🖋 PICK UP YOUR PENS 📃 – JUNE 10 @ TU DELFT 🟥

The national protest in Amsterdam is cancelled due to the train strikes—but we’re not standing still. Let’s strike the Erasmian way and push back against the budget cuts in higher education.

✍️ Join us for a collective letter-writing action—because doing it together is easier, more fun, and more powerful.

🕛 JUNE 10, 12:00 @ AULA CANTINE
🥪 We’ll bring lunch and materials. Just show up!

📨 Write a letter to the Ministry of Education or another political body:

* Handwritten or printed–signed
* Email or drop it in the box we are bringing

📸 Snap a pic of your letter going in the box and share it!
🎨 Be as creative or direct as you like.

💥 WHY THIS MATTERS
This action helps us:

* Make sure this moment doesn’t pass in silence
* Prove to ourselves—and to others—that we can organize and mobilize, even when plans change
* Keep building a local network of students and workers who want to get organized—and raise morale while doing it
* Run an action together that we can build on as a follow-up and contribute to the national movement through multiple channels
* Grow union power and collective organizing at TU Delft so we can become an influential force in shaping university policies and the future of academia

#WOInActie #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StopTheCuts #Delft #TUDelft #Unionize #Strike #AcademicMastodon #HigherEducation

people running v8 on s390; wtf

FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE Announcement

https://discoverbsd.com/p/d61e150a3b

@codinghorrorJeff Atwood @mdione I'm going through this pain right now, and there's no instantaneous solution. It was a lot easier before one's phone number became their identity.

Depending upon your needs, there are (non-GV) VOIP providers than act as indirection layers. The one I use (happy to mention if asked, but not gonna shill) is actually supported as an associated number by GV, and allows one to pretty cheaply manage N dialin numbers with a bunch of traffic routing flexibility, sms support, etc. I was even able to create a cheap incoming/outgoing FAX-to-email number with it because of course that's how I have to communicate with the IRS. It's the one solution I've been able to find that gives me the flexibility to abandon my US mobile account (though I haven't done that yet, as the number porting process is a pain).

Coupled with the ability to pretty easily move a GV number from one goog account to another, this... works? But I wouldn't try to explain this to my grandmother. Or my parents. And in the end this would eliminate the option of using a US phone number for iMessage/FaceTime, so it won't work for everyone and is far from a normie-friendly solution. No idea how stable it is long-term. But it's the best I've found so far.

So I think your actual point stands firm.

FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE Announcement

https://discoverbsd.com/p/d61e150a3b

Going to freiburg soon!!!!!!! to talk about computers!!!

Fancy clear app icons. #iOS26DevBeta

PWA icons probably get the secondary treatment as usual.

App icon for @phanpy looks a bit glassy on the edges but @elk looks even more glassy 👀

Given that the US president has deployed the Marines, historical anecdotes suggest he really is in the #Epstein files in a big way and doesn't want people to talk about it.

#uspol #LA

I yearn to someday live in a world where the people in charge of things are smarter than me

In Riga I met with @flordefuego and we took another bus to Liepāja. The bus had very good entertainment options. Every seat had it’s own screen and Wikipedia. Which became the portal to the Internet – and to P5 and Strudel. We felt very hacker™.
You could host a Strudel workshop on a Latvian bus. @froos

Europe needs digital sovereignty – and Microsoft has just proven why

Link: https://tuta.com/blog/digital-sovereignty-europe
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44233480

this performance wow #iclc2025

I'm so glad we made this available for everyone, this is just an insane feature, I'm using it right now and I feel invicible.

"ActivityPub is more than a protocol or a fancy feature; it’s a statement that the open web still matters." 🌐🚀

https://activitypub.ghost.org/ramping-up-for-expansion/

oh god it's already happening

https://www.figma.com/community/file/1514114398366832085/ios-26-liquid-glass-buttons

and I thought "AI" would be the reason I quit web dev

Seems like Ghost is rolling out their ActivityPub integration in the next months - exciting

https://activitypub.ghost.org/ramping-up-for-expansion

reading: "Why Silicon Valley CTOs Are Secretly Moving Away from React"

https://freedium.cfd/https://javascript.plainenglish.io/why-silicon-valley-ctos-are-secretly-moving-away-from-react-bdf64f0b6072

— they're starting to see the cult for what it is!

Watching The West Wing, an excellent show from the "before times." It's a remarkable record of optimistic belief in principled candidates and an intelligent populace.

On Season 7, the campaign between Santos (Democrat) and Vinick (Republican).

Both candidates are deeply principled, refusing to exploit opportunities to harm their opponent. Each consistently steers the campaign back to real issues and humanist values.

It's more of a fantasy than Game of Thrones ever was. And it's awesome.

take vacations they said it'll be fun they said

If you saw my Rebel Alliance / #FediverseForFreedom sticker in @_elenaElena Rossini ⁂ fabulous Future is Federated video, you can grab some here https://fediverseforfreedom.org

Dear Fedi friends,

I'm really proud to share with you a video I made: "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

In this 4-minute video I explain what the #fediverse is to people not familiar with it, mentioning some of its great features and benefits (interoperability, no ads, no surveillance...) and I set it in contrast to the world of Big Tech social platforms. I argue that, with the rise of Big Tech oligarchs and the current political climate, there has never been a better time to join the fediverse.

I hope you will enjoy this video and that you will find it useful (maybe as a tool to introduce your friends, family, colleagues, school administrators, local government officials to it).

The fediverse has truly changed my life, making me a better, more empowered digital citizen. I am endlessly grateful for it, so this is my contribution to the cause ❤️

I am also incredibly thankful for the work of @samaabergSamuel Aaberg and @patel.riyenThe Life of Tarzan who helped me bring my vision to life with their amazing cinematography skills and their assistance throughout the process, providing brilliant feedback to the script / edits from the POV of fedi newbies.

And I was also moved by the generous help of people of the Fediverse who volunteered to translate the script into many foreign languages: @janJan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦 @fritjofFritjof @erikkempErik Kemp 🇪🇺🟥 @sknob @severin @clabruClaudio @tarcisiosurdiTarcísio Surdi ⁂ @hongminhee洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) @danielcasanueva @ainaliJan Ainali @naclyPen

Lastly, I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to premiere the video last week at #FediForum - thank you @j12tJohannes Ernst and @anca

The video is up on my self-hosted PeerTube instance (thank you @yunohostYunoHost ) and for now it is unlisted as I have no idea how my VPS will hold up. I also included an alternate location in the blog post.

I hope you'll enjoy it! It's been a real labor of love (a month of full time work on it)... I see it as my love letter to the fediverse 💌

Edit/update: THANK YOU for all the people who volunteered to have their avatar show up in the last shot. There were 750+ submissions and only 135 spots - sorry I couldn't include everyone 🥲

#TheFutureIsFederated

Firefox is finally winning vs Google

I'm now afraid to send follow requests lol

You have:

I’m speaking at UXLibs this week in Liverpool.
And it’s my first ever keynote. I’m both excited and humbled.

As a kid and teenager, I often felt like I didn’t belong in many spaces. But books and my local library were my happy place. That topic is very close to my heart.

My talk is called “Libraries for everyone: overcoming hidden barriers”.
I’ll explore how we can design more inclusive, welcoming library experiences.

이스라엘 정부가 팔레스타인 가자 지구에 식량 등 구호품을 전달하기 위해 선박을 타고 해안에 접근하다 이스라엘군에 나포된 기후활동가 그레타 툰베리 등을 추방했습니다.

이스라엘, 가자지구 해안 접근 활동가 4명 추방…툰베리...

I've been to Okinawa twice, and it's such a beautiful place, but with a horrendous history (a quarter of the population was killed in WW2) and a difficult present (the ongoing US army presence, and the Japanese government continually overruling Okinawa's wishes).

BTW, if you're interested in Okinawa, I highly recommend reading Elizabeth Miki Brina's "Speak, Okinawa".

Okinawa was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific war. 80 years on, are the dead being betrayed?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/jun/10/okinawa-was-the-bloodiest-battle-of-the-pacific-war-80-years-on-are-the-dead-being-betrayed

Let's go!!!! #LaravelLiveUK #php #phpcommunity #laravel #phpc

user testing via trying to explain to my mom wtf #Mastodon is

Apple has announced its final version of macOS for Intel

Link: https://tedium.co/2025/06/09/apple-wwdc-intel-mac-support-ending/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44232296

Ein Impfgremium kann Mitglieder entlassen? Und wenn ja, wessen Mitglieder bzw. die Mitglieder wovon?

"USA: Alle Mitglieder von Impfgremium entlassen"
https://orf.at/stories/3396291/
#uspol

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❔ How to Nominate

⏳ Deadline: end of 22 June, 2025, AoE

📝 To nominate a paper, please fill in this form: https://forms.gle/V4eYuGKGSHjokpBw7

A nomination may come from anyone. Posthumous awards will be considered. All papers can be found online on the Springer webpage: https://link.springer.com/journal/10601/volumes-and-issues

Help us recognise and celebrate the research that has shaped our field, and submit your nomination today!

#BestPaperAward 
#ConstraintProgramming 
#AI 
#CallForNominations
#Optimization
#AcademicMastodon

New release!

“Hel: A Three-axis Obliterated Variable Font”

https://heydonworks.com/article/hel-variable-font/

All RustWeek talks (54!) are now published!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8Q1w7Ff68DCEXiGidlM0DMn8ztjlUlez&si=B6jnR0SmTlmMRU-u

#rustweek #rustlang

윤석열 전 대통령이 용산에 대통령실을 구비하면서 청와대에 있던 지하 벙커(국가위기관리센터)를 “뜯어갔다”는 전언이 나왔습니다. 때문에 다시 대통령실을 청와대로 이전해 시스템을 회복하기까지 시간이 걸릴 거란 예측입니다.

윤건영 “윤석열이 뜯어갔다, 1년 걸려 만든 청와대 지...

Dear Fedi friends,

I'm really proud to share with you a video I made: "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

In this 4-minute video I explain what the #fediverse is to people not familiar with it, mentioning some of its great features and benefits (interoperability, no ads, no surveillance...) and I set it in contrast to the world of Big Tech social platforms. I argue that, with the rise of Big Tech oligarchs and the current political climate, there has never been a better time to join the fediverse.

I hope you will enjoy this video and that you will find it useful (maybe as a tool to introduce your friends, family, colleagues, school administrators, local government officials to it).

The fediverse has truly changed my life, making me a better, more empowered digital citizen. I am endlessly grateful for it, so this is my contribution to the cause ❤️

I am also incredibly thankful for the work of @samaabergSamuel Aaberg and @patel.riyenThe Life of Tarzan who helped me bring my vision to life with their amazing cinematography skills and their assistance throughout the process, providing brilliant feedback to the script / edits from the POV of fedi newbies.

And I was also moved by the generous help of people of the Fediverse who volunteered to translate the script into many foreign languages: @janJan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦 @fritjofFritjof @erikkempErik Kemp 🇪🇺🟥 @sknob @severin @clabruClaudio @tarcisiosurdiTarcísio Surdi ⁂ @hongminhee洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) @danielcasanueva @ainaliJan Ainali @naclyPen

Lastly, I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to premiere the video last week at #FediForum - thank you @j12tJohannes Ernst and @anca

The video is up on my self-hosted PeerTube instance (thank you @yunohostYunoHost ) and for now it is unlisted as I have no idea how my VPS will hold up. I also included an alternate location in the blog post.

I hope you'll enjoy it! It's been a real labor of love (a month of full time work on it)... I see it as my love letter to the fediverse 💌

Edit/update: THANK YOU for all the people who volunteered to have their avatar show up in the last shot. There were 750+ submissions and only 135 spots - sorry I couldn't include everyone 🥲

#TheFutureIsFederated

New release!

“Hel: A Three-axis Obliterated Variable Font”

https://heydonworks.com/article/hel-variable-font/

Seems like Ghost is rolling out their ActivityPub integration in the next months - exciting

https://activitypub.ghost.org/ramping-up-for-expansion

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📣 Deadline extension!

🏆 Submit your nominations for the Prominent and Classic Paper Awards!

🗓️ Nomination deadline: 22 June 2025, AoE.

More info in thread 🧵
#BestPaperAward 
#ConstraintProgramming 
#AI 
#ACP 
#ArtificialIntelligence
#AssociationForConstraintProgramming
#CallForNominations
#CP 
#Optimization
#OutstandingPaperAward
#Awards
#springer 
#SpringerPublishing 
#AcademicMastodon
#AcademicExcellence
#AcademicChatter
#ComputerScience

Dear Fedi friends,

I'm really proud to share with you a video I made: "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

In this 4-minute video I explain what the #fediverse is to people not familiar with it, mentioning some of its great features and benefits (interoperability, no ads, no surveillance...) and I set it in contrast to the world of Big Tech social platforms. I argue that, with the rise of Big Tech oligarchs and the current political climate, there has never been a better time to join the fediverse.

I hope you will enjoy this video and that you will find it useful (maybe as a tool to introduce your friends, family, colleagues, school administrators, local government officials to it).

The fediverse has truly changed my life, making me a better, more empowered digital citizen. I am endlessly grateful for it, so this is my contribution to the cause ❤️

I am also incredibly thankful for the work of @samaabergSamuel Aaberg and @patel.riyenThe Life of Tarzan who helped me bring my vision to life with their amazing cinematography skills and their assistance throughout the process, providing brilliant feedback to the script / edits from the POV of fedi newbies.

And I was also moved by the generous help of people of the Fediverse who volunteered to translate the script into many foreign languages: @janJan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦 @fritjofFritjof @erikkempErik Kemp 🇪🇺🟥 @sknob @severin @clabruClaudio @tarcisiosurdiTarcísio Surdi ⁂ @hongminhee洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) @danielcasanueva @ainaliJan Ainali @naclyPen

Lastly, I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to premiere the video last week at #FediForum - thank you @j12tJohannes Ernst and @anca

The video is up on my self-hosted PeerTube instance (thank you @yunohostYunoHost ) and for now it is unlisted as I have no idea how my VPS will hold up. I also included an alternate location in the blog post.

I hope you'll enjoy it! It's been a real labor of love (a month of full time work on it)... I see it as my love letter to the fediverse 💌

Edit/update: THANK YOU for all the people who volunteered to have their avatar show up in the last shot. There were 750+ submissions and only 135 spots - sorry I couldn't include everyone 🥲

#TheFutureIsFederated

🥳 We've reached the second goal of the crowdfunding campaign for PeerTube! Oh yeaaaah! 🥳

Thank you to everyone who supports us, it really warms the heart! 🥰

The next step: Unlock live broadcasts via the app!

👉 https://joinpeertube.org/news/crowdfunding-app-goal-2

"The real threat posed by generative AI is not that it will eliminate work on a mass scale, rendering human labour obsolete. It is that, left unchecked, it will continue to transform work in ways that deepen precarity, intensify surveillance, and widen existing inequalities."

"The current trajectory of generative AI reflects the priorities of firms seeking to lower costs, discipline workers, and consolidate profits — not any drive to enhance human flourishing. If we allow this trajectory to go unchallenged, we should not be surprised when the gains from technological innovation accrue to the few, while the burdens fall upon the many."

https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/is-the-ai-bubble-about-to-burst

"The real threat posed by generative AI is not that it will eliminate work on a mass scale, rendering human labour obsolete. It is that, left unchecked, it will continue to transform work in ways that deepen precarity, intensify surveillance, and widen existing inequalities."

"The current trajectory of generative AI reflects the priorities of firms seeking to lower costs, discipline workers, and consolidate profits — not any drive to enhance human flourishing. If we allow this trajectory to go unchallenged, we should not be surprised when the gains from technological innovation accrue to the few, while the burdens fall upon the many."

https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/is-the-ai-bubble-about-to-burst

Tired of software tracking you, and using your content to feed AI services? Switch to free and open source software – like #LibreOffice, which is backed by a non-profit (@tdforgThe Document Foundation) and has zero interest in your data: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/06/10/libreoffice-for-end-user-privacy-tdfs-annual-report-2024/ #foss #OpenSource #privacy

They are literally running the rasslin kayfabe playbook on everyone.

https://blog.codinghorror.com/whos-your-arch-enemy/