The devastating truth about the GOP’s war on education
Thom Hartmann,  Commentator  -  Raw Story

_Stephan: I listened to Joy Reid on MSNBC this evening, and agreed with her news hour showing how the United States is becoming a billionaire-owned oligarchy, as a result of a decades-long strategy to achieve where we are today by using unethical morons like Ronald Reagan and the younger George Bush in the White House, faithful servants like Leonard Leo to transform the judic … ⌘ Read more

The billionaires and tech barons vying to build a private space station
Matthew Field,  Senior Technology Reporter  -  The Telegraph (U.K.)

_Stephan: NASA for decades the U.S. approach to space exploration is dying. It is being taken over by billionaires who are using your tax money and mine coming to them through government contracts to increase their wealth and create their own space exploration programs. This is getting virtually no coverage in the A … ⌘ Read more

Trump Bibles, Rudy coffee, Tucker nicotine pouches: the rightwing knick-knack racket
Adam Gabbatt,    -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: Here is another American trend that is getting almost no coverage in the increasingly coorrupted U.S. billionaire owned media. Once again I saw the trend but have had to go to another British newspaper to get a decent article describing the trend. The Republican Party has become a billionaire-controlled organiz … ⌘ Read more

KAIST Develops Foundational Technology to Revert Cancer Cells to Normal Cells​
KAIST Research Team,    -  KAIST

Stephan: Here is what looks like it is going to be very good healthcare news. If cancer is an issue for you or someone you know or care for you might alert your oncologist about this research.

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Despite the development of numerous can … ⌘ Read more

10 Exciting Things Entering the Public Domain in 2025
When a work enters the public domain, it’s like releasing an immortal animal into the wild after it has been caged for a hundred years. Now freed from copyright restrictions, the work can be studied, reinterpreted, and explored in ways that better reveal its true nature. Scholars, creators, and fans are granted new freedoms to […]

The post [10 Exciting Things Entering the Public Domain in 2025](https://listverse.com/2025/01/03 … ⌘ Read more

10 Memorable Intersections Between Alcohol and Traffic
Alcohol and traffic are two opposite terms—two parallel lines that should never meet. A driver is not expected to have even a little alcohol while planning to drive; it is unsafe, dangerous, and downright immoral. An intoxicated driver poses a threat to the lives of others aside from himself. While drunk drivers have taken innocent […]

The post [10 Memorable Intersections Between Alcohol and Traffic](https://listverse.com/20 … ⌘ Read more

SeeedStudio Unveils XIAO Plus Series with Expanded IO and Enhanced Connectivity
Seeed Studio recently announced the XIAO Plus series, an update to its popular XIAO lineup. This series features expanded IO options and standardized back solder points, enhancing functionality while retaining the compact XIAO form factor. The lineup includes the XIAO ESP32S3 Plus, XIAO nRF52840 Plus, and XIAO nRF52840 Sense Plus. Seeed Studio indicates that the […] ⌘ Read more

(#fgaa2na) A pointer is basically a reference to a variable. It is typically used with structs and especially in pointer receiver methods so tha …
A pointer is basically a reference to a variable. It is typically used with structs and especially in pointer receiver methods so that you can modify fields of a struct. ⌘ Read more

fighting for my life trying to learn golang WHAT THE FUCK IS A POINTER (rhetorical)

Everything you need to know about Turo, the car sharing app used in two US attacks
The app – used in the New Orleans and Las Vegas tragedies – has quickly and quietly grown into Australia’s largest car share marketplace. ⌘ Read more

Apple Fitness+ Announces New Programs, Strava Integration, and More
Apple today announced that Apple Fitness+ is set to gain new workout programs, breath meditation, Strava integration, and more.

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Strava users will be able to share a Fitness+ workout to the Strava app, whi … ⌘ Read more

PicoPD Pro: USB PD 3.1 Development Board with PPS and AVS Support
The PicoPD Pro is a compact development board with the RP2040 microcontroller, enabling USB PD3.1 features like Programmable Power Supply and Adjustable Voltage Supply up to 30V. It includes an AP33772S sink controller for USB-C functionality and offers a 5V rail output for powering external components. The board includes the RP2040 microcontroller, which operates at […] ⌘ Read more

(#6cnegna) Also post as much as you want! It’s a free world. It’s your feed. It’s your daughter. 🤣 nobody actually has to read any of it let …
Also post as much as you want! It’s a free world. It’s your feed. It’s your daughter. 🤣 nobody actually has to read any of it let alone follow you if they don’t want to. 🙃 that’s kind of the beauty of a truly decentralized slow social media ecosystem. 😎 ⌘ Read more

(#6cnegna) @kat You should’ve seen me back in the day! These days I try to post a little less often so as not to cause too much noise in the eco …
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz You should’ve seen me back in the day! These days I try to post a little less often so as not to cause too much noise in the ecosystem 🤣 nobody cares what I think anyway right? 😅 ⌘ Read more

my friend is getting into snh48 and its sister groups and it makes me miss being a fan but my oshi (shen mengyao) graduated so i don’t have any reason to follow them. but the thing about snh48 is that it’s a group full of messy toxic lesbians with mental problems so there is always some wild ass drama going on. you can never leave snh48 standom

Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 6 January 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Monday, January 6 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 2 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels.

This meeting’s chairperson will probably be r​brunner73 and the agenda should include various topics: Seraphis4/JAMTIS5, FCMPs6, and other long-term Monero development issues.

Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer … ⌘ Read more

Origami Black Hole
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my camcorder videos are gonna go so hard yall like i can post them exclusively to my own youtube site and just do whatever tf i want with it. i should make more vlogs

@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz i also like the separation inherent with using dedicated devices. like i have a DAP, a fiio X1 ii from 2019, and it’s still going strong. it’s perfect for on the go music listening and i never have to worry about like going somewhere with no reception and the music drops out. it’s all local AND the battery lasts longer because i’m not using wi-fi or bluetooth or data. also i can directly access the file system and just add files anytime. this goes for my point & shoot and other devices too. i love this shit i’m such a nerd

@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz i think what i love about “retro” (relative to me because i was born 2004) is that it has friction but in a different way than modern tech does. sure there’s friction with getting a video from your phone to a computer unless you’re a nerd like me with android and syncthing. but not only is that something that could be but isn’t easier, it’s just… it makes sense for a camcorder from ~2009 to have the kind of friction it does

@prologic@twtxt.net oh yeah i had to do a custom caddy build for that once but then i reverted because i didn’t need it anymore (well i kinda do but for now i’m just manually doing it instead of wildcard certs/TLS on demand i’m lazy af). otherwise i love caddy

@andros@twtxt.andros.dev What do you mean by API? yarnd (which powers Yarn.social pods like twtxt.net) does have an API, however that API is designed for clients to interact with the pod and the user’s account and feed. e.g: there is a command-line client called yarnc and I used to maintain a mobile native app (using Flutter).

What use-case did you have in mind?

(#gjl3gwq) @andros What do you mean by API? yarnd (which powers Yarn.social pods like twtxt.net) does have an API, however that API is desig …
@andros @twtxt.andros.dev What do you mean by API? yarnd ( which powers Yarn.social pods like twtxt.net) does have an API, however that API is designed for clients to interact with the pod and the user’s account and feed. e.g: there is a command-line client called yarnc and I used to maintain a mobile native app ( … ⌘ Read more

(#fcwg4zq) @kat So far it’s been alright. I wasn’t too impressed with Caddy’s logging capabilities though or the fact you have to custom build c …
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz So far it’s been alright. I wasn’t too impressed with Caddy’s logging capabilities though or the fact you have to custom build caddy just to support DNS-01 ACME challenge. But other than that, it’s okay. ⌘ Read more

(#vjwykla) @bender@bender Well technically now I can turn off ingress access to my infra on ports 80/43 etc and just rely on the outbound wir …
@bender Well technically now I can turn off ingress access to my infra on ports 80/43 etc and just rely on the outbound wireguard tunnelling for the ingress back in. ⌘ Read more

(#7pqsr4q) @kat When I set about creating Yarn.social back in ~2020 I deliberately wanted to avoid things like reposts, likes and notifications. …
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz When I set about creating Yarn.social back in ~2020 I deliberately wanted to avoid things like reposts, likes and notifications. I wanted to build something simple and non-distracting. I didn’t want to fall into the same traps of “big t … ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org if i ever get to it i will absolutely post tux-in-progress pics!!! just a creature….

@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz i’ve really wanted to make one of those sites you can curl that’s terminal friendly but looks different on the browser like how does wttr.in do it… magic

i like this little ideas utility i’ve been using like i keep pulling up the idea table to see what i’ve added and it makes me wanna start one of them like the CLI app i wanna write in golang with charmbracelet’s bubbletea even though i only have a vague idea of what i want in a CLI app

Binge Watch Apple TV+ This Weekend for Free
If you’d like to start the new year with some binge watching, you can enjoy a free weekend of all-access to Apple TV+ films and shows starting on January 3 and continuing through January 5. The free weekend is available on any device where you can stream Apple TV+, all you will need is an … Read More ⌘ Read more

Deals: Get Apple Watch Series 10 for $329 (Discounted from $399)
Want to start the new year off with a great fitness tracker to help motivate your workouts and track your health stats and vitals? Then don’t miss this great deal on the all new Apple Watch Series 10 is available for just $329 in select color and band options, available right now on Amazon. Maybe … Read More ⌘ Read more

Django channels are cool! I had the chance to make a online gaming framework with Channels and Django Rest and was a great experience.

I’m looking forward to doing something in Django LiveView soon.

@prologic@twtxt.net Is it possible to interact with twtxt.net from outside? For example, an search API

I live in one of 17 states that now requires uploading gov’t ID just to watch pr0n. Major security risk. I can’t believe this is reality.

I am now proud to say, that as of this moment, I am off of Clownflare 🤣 Still using Cloudflare for DNS, but no longer proxying through their services or terminating TLS at their edge. Instead, all my sites and services now terminate TLS on my own edge proxy running Caddy+Wireguard (so all ingress is actually egress 🤣) 🥳 #Clownflare #Cloudflare

I am now proud to say, that as of this moment, I am off of Clownflare 🤣 Still using Cloudflare for DNS, but no longer proxying through their …
I am now proud to say, that as of this moment, I am off of Clownflare 🤣 Still using Cloudflare for DNS, but no longer proxying through their services or terminating TLS at their edge. Instead, all my sites and services now terminate TLS on my own edge proxy running Caddy+Wireguard ( so all ingress is actually egress 🤣) 🥳 #Clownflare [#Cloudflare]( … ⌘ Read more

(#ydommwa) @andros That’s kind of cool to hear! 👂 – Why HTML over Websockets though? I personally think the ideas behind Hypermedia Systems …
@andros @twtxt.andros.dev That’s kind of cool to hear! 👂 – Why HTML over Websockets though? I personally think the ideas behind Hypermedia Systems is great. Just a few extra controls and you nearly get everything you ever really needed or wanted. ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net Sorry if I don’t reply to you. I don’t have any mention notification system… at the moment… Thanks for the suggestion and for fix the error 😄

I want to share the video of my last talk: Creating an Instagram in Django for an Iberian lynx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW69cYIULh8 (Spanish) #django #python

Unlocking cloud native security with Cilium and eBPF
Ambassador post originally published on Dev.to by Syed Asad Raza Introduction 🌐🔒🚀 As cloud-native applications scale, securing workloads while maintaining performance becomes critical. This is where Cilium, an open-source networking, observability, and security tool, shines. Backed… ⌘ Read more

(#vi575mq) @bmallred Ya know… Your running twts are making me think I should go back to running eveyr day. Do you run every day or every coupl …
@bmallred @staystrong.run Ya know… Your running twts are making me think I should go back to running eveyr day. Do you run every day or every couple of days? 🤔 ⌘ Read more

(#v3q6xuq) @lyse I wouldn’t know sadly. I don’t pay attention to the actual clients themselves as you know. I just let yarnd do it’s thing.
@lyse @lyse.isobeef.org I wouldn’t know sadly. I don’t pay attention to the actual clients themselves as you know. I just let yarnd do it’s thing. ⌘ Read more

[47°09′35″S, 126°43′20″W] Bad satellite signal – switching to analog communication

What Happens When a Whole Generation Never Grows Up?
Rachel Wolfe,  Reporter  -  The Wall Street Journal

Stephan: The American culture is dramatically changing as this report describes in some detail; all sorts of trends have changed from previous generations. When one adds this to the Great Schism Trend one sees how very different the country is now than it was as recently as the 1990s.

![Cody Harding, 38, in the Brooklyn apartment he rents with three roommates, on Dec … ⌘ Read more

Carter, in death, becomes symbol of lost political ‘decency’ in U.S.
,    -  Agence France-Presse (France)

_Stephan: Carter was elected President just as I was walking away from a career in government because of what I saw as the indecency of the Nixon administration, and the weakness of the Ford administration. I had been appointed by Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird to the MIT/Secretary of Defense Study Group on Innovation, Technology, and the Future, and b … ⌘ Read more

New MacBook Air Models Coming Soon With These Rumored Features
One of Apple’s first product announcements of 2025 will likely be updated 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models with the M4 chip.

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Below, we recap rumors about the next MacBook Air models.

The new MacBook Air models are expected to be equipped with Apple’s already-released M4 chip, which has a 10-core C … ⌘ Read more

[47°09′35″S, 126°43′03″W] Transponder still failing – switching to analog communication

After 50 years, is this the end for barcodes?
The barcode is set to be phased out and replaced with a next-generation upgrade with significant improvements for both consumers and retailers. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net oh i meant to hit reply but i forgot lol

(#vwonyga) @kat No worries! I consider Yarn.social to be really an ecosystem of clients, tools and services. Twtxt is the underlying exchange fo …
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz No worries! I consider Yarn.social to be really an ecosystem of clients, tools and services. Twtxt is the underlying exchange format used and extended (See https://twtxt.dev) ⌘ Read more

(#dphjuwa) @kat Haha yeah I often use the CLI client to post things from the terminal! 👌
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz Haha yeah I often use the CLI client to post things from the terminal! 👌 ⌘ Read more

(#fj36amq) @kat That would be cool to see 😅
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz That would be cool to see 😅 ⌘ Read more

(#4dbmmzq) @bender@bender Ahh! I believe WireGuard can be used in Hub and Spoke as well as Peer to Peer p2p).
@bender Ahh! I believe WireGuard can be used in Hub and Spoke as well as Peer to Peer p2p). ⌘ Read more

[WTS] [0.005 XMR] Zen Mind - Shunryu Suzuki Digital Scans

I’ve scanned this book. There are 68 pics (138 pages). These scans are double-paged (2 pages scanned at same time). (47MB) Download link is a Tor/Onion link, using the OnionShare program. You will need the Tor browser to download. After purchasing, you will automatically receive the download link.

Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/Qbby/

themaker117@conversations.im (XMPP) ⌘ Read more

this is so cool i hope i can get friends to join

Employees Speak Out: Google, Apple, Microsoft, & Intel Discriminate Against White Men
“I’d love to hire you, but, unfortunately, you’re a white male.” ⌘ Read more

asciinema is really cool. thought about self hosting my own upload site which they have docs for but i don’t need to host everything even if it’d be a fun project. the default/main site is fine enough for me when i won’t be uploading a whole lot.

AI ‘the biggest opportunity of our lifetime’, says tech veteran
AI “second movers” and deniers are set to lose, according to celebrity tech executive Bill McDermott. ⌘ Read more

i need a tux plushie so bad i’m literally asking my sister to teach me how to sew just so i can make a tux plushie

being a k-pop fan in nerd circles means no one will ever take you seriously. the solution is to be so unserious and insane that it wraps back around to people taking you seriously as you do cool things while being deeply unserious

i’ve transitioned text editors from nano (yeah i know) to micro and god micro is just so much better i did not know there was a CLI text editor i could use with sensible keyboard shortcuts that did not leave me feeling like i’m typing nuclear codes to do simple tasks like saving and editing

good morning everyone i want to do epic linux desktop ricing again

(#4dbmmzq) @doesnm I used to have quite a bit of credits with Vultr way back. I’ve been a long-time customer, and had worked with them on a few …
@doesnm @doesnm.p.psf.lt I used to have quite a bit of credits with Vultr way back. I’ve been a long-time customer, and had worked with them on a few things 👌 ⌘ Read more

(#b6qfvpq) @aelaraji Go to bed! 🤣
@aelaraji @aelaraji.com Go to bed! 🤣 ⌘ Read more

Shi… I forgot to pull my twtxt file before twtin’ … let me see if I can recover them lost timeline twts.

Editor’s Note — Happy New Year
Stephan A. Schwartz,  Editor  -  Schwartzreport

Stephan: I think we are about to enter a very difficult year but, whatever the societal complexities, I wish the best possible 2025 for you, your friends, and family. And remember the Quotidian Choice, make each of your decisions in 2025, of the options available to you, the one that is the most compassionate, life-affirming, and fostering of wellbeing.

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12 … ⌘ Read more

Trump Medicare Pick Dr. Oz Says Uninsured ‘Don’t Have Right to Health’ in Resurfaced Clip
David Badash,  Staff Writer  -  The New Civil Rights Movement

_Stephan: Both my wife and I, like many of you, pay for and receive Medicare so we could be affected by what Mehmet Oz has in mind. This should not be  mistaken for the evil Medicare Advantage programs designed to enrich insurance corporations.  You would think Mehmet Oz’s heartless nonsens … ⌘ Read more

Where the minimum wage will rise in 2025
Emily Peck,  Staff Writer  -  Axios

Stephan: Here is some good news. Even in some Red states, and many Blue states the minimum wage will be going up.

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Millions of workers are getting a raise on Jan. 1, when the minimum wage is set to rise across 21 states, and 48 cities and counties.

Why it matters: Th … ⌘ Read more

A recipe for zero-emissions fuel: Soda cans, seawater, and caffeine
Jennifer Chu ,    -  MIT News

Stephan: A reader sent me this fascinating potentially good news. I am so happy to get such stories because they tell me that even in the midst of all the crises that currently plague America there are still pockets of people striving to develop technologies designed to help us exit the carbon era.

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/S … ⌘ Read more

Apple Shares Special Wallpaper and Watch Face to Celebrate New Store
Apple recently announced it will be opening a new retail store at the MixC Hefei shopping mall in Hefei, China on January 18 at 10 a.m. local time.

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To celebrate the store’s upcoming grand opening, Apple has shared both a special wallpaper and [Apple Watch face](https://www.apple.com.cn/nso/hefei/images/wallpap … ⌘ Read more

Bible Back in Texas Schools After Being Pulled for Sexual Content
Elizabeth Nolan Brown ,  Staff Writer  -  reason

Stephan: This is how weird book censorship is getting in the Red States. Did you ever think of the Bible as being too sexually explicit to be read by a minor?

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Is the Bible too “sexually explicit” for minors? The Canyon Independent School Dis … ⌘ Read more

(#fktqbyq) @kat To be honest I just use the web app 🤣 I’ve gone to a lot of effort to make it work nicely on mobile small screen decides 👌
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz To be honest I just use the web app 🤣 I’ve gone to a lot of effort to make it work nicely on mobile small screen decides 👌 ⌘ Read more

(#tubwoja) @kat Yarn / Twtxt is designed to be slow 🤣 But we see you! 😅
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz Yarn / Twtxt is designed to be slow 🤣 But we see you! 😅 ⌘ Read more

(#mkmn57q) @kat Happy New Year to you too! 🥳
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz Happy New Year to you too! 🥳 ⌘ Read more

10 Events from 2024 That’ll Be in History Textbooks One Day
We’re not entirely sure if they still have history books in school or if they just teach kids these days using TikTok videos and Instagram reels to account for their short and fractured attention spans. Okay, we’re kidding about that little quip… we hope. We’re pretty certain that textbooks are still a thing, whether in […]

The post [10 Events from 2024 That’ll Be in History Textbooks One Day](https://listverse.com/ … ⌘ Read more

(#td7zniq) I’m pretty happy with my Clownflare replacement solution. I’m going to start progressively migrating off Cloudflare soon™, but firs …
I’m pretty happy with my Clownflare replacement solution. I’m going to start progressively migrating off Cloudflare soon™, but first i need to take what I’ve built and commoditized it into something that that’s reusable and easily usable by others. This likely means Packer image and Terraform module. Once that’s done I’ll think about how to build a half decent wAF ( _Web Application Firewall … ⌘ Read more

been having fun updating my dotfiles repo as if i have anything notable to put in there

happy new year to anyone who sees this <3

(#i6x4uha) @aelaraji Happy New Year to you too! 🥳
@aelaraji @aelaraji.com Happy New Year to you too! 🥳 ⌘ Read more

Fuck me OpenAI sucks ass. ChatGPT has to be the most stupidest fucking thing ever invented. It is so bad it’s not even funny.

Fuck me OpenAI sucks ass. ChatGPT has to be the most stupidest fucking thing ever invented. It is so bad it’s not even funny.
Fuck me OpenAI sucks ass. ChatGPT has to be the most stupidest fucking thing ever invented. It is so bad it’s not even funny. ⌘ Read more

Apple Broke a 13-Year Hardware Streak in 2024
For over a decade, Apple has consistently announced all-new hardware product lines, from the iPad in 2010 to the Vision Pro in 2023. But for the first time in 14 years, Apple failed to announce any major new hardware products in 2024, focusing solely on updates and refinements to its existing product lines.

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While Apple unveiled a l … ⌘ Read more

Finally spending the time/effort today (on my day off) to see if I can get a working prototype and proof-of-concept self-hosted alternative to …
Finally spending the time/effort today ( on my day off) to see if I can get a working prototype and proof-of-concept self-hosted alternative to Clownflare going. Components I’m using so far are: Alpine Linux ( may swap this out for µLInux at some point), Wireguard, Caddy. ⌘ Read more

Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 8 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 8th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

• Updates. What is everyone working on?
  
• Discussion: Post-quantum security and ethical considerations over elliptic curve cryptography3
  

This meeting’s chairperson should be Rucknium4. The full dis … ⌘ Read more

everoddandeven proposes bounty for monero-cpp Python bindings module
everoddandeven1 has proposed a bounty2 for creating a Python module that exposes the core functionalities of the monero-cpp library 3:

This module should enable Python developers to interact with monero-cpp API using a Pythonic interface without needing to write or interact with C++ code directly.

Total Bounty: 0 XMR (to date)

• Code is ope … ⌘ Read more

(#ekxhbga) Oh wow! 🤩 So many ‘ol users have come out of the woodwork 🤣 Great to see you again @oevl@oevl and @ionores@ionores
Oh wow! 🤩 So many ‘ol users have come out of the woodwork 🤣 Great to see you again @oevl and @ionores ⌘ Read more

Whoohoo! 💪 Last night I added support for SSH Agent Forwarding to sshbox that now enables me to use it as an SSH Reverse Proxy to a private S …
Whoohoo! 💪 Last night I added support for SSH Agent Forwarding to sshbox that now enables me to use it as an SSH Reverse Proxy to a private SSH service. I can now use this to front my Gitea’s SSH service 👌 ( without exposing my infra behind the proxy or the IP addresses). ⌘ Read more

Good riddance 2024…
2025, be good or else.

Happy new year Twtxt people. I’m grateful for getting to meet/talk to you all, It certainly was the best thing to have happened to me in this “2024” chapter of my life.

A quick lesson in how to communicate with Aliens! 👽 ⌘ Read more

Prosodical Thoughts: Prosody 0.12.5 released
We are pleased to announce a new minor release from our stable branch.

Hope everyone has had a good 2024, and you’re looking forward to a better 2025!

We’re ending this year with a bugfix release for our stable 0.12 branch. This
brings some general polish and a collection of fixes for various small issues
people have reported in the past months.

A notable behaviour change in this release is that Prosody will no longer send
delivery errors to people you have blocked. Inste … ⌘ Read more

Kubestronaut in Orbit: Sofonias Mengistu
Get to know Sofonias This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit is Sofonias Mengistu, a DevOps Engineer at Gebeya.INC based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. With 14 years of IT experience—five of those dedicated to cloud-native technologies—Sofonias has led… ⌘ Read more

(#mez7vqa) @bender@bender Hah thanks 🙏 Happy New year to you too (soon™) ! 🥳
@bender Hah thanks 🙏 Happy New year to you too (soon™) ! 🥳 ⌘ Read more

My December ‘24 and my 2024 in Review
The month, and indeed the year, are drawing to a close – a time to pause, reflect, and revisit all the small and big moments that made up this journey. ⌘ Read more

** Year in review, 2024 **
As a treat, I figured I could write a year in review kinda thing, too. In no particular order here are some reflections organized into some mostly sensical categories.

Since recovering from my brain bleed and the subsequent repair procedures, this year I’ve enjoyed getting back into a routine of exercising. I’ve never been one to track numbers, or reps, or distances — I mostly exercise because I enjoy doing it. This year I got back into going for regular short runs, very long walks (sorry aging d … ⌘ Read more

(#nywpvxq) @andros at last drawl is the space its in the low dozens to possibly hundreds
@andros @twtxt.andros.dev at last drawl is the space its in the low dozens to possibly hundreds ⌘ Read more

[47°09′58″S, 126°43′12″W] Storm recedes – back to normal work

Teen alcohol and drug use keeps declining
April Rubin,  Staff Writer  -  Axios

Stephan: Here is some excellent good news. Young teens are using less alcohol and Marijuana.

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Teen drug and alcohol use reached a record low this year, according to survey results released this month.

Why it matters: The do … ⌘ Read more

American doctors hate the health care system almost as much as you do
Dylan Scott,  Staff Writer  -  Vox

_Stephan: I recently talked with a friend of mine who is also one of my doctors and he told me how bad the hassle of being a physician trying to practice in the American illness profit system has become. Another of my physicians told me her group practice was sold to Optum, and she is now an employee, and not very happy about it. My wife goes to two do … ⌘ Read more

I found 2 active Registries: tilde.instite and twtxt.envs.net . I think that is missing a repository or system for them to find each other. It is easy to share registry users. Your work is awesome! Maybe you are supporting twtxt with the pod and software around them. I am very busy with the Emacs client, but I like to work creating my own version of Registry using Django.

Costco is pushing back — hard — against the anti-DEI movement
Nathaniel Meyersohn,  Staff Writer  -  CNN

_Stephan: Here is some good news. Costco, is the store where we do most of our shopping. It is owned by one of the few American companies that actually support social wellbeing. In contrast to, say, Walmart, owned by the Walton family, a store system we don’t shop in because of its vile corporate policies and support of MAGAt politicians. Costco is going more orga … ⌘ Read more