An electronic tollbooth system used on expressways in Japan was restored after causing massive headaches for drivers and congestion at tollgates over the weekend due to a malfunction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/07/japan/etc-malfunction-tollbooths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #etc #nexco
A malfunction in the Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system affected traffic around the capital and beyond on Sunday, making some toll booths on the Tomei Expressway, the Chuo Expressway and other roads unusable. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/06/japan/etc-trouble-expressways/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #etc
Dagens ETC:s Joakim Medin sitter inspärrad i Turkiet.
Han greps den 27 mars på Istanbuls flygplats.
Han har förts till ett högsäkerhetsfängelse.
Han ställs inför falska anklagelser.
@TwoClownsEating I remember it. One of *those* - novelty hits/one hit wonders/something a lot of pissed people on holiday bought when they got back home #etc
I forget who it was (and didn't bookmark the post) who coined or at least introduced me to the Latin abbreviation, "etm." which stands for et merda, and translates to "and shit," but I am gratefully passing it on to you.
I really really want to see this somewhere mainstream someday.
Not necessarily agreeing on all the tech choices,, but very much with the reason, motivation ..
leave #amazon #google #microsoft #x #meta #apple #etc - now ...
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/american-tech-is-compromised-heres-my-replacement-stack-2/
Crutches
Mangeling For Freedom // Forever Determined
Empty your plate, swallow your fears
and with them all of the poison ideas
Follow the gospel - every which word
Don’t want to get trampled?
Then run with the herd!
Bigotry, hatred, poured in a chalice
Violent burning, acidic malice
Drink up and swallow, for that is the law
Spew forth the guile, throat bloody and raw
These are the shackles they made for you
these are the nightmares they will make true
this is the path you’re meant to tread
this paper trail is all you will get
straightjacket, fine, sewn in your size
the blindfold will nicely cover your eyes
Now you are ready to play out your role
Now you are set to be part of the whole
and if you one day, should change your mind
stray from the flock, and take off the blinds
you’ll see a world
drowning in piss
and ask yourself:
How did it come to this?
--
Freedom to choose
Against their sexist, religious,
homophobic bullshit
For now!! Forever
Mangeling for freedom
Free our minds
Free their minds
Generations and decades for dis-evolvement
#dbeat #punk #hardcore #sweden #eligion #homophobia #etc
https://crutches666.bandcamp.com/album/mangeling-for-freedom-forever-determined
How to set a Fixed IP on Ubuntu
@Emmaf_77 : je regarde un peu ton profil. Manifestement, nous avons pas mal de choses en commun! #SEDh #Etc 
#Autrice #Féministe
You either protect people’s human rights at a constitutional level or you don’t protect them at all. People’s identities – their very existences – are not political playthings. That this is being normalised is disgusting.
This isn’t just about the US. This can – and it looks increasingly likely that it will – happen anywhere and everywhere.
Be prepared to shut it all down if and when it does.
No business as usual in the face of fascism.
The only folks who work a regular 9 to 5 during fascism are fascists.
Today, I built a Proof of Concept: a dynamic cryptocurrency miner! The idea was to use idle hardware resources to mine crypto. 
BUT... after some testing, I realized it's not worth it in Germany due to high energy costs 
and low crypto prices 
.
Check it out here (but I don’t recommend using it 
):
THE WEAKLY 104 is out!
Two years of weekly recap blog posts so far and still going. The anniversary is coming the week after.
https://teymthebeast.com/blog/weakly104
#weekly #recap #blog #photography #stuff #etc
Richtig gut wäre es, wenn die Überwachungstechnik auch nicht in den Händen von bekennenden Demokrat.innen wäre … das macht uns fast genauso besorgt wie ein Wahlsieg der AfD … /p #Chatkontrolle #Vorratsdatenspeicherung++ #etc #pp
https://d-64.social/@D64eV/113582823528136641
I suppose I chose a
Good #introduction
From a formerly-trusted friend,
A good introduction
To life at rainbow’s end.
—Ultravox
I’m migrating from @darth_hideout@mastodon.social. I’m a human. Or at least humanoid, I suppose. I mostly post in English, but can handle whatever language you prefer to use, particularly deutsch, español, français, Gaeilge, 日本語. He/him/his. PST/PDT. If you follow, expect lots of shitposting on #HashtagGames, #scifi, #StarTrek, #StarWars, #Tolkien, #news, #politics, #etc, #etc. #LLAP 
