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rysiek

@rysiek@mstdn.social

Hacker, activist, free-softie ◈ techie luddite ◈ formerly information security and infrastructure at https://isnic.is/ and https://occrp.org/ ◈ my opinions are my own etc.

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profile image: drawing of a head and shoulders of a cat-person, in a space suit.

banner image: long-exposure photo of a large tent, brightly illuminated from inside, looking as if it is made of lava

#foss #libre #privacy #infosec #fedi22

(public toots CC By-SA 4.0 if applicable)

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brainwane, to random
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My friend made https://amtrack.live/ and it's neat!

If you take Amtrak and want info on train status/delays, it's annoying that the official Amtrak website is slow to load & doesn't have train status perma-URLs to bookmark/share. https://railrat.net/ is pretty good but has ads. amtrack.live is faster & has no ads.

fatsam, to random
@fatsam@mstdn.social avatar

After 2000, lots of people sneered that the Y2K bug had been a big nothing, massively overhyped.

They were idiots. If the vast amount of Y2K remediation that took place hadn't, planes might well have fallen from the sky, nuclear power plants might well have melted down. I worked on two projects myself to fix bad 2 digit dates.

We get to the other side of the current Nazi infestation, the same idiots are going to say, "See, you were just hysterical."

mekkaokereke, to random
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io avatar

So the Black man that everyone was laughing at for dialing in to his court case from his car, while his license was suspended, is not so foolish. Racism has people laughing at its victims.

https://www.wxyz.com/news/why-was-the-driver-in-a-viral-videos-license-still-suspended-2-years-after-a-judge-ordered-it-lifted

We'll see how many of the people that were laughing because they thought "Foolish criminal dials in from car, on suspended license case!🤣" have anything cute to say now. You know that none of them will.

It's just the regular anti-Black cruelty in the US criminal justice system.

1/N

mekkaokereke,
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io avatar

Beyond the fact that his license should not have been suspended in the first place, a few basic questions:

Can a Black man in the US, that can't afford an attorney, afford to pay child support without a job?

How many jobs can you do in the US, without any access to a car?

2/N

mekkaokereke, (edited )
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io avatar

Walter Scott was only $7K behind on child support payments. He had a good paying job, and was making payments and closing the gap. He just couldn't close it all immediately.

They sent him to jail anyway.

And while he was in jail, the amount increased. And he wasn't making any payments, because he was in jail. By the time he got out, the amount was $18K.

He had another court hearing. He was accused of being a deadbeat, and "making excuses." They sent him back to jail. Again.

5/N.

mekkaokereke,
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io avatar

Everyone said it was "tragic" that cops shot Walter Scott in the back while running away at a routine traffic stop. Lots of crocodile tears shed.

But why did he run?

He didn't want to go back to jail.

But why was he in jail before? What was his crime?

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109835106280475365

4/N

mekkaokereke,
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io avatar

1 in every 8 people in jail in South Carolina is there because of this child support trap. Most of the people that fall into this trap, are Black. But you already knew that.

Do you see why Walter Scott ran?

If you were Walter Scott, just released from jail, $18K behind on child support, having been to jail 3 times in the past few years and no consistent employment history because of these jail stints, with warrants for your arrest for it... How would you escape this trap?

Not rhetorical.

6/6

nikitonsky, to random
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This should exist

rbreich, to random
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Remember: Trump asked oil execs at Mar-a-Lago for $1 billion for his campaign.

In return, Trump pledged to reverse environmental protections and cut their taxes.

The deal would net Big Oil $110 billion in tax breaks — 11,000% more than a $1 billion donation.

Utter corruption.

seatek, to random
@seatek@hard.blue avatar

This has taken me way, way too long to learn.

sandlapper37, to random
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AudreyBras, to random
@AudreyBras@ecoevo.social avatar

Yesterday I joined @ScientistRebellion and other climate movements in Helsinki to remind our leaders that climate action and protection of nature must be the centre of EU policies.

May has been the warmest month recorded in Finland, extreme climate events are happening worldwide, sea is rising forcing people to leave their homes...

No one is safe from the climate crisis. Now more than ever, we need radical changes to secure our future.

drahardja, to TeslaMotors
@drahardja@sfba.social avatar

Someone is selling a $15k Faraday cage for the for “doomsday” EMP attacks. 🤣🤣🤣

Literally a tinfoil hat for your douchepanzer.

I guess they figure OTA software updates can wait while they’re protecting you from the zombie apocalypse.

A fool and their money, etc.

https://mosequipment.com/products/mission-darkness-cybercylent-emp-faraday-car-cover

baldur, to random
@baldur@toot.cafe avatar

“VCs are selling shares of hot AI companies like Anthropic and xAI to small investors in a wild SPV market | TechCrunch”

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/01/vcs-are-selling-shares-of-hot-ai-companies-like-anthropic-and-xai-to-small-investors-in-a-wild-spv-market/

Looks a bit like we're heading into the "cash out" or "quick! find the greater fool" portion of this bubble

gulovsen, to animals
@gulovsen@mastodon.social avatar

Some folks on here had been asking for photos of baby raccoons so here is the first batch that came out today with their momma

🦝

OutOnTheMoors, to random
@OutOnTheMoors@beige.party avatar

Guess it's time to post more on Mastodon. Bluesky's decided doxxing is cool. I have PTSD about that after a few run-ins with lying cunts and dipshit moderation on Twitter.

warandpeas, to random
@warandpeas@mastodon.social avatar

Abduct her already!

nathans420, to Meme
@nathans420@freeradical.zone avatar

LMAO

LeviKornelsen, to random
@LeviKornelsen@dice.camp avatar

Sesame Street out here trying to be upbeat and all I can think is "Oscar's got a brick in his other hand, and we both fucking know it".

asmodai, to random
@asmodai@mastodon.social avatar

I had seen the request to remove the EU flag, but hadn't seen the follow-up. Chef's kiss.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-69056186

majorlinux, to Nvidia
@majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com avatar

Can we just stop with all this AI nonsense?!

Nvidia and AMD are bringing Microsoft’s Copilot Plus AI features to gaming laptops

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/2/24169568/microsoft-copilot-plus-gaming-pc-nvidia-amd

#Nvidia #AMD #Microsoft #CopilotPlus #AI #Gaming #Laptops #Tech #Hardware

baldur, to random
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So it looks like Icelandic voters would rather have a president who was directly involved in the pre-2008 banking bubble than the former PM of the current government

akareilly, to random
@akareilly@hachyderm.io avatar

You've heard the excuses for Windows recording screens
Now I'd like to tell you of a few things Microsoft will see

They've seen your passwords, bet on that, your choice of news, pictures of cats,
They've seen things more private than that: incognito windows
They think that they fool us all, "Retrace your steps with Recall!"
Data breach? No not at all! When they snoop on Windows.

All day in the datacenter busy as can be
It's not my fault I see a lot of things I shouldn't see

holsta,
@holsta@helvede.net avatar

@akareilly They've never had to deal with intimate partner abuse either, and it shows.

strypey, to random
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

Goggle's app store gatekeeping disrupted a social enterprise competing with their chat services;

"During this period we have had multiple people sign up for hosted Snikket instances, and then cancel shortly after. This is almost certainly because a vital step of the onboarding process (installing the app) is currently broken. This is providing a bad experience for our users and customers, negatively affecting the project’s reputation and income."

@snikket_im, 2024

https://snikket.org/blog/snikket-google-play-removal/

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