I haven't been able to do any work the whole week. Can't move my mind away from news.
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Weekly notes are out now. I need to develop a process for making it easy. Each week I need to pressure my memory to remind myself what I did the whole week.
Maybe it is just a sign that I am in auto-pilot mode with life and need to shuffle things up.
https://thinkbacteria.pages.dev/notes/2026-07-11-weekly-note-9/
#WeeklyNotes #blogging #IndieWeb
Published this week's notes. I followed @readbeanicecream@mastodon.social suggestion and maintained a daily journal. That made the process of writing this far more simpler. I will try to stick to it.
https://thinkbacteria.pages.dev/notes/2026-07-19-weekly-note-10/
#WeeklyNotes #IndieWeb
IFF questions the legality of MeitY’s notices to WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram on ‘username’ features
https://internetfreedom.in/iff-questions-the-legality-of-meitys-notices-to-whatsapp-signal-and-telegram-on-username-features/
So India is friends with a state that is committing genocide and a state that is legalizing child marriage.
It is amazing, I quit Instagram, Google Search, Gmail 5 years ago and haven't looked back.
While I still depend on a Google Account for Tailscale, logging in my Android phone to install bank apps (cause they stopped working via Aurora store). I also have Google Maps app for navigation. Use Newpipe/Freetube for Youtube.
From Meta, I depend on WhatsApp.
And from Microsoft, I depend on GitHub and you can say VSCode, although I use the OSS version. Been a decade since I left Windows.
Carrot cake from Thom's bakery brings so many flavors 😋
Replying to on fosstodon.org
@archlinux@fosstodon.org
Just thinking out lound but can't we have a more interesting system to improve the security of AUR?
My suggestions:
1) Arch Packagers can appoint AUR maintainers who are trusted to benign. Maybe by number packages or votes on packages.
2) Every new AUR package should require to be approved by an AUR maintainer irrespective of the age of account.
Weekly Note #8 | 5th July, 2026
A bit delayed this week as I was procrastinating on it.
https://thinkbacteria.pages.dev/notes/2026-07-05-weekly-note-8/
#WeeklyNotes #blogging #IndieWeb
EXCLUSIVE: Abhijeet Dipke Speaks to AMV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngbAUSczHNs
Bengaluru's WORST flyover proposal (and 5 better alternatives)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAEa8ar-JZY
#BengaWalk #bangalore #india
Indiranagar flyover is a BAD idea
I had no idea that @nickcalyx@mastodon.social got an NSL and fought it! Huge respect man🫡
Darknet Diaries: 176: NSL
Episode webpage: https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/176/
Media file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/7057/84de1d2b-0222-4815-88f6-ead9afcf4d08/darknet-diaries-ep176-nsl.mp3
Real life is always more nuanced than reel life. Khalra wasn't a perfect man. Do watch this one if you are planning to watch Satluj (Punjab 95)
Who was Jaswant Singh Khalra? | Hafta panel discusses Satluj
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk3fDyxhLpw
#satluj #india #punjab95
I am still processing what happened today
#ChaloSansad #CockroachJanataParty
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@bacteriostat/116952927585471347
And wondering what happens next
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I am still processing what happened today
#ChaloSansad #CockroachJanataParty
Open quoted post Indian politics, injured people
Indian pol, jantar mantar
India's Gen Z is a shrinking demographic
https://www.dataforindia.com/indias-gen-z/
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@emilyyoung@tech.lgbt
My conclusion from what I know is that making federated service encryption compatible is quite hard.
It works for something like mastodon because there is no encryption involved.
Anyone has any examples that are as good a user experience?
I guess RCS could be one but I am not sure if it is as secure as Signal.