Alec Muffett
@alecmuffett.bsky.social
everybody deserves good security.
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Don't forget that all software is dual use, including the stuff which is for instance flying Ukrainian drones is popular open source:
www.404media.co/ukraines-mas...
www.404media.co/ukraines-mas...
Ukraine's Massive Drone Attack Was Powered by Open Source Software
Ukraine used ArduPilot to help it wipe out Russian targets. It wasn’t the first time and it won’t be the last.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Don't forget that all software is dual use, including the stuff which is for instance flying Ukrainian drones is popular open source:
www.404media.co/ukraines-mas...
www.404media.co/ukraines-mas...
Oh, and it cycles through a bunch of high contrast pastel colours because I got fed up of looking at a wall of beige
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Oh, and it cycles through a bunch of high contrast pastel colours because I got fed up of looking at a wall of beige
In this case, I did. It's a homebrew text to image tool which I wrote aiming for high contrast text in a legible serif font. One of these days I will get around to fixing the word wrap, but it's far more important at the moment to blog than to make it look pretty.
November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In this case, I did. It's a homebrew text to image tool which I wrote aiming for high contrast text in a legible serif font. One of these days I will get around to fixing the word wrap, but it's far more important at the moment to blog than to make it look pretty.
Aren't you supposed to do a record scratch?
November 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Aren't you supposed to do a record scratch?
I agree with the analysis but it comes from a perspective where "folding" is morally meaningful, as opposed to an acknowledgement - basically "yeah yeah whatever dude" - that President Trump is several cans short of a six pack and "it will all be different next week anyway, so who cares?
a man is giving a speech at the new hampshire democratic party convention in chester nh
ALT: a man is giving a speech at the new hampshire democratic party convention in chester nh
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I agree with the analysis but it comes from a perspective where "folding" is morally meaningful, as opposed to an acknowledgement - basically "yeah yeah whatever dude" - that President Trump is several cans short of a six pack and "it will all be different next week anyway, so who cares?
Point taken, but the problem is: do you want to make a statement or do you want realpolitik outcomes?
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Point taken, but the problem is: do you want to make a statement or do you want realpolitik outcomes?
Put differently, you're right up there with mother-in-law jokes, mate.
November 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Put differently, you're right up there with mother-in-law jokes, mate.
Switch genders though and you get something massively sexist, and turnabout is fair play, so maybe you ought instead of generalisations to be looking into the systemic causes of dishwasher loading inequity as a consequence of class struggle & domestic power. Perhaps the skills should be taught?
November 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Switch genders though and you get something massively sexist, and turnabout is fair play, so maybe you ought instead of generalisations to be looking into the systemic causes of dishwasher loading inequity as a consequence of class struggle & domestic power. Perhaps the skills should be taught?