• Ethereum is really annoying.
  
  Okay, yes, I am trying to analyse the entire blockchain, but nevertheless...
  
  Update: Well, whatever it was I just did it sure as hell worked.  That's six times faster than before.
  
  
• The PHP extension repository PECL was compromised and has been taken offline.
  
  Exactly how much damage this has caused is not yet clear; I haven't used PECL directly in years.  But the internet hasn't exploded yet.  Or at least not so that we can tell the difference.
  

• Facebook is planning a new offensive on misinformation because the company is run by morons.  (Tech Crunch)
  
  Facebook added 24,000 content moderators in 2018, and is blocking a million accounts per day.  Including mine, until I dug an old photo out of the company website and uploaded it to satisfy their screechy little bots.
  
  Just give people the tools they need to manage their own feeds, and be transparent in how the feeds work.  Stop being sociopathic money-grabbing control freaks.
  
  
• Twitter has lost its collective marbles.

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