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OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · Jun 09, 2026

Replying to @ProPublica@newsie.social

"NEW: Trump Administration Killed Criminal Investigation of GOP Senator’s Coal Companies" No. Not new. Business as usual.

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · Jun 09, 2026

Replying to @signalapp@mastodon.world

Da Guvrinmint endangers us all ...

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · May 13, 2026

Replying to @rysiek@mstdn.social

AI is the new tulip mania gone to seed.

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · May 12, 2026

Replying to @mdhughes@appdot.net

You could do the weblord thing and get a $20/yr cheap VPS then try: Forgejo: https://forgejo.org ... "Forgejo is a Free Software platform for collaboration and productivity in software development. It offers a familiar environment to GitHub users, easy installation and maintenance, and a focus on security, scaling, federation and privacy." ... or cgit, which is very fast and slick for the barebones portal ... ... codeberg has a nice setup (via forgejo) if you don't want to self-host. #git #forgejo #scm #vcs #sources #source #code #vps #gitlab #github #codeberg #hosting

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · May 09, 2026

Replying to @aral@mastodon.ar.al

They've been doing it since day one. I've been a victim of their Stalinesque censorship in the distant past. They wouldn't even provide me a reason for the banning. They said we don't have anything in our notes here as to why, but you are banned and that's that. They employ gaslightery for peer-pressured thought control through social tension modeling. Lemmy.ml is another platform marred by this kind of devilish megalomania in its munted mods.

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · May 08, 2026

Your rulers understand the following principle which they use to make men their useful idiots:

"When you fight something, you’re tied to it forever. As long as you’re fighting it, you are giving it power. You give it as much power as you are using to fight it."

-- Anthony de Mello

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · May 08, 2026

Replying to @Tutanota@mastodon.social

"... If I sold Google some data cables, and months later sent them an email “btw in 5 business days your cables will start sending all the data going through them to me, even though you specifically told me not to enable this feature, unless you re-disable it”, I would go to jail for hacking." It is [evil hat] hacking, and it is a crime. The government is run by criminals who want Google spying on their behalf, so they allow this surveillance crime spree to continue. #Surveillance #Panopticon #SpyWare #Google #Gemini #Privacy #Security #Email

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · May 08, 2026

Replying to @eff@mastodon.social

'Enshittification' is a crappy neologism. Corruption, Degradation, Rot, Putrefaction, Subversion, Perversion, Debauchery, Decay, Debasement ... are all better words.

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · Apr 16, 2026

Replying to @stumu415@lemmy.zip

This seems spurious.

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · Apr 13, 2026

Replying to @mgorny@social.treehouse.systems

Prof. Bernstein has also chimed in on this fiasco: https://mastodon.cr.yp.to/@djb/116353830912228373 [copypasta] "NSA and IETF, part 7: Counting votes." Turns out to be 22 votes against, 21 votes for: not even a majority in favor, never mind consensus. IETF management is throwing the votes away, insisting on a replay, and trying to silence opponents.

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · Apr 12, 2026

Replying to @draNgNon@hachyderm.io

@theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social "never suggest the death penalty for sexual assault, rape, kidnapping, or child molestation. as soon as that's the penalty, then there's no barrier for the perpetrator not to murder the victim." I didn't mention the perpetrator. I said everyone involved in her arrest and incarceration should get the gallows. My comment referenced the post-attack enablers rather than the perpetrator. So why are you pleading a faulty argument of mercy for the perpetrators of sexual assault?

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · Apr 12, 2026

Replying to @theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social

"The ASA said she should have complied and sued the officer later. " Translation: "Let them rape you, then sue them later, so we can say you don't have a case or they have immunity which we just invented." Yes, these fiends do think like that. Everyone involved in her arrest and incarceration should get the gallows.

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · Apr 10, 2026

Replying to @fediversereport@mastodon.social

@Mastodon@mastodon.social I find that I experience culture and community in 'meat space.' Online is mostly for entertainment or escape. I get away from the meat space goblins to fight with the virtual trolls and gremlins. YMMV. In meat space you can verify that the person is real and not a sock puppet. Usually.

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · Apr 08, 2026

California Just Killed Open Source
[3D Printer Laws aren't about guns]

https://youtu.be/Nhz6vao13bs

[copypasta]

California AB 2047: The End of Open Source 3D Printing

California just introduced a bill that doesn't just regulate "ghost guns", it mandates a digital kill switch for every 3D printer sold. California AB 2047 requires "blocking technology" that connects your printer to a government-approved database before every single print. If the system goes down, or your file is flagged, your hardware becomes a paperweight.

This isn't just about firearms. This is the death of Open Source. If this bill passes, it effectively bans Marlin, Klipper, and Orca Slicer, forcing every manufacturer to lock down their firmware. It turns general-purpose computing into a walled garden where you only rent permission to use the hardware you own.

[/copypasta]

#OpenSource #RightToRepair #Privacy #Clippy #California #Monopolies #3dPrinters #3dPrinting #Technology #Government #Firearms #Guns #SoftwareFreedom #Surveillance #Panopticon #Lobbyists

All the donor-funded foundations ought to be fighting against and speaking out against this Orwellian garbage.

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AB-2047 - California Just Killed Open Source

Loyal Moses

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · Apr 06, 2026

Replying to @kimschulz@social.data.coop

"Maybe it is time to redo what keybase was meant to do – make cryptography and secure communications avaliable for everyone. " If you are not part of the fake nerd shill brigades, the fed mockingborg crew will immediately attack, obfuscate, and FUD the effort. I've seen it happen countless times: Coder: "Hey, guys, look at this new cool app I'm working on." Shills 1-100: "You can't do that. We already have this. Why would you want to to that? You're a cop/fed/shill/moron." Brainless mindslaves in the same forum: "Yeah, dude, you're a nazi. Ain't using your crapware." Secret IRC channel: "Make sure any time any one mentions this dude's project you attack, spread criticism, and FUD about it." Secret TechBro Board Meeting: "This kind of stuff threatens our business model. Pay more shills to denounce it." #MockingBorg

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · Apr 06, 2026

Replying to @kimschulz@social.data.coop

It seems that projects that would empower users suffer the EEE treatment. Now propagandists are telling people to abandon PGP / GPG altogether. Even the #cypherpunks mailing list got the EEE treatment. There is a slightly similar proof system via #keyoxide. #EEE #EmbraceExtendExtinguish

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · Apr 05, 2026

Replying to @djb@mastodon.cr.yp.to

Vote HARDER!

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · Apr 04, 2026

Replying to @microglyphics@mastodon.social

The only 'ethical' use of AI is zero use of AI. This mind poison should never be allowed near judicial data. I don't use AI. I avoid it like a disease. I despise it because I know what it is, mind poison. I have seen people post AI generated analyses of stuff that was just bonkers, wicked, and clearly laced with biased propaganda. No thanks.

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · Apr 04, 2026

Replying to @RickiTarr@beige.party

I was in Lafayette last week down by Palm Island south of Abbeville. The view of all the spring greenery was very relaxing. There is an area with ancient oak trees on Live Oak Road there. You might check out the Cajun swamp tours in Acadiana Park area. Then you have the Atchafalya swamps and bayous to the east of Lafayette. I'll bet the fishing in some spots is great. Even if you don't like fishing, you might enjoy just getting out on a boat and looking for gators. There are many lakes and bays and bayous just a few miles south of Lafayette and probably more of them south of Baton Rouge. If you want a really nice Sunday drive, pack a picnic lunch and dinner, then you might try taking highway 82 from Palm Island State Park toward White lake and maybe all the way to the Cameron ferry. If you want a really long cruise you can continue on to the Sabine Pass Lighthouse to Sabine Lake on the Texas border. I don't know the ferry schedule so you would want to check ahead. The Atchafalaya River flows south between Lafayette and Baton Rouge. If you like river boating there's your huckleberry. If by chance you are passing all the way east through New Orleans, you can try their famous chicory coffee at the Cafe du Monde right down town. I've actually never stopped at their cafe, but I really like their coffee and I'm going to resupply soon, and if I ever get the time and chance I would visit their cafe to get it before it is canned. Acadian Village has reconstructed old-style homes along a bayou. There are some museums in the area. I would check with the local colleges and universities. For example I visited a museum at Penn State that had gemstones like emeralds and rubies and diamonds almost the size of golf balls. You never know what wonders some universities have hidden in their art and natural history museums until you see them. No visit is complete without checking out some hole-in-the-wall thrift stores. Just say'n. If you have never eaten gumbo or jambalaya now is your chance to find them. Also you might find spring rolls made with crawfish.

OCTADE @octade@soc.octade.net · Apr 04, 2026

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Back in its glory days it seems that just about every academic institution had its own Usenet hierarchy of newsgroups.

Linux was revealed to the world via Usenet.

Open source philosophy gained its steam via Usenet.

Usenet is the original free speech network.

Usenet is the original 'social network'.

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