Mostly set up Qubes

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I mostly set up Qubes last night, but Thunderbird did not migrate well at all, so I'm not checking my email right now.

Specifically, all of the mail filters on my POP accounts broke. :/

SecureLinkFixer in beta

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In other #HTTPS news, a feature to automatically rewrite HTTP links on #Wikipedia to HTTPS (using domains on the HSTS preload list) just landed on our beta cluster. Full production rollout coming soon.
More details: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T200745

LibUp 2.0 test run

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I did the first test run of LibUp 2.0 (formerly libraryupgrader) last night across MediaWiki extension repositories, only hit one show-stopper bug (oops).

Here's an example: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/AJAXPoll/+/522645 I think the coolest new feature is the hashtags, which allow you to filter patches for exactly which libraries were upgraded, which CVEs were fixed, etc.

MediaWiki hates potatoes

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End of an era, #MediaWiki will no longer silently accept "A potato" as part of a valid timestamp: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-api-announce/2019-June/000146.html

(Don't worry, PHP will still take it!)

ACLU 100

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Self-care tip from #ACLU100 in NYC: "Every night, go online to Facebook, and unfriend people on their birthday. Very therapeutic."

Walking Wiki Award

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Glad I'm able to stay on brand.