Chris Ellis @intrbiz@bergamot.social

LB: this is *fucking nuts*.

on certain AMD CPUs you can just poke a random MMIO address from ring 0 and change the memory controller's scrambling pattern, on a live system, which completely jumbles the mapping between physical addresses and DRAM IC coordinates. since all memory protection features (IOMMU, SMM boundaries, etc.) are based on physical addresses, it bypasses *all of them*. you can read AND WRITE the SMM, fTPM, and even the C6 microcode save regions. wild.

https://furry.engineer/@soatok/117089469038278431

My small British company was bought by Americans. I have just been formally reprimanded for sarcasm and sardonic commentary. I told the disciplinary panel I was grateful for the opportunity to reflect on my attitude going forward and would be certain to bear it in mind in future.

Authenticity Problem

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#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

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#PGConf.EU 2026 programme is out! 🐘
Five tracks. Three days. Valencia, 20–22 October.
Explore & register: https://www.postgresql.eu/events/pgconfeu2026/schedule
#PostgreSQL #PostgreSQL30

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y6r9rdxygo - I am beyond furious about this bit of news.

The Lovell Telescope has - from day one - been a project that has produced incredible results on a shoestring budget, using whatever Lovell could scrounge to produce an instrument that has reshaped our view of the Universe.

(I was observing OH- masers there the day Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit Jupiter.)

The budget needed to keep it running is a rounding error when compared to government spend on 'AI'.

Closing it is criminal folly.

If you’re still using anything made by 37signals, this is the shit you’re supporting. https://world.hey.com/dhh/three-sacred-cows-that-must-die-so-europe-can-live-1afb203d

Sometimes you read something that tells you what you already know…but you feel as if for the first time.

I read this searing piece through hot tears of rage and renewed determination.

Canada should be using every tool we have - legal, diplomatic, economic - to rein in and isolate this rogue state.

It should be a national scandal that we aren’t.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/13/israel-prison-torture-death-hussam-abu-safiya-palestine

#canada #palestine #cdnpoli

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

Finland ends homelessness and ...

https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2026/jun/20/elbit-four-law-jurors-criminal-damage-terrorism

A British court tried protesters for criminal damage, but then sentenced them for terrorism, a charge that was never presented to the jury. This proceeding contravenes a fundamental principle of law.

I'm not saying Safari is the new IE6; that would be unfair...to IE6. When it came out, it was world-beating in nearly every regard, but got long in the tooth.

No, Safari is more like IE 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11: predictably disappointing showings thanks to under-funding by an organisation hellbent on holding the web back to defend profits:

https://infrequently.org/2026/07/abject-praise/

David Potter, the man who put Psion in the palm of your hand, logs off at 82

https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/07/03/david-potter-the-man-who-put-psion-in-the-palm-of-your-hand-logs-off-at-82/5266624

Physicist, philanthropist, and pioneer of pocket computers, SSDs, smartphones… and duvets

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