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New music!
"Just Walk Away" is now live — that's me (
@hisham_hmHisham) and my friend Chico, we share lead vocals and performed all instruments. (Detailed credits on the Bandcamp page!)
We're especially looking forward to getting some feedback. To your ears, what does it sound like?
Here's some links:
Bandcamp: https://signifierproject.bandcamp.com/track/just-walk-away
Deezer: https://link.deezer.com/s/32agiT6WpybSC5AytlAhm
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7IAI6i16VDKYQTZOAYPZTh
...and everywhere and anywhere you can find "Signifier - Just Walk Away"!
What 
@anildash said: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipedia-at-25/
You know, I am occasionally shocked when someone I think of as smart or admirable or nice starts talking about how Wikipedia sucks. There are a few reasons why someone might feel that way, and none of them reflect well on them.
UK offshore wind prices come in 40% cheaper than gas in record auction
Link: https://electrek.co/2026/01/14/uk-offshore-wind-record-auction/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46637399
Animals X'mas - Masashi Ichikawa
https://macthemes.garden/themes/0ebd9a86b153-Animals-Xmas
News release: Privacy Commissioner of Canada expands investigation into social media platform X following reports of AI-generated sexualized deepfake images - Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-and-announcements/2026/nr-c_260115/
why is it always longread
Tschechien: Oberster Gerichtshof kippt die anlasslose Vorratsdatenspeicherung
Nach langem Rechtsstreit hat der Nejvyšší soud die staatliche Praxis des Protokollierens von Nutzerspuren für illegal erklärt und die Privatsphäre gestärkt.
차별금지법이 발의되었습니다. 그런데 지금ㅠㅠ 반대는 조직적입니다. 찬성은 연대가 필요합니다. 📌 nuli.do/NFVi 의견등록으로 함께해 주세요🙏 정말 간단합니다. ① 회원가입 · 로그인 ② ‘의견등록’ 클릭 차별 없는 세상을 함께 만듭시다. 이제 우리가 움직일 차례입니다. #차별금지법 #차별금지법제정
The recording of the January 15th, 2026 #bhyve Production User Call is up:
We discussed the EDK2 port update, virtio-scsi improvements, Windows NVMe driver surprises, bhyvectl(8) IPC changes, Unix domain socket support for the frame buffer, MAJOR unprivileged bhyve updates, MAJOR PCI hot-plug updates with demo, bhyve/ARM64 news, CPU pinning, #OpenZFS ARC management, and more!
"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."
You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org
@peterk central Italy in the early 80ies 😉
All of these things can be true:
- Wikipedia needs money
- Wikipedia infra needs relief
- it is a commons-like resource
- that means everyone is free to use it
- but it implies that nobody destroys it
- and that everybody pitches in to help
- AI companies are more damaging than they help
- if they want to support, they can donate
- no enterprise license agreement required
- I don’t feel great about my contribs being licensed to the internet-strip-mine moguls (even though they get the data anyway)
- I’m sure I’m just naïve and don’t understand big business
- what a bummer for what should be an unbridled quarter century party
🚀 Heute startete die AWS European Sovereign Cloud in Potsdam & wir waren als BSI vor Ort.
Denn: Wir unterstützen den US-Cloud-Anbieter Amazon Web Services (AWS) bei der Ausgestaltung von Sicherheits- & Souveränitätsmerkmalen seiner European Sovereign Cloud (ESC).
Zur Pressemitteilung:
👉️ https://www.bsi.bund.de/dok/1190346
🎬️ Ein Statement unserer Präsidentin Claudia Plattner gibt's im Video.
💯, and this *is* the process through which web standards typically emerge.
A web API only works in one place.
Then another.
Then another.
And then we call it the web.
Or it doesn't replicate, and we don't.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ljlhzsoqytle2f4gdepkgibl/post/3mcihkyjuz22d
Building an Escape Room Lockbox with the ESP32 Cheap Yellow Display (CYD)
Apologising to the sick astronaut, but this made me laugh for about a half an hour #IYKYK
:skeb:skebリクエスト
Reading 
@driesDries Buytaert's blog post, when I got to the end and saw his little wordmark, I thought... Drupal Birthday and 'Dries Buytaert' are both db!
Anywho, happy 25th birthday to Drupal, the project that gave me my start in #opensource! https://dri.es/25-years-of-drupal-what-i-have-learned
Very important discovery 
"Millions of years ago" is often shortened in scientific literature to Mya. Standard SI prefixes then imply the existence of kya (thousands of years ago), mya (thousandths of years ago), μya (millionths of years ago), and nya (billionths of years ago). One billionth of a year is about 0.03 seconds, which implies that if you speed up the iconic nyan cat video by a factor of about ten, each "nya" will be about one nya long.
Supply Chain Vuln Compromised Core AWS GitHub Repos & Threatened the AWS Console
Link: https://www.wiz.io/blog/wiz-research-codebreach-vulnerability-aws-codebuild
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46636093
おはようみすきー！
ログボー！！
@Bundesregierung@social.bund.de wann werden wir wieder Teil vom Staat statt AG zu larpen?
Keiner von uns hat Bock auf den LARP, Kunden nicht, andere EVU nicht, wir nicht, Personal nicht, nur ihr wollt den scheiß
@Bundesregierung@social.bund.de wann werden wir wieder Teil vom Staat statt AG zu larpen?
Keiner von uns hat Bock auf den LARP, Kunden nicht, andere EVU nicht, wir nicht, Personal nicht, nur ihr wollt den scheiß
6時だ起きるぞ
US, ICE, etc.
Just want all my American friends (and people I don't know over there too) to know I'm thinking of them. With them. In solidarity.
I know that doesn't help you out much. It's almost just thoughts and prayers. But if a little moral support helps, then, why not say so.
I wish you all courage, strength and determination in this terrifying time.
ピンチ！やることまだまだあるけど、集中力のオーラが切れてしまった！戻れ私の集中力～
gonna start using idioms i just made up in converation and leave my interlocutors to suppose they mean anything
it's all crotchets and quavers to me
いつもより早起きしたし、イラストやってこかな
gonna start using idioms i just made up in converation and leave my interlocutors to suppose they mean anything
@ivoryIvory by Tapbots 
is there a way to speed up Ivory recognising that the server has changed the post character limit? It currently seems to take 12–24 hours and app restarts and account cache resets do not seem to help.
Today, Project Zero released a 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 9. While it targets the Pixel, the 0-click bug and exploit techniques we used apply to most other Android devices.
https://projectzero.google/2026/01/pixel-0-click-part-1.html
This myth is still floating around, so I'm gonna reiterate please don't use milk on your eyes for teargas or pepper spray. There's a reason we put clean water in industrial eyewash stations. We do not specify milk. Stop.
Mariam Soumah aus Guinea flüchtete nach #Belarus in Richtung EU, bekam dort ein Kind und wurde nun ohne das Baby abgeschoben. Tragische, unmenschliche Geschichte.
https://www.africanews.com/2026/01/15/i-begged-them-the-guinean-mother-deported-from-belarus-without-her-baby/
Not the status update I wanted to write, but I let my patrons (and followers on Patreon) know what is going on, so here's a public post over there: https://www.patreon.com/posts/2026-is-gonna-148315056
Ethically, I don't feel there's much difference between having an account on Truth Social and having an account on X at this point.
If you wouldn't create an account on Truth Social, perhaps it's time to finally delete your account on X.
@Em0nM4stodonEm 
The best time to leave Twitter was when Elon bought it. The second best time to leave Shitter was when Elon went openly Nazi. The third best time to leave Elons hate&porn-machine is NOW!
Quite enjoying the flurry of #Toronto camaraderie and activity on fedi today
The bar is low, but I'm kind of impressed about the comprehensiveness and clarity of info on City status today at https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/weather-winter-together/city-services-affected-by-winter-weather/ , and the fact it's on their own website rather than only on corporate sites
"Others said they have been watchful of the skies and seas around Greenland, tracking US planes on flight trackers and even discussing plans on how best to respond if they were captured. Many said they were suffering from anxiety and struggling to sleep."
And this is why 'We Are Never Fucking Trusting You Again'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/14/us-invasion-threat-greenland-trump-denmark
#Greenland #USPOL #USPOLITICS #Denmark #ClanOfPaedophiles #Imperialism #Colonialism
conversation I had today:
- is it a nonprofit?
- …not on purpose, no
Learn to self host now. While you still can.
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