I've used privoxy in the past for connecting to and using my home internet connection while away from home, problem with it is there is no form of authentication built in so eventually all and sundry spammers and scammer end up finding it.

Right now I have a need for an overseas son of mine who wants to borrow my internet to hook into a local nz only web service - VPNs tend to be detected and blocked by this web service.

Anyone know of something modernish for this purpose, that supports client authentication?  Apparently Squid is the goto for this purpose but the configuration looks like it might be a learning curve

TIA

Trump (while noticeably slurring) says that U.S. airstrikes on Iran "completely and totally obiliterated" Iranian nuclear sites, warns Iran to make peace or U.S. will make future attacks

https://v.redd.it/b90nj4862e8f1

Major escalation in that region that won't go unanswered by Iran. On a person note I'm just glad we have divested ourselves of fossil fuel powered vehicles and power tools.

From a Bluesky post:

"Remember that time Elon said Donold is in the Epstein files on main?

It was two weeks ago but it feels like two years.

ThatÔÇÖs intentional."

What a shame if WW3 started as a result of Donald trying to detract incriminations on his past.

How has Iran managed to pierce through IsraelÔÇÖs air defence systems?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/18...ce-systems

A good run down of the latest war defenses and ways to get around them, well worth reading to gain understanding of what Israel is facing.

David's Sling is a great name.

The idiotTrump called for federal agencies to 'do all in their power to deliver the single largest  deportation programme in history' & named New York, Chicago & Los Angeles as specific targets.
Almost certainly due to those cities having had massive protests against the deportations. The man's a monster.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crk2kpk817vo

"Experiencing interruptions?"  

I get this pop up randomly when loading Youtube vids;  it appears for a few seconds with black screen spinning, then goes off and the vid starts ...

Anyone else getting this?  

Probably it has something to  do  with ad blocks extensions.  

Using Firefox with Ublock Origin. I tried to update my Ublock Origin but the update button is greyed, can't update.

Submissions on this Bill will close on Monday. Matariki is a perfect day to make a submission, even a brief one, if you have opinions about it and its intent.

Submissions can be made very easily - I have just done mine - by following the trail provided here on  honourthetreaty.org.nz

Democracy is about having a say. 

That'll get up some noses, won't it? Most popular politician ever it seems, only 27 % disagree.

Well there's always a few jealous souls...



https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/3607292...s-new-poll

Another move towards privatising health.
"Transitional access' comes into effect on July 1st & will mean that private patients already receiving treatment , or about to start it, with a newly funded medicine won't have to move to publicly funded  for 12 months.
The association of salaried medical specialists which represents 6,500 senior hospitals & dentists said its members working in oncology & haemotology had 'significant concenrs' that this would widen inequities for patients.'



https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5646...rn-doctors