Brandon
@btp.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
I like computers and death metal. #Fosstodon admin.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Hashtags are very useful and also magnets for spam and slop.
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Hashtags are very useful and also magnets for spam and slop.
Is the Cloudflare bs effecting Github? I can't pull or clone anything over https or ssh.
November 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Is the Cloudflare bs effecting Github? I can't pull or clone anything over https or ssh.
I feel pretty good about my goings-on around the internet when I only know about a Cloudflare outage when I see other people talk about it on Mastodon.
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I feel pretty good about my goings-on around the internet when I only know about a Cloudflare outage when I see other people talk about it on Mastodon.
Reposted by Brandon
I do feel like MS/Azure, AWS, and Cloudflare need to do a better job of coordinating their outages so some of yall can get some much needed time away from IT
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I do feel like MS/Azure, AWS, and Cloudflare need to do a better job of coordinating their outages so some of yall can get some much needed time away from IT
Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Reposted by Brandon
Trans rights 🏳️⚧️✊
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Trans rights 🏳️⚧️✊
Weapons was wild. Recommend.
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Weapons was wild. Recommend.
The blessed night of pizza has returned. May pizza be with you (and also with you).
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The blessed night of pizza has returned. May pizza be with you (and also with you).
Reposted by Brandon
This thing that 404 is writing about in the US—the dehumanizing fake content created purely because Facebook pays people to make it?
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This thing that 404 is writing about in the US—the dehumanizing fake content created purely because Facebook pays people to make it?
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
Anyways, happy Friday to all who celebrate <3
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Anyways, happy Friday to all who celebrate <3
Network engineers:
How the fuck do you learn or test anything without buying licenses or purchasing a $1000 test device? I've been bending over backwards to try and prop up test devices for admin automation on network anything; switches, firewalls, whatever.
How the fuck do you learn or test anything without buying licenses or purchasing a $1000 test device? I've been bending over backwards to try and prop up test devices for admin automation on network anything; switches, firewalls, whatever.
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Network engineers:
How the fuck do you learn or test anything without buying licenses or purchasing a $1000 test device? I've been bending over backwards to try and prop up test devices for admin automation on network anything; switches, firewalls, whatever.
How the fuck do you learn or test anything without buying licenses or purchasing a $1000 test device? I've been bending over backwards to try and prop up test devices for admin automation on network anything; switches, firewalls, whatever.
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Best quote I've seen all day so far, from an Ars piece by @dangoodin on skepticism around OpenAI's breathless claim that a Chinese hacking group used Claude code to automate 90 percent of their attack:
“I continue to refuse to believe that attackers are somehow able to get these models to jump […]
“I continue to refuse to believe that attackers are somehow able to get these models to jump […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Best quote I've seen all day so far, from an Ars piece by @dangoodin on skepticism around OpenAI's breathless claim that a Chinese hacking group used Claude code to automate 90 percent of their attack:
“I continue to refuse to believe that attackers are somehow able to get these models to jump […]
“I continue to refuse to believe that attackers are somehow able to get these models to jump […]
An especially big *fuck you* to platforms that intentionally omit importing and exporting data to discourage moving off of their platform.
I'm looking at you, Kaseya.
I'm looking at you, Kaseya.
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
An especially big *fuck you* to platforms that intentionally omit importing and exporting data to discourage moving off of their platform.
I'm looking at you, Kaseya.
I'm looking at you, Kaseya.
Ads are stupid and I will always make my life more inconvenient to never have to see one ever.
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Ads are stupid and I will always make my life more inconvenient to never have to see one ever.
Reposted by Brandon
I really want a single global setting on my phone for “never autoplay anything ever, no matter what the app settings might have been set to, god damn it”
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I really want a single global setting on my phone for “never autoplay anything ever, no matter what the app settings might have been set to, god damn it”
Reposted by Brandon
This is pretty wild. Checkout.com got hacked by a group that claims to be Shiny Hunters again. Checkout said in blog post that it would not be extorted by criminals.
"We will not pay this ransom.
Instead, we are turning this attack into an investment in security for our entire industry. We […]
"We will not pay this ransom.
Instead, we are turning this attack into an investment in security for our entire industry. We […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is pretty wild. Checkout.com got hacked by a group that claims to be Shiny Hunters again. Checkout said in blog post that it would not be extorted by criminals.
"We will not pay this ransom.
Instead, we are turning this attack into an investment in security for our entire industry. We […]
"We will not pay this ransom.
Instead, we are turning this attack into an investment in security for our entire industry. We […]
Will either become millennial TikTok or just fail entirely.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/jack-dorsey-funds-divine-a-vine-reboot-that-includes-vines-video-archive/
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/jack-dorsey-funds-divine-a-vine-reboot-that-includes-vines-video-archive/
Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine’s video archive
Jack Dorsey backs diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive of six-second, looping videos. A new app called diVine will give access to more than 100,000 archived Vine videos, restored from an older backup that was created before Vine's shutdown.
techcrunch.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Will either become millennial TikTok or just fail entirely.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/jack-dorsey-funds-divine-a-vine-reboot-that-includes-vines-video-archive/
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/jack-dorsey-funds-divine-a-vine-reboot-that-includes-vines-video-archive/
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We just released Mastodon 4.5.1
This version fixes some bugs found in 4.5.0.
Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub release page.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.1
#mastoadmin
This version fixes some bugs found in 4.5.0.
Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub release page.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.1
#mastoadmin
Release v4.5.1 · mastodon/mastodon
This is a patch release for 4.5. Check out the 4.5.0 release notes for information. Changelog Fixes Fix Cmd/Ctrl + Enter not submitting Alt text modal on some browsers (#36866 by @diondiondion) Fi...
github.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We just released Mastodon 4.5.1
This version fixes some bugs found in 4.5.0.
Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub release page.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.1
#mastoadmin
This version fixes some bugs found in 4.5.0.
Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub release page.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.1
#mastoadmin
no hello
please don't say just hello in chat
nohello.net
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM