Gokul Das

#URGENT #WARNING: I have a habit of posting a lot of #doomsday #predictions here. But this one is so frightening that I don't know if I'm making the right call or spreading #panic. I'll leave this one for you to decide.

https://open.substack.com/pub/wendy664/p/the-president-has-placed-transgender

Src doc: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf

The ambiguity about the targets and the actions is concerning. Please take urgent action if it applies to you. I really wish to see you all safe.

#us #usa #lgbt #lgbtqia #transgender #transphobia

Did the #US Administration just say that they're proud of #invasions, #annexations, #expansionism and #imperialism?

Let's see! Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Marshall Islands and other Pacific islands,... That figures! But still! Isn't that like saying, "I'm a proud robber"? 🤔🤨

#GeoPolitics #USPolitics #Venezuela

NEVER ATTACK the #FreeSoftware / #OpenSource software community if your customer base is exclusively the #Maker community! They have a huge overlap. You might as well shutter your business instead.

Just imagine irking Jeff Geerling (@geerlingguy) and Louis Rossmann at the same time! #BambuLab

https://youtu.be/eb48MdtNaDQ
https://youtu.be/qLLVn6XT7v0

BTW, the same applies to the #HomeLab, #SelfHosting, #HamRadio, #Keeb, #OpenHardware, #DIY and any other make-a-thingy communities.

If you thought that it couldn't get any worse than #SocialMedia #addiction,... I come bearing bad news. Check out this #horror:

#AI #Psychosis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxmIIYj5FQE

You didn't expect the #oligarchs to leave a revolutionary new #technology uncorrupted, did you?

Just get off the #internet and create real-world #SocialNetworks. We can retrofit #technology into it according to OUR needs. Oh, BTW! Keep the KIDS OFF OF IT! This isn't #BrainRot. This is literal #BrainDamage!

#LLM #ChatGPT

We need alternatives that work:

1. #Technologists: #Smartphones need #customizable #alternatives like PCs with #Linux or #BSDs. NOW is the time to double down on it.

2. #Governments: If you really care about your #sovereignty, we need #regulations and strict #laws against this abuse, and the #corporate stranglehold of the #component_market.

3. #Consumers: Vote with your wallet! Prioritize your #freedom over short-term #savings. This is a time-tested strategy.

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To all #technologists / #techies: This won't be limited to #Android. They WILL insist on the same standard of #security on all #devices. Are you ready to settle for just #Windows, #MacOS and #Chromebook?

These #corporations have splendidly demonstrated that they're primarily #authoritarians and #fascists who wield #technology as their main weapon. Who does that leave as their opponents? You have to inform the rest of the #population. Your #voice matters! Make it count!

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To all the #Government[s] of the world: You subject us to lofty ideals like #DataLocalization and invasive surveillance like #ChatControl in the pretense of #privacy, #security and #LawEnforcement. Why then do you forcefully enroll us into this crooked global #Surveillance dragnet that's not in either of our interests? That's a betrayal of your entire nation!

We need iron fisted #regulations and heavy monetary #penalties against such #aggressive and #abusive #cabals instead.

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How many critical services are tied to abominations like #reCAPTCHA and #SafetyNet API? #Banking, #Healthcare, #eCommerce, #PublicServices, #PublicTransport, #RideHailing and even #WeatherServices. What are the implications of every citizen having to seek permissions from a trillion-dollar MNC to access any of them?

Check out #PRISM to see who Google silently shares this data with. #Google is a serious #state_sponsored #ThreatActor against individuals & national #sovereignty.

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#Google is drawing some well deserved #backlash and #hatred for this move on fora like HN. But it's too little too late. Too many among us #betrayed the community by discrediting those who raised the #alarm when it was obvious that Google would try it again. Classic #astroturfing and #sockpuppeting.

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Mitchell Hashimoto (@mitchellh) is moving away from #GitHub, and he's taking the #ghostty project and community with him. Here's his reluctant and heartfelt goodbye note: https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-leaving-github

Somehow, this exodus was inevitable once #Microsoft bought them. As the #Primeagen puts it, they've entered the 4th stage of #EEE - #Enshittification. At this rate, we will all be writing eulogies to GH soon, as the #SiliconValley giants forget that a product's value is not just in its profits.

Every #citizen of the #world must remember that #democracy isn't a gift or a guarantee. Anybody just offering to it to you is hiding an ulterior motive that promises a worse future. Similarly, you may have either uncertain and fleeting extraordinary #privileges, or limited, but robust benefits that must be shared among all #compatriots.

Democracy is a privilege that's #won and #protected through #sacrifice and #valor, for it has no other #knights in shining armor, but the #people.

And #CloudFlare: I'm offended and fed up with your constant and unwarranted challenges against my legitimacy as a citizen of the internet. So here's my response:

You're an illegitimate spawn of the #dotcom #revolution and a #cyberspace #bully. You ruin the internet for us because you want money without working to earn it. A good chunk of the Internet userbase hates you and wants you gone. That's a disrepute and disgrace that you'll carry to your grave.

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To all the #authoritarian regimes and wannabe #dictators around the world: You can't disobey or redefine the #laws of #science and the rules of #mathematics like you do with statute laws.

These laws are not open to interpretation, so forget challenging them in your stacked courts. And they don't #discriminate between #plebs and you #elites, unlike your laws. So you're out of luck on that front too.

PS: If this resembles real life events, that's purely intentional.

#PSA: As the #HeatWave intensifies, there are '#advisories' going around asking people not to fill their #fueltanks to the full.

Contrary to common sense, this is categorically a *bad idea*! Full #fuel tanks are actually *safer* than partially empty tanks or even fully empty tanks with trace amounts of fuel.

Fuel doesn't explode on its own. Fuel-air mixture does. Empty tanks with trace fuel have the most of it, while full tanks have the least of it.

#Petrol #Diesel #Gasoline

A #legal_system becomes a system of #justice when it holds the #wealthy, the #privileged and the #powerful to a higher standard of #responsibility and #accountability. One that does the inverse is a system of #slavery. The latter is guaranteed to succumb to a #revolution after a short rein.

This is a gentle reminder to those building systems that protect privilege and the privileged. Your creation will become your #tomb when it finally collapses in on you. #Treachery has a price.

An ultra #rich class does NOT indicate #prosperity. Rather, it points to a severe #WealthInequality caused by a #corrupt system that enables #WealthConsolidation by a few. No amount of #honest hard work will make you that rich.

Such individuals better realize that advertising themselves with full frontpage ads in newspapers is not the flex they think it is. It's a grotesque display of ill-gotten privilege that paints a target on their back when the common folks have had enough.

We've been silent too long. We ignored the incessant #genocides and #CrimesAgainstHumanity that happen daily in this world. Our silence ensured that someone eventually graduated to the next level of #bloodlust & #horror - the destruction of an entire civilisation!

The damage of last night will never be undone. But if you care about your successors and the future of #humanity, speak up now! Never let #greedy & psychopathic #megalomaniacs handle such power again! #EnoughIsEnough!

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#India took a silent, but significant step today in the field of #NuclearPower technology with the 500MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (#PFBR) going critical! Decades in the making, this liquid-sodium cooled #FastBreederReactor (#FBR) is a significant milestone in India's 3 stage nuclear programme that aims to achieve nuclear self-sufficiency by using the abundant #Thorium fuel. India holds 25% of the world's Thorium reserves.

Hearty congrats to everyone involved! 🎉

https://theprint.in/science/pfbr-kalpakkan-india-nuclear-criticality/2898397/

There was a time when we considered improving the #EnergyEfficiency of #backend services by switching from interpreted to compiled languages, out of concerns about #ClimateChange. Then came the #CryptoMining farms, AI #hyperscalers and #neoclouds - monstrosities that #pollute grotesquely and guzzle as much power as some nations. And people quit talking about climate change. Everyone seems to have given up in despair and accepted their fate!

Damn those #profiteering #psychopaths!

I wish I could engage in a 'legendary misadventure' worth 80 B$. Too bad it requires us to #snoop on our customers, #snitch them to our nefarious 'partners', exploit and harm children, spread #misinformation, #censor legitimate political speech while encouraging bigotry, influence #elections and aid #genocides. I'm afraid most of us aren't born that talented.

Meanwhile, the #government also wants control of our smartphones and #communications 'to protect children'! 🤷‍♂️

My recommendation: Forget UA spoofing. You're in an abusive relationship with an MNC. Any opportunity you provide them will be used to abuse your #freedom, #privacy and #security. Never adjust yourself to accommodate them. It's a game you can't win.

Just abandon #Chrome and other chrome based browsers, #GoogleMeet and any other #Google services. Migrate to an ethical service provider. It's always worth it in the long run.

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So now we have a tech #bubble that's 17x the late-90s #dotcom crash, consuming a ridiculous amount of energy, propped up by one of the biggest circular deals in history and anticipated to end in possibly the worst #eWaste dump in history. Meanwhile, the memory manufacturers see all this unfold and what do they decide? Abandon the sensible part of the world economy and jump on the AI bandwagon instead! How delightful!

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As someone with experience in #infosec and the govt, I have to say this. #GoI departments are *horribly incompetent* at cybersecurity. You weren't even able to protect the Aadhar database containing more than a billion citizen's biometric data from a hack and its subsequent sale on darknet! All your govt sites are prime examples of poor design choices. And you expect us to believe that you will now protect more than a billion mobile devices? Is this some sort of joke?

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You know! When you see a flying #orb thingy 🛸 that you haven't seen before, "Let me just hit it with a hellfire missile 🚀 and see what happens" probably isn't the best response. Unlike what they teach you at the academy, not everything in the real world can be solved with explosives 💥. However, it isn't a surprise that even a #hellfire #missile didn't bring them down. Even they're scared of being paraded in chains ⛓️ as 'illegal #aliens' 👽 and disappeared to an unknown location 🐊🏝️.