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Irbis @irbis.sh · 26/08/2026

Irbis is growing into a more mature project, and we think it's time to formalise a collaborative design process. We're introducing RFCs: public proposals for substantial changes to Zen and how Irbis works. Anyone can review, comment, or propose one. github.com/irbis-sh/rfcs #opensource #privacy

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GitHub - irbis-sh/rfcs: RFCs for changes to Irbis projects.

RFCs for changes to Irbis projects. Contribute to irbis-sh/rfcs development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Irbis @irbis.sh · 09/08/2026

Zen v0.25.0 is out! 🚀 New: Vietnamese UI, performance/reliability tuning, install script for Linux, friendlier error pages. Fixed: proxy start failing on non-admin macOS accounts, autostart not working on Linux. Full notes: github.com/irbis-sh/zen... #privacy #opensource #freesoftware #adblocker

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Release v0.25.0 · irbis-sh/zen-desktop

What's New Xin chào! Zen's UI is now available in Vietnamese. Thanks to @vuanhvu11982! Fixed proxy start for non-admin macOS accounts Pressing "Start" failed on standard (non-admin) macOS accounts...

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Thom Yorke @thomyorke.wastehq.social · 29/06/2026

Live from Electric Lady Studios EP: now streaming waste.lnk.to/ty.lfelsBS

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 29/06/2026

God the recording quality is sublime. Bloom just .. envelops.

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Irbis @irbis.sh · 20/06/2026

Manifest V2 leaves Chrome this month. Headlines say it kills ad blocking. The reality is more nuanced – but the balance does shift toward the company that sells the ads. What's actually lost, and how to keep full filtering: irbis.sh/blog/manifest-v2-chrome/

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Manifest V2 is leaving Chrome

Manifest V3 weakens ad blockers in Chrome. The real technical losses, Google's incentives, and how to retain full filtering.

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 19/06/2026

This is peak! Have you thought of open-sourcing it? Would be pretty interesting to see how graphics code looks 👀

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 15/05/2026

Kazakhstan in manga? No way! I've never seen our history represented like this in media, it's a shame it's not known better locally (or maybe I'm just out of the loop). Will definitely check it out, thank you!

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lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

highly unfortunate max-width on this div

"copy your public key" from digitalocean wizard but the command is cut off at a point where it looks like a command that would copy your private key

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Jordan Harband @jordan.har.band · 22/04/2026

PSA: add `export GH_TELEMETRY=false` and `export DO_NOT_TRACK=true` to your shell profile files to opt out of @github.com's on-by-default `gh` telemetry.

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Irbis @irbis.sh · 12/04/2026

Zen v0.20.0 is out! 🚀 New: Process information in request logs, and Turkish language support. Full notes: github.com/ZenPrivacy/z... Privacy shouldn't be a premium feature 💙 Update or try it here: zenprivacy.net

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Release v0.20.0 · ZenPrivacy/zen-desktop

What's new Process info in request logs Request logs now show information about processes which initiated the request. This makes it easier to trace activity and understand which applications are ...

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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

🚨: NASA just dropped a full disk image of Earth taken by Artemis II 🤯

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 30/03/2026

Looks awesome. Who’s the artist?

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 25/03/2026

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

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Martin Kleppmann @martin.kleppmann.com · 04/03/2026

Oh wow, German train delays are now so bad that someone made a website where you can bet on them (train data is real, the money is fake, but the whole thing is hilarious) bahn.bet

bahn.bet

BahnBet — Bet on German Train Delays

Predict Deutsche Bahn delays and win. Real-time prediction markets on ICE, IC & EC train delays.

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 22/02/2026

Thank you! Definitely not PEBKAC.

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 19/02/2026

Also, the whole Zen story is just unfortunate. Our public release was earlier than Zen Browser’s, and while I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and obviously have no claim over “Zen”, it’s still uncool. It does indeed hurt discoverability, significantly.

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 19/02/2026

Great article, and thanks for the shoutout! Feel free to drop us a bug report about the HTTP/3 issue. It’s likely due to Go stdlib’s lack of support for HTTP/3, but we should at the very least downgrade to HTTP/2, not HTTP/1.1. I’m focusing on app performance atm, so it’ll be prioritized.

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Irbis @irbis.sh · 19/02/2026

For those who struggle with spending too much time on social media, we're introducing a new Zen feature: filter lists that hide feeds on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, Reddit, Bluesky, LinkedIn & Twitch. Works with Zen + uBlock Origin. MIT licensed. Learn more → github.com/ZenPrivacy/f...

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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 14/02/2026

This great piece resonates with my own sense of loss and mourning of my social and professional identity as a computer programmer as the community of software engineers embraces LLMs and continues to sink further into surveillance and behavioral manipulation-based technofascistic business models.

ratfactor.com

A programmer's loss of identity - ratfactor

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Irbis @irbis.sh · 02/02/2026

Zen Personal v0.17.0 is out! 🚀 Better filter list compatibility, improved element hiding, faster page updates when changing settings, and improved Linux support. Full changelog: github.com/ZenPrivacy/z... Privacy shouldn't be a premium feature 💙 Update or try it here: zenprivacy.net

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qntm @qntm.org · 23/01/2026

Code is liability. AI allows us to create tremendous amounts of liability very quickly

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 22/01/2026

I’m writing a feature for Zen that identifies which app initiated the connection, and I had to track down Apple’s open sourced implementation of lsof and figure out how the PID/socket/port APIs work by example. Not sure how you’d do it if this repo wasn’t out there: github.com/apple-oss-di...

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GitHub - apple-oss-distributions/lsof

Contribute to apple-oss-distributions/lsof development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 22/01/2026

There are Swift/Obj-C frameworks for most of the stuff including graphics, but some low-level OS/networking is exposed via C interfaces, which are completely undocumented and a pain to work with

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 21/01/2026

Makes you appreciate things you really shouldn't appreciate.

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 21/01/2026

Trust me, low-level macOS APIs are so much worse. At least Windows has *some* online documentation, instead of forcing you to piece things together from old Apple forum comments and poorly documented .h files.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

'Portrait of a Lady in Black.' Gustav Klimt was an early adopter of using photography to help compose a painting, this is the case with this portrait from around 1894 of Marie Breunig, the wife of the owner of a Viennese bakery.

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The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

🚨NEW EPISODE OF LEADING🚨 This week, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social and Rory are joined by President of Moldova, Maia Sandu. They discuss Moldova's campaign to join the European Union, the war in Ukraine, and Russian interference in Moldovan elections. Link in the replies 👇

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Eve Sedgewick said "what I'm proudest of is having a life where work and love are impossible to tell apart" and I'm going to wear this like a locket

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Irbis @irbis.sh · 10/01/2026

In 2021, Apple published "A Day in the Life of Your Data", showing how an ordinary day – a parent taking their child to the playground – is quietly turned into a data trail harvested by hundreds of companies. 1/6

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 08/01/2026

Love the utterly uninformed yet highly opinionated folks on Reddit, I guess

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 07/01/2026

48. Keep constant guard over the actions of your life. 61. Do not wish to be called holy before one is holy; but first to be holy, that you may be truly so called. 66. Do not love quarreling. 67. Shun arrogance. 68. Respect your seniors. 69. Love your juniors.

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 07/01/2026

9. Do not do to another what you would not have done to yourself. 18. Be a help in times of trouble. 22. Do not give way to anger. 26. Do not forsake charity. 31. Love your enemies. 34. Be not proud. 42. Attribute to God, and not to self, whatever good you see in yourself.

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 07/01/2026

SQLite’s Code of Conduct is based on The Rule of St. Benedict, a Christian set of rules governing monastic life. This is quite funny at first, but even funnier is that, with a bit of imagination, some of the rules actually make sense in the context of OSS development. Here are some of my favorites:

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 05/01/2026

Is there then no point in keeping go.sum in version control?

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”

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Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened

The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.

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Patrickworld 🌎👋🏾🎸 @patrickworld.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

2026 better contain bug fixes and improvements

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 31/12/2025

Here’s a direct link: www.mixcloud.com/thomyorke_/f...

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France Inter Ny - 2023

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Thom Yorke @thomyorke.wastehq.social · 30/12/2025

Originally made for france Inter, new year's eve 2023 - mix over on @mixcloud.bsky.social waste.lnk.to/ty.franceint...

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Ansar Smagul @anfragment.net · 27/12/2025

There was even a time we got two strong themes per one not so strong movie www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLiD...

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Spectre

YouTube video by Radiohead - Topic

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Irbis @irbis.sh · 16/12/2025

Zen Personal v0.16.0 is out! 🚀 Performance improvements, a refreshed UI, more reliable injections, and better compatibility with Firefox and macOS. Full changelog: github.com/ZenPrivacy/z... Privacy shouldn't be a premium feature 💙 Update or try it here: zenprivacy.net

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Release v0.16.0 · ZenPrivacy/zen-desktop

What's New Performance improvements We've optimized our filtering engine, with significant performance gains on long URLs. Better UI The application now includes a new logo and a new font, improvi...

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noodle @noodleawesome.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

ok fr this time sorry abt that www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eMO...

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Ship of Theseus type beat

YouTube video by Noodle

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