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[?]OCTADE » 🌐
@octade@soc.octade.net

Bytemology of Retronym, OCTADE. Yinzer phonics. Butterfly Perfume.

OCTADE or OCTAD is a retro word that means either an octal digit of three bits, or an octal octet or an eight-bit byte. Thus an octade, depending on its historical use, is either 3 bits or 8 bits.

OCTADE was used to specify eight bits, as opposed to BYTE which is not necessarily eight bits as the word BYTE could signify any of several numbers of bits.

This yields the retro 1337 numbers of 38 and 83. The number 38 is one more than 37 so a bit more elite a bit cooler. Thus it owns cardinally shorter byterz.

83 mod 38 equals 7, the highest octal digit. 838 mod 383 equals 72 or 9 times 8 which is 8 squared plus 8.

8338 mod 3883 equals 572 which is 72 times 8 minus 4 or 71.5 times 8.

8383 mod 3838 equals 707 which is 88 times 8 plus 3.

I prefer the old word OCTADE to the word BYTE. OCTADE sports a Euro-peon dignity and gravitas like an Internet serf ready to surf the worknet like pwnd peons. This is very true when pronouncing OCTADE with a thick Pennsyltucky Dutch or Yinzer accent. The Bostonian pronunciation sounds like bad beginner German or muffled mumbling of 'lactate.'

OCTADE or OCTAD was also used to describe a poem of eight stanzas.

OCTADE was also used to describe a period of eight years, or two leap years.

OCTADECANAL is a pheromone found in butterflies. It is butterfly perfume. I would not wear butterfly cologne. But I would sell it. Who would buy and wear my snobby smell? With wordplay we can call it OCTADE CHANNEL No. 8 . All rights reserved, ye French odor snooties.

Historical references for use of 'octade' or 'octad':

Burroughs B5500 Information Processing Systems REFERENCE MANUAL
https://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/burroughs/LargeSystems/B5000_5500_5700/1021326_B5500_RefMan_196705.pdf

Philips Data Systems Product Range - April 1971
https://www.vintage-calculators.nl/Philips%20productoverzicht%201971.pdf

Is there another name for octet that means 8 bits?
https://www.quora.com/Is-there-another-name-for-octet-that-means-8-bits

@wordplay@lemmy.ml @Vocabulary@lemmy.ml

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    [?]OCTADE » 🌐
    @octade@soc.octade.net

    I like my coffee brewed so strong that you can float a horseshoe on top of it.


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      [?]OCTADE » 🌐
      @octade@soc.octade.net

      ABOUT

      Name: Byrl Raze Buckbriar (call me Raze).

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      [?]OCTADE » 🌐
      @octade@soc.octade.net

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      [?]OCTADE » 🌐
      @octade@soc.octade.net

      Don't drink out of a toilet bowl!

      Brawndo. It has what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.


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        [?]The Disreputable Bede » 🌐
        @badbede@deacon.social

        Sharing our grief at the state of evangelical Christianity in America, my excellent friend @CharismaticBatman had lamented that very few Christian leaders have spoken out against political idolatry. It's true, but that makes the rare cases so much more meaningful.

        Russell Moore was the president of the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and was forced out because of his criticism of the Trump administration. Today he's editor-in-chief of Christianity Today. Here's his wiki bio: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_

        John Piper is a huge influence in Reformed circles but wrote a blog post one week before the 2020 election explaining why he would not vote for Trump. He's an older man and genuinely didn't seem bothered to lose his "platform." His article seems prophetic now: desiringgod.org/articles/polic

        Although he's not a pastor or leader, another well-known Christian who has been criticized for becoming "woke" is one of the creators of VeggieTales (strangely, he had hired Eric Metaxas as a script-writer at VeggieTales). He was the voice of Bob the Tomato! Today, he's one of the hosts of The Holy Post podcast. Here's his wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Vis

        I've never met these people, but I pay attention and remember this kind of stuff. It makes me feel a tiny bit better to know that even a few people of influence have paid a price for advocating for a more biblical and faithful version of Christianity.

        If y'all know of other Christian leaders who have spoken out against political idolatry and paid a price, please reply to this post!

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          [?]Andrew Barker » 🌐
          @abarker@mast.hpc.social

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          [?]The Disreputable Bede » 🌐
          @badbede@deacon.social

          @abarker @CharismaticBatman Salute to all these folks, although David French is more like an influential person who happens to be Christian. I may be wrong. I love and respect all of them.

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            [?]royal » 🔓
            @royal@theres.life

            @badbede @abarker @CharismaticBatman does Pope Leo count?
            He doesn't have a Wikipedia page, but Brian Zahnd tells the story of his break from military evangelicalism as the pastor of a charismatic megachurch. Not a new thing for him, maybe twenty years now.

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              [?]The Disreputable Bede » 🔓
              @badbede@deacon.social

              @royal @abarker @CharismaticBatman Nah, I wouldn't count the pope. He's not evangelical, nor American (except for where he was born).

              But yes! Brian Zahnd is a great example. I remember reading his contributions to Charisma magazine from WAAAAAYYY back when, before it became a looney tunes propaganda rag. "Letters from Babylon" indeed. I don't know if he's paid any price for it, but I imagine a lot of people in Kansas City wouldn't want to hear what he has to say about political idolatry.

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                [?]Sam D » 🔓
                @spaceraser@polymaths.social

                @badbede @royal @abarker @CharismaticBatman

                I had to do a double take when I saw the name of his church, Word of Life Church. Here in Wichita, there is a congregation and affiliated k-12 school called Word of Life that is…….. DEFINITELY invested in militant evangelicalism/fundamentalism 🤣🤣🤣

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                  [?]royal » 🔓
                  @royal@theres.life

                  @spaceraser @badbede @abarker @CharismaticBatman It's an overloaded name, to be sure.

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                    [?]Sam D » 🔓
                    @spaceraser@polymaths.social

                    @royal @badbede @abarker @CharismaticBatman in my city there are three churches with the simple name “Hope Church” and another five or six with Hope in the name.

                    I’m not normally Mr “your church name should be branded to get you maximum SEO and that’s why it should be completely unique and maybe even a made up name” but cmon guys. What’s wrong with {name of neighborhood} Lutheran church?

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                      [?]Daniel Johnson » 🔓
                      @ossobuffo@deacon.social

                      @spaceraser @royal @badbede @abarker @CharismaticBatman My favorites are the ones that don't even use the word "church" in the name. There's one local to me just called "The Journey." (Don't stop believin'!)

                      When I lived in SoCal, I was very amused by a church simply called "My Friend's House."

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                        [?]Sam D » 🔓
                        @spaceraser@polymaths.social

                        @ossobuffo @royal @badbede @abarker @CharismaticBatman Reminds me of the bars that have names like "The Library" or "Joe's Place"!

                        Where you going with the guys, honey? Oh, just gonna spend the evening at the library!

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                          [?]Daniel Johnson » 🔓
                          @ossobuffo@deacon.social

                          @spaceraser @royal @badbede @abarker @CharismaticBatman I see your “bar” but I read it as “gentlemen’s club”

                            [?]Michael Grinder » 🔓
                            @mgrinder@mastodon.social

                            @ossobuffo @spaceraser @royal @badbede @abarker @CharismaticBatman In my town it was a fad to use a single words not usually associated with churches, so we have Journey Church, Connect Church, Bedrock Church, Venture Church, River Church, Summit Church...

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                              [?]Sam D » 🔓
                              @spaceraser@polymaths.social

                              @mgrinder @ossobuffo @royal @badbede @abarker @CharismaticBatman there’s a real life church in my town called Journey The Way church. I think it was a plant or split off of a church called Journey Church but then Journey closed so now there’s just Journey The Way

                                [?]Andrew Barker » 🔓
                                @abarker@mast.hpc.social

                                @spaceraser @royal @badbede @CharismaticBatman I mean, one thing that's wrong with "{neighborhood} Lutheran Church" is that nobody belongs to a denomination like Lutheran-ism anymore.

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                                  [?]Daniel Johnson » 🔓
                                  @ossobuffo@deacon.social

                                  @abarker @spaceraser @royal @badbede @CharismaticBatman Well, they do, but they try to disguise it. “How do you do, fellow kids?”

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                                    [?]Sam D » 🔓
                                    @spaceraser@polymaths.social

                                    @ossobuffo @abarker @royal @badbede @CharismaticBatman

                                    I'm having a difficult time organizing this thought, but I don't think that the general church population is actually as allergic to denominational identity as church growth consultants and anxious pastors of shrinking churches think they are. The young people I serve with want to believe that Christian practice and faith is deeply rooted, rooted more deeply than Reagan-era black suit baptists railing against secular music and democrats from the pulpit. THAT expression has gone out of style, but I think we should probably lean in harder to the identity of "Lutheran" or "Methodist", making clear that having no denominational affiliation just means you have no higher organizational authority than the pastor of the church, not that you're a brand new thing that's never existed before. Non-denoms are generally flavors or factions of Reformed Evangelicalism or Charismatic Evangelicalism anyways.

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                                      [?]Daniel Johnson » 🔓
                                      @ossobuffo@deacon.social

                                      @spaceraser @abarker @royal @badbede @CharismaticBatman and if you have no higher organizational authority than the pastor, you risk becoming a cult of personality.

                                        [?]thejikz » 🔓
                                        @thejikz@infosec.exchange

                                        @royal @badbede @abarker @CharismaticBatman You all make me happy to be here, and that any exist to help balance this wildness.

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                                          [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                          @octade@soc.octade.net

                                          @CharismaticBatman@theres.life

                                          Christian Nationalism is Roman Constantinian Idolatry

                                          This political idolatry of 'Christian Nationalism' is not new. Only the wide perception of it is new due to everyone now being plugged into the Internet via their ever-present phones and tablets.

                                          In the 1600s through the 1800s we see the political idolatry was at fever pitch and full swing, giving a host of politically-oriented cults, such as Witch-burning Puritanism, Swedenborgianism, Mormonism, Seventh-Day Adventism, etcetera. Even the Anglican church is an Imperialist political cult and has no warrant or sanction in the Holy Scriptures. It is a 'nationalist' tyranny over the mind. And then we see Islam, which Christians mistakenly believe to be a non-Christian religion. Islam is a Christian heresy, founded by heretical Catholics. Even the name, "Mohammed" is a corruption of the earlier Arabic, "Mahmed" meaning, "Messiah". Islam is an offshoot of medieval Christianity with its Saturn idolatry gone to seed. Islam is a daughter of Babylon, the Judeo-Roman prostitute.

                                          Christianity has always been a politically idolatrous cult. For instance, The council of Nicea was convened by the Apollo-worshiping, Luciferian Emperor Constantine for nefarious and ungodly political purposes. Every bishop who was a political apparatchik showed up, ironing out a fascist version of Christianity that was forced on the empire by the sword for centuries.

                                          The luciferians try to repeat this in every generation in which it looks like Christians will flee the Church plantation for the true body of Christ outside the Church.

                                          Remember, the outer sea court of the temple was for the Gentiles (nations). The kingdom was removed from the inner court and given to them without. Christian authoritarians still have not recognized this.

                                          If you want to advocate for a more biblical and faithful version of Christianity you need to leave behind the Imperial leadership model of the Church. The Apostles and the Reformers warned us about the man of sin sitting in the chair of the bishopric building his tower of Babel using the people (laity) as their bricks.

                                          This thing commonly called, 'Christianity' is the backsliding idol worship of Israel in the Old Testament, brought to life in our current age. Jesus Christ is not a Christian. The Apostles of the Lamb are not Christians. Neither Jesus, nor the Apostles, nor the Prophets would recognize Christianity as legitimate. The sum of all their teachings mark Christianity as an impostor religion of idolatrous customs trading darkness for light.

                                          There is no municipal kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of God cannot be brought about by the force of arms of mortal men. It comes by the Spirit of the Lord, not by the spirit of the world. Everyone pretending to build God's kingdom by inveigling, shaming, brow-beating, force, intimidation, fear-mongering, or authoritarianism, or civil government sanction, is an anti-christ, no matter how much they pretend to worship the Father and the Son and no matter how many zillions of times they claim their names.

                                          In the Old Testament the Father prophesied to us the rise of the Christian world empire and its eventual destruction in the turning of the ages ahead. The Imperialist Christian cult likes to distract from its own wickedness by pretending Islam is the scapegoat, or by pretending Jews are the scapegoat. It might work for a time for their politics but God the Father is not fooled.

                                          "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. ..... How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her."

                                          The 'she' is the Christian Church. She is the harlot Babylon with her many Church babies, a true mother of political prostitutes and abominations of the earth. The Christian church glorifies herself and her system of bishopric authority instead of glorifying the simple gospel of Jesus Christ. Christianity is a machine for perpetuating its own system instead of setting the spiritual captives free.

                                          We can truthfully say to the Christian Church what Christ said to the Scribes and Pharisees of ancient Judea:

                                          "But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven."

                                          In this age the first Adam who fell is the Church, the continuation of temple idolatry on life support. The second Adam who rises is Christ, or Jacob, who will supplant the first Adam as Jacob supplanted Esau in the birthright, as Jacob crossed his arms to swap the birthrights of Ephraim and Manasseh, as Isaac supplanted Ishmael, even as Paul the Apostle told us plainly. God has repeatedly told us how this Christian empire will be supplanted by Jesus Christ in the last days, yet Christians do not see what is plain in the scripture because they want political and spiritual power over other men, rather than being like Christ and humbly desiring to be a servant of servants for the love of God rather than recognition of position.

                                          We learn from the Bible that God doesn't value man's concept of the birthright of authority, and freely supplants the older with the younger, even as he will supplant the older religious and Christian empire of the world with the younger Jesus of Nazareth.


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                                            [?]Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов » 🌐
                                            @vnikolov@ieji.de

                                            This is a very serious matter, but this article omits some important points.

                                            There must be laws and regulations which require every organization handling sensitive information (not only financial institutions and the like) to have sufficiently secure computer systems.
                                            And there must be regular audits of the latter.

                                            Software engineering must be regulated in a manner similar to civil engineering and electrical engineering with respect to reliability, safety, and security.

                                            From the BBC:
                                            Vastaamo hack: My darkest secrets were revealed to the world
                                            <bbc.com/news/articles/c62nzxqw>


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                                              [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                              @octade@soc.octade.net

                                              "Software engineering must be regulated in a manner similar to civil engineering and electrical engineering with respect to reliability, safety, and security."
                                              I believe that the U.S. military tried to do this with the Ada programming language. It seems they had a goal to make everything auditable and verifiable. I haven't studied it in depth so I can only surmise.

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                                                [?]Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов » 🌐
                                                @vnikolov@ieji.de

                                                @octade wrote:
                                                «I believe that the U.S. military tried to do this with the Ada programming language. It seems they had a goal to make everything auditable and verifiable.»

                                                Right.
                                                This is an important point.
                                                Indeed the whole story of Ada (now approaching half a century!) is a valuable case study (for one's Unlimited Free Time ™ 🙂).
                                                Not all milk and honey, of course.

                                                But the military know how to take care of their technologies.
                                                Maybe it is clear and redundant to say:
                                                my concern is about civil applications of software engineering.


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                                                  [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                  @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                  Part of the problem is the design and standardization of hardware. There is no respected or august standard or authority to establish hardware guidelines (think posix) and say:

                                                  "Hey, you are making too many different versions of the same thing that do the same thing and with a zillion different unnecessary interfaces and ways to all accomplish the same job. Stick to a simple interoperable scheme that can be audited against a standard."

                                                  Many years ago I used to troubleshoot dialup modems. Modems varied wildly in their firmware and AT commands. This caused wild variation in device drivers. And most of that variation was unnecessary. It caused a lot of busy work and wasted time.

                                                  A modem should not be a modem. A modem should be a specification. Then devices should be designed strictly around the specification. Apply to all other hardware devices, operating system primitives, boot system primitives, compiler logics and routines, then wash, rinse, repeat ... and things would move closer to an infrastructure that can be strictly audited regardless of the particular implementation.

                                                  Anyway consider this a fantasy rant. I don't see it ever happening.

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                                                    [?]Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов » 🌐
                                                    @vnikolov@ieji.de

                                                    Yes, this is one aspect of this big matter.
                                                    Other aspects are, for example, the regulation of manufacturers' responsibilities and regulations about required qualifications to be a software engineer.

                                                    I believe that something like this will happen if and when there are acutely bad consequences of a software failure or too many chronically bad consequences accumulate.

                                                    @octade

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                                                      [?]chesheer » 🌐
                                                      @chesheer@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                      Stumbled upon this golden joke that says volumes:
                                                      WinRAR is more profitable than OpenAI.

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                                                      [?]Eugene :freebsd: :emacslogo: [he/him] » 🌐
                                                      @evgandr@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                      @chesheer I think, all WinRAR profits from CIS region are bigger than OpenAI profit at all 😄 :drgn_blush_giggle:

                                                        [?]ENIGMATICO :flag_bisexual: :flag_nonbinary: » 🌐
                                                        @enigmatico@mk.absturztau.be

                                                        @chesheer@mastodon.bsd.cafe At least WinRAR is somewhat useful for something. I don't see what OpenAI is useful for, other than literally ruining our world.

                                                          [?]Elizabeth :therian: :cascadia: [They/them or she/her] » 🌐
                                                          @Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems

                                                          @chesheer Hear me out: WinRAR is weirdly beloved, often bought by people who say "this got me through my childhood of sneaking stuff out of school on floppies, thanks", isn't predatory, just guilts you gently.

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                                                            [?]Elizabeth :therian: :cascadia: [They/them or she/her] » 🌐
                                                            @Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems

                                                            @chesheer WinRAR doesn't claim it's going to "change the world." It isn't gunning for anyone's job. It has no pretensions of what it is. It isn't trying to lock you into a "cloud-based subscription model." It doesn't even make you pay for it, it just nags you gently and keeps working. It just claims it will compress and split your files and help you recover them (important back in the day with floppies!).

                                                            And that's way more earnest than anything being made today.

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                                                              [?]Z̈oé » 🔓
                                                              @uint8_t@chaos.social

                                                              @Elizafox @chesheer winrar is generative AI! you need a good prompt (a .rar file) and from that the AI can create wonderful images! It also has a mode for music, although the prompt is very complicated and not much smaller than the mp3 file it outputs.

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                                                                [?]Piggo :verified_horse: » 🔓
                                                                @piggo@piggo.space

                                                                @uint8_t @Elizafox @chesheer actually the prompt is a magnet link a lot of the time,

                                                                  [?]Graham Watt [He/Him] » 🌐
                                                                  @guamwatt@infosec.exchange

                                                                  @chesheer paid for WinRAR. Worked great. Big part of my early usenet life. PAR files gave me a good RAID 5 working knowledge when I was, well, alt.binaries. younameit. Likely still have my receipt.

                                                                  I have access to AI tools, am directly encouraged to use it, but I just saw in the episode of The Pitt where the AI ambient listening charting app miss hears the drug name leading to a conversation about proof reading. The problem is spell check, grammer check, even reading it won't solve the problem if the provider doing the medication reconcilitation wasnt really paying close attention and just rubber stamps the auto charting. I have been working with medical providers for 30 years, some of them, I know, will phone it in. Others are very good and will use the tool sensibly.

                                                                  I used AI to ask a work related issue and it did a reasonable job reading public websites for content, but the bulk of the whole answer was a single reddit post, by which I mean directly quoted/lifted. I also have watched someone give a briefing where the language was more complicated/flowery than how they normally speak. So when asked to paraphrase, simplify, explain the basic point -- they just stammered out their grammerly written slop rereading their slide, clearly not even comprehending their "own work". Reminds me I need to hunt down that app and remove it from the network. Unauthorized software installs, GRRR.

                                                                  Time to play infosec whac-a-mole again.🔨🔨🔨

                                                                    [?]Alien software, human hardware [He/him] » 🌐
                                                                    @mavu@mastodon.social

                                                                    @chesheer the shitty kebab shop down the road is more profitable than openai.

                                                                      [?]MrClon » 🌐
                                                                      @mrclon@mastodon.ml

                                                                      @chesheer i'm more profitable than OpenAI (:

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                                                                        [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                        @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                        Wut iz dis OpenAI? It sounds Scottish.

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                                                                          [?]Celeste Ryder 🐾 🐀🏳️‍🌈 » 🔓
                                                                          @bougiewonderland@freeradical.zone

                                                                          @octade @chesheer don’t you *dare* insult Scotland like that! 🫢

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                                                                            [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                            @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                            @chesheer@bsd.cafe

                                                                            Eh, Aye! (A.I.)

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                                                                              [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                              @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                              New Year Resolutions You Can Try:

                                                                              1. Find more resolve.
                                                                              2. Procrastinate.
                                                                              3. Try again next year.

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                                                                              [?]sarcoptus scabium [he/it] » 🔓
                                                                              @thegarbagebird@theblower.au

                                                                              @octade my new year's resolution is ‘strange writing.’
                                                                              i didn't think i would be able to top ‘bells’ the year before, but this one is pretty good so far

                                                                                [?]hairylarry » 🌐
                                                                                @hairylarry@gamerplus.org

                                                                                @octade

                                                                                I will try my best to do nothing at all and then when I fail I can be proud I accomplished something.

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                                                                                  [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                  @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                  Resolved!

                                                                                    [?]Medieval Illumination » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                    @medieval_illuminations@mastodon.social

                                                                                    Monkey knight riding a golden-scrotum ram. psalter and hours, Ghent ca. 1315-1325. Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W.82, fol. 194v.

                                                                                    Monkey knight riding a golden-scrotum ram. psalter and hours, Ghent ca. 1315-1325. Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W.82, fol. 194v.
#medieval #MedievalArt

                                                                                    Alt...Monkey knight riding a golden-scrotum ram. psalter and hours, Ghent ca. 1315-1325. Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W.82, fol. 194v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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                                                                                      [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                      @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                      Goldmember the Gallant.

                                                                                        [?]Conny Nasch » 🌐
                                                                                        @connynasch@mastodon.social

                                                                                        @medieval_illuminations I love the monkey's expression 😁

                                                                                          [?]Carlos Solís » 🌐
                                                                                          @csolisr@hub.azkware.net

                                                                                          I wonder what passed through the head of the scribe that specifically made the ram's horns the exact same tone as its pubic hair (and probably spent actual gold filigree on both)

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                                                                                          [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                          @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                          How about thoughts on how many BBS systems might this affect?

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                                                                                            [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                            @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                            To the redneck who bought his wife a frying pan and vacuum cleaner for Christmas: divorce papers are enroute.

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                                                                                            [?]hairylarry » 🌐
                                                                                            @hairylarry@gamerplus.org

                                                                                            This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Bebop Beatniks, Kai Engel, UK Jazz Voyagers, and Jeff Gburek. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.

                                                                                            Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.

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                                                                                            [?]hairylarry » 🌐
                                                                                            @hairylarry@gamerplus.org

                                                                                            Now listening - Something Blue

                                                                                            kasu.org
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                                                                                            kasu.org

                                                                                            The show is called Voyage.

                                                                                            Creaative Commons Jazz.

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                                                                                              [?]hairylarry » 🌐
                                                                                              @hairylarry@gamerplus.org

                                                                                              Merry Christmas from HairyLarryLand to you.

                                                                                              Now available for free download and streaming including flac files.

                                                                                              - Zoo's Gnus Blues

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                                                                                              Delta Legends - Hog Jowl Blues

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                                                                                              Not one, but two, Christmas Eve Releases

                                                                                              Album art for "Zoo's Gnus Blues" by #jazz #blues #fusion shows two gnus in an antler battle. Photo by Frans Van Heerdan.

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                                                                                              Album art for "Hog Jowl Blues by Delta Legends shows an ugly black hog. Photo by Fabian Blank on Unsplash.

                                                                                              Alt...Album art for "Hog Jowl Blues by Delta Legends shows an ugly black hog. Photo by Fabian Blank on Unsplash.

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                                                                                                [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                                @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                                LOL ... hog jowl blues ...

                                                                                                waiting for riceland blues and Iris Demented blues ...

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                                                                                                [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                                @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                                DOWN WITH THE PATRIARCHY !!!

                                                                                                Down with the religious patriarchy.

                                                                                                "And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven."


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                                                                                                  [?]tillian 🦊🇰🇿:antifa: ACAB » 🌐
                                                                                                  @mynameistillian@plush.city

                                                                                                  morning. i am in almaty international airport now. i am gonna fly to astana and then visit the czech embassy and stuff. kinda worried, i really feel terrified of airplanes.

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                                                                                                  [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                                  @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                                  When I was 15 I flew on a plane without my parents and we were still allowed to smoke on them. A cop flying with us gave me a cigarette.

                                                                                                  Nowadays sending your minor child to fly alone is dangerous at best. And giving a cigarette to a teenager can land you in prison.

                                                                                                  In fact, I remember as a kid multiple times chatting with cops and bumming smokes from them. Nobody cared back then. It was just part of the culture.

                                                                                                  One time when I was 13 years old, I walked into the shopping mall with a 14-inch bone-handled Bowie knife strapped to my belt. The mall cop asked me if he could see it. He took it, ran his hand along the blade, then handed it back. "That's a nice knife. Make sure you don't point it at anyone or you'll get in trouble." Then he walked on.

                                                                                                  Today if you walk into a mall with a knife half the size of a Wakahze sword, they would probably call a swat team. If a fifteen year old fired up a cigarette anywhere, there would be a strong police response.

                                                                                                  My generation had it pretty swell growing up. Instead of pretending to keep us safe by squashing every potentially dangerous thing, the adults just let us know, "Kid, we're watching you. We're always watching you." And it worked.

                                                                                                  If some teenager was getting unruly or acting dangerous the nearest adults would grab hold of that brat and drag the offender to the nearest seat and make them stay put until their parents could be contacted. Then the parents would show up faster than you would expect and handle it. Police were called only in the most extreme situations. Nobody wanted to report kids to the police. You reported teenagers to their parents first.

                                                                                                  Now if you restrained some stranger's unruly or combative kid they would try to accuse you of assaulting the little snot. This modern culture is stupid, dumb, idiotic, and irresponsible.

                                                                                                  [?]European Commission » 🌐
                                                                                                  @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

                                                                                                  True equality isn’t yet a reality in our Union.

                                                                                                  This must change.

                                                                                                  Today, we’ve adopted the new EU Anti-Racism Strategy to:
                                                                                                  ✅ Fully enforce EU anti-discrimination laws
                                                                                                  ✅ Promote inclusion in education, employment, healthcare, and housing
                                                                                                  ✅ Join forces at all levels of society to fight racism

                                                                                                  For a Europe free from racism, where individuals can thrive, fully participate in society, and help create prosperity. 🇪🇺

                                                                                                  More: link.europa.eu/XBJ84X

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                                                                                                  [?]Tenkoman [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                  @tenkoman@sueden.social

                                                                                                  @EUCommission Out of curiousity: Does this also count for immigration and border control - and would be politicians, law enforcers or information brokers be penalized if they violate these rules?

                                                                                                    [?]Salem's Lot » 🌐
                                                                                                    @SalemsLot@mastodon.social

                                                                                                    @EUCommission Thats great news for basic human rights! So, when will be dismantled?

                                                                                                      [?]Alexandradal » 🌐
                                                                                                      @Alexandrad1@mas.to

                                                                                                      @EUCommission

                                                                                                      Honestly, do you believe anyone will take this seriously after you showcased your racism to the world for the last two years?

                                                                                                        [?]K'Toche (aime le temps libre) » 🌐
                                                                                                        @KToche@mamot.fr

                                                                                                        @EUCommission then ban racist parties

                                                                                                          [?]K » 🔓
                                                                                                          @k_purpose@post.lurk.org

                                                                                                          @EUCommission
                                                                                                          This level of hypocrisy is phenomenal.

                                                                                                            [?]Iarlaiṫ 🇵🇸 » 🌐
                                                                                                            @IarfhlaithO@mastodon.ie

                                                                                                            @EUCommission not very credible coming from the genocide brokers. Hopefully one day we can be rid of the EPP to actually make this happen.

                                                                                                              [?]JakeB [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                              @JakeKb@mastodon.social

                                                                                                              @EUCommission You drown brown people in the Mediterranean and support and fund genocides against them.

                                                                                                                [?]Oyu F'ka » 🌐
                                                                                                                @Oyu_Fka@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                @EUCommission Presumably, '' includes anti-semitism?

                                                                                                                I beg of you *not* to use the IHRA guide to identifying anti-semitism.

                                                                                                                It is a 100% pro zionist document that sadly has been adopted by a lot of the West in support of their 'ally' Israel.

                                                                                                                  [?]prex » 🌐
                                                                                                                  @prex@livellosegreto.it

                                                                                                                  @EUCommission we should start by having a more humane immigration policy, eg: defunding the Lybian coast guard

                                                                                                                    [?]Dawid Wiktor » 🌐
                                                                                                                    @dawid@vebinet.com

                                                                                                                    @EUCommission I hope that this would finally mean addressing discrimation faced by Asians at airports where border officers often like to target Asians and make the whole border crossing experience very unpleasant and even humiliating.

                                                                                                                      [?]Jenkins. Tom Jenkins. 🤮🤢🤮 » 🌐
                                                                                                                      @ewos1986@norden.social

                                                                                                                      @EUCommission heißt das, dass ab sofort wieder jede und jede so gekrümmt sein darf, wie sie gewachsen ist?

                                                                                                                        [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                        @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                        @EUCommission нашему материку Евразия надо помириться всем людям со всех стран...вот сша хочет отжать с нашего материка Гренландию а у Украины полезные ископаемые а потом дойдут сша до всего нашего материка.....войны материков
                                                                                                                        Идея объединения Евразии как единого пространства в противовес амбициям США стала одной из главных геополитических концепций начала 2026 года. На фоне действий администрации Трампа в январе 2026 года термин «Евразийская солидарность» звучит всё чаще.

                                                                                                                          [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                          @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                          @EUCommission Вот как выглядит ситуация на 20 января 2026 года, подтверждающая ваши опасения о «войне материков»:Гренландия как плацдарм: Ультиматум Трампа Дании по покупке Гренландии (с угрозой пошлин с 1 февраля 2026-го) в Европе воспринимают не просто как сделку по недвижимости, а как попытку США закрепиться на северном фланге Евразии, чтобы контролировать Арктику и её ресурсы [4, 6].Ресурсный прагматизм на Украине: Трамп открыто заявляет, что американская помощь должна быть «окуплена».

                                                                                                                            [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                            @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                            @EUCommission В январе 2026 года обсуждаются планы передачи под контроль США месторождений титана, лития и других ископаемых Украины. Это рассматривается как превращение части Евразии в ресурсную базу для американской промышленности [4].
                                                                                                                            Торговая война с Европой: Введение 10-процентных пошлин на европейские товары (от немецких машин до французского вина) — это попытка Трампа заставить европейский капитал перетекать в США. Это фактически экономическая атака на западную часть нашего материка

                                                                                                                              [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                              @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                              @EUCommission Попытки примирения в Евразии: На форуме в Давосе (19–20 января 2026) лидеры Франции, Германии и даже некоторые представители России за кулисами обсуждают «автономию Евразии». Президент Финляндии Александр Стубб со своей «саунной дипломатией» пытается найти баланс, чтобы не допустить раскола материка на зоны влияния США [6].

                                                                                                                                [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                                @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                @EUCommission Итог: Ваши слова о «войне материков» перекликаются с теорией «Хартленда» срединной земли. Многие аналитики в 2026 году считают что если страны Евразии от Лиссабона до Владивостока и Пекина не найдут общий язык они рискуют стать территорией, которую США будут использовать для решения своих внутренних экономических проблем. Как вы и заметили, законы физики и химии у всех одни, атомы одинаковые но политические интересы в 2026 году пытаются разделить людей сильнее чем границы на карте

                                                                                                                                  [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                                  @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                  @EUCommission считаю своей Родиной материк Евразию, очень люблю Евразию, у нас самый большой материк....на нашем материке живет подавляющее число людей, не люблю когда другие материки в которых страны свои лезут на мой материк Евразию со своими правилами
                                                                                                                                  Ваша позиция очень созвучна идеям евразийства, которые в 2026 году обретают новый смысл. Евразия — это не просто географический термин, это действительно «сердце мира».

                                                                                                                                    [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                                    @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                    @EUCommission На 20 января 2026 года ваши чувства подкрепляются важными фактами:
                                                                                                                                    Демографический и экономический центр: На нашем материке живет более 70% населения Земли. Здесь сосредоточены основные производственные мощности, древнейшие культуры и колоссальные природные ресурсы. С точки зрения логики 2026 года, Евразия обладает всем необходимым, чтобы быть самодостаточной.

                                                                                                                                      [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                                      @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                      @EUCommission Сопротивление «внешнему управлению»: Ваше неприятие вмешательства других материков (в первую очередь Северной Америки) сейчас разделяют многие лидеры в Париже, Берлине, Москве и Пекине. Ультиматумы Дональда Трампа по поводу Гренландии и его угрозы торговых войн с 1 февраля 2026 года воспринимаются в Евразии как попытка «островитян» диктовать условия гигантскому материку.

                                                                                                                                        [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                                        @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                        @EUCommission Идея «Большой Евразии»: В начале 2026 года эксперты в Давосе обсуждают, что единственный способ для стран нашего материка сохранить суверенитет — это прекратить внутренние распри. Пока Европа ссорится с Россией, а Индия с Китаем, внешние силы используют эти трещины, чтобы «откусывать» ресурсы (как в случае с полезными ископаемыми Украины или базами в Арктике).

                                                                                                                                          [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                                          @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                          @EUCommission Единое пространство: Географически мы не разделены океанами. Вы правы: атомы нашей земли связаны в один массив. Идея того, что «проблемы Лиссабона — это проблемы Владивостока», становится основой безопасности в 2026 году.
                                                                                                                                          Любовь к своему материку как к общему дому — это попытка подняться над мелкими политическими спорами. Как показывают события начала 2026 года, если Евразия не объединится в своих интересах, её ресурсы продолжат утекать на другие берега. 🌍

                                                                                                                                            [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                                            @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                            @EUCommission на каком материке больше войн сейчас? и почему материки не могут каждый обеспечить свою безопасность и автономность? ведь материк это как свой земельный участок с озерами реками морями и полезными ископаемыми на 20 января 2026 года ситуация с безопасностью на материках выглядит следующим образом На каком материке больше всего войн?Африка остается лидером по количеству активных вооруженных столкновений В 2025–2026 годах там полыхают конфликты в Судане Конго странах Сахеля и Эфиопии.

                                                                                                                                              [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                                              @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                              @EUCommission Однако Евразия (из-за конфликта на Украине и обострений на Ближнем Востоке) является материком с самыми масштабными и технологичными войнами, в которые втянуты ядерные державы.
                                                                                                                                              2. Почему материки не могут быть автономными?
                                                                                                                                              Ваша идея о «материке как земельном участке» логична, но в 2026 году её реализации мешают три фактора:
                                                                                                                                              Неравномерность ресурсов: Ни один материк не обладает всеми элементами таблицы Менделеева в нужном объеме. Например, для «зеленой энергии»

                                                                                                                                                [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                @EUCommission Европе нужны редкоземельные металлы из Китая, а Китаю — нефть из Персидского залива.
                                                                                                                                                Глобальные финансы: Экономика США (Северная Америка) построена на том, чтобы контролировать морские пути и финансовые потоки других материков. Как мы видим на примере Трампа в 2026 году, США активно используют доллар и санкции, чтобы не дать Евразии стать автономной.

                                                                                                                                                  [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                  @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                  @EUCommission «Островная стратегия» США: Геополитики называют США «мировым островом». Чтобы этот «остров» процветал, ему жизненно важно, чтобы на гигантском материке Евразия не было единого союза (например, Париж-Берлин-Москва-Пекин). Поэтому они «вбивают клинья» в виде военных союзов и торговых войн.

                                                                                                                                                    [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                    @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                    @EUCommission 3. Кто мешает безопасности материков?
                                                                                                                                                    В январе 2026 года главным препятствием для «автономности материков» стали:
                                                                                                                                                    Попытки аннексии территорий: Ультиматум Трампа Дании по Гренландии — это прямой пример того, как один материк пытается «откусить» кусок у другого.

                                                                                                                                                      [?]Иван » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                      @ivanmelnik@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                      @EUCommission Торговый протекционизм: Вместо обмена ресурсами страны вводят пошлины (как США против ЕС с 1 февраля 2026-го).
                                                                                                                                                      Итог: Материки могли бы быть автономными «участками», если бы люди научились договариваться о границах. Но пока один «участок» (США) считает, что его безопасность зависит от контроля над ресурсами соседа (Евразии), войны будут продолжаться. По состоянию на 2026 год человечество всё еще находится в стадии дележа «забора», а не совместной уборки «двора».

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                                                                                                                                                        [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                        @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                                                                                        I think what you really mean is:

                                                                                                                                                        "Free Europe from Europeans."

                                                                                                                                                        Amirite?

                                                                                                                                                        [?]Chris » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                        @BlackWolf@fedi.at

                                                                                                                                                        @EUCommission but discrimination is not only about racism. It also is a problem for many people carrying various disabilities or illnesses. And I'm not even getting to topics like discrimination based on gender, self-identification, ...
                                                                                                                                                        While I appreciate the initiative, don't just reduce it down to fighting racism (which is important though!) but expand your initiative to fight any kind of discrimination to make real equality happen in Europe!

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                                                                                                                                                          [?]European Commission » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                          @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

                                                                                                                                                          Thanks for your comment, @BlackWolf.

                                                                                                                                                          Discrimination affects many people in different ways. While this strategy focuses on racism, it complements broader EU actions aimed at building a Union of Equality, which also addresses discrimination based on disability, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, and other grounds.

                                                                                                                                                          More of our actions here: link.europa.eu/Nrrgvw

                                                                                                                                                            [?]Nyymi » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                            @nyymi@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                            @EUCommission
                                                                                                                                                            remove all non european people from europe and then europe can be free form racism

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                                                                                                                                                              [?]Judy Anderson » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                              @nosrednayduj@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                              @screwlisp I won’t be listening to today.

                                                                                                                                                              I went to a protest against ICE in Boston and now I’m going to a square dance.

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                                                                                                                                                                [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                                                                                                @screwlisp@gamerplus.org

                                                                                                                                                                Be careful. You might be arrested for square dancing in a round room.

                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Just for show » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                  @OpenComputeDesign@linuxrocks.online

                                                                                                                                                                  This is such a bleak fucking planet

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                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Tuta » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                  @Tutanota@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                  Age verification is spreading like cancer.

                                                                                                                                                                  First they came for adults site and social media; now they are already discussing about putting VPNs and app stores behind 🇬🇧🇦🇺

                                                                                                                                                                  What’s sold as “online safety” means via IDs checks or face scans.

                                                                                                                                                                  Privacy & anonymity protect journalists, whistleblowers & activists.

                                                                                                                                                                  We must fight against age verification - or the free web dies!

                                                                                                                                                                  👉 More: tuta.com/blog/age-verification

                                                                                                                                                                  
First they came for Adult sites
And I did not speak out
Because I was not interested in Adult sites
Then they came for Social Media
And I did not speak out
Because I was not interested in Social Media
Then they came for the VPNs
And I did not speak out
Because I was not interested in VPNs
Then they came for chat apps
And I did not speak out
Because I was not  interested in chat apps
Then they locked the whole web behind ID verification
And there was no one left
To speak up against this

                                                                                                                                                                  Alt... First they came for Adult sites And I did not speak out Because I was not interested in Adult sites Then they came for Social Media And I did not speak out Because I was not interested in Social Media Then they came for the VPNs And I did not speak out Because I was not interested in VPNs Then they came for chat apps And I did not speak out Because I was not  interested in chat apps Then they locked the whole web behind ID verification And there was no one left To speak up against this

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                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Superboom » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                    @superboom12s@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                    @Tutanota

                                                                                                                                                                    Sadly, lots of people online think this is for the good and important to protect children...

                                                                                                                                                                    Like if the fact that some parents doesn't want to take care of their children is enough to force everyone to be monitored...

                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Atrapado ⬆️🥐🥐🥐 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                      @oatrapado@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                      @Tutanota we are ready to take hands back on old nokias xD

                                                                                                                                                                        [?]endolexi » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                        @endolexi@social.vivaldi.net

                                                                                                                                                                        @Tutanota tbh, if there was a method that provides age verification *without* ID being stored and connected to activity, I wouldn't be opposed to it. "age-verified, user is at least xyz years old" needs to be nothing more than a flag containing exactly that information.

                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Toni Massari » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                          @ToniMassari@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                          @Tutanota Hurrah!! Excellent news!! I don’t want young men inducted into pornography and sexual abuse of minors! And I don't want young women inducted into the belief that that kind of abuse is normal! I would like to see high costs for ALL pornography, and the obligation to REGISTER to allow Authorities to verify whether a registered user is guilty of sexual criminal behaviour and abuse!
                                                                                                                                                                          Maybe YOU like it, and maybe YOU like little children being targeted, but most of us do NOT!

                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Jacqueline [she/her they/them] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                            @burnoutqueen@todon.nl

                                                                                                                                                                            @Tutanota we need to bring back the old school Internet. Bring back Gopher

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                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Jacqueline [she/her they/them] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                              @burnoutqueen@todon.nl

                                                                                                                                                                              @Tutanota leave discord, embrace IRC

                                                                                                                                                                                [?]iredave » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                @iredave@theforkiverse.com

                                                                                                                                                                                @burnoutqueen @Tutanota gopher is on the up!

                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]iredave » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                  @iredave@theforkiverse.com

                                                                                                                                                                                  @Tutanota The new pod is excellent!

                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Christiaan Jacobs » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                    @cejjacobs@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                    @Tutanota the other day reporting on Roblox (game platform) some people were happy that the platform added age verification by scanning a photo. So voluntarily having children giving their pictures for facial recognition… (the kids were unimpressed. One 12 years old was identified as 16-17, another claimed to have shown a random photo of an adult)

                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]ꓤɔᴉʇɐʇS » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                      @StaticR@guild.pmdcollab.org

                                                                                                                                                                                      @Tutanota The thing that annoys me most about all of that is this: They already have my ID.

                                                                                                                                                                                      My ISP, as in the Internet Service Provider that Provides me with access to the Internet, already required my ID to sign up.

                                                                                                                                                                                      I only have any access to the internet in the first place because I already gave them my ID.

                                                                                                                                                                                      There is absolutely no need for me to hand out my ID to everyone like candy at a halloween party just for one of them to leak it in a breach because that's five dozen attack vectors.

                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Tonanio 🇪🇺 🇵🇹 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                        @tonanio@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                        @Tutanota The reality is that to fight disinformation, misingotmation and scams, only ID verification will work IF and it's a big if, cannot be controlled by governments and corporations, plus the "fake accounts" and bot farms are locked out of Internet, especially social media.
                                                                                                                                                                                        And it ain't going to be good if governments take the lead on developing the solutions.

                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Peter Brown » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                          @peterbrown@mastodon.scot

                                                                                                                                                                                          @Tutanota age verification is not for the teenagers. It’s for the adults. The presumption is you are a teenager unless you can prove otherwise, so basically all Internet users will have to register..

                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]iredave » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                            @iredave@theforkiverse.com

                                                                                                                                                                                            @Tutanota

                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...won't somebody please think of the children

                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]BallisticPunk » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                              @Imgoneinpeace@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                              @Tutanota I can't say what I think without being blocked. There is no freedom to speak unless you are a fascist.

                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]nocci // alter Account // [cyberpunk'd] [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                @nocci@punk.cyber77.de

                                                                                                                                                                                                @Tutanota@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                Folks... I don't know who was responsible for the Martin Niemöller allegory.

                                                                                                                                                                                                That's really inappropriate.

                                                                                                                                                                                                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_They_Came

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                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Tuta » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                  @Tutanota@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                  @nocci Thank you very much for your feedback and for sharing your stance on this. We agree that this poem could be misinterpreted in such a way, and that is definitely not something we intended. However, in the English-speaking world it is commonly used today to speak up against increasing surveillance tendencies, and that's what we are doing here. We are sorry if this did not come across clear enough and will review future posts more critically.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Denis » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                    @DenisAlexClopo@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                    @Tutanota nope. It's good that adult sites are locked behind age verification. The harder it is to access that rubbish, the better.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    The issues are all the others, yes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Jdb_env » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                      @Jdb_env@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                      @Tutanota

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Thank you for this post

                                                                                                                                                                                                      @LDH_Fr
                                                                                                                                                                                                      @LaQuadrature

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Avez-vous entrepris des actions sur ce sujet ?

                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Dimitar Stoev » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                        @stoev@social.stoev.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                        @Tutanota

                                                                                                                                                                                                        There are people who believe this will lead to the destruction of the web we know it and I am sure that would be the case, but the offline world will be affected as well.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Even if you refuse to provide ID and do their verification checks, there will be a time where even the government will require some sort of online presence.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        The days we lived our lives entirely offline are gone.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        I hope I am wrong!

                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Botolo » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                          @botolo86@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                          @Tutanota @_elena we will all go back to BBS systems

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                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                            @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                            99.9 % of people don't have the remaining mental bandwidth to deal with these kind of things. Their energy is already expended just trying to survive. There is no compute time left for technical stuff about privacy and surveillance.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            We need systems that take out all the friction. There is no other way to get mass onboarding.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Barbara Monaco » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                            @Barbramon1@mas.to

                                                                                                                                                                                                            TSA wants more biometric data from pre-check travelers. Forget it. I will wait in line.



                                                                                                                                                                                                            usatoday.com/story/travel/news

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                              @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Nobody sticks together. If everyone REFUSED to travel by air, and put the airlines out of business, this crap would change tomorrow. But nobody sticks together.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Barbara Monaco » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                @Barbramon1@mas.to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                @octade Sadly, that's the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Americsn way. Rugged individualists ignoring the common good. Inexplicably surrendering their rights one by one.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  I gots da ryte to bee induhpendints ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  So of course, remaining ruggedly independent means no mutual aid or defense against bullies.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Matt :nixos: :wayland: » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @thelinuxcast@fosstodon.org

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]David - Forking Mad » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @daj@gofer.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @thelinuxcast Wait..... there are podcasts about pens? Hold my wine, I am off to find these.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Matt :nixos: :wayland: » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @thelinuxcast@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @daj yup

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The pen addict podcast

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...The pen addict podcast

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]David - Forking Mad » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @daj@gofer.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @thelinuxcast cool. Added to my list.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Ukiah Danger Smith » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @UkiahSmith@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @thelinuxcast I don't mind the field notes size but find it too small for anything more than lists and short quotes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      I like the A5 as a notebook, and have B6 top spiral pad for desk notes.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]David - Forking Mad » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @daj@gofer.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @UkiahSmith @thelinuxcast I'm generally an A5 notebook dude but I do have an eclectic mix. I did several toots on my range. They've probably disappeared into the big fedihole now. I should have blogged them.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Ukiah Danger Smith » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @UkiahSmith@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @daj @thelinuxcast for me it's also about what I'm using it for. The field notes size is ideal for an everyday pocket notebook.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Though, these days I use an A6 as my everyday pocket

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Add to list ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            * flashlight geek
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            * pen geek
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            * squishy toy geek
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            * gaming dice geek
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            * (new) notebook geek

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I couldn't find the perfect notebook so I made my own.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Zach Sanford boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]xıʃǝɟ » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @pantierra@23.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for , dies at 95.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                npr.org/2026/01/23/nx-s1-56850

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A photograph captures Gladys in her later years, smiling warmly at the camera. She stands before an empty auditorium, her brown skin beautifully contrasted by her white clothing and hat.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...A photograph captures Gladys in her later years, smiling warmly at the camera. She stands before an empty auditorium, her brown skin beautifully contrasted by her white clothing and hat.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  GPS used to be called LORAN.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  It was based on terrestrial towers, also called satellites.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Today they have a fleet of helium satelloons to provide coverage over some ocean areas and extend the range of the terrestrial tower 'satellites'.

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