John retweeted
New open-source Photoshop alternative. 11MB.
Compositor (v1.4) is out! This update brings big GPU performance improvements throughout the app. Frames render 10x faster, it handles large files with ease, and everything feels buttery smooth. And the app is now just 11MB.
robbietilton.com/compositor#
John retweeted
Last week my appendix burst.
Without modern medicine, surgical techniques and medical professionals I’d be on a ghouls ‘died suddenly’ page.
If Riley’s appendix ever bursts, he can follow advice from a tik-tok, Sip some pine needle tea and ride it out. 👍
Twat.
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"Holy shit that's a nasty surprise. There are things you expect to cost $500, like a Nintendo Switch, or tix to see Ed Sheeran 2 weeks ago 👀... being able to breathe is not one of them."
John Oliver on our broken health care system ☠️ people unnecessarily. #MedicareForAllNOW
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Flock Camera Installer SWATS Atlanta News First Investigative Journalist
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As it turns out, Flock Camera Installers don't like to be watched.
In this video, a Flock camera installer calls the police because a news journalist is documenting him installing cameras.
I say the Flock camera installer SWATed the journalist because of what the installer says at 1:54 in the video.
"I work with Flock Safety. And I'm getting followed.
Harassed, pretty much. Taking videos and pictures.
I'll just put out my first name because I don't want them to hear my full name on the 911 call when they get it."
When they get the 911 call?
How many people do you know who are illegally harassing and threatening violence to someone, will then later seek out the 911 call of the incident via a FOIA request, and publish that call to the internet?
None. But that is exactly what an investigative journalist would do.
The installer KNEW that this man was a journalist and was acting within his rights and responsibilities. Yet, he called the police on him anyway, claiming the journalist was illegally harassing him and causing him to fear for his safety, so that the police would come and harass the journalist and risk a possible physical altercation, even though the journalist was doing nothing wrong.
Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=R0KJ5rFD…
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So over a year on YouTube, a video that shows people how to install LibreElec on a Raspberry Pi 5 to play your own, local, legally-acquired content on a TV...
My video was removed because it contains 'dangerous or harmful content', and my appeal was just rejected.
John retweeted
People have been complaining a while, but there weren't many official confirmations about why this is the case until a couple months ago.
John retweeted
Dr. Sherri Tenpenny Predicted That COVID Vaccines Would Kill Over 50 Million Americans. What Happened Next? Well, we are still standing. sciencebasedmedicine.org/dr-… via @sciencebasedmed @19joho
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I really recommending reading this.
In summary, a company which does ID verification for in-person interactions (hotels, car rentals, ID verification for alcohol or marijuana, etc) has some how exposed over 153,000,000 drivers licenses for people in the United States and Canada.
It is a catastrophic data breach, probably one of the worse I've ever seen. If you're in the United States and have traveled, gotten a hotel, purchased marijuana or alcohol, there is a high probability you're in this.
Unlike other breaches, this includes a photo of the person (from the license), making verification you've identified the person significantly easier.
This poses a significant threat to celebrities (musicians, YouTubers, streamers, adult entertainers, actors, etc), politicians, lawyers, wealthy people (CEOs, investors, people of public interest), Law Enforcement Officers, etc
Krebs himself, and several other security researchers, have already confirmed they're in the data leak.
tl;dr gah damn dawg this company is going to be sued into oblivion
krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/…
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FYI: you’re likely in the database.
I’m really tired of this. The world worked just fine when someone would just look at your ID rather than scanning it and storing it in some unknown database somewhere that’s immediately hacked by threat actors.
The same goes for KYC and AML, they didn’t stop anything. There’s still money laundering lol, they just made it easier to steal your identity.
The government should be sued for mandating this, the company that didn’t secure the data should be sued, and every business that used this service to offload the responsibility should be sued.
I really recommending reading this.
In summary, a company which does ID verification for in-person interactions (hotels, car rentals, ID verification for alcohol or marijuana, etc) has some how exposed over 153,000,000 drivers licenses for people in the United States and Canada.
It is a catastrophic data breach, probably one of the worse I've ever seen. If you're in the United States and have traveled, gotten a hotel, purchased marijuana or alcohol, there is a high probability you're in this.
Unlike other breaches, this includes a photo of the person (from the license), making verification you've identified the person significantly easier.
This poses a significant threat to celebrities (musicians, YouTubers, streamers, adult entertainers, actors, etc), politicians, lawyers, wealthy people (CEOs, investors, people of public interest), Law Enforcement Officers, etc
Krebs himself, and several other security researchers, have already confirmed they're in the data leak.
tl;dr gah damn dawg this company is going to be sued into oblivion
krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/…
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For years we've been screaming from the mountain tops about how insanely dangerous mandatory ID verification is.
Now that half the country is doxxed, it would be a good time to take note of the politicians who didn't listen.
John retweeted
Guy stealing billions from you and running your bills up for his ego while he plays golf thinks you’re lazy
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"Upload your ID so we can 'verify your age'"
"No"
*leaks everyone's ID*
Yeah that seems safe.
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153 million license scans turned up for sale after a data breach.
This was a major ID verification company that works with big names like:
AMC Theaters
DraftKings
FedEx
Hertz
Caesars Entertainment
and more
...and it still got hacked.
Leaks are inevitable when showing ID becomes the key to ordinary life.
This is the system politicians are selling: show your papers at every move you make.
Next, they want you to show ID to speak online or access the speech of others, all under the name of "child safety."
It's nothing but a surveillance dragnet that can only end in disaster.
Governments keep pushing ID checks everywhere, and now 153M+ driver’s license scans are being sold on the dark web.
Maybe laws forcing ID checks aren't such a great idea...🙄
reclaimthenet.org/idscan-net…
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New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement [THEY ARE GOING TO RIG THE MIDTERMS]
propublica.org/article/mail-…
John retweeted
I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/…
John retweeted
#ReactOS 0.4.16 hits the news on @phoronix! Thank you for supporting our effort!!
Additionally, you may want to look at Chrome 49 working with sandbox support - available on nightlies ;)
ReactOS 0.4.16 Released With New Graphical Installer, Better Hardware Support
Awesome update @reactos
phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-0.…
