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Civilization VII major update "Test of Time" will stop the forced civ swapping gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/civi…

#CivilizationVII #Civilization #Gaming #Linux #PCGaming



Offices belonging to Elon Musk's social media platform X in France are being raided, the Paris prosecutor's office says.

The prosecutor's office said both Musk and former X chief executive officer Linda Yaccarino had also been summoned to appear at hearings in April as part of its probe.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3ex9…



Factory 95 is a retro Windows inspired automation sim about making a slide-show factory gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/fact…

#Factory95 #IndieGames #Demo



This petition wants contributing to Free Software to be legally and officially recognized as volunteering in Germany on the same level as youth work or ambulance service:

openpetition.de/petition/onlin…

This would bring fiscal and funding advantages for FLOSS organizations and the volunteers themselves.

If you are a German citizen, please sign the petition and let's get our volunteers the recognition they deserve!

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Get some quality action in the Sci-Fi Shooters 2.0 Humble Bundle gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/get-…

#FPS #Gaming #PCGaming #GameBundle



Firefox will get AI controls to turn it all off gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/fire…

#Firefox #AI #GenAI

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

US defaultism says "It's gotta be opt-out, 'cause it's our legal system that allows to us forcibly opt users in to something wastefull and invasive." Too little too late.
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

who said it's really off once it's pressed. Also on the next update maybe it turns itself back on. It's why I don't use Firefox anymore and probably never will again I don't like anything with all this AI nonsense.




Ten of the Most Exciting Ways to Commemorate America’s 250th This Year


This article is from Smithsonian Magazine. Actually some of the suggestions for celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of The Declaration of Independence could also make great protest events.

~ Community potlucks with people of all ethnic backgrounds.

~ My favorite: historical re-enactments. How about re-enacting everyone signing the Declaration! THAT would be awesome!

parade

#democracy #Indivisible #50501movement #HumanRights

in reply to Muse

I'm quite sure many of the words of the Declaration of Independence would make great protest signs.


Do you know what the worst taste is? It's the revolting taste of rainforests being destroyed for #palmoil in #chocolate and #candy made by #Nestle #Mondelez #Ferrero. Make sure you #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🩸🚜🔥🙈☠️🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/…


(Etwas später fliehen die Stare wieder aus ihren Bäumen, Krähen beobachten den rauschenden Schwarm, nebenan wird eine Kiste mit Spielzeug ausgekippt und dem inneren Auge bietet sich ein Berg von Bausteinen und Kunststofftieren, der klappernd in die Breite rutscht. Ein Newsletter unterbreitet Textpassagen von Stimmen, deren Gedanken man zu lange nicht mehr gelesen hat, über die eigene Kanälen währenddessen fällt es schwer, jene wiederzufinden, deren Namen man kennt, in den Radionachrichten sinniert eine Expertenstimme, dass AI alles disrupted, und die eigenen Überlegungen dazu spielen keine große Rolle, aber vielleicht haben Menschen, die englische Verben im Deutschen konjugieren, an gewissen Stellen einfach die Kontrolle verloren...)

#outerworld #concrete city #grounded #stories of time and its strange fabric

in reply to Kristian 🌒

ja, solche Gedanken kommen mir auch manchmal, wenn ich Radiomenschen zuhöre.
Da frage ich mich oft, ob denen die Worte nur so aus dem Kopf fallen und ob sie über das was sie sagen, auch mal Nachdenken und ob das für sie selber auch eine Auswirkung hat.
In den meisten Fällen denke ich: nein 🥴
Morjen ☕


Known locally as #Kalong the Malayan #FlyingFox of #Malaysia #Indonesia has a bad reputation but plays an outsized role in keeping #rainforests alive. #Endangered by #palmoil. Use your wallet as a weapon 🌴⛔️#Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy youtu.be/_GG_fBE_8Io

Malayan Flying Fox Pteropus v...



Ophrys neglecta, die Übersehene Ragwurz, ist mit der Wespen-Ragwurz verwandt und wird je nach Autor auch als deren Unterart angesehen (Ophrys tenthredinifera ssp. neglecta). Sie blüht etwas später und hat etwas kleinere Blüten als diese.

Ophrys neglecta - Sardegna, Italia, April 2025

#natur #nature #naturephotography #macro #makro #macrophotography #makrofotografie #orchid #wildflower



#News: #UK has weakening protections for #humanrights defenders! 🧐🔥 Despite links to #palmoil and #mining abuses in #WestPapua and #Mexico, the gov is stripping back protections. We demand justice 🌴☠️🚫 #HumanRights #IndigenousRights @palmoildetect.bsky.social theecologist.org/2025/dec/15/u…



My trip to Japan is almost here - commence Camera selection paralysis.

I want to bring them all, but I don't want to carry them all, but, I don't want to miss a moment, but I also want to experience everything and also capture everything all at the same time...

*sigh*.

in reply to Eugen Rochko

@Gargron @carusb @michaelrussell a good caution, though I've only had one instance of international travel where they been resistant to hand checking my film thankfully. It seems to be a much more US specific issue of being denied from everyone I've talked to about it.


Mozilla is adding a toggle to disable all generative "AI" features in Firefox. It shows that organized pushback is actually making a difference.

One battle won. Now let's make it crystal clear. We want tools, not forced LLMs. Keep the pressure on until "AI" is no longer an option.

techcrunch.com/2026/02/02/fire…

#Firefox #Mozilla #NoAI #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #TerminalTilt



thinking about starting a permacomputing meetup in sf. any ideas for venues


The huge danger of commodifying #forests 🌿 🔥 and seeing them as merely an “investment”, denies #indigenous sovereignty, social and economic outcomes of communities and #extinction risks. #humanrights 🌴⛔️ #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-92u?utm_source=ma…

wp.me/pcFhgU-92u?utm_source=ma…




in reply to Muse

as to cozzie lives, here's an interesting take from 2023
independentaustralia.net/polit…

with the OECD recently saying we're doing alright, with back-to-back surplus, but could do better to rise above our previously average standard there's something going right. Basically, we got an elephant stamp and a note "could do better" but phew now a "see me after class" ;)
oecd.org/en/topics/sub-issues/…



🌍💡 Auge de la IA en México y su Efecto en el Ambiente

El crecimiento exponencial de los datos de inteligencia artificial en México está generando preocupaciones sobre su impacto ambiental. A medida que las empresas adoptan más tecnologías basadas en #IA, el consumo de energía crece exponencialmente.

¿Es posible equilibrar crecimiento tecnológico y sostenibilidad del entorno ambiental donde vivimos? 💬✨

es.wired.com/articulos/el-auge…

#ia


Gracias a todes quienes sumaron o actualizaron su información en nuestro Directorio de personas que Diseñan con Software Libre!

Pronto les compartiremos el nuevo directorio :toot:

sursiendo.org/2025/12/actualiz…

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⚠️ Password cannot contain that many special characters. I know you think it's a good idea to generate a 64 character string of random punctuation, but trust me: Four years from now, when you need to type this password in to your smart TV, you're gonna regret it.
in reply to Lynnesbian

mostly I have excellent random strings of letters, digits, and symbols, but there is one specific TV-centric account where the password had at one point degenerated to "fuckyou2!" after missing out on actually watching something by trying to enter it


did you know there's no limit to how many if let statements you can have in #rust? you can just keep adding more. nobody can stop you
#Rust
in reply to Lynnesbian

is there actually no limit or is it stupidly high, like java and its limit of 255 parameters to a function call?
in reply to Lynnesbian

fine... Give me a minute while I blow the top of this stack.
in reply to Lynnesbian

well ... that's rather silly 😁

gist.github.com/emilyselwood/8…

in reply to Lynnesbian

it just works ... prints out the loop_count of optional values.

Used random number generation to make sure the compiler wasn't making it vanish in a puff of logic

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in reply to Lynnesbian

so it does crash rustc with a stack overflow if you set it to 65536 loops but that doesn't seem entirely unreasonable honestly.

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in reply to Lynnesbian

the source code for clippy lints looks very much like this btw


26k long run, Saturday. That concluded 90km last week.

And my new vlog is out: youtu.be/NwBA78LtHfk

Comments, suggestions, likes and subscriptions are welcome 🤗

#running #runnersofmastodon #marathon #marathontraining




I wanted to love "Beautyland" by Marie-Helene Bertino - a neurodiverse protagonist who loves science(!) - but it didn't quite live up to my expectations.

But now I'm 11 chapters into "Circe" by Madeline Miller, which has been a wonderful journey so far. Miller knows her Classics! Highly recommend 📚 #books

in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

There's been a mini trend of "classics retold from [some female character]'s perspective". I've read a few and this is best I've read. Her prose lives up to its promise. Have you read Margaret Atwood's Penelopiad?



Nextcloud Awards 2026 are open! 🏆

We’re celebrating the people and projects who build #DigitalSovereignty in the real world.

Register and nominate a changemaker until 20 March 2026.

Awards ceremony live on stage at the Nextcloud Summit:
🗓️ June 9
📍 Munich

nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-a…



TFW you are told to implement harfbuzz but instead implement fizzbuzz or, perhaps more dangerously, the reverse


A simple way to create a bootable drive. ⚙️👇

youtube.com/watch?v=l5sAAHMBfv…

#linux

in reply to It's FOSS

what’s the use?

glad having stopped this shit years ago

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in reply to It's FOSS

a bootable windows drive? O didnt even know windows could boot with the state its in currently


Endearing and sweet-faced Irrawaddy #Dolphins face serious threats from #palmoil #pollution, fishing bycatch, tourism in S.E #Asia. Just 90-300 remain alive. Fight for them #vegan, #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife 💙🐬 @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-8Pk?utm_source=ma…


Poking around Kāwā Bay Beach. It was a nice stop to be alone for a little while. A freshwater spring bubbles up right by the beach. #hawaii #nature


"The time has come to stop, to stay in one place — if not a home, then at least a long-term refuge or bolt-hole — and shape a different sort of life, no longer peripatetic but persistently still."

gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-in-sea…

My wife: 'We need somewhere to start again.' At our age, that might be the biggest challenge of all.

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Oh god it's my first day of teaching new courses this semester 0-0

Wish me luck!

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