Nostr notes by David Hembrow

So today some of the worst people on earth using the most ...

2026-10-21T16:06:47Z

So today some of the worst people on earth using the most environmentally destructive tools on earth brought down a huge part of the internet by exploiting a potential problem found many years ago in PHP which was previously not practical for anyone to exploit.

It only became "practical" to exploit this problem because "AI" came along to automate the boring and repetitive work required to do so. Absurd amounts of computing power were applied specifically to break into other peoples' websites.

Now the same people who are behind this are trying to pretend that they're heroes for finding an exploit.

"AI uncovers critical vulnerabilities", their headline reads. But the vulnerability was only made to be critical by the very same people as hide behind that headline.

Many thousands of websites are offline, many people are losing money, many thousands of people are working hard to try to patch or work around the problem, many small guys are finding it almost impossible to patch, and we're all supposed to be thankful to OpenAI and others involved ? Nah. Fuck off.

Everything about "AI" involves a lot of externalized costs, but I've still yet to see even a single positive thing that has been achieved by "AI". That has definitely not changed today.
#php2shell #php #fuckai #openai

Israel and the USA are both run by lunatics. The rule of law ...

2026-10-10T08:56:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…r6rk
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Israel and the USA are both run by lunatics. The rule of law doesn't apply in either country and they don't care even in the slightest about human rights.

We should no longer be relying on either of those countries for anything at all. This goes beyond merely boycotting the worst of them.

I never did understand why people worshipped the wrong Steve. ...

2026-08-15T20:46:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…r4kx
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I never did understand why people worshipped the wrong Steve. Wozniak is the real deal. Jobs was something else altogether.

I've been stopping at interesting places and at memorials ...

2026-07-29T16:48:46Z

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I've been stopping at interesting places and at memorials such as these.

I've been working on a secret project this month. 20 years ...

2026-07-29T16:40:22Z

I've been working on a secret project this month. 20 years ago I lived in the UK and decided I had to go on one epic bike ride before leaving the country so in July 2006 I cycled from Land's End to John o'Groats - the length of the country from the furthest South-West point to the furthest North-East. The route that I took was just over 1700 km and it took ten days of cycling. It was fun, but also quite dangerous. A lot of those km were on A-roads, some of them on dual carriageways which are motorway standard except that they lack a safe hard shoulder to pull over onto. In all honesty, I can't really recommend it.

Anyway, the secret project this month was to ride the distance of LEJOG while doing all the usual things that I do each month. I decided on 1407 km as the target as that's the shortest possible LEJOG route. No need to push myself too hard this time.

I only thought of this idea in the second week of July. I'd made a good start with the 200 km ride that we did on the first Sunday of the month, but I'd also had a couple of relatively lazy days so I had fallen behind the ~45 km a day required to finish the distance in 31 days but not by much (I told you it'd be relatively relaxed).
#lejog #virtuallejog #cycling #biketooter #velomobile #recumbent #regel17

A group of us visited the Dwingeloo radiotelescope on Sunday. ...

2026-07-21T09:53:49Z

A group of us visited the Dwingeloo radiotelescope on Sunday. I've often cycled down there to ride over the heath or sit near the radio telescope and eat my lunch, but not been on a guided tour before. I recommend it. You can currently book a tour on Sundays and Wednesdays in July and August.

Real discoveries were made here. This was once the largest radiotelescope in the world, a title which of course it has not held for many years.

But the telescope can now do more than it could in the 1950s and 60s because its capability is enhanced by modern software. This made it possible for the wonderful enthusiastic amateurs who now run the telescope to demonstrate things to us within five minutes which once took months for a group of scientists to work out.

More information here:
https://www.camras.nl/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwingeloo_Radio_Observatory

Dwingeloo Radiotelescoop (npub1cuv…u7h5)
#camras #dwingeloo #dwingelooradiotelescoop #radioastronomy #drenthe

I forgot to upload a photo of Thursday's protest for ...

2026-06-06T19:30:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…6qlj
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I forgot to upload a photo of Thursday's protest for Palestine here in Assen but I can now upload one of today's protest in Groningen as well.

In Assen we sang. In Groningen we were silent. Lots of people took leaflets with information. Lots of people gave us thumbs up or other obvious signs of agreement.

In Groningen today there were a couple of strange people who were trying very hard to get into arguments or who wanted to photograph us all. This is harassment by people who know they have lost any kind of moral support for their argument or for their actions. There is no moral justification for the ongoing genocide committed by Israel.

Individuals can't necessarily do much from a distance, but at the very least we can choose not to support the genocide by not buying Israeli goods or services. Boycott Israel.
#gaza #palestine #assen #groningen #bds #bdsisrael #boycottIsrael

Today's protest for Palestine at Assen railway station. On ...

2026-05-28T18:44:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…w699
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Today's protest for Palestine at Assen railway station. On the last Thursday of every month we go inside the railway station. Instead of pot banging, someone reads the names and ages of Palestinians murdered by the Israelis.

There are around 70000 confirmed deaths of people whose names are known. Their age at death varies from newborn all the way to centenarians.

Obviously we can only read a small fraction of the names in one hour.

Many people stop and listen for a while while they wait for their train.

https://airwars.org/moh-list/

Israel has not stopped. They continue to commit genocide while most other countries take no action at all.

#gaza #palestine #assen #israelterroristState #gazagenocide #bds #bdsisrael

Today's protest for Palestine in Groningen. It's a quiet ...

2026-05-23T18:02:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…4cxr
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Today's protest for Palestine in Groningen. It's a quiet protest held every two weeks. Lots of people received information or already knew about what was happening and were therefore positive about the demo.
#gaza #palestine #groningen #israelTerroristState #bds #bdsisrael

Today's protest for Palestine. Some of the group were at a ...

2026-05-21T18:28:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…fsl9
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Today's protest for Palestine. Some of the group were at a larger protest elsewhere today, so we were fewer in number but just as determined as usual.
This week the genocidal Israelis again exposed their horrible behaviour with their disgusting treatment of hunanitarians delivering aid. What we all saw was the level of violence that they publish themselves to garner support. It takes some sickness to think that would show them in a good light.
The second photo is from last week.
#gaza #palestine #IsraelTerroristState #bds #BDSIsrael

Today's protest for Palestine in Groningen. This is a quiet ...

2026-05-09T17:00:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…cnjt
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Today's protest for Palestine in Groningen. This is a quiet protest, people line the street holding placards while others hand out information.
#gaza #palestine #gazagenocide #israeliWarCrimes #groningen

Tonight's protest for Gaza outside Assen railway station. No ...

2026-05-07T18:00:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…yvmt
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Tonight's protest for Gaza outside Assen railway station. No pot banging tonight. Instead we serenaded train passengers with a version of Bella Ciao adapted by Joke Kaviaar.
https://todon.nl/@Jo/115406795320803892
Joke Kaviaar (they/them) (npub10a2…tth2)
#gaza #palestine #assen #bds #BDSIsrael #IsraelTerroristState

Thursday's protest for Gaza outside Assen railway station. ...

2026-05-02T07:37:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…y0np
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Thursday's protest for Gaza outside Assen railway station.
Israel's genocide against Palestinians continues unabated.
Israel's aggression towards the citizens of its "allies" also continues, as seen with the abuse of hundreds of people in the aid flotilla 1000 km from Israel.
Our nations continue to ignore the disgusting behaviour of the Israeli state.
What can we do ? Protest and Boycott. Boycott Israel. Don't buy Israeli goods. Don't allow Israeli entrants to take part in international events.
#israelTerroristState #stopgenocide #assen #gaza #palestine #bds #bdsisrael

Today's protest for Gaza in Groningen. The Israeli genocide ...

2026-04-25T16:55:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…kysm
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Today's protest for Gaza in Groningen.
The Israeli genocide of Palestinians unfortunately continues as our attention is being diverted by other atrocities.
#gaza #palestine #groningen #israelterroristState #israeligenocide #bds #bdsisrael

This evening's protest for Gaza in Assen railway station. We ...

2026-04-23T20:17:30Z

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This evening's protest for Gaza in Assen railway station. We were indoors reading names and ages of those killed by Israel in their genocide of the Gazan people, and handing out information about what is happening and the organised boycott of Israeli businesses.
#gaza #palestine #IsraelTerroristState #israeligenocide #Assen #bds #BDSIsrael

Photo's from yesterday's ride through Drenthe with three ...

2026-04-20T11:56:51Z

Photo's from yesterday's ride through Drenthe with three other velomobiles.
It was a grey day, but the tulips were still really nice to see. Look but don't touch: they're covered in poisonous agricultural chemicals. TheoZw (npub1zxk…8sfw) twilwel (npub1agx…e26w)
#regel17 #velomobile #cycling #biketooter #drenthe #netherlands #tulips #tulpen #giftig

Today's demo for Gaza outside Assen railway station. A lot of ...

2026-04-16T21:17:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…0nkj
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Today's demo for Gaza outside Assen railway station.
A lot of people joined in today, waving, thumbs up, making heart signs, taking information leaflets or their own photos of posters, even borrowing pots from us so they could join ib.
It is clear that the majority of people are opposed to Israel's genocidal behaviour, but our politicians don't seem to have received the message loudly enough. Hopefully our pot banging helped to get the message through.
#gaza #palestine #IsraelTerroristState #genocide #assen #potbangingforgaza #bds #BDSIsrael #BoycottIsrael

Today's protest in Groningen. This happens on the Waagstraat ...

2026-04-11T15:26:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…aftu
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Today's protest in Groningen. This happens on the Waagstraat between 13:00 and 14:00, every other Saturday (odd / oneven week numbers).
It's a quiet demo, not a noisy demo like at the railway station.
If you want to join in you just need to turn up. There are lots of signs that you can borrow if you want to hold one.
Everyone is friendly.
I know that many people feel unable to do anything about the awful situation in Palestine. Protesting and refusing Israeli products are two of the best things that individuals can do.
#gaza #palestine #groningen #israeliWarCrimes #IsraelTerroristState #bds #bdsisrael

Today's pot-banging protest at Assen railway station. A group ...

2026-04-09T18:46:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…cx0m
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Today's pot-banging protest at Assen railway station. A group of us gathered as we do every Thursday evening from 18:00 until 19:00.

There's very obviously more interest from the public now than there was a few weeks ago. Several people came up and asked for leaflets rather than having to be offered one. Other people walked past doing thumb's up and peace signs with their hands.

Israel has for a long time managed to convince people in the west that they are somehow the victims of their own violence. Their recent war crimes have been so blatant that they have lifted the veils from many people's eyes.

Everyone can now see for themselves who the real terrorist state of the middle east is.
#Assen #Gaza #Palestine #potbangingforgaza #bds #bdsusa #bdsisrael #israelTerroristState #israelwarCrimes

That's incredibly sad. Please reconsider. We don't need ...

2026-04-09T14:31:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…c3k3
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That's incredibly sad. Please reconsider.

We don't need an "AI continent" (wtaf is that anyway ?)

What we do need is public representatives of the people. i.e. us. Those responding here.

Please represent us. Do your work properly. Help the 450 million people who live in the EU, rather than representing the foreign billionaires who are trying to scam all of us with "AI".

(Of course I could have also written about other problems with "AI" such as the mass abuse of copyright, and the ridiculous energy consumption melting our planet. But you're a representative of the people in the EU so PLEASE DO YOUR JOB and represent the people rather than hopping onto ridiculous hype subjects like "AI")

Today's protest at Assen station was an emergency action in ...

2026-04-02T17:51:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…7sfy
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Today's protest at Assen station was an emergency action in response to the Israeli introduction of a death sentence for Palestinians only.

We were indoors with placards, and a recording which sounds a lot like the usual public address system in the railway station, but which informs people about the ongoing genocide.

Don't buy Israeli goods !
Join a protest in your area !
#gaza #palestine #israelTerroristState #israelWarCrimes #Stopgenocide #bds #bdsisrael #bdsusa #assen

Gil Scott-Heron. Whitey's On The Moon. Nothing much has ...

2026-04-01T17:21:54Z

Gil Scott-Heron. Whitey's On The Moon.
Nothing much has changed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4
#whiteysonthemoon #gillscottheron #artemis2

Every other Saturday (the odd week numbers) there's a demo ...

2026-03-28T16:06:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…cehs
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Every other Saturday (the odd week numbers) there's a demo for Palestine in Groningen. I rode my bike up there today to take part and met a friend who I rode part way home with.
#groningen #gaza #palestine #demo #israeliwarCrimes #bds #bdsisrael #bdsusa

This is the last Thursday of the month so our protest at Assen ...

2026-03-26T18:33:04Z

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This is the last Thursday of the month so our protest at Assen railway station was in silence apart from the reading of names and ages of Palestinians killed by Israel.
All the deaths are tragedies, but it hits harder when the ages are those of children and infants.
#gaza #palestine #assen #protestforgaza #IsraeliWarCrimes #bds #BDSIsrael #BDSUSA

Have you ever considered making a nice reliable fast browser ...

2026-03-24T16:28:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…gzdr
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Have you ever considered making a nice reliable fast browser instead of pushing unwanted "ai" garbage on your users?

This evening a group of us once more protested for Palestine and ...

2026-03-19T19:21:18Z

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This evening a group of us once more protested for Palestine and against the Israeli genocide outside Assen railway station. This happens outside all Dutch railway stations (or at least many of them) from 18:00 until 19:00, every Thursday.
Thinking as always of the many people suffering from Israel's and the USA's genocidal violence, be they in Gaza, the West Bank, Iran, Lebanon, Syria or any other land undergoing war and occupation.
#potbangingforgaza #Gaza #Palestine #IsraeliWarCrimes #IsraelTerroristState #Assen #bds #BDSIsrael #BDSUSA

Pot banging for Gaza tonight outside Assen railway station. ...

2026-03-12T19:49:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…xwa5
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Pot banging for Gaza tonight outside Assen railway station.
Genocidal Israel's appetite for death is enormous.
Palestinians are still kept in a state of suffering, while the Israelis also attack Iran and Lebanon. All of this is assisted by the USA, which under the current regime is even further off the rails than is usual for that continuously war mongering country.
#assen #gaza #palestine #potbangingforgaza #BDS #BDSUSA #IsraelTerroristState #stopthewar #STOPtheBOMBING #STOPtheGENOCIDE

Tonight's protest for Gaza outside Assen railway station. ...

2026-03-05T20:00:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…zh0p
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Tonight's protest for Gaza outside Assen railway station.
We're seeing more positive reactions as time passes.
Every time Israel commits violence against surrounding nations this makes it more obvious just how awful the apartheid state of Israel actually is. People are noticing.
Deaths continue while each new attack removes the last from the news headlines, so it's important that we continue to remind people that the violence against Palestinians has never ceased.
#gaza #palestine #gazagenocide #potbanging #IsraelTerroristState #apartheidisrael

Photos from last Thursday and this evening of the weekly protest ...

2026-02-26T19:25:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…xvn5
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Photos from last Thursday and this evening of the weekly protest for Gaza at Assen railway station. Last week we were pot banging, as we do most weeks. This week we listened in silence as names of Palestinians killed by the Israelis were read out.
Each name is read out with the age of the deceased. In one hour we had time only for a small fraction of the dead. There's time to remember only a few hundred out of the tens of thousands who have been killed.
Clearly many people were touched by the message, especially when they heard the names of young children. Many people took leaflets. Hopefully many of them will at the very least be prepared to join the boycott of Israeli goods.
Who wouldn't be affected by the murder of infants ?
#potbangingforgaza #assen #bds #boycottisrael #israeliWarCrimes #palestine #gaza

Pot banging for Gaza outside Assen railway station again tonight. ...

2026-02-12T19:20:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…mr5a
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Pot banging for Gaza outside Assen railway station again tonight. We wouldn't have to do it if the Israeli's could behave in a civilized way and stopped murdering Palestinians.
#gaza #palestine #potbanging #potbangingforgaza #assen #IsraelTerroristState

Page 10: "The UK is unable to be food self-sufficient at ...

2026-01-30T10:16:12Z

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Page 10:

"The UK is unable to be food self-sufficient at present, based on current diets and prices"

"The UK does not have enough land to feed its population and rear livestock"

There's a solution to this particular problem. One we've known about for decades. They're saying it, but without actually saying it: #GoVegan.

And all of it will also apply to most other countries as well, of course.

Pot banging for Gaza outside Assen station this evening. ...

2026-01-29T19:19:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…2xru
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Pot banging for Gaza outside Assen station this evening.
Palestinean people are still being killed, still being starved, and many still have no shelter.
(There was apparently an attempt to cancel tonight's protest, because of the weather warning, but those of us who don't use fascist owned social media didn't receive the notification)
#potbangingforgaza #gaza #palestine #israel #IsraelTerroristState #bds #BDSUSA #boycottusa #BoycottIsrael #gazagenocide

Didn't the USA once do the same thing as Max Schrek ? I ...

2026-01-23T10:59:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…ceaw
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Didn't the USA once do the same thing as Max Schrek ?

I remember seeing pictures on the TV of a huge room full of people in Iran taping together strips of documents that they found in the US embassy. It apparently came as quite a surprise that they were so successful:
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/19703-national-security-archive-doc-04-cia-cable

Israel's genocide continues and we were pot banging for Gaza ...

2026-01-22T21:06:48Z

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Israel's genocide continues and we were pot banging for Gaza outside Assen station this evening.

Palestinians deserve justice, freedom and self determination. Not whatever will result from Trump's "board of peace".
#potbangingforgaza #gaza #palestine #israel #israelgenocidalstate #Assen #bds #BoycottIsrael #boycottusa

Former UN chief exposes Israel. Chris Gunness reads a list of ...

2026-01-20T11:41:04Z

Former UN chief exposes Israel.
Chris Gunness reads a list of many of the appalling genocidal acts carried out by the Israeli State.
https://youtu.be/YBvHmGtm6lU
#bds #BDSIsrael #IsraelTerroristState #palestine #gaza #genocide #palestiniangenocide

Pot banging for Gaza outside Assen station this evening. Other ...

2026-01-15T18:40:46Z

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Pot banging for Gaza outside Assen station this evening.
Other horrors come and go but the abysmal treatment of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank carries on.
The world's press is looking elsewhere, but Israel remains a genocidal state supported by the USA, with a leader wanted who is wanted by the ICC.
#bds #BoycottIsrael #boycottusa #potbangingforgaza #gaza #palestine #assen