RE: https://ruhr.social/@HolgerTDittmann/116567994865278163

Eine „Reichensteuer“ die Menschen gar nicht betrifft die *wirklich* reich sind. Dass die übliche Definition von „reich“ in Deutschland sich auf Einkommen (aus Erwerbsarbeit) bezieht und nicht auf „kann das eigene Geld in hundert Menschenleben nicht ausgeben“ ist echt hinterhältig.

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, nein, “Autofahren” wird nicht wieder teurer. *Verbrennerfahren* wird wieder teurer.

E-Auto-Fahren wird gerade eher billiger (bei mehreren Anbietern).

Sprachliche Präzision ist eine journalistische Tugend.
#Tankrabatt

Soatok’s Informal Guide to Threat Models

After a long day of exhausting conversations about Hybrid Post-Quantum Cryptography, random jackasses trying to play gotcha with endpoint attacks against end-to-end encrypted messaging apps, and message board discussions in the wake of dumb politicians pushing more "age verification" bullshit on us all, it's become abundantly clear to me that the phrase "threat model" is a foreign…

http://soatok.blog/2026/06/30/soatoks-informal-guide-to-threat-models/

I would call aloud upon her name.
Harry Clarke, from "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" by Edgar Allan Poe, London, New York: n.d. #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/would-call-aloud/

🌭 Why AI hasn’t replaced software engineers, and other delusional copings

https://www.normaltech.ai/p/why-ai-hasnt-replaced-software-engineers

#ai #vibecoding #vibeslop

people say the fediverse runs on activitypub, but actually the fediverse runs on the tenuous web of mutual trust created between all of its participants, and activitypub is but the clumsy messenger

Aus.social has the best two factor authentication.

If I was to ever lose access to my account I could prove my identity by sending pictures of the physical objects members of the community have have made for me.

20.06.01: Die erste große bundesweite "Internet-Demo" (DDOS-Attacke an der alle mitmachen konnten) trifft Lufthansa als Abschiebe-Profiteur. Infos: https://nadir.org/nadir/periodika/tatblatt/167Lufthansa.html

My latest @newscientist.com@bsky.brid.gy cartoon

bitte vergesst bei dem heißen wetter nicht eine schale wasser für ein französisches kernkraftwerk rauszustellen

So, seems like Microsoft's *.olc.protection.outlook.com mail servers are currently using certificates signed by an distrusted root CA[1].

That seems like a shocking level of incompetence.

It means that any mail server supporting MTA-STS is currently unable to deliver any mail to them.

[1] DigiCert Global Root CA which has been scheduled for distrusting since 2023 https://knowledge.digicert.com/general-information/digicert-root-and-intermediate-ca-certificate-updates-2023

The #curl project will not accept or otherwise handle any vulnerability reports during the month of July 2026. We call it the curl summer of bliss.

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/06/15/curl-summer-of-bliss/

Die $VERSICHERUNG hat mir zum Geburtstag gratuliert. Per "sicherer" E-Mail in deren Webportal. Dass das nur eine Gratulation ist, steht da schon.

Aber nun bekomme ich alle zwei Tage eine Erinnerung dass ich die wichtige Post noch nicht abgeholt habe.

Kundenkommunikation aus der Hölle.

Sir Ian McKellen on calling everyone "love"

A new #introduction as I make a major life change. After 30 years as a faculty member at #UMassAmherst, I am becoming emeritus this fall. I look forward to having more time to write speculative fiction & devote to service. I'm the author of several books of science fiction & fantasy. I serve as Secretary of @SFWA, as creator of @wss366, & on the program committee of the Straw Dog Writers Guild. I also speak #Esperanto & have won awards for my poetry, stories, & essays. https://stevendbrewer.com/

Was man nach fast 30 Jahren in der #IT beim Schrankaufräumen so alles findet ...😜
Gibt's in #Karlsruhe vielleicht noch jemenschen, der für was davon Verwendung hätte? Mir fehlt leider inzwischen die passende Hardware ...

#RetroComputing #OldiesButGoldies #ClassicComputer

the cyberpunk present is weird as fuck: the latest Shai Hulud malware wave contains an LLM prompt to create biological weapons and nuclear weapons, with the purpose to trip LLM safety refusals so that LLM-based code scanning wont see the malware

https://socket.dev/blog/mini-shai-hulud-miasma-and-hades-worms-target-bioinformatics-and-mcp-developers-via-malicious