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An interview with Ondřej Surý, a volunteer who maintains PHP and automates its patches, about his role in fixing two critical PHP security vulnerabilities (Charlie Warzel/The Atlantic)
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The Man Who Saved the Internet Yesterday
Ondřej Surý was a relatively anonymous volunteer working on PHP security. Then the internet exploded.

Will the BC Greens' 'Experiment' Pay Off? via @… https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/20/Wil…

In #Berlin läuft ein Projekt, bei dem armutsbetroffene Patienten zur Verbesserung ihrer #Ernährung regelmäßig #Gemüse auf

The Man in the Middle of Trump's Deeply Conflicted Ukraine Policy (Shane Harris/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/10/ukraine-russia-trump-john-ratcliffe/689090/?gift=kPTlqn0J1iP9IBZcsdI5IbU3yi_vhmIrpl-86mgukj0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
http://www.memeorandum.com/261023/p43#a261023p43

The Amsterdam police diligently responded to a request by the Trump regime, took possession of a server suspected of hosting anti-fascist materials, and sent a copy of its contents to the US.

Politie Amsterdam neemt op Amerikaans verzoek server in beslag van linkse internetdienstverlener A/I: organisatie zou ‘antifa’ faciliteren
Een eenheid van de Amsterdamse politie heeft dinsdag bij een datacenter op het Science Park in Amsterdam een server in beslag genomen van de Italiaanse internetdienstverlener Autistici/Inventati (A/I). Dat is gebeurd op basis van een Amerikaans rechtshulpverzoek. Een kopie van de inhoud van de server wordt nu naar de VS gestuurd. A/I was een linkse antikapitalistische organisatie die de afgelopen…

Just read an article about Social Media for young ppl etc etc.
I always wonder what it needs to bring young people directly to an open platform in the beginning instead of trying to get them OFF a sealed commercial platform when they're locked in.
#socialMedia

"One of the hackers... stole a trove of credit card data. Another ​tried to get AI agents to rob a cryptocurrency exchange. The Chinese-speaking hacker was the most prolific. Beginning on September 25, they set their AI army loose against US, Canadian, Australian and Japanese ​e-commerce websites."
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/how-one-hacker-used-ai-agents-few-thousand-dollars-break-into-scores-sites-2026-10-19/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ad5edb0ab53aa0001d99f5c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

A whole article on "taking back the algorithm on social media platforms" and nary a mention of Fediverse or Mastodon. Heck not even Bluesky. 🤦‍♂️
#CNN #journalism #ignorance #algorithm #socialMedia

"Wer eine als #Katze verkleidete Person sieht, wird gebeten, Abstand von ihr zu halten und die #Polizei zu informieren."
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"Katzenmann" verbreitet Angst in Dresden: Polizei warnt vor "Cat in the Hat"
Ein Phänomen aus den sozialen Netzwerken hat Dresden erreicht. In Gorbitz berichten Anwohner von einer bewaffneten Person, die sich als Katze verkleidet hat. | TAG24

Oh, nothing, just liking and boosting literally every reply I've gotten over the past few days that *didn't* involve a graphic, disgusting, terms of service violating other place, probably, (but admittedly childishly hilarious) personal insult here on the ol' Mastodon
#socialmedia #mastodon