@steevc Ha! Funny you saying that. My daughter did a "Dislike" on a text message I sent her. I was all over that with hobnailed boots. She won't be doing that again in a hurry.
I wonder what arse-wipe at Apple thought it was a good idea to have likes and dislikes on text messages which nearly 100% will come from friends or family and probably "former" if people start liking and disliking.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/…
Politics latest news: Boris Johnson is 'looking forward' to partygate committee clash, claims ally
Boris Johnson is "looking forward" to his four hour partygate grilling in front of the Privileges Committee on Wednesday, an ally of the former prime minister has claimed.The Telegraph
Maybe they'll wait until he pays a visit somewhere a snatch squad can get him? #LeSigh
theguardian.com/world/2023/mar…
ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes
Arrest warrants issued for Russian leader and his children’s rights commissioner for ‘unlawful deportation’ of Ukrainian childrenJulian Borger (The Guardian)
I thought it was telling he made an impromptu visit to Mariupol in the dead of night. Just to make a point to the West.
I suspect there are local Ukrainian activists who would have willingly sacrificed their lives in an assassination attempt.
"See! This is what I have recaptured for mother Russia."
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youtube.com/watch?v=htxzqdb-Qb…
#BigBreakfast
ft.com/content/248b0df9-a594-4…
Jeremy Hunt to raise tax-free pension allowance in bid to discourage early retirement
News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publicationJim Pickard (Financial Times)
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When the UK joined the EEC, the precursor to the EU @govuk had to introduce VAT as a prerequisite to joining. Given we are no longer in the EU, in theory, this additional tax is redundant. Wouldn't now, with the price crises, be an excellent time to abolish VAT and put money in people's pockets?
#TwoPenneth #Netflix #Merekel
netflix.com/gb/title/81662140
Watch Merkel | Netflix
Interviews and archival materials paint a portrait of the enigmatic former German chancellor, from her East German youth to her unparalleled career.www.netflix.com
Biden administration working on more fixes to Trump border wall construction
The Biden administration will work to close gaps and fix environmental and other issues with the Trump-era border wall constructionQuinn Owen (ABC News)
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Also hrw.org/news/2023/01/05/biden-…
foreignpolicy.com/2021/09/22/b…
Biden Expands Trump-era Border Restrictions Once Again
The US and Mexico announced a new “border enforcement” policy on Thursday, January 5, 2023, which blocks Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans from accessing asylum by immediately expelling them to Mexico under the Trump-era Title 42 rule.Tyler Mattiace (Human Rights Watch)
bills.parliament.uk/bills/3429
I'm surrounded by nutjobs!
For years, I truly thought: "It must be me?" but as I get older, I realise that was the plan all along; make him believe he's the problem.
(08:15 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘵 09:00)
𝗠𝗲: "Hi, just to let you know I'm in the office.
𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘀: "Ha, ha, ha. What's all that about?"
𝘜𝘮𝘮? 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐'𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.”
― William Gibson #quote @GreatDismal
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twitter.com/BorisJohnson/statu…
Boris Johnson on Twitter
A real honour to meet president elect @Tsihanouskaya of Belarus and to reaffirm my support for a free and independent Belarus, and also to recognise the heroic contribution of Belarusian volunteers to the fight for freedom in UkraineTwitter
#tdtrs EP52 Seven thousand elephants
Uploaded to cast.garden/c/tdtrs/videos #hive
The Dick Turpin Road Show
The Dick Turpin Road Show! Linux/FOSS user & advocate. Podcaster. Well known for having outrageous views. Note: A little bit of NSFW language, so beware 😉 Hive: ecency.com/@dickturpin, peakd.com/@dickturpin, hive.CastGarden
Dear @BBCNEWS
Plenty of tomatoes in Sainsbury's, you bunch of Remain campaign, Labour voting #Scaremongers
Hmm? Ping @github's IP, and ping works
PING 140.82.114.4 (140.82.114.4) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 140.82.114.4: icmp_seq=1 ttl=42 time=133 ms
64 bytes from 140.82.114.4: icmp_seq=2 ttl=42 time=133 ms
64 bytes from 140.82.114.4: icmp_seq=3 ttl=42 time=133 ms
Ping the domain, and it just sits there.
ping www.github.com
Now this would make an interesting #podcast episode, especially with @drjessicabarker and @_Freakyclown_
Who should be responsible? Your ISP? After all, they gave you access to the web. Your router manufacturer? After all, it's their kit that lets you on. Microsoft? (Or OS of usage) AV provider? The list is endless. It's a nice idea, but implementation is a nightmare.
arstechnica.com/information-te…
Biden administration wants to hold companies liable for bad cybersecurity
Amid an onslaught of cyberespionage and ransomware, Biden calls on tech to step up.Ars Technica
support.lastpass.com/help/secu…
Security Bulletin: Recommended Actions for Free, Premium, and Families Customers - LastPass Support
Security is vital to your life online, so we’ve created this guide to help you respond to the recent LastPass incident in a way that meets your personal needs.support.lastpass.com
"Some folk come to work just to be with other people. They fill up their time with tasks to complete the day."
#BountyHunter
I've known a few people like that during my working career.
thehackernews.com/2023/02/last…
Given this was the second attack in December 2022, it might be a case of "Locking the stable door after the horse has bolted." but doing something is better than doing nothing, I suppose.
LastPass Reveals Second Attack Resulting in Breach of Encrypted Password Vaults
LastPass has revealed a second attack that compromised encrypted password vaults.The Hacker News
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I'm trying to upgrade my instance but git is not connecting.
Your current version is 2022.10, upstream version is 2023.01
sudo git pull
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/friendica/friendica.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection timed out
I am not behind a proxy, and firewall is not the issue.
git config --list
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica
safe.directory=*
safe.directory=*
safe.directory=*
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica/addon/
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica/addon
core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=true
core.bare=false
core.logallrefupdates=true
remote.origin.url=https://github.com/friendica/friendica.git
remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
branch.stable.remote=origin
branch.stable.merge=refs/heads/stable
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
reuters.com/world/europe/scotl…
Scotland's Sturgeon to quit, will remain until a successor has been found
Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday she would resign as Scotland's first minister after eight years in the job.Reuters
At one point, I was paying £1.98 for Supreme Diesel. Yesterday I paid £1.67. While that is still high, a drop of over 30p a litre is not to be sniffed at. This is why I wouldn't say I like news outlets; they only want to get you angry all the time.
Inflation may have peaked, but the cost of living pain is far from over
The fall in petrol and oil prices is helping bring down the inflation rate, but an uncertain jobs market urges cautionRichard Partington (The Guardian)
Open Source ERP Application Server powered by Epesi running on a Pi Zero
github.com/jtylek/RasPiEsi
I've used Epesi a number of times in the past and blogged about it. Epesi is an excellent CRM package that can be deployed cheaply (Raspberry Pi) anywhere.
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So I've had a play with Fedora SilverBlue in a VM, and I like the concept. I downloaded the iso and burnt it to the Fedora USB I got from #fosdem; however, my X270 refuses to boot the USB; a spare DELL Laptop I have lying around did show me GRUB and looked like it was booting the "Try" option, but the screen just stayed black. This is 2023, not 2003, people! Get a grip for the love of The Pond Gods.
I really need to get back into Podcasting because my predictions keep coming true!
I was talking about this potentially happening to a few people at #fosdem
𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁:
You're sending too many Tweets for the Freebie account. I'm convinced Elon is about to implement accounts for $5 a month with unlimited Tweets & enhanced character limits, plus a few other benefits.
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For crying out loud. How hard was that?
𝗡𝗲𝘄𝗚𝘂𝘆: "So the customer's hard drive has failed, and he says there's important data on it, and the base unit has an asset number. Do you know where the records for asset numbers are kept?
𝗠𝗲: "Hmm? Well, they should be in the contract, but I bet they aren't. TBH, it is unimportant. Basically, we need to swap the drive out, re-install and take the machine back; we can worry about files on dead drives later."
𝗡𝗲𝘄𝗚𝘂𝘆: "But I wanted to see what size the drive is."
𝗠𝗲: "You'll see that when we get the machine back here? Give the ticket to me; I'll sort it out [It'll be quicker if I do it by the looks of it!]." 🤦♂️
Dear Mastodon
Please allow the exporting of followers. I really can't see the point of not allowing this because all I have to do is select all of my followers under my profile, copy them, and then paste them into a spreadsheet. The ballache is having to manually edit the content of the cells so that they can be imported into A-another instance.
Regards
Mr Fedup of Hersham.
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