bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺

Software developer, entrepreneur, former government regulator, current government advisor, amateur scientist.  https://berthub.eu/

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2024-10-11 08:09:37

The Council of the EU has adopted the #CRA Cyber Resilience Act yesterday. This will have huge consequences for everyone who ships hardware and software as a product. Almost no actual open source developers face direct regulation (for writing software), but the users of our open source software very much do. The CRA notably suggests that commercial users pony up for improved open source security attestation. It is a big act, but it offers real possibilities for making better software! 1/2
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2024-08-27 11:15:28

Source unknown. #boeing
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2024-08-20 10:06:08

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@npub1nkt…cagp you have no choice, this is what you get when you order solar panels. It takes a lot of work to get anything different.

2024-08-20 10:04:28

If you care about books, this is a depressing but also enlightening read: https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books

2024-08-19 20:22:19

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@npub1uj3…8x5m :-) At least in this respect yes. It also helps that most nuclear reactors do < 1.5GWe, so they individually do not impact the grid that much.

2024-08-19 20:16:02

I read the comments

2024-08-16 16:57:45

Pro-tip, if you want the best coverage of what we know and don't know about #mpox, follow Kai Kupferschmidt @npub1k52…gavs - an excellent journalist-scientist who also has a great understanding of the human and societal issues. And he wrote a book on the color blue.

2024-08-15 10:09:34

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@npub1eav…kfm3 it is cheaper to make hydrogen from natural gas, which is the dominant process today.

2024-08-14 23:57:53

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@npub1et3…q037 I recently revisited some Gould and found it very strange going. Didn’t feel at all scientific. Need to get back to reading Wilson though!

2024-08-14 22:55:44

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@npub1fmt…w0pt strong meme energy there!

2024-08-14 09:36:56

Small update! A few days ago I posted this piece on why ordering new nuclear power right now is probably a nuts idea, but that for diversification you might ponder it. But then it turns out the way we are procuring new nuclear power is just wrong. Lots of feedback has come in, which has mostly resulted in many more links to supporting materials being added to the post: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/nuclear-no-yes-maybe-but-not-like-this/?a=1

2024-08-12 19:38:07

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@npub1r5v…fw5s no it made it worse. But if I get to publish thousands of harsh words on them it is only fair that they can share their vision. But in the end it only makes it worse I think.

2024-08-12 15:48:55

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@npub1evu…uf5t read parts of this but it seems awfully US specific. Not sure if other jurisdictions would lead to similar conclusions. And if so, it continues to be playing with fire to mix these two licenses.

2024-08-12 13:27:07

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@npub1x47…x3zf The BBC has deleted his page already in an odd way it appears https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cj26k502561t almost like they were in a hurry. I'll miss his rock solid reporting!

2024-08-11 22:22:20

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@npub1lzh…z4t7 well we should hope that the massive research program I also mention would find out about that… but it is a risk of course.

2024-08-11 22:03:30

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@npub1z87…nmnd dunno I like their music?

2024-08-11 21:39:03

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@npub1he2…tyjl how sure do you feel that they honour your preferences?

2024-08-11 11:46:51

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@npub1cu4…mcxv or even experts communicating *period*. Rather leave that to the marketing department.

2024-08-11 10:00:51

Now having a sad. Several people thought this post was about them. It wasn’t. 100% of reactions were from folks who had engaged usefully on the nuclear energy blogpost . Sorry! The risks of keeping things abstract.
From: @npub1hxf…g8qu
https://fosstodon.org/@bert_hubert/112939971383477777

2024-08-11 09:56:12

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@npub12vu…k28m yes.

2024-08-11 09:44:59

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@npub1v7s…tlda it is a reasonable guess but something else might still happen. For example just not solving the winter problem and burning natural gas at that time.

2024-08-10 22:00:00

After receiving a bunch of feedback today, I'm a bit dismayed. If based on your just formed gut feeling you think world renowned experts (not me) are all wrong on something, it is extremely unlikely you are right. And even if you are, the onus is then on you to come up with a well researched rebuttal. You can't just cite your gut feeling and challenge the world to prove that your novel idea is wrong. It is up to you to do the work.

2024-08-10 20:15:45

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@npub18vm…n3x6 it is also impractically large.

2024-08-10 17:14:37

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@npub13rs…rl8f I can do no more than point you at the documents made by experts. If you feel they got it wrong, try writing up your own costed predictions.

2024-08-10 16:15:56

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@npub13rs…rl8f please click on the LDES links. Check out the cost per kWh of battery storage. It needs trillions and trillions of money and more lithium than we can dream of.

2024-08-10 15:48:39

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@npub137k…3esy Always hard to predict the future, but as it stands nuclear fusion looks to be very hard to do, and would therefore likely not be competitive against competing technologies in the coming multiple decades.

2024-08-10 14:51:53

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@npub18vm…n3x6 this is in one of the LDES links in the article. Specifically the gravity storage is ridiculously expensive.

2024-08-10 13:27:34

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@npub13rs…rl8f you can’t store multiple TWh in batteries. And we need to.

2024-08-10 11:45:27

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@npub1fy7…8k09 In there already:
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2024-08-10 11:08:39

Recently, some countries have restarted attempts to buy new nuclear reactors. In this post, I first set out why getting new nuclear power by 2038 is a nuts idea, but then take a look at energy diversification, which changes the picture a bit. However, the way we are going about ordering nuclear power is just plain wrong, and it is unlikely we'll do better. If so, we are better off spending the nuclear trillions on other ways of getting carbon-free and reliable energy: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/nuclear-no-yes-maybe-but-not-like-this/

2024-08-08 16:19:55

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@npub1w6u…9m7t and a trustworthy team of bioinformaticians. Which is generally a bottleneck in medical settings. I’m not aware of software that is robust enough without such specialists but maybe times have changed.

2024-08-07 21:14:39

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@npub1z0q…pvmd I recently upgraded to 127 and that fixed some terrible ui performance for me. It may be that some frameworks are triggering something bad in older Firefox.

2024-08-07 20:34:18

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@npub1et3…q037 we’re not in a great place…

2024-08-06 19:48:28

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@npub1fvd…249x I'm all in favour of keeping existing plants operational! But I do worry we aren't very good (in the west) at building new plants.

2024-08-05 21:28:56

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@npub1sf7…m3th it'll go live tomorrow I think, but I was hoping to get some input from real nuclear fans. Not yet.

2024-08-05 21:12:24

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@npub1hjq…qkdp in the french version, the notice is not there! Or at least, I can't find it. Super weird.

2024-08-05 20:18:34

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@npub1jqc…3mpt This is UTF-8. Captital U umlaut is unicode 220 (decimal) which in the variable length UTF-8 encoding ends up as 195 156 (decimal), which is Ãœ in ASCII. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8

2024-08-05 17:30:22

From the French nuclear regulator. Do you want cookies? Pick between Yes and Always: https://www.french-nuclear-safety.fr/asn-informs/news-releases/epr-reactor-information-letter-n-25
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2024-08-05 16:32:08

Any fans of nuclear energy that want to read a draft of my upcoming blog post that predicts a disappointing future for nuclear? If there is good nuclear news I'm not aware of, I'd love to hear it! Email bert@hubertnet.nl or try DM here or BertHubert.72 on Signal.

2024-08-04 19:43:35

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@npub17lg…9uux Same.
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2024-08-04 11:33:02

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@npub1y3s…dxlu :-)
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2024-08-04 11:16:02

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@npub1uay…8xrh I'm afraid you took me a little bit too seriously :-) Feast your translator on https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/het-gaat-om-de-kerncentrales/ for some thoughts on nuclear power plants.

2024-08-04 08:40:07

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@npub1jzr…dyjq that clinched it for me!

2024-08-03 23:07:54

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@npub1smc…lkwf I hear the permitting is also somewhat laborious!

2024-08-03 22:19:37

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I mean, it does appear to cost 14 billion euros, but so pretty.
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2024-08-03 22:05:02

Writing a piece on nuclear power in 2024. Ran into this *brochure* for the EPR1200 nuclear reactor from #Framatome & EDF. And I have to say, I do feel the urge to buy one now. https://czech-republic.edf.com/sites/czech_republic/files/2024-03/EPR1200%20brochure_0.pdf
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2024-08-03 12:09:27

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@npub1728…q433 I'm aware. At the time of writing this was still considered a possibility, and I hope I did not overstate the case. Will adjust.

2024-08-03 11:48:45

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@npub1svc…c6tq druk druk druk! :-)

2024-08-03 11:00:37

Sage advice on what to read from the Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/685a4f4d-2826-494e-a8ab-e561801fb7b3 - let me know if you need an (individual) gift link.
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2024-08-02 12:01:43

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@npub1rml…xa6t doing almost everything with sqlite in strict mode now, and very very happy with that choice. Worked out really well.

2024-08-02 11:10:13

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@npub1rml…xa6t but also compare this overview (which includes csv): https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/big-data-storage/

2024-07-30 19:25:04

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@npub1xhy…pqa2 Here, have a spider from Nootdorp. Just now.
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2024-07-30 18:31:01

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@npub17lg…9uux and on earnings day too. Makes you wonder.

2024-07-30 07:50:55

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@npub1jw2…jvlw thanks, very helpful. It might be a bit iffy indeed if all your winter power comes from two hydrogen caverns.

2024-07-29 10:42:03

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@npub1x47…x3zf had the same some time ago when I needed to figure out stuff for the tire pressure. Had never noticed that sticker.

2024-07-29 09:31:05

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@npub19al…6hkg sorry to hear that Michael! :-) But, having a slightly weird name is a great filter to check if someone is paying attention. Call me Burt or Hubert and I know you are playing it by ear.

2024-07-29 07:21:55

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@npub1nha…4cgr one day we’ll add “phased” to that and perhaps “with methylation data”.

2024-07-28 19:55:43

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@npub1tz2…ty2r this being the US they'll still power the train with diesel though ;-)

2024-07-28 18:47:51

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@npub1k7p…u8jz it is the kind of mindfuck that makes me happy to pay for my Economist subscription.

2024-07-28 18:26:35

“Never underestimate the bandwidth of a truck full of tape” coming for your power grid.
https://www.economist.com/interactive/essay/2024/06/20/solar-power-is-going-to-be-huge
from The Economist
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2024-07-28 13:06:02

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@npub1qvs…tu7a thank you Tomáš for spreading the word!

2024-07-27 11:29:50

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@npub13dl…qfg2 als je weer bij ze weg gaat spammen ze je nog flink door daarna dat ze je zo missen. Hoefde van mij ook niet.

2024-07-26 13:26:51

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@npub1nll…xx3v assuming that this is a Large file.

2024-07-26 13:19:54

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@npub1nll…xx3v try running many parallel sha1sums on the server, it could be that it is suffering from bad memory, and you might get different sha1s over time.

2024-07-26 13:00:12

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@npub1n0y…l7ka I'd be a horrible autocrat ;-) Explaining things well is far easier to do, and I hope it helps somewhat.

2024-07-26 11:44:13

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@npub18vm…n3x6 mostly the German government it appears.

2024-07-26 11:11:18

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@npub18vm…n3x6 it also mentions 200 million euros further on. The 1 million is only the direct EU part.

2024-07-26 10:53:35

Now that the post has been up for most of a day, I'm happy to report that many people who worked with/for Gaia-X have chimed in to confirm my sad summary of & recommendation for this mostly paper project. Thank you for your feedback! https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/gaia-x-is-an-expensive-distraction/

2024-07-26 09:25:43

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@npub1csc…8pjk don't get me wrong, this is still very cool! Possibly related, there are fun theories on life surviving on digesting hot rocks, https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1701266114

2024-07-26 06:48:52

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@npub1csc…8pjk I suspect the word “huge” here is probably worth delving into a bit more. From other articles I got the impression they detections where initially not that strong.

2024-07-25 14:49:29

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@npub1sly…t8j7 specifically the kubernetes / docker stuff didn't work. I tried the normal support channel and I only got bullshit answers.

2024-07-25 14:48:05

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@npub1sly…t8j7 it doesn't work is why. I and other people have tried. The support is also useless. So I can't list them as 'cloud providers'.

2024-07-25 14:14:59

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@npub16gn…nu8l except then paid by german industry ;-) But otherwise indeed a bit like that.

2024-07-25 14:05:49

This was no fun to write, but over the past years, I've come to the conclusion that Gaia-X is not ever going to deliver a working European cloud, not even indirectly. But worse, its very existence, expense and prominence form a distraction that is holding us all back. It is time to abandon Gaia-X.
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/gaia-x-is-an-expensive-distraction/

2024-07-24 21:54:32

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@npub1fmt…w0pt I thought I’d seen it all but this is marvelous :-)

2024-07-24 09:17:38

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@npub1rml…xa6t I am told it might be because of this: https://snoopfootball.com/

2024-07-23 07:39:05

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@npub1365…d2hv er gaat precies niets gebeuren denk ik. druk druk druk.

2024-07-23 07:31:55

Dutch military intelligence & security agency #MIVD is supposed to notify people it inadvertently targeted for interception. Such a notification has to be sent 5 years after the fact. Turns out MIVD simply has not been doing this, even after having been warned years ago. https://www.ctivd.nl/actueel/nieuws/2024/07/22/index

2024-07-23 05:33:55

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@npub1z0p…d6zw cable doesn't fit!

2024-07-22 20:05:17

Using a 128GB computer to charge my toothbrush. The future is weird.

2024-07-21 18:32:22

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@npub17lg…9uux a Dutch newspaper had apparently renamed a heading yesterday already. Encircled “Biden drops out”
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2024-07-21 16:40:32

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@npub1zj4…fyjh thank you!

2024-07-21 16:19:31

People, earlier today I saw a picture of a guy on a ladder with a keyboard attempting to remove the bad #crowdstrike update from a ceiling mounted display. But I can't find that photo anymore, does anyone recognize this? Thanks!

2024-07-21 10:18:01

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@npub1rxq…9aky you never get a backlog this way. Not saying it is good but to people minding numbers it is great.

2024-07-20 13:26:17

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@npub1h8j…m0fw a truly malicious update sent out by/through #CrowdStrike could have done even more damage though. Unrecoverable damage.

2024-07-19 19:00:38

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@npub1zj4…fyjh you can turn their stuff off with no loss of functionality. Unlike say Fortinet devices which you’d need to carefully migrate away from. So customer behavior may indeed be very different.

2024-07-19 17:05:43

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@npub1y3s…dxlu that theory is now in doubt or at least no one confirms it.

2024-07-19 13:47:20

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@npub1a8e…ywga maybe the azure images microsoft refers to have something special going for them?

2024-07-19 13:35:51

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@npub1a8e…ywga the reboot 15 times theory?

2024-07-19 13:05:37

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@npub1ezx…luye happy to hear that! The article was well timed…

2024-07-19 12:13:28

Two months ago I presented over at the Dutch National Cyber Security Center academic symposium on how fragile our IT systems are, and how they are in no way ready for disruption. Perhaps a fun read for today: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/cyber-security-pre-war-reality-check/

2024-07-19 11:52:12

Some possible good news on the #crowdstrike issue from Microsoft: "We've received feedback from customers that several reboots (as many as 15 have been reported) may be required, but overall feedback is that reboots are an effective troubleshooting step at this stage." https://status.cloud.microsoft/

2024-07-19 09:31:42

This outage (caused by #Crowdstrike) might last for quite a while because it appears to be pretty hard to fix it automatically. Some banks are down too. This might impact payroll processing if it keeps up.

2024-07-19 08:30:57

Notably, https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/ currently has _nothing_ on the ongoing disaster.
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2024-07-18 20:21:46

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@npub14v2…4xfk hmm from Firefox 128:
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2024-07-18 18:52:27

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@npub14v2…4xfk what language is this?

2024-07-17 19:53:27

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@npub1rs9…apx7 "if you are a mouse".

2024-07-17 19:51:26

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@npub1d4k…ev2p same - cost me a whole bunch of friends. Some of them got even further lost after that.

2024-07-17 19:49:50

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@npub1rml…xa6t "you blocked our robot, this must be a mistake!"

2024-07-17 19:25:57

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@npub1z9h…uzlh hanging out with the wrong people...