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One of Microsoft's [1] recent #Windows 11 updates improves Windows security via the extremely effective tactic of making the C: drive inaccessible.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-11-25h2#3801msgdesc

[1] AKA #Microslop these days.

#security #WeveHeardOfIt #WindowsUpdate #WindowsUpdates #Windows11 #WindowsSecurity #oops #brick #quality #qwality #Microsoft

A local white-tailed jackrabbit (actually a species of hare, not rabbit) is in solar-charging mode, having found a bit of sunbeam passing between our house and the neighbour's in the mid-afternoon.

#rabbit #hare #jackrabbit #SK #YQR #wildlife #RabbitsOfMastodon #SolarCharging #sunbeam

World War 3 is already here - it's just not very evenly distributed.

(with apologies to William Gibson)

#WW3 #WWIII #WilliamGibson #distributed #distribution

Live in #Regina? Have something that's #broken and you'd like it fixed? How about getting it fixed for #free?

Regina has a Repair Cafe! It started a year or so ago. I started volunteering when I found out about it. The volunteers are all great people, and between them they seem to fix a lot of stuff - everything from garment #repair to bicycles to power tools to electronics, and more.

I'm not an official spokesman or anything - I just volunteer. But if you're in the #YQR area, you can get the date and location of the next repair cafe from this webpage:

https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/

There's also a link from there to where you can sign up for a repair spot. Walk-ins are taken as possible, but reserved timeslots are served first.

As I write this, the next one is on Saturday 21 March at the Circle Project, 3433 5th Ave. I haven't actually looked where that is yet, must do that.

Anyway - come get stuff fixed for free, by friendly folk in a relaxed atmosphere. And save one more thing from ending up in the #landfill.

[edit: typo]

#Saskatchewan #SK #RepairCafe #DIY #fix #repairs #ReduceReuseRecycle #dump

Absolutely delusional. Mango Mussolini starts a #war with #Iran by taking out a big chunk of their leadership structure. And now he says he gets to approve who gets to be their next leader.

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/05/iran-leader-trump-khamenei

It's war, you #moron. They don't report to you, no matter how hard you imagine being Boss of the Whole World. If you want them to obey your orders, you have to get them to #surrender first, and that ain't gonna happen. You can do whatever you like, but the absolute most you will accomplish is creating another insurgency you can't suppress in a country that has great reason to hate your guts. You won't be able to contain it without putting millions of American soldiers into that country, *forever*.

So ya, it's either a forever war, or another grade-A clusterfuck from the same folks who brought you #Afghanistan and #Iraq 2.0, along with other supporting features.

#USPol #Trump #SwissCheeseBrain #SwissCheese #dementia #delusion #MangoMussolini #Iran #ForeverWar #USA #invasion #bombing #WarCrimes

#Parking in #Regina, part 3...

I submitted a "service request" about paying for #parking meters downtown, because they're going "app-only", and I have no mobile phone.

I got a #contemptuous email telling me I'd said I was "not comfortable with technology". Fuck you, I'm a software engineer of nearly 3 decades. I responded to say a) I didn't say I wasn't comfortable with tech, and b) it was insulting.

So I got a second reply today, including this fantastic line:

> We apologize for the stress caused to you due to the transition of paying
> for the parking #meters.

Somebody at City Hall is feeling awfully passive-aggressive.

Then, today, I got a phone call. This person tried to convince me that this isn't a problem for me, and tried to offer "solutions" which I had already explained were not applicable in my original request:

1. Park off-street in a private lot. No: it's more expensive, I have no income, and the nearest ones are multiple blocks away from where I need to go. Not practical for someone with #mobility issues, and there are lots of us out here.

2. Buy a special "park for free at meters" pass. Cost: $1040 plus taxes. This is a giant "up yours" suggestion.

3. JK, there are no other solutions.

So I said, "Is it the city's official position that I'm #screwed and can't park downtown to receive medical treatments?" and she said yes.

I'm fucking tired of #bureaucrats making decisions without caring how it affects #residents.

#YQR #SK #fauxpology #CityHall