@cdarwin@c.imEvery year hundreds of dedicated hackers put their heads together and ask themselves one question
"How are we going to do it bigger, and better, than last year?",
and every year they do. Join them!
Give us your craziest ideas, your fresh outlook, your passion.
This is the place you can find all of the open calls for DEF CON Content, so pick your poison and show us what you got!
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialAlibaba raises prices for its T-Head AI computing chips, including the Zhenwu 810E, by 5% to 34%, and its Cloud Parallel File Storage by 30%, after demand soars (Luz Ding/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…
@catsalad@infosec.exchange:neodog_stretch_down:
:neodog_stretch_dr::neodog_stretch_h::neodog_stretch_h::neodog_stretch_left:
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@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioFinally I can annoy the shit out of other people without carrying a Model M around
@migueldeicaza@mastodon.socialTonight’s low carb dish
@tante@tldr.nettime.orgRE: https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/115740500373677782
I like that Firefox is (through @…) communica…
@noellabo@fedibird.com@… しょっちゅう流れてくるスパムと同じ内容ですし、要求もあり得ないものなので、気が向いたら通報するぐらいで、無視するといいですよ。
@zachleat@zachleat.comis… is this good? is this software good? is this a good example of good software?
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioI’ve felt for a decade like I’m a fool for deploying on either self-managed Linux VMs or (for small projects) free tier Heroku, and now I feel like I was accidentally doing it the smart way the whole time and didn’t know it.
…or maybe I’m still in the familiarity bias phase of learning a new tool?
@eichkat3r@hessen.socialweiß nicht warum aber jokolade trifft bei mir einen nerv
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeA report from House Oversight Committee Democrats delivers a damning recounting of the varied ways Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) violated cybersecurity protocols across nearly every executive branch agency.
Check out today's Metacurity for more on this crucial development and other infosec news you should know, including
--Palo Alto: attackers have moved from AI experimentation to AI operationalization,
--Dragos discovered three new ICS threat g…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyKyiv weather not looking good, now Russia is attacking its energy system all the time. Support Ukraine where you can!
@macandi@social.heise.deApple erfindet sich Neo | Mac & i-Podcast
Das MacBook Neo schickt sich an, den PC-Markt aufzuwirbeln und signalisiert auch einen Umbruch bei Apple. Wir ordnen ein.
https://www.heise.de/news/Apple-erf…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online"I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have to know where the lens is, what the shot is, and where you're moving. And then you have to trick yourself into an emotional state where you believe this stuff is actually happening."
—Julianne Moore
#acting
@yaxu@post.lurk.orgI've been fascinated by this new 'pyramid tala' via B C Manjunath, trying to get my head around it for months now
x x - x - - x - - - x - - - -
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DV3RPS2-iZw
Just found an example using this tala on the veena:
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialAI maakt massale handschrift herkenning mogelijk, via Ethan Mollick.
Enorme verzamelingen documenten kunnen nu ingelezen worden.
#AI #handschriftherkenning
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialWell today’s been… something. I got my cortisone injection yesterday around 2pm. Felt okay the rest of the day. Woke up at 4:30am in extreme pain, and I’m still in quite a bit of pain (though not as bad) almost 10 hours later. 😩
@thijs_lucas@norden.socialRE: https://norden.social/@thijs_lucas/115905959322019959
Wenn man das so hört „weg rationalisiert“ … Ich bin mit Straßenbahn aufgewachsen und kann einfach nicht verstehen, wie man so ein komfortables Verkehrsmittel aus der Stadt reißen kann.
@bourgwick@heads.socialyo la tengo at bowery ballroom, hanukkah night 4.
opening act: bonnie prince billy
comedian: wyatt cenac
mix CDR by tara o'neil
post show DJ: amanda nazario
benefitting smoketown thunder
#nyc
@hynek@mastodon.socialyou may have seen that BER airport is shut down today b/c of a strike & you might’ve been wondering: but Hynek isn’t flying!? Has he lost his #neverFlyWithHynek super powers to someone else!?
Worry no more: I actually WAS supposed to fly today but couldn’t talk about it b/c I was on a sneaky mission to surprise my NYC bestie @…
@benb@osintua.eu🪖 VR training for UKRAINIAN recruits: these are all REAL BATTLES! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/vr-training-for-ukrainian-recruits.html
@publicvoit@graz.social
@crell@phpc.social
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialI wonder what keeps every country on the planet from unilaterally dropping US treasury bonds? It would immediately starve any war efforts. Granted, it would break the world, but maybe less folks would die meaningless deaths on pointless battlefields predicated on hubris.
@vosje62@mastodon.nlZin om te roken..
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.socialI get my news from The Daily Show (c’mon, it says in their intro they’re the only source for news, right?) and tonight they’re talking about Megyn Kelly saying Mark Levin has a micro penis. Wow. And somebody else was saying the new Ayatollah of Iran is gay! What’s the world coming to? But then Troy Iwata said that was just queer baiting, which is a thing I never heard of, tbh, but he said he’s the only gay person in show business, so he probably knows what it is. Anybody else hear about this…
@jake4480@c.imDiablo IV needs an 110.98GB update. It'll only take like three and a half hours. No biggie. 😂
@brian_gettler@mas.toWe woke early to
Ski cross-country. Our legs ache.
Oh the endorphins!
#DailyHaikuPrompt
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotBreaking news! A politician of no importance has been expelled from a party which no longer has any importance and joined another which may never have any importance. Read all about it in excruciating but variously ill informed detail on all — and I do mean ALL — the front pages.
Robert who?
@stefan@gardenstate.socialI bought over 1k share of this at $3. This is wild.
#investing #stock
@servelan@newsie.socialCollaboration agreements between ICE, local police soar 950 percent in Trump’s first year: Analysis
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5740760-trump-immigration-enforcement-agreements/
@wandklex@mastodon.artBereit, sich dem Abholservice meines Logistikers in die Arme zu werfen, das heutige #Kundenglücklichmachungsposteinlieferungsgeräusch.
@ncoca@social.coopJust saw an article refer to a village as being located in "#Indonesia’s Eastern Borneo province."
Strangely, later the article mentions "South Sulawesi" and not Southern Celebes...
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social'morgen!
@hex@kolektiva.socialTowards the end of Dawn of Everything, Graeber/Wengrow talk about how a clan system within tribes allowed individuals to move between tribes. These clan/moiety systems meant that there was always a "family" to be adopted into, and a common frame of reference. The authors posited that these systems evolved partially to resist authoritarian centralization.
What they didn't talk about is the fact that religious communities serve a similar function within the context of the modern nation state...
@tschfflr@fediscience.orgSNF (Switzerland) restrictions proposed: only 1 concurrent research grant per PI (plus maybe one coop), only 1 proposal per year.
🔥 Hot take (since I'm not at all operating like this currently): I actually think this might be a good idea? It would curb some of the biggest "research mills", where one PI has a huge pyramid scheme underneath them, and might encourage more careful grant proposals, slower science. And might even put more emphasis back into the basic research funding (instead of the grant lotteries)?
(Maybe naive, I know, and I have no idea how this would be implemented)
#academicChatter #researchGrants
https://www.snf.ch/de/7qymWfJMG1z9XR2S/news/einschraenkungen-in-der-projektfoerderung
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineAuch so ein Thema, dass seit Jahren viel Ärger macht:
Mehr als 550 #Arzneimittel-Engpässe belasten #Apotheken und #Kliniken.
Besonders betroffen sind günstige
@Kingu@sakurajima.moeeat it
@xtaran@chaos.socialNachdem neulich im #Bromptonauten-Forum wieder erwähnt wurde, dass Schwalbe die Herstellung der 30-349er #MarathonWinter #Spikereifen (passend für klassische 16"
@scott@carfree.cityCesar Chavez will get canceled for this and he should, but there are a gajillion things in this country named after enslavers like Washington and Jefferson. Interesting how some heroes are immune to cancellation and others are not
https://ww…
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialFortunately, there is still some good EV news from Brussels: Germany may proceed as planned with the tender for public fast chargers for lorries along the motorway, including the “Durchleitungsmodell” (passthrough model).
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en…
@nemobis@mamot.frDoes #TelecomItalia Sparkle have an ongoing incident with elevated latency in the past couple days? I'm hearing of several TI (business) customers with issues connecting towards the North.
https://radar.cloudflare.…
@joe@toot.worksI got to the treadmill, put in the new earbuds, and heard "Welcome to the Gym. It is 7:25pm on December 17th." followed immediately by https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=PNifr-WcnIQ&si=ARBf3aJMtXPcPw7F. 🤨
@tanyakaroli@expressional.socialHep, så er vores nye podcast om retslingvistik i luften! Officielt starter vi fŸrst onsdag, men der ligger trailer og tre afsnit nu. Find den her, eller sŸg på Ordet fanger: https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/ordet-fanger/id1880343719?l=da
@ratp_ligne_13@lepoulsdumonde.comLe trafic est perturbé entre Saint-Denis – Université et La Fourche vers Châtillon-Montrouge en raison d'un incident nécessitant l’intervention du conducteur Š Saint-Denis – Université .
🤖 18/01 07:34
@simoncox@seocommunity.socialWe watched all of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Smiley's People in the last couple of weeks. These are the Alec Guinness BBC series, and i have to point to them and say what fantastic TV this is even though it is now dated.
You could not make series in this way anymore - it is so calm and laid back but with so much tension. There are many scenes where now they would insist on a 10 minute car chases for dramatical tension.
It's all on BBC Iplayer - Recommended.
@Carwil@mastodon.onlineA conversation about Wikipedia, why the world needs it, what threatens it, and why to be hopeful about its future:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLPeGQsofH0&t=57s
@cyrevolt@mastodon.socialCooked some yummy dinner with potatoes, carrots, broccoli, ginger, tomatoes, celery and king trumpet mushrooms.
@to3k@infosec.exchangeWłaśnie się zorientowałem, że mam tutaj 1200 obserwujących! Nie wiem czy to pierwsze takie przebicie tej wartości, ale pewnie zaraz ktoś da unfollow to będę mógł świętować jeszcze raz 😅
@kuba@toot.kuba-orlik.nameWłaśnie widziałem gościa, który miał szalik z własnych dredów
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsThe best sleep comes just as you have to change trains.
#aphorism
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@markhburton@mstdn.socialCuba developed the first vaccine for Meningitis B, in 1989. It was available to other countries in the late 90s. The UK didn't adopt it until much later.
All Cuban children are vaccinated against Meningitis B and C, among other diseases.
That's the humanitarian country Trump/USA is destroying.
https://www.
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social„Die da oben“, „die da unten“, „die da drüben“: Die einfache Logik gefährlicher Parolen
Fakten verlieren gegen Emotionen, wenn Statusangst, Wut und einfache Feindbilder dominieren. Wie Helmut Barz und Christian Stöcker zeigen, hat Populismus System: Er bietet Schuldige statt Lösungen. Die Strategie nutzt reale Verwerfungen (Wohnungsnot, soziale Ungleichheit) aus, um Hass zu schüren. Doch wie durchbrechen wir diesen Teufelskreis?
@phpmacher@sueden.socialDiggi, ich habe heute was ge-vibe-coded
So richtig ohne alles. Ohne Spec, ohne Tests, ohne Doku, ohne Boundaries, ohne jegliche Leitplanken.
Einfach nur „haben will“.
Datt is ja mal idioteneinfach. 😆🤣😜
@nohillside@smnn.ch“#pastpuzzle 200
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@nobodyinperson@fosstodon.orgUsed our selfhosted #Koffan today in a real-world setting: One at home and adds items to the shopping list, the other at the grocery store checks them off when put in the basket. It updates live and works very well!
There are some UX quirks that make adding/modifying/reordering items a bit tedious, but it's a very new project (1 month old), so I expect it to be worked out in the future.
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialSigh.
▶️ I Was a Director at Amex When They Started Replacing Us With $30K Workers
#amex
@krasse_eloquenz@literatur.socialDa habe ich gemeint, ich wüsste schon recht viel über IT-Security.
Aber als die Mail von der Geschäftsleitung zum Thema Impfstatus kam und ein Link zum Gesindheitsministerium beigefügt war, da habe ich ihn einfach angeklickt.
Ich dachte: Bidde wa?! Und habe geklickt. 🤷♀️
@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.socialThe polyp's ploy
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@Dragofix@veganism.social‘The normal should be darkness’: why one Belgian national park is turning off ‘pointless’ streetlights https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/11/lights-belgian-park-lamps-light-polluted-night-time-environment-wi…
@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukContinuing in the process of measuring the speed of my turntable in the oddest way; here is the FFT before and after oiling & replacing it's belt. Hmm, it's clearly a bit fast before and a bit slow after; it's not got any speed adjustment mechanism, it's a belt on an AC driven motor.
This FFT and plot was done using #labplot using the waveforms gathered by
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioLooking forward to all the selfies of people at superspreader events (conferences) who a week later whine about being really sick and not knowing why
@Techmeme@techhub.socialQualcomm says it plans to buy back another $20B worth of shares and is raising its quarterly cash dividend, after unveiling a $15B buyback in November 2024 (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-17…
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioSo today and all week, Minneapolis has been on edge because some J6 Nazi type staged a Saturday hate rally downtown. They were going to “march” into a neighborhood with a large East African population, but…well, things didn’t exactly go according to their plan.
I haven’t been posting a lot about it today, because I wanted to keep the response local. But I’ve been gathering reports from the ground and folks watching live video, and I think we’ve reached the point where I can share some choice excerpts.
🧵 1/
@zachleat@zachleat.com@… exactly right. the boy who will not be named
@eichkat3r@hessen.socialfast so gravierend wie wenn die ezb den leitzins erhöht
https://merkurist.de/mainz/supermarktkette-preis-fuer-fleischkaese-broetchen-globus-trifft-neue-entscheidung_Vq8U
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeCitizen Lab links Cellebrite to the hacking of a Kenyan presidential candidate’s phone
https://cyberscoop.com/citizen-lab-kenya-cellebrite-phone-cracking-boniface-mwangi-forensic-evidence/
@cdarwin@c.imThe Putin regime may be sharing intelligence that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is using to target US troops, but President Trump is more mad at NATO. Sure, Trump’s adoration for Putin stopped being surprising a long time ago, but it’s notable that he’ll make excuses for the Russian strongman even if he has American blood on his hands.
Alas, in recent comments to the press, America’s aspiring strongman has been railing against our erstwhile allies for not being more eager to pu…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online"Lots and lots of things scare me but you just get on with it. Fright can transform into petrol, you just have to use it to your advantage."
—Judi Dench
#acting #coaching #inspiration
@vosje62@mastodon.nlKamer wil beter lesmateriaal voor speciaal onderwijs, maar extra geld ligt lastig
https://nos.nl/artikel/2602751-kamer-wil-beter-lesmateriaal-voor-speciaal-onderwijs-maar-extra-geld-ligt-lastig
Hoe lang krijgen de leerlingen nou al -niet- de leermiddelen die ze nodig hebben?
Hopelijk krijgt het vanaf dit kabinet een permanent karakter.
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social @heiseonline@social.heise.deWenn KI-generierte Fake News internationale Wellen schlagen: Ein gefälschtes Video über einen angeblichen Militärputsch in Frankreich hat für diplomatische Verwirrung gesorgt und den Zorn von Präsident Emmanuel Macron auf sich gezogen. 😮
Zum Artikel: https://h…
@der_raddler@dresden.networkGut geraten...
#ciddle 2026-01-18 (120)
1. ❌ ➡️ 13km
2. ✅
https://ciddle.winklerweb.net
@servelan@newsie.socialMoore’s office fires back at Trump after blaming Potomac sewage spill on local Democrats
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5741034-trump-moore-potomac-waste-spill/
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"Where Science Meets Storytelling: Twelve Years of the Science Blogs Web Archive" an der Library of Congress:
https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2025/12/where-science-meets-storytelling-twelve-years-of-the-scienc…
@Kingu@sakurajima.moe @tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineMit dem Inkrafttreten des ersten UN-#Hochseeabkommens entsteht erstmals ein rechtlicher Rahmen für den Schutz internationaler #Meeresgebiete.
Die Vereinbarung erlaubt künftig die Ausweisung von
@jake4480@c.imA definitive guide has been written and updated for 2026 by @…
for Xbox emulation on the Steam Deck: https://gardinerbryant.com/…
@stefan@gardenstate.socialRE: https://cosocial.ca/@evan/115917090541145326
Truly the correct answer in my book!
@markhburton@mstdn.socialGuess what happens when a public service is privatised.
Royal Mail staff tell BBC letters sit undelivered as firm prioritises parcels - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39wlryn20vo
@joe@toot.worksCool! I got it to last a full 24-hour cycle!
#TimeLapse #Snow
@Dragofix@veganism.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialSimilarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/18/threads-edges-out-x-in-daily-mo…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online"Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theatre, a piece of music or a book can make a difference. It can change the world."
—Alan Rickman
#acting #coaching #inspiration
@cdarwin@c.imThe LHCb experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has discovered a new particle consisting of two charm quarks and one down quark,
a similar structure to the familiar proton, but with two heavy charm quarks replacing the two up quarks of the proton -- thus quadrupling its mass.
The discovery, presented at the ongoing Moriond conference, will help physicists better understand how the strong force binds protons, neutrons and other composite particles together.
Quarks …
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialOm echt woedend over te worden , onze Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken beperkt zich op X tot de opmerking dat hij heeft ‘kennisgenomen’ van extra heffingen Trump, kan iemand deze Minister in landsbelang bijsturen of aanvullen, wat een aanfluiting…. #vanweel #groenland
@vosje62@mastodon.nlRE: https://graphics.social/@metin/116240377651739756
Leuk artikel om als linux gebruiker eens terug te lezen.
Het behandeld indirect ook de een van de belangrijkste redenen voor mij om Linux te gaan gebruiken vele jaren geleden:
2. Login screen customization
- houd het loginscherm gelijk bij een volgende versie.
3. Changing your desktop environment
- houdt dezelfde desktop omgeving. Mn homescreen lijkt dus nog steeds heel veel op dat van Win95.
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@servelan@newsie.socialDHS moves to deport two men who witnessed detainee’s death in Texas camp - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/01/17/detainee-death-witnesses-deported-dhsa/
@cdarwin@c.imWhen an agency can grab people first and sort out rights later
(if they bother at all)
everyone is at risk.
-- Citizen or not.
https://bsky.app/profile/cwebbonline.com/post/3mckfsaf3xk2n
@vosje62@mastodon.nlOk ....
Ik heb t weer eens geprobeerd.
🥴🥴
#JamesHarriett
@servelan@newsie.socialMost in new poll say Trump use of presidential power goes too far
https://thehill.com/homenews/5654358-most-in-new-poll-say-trump-use-of-presidential-power-goes-too-far/
@vosje62@mastodon.nlGoogle warns EU against ‘erecting walls’ in tech sovereignty push - ft
#Google #KentWalker #bigtech
@servelan@newsie.socialSean Duffy's daughter melts down at 'unconstitutional' TSA after 'invasive pat-down' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/duffy-tsa-daughter-rant/
@vosje62@mastodon.nl/2
Er blijken verschillende digitale versies te zijn. Deze versie duurt 10 minuten langer.
Bekijk deze film op MUBI: THE STRAIGHT STORY
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