Total honest question to my dear Fedi friends, I need a genuine answer, please do not sugarcoat things. I need Dutch bluntness here!

So you have been following #MySoCalledSudoLife adventures for almost two years now.

I'm not sure how to define myself anymore because I'm not an expert at this stuff, but I am no longer a newbie either. Yesterday I updated all my systems using CLI (in tmux)!

Now, my main point after my long preamble:

I want to create custom apparel for the next #FOSDEM, as an act of rebellion against the rejection for our proposal of a DEIB room.

I used to make sweatshirts and t-shirts to promote the visibility of women in film, like: "this is what a film director looks like" or just t-shirts that read "film director". I gifted them to prominent women in film, who LOVED them and wore them on set!

I'd like to do something similar but for FOSDEM / tech.

Is it too much to say: "this is what a sysadmin looks like"? Can I call myself a sysadmin, or would you find it sacrilegious?

Anything else? Like, other suggestions along the lines of "this is what a ----- looks like" or "sysadmin"?

Thanks! 🙏​

Enshittification is particularly galling because (in theory, at least), digital technology should be *really* hard to enshittify.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/21/brittle-individualism/#gnireenigne

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📣 Announcing the immediate availability of:

- PHP 8.2.35
- PHP 8.3.36
- PHP 8.4.27
- PHP 8.5.12

‼️ These address the following critical security issues:

- Remote Code Execution via Out of Memory corruption (CVE-2026-109618)
- Remote Code Execution via Stale Global State (CVE-2026-109619)

📝 https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-8.php
🎁 https://www.php.net/downloads?source=Y
:windows8: Windows: https://www.php.net/downloads.php?os=windows

Read more: https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-10-21-5

#PHP #Release #Security #CVE

RE: https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/117474817880134546

UPDATE2: There've been new developements:
https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/117486094261932225

🚨 Please read & act if you're running a small online shop in the EU or are even just a customer of one: These people need your urgent support. Otherwise the still new EU-wide packaging & waste regulation (PPWR) as it currently stands and is in full effect WILL kill most of the small businesses in the EU, incl. the livelihoods of artists, designers, illustrators, makers etc. who're trying to survive by selling physical goods online...

The legislation already came online in August, but it's been an utter bureaucratic mess! Official communication and clarification was even worse/absent for many weeks since rollout. An exemption from the most damaging parts for nano/micro-businesses was only voted[1][2] on in parliament today (almost 60(!) days after introduction), but with positive outcome. However, this support by parliament is only a small win and we need more pressure on MEPs to clarify the severity of this situation for the next round(s) of negotiation with the EU Council and member states.

To clarify: The most damaging & costly part of this regulation is the requirement for a legal representative in each EU country you want to ship to. The cost of a single representative is several hundred Euro per yer per country. If you're intending to sell to the entire EU, that's worst case 27 middlemen to pay, i.e. (tens of) thousands of Euro in just regulatory fees every single year. It's completely unrealistic, disproportional, nonsensical and against every aspect of the single market principles... It is now easier to sell to outside the EU than it is to sell inside the EU! Make it make sense!

The only people this regulation benefits are major retailers and the growing compliance industry!

Please boost for visibility! Thank you! 🙏

(Update: added link, punctuation)

[1] https://packaging-journal.de/en/the-european-parliament-wants-to-simplify-the-epr-requirements-only-for-small-companies/
[2] https://www.rapporteur.com/news/meps-back-small-business-exemption-from-costly-waste-reduction-compliance/

#PPWR #EU #SME #SaveMicroEnterprises #Legislation #WriteToYourMEP

Do Not Obey in Advance: waarom we ons moeten verzetten tegen sanctiedruk. Toelichting waarom Waag voor openbaarheid koos. https://waag.org/nl/article/do-not-obey-advance-waarom-we-ons-moeten-verzetten-tegen-sanctiedruk/

Was feeling like being a turtle, so I made turtle art using #P5js #ohjeeva #creativeCoding Turtle art is basically a set of instructions (move forward, turn, lift pen) steering a robot or turtle, which lead to intricate designs. Fun stuff. Probably more coming.

Due to an hourly frequency on a local line (in comparison to the standard half hour in NL) I will be home half an hour later than expected from the system.

Could be worse: instead I have a comfy NS intercity on an alternative route with more travel time, but the same arrival time of the more direct hourly connection. System failure? Not really. But still, could be better. Frequency matters, as departure times cannot always be planned. In my case a work thing. Then frequency matters

When going floor shopping, it is always useful to take some colour samples of your furniture with you. We found the ideal ones, and they are modular :D

Update: failure seems to have spread further through the country, with departures falling from timetables without any further passenger information other than "system failure".

Our train and following trains from the west in the direction of Deventer got cancelled in Apeldoorn due to a "system failure". Nothing in the NS app and website, but the disruption is documented on other platforms. Weird stuff...

Also the real time departure information in the NS app is broken.

Is this NS? Digital stuff? Farmer terrorism again? Nothing, no info. Interesting times.

In the end ended up arriving an hour later than the original first connection, with an emergency replacement bus arriving within 15 mins of original departure time. A huge win on paper, the user experience however...

The travel time from arrival at the station was 2:45 compared to a 36 min (33km) car trip. The hourly frequency from the train that DID run further added an extra half hour delay, and the lack of proper passenger information made it quite stressful. Could be worse, could be better.

Went to check out the cool new trams and the station in Liège. What I got instead: Police firing water cannons at school children, a car infested run down city stinking of urine, and cancelled trains with no further information in any other language than french.

Dutch SNCB website confidently stating that there are rail replacement busses. Arriva (who actually runs the trains) has no idea or no information on their website whatsoever.

Happy fun times. Cool new trams though.

Fun fact: The Dutch DDZ #trains have Canadian maple leaf patterned speaker grills to honor the Canadian manufacturing heritage of #bombardier . Let's hope #Canada may yet regain that capability some day. 🇪🇺🚃🇨🇦

@Marloezovic zou het niet prachtig zijn als het door #mediahuis opnieuw gelanceerde #hyves ook met de #fediverse zou kunnen federeren? Een beetje als Threads, maar dan niet zo toxisch

New development in the automobile obesity era: newly built sheds on wheels no longer fit the double decked car transport #trains in the EU. This means double length (single deck) trains, with the extra strain impounded on the network and the consumer alike.

Grand total of #KMtrein kilometer kampioen: 839.8km out of a planned 907.8km. Not bad for a first time effort if I can say so myself, but missing that last leg to Groningen really took out a chunk of kilometers. Main lesson learned: start in Zwolle to head North to save margin for extra Northern kilometers.

We had a great time and it was nice to see a bunch of places I haven't been to in a while.

Ended the 12 hour race in Enschede. Not the planned route but had a blast nonetheless #KMtrein

The first true failure of the original plan: the train to Zwolle is delayed beyond our transfer. We'll be filling the last kilometers with the train to Enschede instead, assuming we still make that #DMtrein.

Still, running 10 out of 12 hours on planning is a good performance in my book. Especially considering the 800-something kilometers travelled and the amount of network disruption and subsequent non-standard timetables due to construction works this weekend.

In an unfortunate turn of events the train is delayed at Utrecht due to a person on the tracks. This wrecks our chances at our stretch goal, but safety is always more important than a #KMtrein game. With the stretch goal out of reach, we are still on track for a 33-12=21 layover at 's Hertogenbosch for some snacks.

Notification in the NS app: you have checked in more than three hours ago, did you forget to check out? Well, ehm, no. I'm, you know, doing the thing xD

#KMtrein