Ben Albone

what is this "grass" y'all are touching

[Ben Albone @benalbone]

Made it on the front page. It’s damn good event.

[Call of Duty League @CODLeague]

The fans have arrived for Day 2 of Major I. 🇪🇸

#CDL2025

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

This is what the UK spyware proposal means.

There must be government spyware on every mobile device. It shall watch everything that happens, including always watching the screen, looking for things the government disapproves of.

When anything is flagged by the software as something the government doesn't like, the software must block it from being sent or displayed (in realtime).

The user of the device must not be able to shut this watching and blocking off. The only way to shut it off would be to ask the government or its proxies to do so for you, at their discretion.

Therefore the whole device must be locked down. Administrator rights and the decision of what software or operating system to run or not to run must be taken from the owner/user and handed to the government and its proxies.

Apple and Google are themselves working hard to lock down the devices they are involved in to shut out competition and establish a duopoly.

The UK government says it is "working closely" with Apple and Google and currently they synchronise and coordinate their communication on this subject.

The UK government is now proposing to mandate what would otherwise be illegal anti-competitive practices.

@GrapheneOS on the Apple and Google duopoly:
https://t.co/rbRmcUDTRu

Statement from @signalapp
https://t.co/vJILcSrs4s

@ReclaimTheNetHQ on the state spyware:
https://t.co/3FCi06bP77

The government announcement:
https://t.co/ynYjR3DIRo

[Signal @signalapp]

Our statement on the UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.

https://t.co/VdWe9uhi8p

[Ben Albone @benalbone]

@JoeDeceives #BringBackBeans @BeansMCM

[Ben Albone @benalbone]

@mitchellh Based

[Proton Drive @ProtonDrive]

Microsoft OneDrive is rolling out AI face recognition for your photos.

But you can turn it off, right? Well, you CAN, but only “three times a year,” and Microsoft hasn’t clarified what that actually means.

To disable (for now), go to Privacy & Permissions → People section.

[Signal @signalapp]

https://t.co/HS5P66thps

[Ben Albone @benalbone]

@raiku_dev have you got aerospace displaying windows in the menubar like hyprland or are you running sketchyybar?

[Ben Albone @benalbone]

just got an advert for an ad-blocker on youtube.. make that make sense

[CharlieIntel @charlieINTEL]

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is now officially set...in the past.

No longer a 'futuristic' game...

[Ben Albone @benalbone]

@mitchellh @raycastapp where would you rank the new spotlight in a list that includes Raycast and Alfred?

+ Raycast
+ Alfred
+ Spotlight (macOS 26) ?

[Ben Albone @benalbone]

@mitchellh @ralgozino That's interesting! What would you say is your preference for day-to-day use in that case?

[Ben Albone @benalbone]

@ralgozino @mitchellh Looks like rose-pine to me

[Ben Albone @benalbone]

@mitchellh Out of sheer curiosity, are you Light mode or Dark mode?

[chrissy ✨ @chrissyxchi]

stays up late gaming → wakes up exhausted → fights through work → tells myself i’ll go to bed early → goes home → stays up late gaming → repeat

[Sacked Him!!!!!!!!! @PsychoRelic]

Schumacher got disqualified from an entire championship for intentionally crashing into Villeneuve. Why is this spoilt man child allowed to continue doing this?

[Ben Albone @benalbone]

@UltraLinx Literally cancelled it today

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

First teaser for the #SpiderNoir series 🕸️ https://t.co/3Qx3VhhF6g

[Ben Albone @benalbone]

@BasicAppleGuy I’ll take it

[Ben Albone @benalbone]

@gnukeith Ahh makes sense, smart to avoid those when you can 😂

Good to know that ProtonPass is definitely worth using as well!

[Ben Albone @benalbone]

@gnukeith Interesting choice not to also use ProtonPass, any reason?