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

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

Today's #FreeSoftwareAdvent is text-mode web browser, links. Because, sometimes, I just want to be able to browse without all the cruft of the modern web. I find browsing with links more relaxing, with fewer distractions and annoyances, although it is not a good choice for some sites. You don't have to stop using your current GUI browser to give links, or another text-mode browser, a try :) Bonus: no-one is trying to force AI into it.

Links user documentation

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

I am looking for a girlfriend who is kind, caring, funny, ambitious, and who has at least 16GB of RAM. Please respond, with a photo of the RAM.

# Launch of [UK] Women in Tech taskforce

GOV.UK

Launch of Women in Tech taskforce

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall launches the Women in Tech taskforce to help more women enter, stay and lead in the UK

I haven't configured #wrapstodon, so please just tell me what you guess is my most used hashtag, and my archetype. Much easier.