Looking like there’s a chance (a hope?) that Oracle will fail entirely because of a combination of prior debt and going “all in” on debt-backed LLM/AI infrastructure buildouts. At least looking like they’ll be first company to “crash” as the bubble collapses […]

in UNIX, everything is a file except for the beating heart of the serpent, which is an ioctl

it is no longer cybersecurity awareness month. you are hereby ordered to stop being aware of cybersecurity.

THIS DOESNT SOUND AT ALL RISKY OR RESEMBLE THE CONDITIONS LEADING TO A SPECTACULAR CRASH “Here is where the bubble dynamics get complicated. Tech firms don’t want to formally take on debt—that is, directly ask investors for loans—because debt looks bad on their […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

If you are a California voter, please vote Yes on Proposition 50, a hopefully temporary measure to counter the Trump-Republican rigging of U.S. House districts for perpetual GOP control. They declared war on democracy. Support Prop 50 to fight back […]

Made this to commemorate the last 24 hours of the Internet:

This here ballot measure has the best title: "The Texas Legislature Can Eat My Whole Entire Ass Act" In two parts: #uspol

“…[Y]ou’d need approximately $1 trillion in revenue to hit break even, and many trillions more to earn an acceptable return on this spend. Remember again, that revenue is currently running at around $15 to $20 billion today.” An AI Addendum - Praetorian Capital https://pracap.com/an-ai-addendum/

Network admins who disable ICMP: do you also take the numbers off the front of your house to keep the burglars out? #sysadmin

You know it's time to call it a week when your monitoring system starts re-creating ancient internet memes. #sysadmin

Just for the record, Trump can’t do this. The Constitution is very clear that the “times, places, and manner“ of elections for federal office are determined by individual states (though can be altered by Congress). The president simply has no role in US […] [Original post on federate.social]

This is illegal and violating so many civil rights it isn't even funny. Court orders don't help when they aren't obeyed or ENFORCED. Laws don't work when they are disregard and BROKEN. This has to stop. People are going to die.

Goddamn, we’ve bombed Iran to enter “Gulf War 3” and the propaganda excuse literally only changed 1 letter from the “Gulf War 2” lies… (nukes are wmds, so that’s not even a change… just s/q/n/;)

Happy #caturday. Please enjoy Luke’s biscuits today

It's time to book those ski vacations in hell! News that has me agreeing with a Trump admin thing _and_ a big cable isp monopoly is a sure sign that hell is solidly frozen over. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/trump-admin-tells-scotus-isps-shouldnt-be-forced-to-boot-alleged-pirates/

Well, this is depressing. But it's worth knowing: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map

#economy #tariffs #doom

I highly recommend this #nbpy talk by @joelle on ""A Neurodivergent Career--Making Work Fit Us": https://youtu.be/5VZTdZhE94o #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #asd #autism #adhd #AuDHD #diversity

If you saw the ‘no ads, weapons, genocides, Microsoft Teams’ slide: that was from my talk yesterday at #nbpy. It’s more about the list I wanted to make for myself, and why I ended up doing what I do. Content warning: marine facts https://youtu.be/X9gGYZ9G_d4

Very pleasant weather at North Bay Python Conference does make me wonder: Did they schedule based on closest weekend to Miss Congeniality’s Perfect Date?

While I hesitate to encourage folk to run unnecessary queries, I do think the "made up phrase" + "meaning" google search is a great exercise in helping people understand what generative AI actually does.. I've found it hard to explain to folk outside tech that […] [Original post on glasgow.social]

I've currently been doing a tonne of work on Doorkeeper, a Mastodon dependency for OAuth, and currently that work is mostly uncompensated. I'm also doing a reasonable amount of work on the standards side (W3C & IETF), which is also uncompensated. I'm not making ends meet at the moment, so if […]

Happy zombie Jesus day and cannabis day to all that celebrate. Make sure you don’t accidentally mix up your Easter candy and your edibles

How do cats sense full bladders? Does a lap get more comfy the fuller the bladder is? #caturday

Peoples of the internets: anyone know if a WWII-era “short snorter” roll that includes Charles Lindbergh’s signature is of interest to museums or collectors? This is from my grandfather, who was a navigator for the Marines in WWII. #wwii #ww2 #history #airmen #shortsnorter

Dear Sacramento Legislators and @calbike.bsky.social Want to make a difference *today* for cyclists in California? Here's something you can fix that would improve conditions dramatically once a week in every single city & town - urban & rural. Require Garbage NOT obstruct lanes of travel.

Got set up to go to @NorthBayPython conference in a few weeks. Fun little surprise for me: my employer (Sonic.net) is a Silver level sponsor this year. #nbpy #python #sonomacounty

🏳️‍⚧️ Happy Transgender Day of Visibility! Here are some resources on how to be an ally, today and every day. https://www.hrc.org/resources/be-an-ally-support-trans-equality

The Democrats on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee are holding hearings about what's going on at VA. I was invited to testify at one of the hearings (will post more about this later) and was told, "If your friends and family want to watch live, this will […] [Original post on federate.social]

This #srecon2025 speaker knows her audience: secretly arsonists

Firefighters are not traffic engineers. This bill needs an unceremonious death. All the "big truck dudes" (we all see what they drive off-duty) need to figure out how to work in OUR world, not the other way around. www.calbike.org/calbike-oppo...

My employer is an EFF-approved independent ISP, and we're hiring a Senior Systems Engineer https://grnh.se/a6b53dbd1us Key technlogies involved: Linux (RedHat), MySQL/MariaDB, VMware,Proxmox, Ansible, Perl, Python and Shell. Salary starts at $145k. Can be fully remote (within US), but […]

https://bsky.app/profile/freiheit.wtf/post/3lkgxmv7vpk2u #caturday morning biscuits #video. (File size too big for mastodon)

Where I get news from lately https://freiheit.wtf/2025/03/where-i-get-news-from-lately/

You know why we Germans are so pedantic about data protection? Someone around 90 years ago went through all records available, selected people with certain criteria, with the help of IBM, and then killed them all. We don't want to be on any list. And now the US Gov and Musk is trying to get […]

Little side-project: Monitor for kwikset smart lock battery levels. https://github.com/freiheit/kwikset-watch Problem: kwikset lock battery was draining much faster than it should. First thing we tried is making sure it was able to close and open smoothly, to be sure it wasn't getting partial […]

The world owes @pluralistic an unending debt of gratitude for the word "enshittification," a word so useful that even my browser's spell-checker recognizes it. As a succinct way of conveying a somewhat broad concept, it has opened up space for a lot of thought and conversation... and the […]

[Politics, USPol, coup, oligarchy] The Verge: Elon Musk is staging a takeover of the federal budget https://www.theverge.com/news/604996/elon-musk-trump-doge-usaid-treasury-payments

Why does the appointments clause matter? Because other than the president (and, sort of, the VP), there are no other elected officials in our largest branch of government. The ONLY granular control we have of the individuals running agencies and carrying out our laws and policies is through the […]