Er hat sich ungefragt meinem Problem mit Pixelfed angenommen...
Und in ein paar Minuten gabs commits zum Source von Puxelfed, die die Probleme beim Croppen oder Drehen, die Föderation mit Peertube und das Entfernen von Leerzeichen beheben sollen...
Ich muss mir jetzt eine neue VM aufsetzen, und eine neue #Pixelfed instanz installieren, um zu testen, was das taugt...
Andreas Kynast, Korrespondent beim #ZDF-Hauptstadtstudio retweetet auf #Twitter zutiefst rassistischen, Eugenik befürwortenden Tweet von Tobias Huch. Dieser wurde wegen jenem Tweet nun wegen Volksverhetzung angezeigt.
I've spent the last couple mornings poring over all the release notes for Python 3.11-3.14. I generally keep up with things, but haven't read all these notes all the way through before.
There are so many cool things going on! And it makes me enjoy the core.py podcast even more, because I have a better sense of what kind of work has gone into a lot of these new features and improvements.
Trading requires calculated risks and accepting mistakes as part of the journey. Pain can be a powerful motivator for courage. Remember, being brave is not about lacking fear; it’s about facing it and taking action anyway. #finance#business#stockmarket#mastodon
Am I ready this right? It looks like that EU-USA tarrifs deal didn't really contain much and isn't binding. Additionally what the White House says was in it, and what Ursula von der Leyen says was included don't match up at all. Someone is blowing smoke.
US special envoy Steve Witkoff has met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a bid to salvage Gaza truce talks and tackle a humanitarian crisis in the enclave, where a global hunger monitor has warned that famine is unfolding.
Interesting write up, but many issues are a consequence of the federated approach of #Matrix. Users should compare Matrix better to Mastodon than to WhatsApp.
Deepfence PacketStreamer é uma ferramenta remota de captura e coleta de pacotes de alto desempenho. Ele é usado pela plataforma de observação de segurança ThreatStryker da Deepfence para coletar tráfego de rede sob demanda de cargas de trabalho de nuvem para análise forense.
Objetivos de design primário:
Mantenha a luz, captura e fluxo, sem processamento adicional Portabilidade, funciona em máquinas virtuais, Kubernetes e AWS Fargate. Linux e Windows
Os sensores PacketStreamer são iniciados nos servidores de destino. Os sensores capturam o tráfego, aplicam filtros e, em seguida, transmitem o tráfego para um receptor central. Os fluxos de tráfego podem ser compactados e/ou criptografados usando o TLS.
O receptor PacketStreamer aceita fluxos PacketStreamer de vários sensores remotos e grava os pacotes em um arquivo de captura de pcap local
Today I'm musing that there's both the medical and technical expertise and experience here in the #Fediverse to create an AI endocrinologist that is more effective advising on #trans femme hormones, application and doses than 95%+ of the human endos out there ...
And if trans and not an egg, then you know I'm right 🏳️⚧️
L'Australia vieta YouTube ai minori di 16 anni per proteggerli da algoritmi predatori. Il Primo Ministro Albanese dichiara sostegno ai genitori. La Ministra Wells sottolinea il ruolo dei social e la dannosità degli algoritmi sui minori. 🇦🇺📺🚫 #Australia#YouTube#DigitalHealth
I swear: Google Analytics 4 feels like it was designed by a Kindergarten Committee drugged out on a mix of steroids and psychodelic mushrooms. They have the most unintuitive, unusable User Interface I've had to deal with in a long, long, LOONG time.
"Fraud," "theft," and "conspiracy" are also all legal terms, but you don't need court approval to use them.
If #BernieSanders had already called #Gaza the #genocide that it is and then said this to people resisting that term, that would be one thing. This is just a way for him not to call it what it is.
Spending some long days at the keyboard, converting a system from Python 2.7 to 3.x and moving it to a new server.
I used to code all the time, but not so much anymore. And I'm remembering why we called ibuprofen "programmer's candy". Coding all day causes lots of interesting body aches.
🇺🇸🇺🇦 A powerful U.S. Senate committee approved a military spending bill on Thursday that includes about $1 billion to support #Ukraine, despite Trump's administration having asked Congress to eliminate such funding in its budget request.
Do y’all like knowing what’s in your food? Do you remember reading Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle? Cause guess what the Sec of Brainworms has decided. Food standards and labeling don’t matter, we will eat what our corporate overlords decide we will eat.
The FDA is revoking 52 food standards (such as canned fruits, dairy, and baked goods).
Affected foods include (full list linked below) Canned Fruits & Vegetables Dairy Products Bakery, Macaroni, and Noodle Products Canned Fruit Juices & Juice Concentrates Fish, Shellfish & Other Foods Food Dressings & Flavorings: Vanilla–vanillin extract, flavoring, and powder standards.
I can’t wait for wood chips as jam “pips”, and HFCS replacing natural sugar in everything. What fun this capitalism is, no?
If by any chance you were looking for an awesome photo editor look no further!
I present you #PixiEditor!
"Universal 2D Graphics Editor":
* image editing
* vector art
* procedural art
* pixel art
* animation
It's blazing fast and it's #FOSS#OpenSource and #EU 🇪🇺 based!
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@digitalocean joined Flow #PHP Sponsors 🥰 This will let us roll out self hosted analytics and finally get rid of cookie banner and gain more control over our data ❤️
Currently thinking about nuking my #Matrix account - right now I still need it for some projects, but I am considering whether stepping down from them is worth it.
The worst for me: - decryption problems - client startup time - lack of search - having 3 clients which all suck in different ways - not all my clients supporting threads - lack of self-destructing messages
No sé, pero tal vez esta tendencia creciente a ir a Gym u hacer actividad física, tanto en hombres o mujeres, no tenga tanto que ver con que hay consciencia de lo malo que es el sedentarismo sino de una obsesión por la imagen personal, con un mensaje subliminal de si no te ves bien, es por flojo/a, muy de la meritocracia Bueno tal vez estoy siendo pesimista Uds que opinan gente de #mastodon ?
francamente la cosa che preferisco è essere seguito su slowforward.net direttamente e qui su marcogiovenale, o (visto che li riassume & linka entrambi) nel fediverso su (= se però volete switchare su altri canali sappiate (sapete, lo so) che #slowforward è su #telegram al link e hélas ancora sui 'generalisti' #whatsapp ( e #instagram (
Jesus fucking Christ! The people on Bluesky are so fucking insane. The people who were still on Twitter were your insane ones, so this latest emigration from Twitter to Bluesky because of the UK Online Safety Act has resulted in a flood of psychotic perverts from Twitter flooding onto Bluesky.
To be clear, when I use the word ‘perversion,’ I am not referring to sexuality that doesn’t fit into conventional normative boxes. I mean ‘pervert’ in the creepy sense, not in the sense of these are people with different sexualities and interests that are expressing them in safe, fun, and ethical ways.
That is a large reason why I am back on Mastodon. The furries on Mastodon are sane and intelligent, lol. Technically, I am a queer therian and am otherkin and not a furry. I am not a fan of anthropomorphic characters; rather, I believe I am a transmigrated dragon soul. I’d rather have the insane furries from Bluesky than on here. I think I got used to dealing with sane therians and sane furries on here, so seeing the utter shit show on Bluesky flabbergasted me.
The sanest wave of people from Twitter were from two years ago. You have to keep in mind that for everyone leaving Twitter now, their line was porn. Not Nazis. Porn.
Constant PHP alerts can slow development and allow critical issues to go unnoticed. By combining ZendHQ with OpenTelemetry, you can curate alerts to highlight the most important issues.
I can't help but think of that video from ~25 years ago where you stare at the screen then a creepy lady jumps at you and screams. Instead of that, you use a clickbaity title and deceptive intro then BAM! 💥 #AntifaAF
also bei #peertubehub bau ich jetzt wohl noch die namen der leute ein... ich mags nicht auf #videos zu klicken und zu merken - scheisse - as ist ja von mir
This gist from Peter Bourgon perfectly explains why #matrix seems to be so misaligned with what users expect from a chat platform (which only happens to be one of the many things you can build upon Matrix) and what they get.
I just realised I might not need eglot/lsp at all in #emacs. I normally program in #python and I’ve never used completions, just the linter features of the lsp. So now I totally removed Eglot config and added just ‘flymake-ruff’ package. It works just as before and probably even faster.
Das mit #PayPal kann mir nicht passieren, nutze das nicht
• Auf dem Onlineportal "Kleinanzeigen“ boomt der Betrug mit Fake-E-Mails. Die Täter haben es auf Paypalkonten ihrer Opfer abgesehen.
www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/...
Chevron’s return to Venezuela under Trump marks a striking policy reversal: it is all about inflation, oil prices, and US rivalry with China. The move comes amid rising domestic pressures and geopolitical manoeuvring. Washington’s stance toward Caracas now looks less ideological — and more pragmatic, albeit lacking a clear strategy.
In a somewhat striking (and underreported) reversal, the Trump administration has authorized Chevron to resume oil operations in Venezuela, granting a six-month license to extract and export crude to the United States. This comes just months after Trump had revoked the company’s license in February, citing electoral irregularities and failed promises on migrant repatriation. The decision thus marks a notable shift in Washington’s traditionally hostile posture toward Caracas.
US-Venezuela relations have indeed long been defined by sanctions, diplomatic standoffs, and ideological confrontations. Trump’s first term saw the recognition of opposition leader Juan Guaidó and a “maximum pressure” campaign that quite effectively strangled Venezuela’s oil output to some extent. Thus far, the Biden interregnum had offered only temporary respite, and Trump’s return to power brought back neo-Monroeist rhetoric to the Americas — complete with tariff (and even “annexation”) threats against Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, and, one may recall, even Canada.
Why, then, make an “exception”, so to speak, for Venezuela? Why is Chevron suddenly welcome back in Bolivarian territory, with Washington’s blessings?
Well, oil prices and domestic economic imperatives must be taken into consideration. As I noted, in July 2024, any escalation in the Iran-Israel conflict could send gas prices soaring, thereby undermining Trump’s economic credibility and crashing markets. That escalation, thus far, has not materialized — Iran’s retaliation to US strikes last month was restrained, and Tel Aviv has not pursued overt escalation after taking a heavy blow under Iranian missiles.
Yet even without a Middle Eastern full blow-up, oil remains a pressure point. After the February revocation of Chevron’s license, crude prices rose by nearly 2%. Inflation continues to hover above target, and any relief for US consumers and for “MAGA” — particularly heading into the 2026 midterms — is very welcome.
I’ve noted elsewhere how much the incumbent American President is dealing with domestic turmoil, while now also facing a political crisis amid the Epstein scandal; all of that further intertwines domestic and foreign policy.
In any case, Venezuela’s heavy crude is uniquely suited for US Gulf Coast refineries. Its output to Chevron alone may reach up to 220,000 barrels per day — roughly 3.5% of US imports. No wonder Washington would rather siphon oil from a manageable adversary than allow inflation to erode its domestic standing.
But oil prices alone do not explain the full picture. A more underreported — and arguably more strategic — motivation lies in countering Chinese influence. As I’ve recently written, Venezuela has become a quiet but critical node in Beijing’s energy belt. As oil analyst Antonio de la Cruz puts it, “it’s not about Caracas… it’s about Beijing.”
With over half a million barrels per day flowing to China under opaque contracts, US sanctions have become increasingly toothless. Chevron’s return is thus a surgical manoeuvre to reassert US presence and try to prevent China from “monopolizing” Venezuela’s reserves — which, suffice to say, are among the largest in the world.
This aligns with whatsome have called a “tightrope act”: re-engaging Venezuela without legitimizing Maduro, thereby preserving strategic leverage in the Caribbean. In this light, Chevron is less an oil company than a geopolitical instrument.
Not everyone buys the high-strategy explanation, for sure. Some view the decision as a by-product of corporate lobbying and debt recovery, pure and simple. After all, Chevron spent over $9 million with lobbying in 2024 alone, and still seeks to recover at least $1.7 billion of Venezuela’s unpaid debts. With Washington, it is always a bit of both.
The new license is structured under “external profit control” — ostensibly to “keep Maduro at bay” — but critics contend that this is window dressing. No wonder some suggest that Chevron, not the State Department, is setting the policy tone in Caracas.
In any case, diplomatic gestures have also played a role. A recent prisoner exchange — ten Americans for 252 Venezuelans — softened bilateral tensions somewhat. Though underreported, this development (which was being quietly discussed for some time) arguably created space for economic détente, at least in limited form.
Yet internal contradictions abound. Hardliners like Secretary of State Marco Rubio have reportedly voiced concerns about re-engaging Maduro, fearing that any deal — no matter how conditional — may embolden “Chavismo”. I’ve written before about Trump’s emboldened neo-Monroeism and its focus on Latin America. The administration thus walks a narrow line between realpolitik and ideological consistency.
In conclusion, Trump’s Venezuela manoeuvre is a case study in hyper-pragmatism. It reveals a foreign policy often driven by domestic cost-benefit calculations, corporate influence, and geopolitical hedging — rather than any coherent doctrine. Whether this move stabilizes fuel prices or merely enriches a few players remains to be seen. Be it as it may, Trump’s often unpredictable foreign policy remains erratic, improvisational, and at times strategically opaque.
Uriel Araujo, Anthropology PhD, is a social scientist specializing in ethnic and religious conflicts, with extensive research on geopolitical dynamics and cultural interactions.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Voice of East.
Incident Report of the recent #PyPI Phishing Campaign
TL,DR: • PyPI was not breached • PyPI users were targeted with phishing emails • A single project saw uploads with malicious code and those releases have been removed
Good day all! Fireside Fedi episode 34 starts NOW! With me today is @freebliss who works on static site generators such as #Faircamp , #Hyper8 , as well as #Feber and more #software !