This happening right when so many countries are looking long & hard at their reliance on American cloud tech, is perfect actually.

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/117606741994763026

Is it Microsoft 364 now? 😬😆

#Microsoft #Outage

Good grief if I had known that See on #AppleTV would hit almost ALL my good buttons for #TV... characters & story & acting & action & romance & setting & costumes & ..... I would have watched it years ago.

Only 3 seasons is a tragedy that I am not prepared to face. Trying to watch slower but I'm failing.

#See #AppleTVSee

Ah.. my access has been restored, with a CloudFlare sniff test first. Whew.

Woah, I got a reply to my email! (I have never received a reply to an email sent to any SAAS/social platform's tech support ever.)

Hello,

Thanks for reaching out. Our network team is aware of legitimate users getting blocked from the site and are working both internally and with our external vendors to mitigate the issue. Thanks for your patience while the team works to get this resolved.

Thanks,

Stack Exchange Community Support Team

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Well that's nice to hear. I hope they figure it out!😁

What's going on with #StackExchange lately? For the first time in my life I've received a 'your IP has been blocked' warning when trying to look something up on AskUbuntu. I'm just on a home network, nothing fishy, not using a VPN.

Don't push the last 1% of people who are trying NOT to use LLMs away from your service. 😓

#programming #ubuntu #StackOverflow #development #WebDev #PHP

I'm not that surprised how many developers don't recognise this risk with AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex…), sandboxed or not:

An agent that can write to your repo can plant code in .git/ that later runs on YOUR machine:
• .git/hooks/* (pre-commit, post-checkout…)
• .git/config: core.fsmonitor, core.pager, core.sshCommand, diff.external, "!" aliases

core.fsmonitor runs on a plain `git status`, which your shell prompt (starship, oh-my-zsh), VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and git GUIs run automatically. Just cd-ing into the repo or opening it can trigger it.

.git/ isn't tracked, so none of this shows up in git diff or code review. For sandboxed agents it's the easiest way out.

After an agent session, check from outside the repo before opening it (no output = OK):
find REPO/.git/hooks -type f ! -name '*.sample'
grep -inE 'fsmonitor|hookspath|pager|sshcommand|external|textconv|filter|!' REPO/.git/config

#git #AI #infosec

I do not like this time change now.
I do not like it, anyhow.

I do not like it in the morn.
I do not like feeling forlorn.

I do not like the darkest eves.
I do not like raking the leaves.

I do not like to turn clocks back.
I do not like the outside black.

I do not like to feel sleepy.
When my life is needing me.

I do not like this time change now.
I do not like it, anyhow.

- Sherri W.

😴

#DaylightSavings #CdnPoli #time #health

I do not like this time change now.
I do not like it, anyhow.

I do not like it in the morn.
I do not like feeling forlorn.

I do not like the darkest eves.
I do not like raking the leaves.

I do not like to turn clocks back.
I do not like the outside black.

I do not like to feel sleepy.
When my life is needing me.

I do not like this time change now.
I do not like it, anyhow.

- Sherri W.

😴

#DaylightSavings #CdnPoli #time #health

It really sucks for gift giving events when #games don't have a physical copy. A gift card with a printout of the title art just is not the same. 😓

My mom is definitely not keen when you ask for a digital gift. 💖

#VideoGames #Switch2 #Runescape #Christmas

Data centers got a good knock down in this election and we love to see it.

They made an industry that's usually very ephemeral suddenly in everyone's faces.

They went about this the wrong way. Should have mandated they build underground, with a public park on top, fully green energy only and built by the companies with a 25% energy surplus kicked back to the community.

Don't pretend they bring jobs.

Could have been a green energy build-out boom.

#AI #USPol #DataCenters

Just........wow 🫨

35 of 35 (!!) ballot measures on data centres in US midterms vote to restrict data centre development

28 of 35 feature over 70% voting to crack down on data centres

https://ballotpedia.org/Data_center-related_ballot_measures,_2026

Results are coming in, and I’m tracking how crypto and AI super PACs’ bets are faring live on Tech Influence Watch: https://influence.citationneeded.news/2026/results

I’ll thread the industries’ biggest wins and losses tonight below 🧵

#USpol #USpolitics #midterms

ACLU: 📢 IF YOU'RE IN LINE, STAY IN LINE 📢

If you’re in line when polls close, stay in line. You have a right to cast your ballot.

If you face any interference, call the Election Protection Hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE.

https://bsky.app/profile/aclu.org/post/3mzh2c7fiwf2s

Some absolutely mind-boggling numbers in this excellent article. As I've been screaming for years now: AI is on track to become a major global polluting industry on par with the worst we've got today.

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Don't forget to take care of your mental health today Americans. Going to be a long night. 😖

#vote #USPol #midterms #news #America

The Guardian provides an excellent reminder of everything we’re voting against today. Let’s make this count.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/03/trump-midterm-message-republicans

#USPol #Vote #VoteBlue #Midterms2026 #EndRepublicanRule

"I don't want to spend my coffee/beer/lottery/salad money on an uber to the polling station"

"My Democrat candidate sucks or isn't likely to win"

"I didn't bother to check if I'm still registered"

"Standing in line sucks"

"The midterms don't matter"

"I didn't sleep well last night"

Shut up. Go save yourselves for crying out loud.

#politics #UsPol #vote #midterms #election

And yes, this means you, the:

"I don't pay attention to politics"

"My religion says we don't vote"

"I only care about _____ issue"

"My boss doesn't give us time off to vote"

"They all suck, so why bother"

people.

#Midterms #UsPol #politics #vote

I cannot stress enough how much of the rest of the world is clinging to a shred of a hope that the state of #American #Politics today is a sidebar of temporary insanity & you all will wake up and #vote to fix this shit.

Because we are all out of patience & the pivot away from American influence & dependence is going to be swift & permeant if you don't.

Your hegemony depends on having some degree of moral authority & reliability & you don't anymore.

🇨🇦🇺🇸

#USPol #Midterms #election