@jwz @inthehands the Maltese government for some demented reason put a form behind Cloudflare. I couldn't submit it. CF refused it and there's nothing you can do.

You MUST listen to RFC 2119.

Eric Bailey: It turns out you can just pay people to do things. I found a voice actor and hired them with the task of "Reading this very dry technical document in the most over-the-top sarcastic, passive-aggressive,...
https://jwz.org/b/ykqi

Sometimes, I receive questions which leave both me, and the person asking, bamboozled.

> Your website loads so quickly! What CDN do you use?

There is no CDN. It is just really small and simple, mostly text.

> Sure, but is that Cloudflare, or...?

None. It is a tiny website, just a few kilobytes per page, on a tiny server, at my home, connected to the Internet via my ISP, Andrews & Arnold.

> But are you / they in the cloud?

No. The webserver is in Newbury, in my garage.

> Neil, please can you pass my questions to your technical person? I don't think you understand, your website cannot be in your home. It must be in the cloud or have a CDN.

*Neil puts on glasses and false nose and moustache*

@HI_Greens @pluralistic except it's completely and totally unusable. No search, no normal people uses this.

@jwz @jmc mashed potatoes are not good for you, we replaced them with cauli mash. It tastes terrible but it's much healthier. Whether it's better for building bookshelves is anyone's guess.

@haverholm @davidgerard https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2106.1/04542.html he is also very seriously anti vaxx and a complete kook. Hacker News posters claim but I can't find links of other fascist activities as well.

@haverholm @davidgerard I think it's better to be open about being on that side of the political spectrum so people know to stay very far away.

@davidgerard Ah yes, XLibre. I remember that.

@geekysteven the history of this saying is rather interesting. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2022/05/02/nine-meals/

39 years as a software engineer, and every single gig, large or small, is literally Wallace and Gromit and the f***ing train tracks.

@cainaru Drupal is like canned pickles except it doesn't wear a hat. There, perfect explanation.

RFK Jr. says the CDC will no longer recommend COVID vaccines for healthy pregnant women.

Yet doctors have found that stillbirths can result from COVID directly infiltrating the placenta — even for people whose COVID symptoms were mild or nonexistent.

(Published 2022)
https://www.propublica.org/article/covid-maternity-stillbirth-vaccines-pregnancy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Covid #Vaccines #RFKJr #PublicHealth #Health #Pregnancy #Women

As someone who always prefers websites over apps ( whether it be me writing a project or using a technology ), my favorite line from @pluralistic keynote in PyCon US is

"An app is just a website that we have wrapped in the correct DRM to make it a felony to protect your privacy while you use it"

https://youtu.be/ydVmzg_SJLw

The Canadian and Mexican governments could set up COVID booster clinics just past the drive-in border crossings, and right near the exits at airports. Require a US passport, charge a service fee of $25, and have a kiosk to let the recipient send a personalized email to RFK Jr.

@zoul I also want my history distorted by humans instead of bots (largely by nationalist groups obviously).

Indeed what have we done that Wikipedia of all things is now seen as some of the most trustworthy sources despite it's anything but.

@b0rk this is also why sponge is a thing (and what a great thing it is)

Inside every QA tester there are:

- Two wolves
- One wolf
- Zero wolves
- 0.5 wolves
- 2,147,483,648 wolves
- -2 wolves
- Beer wolves
- Two coyotes
- 🐺🐺
- Два волка
- '); DROP TABLE WOLVES;--
- <script>alert('Awooooo')</script>

@Daveography meanwhile Mozart had about a dozen wolves inside him. That's why he was called Wolfgang.

@davidgerard https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2025-057 background https://www.drupal.org/project/site_moderators/issues/3521303

Disclaimer: While I was the first Drupal security team lead twenty years ago I am no longer on the team and I had no hand in making this decision -- the first time ever a Drupal project got its security coverage revoked.

@skinnylatte "It came to me that every time I lose a dog they take a piece of my heart with them, and every new dog who comes into my life gifts me with a piece of their heart. If I live long enough all the components of my heart will be dog, and I will become as generous and loving as they are."