Joaquim Homrighausen

Glass Data Storage Could Preserve Information for Millennia Imagine storing 2 million books in a glass chip. Microsoft's Silica project is making it possible.

"Laser-Written Glass Could Store Data for Millennia

Microsoft’s Project Silica stores gigabits per cubic millimeter"

spectrum.ieee.org/glass-data-s...

The Canonical Smiley (and 1-Line Symbol) List 😎

marshall.freeshell.org/smileys.html

:*)

#smileys #retro #emoji #oldschool #devops #socialmedia

Oh the paradox 😎🥸

"The background agent couldn't fetch <whatever> (no network access), but I already handled it directly with <method>"

1. Everything it does is via the Internet
2. If it can circumvent "no network access", WTF is it whining about?

Sandboxing on a sandy beach, 200km long ...

#AI

social.overheid.nl - Mastodon Overheid Berichten van de overheid. Voor iedereen.

How about if the government branches and government organizations of more EU nations started "getting it" and began appearing on decentralized social media? 🤔

Like in the Netherlands on social.overheid.nl/about

#mastodon #fediverse #socialmedia #eu #eupol #dataskydd #dataprotection #privacy #gdpr

Uppgifter: Allvarligt hot mot energisystemen för hela Norden Uppgifter: Allvarligt hot mot energisystem • Myndigheter i internationell insats

"Främmande makt ”kan slå till i närtid” – mot hela Norden"

www.tv4.se/artikel/2aNm...

#sverige #sweden #svpol #infrastruktur #cyberhot #energi

Exclusive: US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives An internal diplomatic cable said such efforts could interfere with AI-related services.

Can you say "data sovereignty"? 🤔🙄🇪🇺

What a load of 💩

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

#uspol #eupol #eu #us #usa #privacy #gdpr #schrems #dataskydd #dataprotection #privacymatters

Switzerland: US analytics firm takes Republik magazine to court The American company Palantir Technologies has filed a lawsuit against Republik, an independent Swiss media outlet that published an in-depth ...

"The American company Palantir Technologies has filed a lawsuit against Republik, an independent Swiss media outlet that published an in-depth investigation into its activities."

europeanjournalists.org/blog/2026/02...

#palantir #republik #lawsuit #legal #analytics #efj #eu

European Parliament bars lawmakers from AI tools : Who knows where that helpful email summary is being generated?

Interesting. I wonder how they intend to enforce that ... 🤓🤔

"European Parliament bars lawmakers from using AI tools"

www.theregister.com/2026/02/17/e...

#Eu #europe #EUPolitics #AI

"AI" tools need a skill called "Pink Floyd". It should be a core feature that cannot be disabled.

If anyone would ever try to use "/disable pink floyd", the given response is obviously "One does not simply disable this".

It'll improve "AI" by at least 400% 🎸🎶

You're welcome.

#ai #llm #devops

Office Zero-Day Actively Exploited - CVE-2026-21509 Microsoft Office zero-day CVE-2026-21509 actively exploited. Every version from 2016 to 365 affected. Attackers bypass OLE protections via Shell.Explorer.1 COM object. Emergency patch available.

"Microsoft Office zero-day actively exploited" 🕵️ 🙄

(CVSS 7.8)

hackingpassion.com/office-zero-...

#cve202621509 #cybersec #cybersecurity #infosec #microsoft #office #microsoftoffice #ole

Washington's Dream - SNL YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

Washington's Dream - SNL 😄

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYqf...

#humor #funny #comedy #SNL

Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations Chat & Ask AI, which claims 50 million users, exposed private chats about suicide and making meth.

With "AI", what could possibly go wrong? 🤔

"AI": Hold my beer 👽

"Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations"

www.404media.co/massive-ai-c...

#AI #PrivacyBreach #PrivacyMatters #privacy #dataskydd #dataprotection #cybersecurity #cybersec #infosec #firebase

As a developer for 40+ years, I'm thinking my next project will only accept dates as Y-M-D, and force usage of 24h time ... 🤔

This is my silent revenge on y'all for not pushing for standardizing on the only logical date and time formats 😎 😉 🤓

#developer #standards #programming #devops

China hacked Downing Street phones for years Spying operation targeted senior government members, including aides to Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak

No surprises here, move along ...

"China hacked Downing Street phones for years" 🇨🇳 🇬🇧 🕵️ 📱

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...

#china #cybersecurity #cybersec #infosec #uk #unitedkingdom #surveillance

France to replace US's Teams and Zoom for 'sovereign control' France announced that it will roll out the Visio platform across all government departments by 2027.

France to ditch US platforms Microsoft Teams, Zoom for ‘sovereign platform’ amid security concerns 👌🏻

www.euronews.com/next/2026/01...

#france #microsoft #infrastructure #zoom #teams #microsoft #gdpr #privacy #dataskydd #dataprotection #sovereign

Ubiquiti: The U.S. Tech Enabling Russia's Drone War Based on Hunterbrook Media’s reporting, Hunterbrook Capital is short $UI and long a basket of comparable securities at the time of publication. Positions may change at any time. See full disclosures b...

American network equipment manufacturer Ubiquiti suppllies radio links/Internet bridges to the russian military including known war criminal units

hntrbrk.com/ubiquiti/

Customising Django Microsoft Entra ID Authentication I recently had need to add Microsoft Azure / Entra ID authentication to my Workload and Assessment Modelling (WAM) app, which is written in the rather excellent Django Python framework. After a lit…

This blog article is very much one of those I have written to save someone else many hours trying to solve the same niche problem. (Even if that is just future me).

How to customise Microsoft Authentication in a Python Django App.

www.piglets.org/blog/2025/12...

#Django #EntraID

Peter Thiel's New Model Army The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster

Interesting read, albeit somewhat long ...

broligarchy.substack.com/p/peter-thie...

#usa #uspol #uk #ukpol #unitedkingdom #europe #eupol

Alter Bridge - Blackbird (feat. The Parallax Orchestra) (Live At The Royal Albert Hall) [2018] YouTube video by M P

Honestly, I don't think I could deal with the world as it stands today, without rock'n'roll... 🤘🏻🍻

youtu.be/eyAgh_7CcmQ?...

#alterbridge #music #blackbird #rock #hardrock #rockmusic #rock

A beginner's guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative | TechCrunch Mastodon has almost doubled its userbase since Elon Musk took control of Twitter last month. Here's what you need to know about the platform.

"A beginner’s guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative"

techcrunch.com/2026/01/01/w...

#mastodon #Fediverse #twitter #facebook #socialmedia #PrivacyMatters #PrivacyFirst

"Bluetooth Headphones Can Be Weaponized to Hack Phones" 😑📵

www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/news...

#exploit #cybersec #cybersecurity #infosec #hacking #smartphone #Bluetooth

Gnomes surrounding a flower, celebrating the new year. Happy New Year!

To everyone, and before the festivities start (depending on where you are of course), wishing you and yours a Happy New Year! 🎆 🧨 🎇 🥂 🍻 🌠

(the flower is from one of my many photographs, the rest is "gnome fillers" 😊)

#newyear #party #newyearseve #newyear2026 #happynewyear #sweden #sverige

I wonder why @callofduty.com are so bad when it comes to banning cheaters from their games (like BO6 and BO7). It's as if they think that honest players will continue to feed their sales when they're not doing anything in return for them🤔

#callofduty #BlackOps7 #activision #gaming #game #gamers

AI Scientists Think There’s A Monster Inside ChatGPT YouTube video by Species | Documenting AGI

"AI scientists think there’s a monster inside ChatGPT" 🤔

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDUX...

#ai #chatgpt #shoggoth #llm

Why am I getting e-mails from MetaMask about "Enhance Your Wallet Security" sh*t when I don't have a MetaMask Wallet? 🤔

If someone donated a trillion euros to me via crypto, just reach out and say so, FFS!

#metamask

EU-US Data Transfers: Time to prepare for more trouble to come As instability in the US legal system becomes undeniable and the US shows open signs of hostility towards the EU, it is time to reconsider where our data is flowing

It's time for EU companies to prepare for more trouble to come 😑

noyb.eu/en/eu-us-dat...

#PrivacyMatters #dataskydd #dataprotection #GDPRcompliance #GDPR #Eu #usa

Bra "kanal" 😊

"Slöseriombudsmannen aka Philip Syrén"

www.100.se/program/slos...

#tv #onlinetv #slöseri #slöseriombudsmannen #sverige #svpol

Why does Google/YouTube have advertisements in the middle of the original Live Aid concerts? 🤔

I mean, sure, nobody likes Spandau Ballet, but do we really need dog food commercials in the middle of a charity concert? 😕

#liveaid #music #youtube #Google #greed #charity

Alternative to reCAPTCHA? Ran into mCaptcha, does anyone have any opinions about it? Or some other open source solution that can be self-hosted? 🤔 It does not have to be free.

#recaptcha #captcha #opensource #foss #oss #privacy #dataprotection #dataskydd #privacymatters #devops

I'm not really a petrolhead, but there's something beautiful about (some) older cars. These are Volvos from 1958 and 1969. I've added a Volkswagen Polo LS for comparison, I'll let you figure out which is which 🤓 😁 🚗

#volvo #cars #petrolhead #retrocars #Volkswagen