Justin To #НетВойне
@justinto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy
The first thing that anyone should know about my particular way of being is that I am definitely not a verbose person, and in fact I keep all my sentences conci
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"Google has criticized the European Union’s intentions to achieve digital sovereignty through open-source software."
Umm...ok...I think I can see why they did that, but lets read further...
"The company [Google] warned that Brussels’ policies aimed at reducing dependence on American tech […]
Umm...ok...I think I can see why they did that, but lets read further...
"The company [Google] warned that Brussels’ policies aimed at reducing dependence on American tech […]
Original post on sharkey.world
sharkey.world
February 15, 2026 at 12:28 PM
"Google has criticized the European Union’s intentions to achieve digital sovereignty through open-source software."
Umm...ok...I think I can see why they did that, but lets read further...
"The company [Google] warned that Brussels’ policies aimed at reducing dependence on American tech […]
Umm...ok...I think I can see why they did that, but lets read further...
"The company [Google] warned that Brussels’ policies aimed at reducing dependence on American tech […]
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Postie just arrived bringing all my Valentine's Day cards, or so I thought. Turned out to be a water bill.
Prices going up 9.8% "to pay for infrastructure", despite the fact they've paid out almost £80 billion in dividends since privatisation. And we've got off lightly compared to a lot of the […]
Prices going up 9.8% "to pay for infrastructure", despite the fact they've paid out almost £80 billion in dividends since privatisation. And we've got off lightly compared to a lot of the […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
February 14, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Postie just arrived bringing all my Valentine's Day cards, or so I thought. Turned out to be a water bill.
Prices going up 9.8% "to pay for infrastructure", despite the fact they've paid out almost £80 billion in dividends since privatisation. And we've got off lightly compared to a lot of the […]
Prices going up 9.8% "to pay for infrastructure", despite the fact they've paid out almost £80 billion in dividends since privatisation. And we've got off lightly compared to a lot of the […]
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In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"
The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:17 PM
In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
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Just another shout of appreciation for public libraries! Wellington has at least one good one (I strongly suspect more than one but I'm not going to be here for long enough to double check that).
Lovely place to sit and catch up on everything before heading to the south island in a few hours […]
Lovely place to sit and catch up on everything before heading to the south island in a few hours […]
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mastodon.social
February 13, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Just another shout of appreciation for public libraries! Wellington has at least one good one (I strongly suspect more than one but I'm not going to be here for long enough to double check that).
Lovely place to sit and catch up on everything before heading to the south island in a few hours […]
Lovely place to sit and catch up on everything before heading to the south island in a few hours […]
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More NZ signs that are extremely honest
February 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
More NZ signs that are extremely honest
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Robert Tinney has died. He's the artist that drew covers for Byte Magazine -- the periodical that documented the microcomputer revolution.
I inherited several signed and numbered Tinney prints from a dear friend, They were sitting in a closet. I never hung them […]
[Original post on pdx.social]
I inherited several signed and numbered Tinney prints from a dear friend, They were sitting in a closet. I never hung them […]
[Original post on pdx.social]
February 13, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Robert Tinney has died. He's the artist that drew covers for Byte Magazine -- the periodical that documented the microcomputer revolution.
I inherited several signed and numbered Tinney prints from a dear friend, They were sitting in a closet. I never hung them […]
[Original post on pdx.social]
I inherited several signed and numbered Tinney prints from a dear friend, They were sitting in a closet. I never hung them […]
[Original post on pdx.social]
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Ontario gives a little more money to universities and finally lifts the tuition freeze (at below inflation rates), yay, universities can survive a little longer.
Ontario changes OSAP so that it is now mostly loans and less grants, oh no, a lot of people now won't be able to afford to go.
#onpoli
Ontario changes OSAP so that it is now mostly loans and less grants, oh no, a lot of people now won't be able to afford to go.
#onpoli
February 12, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Ontario gives a little more money to universities and finally lifts the tuition freeze (at below inflation rates), yay, universities can survive a little longer.
Ontario changes OSAP so that it is now mostly loans and less grants, oh no, a lot of people now won't be able to afford to go.
#onpoli
Ontario changes OSAP so that it is now mostly loans and less grants, oh no, a lot of people now won't be able to afford to go.
#onpoli
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So You Want To Write An Open Source Discord Replacement
Things you don’t need:
- federation/distributed systems
- multiparty end-to-end encryption
- an entirely new operating system kernel specially designed to—
Things you DO need:
- a user interface that is Normal
- the ability to use […]
Things you don’t need:
- federation/distributed systems
- multiparty end-to-end encryption
- an entirely new operating system kernel specially designed to—
Things you DO need:
- a user interface that is Normal
- the ability to use […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
February 12, 2026 at 8:14 AM
So You Want To Write An Open Source Discord Replacement
Things you don’t need:
- federation/distributed systems
- multiparty end-to-end encryption
- an entirely new operating system kernel specially designed to—
Things you DO need:
- a user interface that is Normal
- the ability to use […]
Things you don’t need:
- federation/distributed systems
- multiparty end-to-end encryption
- an entirely new operating system kernel specially designed to—
Things you DO need:
- a user interface that is Normal
- the ability to use […]
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It's #hackster round-up time! First up is another *fantastic* project from @ancientjames: an "digital iris" for interchangeable-lens cameras which lets you control - and even animate - the bokeh using an LCD.
Confused? Imagine seeing out-of-focus highlights as spinning cogs... or a playable […]
Confused? Imagine seeing out-of-focus highlights as spinning cogs... or a playable […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
February 11, 2026 at 5:11 PM
It's #hackster round-up time! First up is another *fantastic* project from @ancientjames: an "digital iris" for interchangeable-lens cameras which lets you control - and even animate - the bokeh using an LCD.
Confused? Imagine seeing out-of-focus highlights as spinning cogs... or a playable […]
Confused? Imagine seeing out-of-focus highlights as spinning cogs... or a playable […]
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A new weed shop has moved in beside Subway on the main street in town and the sign makes me laugh every time we drive past. It's the exact same shade of green and looks like Subway sells weed. 🤣
February 11, 2026 at 10:37 PM
A new weed shop has moved in beside Subway on the main street in town and the sign makes me laugh every time we drive past. It's the exact same shade of green and looks like Subway sells weed. 🤣
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Just an unsolicited product plug, if you’re in Western Canada. The house we bought in late 2024 has Vinyltek windows, installed during a 2010-12 renovation, and a few of them were a bit twisted out of shape or had dysfunctional open/close/lock controls. So we called up and their guy came by and […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Just an unsolicited product plug, if you’re in Western Canada. The house we bought in late 2024 has Vinyltek windows, installed during a 2010-12 renovation, and a few of them were a bit twisted out of shape or had dysfunctional open/close/lock controls. So we called up and their guy came by and […]
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Reflect Orbital wants to destroy the night sky to deliver "sunlight as a service". SpaceX wants to destroy Low Earth Orbit to launch one million "AI datacentres"
The only way to formally protest these two ideas is to file a comment with the US FCC, which is horribly complicated, but the […]
The only way to formally protest these two ideas is to file a comment with the US FCC, which is horribly complicated, but the […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
February 11, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Reflect Orbital wants to destroy the night sky to deliver "sunlight as a service". SpaceX wants to destroy Low Earth Orbit to launch one million "AI datacentres"
The only way to formally protest these two ideas is to file a comment with the US FCC, which is horribly complicated, but the […]
The only way to formally protest these two ideas is to file a comment with the US FCC, which is horribly complicated, but the […]
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Apparently the UCP is OK with 18 of its MLAs being publicly identified as separatists | Alberta Politics
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli #cdnpoli
https://albertapolitics.ca/2026/02/apparently-the-ucp-is-ok-with-18-of-its-mlas-being-publicly-identified-as-separatists/
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli #cdnpoli
https://albertapolitics.ca/2026/02/apparently-the-ucp-is-ok-with-18-of-its-mlas-being-publicly-identified-as-separatists/
Apparently the UCP is OK with 18 of its MLAs being publicly identified as separatists
It would appear that the United Conservative Party Caucus is OK with having 18 of its members, including eight cabinet ministers, publicly identified as supporters of Alberta independence from Canada, as long as they preserve a few tatters of deniability. The 18 MLAs appear on a list of separation sympathizers named publicly by the so-called […]
albertapolitics.ca
February 11, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Apparently the UCP is OK with 18 of its MLAs being publicly identified as separatists | Alberta Politics
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli #cdnpoli
https://albertapolitics.ca/2026/02/apparently-the-ucp-is-ok-with-18-of-its-mlas-being-publicly-identified-as-separatists/
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli #cdnpoli
https://albertapolitics.ca/2026/02/apparently-the-ucp-is-ok-with-18-of-its-mlas-being-publicly-identified-as-separatists/
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Static sites are now building and hosting properly in #codeberg, so that's the hardest part of migrating out of GitHub taken care of. A bit more cleanup and I'll be done this stage of Operation Fuck the Tech Broligarchy (still workshopping the name for my quest to reduce reliance on US Big Tech).
February 11, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Static sites are now building and hosting properly in #codeberg, so that's the hardest part of migrating out of GitHub taken care of. A bit more cleanup and I'll be done this stage of Operation Fuck the Tech Broligarchy (still workshopping the name for my quest to reduce reliance on US Big Tech).
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@tryangregory.bsky.social Canadian Liberals, and some NDP (esp Federal) are acting like US Democrats and we see exactly where that gets us.
February 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
@tryangregory.bsky.social Canadian Liberals, and some NDP (esp Federal) are acting like US Democrats and we see exactly where that gets us.
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Like Trevor Noah, I was born a crime. I take NOTHING for granted. I never have, and I never will. Note that it wasn't until 2000(!) that Alabama repealed its racist miscegenation laws.
February 10, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Like Trevor Noah, I was born a crime. I take NOTHING for granted. I never have, and I never will. Note that it wasn't until 2000(!) that Alabama repealed its racist miscegenation laws.
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The old Debenhams department store in Bristol has been turned into an indoor skate part called "Shredenhams". Lots of little kids crashing about in the morning, and teens/adults in the evening. Great use of vacant urban spaces.
#bristol #regeneration #skating
#bristol #regeneration #skating
February 7, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The old Debenhams department store in Bristol has been turned into an indoor skate part called "Shredenhams". Lots of little kids crashing about in the morning, and teens/adults in the evening. Great use of vacant urban spaces.
#bristol #regeneration #skating
#bristol #regeneration #skating
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SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.
February 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.
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ALSO speaking of awesome people I work with, my collaborators redid the CRASH Clock calculation for several years in the past, so you can see how it has dropped to shorter and shorter values: https://outerspaceinstitute.ca/crashclock/
The CRASH Clock is the likely time to first collision if all […]
The CRASH Clock is the likely time to first collision if all […]
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mastodon.social
February 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
ALSO speaking of awesome people I work with, my collaborators redid the CRASH Clock calculation for several years in the past, so you can see how it has dropped to shorter and shorter values: https://outerspaceinstitute.ca/crashclock/
The CRASH Clock is the likely time to first collision if all […]
The CRASH Clock is the likely time to first collision if all […]
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I found a few paperbacks in a repurposed phonebox on my way to a job, which wasn't that unusual. However, one of them had a contact address for Emerson Lake & Palmer in the back of it, which is a bit odd.
#paperbacks #ProgRock #EmersonLakeAndPalmer
#paperbacks #ProgRock #EmersonLakeAndPalmer
February 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I found a few paperbacks in a repurposed phonebox on my way to a job, which wasn't that unusual. However, one of them had a contact address for Emerson Lake & Palmer in the back of it, which is a bit odd.
#paperbacks #ProgRock #EmersonLakeAndPalmer
#paperbacks #ProgRock #EmersonLakeAndPalmer
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February 9, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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I am really enjoying Journal with Witch (Ikoku Nikki), anime that feels like it was written by an actual adult.
It's about grief, family, relationships and the expectations adults put on kids, kids put on adults and society puts on everyone.
The conversations […]
[Original post on mas.to]
It's about grief, family, relationships and the expectations adults put on kids, kids put on adults and society puts on everyone.
The conversations […]
[Original post on mas.to]
February 9, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I am really enjoying Journal with Witch (Ikoku Nikki), anime that feels like it was written by an actual adult.
It's about grief, family, relationships and the expectations adults put on kids, kids put on adults and society puts on everyone.
The conversations […]
[Original post on mas.to]
It's about grief, family, relationships and the expectations adults put on kids, kids put on adults and society puts on everyone.
The conversations […]
[Original post on mas.to]
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Sometimes people start doing the right thing not because they understand why it's right but just to fit in. They can learn along the way.
And if you are "performativly filming ICE" you are still filming ICE nobody cares if you are pure of heart and a magical gnome who has never had a biogted […]
And if you are "performativly filming ICE" you are still filming ICE nobody cares if you are pure of heart and a magical gnome who has never had a biogted […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
February 9, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Sometimes people start doing the right thing not because they understand why it's right but just to fit in. They can learn along the way.
And if you are "performativly filming ICE" you are still filming ICE nobody cares if you are pure of heart and a magical gnome who has never had a biogted […]
And if you are "performativly filming ICE" you are still filming ICE nobody cares if you are pure of heart and a magical gnome who has never had a biogted […]