Maya Posch
@hackkitten.bsky.social
Just a hax0ring kitten. H4x0ring stuff at https://github.com/MayaPosch for giggles. Writes nerdy things for Hackaday. Cat/Meow.
Known to post randomly in English, Nederlands, Deutsch and 日本語
Known to post randomly in English, Nederlands, Deutsch and 日本語
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Inspire people.
January 21, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Inspire people.
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Espressif Introduces the ESP32-E22 Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth Co-Processor
Espressif Introduces the ESP32-E22 Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth Co-Processor
Hackaday Article
hackaday.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Espressif Introduces the ESP32-E22 Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth Co-Processor
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OTD in 2021 European Court of Human Rights found Russia guilty of ethnic cleansing of Georgian civilians in 2008 war & widespread, deliberate
-Killing of civilians
-Torture
-Burnings
-Evictions
i.e. “crimes against humanity".
Imagine EU leaders knowing this & still appeasing us
-Killing of civilians
-Torture
-Burnings
-Evictions
i.e. “crimes against humanity".
Imagine EU leaders knowing this & still appeasing us
January 21, 2026 at 10:44 AM
OTD in 2021 European Court of Human Rights found Russia guilty of ethnic cleansing of Georgian civilians in 2008 war & widespread, deliberate
-Killing of civilians
-Torture
-Burnings
-Evictions
i.e. “crimes against humanity".
Imagine EU leaders knowing this & still appeasing us
-Killing of civilians
-Torture
-Burnings
-Evictions
i.e. “crimes against humanity".
Imagine EU leaders knowing this & still appeasing us
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what's wild is this will somehow get 10% of the news coverage of any one of Trump's baseless election theft claims
NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 21, 2026 at 10:58 AM
what's wild is this will somehow get 10% of the news coverage of any one of Trump's baseless election theft claims
It's kinda crazy how we went from 1960/1970s feminism advocating tearing down the very concept of gender roles, to today's world in which gender roles are considered to be so fundamental that if you feel that you do not fit into your assigned gender role, you are called 'gay' or recommended surgery.
January 21, 2026 at 10:33 AM
It's kinda crazy how we went from 1960/1970s feminism advocating tearing down the very concept of gender roles, to today's world in which gender roles are considered to be so fundamental that if you feel that you do not fit into your assigned gender role, you are called 'gay' or recommended surgery.
Ran into a major snag with Waterfox, that seems to pertain to Firefox as well: hardware acceleration of videos isn't working.
Feature is set to 'on', but I can clearly see in Task Manager that it's all software decoding on the CPU.
Even disabled software fallback in about:config, but no bueno.
Feature is set to 'on', but I can clearly see in Task Manager that it's all software decoding on the CPU.
Even disabled software fallback in about:config, but no bueno.
January 21, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Ran into a major snag with Waterfox, that seems to pertain to Firefox as well: hardware acceleration of videos isn't working.
Feature is set to 'on', but I can clearly see in Task Manager that it's all software decoding on the CPU.
Even disabled software fallback in about:config, but no bueno.
Feature is set to 'on', but I can clearly see in Task Manager that it's all software decoding on the CPU.
Even disabled software fallback in about:config, but no bueno.
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Switched yesterday from running Discord in a browser tab to the Discord Messenger application which I wrote about last year: hackaday.com/2025/06/17/h...
Unlike the 1+ GB RAM browser tab or Electron version, it runs in <10 MB of RAM and does everything except video/audio.
Good enough for me.
Unlike the 1+ GB RAM browser tab or Electron version, it runs in <10 MB of RAM and does everything except video/audio.
Good enough for me.
How Discord Was Ported To Windows 95 And NT 3.1
On the desktop, most people use the official HTML and JavaScript-based client for Discord in either a browser or a still-smells-like-a-browser Electron package. Yet what if there was a way to use a…
hackaday.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Switched yesterday from running Discord in a browser tab to the Discord Messenger application which I wrote about last year: hackaday.com/2025/06/17/h...
Unlike the 1+ GB RAM browser tab or Electron version, it runs in <10 MB of RAM and does everything except video/audio.
Good enough for me.
Unlike the 1+ GB RAM browser tab or Electron version, it runs in <10 MB of RAM and does everything except video/audio.
Good enough for me.
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The Trump administration's brutality is on graphic display in Minneapolis and its vulgar stupidity in the Greenland fiasco, but just as harmful, though less splashy, is the way they are destroying US science.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 AM
The Trump administration's brutality is on graphic display in Minneapolis and its vulgar stupidity in the Greenland fiasco, but just as harmful, though less splashy, is the way they are destroying US science.
Mark Critch is a gem. Few manage to really capture the crazy that well in their Trump impressions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2c0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2c0...
Donald Trump would like to accept all the awards! | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
YouTube video by 22 Minutes
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Mark Critch is a gem. Few manage to really capture the crazy that well in their Trump impressions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2c0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2c0...
I think it's totally normal that having just the YouTube Subscriptions tab open uses 400+ MB RAM.
This is absolutely fine.
This is absolutely fine.
January 20, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I think it's totally normal that having just the YouTube Subscriptions tab open uses 400+ MB RAM.
This is absolutely fine.
This is absolutely fine.
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This Thursday, the House Natural Resources Committee will consider a bill that would remove ESA protections for Mexican gray wolves.
H.R. 4255 relies on incorrect data and misinformation. Urge your Rep to OPPOSE this bill and prevent it from passing out of the committee. 📣: https://bit.ly/4pZHDdK
H.R. 4255 relies on incorrect data and misinformation. Urge your Rep to OPPOSE this bill and prevent it from passing out of the committee. 📣: https://bit.ly/4pZHDdK
Federal Protections for Mexican Gray Wolves Under Attack | Wolf Conservation Center
Mexican gray wolves are the rarest subspecies of gray wolf in North America, with just 286 known to live in the wild in the United States. Yet despite their tenuous status, Republican members of Congress are leading an all-out attack on the species. H.R. 4255, misleadingly named the "Enhancing Safety for Animals Act" and introduced
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 8:22 PM
This Thursday, the House Natural Resources Committee will consider a bill that would remove ESA protections for Mexican gray wolves.
H.R. 4255 relies on incorrect data and misinformation. Urge your Rep to OPPOSE this bill and prevent it from passing out of the committee. 📣: https://bit.ly/4pZHDdK
H.R. 4255 relies on incorrect data and misinformation. Urge your Rep to OPPOSE this bill and prevent it from passing out of the committee. 📣: https://bit.ly/4pZHDdK
What braindead UX pattern is Discord using that 'Log In' pushes you into creating a new account, which you have to log out of before you get tipped into the actual log in screen?
Are the Discord developers huffing extra-strength glue?
The last one was a rhetorical question, natch.
Are the Discord developers huffing extra-strength glue?
The last one was a rhetorical question, natch.
January 20, 2026 at 8:15 PM
What braindead UX pattern is Discord using that 'Log In' pushes you into creating a new account, which you have to log out of before you get tipped into the actual log in screen?
Are the Discord developers huffing extra-strength glue?
The last one was a rhetorical question, natch.
Are the Discord developers huffing extra-strength glue?
The last one was a rhetorical question, natch.
Finally got fed up enough with Microsoft Edge to switch to a different browser. Picked Waterfox as it's not Chromium-based, doesn't intend to kill off normal extensions or add 'AI' BS, and generally feels less... corporate.
UI also feels far more familiar, as an old-school NS/Mozilla user.
UI also feels far more familiar, as an old-school NS/Mozilla user.
January 20, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Finally got fed up enough with Microsoft Edge to switch to a different browser. Picked Waterfox as it's not Chromium-based, doesn't intend to kill off normal extensions or add 'AI' BS, and generally feels less... corporate.
UI also feels far more familiar, as an old-school NS/Mozilla user.
UI also feels far more familiar, as an old-school NS/Mozilla user.
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In this video, I discuss Trump's obsession with owning Greenland, and what Europe can do about it.
Trump's obsession with Greenland
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 7:06 PM
In this video, I discuss Trump's obsession with owning Greenland, and what Europe can do about it.
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Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
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#hourly #fox https://api.tinyfox.dev/hourly/HourlyFoxes/34562526124_f0acaa3fc9_c.jpg
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
#hourly #fox https://api.tinyfox.dev/hourly/HourlyFoxes/34562526124_f0acaa3fc9_c.jpg
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On Friday, Congressional Democrats led members of their party in demanding the Trump administration withdraw their proposed rules that would dismantle the ESA.
Over one million comments were submitted before the close of the public comment period on December 22. Read more: https://bit.ly/49uubtd
Over one million comments were submitted before the close of the public comment period on December 22. Read more: https://bit.ly/49uubtd
Congress Urges Trump Administration to Abandon Effort to Gut Endangered Species Act | Wolf Conservation Center
Today, prominent Congressional Democrats led members of their party in demanding the Trump administration withdraw their proposed rules that would effectively dismantle the Endangered Species Act.
nywolf.org
January 20, 2026 at 3:47 PM
On Friday, Congressional Democrats led members of their party in demanding the Trump administration withdraw their proposed rules that would dismantle the ESA.
Over one million comments were submitted before the close of the public comment period on December 22. Read more: https://bit.ly/49uubtd
Over one million comments were submitted before the close of the public comment period on December 22. Read more: https://bit.ly/49uubtd
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The Danish pension fund AkademikerPension is offloading its entire U.S. treasury position by the end of the month, selling roughly $100 million in U.S. debt.
The fund’s CIO: "The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable,"
The fund’s CIO: "The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable,"
January 20, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The Danish pension fund AkademikerPension is offloading its entire U.S. treasury position by the end of the month, selling roughly $100 million in U.S. debt.
The fund’s CIO: "The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable,"
The fund’s CIO: "The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable,"
Great point by @anderspucknielsen.dk that 'Denmark selling Greenland to the US' is effectively the same as the US asking the UK to sell Australia to it.
This is a comparison that ought to be made by all media outlets for the sheer ridiculousness it exposes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwRs...
This is a comparison that ought to be made by all media outlets for the sheer ridiculousness it exposes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwRs...
Trump's obsession with Greenland
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Great point by @anderspucknielsen.dk that 'Denmark selling Greenland to the US' is effectively the same as the US asking the UK to sell Australia to it.
This is a comparison that ought to be made by all media outlets for the sheer ridiculousness it exposes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwRs...
This is a comparison that ought to be made by all media outlets for the sheer ridiculousness it exposes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwRs...
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Yet again @anderspucknielsen.dk hits the nail on the head, this time with his explanation on how Trump's obsession with Greenland is equal parts strategy, narcissism and brain numbing stupidity.
Trump's obsession with Greenland
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Yet again @anderspucknielsen.dk hits the nail on the head, this time with his explanation on how Trump's obsession with Greenland is equal parts strategy, narcissism and brain numbing stupidity.
*Laughs in France*
Fears grow over Europe’s soaring dependence on US gas imports
American LNG was meant to be a safe alternative to Russian gas. That’s no longer a given, with transatlantic relations in crisis
American LNG was meant to be a safe alternative to Russian gas. That’s no longer a given, with transatlantic relations in crisis
Fears grow over Europe’s soaring dependence on US gas imports
American LNG was meant to be a safe alternative to Russian gas. That’s no longer a given, with transatlantic relations in crisis.
www.politico.eu
January 20, 2026 at 10:49 AM
*Laughs in France*
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May I once again not-at-all-humbly reiterate what I said back in 2022: the centrist brain-worm that "energy security" comes from crawling from dependence on one fossil fuel supplier to another is absolute bullshit: Europe could and should have been reducing gas reliance faster for the past 3 years
January 19, 2026 at 10:56 AM
May I once again not-at-all-humbly reiterate what I said back in 2022: the centrist brain-worm that "energy security" comes from crawling from dependence on one fossil fuel supplier to another is absolute bullshit: Europe could and should have been reducing gas reliance faster for the past 3 years