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Tariffs on parts but not new devices? That’s a double standard. More people will choose replacement over repair. That means more e-waste, fewer domestic repair jobs, and more dependence on imported tech.

We need policies that fix the system, not punish fixers.

(Notwithstanding the rumored retaliatory tariffs, which are TBD.)

Full article: ifixit.com/News/110121/tariff-…
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#iFixit #RightToRepair

Photo titled "Tariff Double Standard." On the left is an image of an iPhone 16 powered on, with the caption "Exempt," and on the right is an image of the same iPhone 16 disassembled, with the caption "Not Exempt," which is circled in a hand-drawn style. The text is in all-caps, and the graphics/text in the image are white & blue.

Tariff Exemptions Are Terrible News for Electronics Repairability

Apple succeeded in negotiating a tariff exemption for consumer electronics. Did you know that exemption doesn’t cover spare parts?
Charlie Sorrel (iFixit)
#RightToRepair #ifixit

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Just gave a talk on the project I've been working for six months: Start Your Own Internet Resiliency Club

Short version: collect a group of networking experts in the same city, buy them all LoRa radios and power banks, install Meshtastic, and pick a channel to communicate on. If you lose all power and communications, you can communicate over LoRa to bootstrap the recovery of the real internet

ripe90.ripe.net/programme/meet…

#RIPE90

Plenary – RIPE 90

A RIPE Meeting is a five-day event where Internet Service Providers (ISPs), network operators and other interested parties from all over the world gather.
ripe90.ripe.net
#ripe90

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#Nicole "the Fediverse chick" continues to be a spam menace in the Fediverse. Today we've seen her popping up on single person servers.

If you run a single person #instance please make sure sign-ups are closed. This can help limit Nicole's ability to multiply! Thanks!

#Fediversechick #sysadmin #mods #spam

#sysadmin #spam #nicole #instance #fediversechick #mods
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"So, when we first hear about the Insurrection Act, it may trigger our alarmism. But better to face it now, before it comes, than learn about it on-the-fly."

wagingnonviolence.org/2025/04/…


What to do if the Insurrection Act is invoked

With the Insurrection Act looming, now is the time to learn how it might unfold and the strategic ways to respond.
Daniel Hunter (Waging Nonviolence)

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Signal provides:

- Excellent protection against third party interception of communications (wiretapping).

- Limited protection against compromised (hacked) or lost devices

- No protection against certain common usage mistakes (accidentally including a reporter in your large group war planning chat).

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We stay strong against hate and hatred, and in response to the recent abuse campaign on our platform, we have renewed our commitment to fight for a better world. We apologize to everyone who was greeted with an abusive message this morning.

Read about the recent incident and our position on our blog: blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-stro…

Thanks to all your kind words of support, this is much appreciated. #StaySafe

#HateOnline #Hate #RightwingTrolls #rightwingExtremists

We stay strong against hate and hatred — Codeberg News

Codeberg is currently suffering from hate campaigns due to far-right forces,...
blog.codeberg.org
#Hate #staysafe #hateonline #rightwingtrolls #rightwingExtremists

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If you work in government and are asked to remove content from websites (as a result of executive orders), please use the HTTP status code 451 instead of 404.

451 is the correct status code to use for these cases, and you'll be doing the rest of the country a service by using it.

Addendum: you should also include a Link header with the link relation "blocked-by" that "Identifies the entity that blocks access to a resource following receipt of a legal demand."

rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7725.htm…

RFC 7725: An HTTP Status Code to Report Legal Obstacles

www.rfc-editor.org
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Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️

Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/up…

Whitehouse.gov captures from: 2008 Sept. 15; 2013 Mar. 21; 2017 Feb. 3; and 2021 Feb. 25

Update on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive | Internet Archive Blogs

blog.archive.org
@End of Term Archive

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Starting to get the itch to re-do my server, as this is the year Ubuntu 20.04 LTS loses support. Was thinking TrueNAS but wanted a little more freedom with lower ports. Now thinking about using #ZFSBootMenu on Alpine as a host for converting most everything to #docker :

docs.zfsbootmenu.org/en/v3.0.x…

Then make a few zpools for different benefits for my nextcloud docks and the other services I use...

Now not to get tempted with getting a refurb DL580 G9. 😅

UEFI — ZFSBootMenu 3.0.1 documentation

docs.zfsbootmenu.org
#docker #ZFSBootMenu

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Anyway, if you also want to be cool and help in archiving the US government, head on over to the Archive Team wiki at:

wiki.archiveteam.org/

You'll need the technical ability to be able to install VirtualBox or Docker and run an appliance/container.

You can also help archive other things, not just the US gov. There's a lot of the web that's at risk.

Archiveteam

wiki.archiveteam.org
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On the little server I have running here at home, I'm now helping @internetarchive back up US Government websites and data.

You can help, too:

1. Download and run the ArchiveTeam Warrior
2. Set the selected project to "usgovernment" (or select US Government from the available projects in the web interface)

I'm running Warrior as a container with podman, but there are various other ways to run it.

More details at wiki.archiveteam.org/

Archiveteam

wiki.archiveteam.org
@internetarchive

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Thought I'd write an #introduction for all those #newhere from the Musk exodus:

I'm an analytical chemist. I've hosted my own #Friendica node (instance) at my home since 2018, shortly after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. From there, I got bit by the #selfhosting bug and am now hosting my own #opensource replacements for many FAANG services.

Welcome all to the #fediverse ! If you are thinking about self-hosting and have questions, would be happy to help as able!
#introductions

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