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Kunal Mehta

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2L, Wikipedian, Debian Developer, MediaWiki core dev. Boba journalist, believer in free software and free knowledge. Professionally I work on SecureDrop.
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RE: https://cloudisland.nz/@xssfox/117477662329315148

Fyi, if your non-technical parents, family and friends have been putting off all the security advice you give them, today's the day to get them to do it. You can pretty much get away with anything. Don't waste this opportunity.

❞ Quoted postxssfox (crossy)

Fyi, if you have a risky patch, deploy, infra change, today's the day to do it. You can pretty much get away with anything. Don't waste this opportunity.

Cloud Islandxssfox (crossy) (@[email protected])Fyi, if you have a risky patch, deploy, infra change, today's the day to do it. You can pretty much get away with anything. Don't waste this opportunity.
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big opportunity for humans today, there's a possibility that many Wikipedia bots take a *full* day off, breaking some decade-long daily editing streaks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Longest_active_user_editing_streaks

(note: said report is, of course, updated by a bot and won't be updated until Toolforge is back)

en.wikipedia.orgWikipedia:Database reports/Longest active user editing streaks - Wikipedia
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RE: https://fosstodon.org/@php/117474977977509509

I just turned all my PHP stuff off for now. legoktm.com will come back tomorrow probably.

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The PHP security team is giving advance notice of an upcoming security release scheduled for Wed, 21 October 2026 at 14:00 UTC, addresses two critical vulnerabilities, both rated CVSSv4 9.2. All PHP users are encouraged to prepare so they can upgrade immediately tomorrow. Should

FosstodonPHP (@[email protected])The PHP security team is giving advance notice of an upcoming security release scheduled for Wed, 21 October 2026 at 14:00 UTC, addresses two critical vulnerabilities, both rated CVSSv4 9.2. All PHP users are encouraged to prepare so they can upgrade immediately tomorrow. Should details of the vulnerabilities become public, or should evidence of active exploitation appear we will release sooner.
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