Not sure to what extent it will actually help, but I guess this is one of those things that can hardly hurt. I might have to poke some at how to wrangle it into the RSS feed, but at least now my web site's robots.txt and every web page on the site has machine-readable RSL licensing metadata.Basically saying IF YOU ARE ABOUT GENERATIVE AI, STAY THE FUCK AWAY.(Everything except "search" usage is explicitly prohibited, and only "search" usage is allowed.)

Getting lots of German in my feed today for some reason. I do follow some people from Germany so some is entirely to be expected, but today there seems to be a lot more of it than usual.

@crispycat I got a set of pfSense appliances some years ago (before pfSense even supported Wireguard, for what that's worth) because I figured FreeBSD-based, open source, downloadable images, yeah that's reasonably future-proof.Then at one point I needed to reinstall and found that not only were they no longer offering installer images, they were no longer supporting that model their own appliance *at all*.Cue unhappy.Still have one to migrate away from, but I'll get there.@CursedSilicon

@AnachronistJohn Yes, but it wouldn't be up to date and could have known and fixed security vulnerabilities. So using the installation media as a base and then upgrading to the latest package versions during the installation process does make a fair amount of sense.It should have decent fallback/failure behavior, though.

@thadah Again, I'm not familiar with the specifics; but to me, it certainly *sounds* like a "since not", and like a moderator overstepping the bounds of what the rules are meant to cover. (If not, that's probably even worse.) But that's *exactly why* a *different* moderator should always be the one handling an appeal, and the moderator who took the initial action should let the other moderator(s) handle the appeal without undue influence, interference or meddling.@lukas

@thadah @lukas Another thing that strikes me about the screenshots: *the moderator who took the initial action should not be involved in handling the appeal*. At all. (Possible exception: private discussion between moderators to shed light on why the initial action was taken.) Regardless of the merits or facts of the case; and without being familiar with the specifics of Ubuntu's diversity/inclusivity policies or code of conduct, I personally don't see why this sort of edit would be called for.

Från VMA för delar av Hässleholms kommun: "Pga av brand i avfallsanläggning […]""Pga av"?Minst två personer behöver lära sig svenska.https://www.krisinformation.se/nyheter/2025/september/vma-hassleholms-kommun-skane-lan