@bitgeist.bsky.social
“Each act, each occasion, is worse than the last, but only a little worse. You wait for the next and the next. You wait for one great shocking occasion, thinking that others, when such a shock comes, will join with you in resisting somehow.”
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They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayer, an excerpt, 2017 edition
press.uchicago.edu
August 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“Each act, each occasion, is worse than the last, but only a little worse. You wait for the next and the next. You wait for one great shocking occasion, thinking that others, when such a shock comes, will join with you in resisting somehow.”
press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago...
press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago...
CBP claims authority to board a bus or train without a warrant anywhere within this 100-mile zone. Two-thirds of the U.S. population, or about 200 million people, reside within this expanded border region.
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www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | 100 Mile Border Zone | ACLU
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects people from random and arbitrary stops and searches. Although the federal government claims the power to conduct certain kinds of warrantless sto...
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July 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
CBP claims authority to board a bus or train without a warrant anywhere within this 100-mile zone. Two-thirds of the U.S. population, or about 200 million people, reside within this expanded border region.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Our research universities don’t just do science. They also produce our scientists.
May 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Our research universities don’t just do science. They also produce our scientists.
A random department of transportation sign
March 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A random department of transportation sign
Resistors. All their beautiful colors, shapes, and sizes. Without them, power goes unchecked. (Ok, technically they limit current, but work with me here).
February 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Resistors. All their beautiful colors, shapes, and sizes. Without them, power goes unchecked. (Ok, technically they limit current, but work with me here).
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Two days remain to submit your talk to @bsdcan.bsky.social !
www.bsdcan.org/2025/papers....
We want sysadmin talks, developer talks, newbie talks, tutorials, and the odd bit of weirdness.
If you're concerned about expenses: #BSDCan reimburses travel expenses and pays for accommodations.
www.bsdcan.org/2025/papers....
We want sysadmin talks, developer talks, newbie talks, tutorials, and the odd bit of weirdness.
If you're concerned about expenses: #BSDCan reimburses travel expenses and pays for accommodations.
BSDCan 2025
BSDCan is a technical BSD conference held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
www.bsdcan.org
February 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Two days remain to submit your talk to @bsdcan.bsky.social !
www.bsdcan.org/2025/papers....
We want sysadmin talks, developer talks, newbie talks, tutorials, and the odd bit of weirdness.
If you're concerned about expenses: #BSDCan reimburses travel expenses and pays for accommodations.
www.bsdcan.org/2025/papers....
We want sysadmin talks, developer talks, newbie talks, tutorials, and the odd bit of weirdness.
If you're concerned about expenses: #BSDCan reimburses travel expenses and pays for accommodations.
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End-to-end encryption by default means “if you show up with a warrant or a subpoena (to Signal), they have almost nothing about you that they can hand over,” EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social told @cnn.com.
How to keep your private conversations private | CNN Business
As we all live more of our lives online, it’s important to understand who might have access to our conversations and internet searches – and to understand how to maintain privacy in an increasingly co...
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February 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
End-to-end encryption by default means “if you show up with a warrant or a subpoena (to Signal), they have almost nothing about you that they can hand over,” EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social told @cnn.com.
Most of my experimentation with desktop open source distros begins with making an install usb drive and ends with me saying “yup, runs Firefox just fine.”
January 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Most of my experimentation with desktop open source distros begins with making an install usb drive and ends with me saying “yup, runs Firefox just fine.”
I have to avoid going numb as I watch my country steer into policies that I fundamentally disagree with.
January 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I have to avoid going numb as I watch my country steer into policies that I fundamentally disagree with.
Day one of trying Lockdown mode on my iPhone. So far, no major annoyances.
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How to: Enable Lockdown Mode on iPhone
What Is Lockdown Mode?
Lockdown Mode is an optional setting for iPhone, iPad, and Macs, designed to protect high risk people from specific types of digital threats. It’s available on any device that ...
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December 24, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Day one of trying Lockdown mode on my iPhone. So far, no major annoyances.
ssd.eff.org/module/how-t...
ssd.eff.org/module/how-t...
Filled to the brim with foul language, but this is still my favorite take on modern web development. I laugh every time i read it. web.archive.org/web/20241123...
Motherfucking Website
web.archive.org
December 6, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Filled to the brim with foul language, but this is still my favorite take on modern web development. I laugh every time i read it. web.archive.org/web/20241123...
Anyone remember which video game this warning message is from?
December 6, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Anyone remember which video game this warning message is from?
“The purpose of argument should not be victory, but progress.” A wise fortune cookie.
December 5, 2024 at 12:42 AM
“The purpose of argument should not be victory, but progress.” A wise fortune cookie.