Boycott Everything

now to block Russian access to LFGSS and bring this war to an end. get to it bossman

Already blocked Russia...

Visitors in the last month (determined by unique IP address).

It bugs me that 492 IPs are mapped to Russia, but that's a bug in MaxMind GeoIP lookup as I did look at the POPs that the traffic originated and it was all Frankfurt.

So the block has been effective for all of the last 30 days.

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sweet work D. I should have known you were already on it.

Can you scroll up so I can see if there’s anyone else in northern Scandinavia?

And a bit gutted no one in central Africa is doing any skids.

I'm guessing that the dots aren't a true geographical representation of the actual location of the IP addresses (I'm not too good at information or technology). I can guarantee that no one who lives where the dot is in Aus goes outside when the fucking suns up let alone rides a sweet fixeh when the suns up or for 6 hours before of after its in the sky.

Ah all a bit sad. Is it not better for the Russian public to have more access / exposure to external content?

Russia, Pakistan and Vietnam have been blocked on LFGSS for many years. It's been a disproportionate source of spam.

That no-one noticed or complained or contacted me about it (when my details are on the block page) also shows that it's a zero impact thing.

Gotcha.

Is that large spot on the UK user @hippy ?

Nope, but the last time I went out to get milk...

I'm guessing that the dots aren't a true geographical representation of the actual location of the IP addresses

Correct.

IP addresses don't really have a location, but there are companies like MaxMind who attempt to imply a location based on where traffic from the IP appears on the internet, i.e. London has a major internet exchange and if an IP is seen always appearing in London there's a reasonable certainty that the IP address is located in London.

However it's also total bollocks, because the MaxMind database isn't complete and only refreshes on a monthly basis and IPs can transfer ownership and they are constantly being moved around. And then there's weird things, like Marseille... Marseille is a place where a lot of undersea internet cables surface and so Chinese traffic may first appear on the internet at Marseille... with the result that MaxMind makes a lot of errors in their geographical attribution of IP addresses.

It's a solution that at best is mere "an approximate guess of where this IP may be".

A far better solution is to rely on Anycast networking, this at least reveals where an IP is based on the network topology... it's not going to be accurate down to a city, but it's going to be more accurate based on a region or country.

I'm meh about all of this, cute maps are cute but there's not a lot of value in them.

Don't imagine there are many thinking people who would still buy from Nike, but if anyone's forgotten:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/03/nike-phil-knight-christine-drazan-tina-kotek

Pizza Express on the review list?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/17/pizza-express-waiters-cuts-hours-managers-pay

betray Nike’s own pursuit of social equality and environmental
protection

Lolwut since when?

Probably worth putting a pause on Del Monte until they sort out their due diligence:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/27/kenyan-police-investigate-four-suspected-killings-on-del-monte-farm

The man from del monte, he says die.

We're all already boycotting Nestle, right? But still, the fact that they're still doing this shit and it took investigators doing sample testing to catch them out:

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/17/nestle-adds-sugar-to-infant-milk-sold-in-poorer-countries-report-finds

Here's a reminder of their products:

https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/food-drink/continuing-controversies-nestle

Good to have a reminder,
and,
to see how many brands they own.

We're all already boycotting Nestle

For about a quarter of a decade, I fear it's not helped and really miss munchies and rolos, although the bloody veganism puts a stop to them.

bloody veganism

Are you sure you're doing it right?

I'm pretty sure the thing I ate a little of earlier had yoghurt in, so no, although the homemade pakoras that went with it were very nice.

Any fanciers of fancy mixers out there?

Fever Tree just sponsored the Republican National Convention.

Lidl do a knock off

Brewdog are being shit again, they've pulled out of their carbon negative agreemenrs.

https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/sustainability-and-environment/brewdog-to-let-carbon-negative-claim-lapse-after-exiting-carbon-credits-market/693441.article

If you weren't already boycotting them, there's another reason...

Fentimans?