Today I learned that a "cronut" is a cross between a croissant and a donut, and not a new Linux scheduling tool.

Following in Facebook's footsteps, I am testing a $14.99 monthly subscription fee to not see my jokes. Click here to sign up.

Is it me, or does the UniFi network application / controller get more bloated and slower with each release? I'm not yet at the point of replacing my UniFi stuff (or trying to install something else on it), but I am not at all sure that I'd buy it again.

I am pleased to announce my new AI-generated musical, "Little Slop of Horrors".

New blogpost: "A proposed legislative amendment to attempt to ban under 16s in the UK from common messaging services, sharing family photos, using Wikipedia, and doing much else online, by imposing age assurance on everyone" I'd have my head in my hands, if that didn't make typing rather tricky. Read and despair (and don't forget to like and subscriber), fellow Internet people.

A proposed legislative amendment to attempt to ban under 16s in the UK from common messaging services, sharing family photos, using Wikipedia, and doing much else online, by imposing age assurance on everyone

Earlier this week, I wrote about a proposed legislative amendment to attempt to compel VPN services providers to prevent anyone under 18 in the UK ...

#OnlineSafetyAct

I want to buy a red lanyard with "no photos, please" printed on it, for an upcoming conference, to make my preferences clear. Before I go and make one / find a corporate vendor, do any UK-based fedizens make and sell such a thing?

How much would you be actually, genuinely, willing to pay, per year, for a great-browser-first Mozilla Firefox? No AI, no adtech, no sponsored news/search, and so on? $/£/€0? $/£/€10? $/£/€50? $/£/€100? $/£/€ more? #Firefox #Mozilla

Mozll: Mozilla without the AI.

Self-hosting does not make your data safe. If you don't put in place, review, *and test* backup and recovery plans,,and security measures appropriate to the risk, your data are not "safe". Your data might be less affected by the whims of third parties, which can be valuable for sure, but don't confuse that with your data being "safe". And I say this as someone who loves self-hosting. Any "beginners' guide to self-hosting" which doesn't lead with, or at least focus on, security and resiliency, is getting it wrong, IMHO. #SelfHosting