aurora @aurora@social.bau-ha.us

pro tip for trans girls: map out the choreography of a magical girl transformation sequence, shoot pictures of it for a frame each month, edit it together, most epic transition timeline achieved

Sophos UTM blocks *all* .tk domains by default - snakeoil deluxe - other free domains like .gq resolve just fine - so no maschinenraum.tk - because stupid security bullshit.

scan_a_book(your_language):
if (your_lang == german):
Respect Urheberrecht!
else:
Lorem ipsum!

Milky Way on the Coast

#tokyocameraclub

Update zur #SaveYourInternet Demo in #Weimar: Jetzt zusammen mit @BgR_Weimar@twitter.com gegen #Uploadfilter, #Artikel13, und Nazis. Weitere Infos: https://blog.maschinenraum.tk/2019/03/17/update-saveyourinternet-demo-am-23-03/

Vertrauensbildende Maßnahmen für 100:
$Person legt offizielle schriftliche Bestätigung des Bundesamtes für Verfassungsschutz vor, dass $Person keine Informationen über $Gruppe weitergegeben hätte. 🧐

the "analogue hole" refers to the idea that no matter how hard you try to make sure nobody can make illegal copies of videos, music, or text, there's always a "hole" in the protection that occurs when it's no longer digital. digital content can be protected - video files can be encrypted, music players can limit you to five devices - but analogue signals can't be. for example, itunes can disallow you from putting a song on more than five computers, but if you play the song through your speakers and record it, what you do with it is beyond apple's control.

one of the few remaining analogue outputs on a modern device is the audio jack. this is where you connect your headphones or speakers. your laptop only knows that something's plugged in. it doesn't know what's connected. you could be playing it through earphones or a massive speaker system and it wouldn't be able to tell. meanwhile, HDMI is a digital output format. it can tell if it's been plugged into a TV or a recording device, and can automatically disable output if you're recording it to make it harder for you to make copies of movies.

if the audio jack is replaced by USB-C or bluetooth, it becomes possible to tell what you're connecting to the laptop or phone. your phone might disable audio playback on anything but headphones to prevent you from hosting a public event with the music. it could also detect a recording device that you're using to (for example) make a copy of a song you're listening to on spotify and turn off the playback.

of course, at some point, digital needs to become analogue. humans can't watch electrical pulses, we need to see patterns of light. we can't listen to streams of 1s and 0s, we need vibrations in the air. this means that it's impossible to truly defeat the analogue hole - no matter what you do, someone can always just point a camera at their TV. it'll have worse quality, but it can never be stopped.

the analogue hole is one of many ways to circumvent DRM, or digital rights management. you can read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_hole

#LynneTeachesTech

If you haven't already seen it enjoy this footage of police in Bulgaria trying to use pepper spray and the wind blowing it back in their faces

Merkt euch: das "unser" in dem Satz steht nicht etwa für "uns Deutsche" oder für "uns Alle", sondern für "uns alte, weiße Männer".
Bekämpft solche Politiker mit der effektivsten Waffe: geht wählen. Wählt sie weg. Geht auf die Straße. Seid laut.

30 Jahre Internet - aus dem Anlass mal unsere Wurzeln im Netz, 2002: https://web.archive.org/web/20020606215939/http://www.subsignal.org/subsignal
Hat sich nicht viel geändert. 👍

Der Maschinenraum solidarisiert sich mit #FridaysForFuture ✊
https://blog.maschinenraum.tk/2019/03/16/solidaritaetserklaerung-mit-fridays-for-future/