@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 3w ago

happy to see that Steve's LG video on Smart TVs sparked a chain reaction to investigate other manufacturers of Smart TVs. and surprise, it's the same bullshit! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvFu343KNek I will point out that some of those manufacturers also make "smart monitors" (e.g Samsung) - just FYI. #InternetOfShit #InternetOfThings #IoT #SmartTV #Tech #Technology #Privacy #Surveillance

LG Isn't the Only TV Company Spying on You

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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honestly, tech industry can sometimes be so depressing.

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 2mo ago

when AI bubble bursts, all CEOs of AI companies who do shit like this must be held accountable and sued to the oblivion until they're completely broke. https://www.cityam.com/ai-firms-targeting-londons-rare-bookshops-in-dystopian-hunt-for-training-data/ #Books #Reading #Library #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #NoAI #Tech #Technology #London

cityam.com

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 1mo ago

фільм про українську біженку в Манчестері знятий українською режисеркою яку я особисто знаю. вона сама є біженкою та зняла його виключно на свій айфон. дуже раджу побачити. я знаю, що історій подібних до історії Яни, багато — але саме тому це варто подивитися https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T547SxqQqI4 @ua@social.noleron.com @rada@social.net.ua #Україна

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@futurebird@sauropods.win may I interest you then in a Chinese microwave with internet connection & AI, powered by Nvidia https://youtu.be/DkaX-DoC84s (no it's not fraudulent, in fact it took the spotlight at CES 2026)

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

how dare Edinburgh Central electorate to not elect a gannet into the Holyrood. justice for gannets!

(I love UK elections)

#UKPolitics #UKPol #Elections #Scotland

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

when cooking food meets open source :flan_chef:

(h/t https://cooklang.org/)

#OggCamp #FOSS #OpenSource #Cooking #Food

Cooklang

Cooklang – Recipe Markup Language

Cooklang is a markup language for recipes.

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@dianea@lgbtqia.space and play Doom while cutting onions

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

who we thought was going to make Linux popular for casuals: Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, Fedora who actually did: SteamDeck, Windows 11, TPM 2.0 #Linux #FOSS #Microsoft #Windows #Steam #SteamDeck #Tech #Technology

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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I'd have seriously considered buying it just to disassemble & reverse engineer it

but paying almost 500 euros - and therefore encouraging this shit, even for research purposes - is a no-go for me.

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 2mo ago

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@rhys@mastodon.rhys.wtf IMO the most crazy thing about this diagram is not so tiny chunk of Restore voters making as second choice... Greens. @shimminbeg@masto.ai

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 2mo ago

if you live around Manchester or plan to visit it and never heard about Harcourt pub, this is a must go. founded by Hong Kong refugees, it is genuinely one of the best pubs I've been in over 12 years I've lived in UK. I'm not exaggerating. https://youtu.be/kW2oPcTykzY (English subtitles available) (yes I know it's not *really* in Manchester but in Altrincham - nonetheless, it's 100% worth travelling 30 minutes by tram from city centre) #Manchester #Pub #HongKong #Alcohol #Tourism

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

ну це ми

три речі не змінюються: вогонь, вода та клеймо "терористи" яке росіяни навішують на нас, вільних ічкерійців

@ua@social.noleron.com @rada@social.net.ua

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 2mo ago

this is absolutely fantastic news - current proposal is flawed and completely unworkable. I'd suggest to go further & review eVisa scheme https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/18/burnham-to-scrap-starmers-digital-id-scheme-in-reset-of-priorities however, if Burnham & his team are going to stick with U-16 social media ban, how do they think it's going to work? because social media ban is pretty much a "soft" version of Digital ID #Privacy #Surveillance #DigitalID #Security #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBan #Tech #Technology #UnitedKingdom #UK #eVisa #Immigration

theguardian.com

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@MaddieM4@raphus.social at this point I think any manufacturer who puts wireless connection functionality into kitchen appliances & expose it to the world wide web should be brought to shame an Internet of Shit hall of shame, if you call it like that. (and ofc such companies should be brought to bankruptcy bc those jokes have gone too far)

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 3mo ago

after some good news about Andy Burnham's tech policy - aka ditching Palantir - we're coming to bad ones (albeit I expected that since he backed the ban in January) https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/andy-burnham-social-media-ban-37383525 funny enough he's supposedly against UK Digital ID so... how exactly does he think it's going to get enforced lol #Privacy #AgeVerification #TechPolicy #Surveillance #Tech #Technology #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBan #StopKillingTheInternet #OSA #OnlineSafetyAct

Daily Mirror

Andy Burnham backs under 16s social media ban and wants 'urgency' in delivery

EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham - who is expected to take over from Keir Starmer - will press ahead with a social media ban for under 16s as he sees it as a 'critical first step' to keeping kids safe online

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 3mo ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tazgetroete/116840316359077123 one again, horseshoe theory proves that it exists and it works ✅ perhaps now some will understand that authoritarianism comes not just from far-right, but from far-left too? #Politics #Europe #EU #Germany

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@ploum@mamot.fr from what I understand in FAQs, firmware handles the ultrasonic functionality. it allows to customise resonant frequency and re-tuning https://seattleultrasonics.com/pages/support-help-center?srsltid=AfmBOopnmzWtdtq5-h1et-XLqsGDxtNHUkLml4JFtSkQucQeLzQzWyzk&hcUrl=%2Fen-US%2Fre-tuning-the-c-200-5050001 oh and you also MUST have an internet connection to update firmware because you can't download it on PC and then install offline. @Flop_Ysh@hostux.social

seattleultrasonics.com

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@afewbugs@social.coop Caroline Lewis, Adrian Ramsay, Ellie Chowns, Welsh Greens leader have also called out Polanski's dumb reposts and remarks over the past months – and not only on antisemitism. are they Labour party shills, by that logic? and with all due respect: GPEW can't continue blaming everyone but themselves. the moment Polanski was elected on his "eco-populist" manifesto (with deputy leader Mothin Ali as a bonus) and they began embracing all such cranks, they chose the course themselves. @serge@babka.social

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@afewbugs@social.coop you can't fully control it, however it is in our responsibility to call this out & confront it. and when such voices are drowning & no condemnations of such language are done (such as "globalise the intifada"), we have what we have now. I have once confronted few people from pro-Palestine march in Manchester who showed Hamas triangles with their hands. do you know what I got in return? label "Islamophobe", then when I tell them I'm Muslim - "Muslim traitor". @JimmyB@mas.to @serge@babka.social

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@afewbugs@social.coop may I also remind of a Nazi bar etymology: "if the owner of a private space makes it clear that Nazis are welcome or does nothing to kick them out, then everyone else will come to realize that it’s a Nazi bar". same thing should be done with tankies, Islamists etc. - yet unfortunately they get an impressive amount of tolerance, as I observe it now in Green party. @JimmyB@mas.to @serge@babka.social

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

рівно 30 років тому перший президент Ічкерії Джохар Дудаєв був вбит окупаційною російською державою.

людина яка завдала поразки російській армії під час першої чеченської війни, і ще тоді попереджала про небезпеку русизму, яким заражене все російське суспільство. він знав що Україна буде наступною, і був впевнен що українці не приймуть русизм.

я впевнен, що рано чи пізно ми побачимо те, до чого він прагнув: остаточне падіння

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaQewENwHWs

@ua@social.noleron.com @rada@social.net.ua

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@kofanchen@g0v.social Collage has been my personal discovery recently thanks to Nine Sols videogame for which they wrote a song. both of them are absolutely phenomenal ❤️ https://youtu.be/jo_-vr1FwJ0 @menelion@dragonscave.space @serge@babka.social

Collage - Nine Sols | Official Music Video

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu there may be some development towards that - Stop Killing Games petition authors were invited to European parliament after getting required 1m signatures (SKG addresses microtransactions aside from games being shut down), and seems response has been extremely positive https://mastodon.social/@StopKillingGames/116423164480892503

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@Edent email sent, even offered to discuss this. now waiting for response...

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@kofanchen@g0v.social as recent events have shown (with Red Cross "spokesperson" lie https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/05/zack-polanski-falsely-claimed-to-be-british-red-cross-spokesperson-charity-says saying that Golders Green attacker was "handcuffed" when he wasn't downplaying racist & antisemitic rhetoric by GPEW members, and does shit like this https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/05/04/zack-polanski-liked-post-zionists-control-government/) he is a dishonest conman who will say whatever suits him better. being a typical snake oil salesmen, he keeps lying until he's exposed and forced into an apology as a damage control.

theguardian.com

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@kofanchen@g0v.social that's absolutely valid and I'm 100% aligned with you on this. which is why the sooner Greens ditch this self-destructive populism, the better.

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 3mo ago

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const uint8_t days_without_peacenik_leftists_expressing_uneducated_opinions_on_defence_policy = 0

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 3mo ago

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@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange "You would think that should be self-evident." - yeah but unfortunately plenty of leftists, even democratic ones, are still in denial about it

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@rhys@mastodon.rhys.wtf @ORIOliver@newsie.social policy-wise Starmer isn't as bad as everyone believes, and calling him "worst ever PM" is childish. but he still made lots of unforced mistakes and short-sighted decisions, especially when UK society is getting more and more polarised on many topics, along with atrocious PR. otoh probably Labour needs that kick in the balls that is coming on May 7th, and a future Starmer->Burnham swap similar to Trudeau->Carney might help.

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@afewbugs@social.coop I'm not talking just about that repost, but since you mentioned it yourself: please rewatch police bodycam footage. that murderer was tased. he fell to the ground but didn't drop his knife. moreover, he had a backpack and god knows what was in there. police actions were entirely justifiable, and I don't know what you expected them to do. serve the murderer 5pm tea as he was being restrained? @serge@babka.social

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 2mo ago

lol - BlueZ has started using LLM for analysing btmon trace if it has been attached. I'd have even understood if it was a locally trained LLM - but no, as it''s explicitly stated when creating issue, it's a third-party one! considering BlueZ is pretty much the sole option for Bluetooth stack on Linux, perhaps there might have to be a discussion for alternatives... #Bluetooth #BlueZ #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #RaspberryPi #Ubuntu #Debian #Privacy #LLM #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #NoAI

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 2mo ago

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so yeah, as a leader of a party that represents trade unions (and AFAIK he's close to one of those unions - Unite), Burnham is taking their position. that doesn't absolve Burnham of criticism. I think Unite & GMB leaders are out of touch with their insistence on North Sea drilling, especially after we had the hottest summer yet. Burnham uncritically listening to them is, to put it mildly, short-sighted. as a result we have Miliband in a position where he's even less suited.

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 2mo ago

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you can also LINK the bottles together to combine their "power" I assume it's power to get drunk

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 3mo ago

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which is why it's going to be important to hear what Mullvad employees think about it (not just co-CEO whose statement Mullvad is spamming across the web) also FFS to everyone recommending njalla because of who the founder is: its service is trash and recent changes are not encouraging, to put it mildly https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/njalla-has-silently-changed-a-word-of-caution/

マリウス

Njalla Has Silently Changed: A Word of Caution

$ nslookup -type=ns xn--gckvb8fzb.com | rg

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@latsss@mastodon.social ага, i цим вони займаються століттями, чи то під червоним або білим прапором

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 3mo ago

RE: https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup/116855493780357554 "Allies of Mr Burnham point to the fact that the Greater Manchester Combined Authority did not issue a single contract to Palantir under his leadership between 2017 and last month" - that's because GM NHS already has a working solution that outperformed Palantir. but I guess I hope that my blog post for Mainstream Labour that appeals for digital sovereignty & ditching Palantir has contributed to it

#DigitalSovereignty #NHS #AndyBurnham #Palantir #BigTech #OpenSource

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Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

Burnham could hoof Palantir out of the NHS if he becomes PM. A good start, but he needs to go further. It’s time to completely break our dependency on US tech firms. With open source tech, we don't have to start again with a new platform when changing vendors. Go big, go for UK Digital Sovereignty! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/07/02/burnham-set-to-ditch-palantir-from-nhs/ #digitalsovereignty #techsovereignty #nhs #burnham #palantir #bigtech #opensource #ukpolitics #ukpol

Open quoted post

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@afewbugs@social.coop as for Reform proposal: it is disgusting & illegal, just like many other things they want to do. we can't expect Reform to suddenly stop being such fuckers because that's what they are. yet we can & should be better ourselves. deflecting argument to "choose one populism to get rid of another populism" won't do any good. @serge@babka.social

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 2mo ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gamersvoice/116913910854409014 oh the irony: the game about pirates does anti-pirate shit #Gaming #Videogames #Ubisoft #AssassinsCreed #StopKillingGames

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 2mo ago

"The UK government had made a second request to Apple to grant it a “back door” to encrypted iCloud data belonging to British users, according to an order issued by the court" #Privacy #Security #Surveillance #Apple #Tech #Technology #UnitedKingdom #UK #TechPolicy

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 2mo ago

if anyone wants to learn about recent weeks in Ukraine regarding Fedorov/Syrskyy protests and their background, evolution of Ukrainian Armed Forces during that time, and challenges Ukraine is facing in next few months - this is fantastic analysis from someone who served in the frontline https://vladyslavstarodubtsev.substack.com/p/what-is-even-going-on-fedorov-syrskyi (while I know it's Substack, I know the author personally and can vouch for him) #Ukraine #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraineWar #RussiaIsATerroristState #Warfare #Defence #Defense

vladyslavstarodubtsev.substack.com

What is even going on? Fedorov, Syrskyi, corruption and the situation in the army.

How and why a political situation in Ukraine changed in a span of one day, and what problems are going forward

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@afewbugs@social.coop I don't need Labour party's attention on Greens to criticise Greens. Labour, FWIW, has their own shit on their hands that I'm sharply criticising, e.g cozying up with CCP and throwing Hong Kong, Uyghur, Taiwanese, Tibet refugees under the bus for this. or that Starmer made Mandelson US ambassador even though, aside from Epstein shit, he was cordial with russian gov't. see? I can call out shit things that are done by both Labour & Greens. and that's fine. @serge@babka.social

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 2mo ago

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@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange nah, I still stand by power to get drunk. so that you can forget you actually spent money on this shit

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 2mo ago

tfw you bake something (that no one has tried except me) yourself for a charity event and people took all of it in mere minutes – and enjoyed 😌

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@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@afewbugs@social.coop firstly, it's always easier to talk about it post-factum. secondly, he might have pretended to be stunned by taser so that he could stab a police officer, especially since other police officers shot at him before he fell to the ground. thirdly, once again, he was not disarmed – until criminal is disarmed (via surrender or by force), he is dangerous. . yet police are at fault because they were "hyped up"? (upd: ok thanks for the answer. yet more deflecting and lying from you.)

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