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"A incapacidade de Luís Montenegro para o cargo de Primeiro-ministro não esconde a incapacidade do Governo para responder aos problemas do país. No primeiro ano de mandato do PSD, os preços da habitação aumentaram ainda mais depressa e o SNS acelerou a sua trajetória de degradação. A alteração da lei dos solos, que liberaliza a especulação nos terrenos rústicos, e os vários projetos de privatização de hospitais e centros de saúde expõem o projeto político do Governo: as elites a governarem para as elites. Aos lucros de 5 mil milhões dos principais bancos, o PSD respondeu (com a ajuda do PS) com uma descida do IRC pago pelas grandes empresas. À falta de casas, respondeu com a liberalização do Alojamento Local. E preparava-se agora para o assalto às leis laborais e à Segurança Social.
Ao mesmo tempo, o PSD procurou o apoio da extrema-direita na política de migração e na agenda conservadora contra as mulheres e as pessoas LGBTQI+.
A condição minoritária do Governo atrasa, no entanto, o projeto da direita. Na lei dos solos, a apreciação parlamentar apresentada pelo Bloco com o PCP, o Livre e o PAN obrigou a um recuo do PS e do Chega e impôs uma derrota ao Governo. As nossas denúncias sobre os conflitos de interesses na elaboração do Programa de Emergência da Saúde levaram à demissão do seu responsável." 2/3
"A incapacidade de Luís Montenegro para o cargo de Primeiro-ministro não esconde a incapacidade do Governo para responder aos problemas do país. No primeiro ano de mandato do PSD, os preços da habitação aumentaram ainda mais depressa e o SNS acelerou a sua trajetória de degradação. A alteração da lei dos solos, que liberaliza a especulação nos terrenos rústicos, e os vários projetos de privatização de hospitais e centros de saúde expõem o projeto político do Governo: as elites a governarem para as elites. Aos lucros de 5 mil milhões dos principais bancos, o PSD respondeu (com a ajuda do PS) com uma descida do IRC pago pelas grandes empresas. À falta de casas, respondeu com a liberalização do Alojamento Local. E preparava-se agora para o assalto às leis laborais e à Segurança Social.
Ao mesmo tempo, o PSD procurou o apoio da extrema-direita na política de migração e na agenda conservadora contra as mulheres e as pessoas LGBTQI+.
A condição minoritária do Governo atrasa, no entanto, o projeto da direita. Na lei dos solos, a apreciação parlamentar apresentada pelo Bloco com o PCP, o Livre e o PAN obrigou a um recuo do PS e do Chega e impôs uma derrota ao Governo. As nossas denúncias sobre os conflitos de interesses na elaboração do Programa de Emergência da Saúde levaram à demissão do seu responsável." 2/3
#ptpol - Podia ter sido eu a escrever isto:
"O primeiro-ministro, Luís Montenegro, quebrou o dever legal de exclusividade ao receber avenças da sua atividade empresarial durante o primeiro ano do seu mandato e esconde até hoje informações sobre a atividade da empresa Spinumviva. Por estes motivos, Montenegro não tem legitimidade para continuar a ser primeiro-ministro. Sem legitimidade formal, procura legitimar-se politicamente impondo uma moção de confiança no parlamento ou, perante a sua anunciada rejeição pela maioria dos deputados, eleições antecipadas. Assim, a crise política é a escolha de Luís Montenegro para evitar prestar esclarecimentos, fugir às responsabilidades e recuperar o seu futuro político individual." 1/n
#ptpol - Podia ter sido eu a escrever isto:
"O primeiro-ministro, Luís Montenegro, quebrou o dever legal de exclusividade ao receber avenças da sua atividade empresarial durante o primeiro ano do seu mandato e esconde até hoje informações sobre a atividade da empresa Spinumviva. Por estes motivos, Montenegro não tem legitimidade para continuar a ser primeiro-ministro. Sem legitimidade formal, procura legitimar-se politicamente impondo uma moção de confiança no parlamento ou, perante a sua anunciada rejeição pela maioria dos deputados, eleições antecipadas. Assim, a crise política é a escolha de Luís Montenegro para evitar prestar esclarecimentos, fugir às responsabilidades e recuperar o seu futuro político individual." 1/n
Com a crise política a decorrer, é fácil não prestar atenção ao que entretanto a classe política vai fazendo. Assim, vale a pena destacar este alerta da #zero :
Ideias veiculadas nas últimas semanas para forçar a componente rodoviária na Terceira Travessia e construção de novo túnel rodoviário Algés-Trafaria são inaceitáveis
Na sequência das notícias que vieram recentemente a público que dão conta de que o governo terá decidido propor duas novas travessias rodoviárias sobre o rio Tejo, a ZERO considera inaceitável que, num momento em que as emissões do setor dos transportes colocam gravemente em risco as metas climáticas do país, sejam apresentadas ideias que agravariam seriamente esses riscos através do aumento de capacidade dos acessos rodoviários à capital do país.
Quando a principal prioridade em mobilidade urbana deve ser a redução significativa do uso de transporte individual, a diminuição dos tempos de viagem no transporte público e compartilhado, além da eletrificação dos veículos de grande circulação, é incompreensível que se invista tempo e recursos na busca por formas de financiar grandes obras, como a construção de rodovias entre Algés e Trafaria e na ponte ferroviária essencial Barreiro-Chelas, que inevitavelmente aumentariam o uso de carros[...].
https://zero.ong/noticias/tejo-duas-margens-unidas-por-mais-carros-e-proposta-insustentavel/
Com a crise política a decorrer, é fácil não prestar atenção ao que entretanto a classe política vai fazendo. Assim, vale a pena destacar este alerta da #zero :
Ideias veiculadas nas últimas semanas para forçar a componente rodoviária na Terceira Travessia e construção de novo túnel rodoviário Algés-Trafaria são inaceitáveis
Na sequência das notícias que vieram recentemente a público que dão conta de que o governo terá decidido propor duas novas travessias rodoviárias sobre o rio Tejo, a ZERO considera inaceitável que, num momento em que as emissões do setor dos transportes colocam gravemente em risco as metas climáticas do país, sejam apresentadas ideias que agravariam seriamente esses riscos através do aumento de capacidade dos acessos rodoviários à capital do país.
Quando a principal prioridade em mobilidade urbana deve ser a redução significativa do uso de transporte individual, a diminuição dos tempos de viagem no transporte público e compartilhado, além da eletrificação dos veículos de grande circulação, é incompreensível que se invista tempo e recursos na busca por formas de financiar grandes obras, como a construção de rodovias entre Algés e Trafaria e na ponte ferroviária essencial Barreiro-Chelas, que inevitavelmente aumentariam o uso de carros[...].
https://zero.ong/noticias/tejo-duas-margens-unidas-por-mais-carros-e-proposta-insustentavel/
First #FridayReads of #MarchMysteryMadness #2025 with Stephen Chance's "Septimus and the Minster Ghost" - the second in the series - in a Faber Finds edition. 
Stephen Chance's "Septimus and the Minster Ghost" in a Faber Finds edition: White cover, grey text surrounded by a red frame.
First #FridayReads of #MarchMysteryMadness #2025 with Stephen Chance's "Septimus and the Minster Ghost" - the second in the series - in a Faber Finds edition. Stephen Chance's "Septimus and the Minster Ghost" in a Faber Finds edition: White cover, grey text surrounded by a red frame.
Palavras de Francisco Ferreira na mais recente newsletter da #ZERO :
"Há poucas semanas, esta nova Comissão (apesar da mesma Presidente Ursula von der Leyen), apresentou o chamado pacote legislativo “omnibus”. [...]
A proposta #Omnibus pretende alterar três pilares fundamentais do Pacto Ecológico Europeu - a Diretiva de Dever de Diligência das Empresas em Sustentabilidade (#CSDDD), a Diretiva de Comunicação de Informações de Sustentabilidade das Empresas (#CSRD) e o Regulamento de Taxonomia. Tal pode comprometer os objetivos climáticos e sociais da União Europeia. O argumento da simplificação regulatória, usado pela Comissão Europeia, vai, na prática, resultar no enfraquecimento de regras fundamentais que garantem transparência empresarial, redução de emissões e proteção dos direitos humanos nas cadeias de fornecimento globais. Além disso, essa revisão legislativa ameaça as empresas que já investiram na transição sustentável, favorecendo aquelas que ainda não se adaptaram às exigências ambientais e sociais.
Quando a Europa deveria ser um farol à escala mundial, num mundo ameaçado por enormes crises ambientais, estamos afinal a retroceder em áreas fundamentais para o futuro."
Palavras de Francisco Ferreira na mais recente newsletter da #ZERO :
"Há poucas semanas, esta nova Comissão (apesar da mesma Presidente Ursula von der Leyen), apresentou o chamado pacote legislativo “omnibus”. [...]
A proposta #Omnibus pretende alterar três pilares fundamentais do Pacto Ecológico Europeu - a Diretiva de Dever de Diligência das Empresas em Sustentabilidade (#CSDDD), a Diretiva de Comunicação de Informações de Sustentabilidade das Empresas (#CSRD) e o Regulamento de Taxonomia. Tal pode comprometer os objetivos climáticos e sociais da União Europeia. O argumento da simplificação regulatória, usado pela Comissão Europeia, vai, na prática, resultar no enfraquecimento de regras fundamentais que garantem transparência empresarial, redução de emissões e proteção dos direitos humanos nas cadeias de fornecimento globais. Além disso, essa revisão legislativa ameaça as empresas que já investiram na transição sustentável, favorecendo aquelas que ainda não se adaptaram às exigências ambientais e sociais.
Quando a Europa deveria ser um farol à escala mundial, num mundo ameaçado por enormes crises ambientais, estamos afinal a retroceder em áreas fundamentais para o futuro."
Para a #musiquinta de #carnaval uma foto mas sem link, que não encontro estas músicas online.
"Gande Carnaval de Verão 1974" é um disco de Carnaval em que as letras foram alteradas para promover a #Tupperware :-P 
Foto do disco a ser tocado
Para a #musiquinta de #carnaval uma foto mas sem link, que não encontro estas músicas online.
"Gande Carnaval de Verão 1974" é um disco de Carnaval em que as letras foram alteradas para promover a #Tupperware :-P Foto do disco a ser tocado
Já se percebeu que o CDS quer voltar a ir a votos coligado com o PSD, em Maio, mas a grande questão política do momento agora é: será que o PPM continua a querer apoiar Montenegro?
#ptpol
Já se percebeu que o CDS quer voltar a ir a votos coligado com o PSD, em Maio, mas a grande questão política do momento agora é: será que o PPM continua a querer apoiar Montenegro?
#ptpol
Demorou demasiado, mas a próxima versão do yt-dlp vai voltar a suportar a RTP! Quer isto dizer que já podem facilmente aceder aos conteúdos diferidos da RTP, bastando para isso usar o yt-dlp. Enquanto a nova versão (com esta e outras alterações) não sai, podem já usá-lo através da versão git, disponível em https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp .
Demorou demasiado, mas a próxima versão do yt-dlp vai voltar a suportar a RTP! Quer isto dizer que já podem facilmente aceder aos conteúdos diferidos da RTP, bastando para isso usar o yt-dlp. Enquanto a nova versão (com esta e outras alterações) não sai, podem já usá-lo através da versão git, disponível em https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp .
#MaradoWeekly #WeeklyPlant Week 09 
For the first time, this year this "japanese quince" flowered. I only think it is a japanese quince now due to the red flower with yellow stems in this picture, I had no clue what it was previously.
#MaradoWeekly #WeeklyPlant Week 09 For the first time, this year this "japanese quince" flowered. I only think it is a japanese quince now due to the red flower with yellow stems in this picture, I had no clue what it was previously.
I've written before about the use of US cloud services within EU and how that goes against the GDPR, even with all the attempts to create exceptions. The latest exception was being challenged, but hinged on a few things that the new US administration is tearing down.
EuroActiv has a nice new article about all of this:
https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/deafening-commission-silence-with-no-credible-eu-us-data-oversight-left/
The most important thing there, for me, is at the end:
"if the EU executive does scrap the deal, it will undoubtedly be seen as a political move against Washington. Better to say and do nothing in the meantime, seems to be the policy.
But silence can’t last forever.
On 5 February, 19 MEPs from across the political spectrum called on the Commission to address the question of whether the DPF is still viable. The Commission has until 19 March to respond in writing.
On 6 February, the chair of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee wrote to Commissioner McGrath asking whether the DPF still meets the essential equivalence requirement established by the ECJ after the PCLOB shootings and whether this affects the validity of the DPF.
Schrems told Euractiv that the Commission's silence could leave companies in the legal limbo of an invalidated DPF.
“My biggest worry... is that there is no fucking contingency plan,” he said."
I've written before about the use of US cloud services within EU and how that goes against the GDPR, even with all the attempts to create exceptions. The latest exception was being challenged, but hinged on a few things that the new US administration is tearing down.
EuroActiv has a nice new article about all of this:
https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/deafening-commission-silence-with-no-credible-eu-us-data-oversight-left/
The most important thing there, for me, is at the end:
"if the EU executive does scrap the deal, it will undoubtedly be seen as a political move against Washington. Better to say and do nothing in the meantime, seems to be the policy.
But silence can’t last forever.
On 5 February, 19 MEPs from across the political spectrum called on the Commission to address the question of whether the DPF is still viable. The Commission has until 19 March to respond in writing.
On 6 February, the chair of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee wrote to Commissioner McGrath asking whether the DPF still meets the essential equivalence requirement established by the ECJ after the PCLOB shootings and whether this affects the validity of the DPF.
Schrems told Euractiv that the Commission's silence could leave companies in the legal limbo of an invalidated DPF.
“My biggest worry... is that there is no fucking contingency plan,” he said."
It has been interesting to see so many reflecting at the same time about the current state and the possible future of web browsers - even if it was fired up by some bad news from @mozillaofficial@mozillaofficial.
Still, it is important to acknowledge what is and has been going on - how a web browser currently became a lot more than just a piece of software implementing a number of open standards, how they are all basically based over one of two existing browser agents (Gecko and Webkit) with the emergence of two upcoming ones (Servo and LibWeb); the difficulties of creating or maintaining a new web browser, or how dependent are all firefox forks (or older, harder derivatives like SeaMonkey) of Mozilla (both Firefox and Gecko).
I'm not trying to get to any point with this text, but rather to highlight that now is the time to have a few conversations around open standards, and in particular web standards. And as it happens, the "annual day" to have discussions of that sort is around the corner: @dff@dff's Document Freedom Day 2025 is already in the 26th of this month. So why aren't there more events on the map? How is your community, user group, etc. going to mark and celebrate this day?
Organize something, and put it on the events map, right this way: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/dfd
It has been interesting to see so many reflecting at the same time about the current state and the possible future of web browsers - even if it was fired up by some bad news from @mozillaofficial@mozillaofficial.
Still, it is important to acknowledge what is and has been going on - how a web browser currently became a lot more than just a piece of software implementing a number of open standards, how they are all basically based over one of two existing browser agents (Gecko and Webkit) with the emergence of two upcoming ones (Servo and LibWeb); the difficulties of creating or maintaining a new web browser, or how dependent are all firefox forks (or older, harder derivatives like SeaMonkey) of Mozilla (both Firefox and Gecko).
I'm not trying to get to any point with this text, but rather to highlight that now is the time to have a few conversations around open standards, and in particular web standards. And as it happens, the "annual day" to have discussions of that sort is around the corner: @dff@dff's Document Freedom Day 2025 is already in the 26th of this month. So why aren't there more events on the map? How is your community, user group, etc. going to mark and celebrate this day?
Organize something, and put it on the events map, right this way: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/dfd
Nice try: focus on the particulars, ignore the big issue.
@mozillaofficial@mozillaofficial reacted once more to the outcry regarding the introduction of Terms of Use to #Firefox. Instead of addressing the fact that neither Firefox needs or it is desirable to its users that it has Terms of Use, thet propose to make changes to the terms, clarifying things.
Their changes are meaningless: even if you were only focused on the fact that their Terms were bad, well - they still are. But with this announcement also comes a clear "justification" for it all:
"In order to make Firefox commercially viable, there are a number of places where we collect and share some data with our partners"
This is what you do NOT want your web browser to do, but now apparently Mozilla is in the data broker business and the browser is their means towards that data (in order to be commercially viable, no less). They are not going to move away from this - but in doing so they're definitively moving away from the software freedom community.
It's a shame but we'll survive, we always do. For now, firefox forks will see their user numbers grow. If Mozilla will be able to survive a shift like this, that's another question entirely. I am nowadays inclined to hope they won't.
@plwt@plwt https://mstdn.social/@plwt/114084052379738116
Nice try: focus on the particulars, ignore the big issue.
@mozillaofficial@mozillaofficial reacted once more to the outcry regarding the introduction of Terms of Use to #Firefox. Instead of addressing the fact that neither Firefox needs or it is desirable to its users that it has Terms of Use, thet propose to make changes to the terms, clarifying things.
Their changes are meaningless: even if you were only focused on the fact that their Terms were bad, well - they still are. But with this announcement also comes a clear "justification" for it all:
"In order to make Firefox commercially viable, there are a number of places where we collect and share some data with our partners"
This is what you do NOT want your web browser to do, but now apparently Mozilla is in the data broker business and the browser is their means towards that data (in order to be commercially viable, no less). They are not going to move away from this - but in doing so they're definitively moving away from the software freedom community.
It's a shame but we'll survive, we always do. For now, firefox forks will see their user numbers grow. If Mozilla will be able to survive a shift like this, that's another question entirely. I am nowadays inclined to hope they won't.
@plwt@plwt https://mstdn.social/@plwt/114084052379738116
So, #Mozilla wrote something up to "explain" their #Firefox move. Read it in full here:
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/information-about-the-new-terms-of-use-and-updated-privacy/m-p/87922/highlight/true#M33705
TLDR? It's bull. Let's dive in?
They focus basically in saying three things:
1) Mozilla needs a license to your data to do things like sending your words to a search engine;
2) there's #AI stuff that needs ToS and Priv. Policy;
3) the acceptable use policy was already in place at Mozilla for the website, etc..
Why bull?
1) if what I type on Firefox (the browser) was sent to Mozilla so they could send it to the search engine, then they'd need access to it. It's not how a browser works or how a privacy-caring browser should ever work. Since what goes on between my Firefox textfields and the browsers I submit to is between us and then, Mozilla should have nothing to do with that data, with or without license.
2) They talk about two kinds of AI: AI services you can access to from Firefox, and AI offline and private abilities within Firefox. For the first, each of those services - if we choose to use them - can and should have their own ToS (distinct from Firefox or any other software used to reach them). AI services running locally should never share anything with anyone, so there's no licenses Mozilla should get.
3) Keep your website's ToS to your website, I don't need it on Firefox - and Mozilla neither.
So, #Mozilla wrote something up to "explain" their #Firefox move. Read it in full here:
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/information-about-the-new-terms-of-use-and-updated-privacy/m-p/87922/highlight/true#M33705
TLDR? It's bull. Let's dive in?
They focus basically in saying three things:
1) Mozilla needs a license to your data to do things like sending your words to a search engine;
2) there's #AI stuff that needs ToS and Priv. Policy;
3) the acceptable use policy was already in place at Mozilla for the website, etc..
Why bull?
1) if what I type on Firefox (the browser) was sent to Mozilla so they could send it to the search engine, then they'd need access to it. It's not how a browser works or how a privacy-caring browser should ever work. Since what goes on between my Firefox textfields and the browsers I submit to is between us and then, Mozilla should have nothing to do with that data, with or without license.
2) They talk about two kinds of AI: AI services you can access to from Firefox, and AI offline and private abilities within Firefox. For the first, each of those services - if we choose to use them - can and should have their own ToS (distinct from Firefox or any other software used to reach them). AI services running locally should never share anything with anyone, so there's no licenses Mozilla should get.
3) Keep your website's ToS to your website, I don't need it on Firefox - and Mozilla neither.
Este tema da #musiquinta não é bem a minha onda, mas acho que esta música serve quanto baste (pelo menos dançada à minha moda):
DVAR - Bedrii Wedrii
https://dvar.bandcamp.com/track/bedrii-wedrii 
foto do CD "fayah!" dos DVAR, de onde veio a música escolhida esta semana
Este tema da #musiquinta não é bem a minha onda, mas acho que esta música serve quanto baste (pelo menos dançada à minha moda):
DVAR - Bedrii Wedrii
https://dvar.bandcamp.com/track/bedrii-wedrii foto do CD "fayah!" dos DVAR, de onde veio a música escolhida esta semana
The "official conversation" is happening here:
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/information-about-the-new-terms-of-use-and-updated-privacy/m-p/87735
There they tell users that "You stay in control". Unfortunately, their new Terms of Use say that:
"Every once in a while, Mozilla may decide to update these Terms. We will post the updated Terms online. We will take your continued use of Firefox as acceptance of such changes."
No matter how common this has become over the past years, this is quite unacceptable, and Firefox users deserve better from Mozilla. The fact that they can unilaterally change the terms and users are automatically bound to them (as soon as they use the browser again - even if they're using it to open the document where they can see the date on the terms!) is not a fair agreement - and works against the claim that "You stay in control".
The "official conversation" is happening here:
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/information-about-the-new-terms-of-use-and-updated-privacy/m-p/87735
There they tell users that "You stay in control". Unfortunately, their new Terms of Use say that:
"Every once in a while, Mozilla may decide to update these Terms. We will post the updated Terms online. We will take your continued use of Firefox as acceptance of such changes."
No matter how common this has become over the past years, this is quite unacceptable, and Firefox users deserve better from Mozilla. The fact that they can unilaterally change the terms and users are automatically bound to them (as soon as they use the browser again - even if they're using it to open the document where they can see the date on the terms!) is not a fair agreement - and works against the claim that "You stay in control".
@mozillaofficial@mozillaofficial in the meantime updated their news item to add this "explanation" regarding one of the items within the terms that has been criticized:
"We need a license to allow us to make some of the basic functionality of Firefox possible. Without it, we couldn’t use information typed into Firefox, for example."
In the explanation, they don't tell us -what- is that "some basic functionality" they refer to, or why would Mozilla need to use information typed into Firefox, for example.
@mozillaofficial@mozillaofficial in the meantime updated their news item to add this "explanation" regarding one of the items within the terms that has been criticized:
"We need a license to allow us to make some of the basic functionality of Firefox possible. Without it, we couldn’t use information typed into Firefox, for example."
In the explanation, they don't tell us -what- is that "some basic functionality" they refer to, or why would Mozilla need to use information typed into Firefox, for example.
@mozillaofficial@mozillaofficial decided to add "Terms of Use" to #Firefox.
If you just asked "WTF?", welcome to the club.
Of course, this doesn't make sense, it couldn't be just like that... so I went on and read the terms. The trick is specifically on this bit:
"These Terms only apply to the Executable Code version of Firefox, not the Firefox source code."
So sure, Firefox is still the Free Software codebase you were used to, only now if you want to use not the code but Mozilla's distributed binaries, you'll do so while also agreeing to some Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
The trick is, of course, to not use their binaries. In practice, things are a bit trickier. Ubuntu, for instance, was more than happy to ditch their self-compiled Firefox packages and use Mozilla-provided snaps instead.
But trickier or not... well, Mozilla has just made an unhappy user base unhappier - and I hope they reap what they are sowing.
@sarahjamielewis@sarahjamielewis https://mastodon.social/@sarahjamielewis/114072293410465140
@mozillaofficial@mozillaofficial decided to add "Terms of Use" to #Firefox.
If you just asked "WTF?", welcome to the club.
Of course, this doesn't make sense, it couldn't be just like that... so I went on and read the terms. The trick is specifically on this bit:
"These Terms only apply to the Executable Code version of Firefox, not the Firefox source code."
So sure, Firefox is still the Free Software codebase you were used to, only now if you want to use not the code but Mozilla's distributed binaries, you'll do so while also agreeing to some Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
The trick is, of course, to not use their binaries. In practice, things are a bit trickier. Ubuntu, for instance, was more than happy to ditch their self-compiled Firefox packages and use Mozilla-provided snaps instead.
But trickier or not... well, Mozilla has just made an unhappy user base unhappier - and I hope they reap what they are sowing.
@sarahjamielewis@sarahjamielewis https://mastodon.social/@sarahjamielewis/114072293410465140
"So old, but so old, that not even the Internet knows what it is!"
Dear Internet, can you prove them wrong and tell me what "Heller" from this tin box used to be? 
"Heller", a metal logo on a tin box' lid, both a bit rusty.
"So old, but so old, that not even the Internet knows what it is!"
Dear Internet, can you prove them wrong and tell me what "Heller" from this tin box used to be? "Heller", a metal logo on a tin box' lid, both a bit rusty.
"Today" is too late.
I know, the great is enemy of the good, we all have Things To Do (TM), and that's not your core business.
I've heard it all, and I know: there is a million reasons not to do something, specially if it doesn't affect you particularly. That’s why we (still?) have buildings with stairs but no ramps, digital systems without backups... or infrastructure running on proprietary third-parties.
I know, I've heard it all. You'd love to, but you really don't have an alternative to google docs yet, zoom can't be that bad anyway since everyone seems to use it, and here's our form you have to fill in - hosted by Qualtrics. Between the "you don't care because it isn't a problem to you" and the "I get you, I really do, but I don’t have the means to switch", we both know that your parents group will either remain on WhatsApp or move away from it "soon".
The problem is, it is already too late. What if there's someone needing their union, but the conversation happens over slack?
I know, change is hard. But it is also needed.
@dangoodin@dangoodin https://infosec.exchange/@dangoodin/114034183325328927
"Today" is too late.
I know, the great is enemy of the good, we all have Things To Do (TM), and that's not your core business.
I've heard it all, and I know: there is a million reasons not to do something, specially if it doesn't affect you particularly. That’s why we (still?) have buildings with stairs but no ramps, digital systems without backups... or infrastructure running on proprietary third-parties.
I know, I've heard it all. You'd love to, but you really don't have an alternative to google docs yet, zoom can't be that bad anyway since everyone seems to use it, and here's our form you have to fill in - hosted by Qualtrics. Between the "you don't care because it isn't a problem to you" and the "I get you, I really do, but I don’t have the means to switch", we both know that your parents group will either remain on WhatsApp or move away from it "soon".
The problem is, it is already too late. What if there's someone needing their union, but the conversation happens over slack?
I know, change is hard. But it is also needed.
@dangoodin@dangoodin https://infosec.exchange/@dangoodin/114034183325328927
Fiz uma pesquisa sobre o SNS, dei com uma coisa escrita pela DGS... no Facebook. Li, mas também vi as dezenas de comentários. Todos(!) eles eram comentários de desinformação (antivax), ainda que hovessem dois ou três "comentários de comentários" a tentar por algum juízo naquilo.
Fiz uma pesquisa sobre o SNS, dei com uma coisa escrita pela DGS... no Facebook. Li, mas também vi as dezenas de comentários. Todos(!) eles eram comentários de desinformação (antivax), ainda que hovessem dois ou três "comentários de comentários" a tentar por algum juízo naquilo.
TLDR: Enel wanted to use Android Auto in a way there was no API for, today EU's Justice Court said Google is using an abusive dominant position on Android Auto. Enel's issue was solved in the meantime (Google created an API), but the court's decision is still useful: it said "A refusal by an undertaking in a dominant position to ensure that its platform is interoperable with an app of another undertaking, which thereby becomes more attractive, can be abusive". Now, it is time for someone (*hint!*) to try to use a 3rd party Operating System with their Android Auto car, and sue if there are no APIs to make it happen. I can see the interest of folks like e_mydata or @ubports in being able to connect their OS and devices to cars...
https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-court-backs-italian-antitrust-ruling-against-google-curbs-android-auto-2025-02-25/
TLDR: Enel wanted to use Android Auto in a way there was no API for, today EU's Justice Court said Google is using an abusive dominant position on Android Auto. Enel's issue was solved in the meantime (Google created an API), but the court's decision is still useful: it said "A refusal by an undertaking in a dominant position to ensure that its platform is interoperable with an app of another undertaking, which thereby becomes more attractive, can be abusive". Now, it is time for someone (*hint!*) to try to use a 3rd party Operating System with their Android Auto car, and sue if there are no APIs to make it happen. I can see the interest of folks like e_mydata or @ubports in being able to connect their OS and devices to cars...
https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-court-backs-italian-antitrust-ruling-against-google-curbs-android-auto-2025-02-25/
2025 e no último dia dum prazo das finanças site borrega, outra vez.
2025 e no último dia dum prazo das finanças site borrega, outra vez.
#MaradoWeekly #WeeklyPlant Week 08 
A picture of the first open daffodil around here, this one raised indoors
#MaradoWeekly #WeeklyPlant Week 08 A picture of the first open daffodil around here, this one raised indoors
#musiquinta sobre "cachorro", a música que tinha em mente acho que já aqui a divulguei numa outra musiquinta, e em vez disso deixo-vos aqui uma música para chorar:
Ashram - Lucky's Song (My Dog)
https://youtu.be/oJ37mmym_LA
#musiquinta sobre "cachorro", a música que tinha em mente acho que já aqui a divulguei numa outra musiquinta, e em vez disso deixo-vos aqui uma música para chorar:
Ashram - Lucky's Song (My Dog)
https://youtu.be/oJ37mmym_LA
Mostra de Fanzines
17 de Maio de 2025, 15h às 23:59h
Grupo Recreativo de Santo António (Paio Pires) / CoopA
* lançamento do CoopAzine n° 4
* concerto por TRAS TE
* workshop de BD, para crianças, por PEPEDELRAY 
Cartaz com a informação que está no toot
Mostra de Fanzines
17 de Maio de 2025, 15h às 23:59h
Grupo Recreativo de Santo António (Paio Pires) / CoopA
* lançamento do CoopAzine n° 4
* concerto por TRAS TE
* workshop de BD, para crianças, por PEPEDELRAY Cartaz com a informação que está no toot
#MaradoWeekly #WeeklyPlant Week 07 
A rose tulip flower in front of an audio speaker
#MaradoWeekly #WeeklyPlant Week 07 A rose tulip flower in front of an audio speaker
A #FluConf retrospective article is out, and interesting reading. If you just want a TLDR:
1. "if you appreciated FluConf you might consider donating to BigBlueButton, or FFmpeg, the Internet Archive, or one of countless other bit of critical infrastructure"
2. "I'd like to be able to post the call for proposals for FluConf2026 no later than early October"
3. "This first edition was scheduled to coincide with FOSDEM, but I think that point's been made, and future editions could probably stand on their own merit at another time of year if there was some clear benefit."
4. "If you're interested in helping with anything like that, or if you have other ideas to share, then please do reach out via the Fediverse or the FluConf IRC channel"
The full article:
@fluconf@fluconf https://social.cryptography.dog/@fluconf/114014369536592074
A #FluConf retrospective article is out, and interesting reading. If you just want a TLDR:
1. "if you appreciated FluConf you might consider donating to BigBlueButton, or FFmpeg, the Internet Archive, or one of countless other bit of critical infrastructure"
2. "I'd like to be able to post the call for proposals for FluConf2026 no later than early October"
3. "This first edition was scheduled to coincide with FOSDEM, but I think that point's been made, and future editions could probably stand on their own merit at another time of year if there was some clear benefit."
4. "If you're interested in helping with anything like that, or if you have other ideas to share, then please do reach out via the Fediverse or the FluConf IRC channel"
The full article:
@fluconf@fluconf https://social.cryptography.dog/@fluconf/114014369536592074
It's #2025 and we're still discussing #gas reserves instead of talking about #BanFossilFuels ...
It's #2025 and we're still discussing #gas reserves instead of talking about #BanFossilFuels ...
#qotd 
September 21st.—Am struck, not for the first time, by extraordinary way in which final arrangements never are final, but continue to lead on to still further activities until parallel with eternity suggests itself, and brain in danger of reeling.
#qotd September 21st.—Am struck, not for the first time, by extraordinary way in which final arrangements never are final, but continue to lead on to still further activities until parallel with eternity suggests itself, and brain in danger of reeling.
This year for #ilovefs I also want to thank @lenovous@lenovous for selling Laptops with GNU/Linux in Portugal!
This year for #ilovefs I also want to thank @lenovous@lenovous for selling Laptops with GNU/Linux in Portugal!
I've learned that I can live without @kde@kde but I'm not able to live without #konsole, so... my first ❤️ of this year's #ilovefs goes to the lovely Konsole and specially The Konsole Developers!
https://konsole.kde.org/ 
A screenshot of Konsole where `figlet -c \#ILOVEFS` has been executed, and so it shows that hashtag in an ASCII drawing.
I've learned that I can live without @kde@kde but I'm not able to live without #konsole, so... my first ❤️ of this year's #ilovefs goes to the lovely Konsole and specially The Konsole Developers!
https://konsole.kde.org/ A screenshot of Konsole where `figlet -c \#ILOVEFS` has been executed, and so it shows that hashtag in an ASCII drawing.
#Clima: “A UE ateou o fogo e não pode esperar que outros países sejam os bombeiros”
(WWF quer mais da UE)
Excertos:
"As falhas que a UE tem vindo a cometer, alegam os autores do relatório, prejudicam os esforços de descarbonização e, denunciam ainda, incluem “subsídios aos combustíveis fósseis, licenças gratuitas para poluir para a indústria pesada ao abrigo do regime comunitário de comércio de licenças de emissão, a isenção de impostos para a aviação comercial[...]”."
“O aquecimento a curto prazo (anual) não equivale a uma violação permanente do objectivo do Acordo de Paris de 1,5 graus Celsius, mas esta violação a longo prazo pode ocorrer em breve: segundo o Copérnico [programa europeu de monitorização do clima e atmosfera], se a tendência de aquecimento de 30 anos até Dezembro de 2020 se mantivesse, o aquecimento global atingiria uma média a longo prazo de 1,5 graus Celsius em Janeiro de 2034”, destaca o relatório do WWF. E isso trará consequências dramáticas impossíveis de ignorar."
"Entretanto, na segunda-feira, terminou o prazo oficial para os países entregarem às Nações Unidas os seus planos de redução de emissões de gases com efeito de estufa até 2035. Cerca de 95% dos países não cumpriram a sua obrigação — entre os quais a União Europeia (Portugal incluído, claro)."
https://www.publico.pt/2025/02/11/azul/noticia/clima-ue-ateou-fogo-nao-esperar-paises-bombeiros-2122155
#Clima: “A UE ateou o fogo e não pode esperar que outros países sejam os bombeiros”
(WWF quer mais da UE)
Excertos:
"As falhas que a UE tem vindo a cometer, alegam os autores do relatório, prejudicam os esforços de descarbonização e, denunciam ainda, incluem “subsídios aos combustíveis fósseis, licenças gratuitas para poluir para a indústria pesada ao abrigo do regime comunitário de comércio de licenças de emissão, a isenção de impostos para a aviação comercial[...]”."
“O aquecimento a curto prazo (anual) não equivale a uma violação permanente do objectivo do Acordo de Paris de 1,5 graus Celsius, mas esta violação a longo prazo pode ocorrer em breve: segundo o Copérnico [programa europeu de monitorização do clima e atmosfera], se a tendência de aquecimento de 30 anos até Dezembro de 2020 se mantivesse, o aquecimento global atingiria uma média a longo prazo de 1,5 graus Celsius em Janeiro de 2034”, destaca o relatório do WWF. E isso trará consequências dramáticas impossíveis de ignorar."
"Entretanto, na segunda-feira, terminou o prazo oficial para os países entregarem às Nações Unidas os seus planos de redução de emissões de gases com efeito de estufa até 2035. Cerca de 95% dos países não cumpriram a sua obrigação — entre os quais a União Europeia (Portugal incluído, claro)."
https://www.publico.pt/2025/02/11/azul/noticia/clima-ue-ateou-fogo-nao-esperar-paises-bombeiros-2122155
#MaradoWeekly #WeeklyPlant Week 06 
An hot pink camellia
#MaradoWeekly #WeeklyPlant Week 06 An hot pink camellia