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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37820441

Online piracy is in the midst of an identity crisis. Sites born with one name tend to discard them quite quickly, before adopting a series of others, hoping to stay one step ahead of the law. Site operators, meanwhile, no longer court the gaze of the media, certainly not under their real names while revealing their future piracy plans. In 2010, things were somewhat different; once considered a public good, sharing books today can trigger an FBI investigation.

Both instances are pointedly political and looking to spread their particular philosophies to the threadiverse. Moreover, their users aren’t exactly winning any awards for charm. Can we put it to a vote before they become a nuisance?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.eco.br/post/16760357

• wine updated to latest bleeding-edge

• dxvk updated to latest git

• vkd3d-proton updated to latest git

• vkd3d updated to latest git

• dxvk-nvapi updated to latest git

• proton build updated to use latest sdk (steam runtime)

• protonfixes: fix added for ue4ss mod for stellar blade

• added patch to workaround star citizen "unsupported os" popup

• etaash (em-10/wine-wayland) patches updated and rebased

Nothing major this release, just the regular updating + rebasing ontop of upstream.

https://deadline.com/2025/09/magnolia-normal-bob-odenkirk-john-wick-creator-derek-kolstad-1236552260/

Graphic by Africa Center, Original Post: https://mastodon.social/@africacenter/115243789841952535

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Germany has cut its budget for international development by 8% and emergency aid has been halved. Aid agencies warn of drastic consequences.

The Department of Homeland Security has escalated its clash with so-called sanctuary states this week, warning California, New York, and Illinois in letters obtained by CBS News that refusal to honor immigration detainers could trigger federal legal action.

In letters dated Sept. 10, Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons ordered the attorneys general of the three states to declare within two days whether they would comply with "thousands of ICE detainers" lodged against individuals in state custody, according to DHS. Immigration detainers are formal requests by ICE asking local jails and prisons to notify the agency before releasing an individual, and to hold them briefly so federal agents can take undocumented migrants into federal custody.

I’ve been thinking about transparency and security in the public sector. Do you think all government software and platforms should be open source?

Some countries have already made progress in this area:

• Estonia: digital government services with open and auditable APIs.
• United Kingdom: several open source government projects and systems published on GitHub.
• France and Canada: policies encouraging the use of free and open source software in public agencies.

Possible benefits:

• Full transparency: anyone can audit the code, ensuring there is no corruption, hidden flaws, or unauthorized data collection.
• Enhanced security: public reviews help identify vulnerabilities quickly.
• Cost reduction: less dependency on private vendors and lower spending on proprietary licenses.
• Flexibility and innovation: public agencies can adapt systems to their needs without relying on external solutions.

Possible challenges:

• Maintenance and updating of complex systems.
• Protecting sensitive data without compromising citizen privacy.
• Political or bureaucratic resistance to opening the code.

Do you think this could be viable in the governments of your countries? How could we start making this a reality globally?

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