973889871159345 Fuck Mark Zuckerberg! (I won't apologize for being so blunt; that is the nicest thing I can write about him.)

THEORETICALLY right wing extremist billionaires might use the acquisition of the most popular short-form video app to engage in widespread agitprop and suppression of ideologies they don't like THEORETICALLY

This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk. Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared. Well, here’s a link: georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@joelpomales/115945472217557051 Isn't this exactly the kind of thing that privacy and security experts have been warning us would happen when such a mechanism existed?! It is mind-numbing, y'all.

I'm seeing some personal communication that the current USA Lurch-in-Chief sent the leader of Norway. If that is not fake, all I can think of is: Wait, does the President of the United States think that the Norwegian government votes on who wins the Nobel Peace Prize?!

I've decided with all this AI business to redouble my efforts to learn how to diagram sentences correctly instead. This attempt to learn how to write better is to defend myself against all the nonsense I anticipate reading #realsoonnow. #grammar

I know that there are probably very good reasons for people to dislike quote-toots, but I gotta say, when I've clicked on those I've seen recently, I found it much better than the alternatives I've encountered. I confess, though, that I'm a bad actor. I've never taken the time or effort to […]

Spent a significant part of the weekend sick, and, therefore, catching up on some of the #urc and #eprc European #rugby union matches. Wow, the level of play these folks display is mind-boggling! All of the matches I watched were super entertaining.

I think that the Buffalo Bills' management have lost their minds. Do they think their team will get better, by that I mean correct, calls with a new coach?! #nfl