Sometimes the question comes up if we have any DNS servers to point at. The answer is no, we only do authoritative DNS (for now anyways 
).
There are multiple other projects that do recursive DNS in the EU or based out of the EU though, like
- quad9.net (@quad9dns)
- mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-hโฆ (@mullvadnet)
- stats.ffmuc.net/d/tlvoghcZk/doโฆ (@freifunkMUC)
- digitalcourage.de/support/zensโฆ (website in German, @digitalcourage)
european-alternatives.eu/alterโฆ also has some more
Quad9 | A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy
A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacyQuad9
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We all need a bit o' peace and quiet.
So, until April 30th, you can grab a lil old-timey queer romance of mine, that I wrote specifically to escape the world into, for free.
Use the coupon "APBZF" on Smashwords, and get Red Castello for free.
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#RedCastello #Reading #Promotion
Red Castello
One day, full of so much rain, Lotty realises that there is something more that she wants in life. Just a little escape, might make everything so much better.Smashwords
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theguardian.com/media/2017/febโฆ
My dad predicted Trump in 1985 โ it's not Orwell, he warned, it's Brave New World
The ascent of Donald Trump has proved Neil Postmanโs argument in Amusing Ourselves to Death was right. Hereโs what we can do about itAndrew Postman (The Guardian)
Sylkykat (she/her) ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฑโ๏ธ๐บ๐ฆ reshared this.
theonion.com/trump-signs-execuโฆ
Trump Signs Executive Order Making Official Language Of U.S. Remedial English
WASHINGTONโIn a move designed to promote unity and establish efficiency at the federal level, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday making the nationโs official language remedial English.The Onion Staff (The Onion)
@Jennifer I Have never been proud or ashamed of an accident of birth. I did not chose nor have any influence in being America. Nationalism is just another form of prejudice.
I am proud of the fact that I voted against what is transpiring today in America. That I did everything I could do to avoid it. It is unfortunate that I failed; though I did what I could reasonably do.
If you also have done what you could then you have no reason to be embarrassed. You did the right thing. We are not responsible for the rash and irresponsible behavior of others. Even if we must live with their mistakes.
We can get through these four years together. Stay strong.
Take Care
Speaker: Lesley Carhart, Cybersecurity expert and Director of Incident Response at Dragos | LAI
Lesley Carhart is a Principal Industrial Incident Responder at the industrial cybersecurity company Dragos, Inc.Lesley Carhart (Leading Authorities, Inc.)
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them: write a sad story using only 4 words
me: sudo rm -rf /*
#Today 28
Good day!
This is, literally, my view.
The place where Iโm babysitting a handful of animals (Evie the Cat is here). Where my car battery died after 10-years.
Iโve setup collaborative hikes & my writing journal for March. Next, notes on the sequel to Deadly Stroll, which is Exhumed Reflection.
Be everwell.
#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography #LandscapePhotography
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So the good news is that it's Friday.
The bad news is that Doug Ford and his conservatives won another majority and will be in complete control for the next 4 years here in Ontario.
Cheap booze, weed shops on every corner.
A depleted public health and education system. Private care that only the wealthy have access to.
All while his buds get rich and the divide between the middle and upper class widens.
The people of Ontario are stupid. We get what we deserve.
#ontario #ford #toronto #NeverVoteConservative #conservative
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Between
As the light erupts across the sky
your morning has just begun
as cries of avow are birthed
I sing to you my little one...
'tis not at this extreme
'tis between
You can endure no more of this abundance
Your girths limit has been reached
Ill content and miserable
I say to you my child...
'tis not at this extreme
'tis between
Your barren face has lost its color
You are barely there at all
starving and desperate
I reason with you...
'tis not at this extreme
'tis between
Not a thought for anything else can be
she is all that you will see
obsession overcomes thee
Will you hear my plea...
'tis not at this extreme
'tis between
Her softest touch has torn your heart apart
madness grips you to your core
grief has manifest rage
listen to my screams
'tis not at this extreme
'tis between
As the light dims across the sky
your twilight finally arrives
as sorrow finds its rest
I utter my last goodbye...
'tis not at this extreme
'tis between
Unus Nemo ~ aka Jamie Roy Robillard
Published: 2013 then again on 2014
Everything That Is Nothing
I am everything
that is nothing
I am nothing
that is real
everything surreal
is my ideal
my strength is my weakness
my hope is my despair
my voice is my silence
my life is unclear
the truth is a lie
the hope is my bane
the way is a myth
the joy is my grief
~Unus Nemo ~ AKA Jamie Roy Robillard
Server Update
I have managed to fine tune my instance for now. Though I will have to see how it handles heavier loads when new users signup. For now the logs only show anticipated issues. Such as graphics that are shared that are not to encoded to the standard and thus throw exceptions. I would rather those exceptions be handled though for now it is not a big deal as it does not affect the server performance.
I am still learning the Friendica codebase so it will be sometime before I can work out issues such as these. And there are far more pressing issues.
Interesting, apparently all those tariffs are expected to cause significant increases in the cost of beer.
"..Beyond malt, hops, yeast and water, aluminum is a key ingredient in the manufacturing process, used to make the cans for most of the craft beer sold at retail.... For the craft beer industry, which depends heavily on aluminum cans from Canada, the 25% increase will hit hard.... For us, in packaging, itโs probably the most expensive part of whatโs in a six-pack... A typical Spiteful six-pack sells for $11.99 on store shelves, Klein said. He expects the retail price to go up at least $1 per six-pack after the tariff hits...."
#beer #tariffs #food #inflation
oregonlive.com/business/2025/0โฆ
Craft brewers say Trumpโs aluminum tariffs will raise the price of a six-pack
Tariffs may be another blow to already struggling craft brewers.Robert Channick (oregonlive)
Oh fasten your seat belts, because we're going to hit back with tariffs of our own, and TFP promises to escalate if we do, so that Aluminum tariff is going to go to 30%, 35%, 50%... whatever dumb number the moron thinks will do the trick, and when he does, we'll increase and/or expand our tariffs, so get ready for $18 six packs.
Oh, and $10/gal gas.
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Wow, SpaceBar (formlery called "Fosscord") looks a lot like Discord.
SpaceBar is an open-source alternative to Discord.
#Discord #Fosscord #OpenSource #SpaceBar #SpaceBarChat
Does it federate though?
revolt.chat/ is also an open source Discord clone, but doesn't federate, so you end up with a single super server anyway, so the open source and self-hostable part becomes rather moot.
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@collectifission
Why do you think you would end up with a single super server? It is enough when the client can connect to multiple servers at once. Your chats would be on your servers, and mine on mine, and each of our clients would connect to both.
Why would you even want to federate a chat server? It only complicates things โ you do no longer have an authoritative timeline, and you invite spam the way Google Hangouts died in spam before it defederated random Jabber servers.
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"A woman is like a child": MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power | Salon.com
salon.com/2025/02/26/a-woman-iโฆ
MAGA men are already coming for GOP women
Conservative women believe complicity will save them, but an emboldened far-right is gunning for their rightsSalon.com
One more time: if you want your data safe, secure and available in two places DO NOT USE CLOUD SERVICES.
'Cloud service' = 'exposed to the eyes of the guy who runs your cloud server'.
Use Syncthing. Opensource. Free. Bomb-proof. syncthing.net/
Unless you're an iphone person, because iOS wants to keep you locked into -ahem 'incentivized'- to pay for iCloud.
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Good Morning. The Woof Crew and I are thinking of Spring, so here's a photo of them on green(ish)grass.
Have yourselves a deliciously happy hump day!
Born here? Sorry. Got cash? Okay, sure.
#CitizenshipForSale
#Trump floats $5 million '#GoldCard' as a route to #US #citizenship
Trump on Tuesday floated the idea of replacing a #visa program for foreign investors with a so-called "gold card" that could be bought for $5 million as a route to American citizenship.
#NationalSecurity #law #immigration #MafiaState #kleptocracy #USpol #idiocracy
reuters.com/world/us/trump-endโฆ
Because #terrorists apparently donโt have money. They finance multimillion dollar operations on multiple continents FFS.
Then thereโs the #RussianOligarchs, #DrugCartels, you name it.
#Trump is such a fโโ ๏ธing idiot it is painful.
#NationalSecurity #law #immigration #GoldCard #citizenship #CitizenshipForSale #MafiaState #kleptocracy #USpol #idiocracy
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Your rare millionaires yearning to be free from regulation"
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in reply to Ravensrod ๐ซ ๐ฐ • • •Both Republicans and Democrats in California supported it, as did the National Rifle Association (NRA) of America. 🦅💩
This was part of an effort to keep guns out of the hands of African-Americans, which the NRA felt especially threatened by. 👀
Members of the BPP had began to follow police cars and dispense legal advice to African-Americans who were stopped by the police. The group referred to these activities as “police patrols.”
They also organized a march to the Capitol to draw attention to their cause of fighting against a government that sought to infringe on their right to bear arms.
Before entering the building, Bobby Seale read a written statement on... show more
Both Republicans and Democrats in California supported it, as did the National Rifle Association (NRA) of America. ๐ฆ ๐ฉ
This was part of an effort to keep guns out of the hands of African-Americans, which the NRA felt especially threatened by. ๐
Members of the BPP had began to follow police cars and dispense legal advice to African-Americans who were stopped by the police. The group referred to these activities as โpolice patrols.โ
They also organized a march to the Capitol to draw attention to their cause of fighting against a government that sought to infringe on their right to bear arms.
Before entering the building, Bobby Seale read a written statement on the Capitol steps in front of Governor Ronald Reagan: โThe American people in general and the Black people in particular,โ Seale declared, must โtake careful note of the racist California legislature aimed at keeping the Black people disarmed and powerless.โ
Mulford effectively played on white Americaโs fear of African-Americans during the 1960s, stripping away the power that armed community defense patrols had built against the racial-capitalist State.