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"The report called for a public service social media platform, led by the BBC and European public service broadcasters,"
Can't help but think that the #Fediverse has much of the infrastructure to support that.
Reform UK voters least likely to see social media posts from family and friends, study finds

"The report called for a public service social media platform, led by the BBC and European public service broadcasters,"
Can't help but think that the #Fediverse has much of the infrastructure to support that.
Reform UK voters least likely to see social media posts from family and friends, study finds

This year, the Mastodon team returned to FOSDEM for the third time.
FOSDEM is an annual gathering of open source developers, held in Brussels.
We’re excited to report that the Fediverse is feeling vibrant!
FOSDEM has become a central element of EU Open Source Week
- a series of events, meetups and workshops that have formed around the conference itself.
The range of events makes this trip to Brussels valuable for our team,
with opportunities to meet other …

FOSDEM 2026 Recap
All about our presence at FOSDEM 2026.

🧼 Natural peptides from cyanobacteria offer eco-friendly solution to marine biofouling
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-natural-peptides-cyanobacteria-eco-friendly.html

Natural peptides from cyanobacteria offer eco-friendly solution to marine biofouling
A new CIIMAR study demonstrates that natural peptides produced by cyanobacteria are capable of replacing toxic biocides that dominate the market for anti-fouling paints used in the maritime industry. The use of these peptides as an active component brings direct benefits to the environment, the blue economy and marine biodiversity.

If you're following my #publiicvoit blog via Atom feed:
I might have found a fix for my broken feed format: https://github.com/novoid/lazyblorg/issues/24
Please report back a…

Following a great question from CERT.PL about GCVE KEV assertion format and especially about the confidence level for an evidence of a vulnerability assertion.
We made a first table of confidence level for the evidence in the KEV record format.
#kev #gcve

✍️ New article: Webspace Invaders
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https://matthiasott.com/articles/webspace-invaders

Webspace Invaders · Matthias Ott
There’s something happening on the Web at the moment that almost feels like watching that old arcade game Space Invaders play out across our servers. Bots and scrapers marching in formation, attacking our servers wave after wave, systematically requesting page after page, relentlessly filling their data stores while we watch our access logs fill up.

Det er snart 10 år siden jeg var med på å skrive denne kronikken om fremtiden for Den norske filmskolen. Jeg står fremdeles for innholdet, men dessverre virker det som de viktigste kampene er tapt.
Den norske filmskolen i et nytt fusjonert landskap https://www.

Den norske filmskolen i et nytt fusjonert landskap
Handlefriheten som Filmskolen på Lillehammer har vært avhengig av for å skape en fremragende utdanning, er under sterkt press. En rekke organisasjoner er bekymret i kjølvannet av fusjonen mellom høgskolene Lillehammer og Hedmark.

Catching up on a few stray pods this morning:
🎧Career in Ruins - archaeology with Derek Pitman and Lawrence Shaw. I like the practical and career-focussed slant to this.
🎧Tides of History - er, history. I like the way Patrick Wyman weaves it into a personal story.
🎧Front Row - general cultural stuff that I can feel remote from in my day to day.
🎧Film Stories - Simon Brew is a great presenter and really draws you in to what went on behind the scenes of the films we all kn…

It's #TacoTuesday 🌮
Trump announced that he will suspend his threatened bombing of Iran’s energy infrastructure and bridges for ...(wait for it) ... two weeks.
The New York Times is reporting that Iran has accepted Pakistan’s two-week cease-fire proposal following frantic diplomatic efforts.
The newspaper quotes Iranian officials as saying the ceasefire was approved by the new sup…