Michael Graaf
@michaelgraaf.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy
Survivor of two involuntary fedi migrations, thank goodness for data export and import. Rather risk instance demise than corporate swords of Damocles. Avatar = […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://kolektiva.social/@michaelgraaf, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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Now that the Oreshnik has been used a second time, here's a technical overview made after its first use in Nov 2024 (& recently re-streamed) https://youtu.be/ZYRQnFXjywk
January 10, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Now that the Oreshnik has been used a second time, here's a technical overview made after its first use in Nov 2024 (& recently re-streamed) https://youtu.be/ZYRQnFXjywk
Reposted by Michael Graaf
The Right Is Exploiting the Bondi Massacre to Silence Dissent https://jacobin.com/2026/01/australia-bondi-antisemitism-protest-palestine/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism
The Right Is Exploiting the Bondi Massacre to Silence Dissent
In the aftermath of the Bondi Massacre, Australian politicians are pushing to restrict freedom of speech and the right to protest. Their target is the Palestine solidarity movement.
jacobin.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
The Right Is Exploiting the Bondi Massacre to Silence Dissent https://jacobin.com/2026/01/australia-bondi-antisemitism-protest-palestine/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism
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Unloading some ideas, into a post about hope and joy.
https://andypiper.co.uk/2026/01/09/choose-the-fediverse/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
https://andypiper.co.uk/2026/01/09/choose-the-fediverse/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
andypiper.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Unloading some ideas, into a post about hope and joy.
https://andypiper.co.uk/2026/01/09/choose-the-fediverse/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
https://andypiper.co.uk/2026/01/09/choose-the-fediverse/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/edmonton-5aq1688az/-/a-mz69OBA4SYqGy2f0Nx0bNg%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0
"Socialise the costs, privatise the profits."
And to hell with the environment.
"Socialise the costs, privatise the profits."
And to hell with the environment.
flipboard.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:42 AM
RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/edmonton-5aq1688az/-/a-mz69OBA4SYqGy2f0Nx0bNg%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0
"Socialise the costs, privatise the profits."
And to hell with the environment.
"Socialise the costs, privatise the profits."
And to hell with the environment.
How Cubans Destroyed South Africa's Air Dominance in Angolan War https://youtu.be/iiMoPOe9X04 What's missing from the doccie is *why* the SAAF was stuck with old fighter jets: the UN arms embargo.
January 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
How Cubans Destroyed South Africa's Air Dominance in Angolan War https://youtu.be/iiMoPOe9X04 What's missing from the doccie is *why* the SAAF was stuck with old fighter jets: the UN arms embargo.
#southafrica’s giant SKA telescope clears major technical hurdle https://techcentral.co.za/south-africas-giant-ska-telescope-clears-major-technical-hurdle/276051/
South Africa's giant SKA telescope clears major technical hurdle
South Africa’s SKA-Mid telescope comes alive as "first fringes" confirm it is now a working scientific instrument.
techcentral.co.za
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM
#southafrica’s giant SKA telescope clears major technical hurdle https://techcentral.co.za/south-africas-giant-ska-telescope-clears-major-technical-hurdle/276051/
All these Atlantic types worrying about their treatment of a "white" man and ignoring the rest of the sanctioned. At least in this video, an EU parliamentarian mentions that sanctions have been used against critics of neo-colonialism in Africa. That constitutes "Russian propaganda" because […]
Original post on kolektiva.social
kolektiva.social
January 9, 2026 at 7:54 AM
All these Atlantic types worrying about their treatment of a "white" man and ignoring the rest of the sanctioned. At least in this video, an EU parliamentarian mentions that sanctions have been used against critics of neo-colonialism in Africa. That constitutes "Russian propaganda" because […]
Reposted by Michael Graaf
Tracking pixels in documents are nothing new in tech circles, but whistleblowers and activists need to be aware of them. Here's what a company promises to their prospects:
![Snippet from a company website that advertises its product for tracking PDF documents. The descriptions reads: "[product] uses advanced steganography to embed invisible tracking codes in PDFs, enabling precise and effortless leak detection."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:azv6qqrq6aomypw2acljsmxe/bafkreihu3s2yvomx2oaghqewdskx7pi72guwgdqy3dbjjzderlncli42qa@jpeg)
January 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Tracking pixels in documents are nothing new in tech circles, but whistleblowers and activists need to be aware of them. Here's what a company promises to their prospects:
Reposted by Michael Graaf
Meanwhile in Japan
"Japan’s nuclear watchdog halts plant’s reactor safety screening over falsified data"
https://apnews.com/article/japan-hamaoka-nuclear-fabrication-data-893d7cf94e790ffb51cb1cf85254d658
Everything about the safety of nuclear energy the companies tell you is a scam […]
"Japan’s nuclear watchdog halts plant’s reactor safety screening over falsified data"
https://apnews.com/article/japan-hamaoka-nuclear-fabrication-data-893d7cf94e790ffb51cb1cf85254d658
Everything about the safety of nuclear energy the companies tell you is a scam […]
Original post on 23.social
23.social
January 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Meanwhile in Japan
"Japan’s nuclear watchdog halts plant’s reactor safety screening over falsified data"
https://apnews.com/article/japan-hamaoka-nuclear-fabrication-data-893d7cf94e790ffb51cb1cf85254d658
Everything about the safety of nuclear energy the companies tell you is a scam […]
"Japan’s nuclear watchdog halts plant’s reactor safety screening over falsified data"
https://apnews.com/article/japan-hamaoka-nuclear-fabrication-data-893d7cf94e790ffb51cb1cf85254d658
Everything about the safety of nuclear energy the companies tell you is a scam […]
Reposted by Michael Graaf
Trump/Greenland/mining is you buying a new laptop that will also be slow soon because of all the installed spying and then using it to physically (or financially) kill your fellow human being living next to a chatGPT datacenter, instead of going to https://endof10.org for making your current […]
Original post on social.edu.nl
social.edu.nl
January 8, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Trump/Greenland/mining is you buying a new laptop that will also be slow soon because of all the installed spying and then using it to physically (or financially) kill your fellow human being living next to a chatGPT datacenter, instead of going to https://endof10.org for making your current […]
Reposted by Michael Graaf
Pandoc in the browser, with a friendly interface. This app is a web-assembly version of pandoc, the documents never leave your computer:
https://pandoc.org/wasm-demo/convert.html
#pandoc #wasm
https://pandoc.org/wasm-demo/convert.html
#pandoc #wasm
Pandoc in the browser
pandoc.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Pandoc in the browser, with a friendly interface. This app is a web-assembly version of pandoc, the documents never leave your computer:
https://pandoc.org/wasm-demo/convert.html
#pandoc #wasm
https://pandoc.org/wasm-demo/convert.html
#pandoc #wasm
Reposted by Michael Graaf
On 7th of January 2005 German police burned Oury Jalloh alive behind closed doors, lied about it, and to this day got away with it.
21 years later, on 7th of January 2026, American ICE agents killed Renee Good in front of multiple cameras, immediately lied about it, and made the whole world […]
21 years later, on 7th of January 2026, American ICE agents killed Renee Good in front of multiple cameras, immediately lied about it, and made the whole world […]
Original post on mastodon.de
mastodon.de
January 8, 2026 at 5:27 AM
On 7th of January 2005 German police burned Oury Jalloh alive behind closed doors, lied about it, and to this day got away with it.
21 years later, on 7th of January 2026, American ICE agents killed Renee Good in front of multiple cameras, immediately lied about it, and made the whole world […]
21 years later, on 7th of January 2026, American ICE agents killed Renee Good in front of multiple cameras, immediately lied about it, and made the whole world […]
Each of the 300+ language editions of Wikipedia has its own community of editors (which can overlap). Each community makes its own rules (subject to basic restraints on hate speech etc). So if you object to hegemonic influence in the English version, you can explore other languages […]
Original post on kolektiva.social
kolektiva.social
January 8, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Each of the 300+ language editions of Wikipedia has its own community of editors (which can overlap). Each community makes its own rules (subject to basic restraints on hate speech etc). So if you object to hegemonic influence in the English version, you can explore other languages […]
Reposted by Michael Graaf
You got it easy kid
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 AM
You got it easy kid
Let's say the US proceeds to colonise Greenland. What with global warming, more and more of it will actually become green in the summertime, i.e. habitable (and mineable), so it could lead to a large-scale settlement project. In that case, the US will need immigrants even more than it already […]
Original post on kolektiva.social
kolektiva.social
January 7, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Let's say the US proceeds to colonise Greenland. What with global warming, more and more of it will actually become green in the summertime, i.e. habitable (and mineable), so it could lead to a large-scale settlement project. In that case, the US will need immigrants even more than it already […]
https://youtu.be/eiDhbZ8-BZI TIL that there are compass nerds... and that the condition is mildly contagious
January 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
https://youtu.be/eiDhbZ8-BZI TIL that there are compass nerds... and that the condition is mildly contagious
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THIS IS A MAN-MADE FAMINE.
Forced starvation is an act of genocide.
Forced starvation is an act of genocide.
January 6, 2026 at 4:42 PM
THIS IS A MAN-MADE FAMINE.
Forced starvation is an act of genocide.
Forced starvation is an act of genocide.
All commentators seem to agree that there was substantial collaboration or perhaps active assistance by Venezuelan armed forces in the Trump Raid. If it's true that Maduro's bodyguard was mostly or entirely Cuban, that further points to deep divisions in the leadership. Now if there are vast […]
Original post on kolektiva.social
kolektiva.social
January 7, 2026 at 10:47 AM
All commentators seem to agree that there was substantial collaboration or perhaps active assistance by Venezuelan armed forces in the Trump Raid. If it's true that Maduro's bodyguard was mostly or entirely Cuban, that further points to deep divisions in the leadership. Now if there are vast […]
Prohibition doesn't work. Surely history has proven that? https://topauto.co.za/news/139173/proposal-to-raise-drinking-age-to-23-in-south-africa/
January 7, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Prohibition doesn't work. Surely history has proven that? https://topauto.co.za/news/139173/proposal-to-raise-drinking-age-to-23-in-south-africa/
Reposted by Michael Graaf
RE: https://aoir.social/@rwg/115850257889327061
"It's no wonder students are increasingly leaning on these tools to do writing and so much else. Their own universities are telling them to do so by contracting with companies like Microsoft.
...
And along the way, students are ceding the […]
"It's no wonder students are increasingly leaning on these tools to do writing and so much else. Their own universities are telling them to do so by contracting with companies like Microsoft.
...
And along the way, students are ceding the […]
January 7, 2026 at 3:19 AM
RE: https://aoir.social/@rwg/115850257889327061
"It's no wonder students are increasingly leaning on these tools to do writing and so much else. Their own universities are telling them to do so by contracting with companies like Microsoft.
...
And along the way, students are ceding the […]
"It's no wonder students are increasingly leaning on these tools to do writing and so much else. Their own universities are telling them to do so by contracting with companies like Microsoft.
...
And along the way, students are ceding the […]
Reposted by Michael Graaf
Firefox should really strip down the browser to the core, make that performant and secure. Maybe even improve extension interfaces and then deliver whatever "AI" nonsense they want through extensions. Would make it so easy to stop having to talk about kill switches and how "hard" those are […]
Original post on tldr.nettime.org
tldr.nettime.org
January 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Firefox should really strip down the browser to the core, make that performant and secure. Maybe even improve extension interfaces and then deliver whatever "AI" nonsense they want through extensions. Would make it so easy to stop having to talk about kill switches and how "hard" those are […]
Reposted by Michael Graaf
One coworker -- who I'll call Xavier -- does everything through LLMs. He's the kind of developer that managers who have never been programmers _adore_ : 3000 lines of code per day.
I just realized that Xavier cannot read code, even code that he submits for review. He "understands" code by […]
I just realized that Xavier cannot read code, even code that he submits for review. He "understands" code by […]
Original post on im-in.space
im-in.space
January 6, 2026 at 7:53 PM
One coworker -- who I'll call Xavier -- does everything through LLMs. He's the kind of developer that managers who have never been programmers _adore_ : 3000 lines of code per day.
I just realized that Xavier cannot read code, even code that he submits for review. He "understands" code by […]
I just realized that Xavier cannot read code, even code that he submits for review. He "understands" code by […]
Reposted by Michael Graaf
It's really looking bad for the Coward Starmer
He's trending on the Bluesky....
#starmer #keirstarmer #gaza #genocide #ukpol #ukpolitics #cowardice
He's trending on the Bluesky....
#starmer #keirstarmer #gaza #genocide #ukpol #ukpolitics #cowardice
January 5, 2026 at 6:53 PM
It's really looking bad for the Coward Starmer
He's trending on the Bluesky....
#starmer #keirstarmer #gaza #genocide #ukpol #ukpolitics #cowardice
He's trending on the Bluesky....
#starmer #keirstarmer #gaza #genocide #ukpol #ukpolitics #cowardice
Reposted by Michael Graaf
Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
January 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Reposted by Michael Graaf
Exactly https://youtube.com/shorts/mC3Bl__FXB0 @openrightsgroup #cybersecuritybill #cybersecurity #digitalsovereignty
January 6, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Exactly https://youtube.com/shorts/mC3Bl__FXB0 @openrightsgroup #cybersecuritybill #cybersecurity #digitalsovereignty