Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Appreciate the beauty and wonder of Biscuithenge.…..

Are we all secret digital hoarders? It's easy to think that thousands of family photos, numerous emails and forgotten screenshots are just floating around in the cloud somewhere. But in fact, data storage has a very real presence, one that comes with a significant carbon footprint: https://atmos.earth/digital-hoarding-causes-large-carbon-footprint/

#DigitalHoarding

The Verge has a new article about ActivityPub. And it's pretty damn good: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23689570/activitypub-protocol-standard-social-network

There's a number of quotes from me in there. I enjoyed being interviewed for this: David Pierce was a very thoughtful interviewer.

I have more comments than that, but I'll put them in a followup in this thread. In the meanwhile, go read the piece. It's nice to read some well informed journalism.

That huge spike in fake executive accounts on LinkedIn over the past year is starting to make a lot more sense now. Researchers at ESET have an excellent post on research that ties the 3CX supply chain compromise to North Korea's Lazarus hacking group, but the most interesting detail (for me) was this bit:

'The Lazarus group’s Operation DreamJob involves approaching targets through LinkedIn and tempting them with job offers from industry leaders."

Here's a bit more:

ESET researchers have discovered a new Lazarus Operation DreamJob campaign targeting Linux users. Operation DreamJob is the name for a series of campaigns where the group uses social engineering techniques to compromise its targets, with fake job offers as the lure. In this case, we were able to reconstruct the full chain, from the ZIP file that delivers a fake HSBC job offer as a decoy, up until the final payload: the SimplexTea Linux backdoor distributed through an OpenDrive cloud storage account. To our knowledge, this is the first public mention of this major North Korea-aligned threat actor using Linux malware as part of this operation.

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2023/04/20/linux-malware-strengthens-links-lazarus-3cx-supply-chain-attack/

My series on the huge jumps in fake executive profiles on LinkedIn last year:

https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/linkedin-bots/

Stop mocking DeSantis’ performance in polls.

If anything happens and that previous bloated carcass can’t run, DeSantis will be the GOP candidate and the GOP will get in lockstep and vote for him.

Meanwhile, the Dems will trip over themselves to keep attacking their own candidate. As always.

Be extraordinarily careful what you wish for.

Whether you’re an 11th grader in Florida looking to organize a walkout or a mother in Idaho looking to help out somehow, this guide covers every way in which you can help before, during, & after April 21st. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3KWWLqI

#WalkoutToLearn
#DemCastFL
#TeachTheTruth

Emacs standing alone on a Linux Kernel
L: http://informatimago.free.fr/i/linux/emacs-on-user-mode-linux.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35625877
posted on 2023.04.19 at 04:45:24 (c=1, p=3)

"lack of sustainability of Chromebooks provided for schools is hurting the Environment"

https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-another-e-waste-crisis-for-the-e-waste-crisis-pile-chromebook-churn/

Mass shooting. Do something about guns.
Republicans: No. It is a mental health problem.
Ok. Go to therapy, USD$350 a session. Health insurance will not cover it. Go bankrupt.
Let's reform health coverage and insurance.
Republicans: No.

@mnemonicoverload @zleap @Radical_EgoCom @twitterreject
Further, consider that there's a pattern to *which* children will be, by their familiy cirumstances, funneled to late-night McJobs; and which will instead have the luxury of sleep before the, say, AP exams.

I got my first job at age 14 as a grocery clerk (unless you count babysitting, in which case age 12). I don't have a problem with, say, apprenticeships. But it should be safe, OPTIONAL, and not a way to suppress adults' wages.

@jackofalltrades

"...the world needs a better plan to avoid collapse other than replacing one unsustainable fossil fuel system with another intensive mining system powered by even more extreme energies. In other words, electrifying the Titanic won’t melt the icebergs in its path."

"Fundamentally, we need to talk about a future of less instead of a future of more."

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/07/Rising-Chorus-Renewable-Energy-Skeptics/

#capitalism #ClimateCrisis #environment #economy #technology

@GottaLaff On April 21st

The largest student protest in Florida's history will take place.

Students across the state will walk out of their classrooms to learn a piece of history banned by Florida's legislature, sign an active voter pledge, and enroll in a virtual African American history course.

Learn more at Walkout2Learn.org
#Florida #DemCastFL #LetThemLearn #FReadom #FreedomToLearn #TeachTheTruth

Wired: The Search for Long Covid Treatments Takes a Promising Turn https://www.wired.com/story/long-covid-treatments/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Science/Health #PublicHealth #Science

I've never rooted for Disney more in my life then as they go up against Florida.