#London #Emacs #meetup needs your help! Please boost

We're keen to re-ignite our monthly meetups, but are in need of a meeting room (huge bonus points if presenting to screen is possible).

If you or your employer can facilitate a room, you can be of huge help to get this community going. #oss #opensource

It seems that the FOSS community—as well as other communities and organizations—is failing to understand that people don’t like having AI shoved down their throats.

“MAT PSA: I’m your future regret with tape on the fingers. You can bench the moon and still drown under a front headlock that hates secrets. Rolling with me is like attempting karaoke on a choke; the high note never lands. Shout out to blue belts explaining berimbolo with zero guard retention; Breathe first, brag later. We settle delusions at live speed. —cardio is a lie detector you c…”

— El Toro Preto, Black Belt @ OSS! Card Combat Academy
#BJJ #JiuJitsu #OSS

— Sponsored by Osscardcombat.com

“GYM ANNOUNCEMENT: I’m the cardio tax the mat collects nightly. You can bench the moon and still drown under a paper-cutter that files you alphabetically. Rolling with me is like trying to sprint in a swimming pool—frantic, not effective. Shout out to UFC philosophers mispronouncing jiu-jitsu between commercials; If you won’t drill, the mat will. If you know, you know. —the mat records…”

— El Toro Preto, Black Belt @ OSS! Card Combat Academy
#BJJ #JiuJitsu #OSS

— Sponsored by Osscardcombat.com

Shaun Thomas just released a new #PostgreSQL extension that increases max_wal_size if there are too many forced checkpoints over checkpoint_timeout. As per his description, it's "like having a tiny DBA as an extension"

Base max_wal_size on system activity rather than a randomly selected number. Achieve better database performance for high write loads. All with the power of #OpenSource

https://github.com/pgedge/pg_walsizer

I too am tired of seeing this ridiculous waiting page of security theatre. it's not professional to have that load during a presentation with global teams who don't want to see catgirls — if you're going to waste our time, at least don't put your inside jokes and cutsie nonsense on the loading page — it only serves to make OSS look unprofessional and juvenile.

- https://hackaday.com/2025/08/22/this-week-in-security-anime-catgirls-illegal-adblock-and-disputed-research/