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Today's poem:

ON THE PORT
- by Hedi Kaddour

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/809515112729919488/on-the-port?source=share

#poery #quayside #tunisia #HediKaddour #evocation #morning #vendor

I love mystery.

#meme #memes #shitpost #wikipedia #screenshot #soda #sodapop #pop #refreshment #machine #vendingmachine #vendor #capitolhill #washingtondc #pepsi #mountaindew

Madhya Pradesh Vegetable Vendor Accused of Burgling Police Residences; A Separate Incident Highlights Reciprocal Kindness

A Madhya Pradesh vendor is accused of stealing from police homes. In a different story, a police officer finds and thanks a vendor who helped him when he was young.

#MadhyaPradesh, #Police, #Vendor, #Kindness, #Crime

https://newsletter.tf/madhya-pradesh-vendor-police-homes-kindness-11142024/

In Madhya Pradesh, a vegetable seller is accused of breaking into police homes. This is happening at the same time a police officer found a vendor who gave him food when he was a student and thanked him. These two stories show different sides of life.

#MadhyaPradesh, #Police, #Vendor, #Kindness, #Crime

https://newsletter.tf/madhya-pradesh-vendor-police-homes-kindness-11142024/

📊 Die Ausgaben der Bundesverwaltung für #Microsoft-Lizenzen:

2023: 274 Mio. €
2024: 348 Mio. €
2025: 481 Mio. €

Eine Steigerung von 76% in nur 2 Jahren!

Für Länder und Kommunen liegen wegen der föderalen Struktur keine Zahlen vor.

Die Drucksache 21/4006, welche u.a. eine Anfrage zu den Kosten von MS-Lizenzen bei Bund, Ländern und Kommunen thematisiert, wurde nun auf der Webseite des Bundestags hochgeladen.

https://dip.bundestag.de/drucksache/schriftliche-fragen-mit-den-in-der-woche-vom-2-februar/284947?term=schriftliche%20fragen&f.wahlperiode=21&rows=25&pos=1&ctx=d

#Digitalisierung #Verwaltung #OpenSource #Vendor-Lock-In

Screenshot eines Dokuments des Deutschen Bundestags (Drucksache 21/4006, Seiten 95,96).

Die Abgeordnete Rebecca Lenhard (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN) fragt: 'Liegt der Bundesregierung ein vollständiger Überblick darüber vor, wie hoch die jährlichen Kosten der IT-Beschaffung über den Rahmenvertrag des Bundesministeriums des Innern für Microsoft-Lizenzen bei Bund, Ländern und Kommunen sind und wenn ja, wie hat sich dieses Volumen in den letzten fünf Jahren verändert?'

Antwort des Parlamentarischen Staatssekretärs Thomas Jarzombek vom 6. Februar 2026:

'Über die Beschaffung von Microsoft-Lizenzen auf Landes- und Kommunalebene liegen der Bundesregierung aufgrund der föderal verteilten Zuständigkeit für Beschaffungen in diesem Bereich keine konkreten Zahlen vor.

Die unmittelbare und mittelbare Bundesverwaltung sowie Zuwendungsempfänger des Bundes beziehen Microsoft-Lizenzen in aller Regel aus einem Handelspartner-Rahmenvertrag, den die Zentralstelle IT-Beschaffung (ZIB) ausgeschrieben hat. In den Jahren 2023 bis 2025 wurden Microsoft-Produkte mit folgenden Gesamtsummen (netto) daraus abgerufen. Dabei ist hinsichtlich der Vergleichbarkeit mit früheren Anfragen zu berücksichtigen, dass der hier durch die Fragestellung betroffene Kreis der Bezugsberechtigten über die Ressorts und nachgeordneten Behörden des Bundes hinausgeht.

2023: 274.091.361,75 Euro
2024: 347.665.579,71 Euro
2025: 481.369.660,77 Euro

#fotoVorschlag 'Gemüseliebe'
Strassenszene mit Gemüsestand und Fast Food in Tinsukia, Assam.

#NikonZ7II #NikonZ #NIKON Z 7II | 24mm | f/4 | 1/1600s | 26/10/2023

#hess_photography #Photography #Fotografie #street #market #India #food #vegetables #vendor #Tinsukia #dailylife #authentic #colorful

Ein bunter Gemuesestand praesentiert frische Produkte vor dem 'Krishna Fast Food & Hotel' in Tinsukia, Assam. Die Szene zeigt das authentische Alltagsleben auf einer indischen Strasse mit verschiedenen Geschaeften und Passanten, eingefangen in lebendigen Farben und Details.

A hot dog stand in winter. Because hot dogs aren't sketchy enough without eating them from an outdoor cart. 📷 Pentax K-70 🔘 Pentax 55-300mm APS-C #photography #streetphotography #art #monochrome #blackandwhite #B&W #BnW #EastCoastKin #hotdogstand #hotdog #vendor #humansofbluesky #Ricoh #P433

A black and white photo of an outdoor hot dog stand on a cold day. There are pickles in a large jar, mustard and ketchup dispensers and a person with a beanie reading a book, all underneath a multicolored umbrella.

I built Vector. Now I'm answering the question your observability vendor won't

https://usetero.com/blog/the-question-your-observability-vendor-wont-answer

#HackerNews #Vector #Observability #Vendor #Transparency #Answers #Observability #Tools #Tech #Innovation

🎨 A Street Vendor Knocking on the Door of a House in Istanbul, 1900s #street #vendor #streetvendor #painting

Your Purchase, Ma'am!
Market Day
Hyères, French Riviera

#hyeres #france #photos #market #marketday #fruits #vegetables #veggies #shops #customers #food #frenchriviera #salesman #seller #vendor #transaction
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotography #streetphotography #monochromephotography #urbanhotography
#jlbouzou

A black-and-white street photograph that feels both immediate and quietly nostalgic. In the foreground a simple market table is crowded with crates, baskets and small displays — boxes of eggs or fruit, a wire cage of produce and the everyday clutter of an outdoor stall. Two people on either side of the table lean forward: one, a vendor, reaches across with an outstretched arm to pass a purchase (a paper bag or wrapped item) to a customer. Their hands meet at the center of the frame, the small exchange the visual and emotional focal point.
Around them a loose cluster of shoppers converses; their faces are animated, turned toward one another, caught mid-gesture. The play of sunlight and shadow sculpts the scene into strong contrasts — bright highlights on hair and sleeves, deep shadows under the table and between bodies — giving the image a cinematic, tactile quality. Background buildings and a vertical shop sign float softly out of focus, anchoring the market in an urban streetscape without pulling attention from the human interaction. Small details — coats, sunglasses, the texture of wooden crates, a hint of foliage — add texture and context.
Overall the picture conveys a sense of everyday community: commerce as social ritual, momentary connections, and the quiet choreography of a market morning. A photographer’s signature sits unobtrusively in the lower corner, reminding the viewer this is a composed, thoughtful document of ordinary life.

A Pleasant Transaction
Market Day
Hyères, French Riviera

#hyeres #france #photos #market #marketday #fruits #vegetables #veggies #shops #customers #food #frenchriviera #salesman #seller #vendor #transaction
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotography #streetphotography #monochromephotography #urbanhotography
#jlbouzou

The photograph is a candid, high-contrast black-and-white scene of a busy outdoor market. In the middle ground two figures dominate the frame: a vendor standing behind a table piled with crates and a customer leaning forward to complete an exchange. Their hands meet in the bright slice of sunlight, creating the photo’s focal point — a small, human moment of connection against the surrounding bustle.
Tables in the foreground are cluttered with boxes, stacked fruit and small containers; textures of wood, cardboard and the smooth roundness of produce catch the light and create a tactile sense of the place. Other shoppers drift through the background, their forms softened by shallow depth of field so the eye keeps returning to the handshake-like gesture. Behind them, shopfronts, awnings and a vertical sign give the setting an urban market character, while trees and sunlit foliage break the lines of the buildings and add a rhythmic pattern of light and shadow.
The monochrome treatment emphasizes contrast and shape — faces and coats become tonal planes, hands and objects read as graphic elements. There’s a sense of motion and routine: someone speaking, a buyer examining goods, people moving past, each figure part of the market’s steady hum. The composition balances detail with suggestion: you can almost hear the murmur of conversation and the occasional clink of crates, even as the photograph distills the scene into light, gesture and texture.

Wir rennen sehenden Auges in ein massives Abhängigkeitsproblem.
Behörden erzwingen faktisch Microsoft-Software – Windows, Office, proprietäre Formate.

Jetzt kommt die nächste Eskalationsstufe: Secure Boot, TPM, Pluton, „Secured-Core PCs“.
Verkauft als Sicherheit – real bedeutet es Kontrolle über die Boot- und Vertrauenskette.

Wenn es nach Microsoft geht, läuft auf deiner eigenen Hardware künftig nur noch Software,
die Microsoft signiert und erlaubt.
Schlüssel können geändert oder revoked werden – auch nachträglich.

#Vendor-Lock-in auf Hardware-Ebene.

Echte Sicherheit gibt es nur mit:
offenen Standards, offenen Dateiformaten, Open Source
und Kontrolle über die eigenen Master Keys.

Deutschland war mal bekannt für kluge Köpfe.
Technisch gibt es sie noch – politisch sieht man die Abhängigkeit nicht,
weil das Brett vor dem Kopf „Windows“ heißt.

#DigitaleSouveränität #OpenSource #Linux #OffeneStandards #Microsoft
#VendorLockIn #TPM #SecureBoot #Pluton #SecuredCore #Behörden #ITSecurity

Oof. Seriously, deeply wiped out after my first three-day holiday vending event. Sold out of several item repeatedly, which meant I had some short nights staying up to reprint more stock, and the space itself wasn’t heated well so we were constantly chilled the entire time… It was an interesting endeavor, but monetarily it was worth it.

I am sore, exhausted, and ready for a deep sleep. I’m gonna defer unloading the car until tomorrow.

Time for pain medication, cider, and some vegetation time.

#artistlife #vendor #artfair #RedwoodCoast

PHotograph of a can of Humboldt Cider Company Cherry cider, and two Tylenol tablets on a wooden board in front of some tile.

🥤 An Ottoman Sherbet Seller, c. 1900 (Cold Drink Made by Boiling Fruits or Various Plants with Sugar) #Vendor #StreetVendor

NEW by me:

From bad to worse: Doctor Alliance hacked again by same threat actor

https://databreaches.net/2025/11/18/from-bad-to-worse-doctor-alliance-hacked-again-by-same-threat-actor/

This is a bad #databreach in terms of the #PII and #PHI acquired by the hacker, "Kazu," who is about to leak it all.
Oof.

Background: I reported on the first breach/attack a few days ago at https://databreaches.net/2025/11/12/doctor-alliance-data-breach-353gb-of-patient-files-allegedly-compromised-ransom-demanded/

When the CEO claimed it was all secured the same day, the hacker got ticked off and went back in and hacked them again.

#HealthSec #HIPAA #BusinessAssociate #thirdparty #vendor #hack #ransom #cybersecurity #incidentresponse

@zackwhittaker @campuscodi @euroinfosec @Hackread

@whatkatiediduk I know.

AFAICT #gio is the only manufacturer and #WhatKatieDid is one of many #Rebrandings - One more common in German-speaking counties is #VickysNylons.

- Obviously better buy some decent quality than DIY something bad. And I've yet to see someone *not* liking that product (unless they don't vibe with #RealNylons or #Stockings at all!)

Also nice to see a #vendor of quality #Nylons coming to the #Fediverse...

- We all want more of that here!

Booth setup from The Michigan Tattoo Convention this past weekend!
Years of pouring my soul into something, seeing the results of my hard work, the continuous development & evolution of 💫 Arcane Cluster 💫

30 vending/live painting events in the bag for 2025!! 😵‍💫

#fulltimeartist #selfemployed #artist #vendor #booth #artwork #livepainter #merch #artbiz #MastoArt #artistsonmastodon #art #arcanecluster