People in the UK who have had a batch of good quality, individual (not sheet) stickers printed recently: who did you use, please?

I prefer to trim my beard during the summer, when the UK is on daylight shaving time.

Decision made: I am going to FOSDEM. How exciting. I will hopefully see some of you there :)

Come and join us this Wednesday evening! It is a small, friendly group, and while the chat tends to be mostly about tech and related stuff, you don't have to be A Very Linuxy Person to enjoy it. It "officially" starts at 19:30, but I tend to be there earlier.

SCLUG

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> A 17-year-old girl who says she was exposed to horrific images and videos including porn, a shooting and a beheading on a smartphones during the school day has joined a legal action against the education secretary ... in an attempt to get smartphones banned in schools in England. Interestingly, the video which she says impacted her the most (which sounds horrible) was not shown to her in school. So the scope of the ban she is seeking is unclear. Second, the core issue seems to be other children showing their phones or sending messages non-consensually, which isn't an angle I've seen before, and in some cases is probably a criminal offence in its own right.

the Guardian

Girl, 17, joins lawsuit against UK government after seeing horrific phone videos at school

Flossie McShea from Devon says she saw a shooting, a beheading and porn and that other students ‘show you their screen without invitation’

All the advice: do not downgrade Debian. It is not supported. Neil, with backups: How bad can it be? New blogpost: "Downgrading Debian from testing to stable (trixie)"

Downgrading Debian from testing to stable (trixie)

I have some machines running Debian testing. However, it looks questionable whether I would get through Cyber Essentials running testing (or sid/un...

#Debian #Linux #FOSS #DontTryThisAtHome

A current UK public appointment application says that they > particularly encourage applications from talented people of all backgrounds to ensure the Board reflects our diverse society. But then it also says > The roles are unremunerated. Travel and subsistence expenses are also not normally reimbursed for members of the Board apart from in exceptional circumstances and only with the prior agreement of the Chair. So that is "diverse background" in the sense of "wealthy enough to work for free and pay your own expenses".

Lots of sheep in my timeline today. And that's no baaad thing.

> Lawyers who don’t understand [how to use AI] will be deleted,’ came the curt response from the podium. ‘There’s simply no excuse for not trying. When you get in an elevator do you wait for it to go? No, you push the button yourself.’ What tosh.

Law Gazette

In Focus: IBA 2025, Toronto - will AI

This week

Every so often, I see a Free software project which I think would benefit from some free, friendly legal / data protection advice, particularly at an early stage. But lawyer ethics rules make it tricky to offer unless someone is explicitly asking about legal advice / looking for help. A sensible rule to stop ambulance chasing, but not so great in an environment based on volunteering. #FOSS #lawfedi