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   Soatok Dreamseeker (soatok@furry.engineer)'s status on Friday, 03-Jul-2026 16:38:10 JST Soatok Dreamseeker

   in reply to

   Like, I am NOT a fan of the NSA, in the same way that I'm not a fan of Meta, Palantir, and the data broker industry.

   Surveillance is bad for society. Privacy is good for society. Using technology to undermine privacy and surveil people is a bad thing, actually. And while the official story is roughly that NSA only spies on other governments, and not innocent civilians, we have no way of knowing if that's true. And there's no way in hell I'll ever trust that.

   So, like most cryptographers, I'm squarely in the "Fuck the NSA" camp. Just like I'm in the "Fuck the FSB" camp. And every other nation state's equivalent agency is on that list too.

   But spy agencies aren't fucking magical. They can't violate information theory, physics, or causality.

   They also aren't omniscient about mathematics, logic, or software vulnerabilities. If they were, they wouldn't have competition. And they can't wave a magic wand and get enthusiastic cooperation from international forums of cryptology experts. That's ridiculous.

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   AnarchoNinaWrites (anarchoninawrites@jorts.horse)'s status on Friday, 01-May-2026 07:09:00 JST AnarchoNinaWrites

   in reply to

   You cannot be FREE of this headcage, you cannot be free from the little tiny Klansman they put in your head while you were JUST A FUCKING CHILD, till you examine and deconstruct those ideas. Till you know them, know they exist, know where they come from and intellectually repudiate them in a DIRECT and ACTIVE manner. We don't. We also don't even TEACH our kids HOW to do that.

   So the racism and white supremacy continue, and ending it is a one on one battle where victory provides no ground.

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   ARGVMI~1.PIF (argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 26-Mar-2026 14:52:28 JST ARGVMI~1.PIF

   They say humans' love of replicators and root beer makes them weak and soft.

   Nah. As Quark once observed, replicators and root beer is what keeps humans docile and agreeable. Take away their creature comforts and back them into a corner, and they get mad and start blowing up planets, and nobody wants that.

   So whatever you do, don't break the replicators!

   #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9

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   Tinker ☀️ (tinker@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 13-Feb-2026 06:08:22 JST Tinker ☀️

   At my library's repair cafe as a volunteer.

   It's the first time they're running it and they're hoping to do this regularly.

   I came in thinking I would help with computer troubleshooting... but they have enough people doing that.

   So I figured I could help with Linux OS install... but the local Linux Install Party is here and has enough people.

   Then a guy brought in a bicycle! And no one is here doing bike repair. But I brought my allen wrench set and a multitool.

   So I just got done running and installing a new bicycle brake line on an older bike. Brake works just fine now!

   I'll bring my full set of bike tools next time!

   #solarPunk #repairCafe #bicycle #libraries

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   Linus Torvalds (torvalds@social.kernel.org)'s status on Sunday, 28-Dec-2025 05:04:00 JST Linus Torvalds

   @trashheap The “argument” by the SFC is complete garbage, and always has been. There has been no question about the license, and I have made it very clear over the years. And the SFC knows that.

   So when they argue their incorrect reading of the GPLv2 in court, they are absolutely not doing GPLv2 enforcement. They are trying to further an agenda that is invalid, and always has been, and is explicitly against the wishes of the actual copyright holders.

   So the SFC is just pure trash.

   If they want to “protect” some project, let them protect a project that asks for it - not one that is known to not want their kind of protection.

   Because what they are doing is a racket, plain and simple.

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   Chicken :cqlgusu: (lookitmychicken@blorbo.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Nov-2025 20:49:18 JST Chicken :cqlgusu:

   @1ksrw I wanted to believe that he was genuinely curious about the 444 thing -- but if he was, it's easy enough to look it up and find out what it's supposed to mean. And he doesn't seem to have done that.

   So at this point I'm assuming that it's a hint about an upcoming release.