Acing cybersecurity in Jeopardy!
My accomplishment for this week is acing the Cybersecurity category, including the two triple stumpers that none of the #JeopardyGOAT s got right!http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=6522
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Mostly set up Qubes
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
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
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…
MediaWiki hates potatoes
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
Self-care tip from #ACLU100 in NYC: "Every night, go online to Facebook, and unfriend people on their birthday. Very therapeutic."
Walking Wiki Award
Glad I'm able to stay on brand.
How many legs does a horse have?
How many legs does a horse have? Google thinks the answer is six.Good job Wikipedia?
Perfect time to run an ArchiveTeam Warrior
If you haven't already, it's the perfect time to start running an ArchiveTeam Warrior to help backup the Internet. Current efforts are focused on saving Google+.https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=ArchiveTeam_Warrior#archiveteam #googleminus
Press freedom supply chain
Freedom of the Press requires more than just protecting journalists, the entire supply chain needs to be safeguarded. On Tuesday night the Spartan Daily's printer lost power, and we were looking at missing our first issue in 85 years.Thankfully they got it back in time, and we were able to…
Some people would rather be at FOSDEM
Its the final day of #Wikimedia all hands and some people would rather be at #FOSDEM
Two stories on the front page
I came home at midnight last night, but both of my news stories made it on the front page, above the fold! Reporting is fun.Here's the full softball story that I wrote: http://www.sjsunews.com/spartan_daily/news/article_ec215144-2592-11e9-a9fd-73eeff92c8e8.html#sjsu #journalism
Responding to a critical apt vulnerability
Do you ever have those days where you have a plan of what you want to do but it gets thrown away because of a critical apt vulnerability and then you have to remember all the Debian systems you're responsible for, plus all the docker images that you use?Anyways, here's…
My new Purism laptop
My new Purism laptop arrived yesterday. My old MacBook that I was planning to replace with it got jealous and died this morning, and fsck'ing hasn't helped. Now in recovery mode running cp -R / onto an external drive.
Thank you Thunderbird
Thank you #Thunderbird.