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ابو صوفيا البلغاري

@mjanja.ch
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GNU/Linux, death metal, and Indian food! Godless anti theist. Kweli jana kuliendaje? Nairobi / София / عَمّان

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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 05/06/2026
Very happy to see some adults in the room at S&P Dow Jones Indices. No special "fast entry" rules for mega IPOs. They must go through a seasoning period for market price discovery. This is contrary to Nasdaq and Russell changing their rules to favor SpaceX, et al. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
SpaceX, Other Mega IPOs Denied Fast Index Entry by S&P
S&P Dow Jones Indices will keep its existing eligibility requirements for main benchmarks like the S&P 500 Index, rejecting proposals that would have made it faster for mega-cap companies such...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Finnish President Alexander Stubb says the EU should expand to 40 states, taking in Canada, Ukraine, Britain, Norway and Turkey. As a counterweight to Trump.
cnbc.com
Finland's president says EU should expand to 40 states — including Canada
Finnish President Alexander Stubb said the European Union needs to expand to project power on the global stage.
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 02/06/2026
Just renewed my @lwndotnet.bsky.social subscription for another year. Support independent journalism! Support open source. Thanks for all the great reporting over the years. #linux #opensource lwn.net
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Welcome to LWN.net [LWN.net]
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 25/05/2026
The Eternal Sloptember > Agents cannot program, and it’s taking longer and longer to realize that they can’t. They are a highly sophisticated statistical model designed to mimic the distribution of programming. Sober classification I happen to agree with. geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll...
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The Eternal Sloptember
I’m calling it now, the adoption of AI agents into software development will be one of the most costly mistakes in the field’s history. Agents cannot program, and it’s taking longer and longer to real...
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 19/05/2026
Just heard about this anonymous German band called Kanonenfieber. They are amazing blackened death metal with a World War I theme. #metal #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTge...
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Kanonenfieber - Live at Summer Breeze 2025
YouTube video by Kanonenfieber
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 17/05/2026
The concept of ascetic computing resonates with me. There is joy in doing simple things on computers and avoiding trendy fads. ratfactor.com/ascetic-comp...
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Ascetic Computing - ratfactor
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eliza🌻 @elizas.website · 03/04/2026
so what i am learning from github.com/axios/axios/... is that you should simply never join a Microsoft Teams call for any reason --- because of security
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Post Mortem: axios npm supply chain compromise · Issue #10636 · axios/axios
Post Mortem: axios npm supply chain compromise Date: March 31, 2026 Author: Jason Saayman Status: Remediation in progress On March 31, 2026, two malicious versions of axios (1.14.1 and 0.30.4) were...
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
“Asymmetric” = fighting back isn’t fair
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 02/04/2026
Ok this is actually hilarious.
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 27/03/2026
The latest version of Sway + xdg-desktop-portal-wlr can share individual windows! #Sway #Linux #Wayland github.com/swaywm/sway/... I'm looking forward to the upcoming release of Sway 1.12.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The only difference is sheep.
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 25/03/2026
I appreciated the this recent article about zram and zswap. It reminded me that I had enabled zram on some of my systems at some point, and gave a very simple suggestion saying most people probably shouldn't use it, with tons of background info if you want it. #linux chrisdown.name/2026/03/24/z...
chrisdown.name
Debunking zswap and zram myths
zswap and zram are fundamentally different approaches with different philosophies. If in doubt, use zswap.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/03/2026
THREAD: Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section.
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 16/03/2026
I wrote a #Python script to generate bingo cards for game drives in #Kenya. This helps engage and inform people (mostly kids) when they would otherwise be bored on safari. The unicorn acts as a joker/wildcard. :P Attaching a few samples for Maasai Mara. Code is here: git.mjanja.ch/alanorth/saf...
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Bellingcat has geolocated eight videos showing US Tomahawks cruise missiles in Iraq heading towards Iran. On Tuesday Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and stressed that Iraqi airspace and territory should not be used.
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 02/03/2026
NO WAR WITH IRAN!
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Absolutely damning from @aaronschaffer.com, @willoremus.com, & @nitasha.bsky.social. To get more data, Anthropic: * "destructively scanned" millions of books * downloaded the shadow library LibGen * hailed another shadow library's arrival as "just in time!!!" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
washingtonpost.com
Inside an AI start-up’s plan to scan and dispose of millions of books
Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.
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Michael Reeves @integralpilot.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
On Apple M3, a Linux KDE plasma desktop under Fedora Asahi Remix is now WORKING! Super excited to share this update and happy to answer any questions! Co-credits to noopwafel and Shiz. :)
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 14/01/2026
Wow, I just stumbled on Netherwalker's latest album. This is hauntingly beautiful. I love the combination of symphonic sound with technical deathcore. Close your eyes and give this an honest listen. #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHI3...
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For Princess Elizabeth, We Fly!
YouTube video by Netherwalker - Topic
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 10/01/2026
I'm excited to finally see an alpha release of @kagi.com's Orion browser for Linux. Looking forward to seeing that get developed more. Kagi search is very good and their engineering culture reminds me of early Google. Highly recommended. help.kagi.com/orion/misc/l...
help.kagi.com
Orion for Linux Status | Kagi's Docs
Kagi Search Help
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Kagi HQ @kagi.com · 27/12/2025
How search should work.
Two-panel comic contrasting search engines. Top panel "How Search Works": User asks for "the thing" but receives irrelevant ads, data collection requests, and wrong results from multiple sources. Bottom panel "How It Should Work": User asks for "the thing" and immediately receives the correct result. Credit: @instachaaz
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 05/12/2025
Lorna Shore's latest album has that same incredible orchestral production again. Goosebumps... www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVa_...
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In Darkness
YouTube video by Lorna Shore - Topic
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 02/12/2025
Impressed with nginx's support for ACME protocol (Let's Encrypt) for enabling frictionless TLS in web servers. Very easy to use—almost as seamless as Caddy's! #devops #linux blog.nginx.org/blog/native-...
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NGINX Introduces Native Support for ACME Protocol  – NGINX Community Blog
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 26/10/2025
This seems highly unusual and extremely worrying. apnews.com/article/gove...
apnews.com
Pentagon accepts $130 million donation to help pay the military during the government shutdown
The Pentagon has confirmed it's accepted an anonymous $130 million gift to help pay members of the military during the government shutdown.
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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Your favorite thing is down because DynamoDB at Amazon's AWS US-EAST-1 Regionwoke up with Main Character Syndrome. This is the default /legacy backbone for a ton of things. Including Amazon's own stuff. Massive outages. Here's what's going on & what we know 1/
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2025
FCC Chair Brendan Carr says Sinclair has "every right" to demand that Jimmy Kimmel to donate to Turning Point USA
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 05/09/2025
This #Android translation application is 100% local—no cloud AI services. Works very well and runs on the CPU! It is powered by language models that Mozilla trained and works for a surprising number of languages. #opensource github.com/davidventura...
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GitHub - DavidVentura/firefox-translator: Use Firefox Translation Models for on-device translation on Android
Use Firefox Translation Models for on-device translation on Android - DavidVentura/firefox-translator
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Fifty-one years ago today.
Nixon's resignation letter.
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 01/08/2025
Very nice to see @worldathletics.org release their new policy for athletes wishing to compete in the female category. worldathletics.org/news/press-r...
worldathletics.org
World Athletics introduces SRY gene test for athletes wishing to compete in the female category | PRESS-RELEASES | World Athletics
The World Athletics Council has approved new regulations concerning eligibility conditions to compete in the female category for world ranking competitions
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
My latest, from the Israel-Gaza border, where I listened in as tour groups came to view the ruins of Gaza: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 27/07/2025
Today I learned Austria is not part of NATO.
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 27/07/2025
@irishrainforest.bsky.social I saw this story about wolves in Yellowstone and thought of you. Elk had been eating all the Aspen saplings! www.livescience.com/animals/land...
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Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in aspen trees unseen for 80 years
Gray wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 to help control the numbers of elk that were eating young trees, and it is finally paying off for quaking aspen.
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 23/07/2025
Cool! You can now disable all AI features in Zed. Adding to my config ASAP. #linux #devops #programming zed.dev/blog/disable...
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You Can Now Disable All AI Features in Zed - Zed Blog
From the Zed Blog: If you don’t want AI in your workflow, it won’t be there.
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 23/07/2025
A game to help you choose a new font for your terminal and or IDE. #devops #linux www.codingfont.com
codingfont.com
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Grok's Turkish outburst had immediate and obvious consequences - Turkish court orders ban on Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok for offensive content apnews.com/article/turk...
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Turkish court orders ban on Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok for offensive content
A Turkish court has banned Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok from operating in Turkey. The decision on Wednesday followed allegations that the chatbot posted offensive content about President Recep Tayyip E...
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Daniel @danielrembrandt.bsky.social · 20/09/2023
Forests are important. Here’s why 🧵1/n Forests - make shade & cool the surface - capture CO2 - purify the air - make clouds & rain - prevent drought - prevent flooding - prevent erosion - and a lot more @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Forests are important.
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John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...
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DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship
Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually us...
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
politico.com
RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.
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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The United States dutifully obliges, rushing $30m to GHF using an expedited process. @jonathanlanday.bsky.social @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/middle...
reuters.com
Exclusive: US to give $30 million to Gaza aid operation despite violence concerns
The United States is giving $30 million to a controversial humanitarian group delivering aid in war-torn Gaza despite concern among some U.S. officials about the month-old operation and the killing of Palestinians near food distribution sites, according to four sources and a document seen by Reuters.
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi @ajaltamimi.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
A group called 'Saraya Ansar al-Sunna' has claimed responsibility for Mar Elias Church bombing in Damascus. My new post is a translation of the statement & has exclusive information on the group's origins & relation to Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham & Islamic State www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/saraya-ans...
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'Saraya Ansar al-Sunna' and the Damascus Church Bombing
When a suicide bombing targeted the Mar Elias church in the Damascus area two days ago, it was my immediate suspicion that the attack was the work of the Islamic State (IS), since the group considers ...
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Tulsi Gabbard in the 2020 election cycle
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
ICE agents in tactical gear chase down and tackle a U.S. citizen in L.A. After realizing he’s American, they just slink away. Their only explanation: “Why were you running?” Probably because two masked men with guns were trying to snatch him.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Internet in Iran has been down for 36 hours now. Only a few people can connect through multi-hop VPN.
Net locks graphic showing internet usage
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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Among Democrats - "Democratic party leaders should be replaced"

Agree: 62%
Disagree: 24%

Ipsos / June 16, 2025
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 19/06/2025
Today Kenyan civil society organisations have called upon the Kenyan government and the UN security council to take action following our reporting with the Daily Nation. We found Kenyan-labelled ammunition crates in a suspected Rapid Support Forces depot in Sudan. pressrelease.co.ke/news/375
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Civil Society Statement On Kenya Govt's Involvement In Sudan Conflict - PressReleaseKe
Join Civil Society statement on Kenya Government's involvement in the conflict in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces.
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ابو صوفيا البلغاري @mjanja.ch · 20/06/2025
Seems there is a massive phishing campaign targeting users of Interactive Brokers the past few weeks. I'm not a customer so it's easy to tell the mails are fake!
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Regime change via bombing appears to be the Israeli strategy. What could go wrong? www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/06/2025
the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
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