Scripting News: Saturday, February 8, 2025

Saturday, February 8, 2025

I still haven't decided what to do about my Tesla Model Y, which still is a wonderful car, and I still love driving it after 3+ years, which is amazing. But the other day it updated, and gave me a pause, if they let Musk hack their computers the way he's hacking ours, should I trust what it installs on the vehicle I drive every day that theoretically has the ability to take control of my car and drive it off the road? I wonder if the people at Tesla would like to reassure people who drive their cars that the updates are safe from hacking by one of his associates? How is security on the Tesla network?#

It's our social web. “We started off with a network of writers, and ended up with business models of oligarchs. It's time to start building webs like we mean it and damn all the wannabe-billionaires.”#

I had three questions this morning for Elie Mystal.#

I have to say, a judge ruling that Musk has to stop, and delete all the info he has stolen, has made me feel much better. I don't know why, but I'm actually laughing out loud. The tight knot in my stomach has relaxed.#

When we get back control of the government, ie they're following the Constitution, the Democratic leader in the Senate should be as ruthless as this bastard. Chuck Schumer is a nice guy and that sucks.#

A new Bluesky feature#

My feed readers on Bluesky now use the metadata in the pages we link to to show a title, picture and description for each post that offers the metadata. #
Like this page, the one you're reading right now at this moment. #
And here's a screen shot of what it looks like over in Bluesky.#
A fork in the road. #

Last update: Saturday February 8, 2025; 5:00 PM EST.

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