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Followers
5
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$40 – $65 / sponsored post
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Aug 7latest
5
Avg engagement / post
1–3
Typical post (engagement)
1×
Engagement vs followers
36/100
Variable reach
Sep 2023
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 1 and 3 likes + reposts (median 3) — reach is spiky, driven by the occasional post that pops.
🔥 Top post: Illinois just passed HB5511, requiring OS makers & app stores to · 20 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
68.5 / week
A very active account — posts many times a day.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.1×
Follows 68 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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🚨 New CSS attacks can break webmail security! Researchers at #BlackHat2026 showed how HTML emails can escape their boundaries to steal passwords, tokens & more across Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo, Proton & Fastmail.
Key risks:
🔐 Spoofed MS sign-i…
KDE Plasma 6.8 boosts remote desktop performance with lower latency, better responsiveness on poor connections, and reduced memory usage. 🚀
Other polish:
🖨️ Clear errors for unavailable printers
🖥️ Fixes black screen bug in remote clients
…
Wine 11.15 is out! 🍷
This dev release brings:
✅ ARM64EC support (MinGW mode)
✅ Local NTLM authentication
✅ More BCrypt KDF algorithms
✅ WindowsCodecs improvements
Plus 41 bug fixes including:
🎮 Steam mouse issues fixed
🛠️ IrfanView/WinSCP …
🖥️📺 7 Best Shows to Stream Now on Mastodon:
• Star Trek: TOS – 60th anniversary, sci-fi pioneer
• Futurama – Season 14, AI & corporate satire
• President Curtis – Rick & Morty spinoff (Adult Swim/HBO Max)
• Lanterns – Dark DC cosmic myster…
🚨 New Phishing Alert: "Payroll Pirates" are hijacking Microsoft 365 accounts via AitM attacks!
🎯 Targets: Finance/HR staff in US, Canada, Europe
💀 How: Voicemail phishing emails → 6-stage redirect (Google/Amazon S3) → fake MFA login
🕵️♂️ …
Google Maps just got a major AI upgrade! 🗺️
The Gemini-powered "Ask Maps" can now:
🍔 Order takeout (just say "order my usual")
🏨 Find & book hotels based on your preferences
🎟️ Discover events and buy tickets
Plus, it connects with Gmail/C…
FOSS Weekly #26.32
🐧 Linux kernel: AI patches allowed, but drivers/staging is off-limits.
🖱️ Keychron’s open-source ZGM mouse firmware coming Q1 2027.
📻 Rhythmbox 3.5.0 finally arrives after 9 months.
🛠️ Tips: Kitty’s hidden "Kittens", Cin…
⚠️ AI CLI Tools Security Alert
Critical flaws in Claude Code & Gemini CLI allowed attackers to steal secrets via GitHub issues—patched now.
· Gemini CLI (CVE-2026-12537, CVSS 10.0): OS command injection via crafted .env file.
· Claude Code…
🚨 NatJack Attacks Hijack TCP Sessions via NAT Manipulation
New attack class exploits NAT connection state to:
🔹 Hijack active TCP connections
🔹 Spoof DNS responses
🔹 Exhaust NAT tables
Affects Windows (CVE-2026-56181) & Linux (CVE-2026-639…
🔍 HWall: A Promising New Linux Hardware Monitor
Built in Rust, it combines detailed hardware inventory, real-time sensors (temps, fans, voltages), interactive history charts, and alerts—all via GTK or terminal interfaces.
✅ Reads Linux ker…
📢 Proxmox VE 9.2 Now Officially Supports Arm64!
The first enterprise-grade Arm edition is here—same codebase, features (KVM, LXC, ZFS, Ceph, clustering), and commercial support as x86.
✅ Built on Debian 13.5
✅ Optimized for NVIDIA Grace Ho…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
mastodon.social
A large general-interest Mastodon server. On the fediverse the server a creator picks hints at their community — this one spans all topics.
On Mastodon since
Sep 2023
An established account with real history on the platform.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 5 views per post.
📤Posts about 68.5× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated76/100
Good
Credibility score
97%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
Medium
Data confidence
- Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~1× of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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