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Introducing Amutable: the next generation of Linux systems, with integrity, determinism, and verification https://lobste.rs/s/savub5 #linux #systemd
https://amutable.com/blog/introducing-amutable
Gilfoyle. An SRE Agent that finds truth while you're still guessing https://lobste.rs/s/hzysrf #ai #devops
https://gilfoyle.sh
As immigrant advocates worry Colorado could be the next Minnesota, state leaders vow to fight back
https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/27/colorado-next-minnesota-ice-violence-alex-pretti/
Look, all of these can be true:
- the fosdem organisers cannot be trusted to enforce a CoC violation
- they have no covid safety concept that would allow at-risk folks to attend safely
- open hard- and software is the only way forward in this increasingly enshittified and enclosed software world
- the list of people I’d love to meet who are attending is a mile long
- building communities is more important than ever while the forces in power enshrine divide and conquer into the fabric of our societies
- meeting in-person is effective to forge new bonds and deepen existing relationships
- we must continue to demand better from organisers
- see you in Brussels
At sufficiently high energy levels, incompetence and malice become indistinguishable and merge into a single force https://beige.party/@pattykimura/115964654344514184
@vagrantcVagrant Cascadian 
@jfredJonathan Frederickson This is really interesting!
I remember that the Linux kernel has some mechanisms where you can switch out a running kernel "live", handing itself over to another. How usable is that feature? I've wondered if it would be possible to enable such "switching" on boot
@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber @vagrantcVagrant Cascadian That's kexec, yeah. It's usable from a technical standpoint, though I think it can be a bit fiddly to set up. That's what Heads uses to load the OS kernel: https://github.com/linuxboot/heads/blob/master/initrd/bin/kexec-boot
(...and it's used sometimes for faster reboots as well: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kexec)
SNS凍結回見て衝動で
omg, first roll on the Canonet came out GREAT, will share soon #BelieveInFilm
the Canonet QL17 is super fun and the results are pretty great; I got 20 pictures off one roll I was pleased with! even more on Glass at https://glass.photo/ticky/series/1r5Yh45QZuLTTUNsh7mhtL-canonet-ql17-g-iii-roll-1-vancouver-december-2025-january-2026 #BelieveInFilm
As immigrant advocates worry Colorado could be the next Minnesota, state leaders vow to fight back
https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/27/colorado-next-minnesota-ice-violence-alex-pretti/
The truth is that the right wants to use the same playbook it used against the press, whining about "liberal bias," but for LLM chatbots. And it's working! All the AI companies are responding to this by injecting right-wing bias into their models www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon...
whats this highguard thing
i think elon should go to jail for grok stuff i think the environmental stuff is 1. generally overstated 2. important in certain contexts. memphis? see first sentence of this post.
Open source alternative to Slack: Mattermost? Element? Matrix?? Zulip? Ideas??
Death’s Door remains one of the best Zelda clones ever made
https://www.polygon.com/deaths-door-recommendation/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into The Legend of Zelda 
@the-legend-of-zelda-polygonThe Legend of Zelda
Hab Cewe Fotobuch aufm Linux-Rechner meiner Eltern installiert. Die haben echt ihre Software auch für Linux gemacht. 😊
i think there's significant variability between the ethics of companies in this space. anthropic is not perfect but straight up better than openai.
@SoulshineJay 🇺🇦
It is •definitely• not too late. One year in, we are still in the “consolidating power” of the authoritarian takeover — “still in” meaning it has •not• succeeded yet, implying it can still fail. And honestly, it’s looking •less• successful now than it did 6 months ago.
@inthehandsPaul Cantrell @SoulshineJay 🇺🇦 We're still in the consilidating power phase, and the more pushback this gets the more the authoritarian coalition in power is fragmenting and infighting - they have gained ground in some areas, but lost it in others, and will lose more as the coalition fragments and as the dems and courts are forced to act more firmly against them.
Wo will Mensch denn in Frankfurt/Main japanisch essen gehen, wenn das Budget nicht übertrieben hoch ist? (Ich kenne bisher nur das Bistro Okame in Hausen und das ist mittlerweile auch teurer geworden)
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
mostly because you can't actually do that without strangling culture in the first place. but! i'm not a visual artist, and so i try to mostly stay in my lane here, which is software. i think software is possibly the least ethically problematic part of the space
i think the biggest issue where i split ethically in a meaningful way with people is that i have long been against intellectual property as a concept. i think IP helps disney, not small artists. a lot of people want to strengthen IP in response to ai stuff and i just don't think that's a good thing
It’s been a wild, cold, wet day here in Galloway with gales, sleet and heavy rain and a power cut.. We did get a brief glimpse of a sunset just as it got dark though.. Silver Linings!!
After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand via 
@tiff https://lobste.rs/s/dskpn4 #vibecoding
https://atmoio.substack.com/p/after-two-years-of-vibecoding-im
With these recent days of news showing that the Trump regime is on their heels about ICE, my refrain has been: “It’s working. Punch harder.”
Last night I let myself savor the “It’s working” part for a few happy minutes, but this morning I’m squarely focused on “Punch harder.”
@inthehandsPaul Cantrell Harassing a retreat is mandatory to ensure it remains a retreat and not a regroup.
does new technology introduce harms? yes. does it also introduce benefits? also yes. a lot of this is just "you aren't mad at ai, you're mad at capitalism" to me. which fair! i'm also mad at capitalism!
the shortest way i can put it (which means it loses a lot of nuance) is that i don't perceive any of the problems in the AI space as being different than any other technology problem. a lot of people seem to frame this as something special. it's just technology.
I keep thinking of that phrase — something like, “They reduce the meaning of the word to that which their machines can achieve.” And now I just see it everywhere.
- They made artificial "intelligence".
- They made a "browser" in a weekend.
- They added “presence” to the UI.
Rich human concepts narrowed to fit what a technology can achieve, then they lay claim to the name.
We knew this was coming, but now the clock is running. From Privacy International:
"Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP)."
"If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government mobile phone app, submit their social media from the last five years and email addresses used in the last ten years, including of family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA."
PI linked to and summarized a Federal Register entry describing the proposed requirements:
-All visitors must submit ‘their social media from the last 5 years’
-ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) applications will include ‘high value data fields’, ‘when feasible’
‘telephone numbers used in the last five years’
-‘email addresses used in the last ten years’
-‘family number telephone numbers (sic) used in the last five years’
-biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris
-business telephone numbers used in the last five years
-business email addresses used in the last ten years.
The Federal Register entry says comments are encouraged and
must be submitted (no later than February 9, 2026) to be assured of consideration.
Federal Register entry: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-10/pdf/2025-22461.pdf
@SoulshineJay 🇺🇦
It is •definitely• not too late. One year in, we are still in the “consolidating power” of the authoritarian takeover — “still in” meaning it has •not• succeeded yet, implying it can still fail. And honestly, it’s looking •less• successful now than it did 6 months ago.
@inthehandsPaul Cantrell @SoulshineJay 🇺🇦
It's only too late when enough of us decide it's too late.
카와구치시 시의원 보선에 나온 후보인데 외국인, 여성 등 소수자에 대한 차별 반대를 내걸고 나왔다. 꼭 당선되셨으면. "저는 차별이 싫습니다. 왜냐하면 차별은 사람을 죽이기 때문입니다. 이전의 전쟁은 모두 헤이트 스피치에서 시작되었습니다."
Another very insightful angle on the medium-term sustainability of coding agents, even completely disregarding model-collapse concerns. https://michiel.buddingh.eu/enclosure-feedback-loop
How can religious coping practices, like prayer and community support, complement traditional mental health treatments for victims of workplace mobbing, and what role should faith communities play in supporting emotional well-being?
https://www.mobingas.lt/en/if-there-is-mobbing-at-work-pray/
#ReligiousCoping #MentalHealthSupport #WorkplaceMobbing #science #openSource
If you read an article online and it has no mentioned author, do you automatically assume it was AI-generated?
나 왜 갑자기 알림이 29개나 하고 놀랐는데 카오나님이랑 홍칠라님의 맘앑 공세였어 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
It might not be too late for democracy.
@SoulshineJay 🇺🇦
It is •definitely• not too late. One year in, we are still in the “consolidating power” of the authoritarian takeover — “still in” meaning it has •not• succeeded yet, implying it can still fail. And honestly, it’s looking •less• successful now than it did 6 months ago.
I started a documentation repo for #FOSDEM advise - for new and old visitors, attendees and speakers. I figure we can crowdsource it so bring your pull-requests. I will greatly appreciate help.
If not, I will populate it myself slowly over time but it won't be as good.
so my furnace has developed a problem this winter. afaict there is a sensor that detects whether the flame has lit. if not, it shuts the gas off for safety
it's malfunctioning in such a way that it only allows gas to flow after it has been off for hours
procrastinating on calling for repair, i've taken to heating once in the morning and evening rather than let the thermostat try to keep the house level all day
so far it looks like i've got a 26% lower gas bill than last year 👍
앞에 커플 재회하는 모습 넘 사랑스럽다
* 벨지엄 → 벨지안 김치가 중국 거라는 말 들은 한국인보다는 조금 약하게 반응하지만 많이 긁혀한다고 함
Twelve years. I started this project twelve years ago, and today I hold the result in my hand. It’s a book that combines bead weaving with math called, “Beading with Algorithms: Cellular Automata in Peyote Stitch.” With help from mathematician and artist Roger Antonsen, graphic designer Zelda Lin, a handful of talented proof readers, and the good people from World Scientific Publishing Company, my dream of combining my loves of math, art, and teaching into a book is finally a reality.
This book is the first of its kind, a recipe book of algorithms that can be used and combined to generate colorful patterns in peyote stitch beadwork in any size and shape you desire. These algorithms could also be applied to other pixelated art forms like tile laying, embroidery, crochet, and quilts. We included projects like bracelets, pill pouches, pendants, beaded beads, and key chains. We also included a bunch of different grids that you can photocopy and color with markers.
Of course I’m biased, but I think it’s a really beautiful book. We included multiple colorful images on almost every page, 172 pages in all. It was a huge layout challenge, but Zelda nailed it. My original goal was to write 128 pages on how to use algorithms to make beaded jewelry, but the more we explored the space, the more we found. Not just millions of algorithms, the space of possibilities is infinite. So of course, we couldn’t include them all. But we used math and Roger’s custom software that he wrote for this project to help us find dozens of the easiest algorithms and more than a hundred more in increasing levels of complexity. We included all of our favorites. 1/2
Communication, entertainment, everything in between - another great post by 
@ploum that will inspire you, offend you, educate you- all the things great writing should do. It'll make you think, challenge your assumptions- there are too many great quotable parts of this, I couldn't even pick one to use as a blurb here. Worth it to just read the full deal 🔥: https://ploum.net/2025-12-15-communication-entertainment.html
happy Large boulder the size of a small boulder day to all who celebrate
whats everyone up to anyway
さすがにそろそろ寝ておきますか
NYT - Composer Philip Glass has informed the Kennedy Center that he did not want his Symphony No. 15 to premier on its stage. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/arts/music/kennedy-center-national-symphony-orchestra-gianandrea-noseda.html?smid=url-share
자기가 보고 싶은 걸 보고 자기가 믿고 싶은 걸 믿으세요… 그렇게 우리가 오늘날 살고 있는 모습에 일조합시다.
@FOSDEM 
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