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Recent #Mastodon releases have introduced new features, at the cost of growing web UI clutter. I hate the additional clicks required for the most common actions, but perhaps it's an acceptable cost?
https://github.com/mas…

Last night my wife was trying out Tunic on Switch 2, which unfortunately has untranslsted game menus, dialog boxes and such. Luckily, there's a fully translated version of the manual online. But before we looked that up, she tried translating some via her phone, and the results were hilarious. I was LOSING IT about this last night. 😂🤣😂
(And now I'm finding out that the manual and dialog boxes are PURPOSEFULLY a made up language that translates as you play. But, like.. any kind …

Also, if you fucking hate Copilot Slop and you happen to be on a Mac, you can order the standalone version of Ofiice 20241️⃣ from the Apple Store2️⃣ for $250 instead of searching MS web site and giving their website a sale.
No subscription, yours to use until it no longer works.
https://www.apple.com/xc/product/HRWT2LL/A

»Debian — Projektleiter warnt vor stillem Rückzug von Entwicklern:
Debian-Projektleiter Andreas Tille prangert ein strukturelles Problem an: Entwickler verschwinden ohne Rückmeldung - mit Folgen für Sicherheit und Wartung.«
Das so gut wie alle Debian oder/und ihre Abkömmlinge, wie zB Ubuntu, indirekt wie zB im Web oder/und Firmen interne Server nutzen, weiss mMn so gut wie nimensch. Denn Kostenlos heißt nicht frei von Arbeit.
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Debian: Projektleiter warnt vor stillem Rückzug von Entwicklern
Debian-Projektleiter Andreas Tille prangert ein strukturelles Problem an: Entwickler verschwinden ohne Rückmeldung – mit Folgen für Sicherheit und Wartung.

Sigh: I've just asked my MP to ask the CMA to stop this; I jumped to Youfibre (that uses Netomnia) from Virgin as soon as possible.
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/02/virgin-media-o2-uks-own…

Virgin Media O2 UK's Owners Close in on £2bn Broadband Deal for Netomnia
European telecoms giants Telefónica and Liberty Global, the joint owners of Virgin Media and O2 in the UK, have reportedly now joined with private equity firm

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Lee McDonald:
🎵 We've Only Just Begun (Original Album Version)
#LeeMcDonald
https://favoriterecordings.bandcamp.com/track/weve-only-just-begun-patchworks-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Lv8J8E88aWRwlU2ZbbtvB

iPhone-Foldable: Diverse Hardware-Details aus China-Leak
Kameras, Akku, Knöpfe: Ein bekannter Weibo-Leaker, der in der Vergangenheit mehrfach richtig lag, hat sich zu Apples erstem Falt-Handy geäußert.
https://www.<…

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Weihnachtlich erstrahlen Gassen
Auf zum Einkauf hasten Massen
Drinnen leuchten Kerzen hell
Nur Systemadministratoren
Lauschen bang dem Netz-Rumoren
Horch! Es naht #React2Shell!

China-nexus cyber threat groups rapidly exploit React2Shell vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182) | Amazon Web Services
Within hours of the public disclosure of CVE-2025-55182 (React2Shell) on December 3, 2025, Amazon threat intelligence teams observed active exploitation attempts by multiple China state-nexus threat groups, including Earth Lamia and Jackpot Panda. This critical vulnerability in React Server Components has a maximum Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score of 10.0 and affects React versions […]

React discloses an unauthenticated remote code execution flaw in React Server Components; Wiz says 39% of cloud environments contain vulnerable instances (The Hacker News)
https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/critical-rsc-bugs-in-react-and-nextjs.html

Critical RSC Bugs in React and Next.js Allow Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
Critical RSC flaws in React and Next.js enable unauthenticated remote code execution; users should update to patched versions now.

“Perl’s early success was its own undoing. It became the default tool for the first web boom, and in doing so, it took the brunt of that era’s chaos. Then, just as it began to mature, its versioning story confused the industry into thinking it had stalled.” #Perl

Dotcom Survivor Syndrome – How Perl’s Early Success Created the Seeds of Its Downfall - Perl Hacks
If you were building web applications during the first dot-com boom, chances are you wrote Perl. And if you're now a CTO, tech lead, or senior architect, you may instinctively steer teams away from it—even if you can’t quite explain why. This reflexive aversion isn’t just a preference. It’s what I call Dotcom Survivor Syndrome: