I feel like we're in a liminal space of sorts, past the point where we could have prevented the current wave of fascism and authoritarianism, but before the point where the silent majority has to admit that we are no longer living in a democracy. It's a weird moment to be in, reading about it in the paper while simultaneously watching people argue that it is not happening. Like we are violently gaslighting ourselves about where we are, and where it is headed.

What do people use as issue trackers, these days? I am looking for open source options that can be self-hosted, and I already know about RT. What else is there? Some requirements; 1) First class support for email, without turning tickets into HTML-based notifications with 'View Request' nonsense, and so forth. Plain text must be an option, preferably the default. 2) No 'AI' nonsense. No ChatGPT integration, no cloud dependencies, nothing. This is for humans supporting humans who know how to use search, or can be taught, not a bullshit chatbot. 3) Linux-hosted, web-based, no Windows dependencies. Boosts welcome 🙏🏻

My new cover band will be called 'Bug Fixes & The Minor Improvements'.

Kind of rolling my eyes at people celebrating the latest EU DMA decision as somehow a victory against ‘Big Tech’;

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Commission finds Apple and Meta in breach of the Digital Markets Act

Today, the European Commission found that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and that Meta breached t...

Like, Meta being fined less than Apple, when they're basically just stringing the Commission along? Lawl. Also, this doesn't serve the user; “Under the DMA, app developers distributing their apps via Apple's App Store should be able to inform customers, free of charge, of alternative offers outside the App Store, steer them to those offers and allow them to make purchases.” There's just no way that works in a manner that doesn't result in more harvesting of user data 🙄 It's an empty victory.