This week's comic: "Polarization" is a reality-obscuring weasel word
#media #journalism #authoritarianism
This is so funny! I accidentally hit reply to someone who had responded to a post, and this came up! What a good idea. I thoroughly endorse this positive message of 'don't be a dick'. ๐
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FEMA doing almost nothing in Tennessee
Remember that Snow Storm 11 Days of so ago in the South?
#BlameMaga #BlameTrump #FEMA #Trump #StormDamage #PowersOut
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The elegant #Sunda flying #lemur AKA #Colugo can glide 100m through trees ๐ชฝ๐๏ธ in #Sumatra #Kalimantan and #Borneo. Totally reliant on trees, #palmoil is a major threat to them ๐ฟ Fight back and๐ด๐ฉธ๐ฅโ ๏ธ๐ง๐ซ #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
palmoildetectives.com/2026/02/โฆ
Sunda Flying Lemur Galeopterus variegatus
Sunda flying lemurs AKA Malayan colugos rely on ancient forests to survive, despite being skilful gliders, palm oil is a major threat, boycott palm oil!Palm Oil Detectives
Philippine Sailfin Lizard Hydrosaurus pustulatus
Stunning bright coloured Philippine sailfin lizards are becoming more and more rare from palm oil deforestation across their range in #WestPapua #Philippines and eastern #Indonesia. They are also tโฆPalm Oil Detectives
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When you shop #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/โฆ
Johnson & Johnson
Global mega-brand Johnson & Johnson have issued a position statement on palm oil in 2020. โAt Johnson & Johnson, we are committed to doing our part to address the unsustainable rate oโฆPalm Oil Detectives
You can have Arch Linux with BTRFS and encryption for a more secure setup.
itsfoss.com/arch-linux-installโฆ
Installing Arch Linux with BTRFS and Disk Encryption
The process is pretty much the same as regular Arch install. You just choose a few additional settings.Sreenath (It's FOSS)
Sumatraโs flood crisis: How deforestation turned a cyclonic storm into a likely recurring tragedy
Extreme rain wasnโt the only cause of Sumatraโs deadly floods. Years of forest loss, eroded soils, and weakened watersheds turned a storm into a tragedy โ one that could repeat.The Conversation
I am heartbroken to see that the journal First Monday is shutting down. I'm all the more grateful I got to check one off the bucket list and publish there last year. But it will be missed.
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Me: She is smol void baby.
Vet: Excuse me?
Me: Sorry. Domestic short hair. Black.
#Cats #CatsOfMastodon
If you see the world as user journeys, site architectures, and website layouts... ๐จ
Nextcloud is hiring a skilled and performance-driven Web Designer with strong technical abilities. Interested in joining our mission?
Find out more and apply here! ๐ nextcloud.com/jobs/#web-designโฆ
Nextcloud is looking for people who want to join our team
We are a modern, distributed, open source company whose mission is to provide our users and customers with the means for data storage, access and communication under their controlNextcloud
See also this from Carson Gross, youtube.com/watch?v=ESnPZ4KfYcโฆ.
Paraphrasing: "You are playing with fire, you can use these things in a ways that help or harm your intellectual development, I can't choose for you, be aware."
social.coop/@judell/1159193034โฆ
Jon Udell (@judell@social.coop)
Carson Gross (HTMX) on how students should use, and not use, LLMs. The domain is programming, and this video should appeal to @gvwilson and others who care about the future of computer science education.Jon Udell (social.coop)
Yay, our glorious @mediaarchaeologylab and her fearless leader @loriemerson appear in @FastCompany this week! Come visit us sometime.
Beaver city-builder Timberborn confirmed for launch on March 5 gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/beavโฆ
#Timberborn #CityBuilder #Gaming #PCGaming
Beaver city-builder Timberborn confirmed for launch on March 5
Easily one of the best city-builders around, Timberborn is set to leave Early Access on March 5th with a big update to the game.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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nextcloud/android
๐ฑ Nextcloud Android app. Contribute to nextcloud/android development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
hi there! it is a known issue and we are on it.
There are many updates coming to the Android app with the new release.
Join the launch on February 18:
nextcloud.com/special-event-wiโฆ
Nextcloud Special Event Winter 2026 edition
Be the first to experience the new must-watch Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter launch keynote, press conference and businesses-oriented key updates.Nextcloud
RE: mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud/116017โฆ
Congratulations @nextcloud !
I had to lookup what @dpgalliance was and found it.. ๐๐
digitalpublicgoods.net/who-we-โฆ
Who We Are - Digital Public Goods Alliance
The Digital Public Goods Alliance is a multi-stakeholder UN-endorsed initiative that facilitates the discovery and deployment of open-source technologies, bringing together countries and organisations to create a thriving global ecosystem for digitalโฆDigital Public Goods Alliance
Big news for open source & digital sovereignty ๐จNextcloud has been officially recognized by the @dpgalliance as a Digital Public Good.
Another strong signal that online collaboration doesnโt have to mean giving up user control or data sovereignty. ๐ช
Discover more ๐ nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-rโฆ
Nextcloud recognized as a Digital Public Good - Nextcloud
Nextcloud's long-standing commitment to open source, privacy, and data control has been recognized by the Digital Public Good Alliance.Katrin Goethals (Nextcloud)
Butcher by day, people hunter by night - ZOMBUTCHER sounds like a fun but gruesome sim gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/butcโฆ
#ZOMBUTCHER #IndieGames #PCGaming
Butcher by day, people hunter by night - ZOMBUTCHER sounds like a fun but gruesome sim
As a butcher you serve people meat, but what if the meat is also people? You can't help it in ZOMBUTCHER, since you're a Zombie.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Safe In Our World has a big Charity Bundle up on Fanatical with some great picks gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/safeโฆ
#GameBundle #Fanatical #Charity
Safe In Our World has a big Charity Bundle up on Fanatical with some great picks
Safe In Our World is a Mental Health charity that does some great work, and now you can support their mission while grabbing 22 games from Fanatical.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Rewrite complete. โ
Weโre looking forward to showcasing our major update to Nextcloudโs core during our next release:
ADA, a new data access engine that takes the already strong scalability of Nextcloud to the next level.
โก๏ธ ADA stands for Accelerated Direct Access, but itโs also a homage to Ada Lovelace.
And this got us thinking โฆ Which computer engineering pioneer do you admire most?
Cast your vote in the poll below! ๐
Full blog post about ADA: ๐ nextcloud.com/blog/a-new-data-โฆ
A new data access architecture for Nextcloud: introducing the ADA engine - Nextcloud
Introducing the ADA engine, Nextcloudโs new data access architecture: Faster file access, lower server load, direct S3 downloads, and more.Jos Poortvliet (Nextcloud)
- Ada Lovelace (29%, 56 votes)
- Alan Turing (34%, 65 votes)
- Grace Hopper (27%, 52 votes)
- Other (please comment) (8%, 16 votes)
JSAUX announce a charging-friendly Steam Deck travel case gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/jsauโฆ
JSAUX announce a charging-friendly Steam Deck travel case
Accessory maker JSAUX just revealed their new "Double-Decker Travel Supply Case" for the Steam Deck LCD & OLED that's charging-friendly.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
In the deck-builder Voraxis you're a parasite that eats through a living planet gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/in-tโฆ
#Voraxis #IndieGames #DeckBuilder #PCGaming
In the deck-builder Voraxis you're a parasite that eats through a living planet
Voraxis is a really interesting take on deck-building that has you play cards to eat through a living planet, with gameplay that really captured me.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
System76 plans for COSMIC include Vulkan, HDR, gaming improvements and more gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/systโฆ
#Linux #System76 #COSMIC #PopOS #OpenSource
System76 plans for COSMIC include Vulkan, HDR, gaming improvements and more
System76 have outlined some of their plans for upcoming upgrades to the new COSMIC desktop, and I have to admit I'm quite excited about what's coming to it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •โโฆ our gracious host would really _like_ to be just a little bit to the left of a technocratic center, and to debate those just a little bit to his right about optimal policies within a shared objective function, and pretending that it is a technical and not a political discussion..."
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in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •in physics, polarization of light means that you can only see a tiny sliver of reality.
Basically, polarisation looks like this youtu.be/aiMLJAZajxg
Keep up the great work ๐
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in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Taran Rampersad
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •just because people use the word improperly doesn't mean the word should be canceled.
For example, a legitimate use: centralized social media polarizes as a byproduct of the incentives of platform owners.
True.
How it's used in the wrong contexts, though, is something that should be called out.
A simple question to ask the claimant is, "How?"
That generally stops them from abusing a useful word in future. ๐
Jen Sorensen
in reply to Taran Rampersad • • •Taran Rampersad
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Agreed. And it makes the point that it's not just social media, either. It's media.
Which is also a fair point.
Faraiwe
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •117% that.
You never fail to deliver, and we love you for that, and more. Keep trucking!
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in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •That produces a range of political parties reflecting the range of political views.
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