xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

Keep Android Open https://f-droid.org/2026/02/20/twif.html

This is relevant unless you have a totally paranoid anonymous setup like me.

HAPPY FRIDEY

This is the most obvious statement of this millennium but apparently it needs to be repeated for the people in the back:

The government does not give a fuck about you. None of them do. We built a system specifically to not trust the government.

The problem with that system is that we keep allowing said government to find loopholes within it that allow it to make whatever tyrannical rules it fucking wants without repercussions or revolt.

When it doesn't work (EARN IT Act), they just keep trying again (ID verification) and each plot will be attempted for years at a time. The feds are playing a war of attrition and are betting on you being forgetful. The communications decency act, the patriot act, TSA, and everything since then. That time they let Microsoft off the hook because their monopoly was too useful.

Nobody could have predicted 300 years ago that we would invent a system to instantaneously transmit vast amounts of information across tens of thousands of miles, and that it would become the backbone of political stability as it dictates everything people perceive to be real. We are more "aware" of our surroundings than ever,and yet simultaneously the least involved in their evolution than we've ever been.

The ID verification laws. We all knew, but now it's been confirmed: the US and Canadian governments are tying your device fingerprints to your financial and social security records to build a unified profile of your identity online on every major website that has that matching information. They are scanning you against a list of politically relevant people for undisclosed purposes.

This is not something Americans do. This is not what we stand for. Self host your online infrastructure. Encrypt and obfuscate fucking everything. This is the last chance you might ever get.

In the highly unlikely event I strike one too many nerves and alert the nearest glowie: I am mentally sane. I have no desire to kill myself and infact I have a very important purpose in life. I am not planning any surprise vacations. I do not take or distribute drugs, keep illicit material on my computer, or fail to pay my bills. I am a healthy, law abiding citizen, and in the event of my disappearance or death you should be very worried because they will probably come after you too.

I'm not anonymous. Real world violence and detainment is how they take your free speech away. Don't forget it.

A little change of pace... I have a few space paintings to show off
This one is based on the Horsehead Nebula (IC434)
10x20" oil painting, available now
Painting: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4460138180
Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ScenesbyColleen

i think i'm fine with never writing swift. smalltalk was neat, obj-c was neat, the guy's prior art on factor was wild, but swift just. carries no appeal really

Quote from Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddek):

🚨BREAKING – Prince Andrew has just been arrested.

@sicp got my metal gear machine. Set up metal gear solid 1-3, portable ops, & peace walker
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In previous years, I published two "fediverse tech roadmap" posts:

- Fediverse tech roadmap 2024
- Fediverse tech roadmap 2025

However, I didn't publish such post this year because not much has happened in 2025. Many problems I talked about require complex solutions, but unfortunately proposed solutions are often very limited or lead to centralization. Or worse, there is no solution but only an imitation of work. I don't want to write about that.

I saw a thread today where ATProto ecosystem was compared to #ActivityPub. Things are happening in the Atmosphere, but not in Fediverse. MAU graphs are flat. What's going on?

There are multiple factors at play, but I think fake activity may be the biggest contributor. Trivial developments presented as breakthroughs. Features that already exist somewhere in Fediverse presented as new inventions. Vaporware. Specs written by people who have no idea how to implement them. Working groups that do nothing but meetings.

Real work is ignored, competent developers see that and quit.

We need to fix this.

For my part, I will continue to document #Fediverse development at @weekinfediverse. But this newsletter doesn't have much impact.

In the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bill Gates and key figures from the Gates Foundation regularly interacted with Jeffrey Epstein, discussing ways to finance and develop a global pandemic preparedness and vaccination network.

Read More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/government-corruption/epstein-pitched-jpmorgan-chase-on-plan-to-get-bill-gates-more-money-for-vaccines

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MAGA: Proudly cheerleading for the surveillance panopticon police state, one ‘Just Comply’ at a time.

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“It's part of this whole rush to just throw everything into the data-driven machine-learning nexus, and then hoping something more good will come out of it, your private information be damned,” EFF’s @legind told CNET. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/starlink-updates-privacy-policy-for-ai-training/