2026-10-30T04:26:40Z https://nostr.now Linux https://nostr.now/npub1mj4fl5hepn7en75p5c0vrfrkj606cf9jje0xa7fa8tsh6s2mgwfsaqz3ew https://fairy.id/system/accounts/avatars/117/073/348/258/030/362/original/7f8f31467e443d8c.png https://fairy.id/system/accounts/avatars/117/073/348/258/030/362/original/7f8f31467e443d8c.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvewcs45a764dgq5zcrlx2rxc87splafp3wx88kch8276mdz2hr6qzyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpex5n0948 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstkvcrc7rgjk6mfwqs2y5e4akyuf48d273f6ukzkyewpuqegdgmsgw2jdzu'>nevent1q…jdzu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was one of the first people to warn folks about Proton. <br/><br/>That said... Yeah, while it is not a popular opinion, especially here on the Fediverse... They have a point. AI has gotten very good at finding security flaws. This is NOT an argument that AI should be coding and it is NOT an argument that AI should have the final say or review in anything. But the reality is AI has gotten good at finding bugs, including security flaws. <br/><br/>@protonprivacy@mastodon.social 2026-10-30T17:59:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswsw4zyn9jkme4gdycq3jauuh385cfx8fj8e2zq2ujtdk05p6yz5qzyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpexyftz94 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub137swemw4rzmzqttmrd0gaa3mkdzul9xr7c2ve887n6x85wmva43qsn95at" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Art Jagodka</span> (<span class="italic">npub137s…95at</span>)</a></span> I think you may have missed the notice. <br/><br/>The Toot Community server is shutting down in about a day. The admins first announced this back in July (you can check <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1mk86tn8pyvgm5wxy0qga2w2z3hrsvsmfjkka4ep4rxdhwnw3uh8q4lxlrv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>toot.community Support</span> (<span class="italic">npub1mk8…xlrv</span>)</a></span> to verify). If you need to move your account to a new Mastodon server, I made a simple screenshot guide to help you do it (link below). <br/><br/><a href="https://fairy.id/@Linux/117505867165093717">https://fairy.id/@Linux/117505867165093717</a> 2026-10-27T22:04:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp9qtfh4yrlmgjn8tu46qskeeja4s8y7f2jare67euez22wc80saczyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpexwtdzjf @Julie_Gfamily@toot.community <br/><br/>I made a photo guide (visual aid) to help people. It is made of 2 post (6 photos). I hope it helps you and best of luck on your new site. <br/><br/><a href="https://fairy.id/@Linux/117505867165093717">https://fairy.id/@Linux/117505867165093717</a> 2026-10-27T21:01:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9r6dg4s6q8jgrr3ss0ehgqkguxukeycu9q47axcycvdx462vmfkszyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpexwl7h8w Did not know who they were trying to follow. lol<br/><br/>A random user, who is not previously part of the community, who just joined, asking for money, who is not part of a registered charity. <br/><br/>It would be different is &#34;John Doe&#34; was a member of the community with an established past, who claims to have fallen on hard times. Life is complicated and messy, and sometimes things in life go wrong. I&#39;d likely even share their post and perhaps help them. It would also have been great if they were an official registered charity with a link to their official Mastodon account on their official website.<br/><br/>But the random who just joined now with the sole purpose for quick cash - yeah, bye-bye. Onto the block list you go. 2026-10-27T19:04:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstg37q83jtun26ukrun8s0hj2n7ty5pnq9nrdvny2qhg55f6d9cagzyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpexh5tmgr If you missed it -- UPGRADE Php<br/><br/>There is a very concerning security issue impacting PHP and you want to upgrade. Unless, you&#39;re perfectly fine with being your hackers, bitch. 2026-10-21T14:52:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw8csvjjcfack0dau26as56jg0aw467s5ay09v9xd7rg9wtt2nhsqzyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpex76pq4n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxcjtmc2f7p6f73wtzqm7ykv2g2gpfdh2c6v6p7ammj29r4mmwmacppe5vj'>nevent1q…e5vj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hope she wins too, because it&#39;s nonsense, and I don&#39;t respect nonsense. <br/><br/>There are laws, technically, still on the books that say it is illegal to sneeze in public, because supposedly it scared the horses! Well, if I have to sneeze, I&#39;m going to sneeze. I put this in that same category. <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pudu5mxvpme2sgmmegdazt4vgsyu7v0em2xr55nzvzt92kem35nsrky6em" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Gustavo</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pud…y6em</span>)</a></span> 2026-10-14T03:44:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgy57zk46dxugnrwe374um3kh09y8f00q677pv75ecrr7yp3xl0ngzyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpex4ager6 I voted in the 2026 General Mid-Term Election in Massachusetts, USA. ✅<br/><br/>Yes, I also included alt text.<br/><br/>#Voted #IVoted #MidTerms #GeneralElection #Vote #Massachusetts #USA #AltText<br/> <img src="https://fairy.id/system/media_attachments/files/117/435/772/274/828/670/original/bf768400b66d26a0.png"> <br/> <img src="https://fairy.id/system/media_attachments/files/117/435/777/182/415/872/original/86442225167d6d56.png"> <br/> <img src="https://fairy.id/system/media_attachments/files/117/435/778/326/447/200/original/4913d93a02038bdf.png"> <br/> 2026-10-13T22:20:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv0jtuh8z2mm35mde690aavh4keq559daf9z8vfn4wtkxulhqc4qczyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpexg0vf73 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst9657w98vvmgt2l6vfsqth80dgz2mk7nx6gcpuslqt2jvl59dkjshaqcds'>nevent1q…qcds</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They&#39;re a group who promotes themselves, investigates themselves, and verifies themselves without any independent 3rd party oversight. <br/><br/>It is a scam and I and others have shared video, photos, screenshots, and even documents, which has been forwarded to law encouragement (not just rant about it here).<br/><br/>Yandex used a data center which houses other servers - not just Yandex.<br/><br/>People have witnessed the decline of trolls, hate, and other nonsense. We&#39;re seeing the effects in real-time. It is not propaganda! 2026-10-13T19:22:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyz0nm2qxwkc6wud7gv53xfn99y96nc00c5us9f7dv3xgerdnly9gzyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpex3mkwze In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd9xez8dzyua9yzalygrp2dxc5htm8uurkm4fw7qgqphlvj8r8q8cvs33j4'>nevent1q…33j4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah... no.<br/><br/>I work META - yes, it is an evil corporation and if finding a new job were easy, I&#39;d do it.<br/><br/>But the bots did go down. Facebook has over a billion (1,000,000,000+) members world-wide and a sudden decline was noticeable.<br/><br/>Speaking of Mastodon, yes, it did go down here too. That scam group, for example, suddenly wasn&#39;t able to self-boost themselves (I made a few post about that, see URLs).<br/><br/>If you or anyone else didn&#39;t notice. It&#39;s not that Russian bots were not missing. It is that you actually are encountering jerks. They, unfortunately, exist.<br/><br/><a href="https://fairy.id/@Linux/117432245765112889">https://fairy.id/@Linux/117432245765112889</a> <br/><br/><a href="https://fairy.id/@Linux/117434468440945704">https://fairy.id/@Linux/117434468440945704</a><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1l48y53nryyrews6srkvx2raqpv0dssngtvajnq74efg5xnc0f2nsmnwpw2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1l48…wpw2</a></span><br/> </div> If you missed it.<br/><br/>As you may know, for over a year now, I have been trying to warn people that Gaza "Verified" is a scam group.<br/><br/>Imagine this — you're new. You just made your first post. No one knows you. You didn't use any hashtags, so no one can easily find you either, since you follow no one and no one follows you. <br/><br/>But ironically, these same people like and boost the first post of everyone who creates a new account claiming to be from Gaza "Verified". They claim to support Ukraine, but wouldn't you know it, they're offline right now while Russia is having problems.<br/><br/>#GazaVerified #IsraelVerified #Spam #Scam #Fraud #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #Russia #Bots #Ukraine #UkraineWar<br/> <img src="https://fairy.id/system/media_attachments/files/117/432/242/321/659/972/original/23dbe8f767c86f61.png"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-10-13T19:15:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs06nj2ge3jzpuhgdgpmxr9p7sqk8kcgf59kwefs02u552rfu854fczyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpex9tlcv2 If you missed it.<br/><br/>As you may know, for over a year now, I have been trying to warn people that Gaza &#34;Verified&#34; is a scam group.<br/><br/>Imagine this — you&#39;re new. You just made your first post. No one knows you. You didn&#39;t use any hashtags, so no one can easily find you either, since you follow no one and no one follows you. <br/><br/>But ironically, these same people like and boost the first post of everyone who creates a new account claiming to be from Gaza &#34;Verified&#34;. They claim to support Ukraine, but wouldn&#39;t you know it, they&#39;re offline right now while Russia is having problems.<br/><br/>#GazaVerified #IsraelVerified #Spam #Scam #Fraud #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #Russia #Bots #Ukraine #UkraineWar<br/> <img src="https://fairy.id/system/media_attachments/files/117/432/242/321/659/972/original/23dbe8f767c86f61.png"> <br/> 2026-10-13T06:44:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfujl7aua9erlfqrj6wpxdcmg6xwc2sd2mry7x4q4edvggu7wpd8czyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpexcn8vnl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfxqjaqnqqhn8zfkc59jrr2vqtl7g27j7j5tdwjfxa394uepyjaxc48layx'>nevent1q…layx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No, rather, I block User1 and so User2 chimes in on my thread. Or User3 tags me in another post.<br/><br/>The scam group has a few hundred &#34;members&#34; and a bunch of dummy accounts, plus it had their own supporter too. I wasn&#39;t fighting a lone wolf, but a collective that closely reminded me of a call center scam. 2026-10-13T04:38:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ukdx3xkueg8v6z3uf6pxmes2dk5jwxhhfvxg8dxwl7wlnaapd4gzyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpexw4n2k0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrplrquu79rxury84zan2j6983jkpde4lpvgrgghg5ngt528aetzswje75l'>nevent1q…e75l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Many of the virtual machine platforms have surprisingly dropped support of old Windows version.<br/><br/>I think you can still load XP onto one, but I recall it was limited compared to previous VMs. For example, I think sound was missing. 2026-10-07T21:11:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz5dz9uhtwkry9ff76tqwkp7x3gr5s0chv4fc2056rkgj8nhft2jczyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpex2kvfp6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8xf84s6lx8ku5ecl55vvyr0d3qlf20vu33m80np0a4hqzgya98qgv9fssm'>nevent1q…fssm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Black &amp; White<br/>Black &amp; White Creature Isle<br/><br/>Black &amp; White 2<br/>Black &amp; White 2 Battle of the Gods<br/><br/>Oh, how I wish, I could get those games to play on Linux, today. 2026-10-07T21:01:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsypxy02jvle4dhg6gujhc9xgptx6v4c8tn4yenhdzprs3zua2k0lczyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpex2zzq03 Let&#39;s take a moment to explore the concept of my block list.<br/><br/>&#34;Billy Bob&#34; is like:<br/><br/>&gt; &#34;I like child porn and share photos and videos of child porn.&#34;<br/><br/>So naturally, Billy Bob ends up on the block list. But along comes &#34;Mary Sue,&#34; and she is like:<br/><br/>&gt; &#34;I support Billy Bob, and I am going to like, share, and boost Billy Bob&#39;s post.&#34;<br/><br/>So naturally, Mary Sue ends up on the block list. Then along comes &#34;John Doe,&#34; and he is like:<br/><br/>&gt; &#34;It is completely unfair of you to add Mary Sue to your block list! Mary Sue is not Billy Bob — and so what if she is liking, sharing, and boosting Billy Bob&#39;s child porn post? I do not believe anyone should use your block list, and I insist that people should block you instead.&#34;<br/><br/>A wise person sees the problem and knows why all of these people are now on the block list, and why anyone who claims the block list is unfair should also be on the block list. No one should be defending child porn, nor the individuals who like, share, and boost child porn posts, nor should they come to the defense of such individuals while denouncing both the block list and its creator.<br/><br/>I am applying this exact same logic to spammers and scammers. It is not a hard concept to understand, and it is not unfair either — unless you are pro-spammer and pro-scammer.<br/><br/>(Speaking personally, I see scammers as just as bad as pedophiles, because they too often prey upon the weak, vulnerable, and defenseless. Scammers are known to target the young, the elderly, and the disabled.)<br/><br/><a href="https://gitlab.com/Fediverse-Express/Fediverse/-/blob/main/block_spam_scam_users.csv?ref_type=heads&amp;plain=1">https://gitlab.com/Fediverse-Express/Fediverse/-/blob/main/block_spam_scam_users.csv?ref_type=heads&amp;plain=1</a> <br/><br/>#Spam #Scam #Fraud #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #Pedophiles #pedophile #FediBlock #Fediverse #ActivityPub #BlockList 2026-10-04T23:50:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxckxjl48g58dx5rfc4x8yunzqfg25c08ze5j8sw72ds29hhz0r2czyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpex6wp6q9 The End of the Fediverse<br/><br/>It all comes down to money and availability.<br/><br/>You, whether you like it or not, are a valuable resource, and so is all your content and your users&#39; content. There is no law preventing AI from combing through your site, and it will.<br/><br/>Meta&#39;s AI already makes micro-instances and uses Mozilla Firefox to browse sites, preventing people from blocking a user agent. Their AI can even register and join your community, and CAPTCHAs are not a problem. They are already exploring piggybacking off their apps — think Tor, but for Meta — and soon even consumer IPs will not be a safe bet.<br/><br/>Resistance is futile.<br/><br/>Locking down the Fediverse means people cannot know if your community is one where they will be welcomed until after they join — assuming you even have registration open.<br/><br/>If worse comes to worse, AI can simply launch their own Fedi site, joining the network, and scraping content by Federating. The very thing that makes the Fediverse, the Fediverse.. <br/><br/>This is what killed community forums. We are seeing this now within the Fediverse.<br/><br/>It all came down to money and availability: who has it and who does not.<br/><br/>#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #PixelFed #PeerTube #AI #ArtificialIntelligence 2026-10-01T00:54:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxffche5utfuqche7mx58jd9c8wfqxxy3arauzck7wk39qpf5c6mszyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpex7awf85 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswypqgs2z2wwlhyq9443yqzj6rfa27auuv3mceynjex4hx9p3e2sga0ccrs'>nevent1q…ccrs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is unfortunately illegal to shoot down a drone or intentionally interfere with its flight path. 2026-09-27T04:37:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs83j5mfsaklcrsk2u2yewhrt5pldac3ekkdmxa3vnu0lamy93a37gzyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpexm5c65y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspet6k0uhcdjw09rzyxwuw64cw6afh4vx70nzc5m50tny8nlxujqglls5h6'>nevent1q…s5h6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is a two-part problem.<br/><br/>1) The AI scraping bots eat resources like a rich kid in a candy store.<br/><br/>2) The software being used is not optimized.<br/><br/>You can control one of these issues, and you can only manage the other. Together, they make up the whole problem.<br/><br/>When it comes to the automated crawlers scouring the web, you don&#39;t hold the keys to their architecture. You can&#39;t stop aggressive scrapers from hammering your servers, because external actors ultimately dictate that traffic. Your only play there is defensive management — implementing rate limits, setting up bot mitigation, and bracing for the constant drain on your bandwidth.<br/><br/>On the flip side, your own codebase is entirely your domain. Leaving software un-optimized while external bots are already bleeding your system dry is like leaving your front door wide open during a neighborhood burglary. Fixing inefficient queries, streamlining your back-end, and tightening up your code won&#39;t stop the bots from showing up, but it ensures that when they do, they aren&#39;t eating up ten times the resources they rightfully should.<br/><br/>#Mastodon #Misskey #Fediverse 2026-09-24T16:56:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp0ukgnhfgt4zc2nqpkyu8seqrc2yx03qspy0lwcc8r7qpf72r8mgzyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpexmkurwz RE: <a href="https://fairy.id/@Linux/117150757705341481">https://fairy.id/@Linux/117150757705341481</a><br/><br/>One of my pet peeves concerning human society.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1mzgxl7rv92avw6lffggsfwc3e4gsf7ny5vhx8n8l43s5hfcxj2pq39fttq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1mzg…fttq</a></span><br/> </div> You can lead a person to knowledge, but you can't make them think.<br/><br/>You can give someone the facts, but you can't make them comprehend. </blockquote> 2026-08-24T13:41:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd3yr0lpkz4wk8d0555ygyhvgu65gylfj2xtnrenl6cc2t5urf9qszyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpexx7etxr You can lead a person to knowledge, but you can&#39;t make them think.<br/><br/>You can give someone the facts, but you can&#39;t make them comprehend. 2026-08-24T13:38:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqrk90gr6yk8pum87mvnh268zlr6mpuq8yp8lwvr7ytrj0dg4te0qzyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpex6chv29 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf05hrn7d9d3q0nq2mvr76vey8xpk42lcw2ctfr8sq85c907hrvkss6xnhd'>nevent1q…xnhd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My planet.moe account has been around for nearly 2 years.<br/><br/>But I always use it as a backup since the 500 character limit drives me nuts. You often see me move my main alot. 2026-08-10T23:42:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw6tmmeleqarym02zc83h04krshjktpk6xxc9lhflfulkf4gachrczyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpex3ljfuv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfg0s6x80zm5tfkeqc02xw4y8ll8tkn032rnq3wrprvz72rscx87syeqeuz'>nevent1q…qeuz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks for the return follow. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fs057kjrpxrmxxnl7urp8amxln0kp3tspzyzy3mgf382tn7apqnsah5krx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Patrick</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fs0…5krx</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>I swear, it wasn&#39;t me this time. lol 🤣<br/> <img src="https://fairy.id/system/media_attachments/files/117/073/824/904/114/620/original/39ad8e031f9d80e7.png"> <br/> 2026-08-10T23:33:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfg0s6x80zm5tfkeqc02xw4y8ll8tkn032rnq3wrprvz72rscx87szyrw2487jlyx0mx06sxnpasdyw6tfltpyk2t9umhe85awzl2ptdpexmd599w The unimaginable has happened. 🤯<br/><br/>Someone made me an administrator elsewhere (on another website). I referenced this fact (cross-post) while on Planet.moe, but I was talking about the other site. However, Planet.moe mistook it as me trying to claim I was an admin on their site. It is clearly a misunderstanding.<br/><br/>I filed an appeal explaining this and expressing my willingness to provide proof of the misunderstanding.<br/> <img src="https://fairy.id/system/media_attachments/files/117/073/640/664/848/043/original/46a643c990210ee6.png"> <br/> 2026-08-10T22:54:19Z