Chris Ellis @intrbiz@bergamot.social

Urgent help for OpenPrinting needed!

As many here know, I am co-founder and lead of OpenPrinting since 2001, known as the print guru for Linux and free software by many. I also got one of the 8 fellows of the Linux Foundation for this.

Up to now I was working at Canonical, hired back in 2006 just to run OpenPrinting and also to maintain printing-related Ubuntu packages.

... 🧵

Please boost.

#OpenPrinting #LinuxFoundation #getfedihired

I feel this

Congratulations to Netenyahu in managing to unite the Express and the Guardian in outrage.

The IT world has convinced us no new software can be deployed outside of US clouds. We're so sure about this that European governments (including the UK) are handing over vital government functions & data to US controlled servers. In this piece I argue that until recently we somehow could run stuff on locally owned hardware, and that we should urgently relearn that skill, while it is still possible - or end up as digital colony of the US: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/our-self-inflicted-cloud-crisis/

This is incredible. The Clorox company is suing their MSP Cognizant for allegedly allowing hackers to gain access to their systems.

The lawsuit claims that Cognizant's staff were grossly negligent and submits what it says are transcripts of the hackers simply asking for password and MFA resets with no ID verification.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26025404-clorox-versus-cognizant-complaint/

As Rachel Reeves seeks to deregulate financial services and return it the more light-touch 'principles-based' regime of the preceded the Global Financial Crisis of 2008... she might heed the worlds of Hector Sants (head of the Financial Services Authority from 2007-2012):

'a principles-based approach does not work with individuals who have no principles'.

And anyone who thinks the leopards in the the City have changed their spots has not been paying attention!

#politics
h/t The New World

@mav The lawsuit is turning into a train wreck for Proven.

Their council asked their own witness if he could open the lock with a shim made out of a tin can - the answer was "Yes".

Oops!

Runkle of the Bailey has been following the case.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQv9ZZAK3zY

#McNally #provenlocks

Current digital infrastructure is to a large degree built on layers and layers of open source, and yet a substantial part of this open source is built and maintained by enthusiasts or other financially and resource-constrained teams. Funding options like the EU-STF proposal can truly help enforce the ecosystem and offer new paths towards sustainability.

https://eu-stf.openforumeurope.org/

#PostgreSQL Event Calendar, Reminder:

👫 London PostgreSQL Meetup

Date: 2025-07-29T17:30:00Z - 2025-07-29T20:30:00Z
Location: The Stars of kings (Upstairs) 126 York Way Kings Cross N1 0AX, London

ICS file: https://ics.postgresql.life/3disgbhnk6lq8c6bp1d2sdi5vi.ics

Calling all PostgreSQL enthusiasts in and around London! 🇬🇧🐘

Join us on Tuesday evening, 29 July, for the next London PostgreSQL User Group meet-up!

We’ll be diving into PostgreSQL Schema Migrations & Data Modeling - a great session for anyone looking to sharpen their skills or exchange ideas with fellow Postgres users.

📍 Location: 5min from King’s Cross Station

🍻 Drinks and snacks provided

Please RSVP to help us plan accordingly, we’d love to see you there!

👉 https://www.meetup.com/london-postgresql-meetup-group/events/309038256/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events

Well, Sameer finally got what he wanted: the end of an actually fast, actually secure counterpoint to Android.

CrOS can't make Android look like shit if CrOS also sucks:

https://www.theverge.com/news/706558/google-android-chromeos-combining-sameer-samat