Trying to overwinter some milkweed so I can plant it in my butterfly garden this spring, and they became infested with these freaky spider mites.
They were already struggling with the dry air indoors. Poor plants can't catch a break.
Talking to Claude: Why Anthropic treats its chatbot like a person—and not a tool
Claude works like a person because it was trained on what people have done. Its greatest source of danger is that it could amplify the most dangerous parts of us.Nathan Schneider (America Magazine)
This of course is horseshit.
Everything trump does is effective and permanent, every attempt at justice a failure. According to the corrupt nytimes
That paper, the #nytimes, is not just wrong, its wrong on purpose, to help the billionaire coup wirh a Trump boil.
Cancel, dont post, dont link to the nytimes.
Speed, Power. Ignore reason.
Blades of Fire is jumping from Epic to Steam with big upgrades and Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/blad…
#BladesofFire #Steam #SteamDeck #Gaming
Blades of Fire is jumping from Epic to Steam with big upgrades and Steam Deck support
After being an Epic Exclusive, the action-adventure Blades of Fire from MercurySteam and 505 Games is arriving on Steam on May 14th.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
More Total War games arrive on GOG along with a return of The Long Dark gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/more…
More Total War games arrive on GOG along with a return of The Long Dark
GOG has more goodies available for fans of DRM-free gaming with the release of more Total War games, and The Long Dark has returned as well.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
orbot.app/en/
The documentation on running snowflake on Android is ... Let's say there's room for improvement. I couldn't find info and had to play around with the app until I think I found a solution and am still not sure about some things.
Anyways...
Thanks for your work 😀
Borneo Bay Cat Catopuma badia
The Borneo Bay Cat, also known as the Bay Cat, is a small wildcat species endemic to the island of Borneo. Renowned for their elusive nature, they inhabit dense tropical forests and are among the l…Palm Oil Detectives
Maintenance updates for Nextcloud Hub 10 (31.0.14) and Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn (32.0.6) are available 🚀
Upgrade to a new version for better and even more secure Nextcloud experience. The updating process is designed to be safe and easy: keep your server up to date!
nextcloud.com/blog/february-ma…
February maintenance updates for Nextcloud Hub - Nextcloud
New maintenance updates are available for Nextcloud Hub 10 and Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn. Keep your server up-to-date!Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
The 'No ICE in Minnesota' charity bundle is live on itch.io gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-…
The 'No ICE in Minnesota' charity bundle is live on itch.io
Another chance for you to score a whole lot of games, while also supporting charity in the "No ICE in Minnesota" bundle on itch.io.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Gothic 1 Remake gets a June release date gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/goth…
#Gothic #Gothic1Remake #Gaming #PCGaming
Gothic 1 Remake gets a June release date
THQ Nordic have just revealed that the Gothic 1 Remake is now set for release on June 5th.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Stop letting Amazon control your library. These tools help you host your own ebook server instead.
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Here Are Your Choices for a Self-hosted eBook Server
Thinking about self-hosting an ebook library? Here are the open source software you can consider.Pulkit Chandak (It's FOSS)
I’ve been using Ubooquity for years now - my family (in South Africa, the UK, and here in Spain) all have accounts and can browse and download using their e-reader of choice.
Not heard of BookLore but I’ll check it out, thanks
🌐☁️ Hace poco presentaron DataCenterBoom! sobre el impacto territorial de los data centers para IA en Latinoamérica
Ahora lanzan el primero de 4 episodios del podcast del proyecto donde junto a periodistas, activistas y expertas exploran qué significa que la infraestructura de la IA se instale en nuestros territorios.
🎧 Escucha "Una nube en la tierra" archive.org/details/datacenter…
🔗 datacenterboom.net
¿Sabías dónde están los data centers que sostienen la IA que usas?
Podcast: DataCenterBoom! : Instituto Latinoamericano de Terraformación : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Cada consulta por más pequeña que sea que le hacemos a Gemini, ChatGPT o Grok, mueve un engranaje que requiere de valiosos recursos naturales, que impactan...Internet Archive
Buckshot Roulette dev becomes a major Godot Engine donor gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/buck…
#Godot #GodotEngine #Gaming #OpenSource #GameDev
Buckshot Roulette dev becomes a major Godot Engine donor
The Godot team announced that Mike Klubnika, the developer of Buckshot Roulette and s.p.l.i.t, has become a major funding donor for the open source game engine.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
How Many Dudes does it take to beat 1 horse-sized duck and 75 duck-sized horses? This game answers your dumb questions gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/how-…
#HowManyDudes #Gaming #IndieGames #Demo #PCGaming
How Many Dudes does it take to beat 1 horse-sized duck and 75 duck-sized horses? This game answers your dumb questions
If you love games that are a bit on the stupid side, the auto-battling roguelike How Many Dudes? may answer a few of your dumbest questions.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Linux Mint may slow down releases to have more development time gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/linu…
Linux Mint may slow down releases to have more development time
Along with receiving an unprecedented amount of donations recently, the Linux Mint team are looking at slowing down their release cycle.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Brazilian three-banded armadillo Tolypeutes tricinctus
The Brazilian three-banded #armadillo Tolypeutes tricinctus, known as “tatu-bola” in Portuguese, is a rare and unique species native to #Brazil. With the ability to roll into a near-imp…Palm Oil Detectives
Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition gets released on Steam and Steam Deck Verified gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/diab…
#DiabloII #Steam #PCGaming #Linux #SteamOS
Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition gets released on Steam and Steam Deck Verified
Blizzard released Diablo II: Resurrected - Infernal Edition on Steam, a newly upgraded version of the classic action RPG and it's Steam Deck Verified too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Deck completely out of stock in the US, Canada and Asia gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/stea…
Steam Deck completely out of stock in the US, Canada and Asia
Seems like the component shortages thanks to AI may have finally hit Valve, as in the US and Canada all models of Steam Deck are completely out of stock.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Who knew we could install Arch Linux apps on Ubuntu? 😲
youtube.com/watch?v=Ok_oFKC9iH…
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
Your browser is all you need for open source productivity.
itsfoss.com/open-source-apps-f…
13 Open-Source Apps I Use from a Web Browser (And You Can Too)
You don't always need to install an open source software on your desktop or self host in your homelab. I use some of my favorites from the comfort of a web browser.Roland Taylor (It's FOSS)
"— now driven by AI-powered virtual assistants and smart agents"
So that's a big NOOOOOO! then!
Some very interesting tools
Will check some of them out and hope that eventually they will be available as offline tools
Getting ready to watch the Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter release? ❄️ We guarantee it’s more fun together!
Let’s meet for a watch party! 📺
On Feburary 18, join us in Berlin and Stuttgart to meet our team, spend the afternoon together, discuss, and try out the new features!
Get more info and join: nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-h…
Organizing your own? Let us know!
Join the Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter release watch parties in Berlin and Stuttgart - Nextcloud
Join the Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter release watch parties to watch and discuss the release together with the Nextcloud team and community.Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
Introducing our upcoming release: "Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn" - Nextcloud
Join us online for the Nextcloud Hub release "Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn" on September 27, 2025. Discover how we came to think of this name!Katrin Goethals (Nextcloud)
palmoildetectives.com/2021/03/…
PZ Cussons
PZ Cussons is a British-owned global retail giant. They own well-known supermarket brands in personal care, cleaning, household goods and toiletries categories, such as Imperial Leather, Morning Fr…Palm Oil Detectives
Warp's new offering might interest you.
itsfoss.com/news/warp-launches…
VibeOps Folks Rejoice! Warp Launches Oz for Managing AI Coding Agents in the Cloud
Can run many agents simultaneously, targets developer teams.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
Remote Pi access made easy with Tailscale.
itsfoss.com/tailscale-raspberr…
SSH into Raspberry Pi from Outside Home Network Using Tailscale
Learn how you can use Tailscale to secure connect to your Raspberry Pi from outside your home network.Abhishek Kumar (It's FOSS)
Did you know that gold kills indigenous people and rare animals?
Gold mining kills indigenous peoples throughout the world like the Yanomami people of Brazil and Papuans in West Papua. The bloody, violent and greedy landgrabbing that goes on for gold forces indi…Palm Oil Detectives
In the latest episode of 'what happened to that CCTV footage from within an ICE detention center', the government now says it lost hard drives it was supposed to put the footage on
404media.co/government-loses-h…
Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On
A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
Two weeks from today! Join Translate Science for our next online panel, Translating research software: Localization of the Sketch Engine user interface.
RSVP on Mobilizon with your Mobilizon ID or email.
Help spread the word, boosts appreciated!
mobilizon.picasoft.net/events/…
Translating research software: Localization of the Sketch Engine user interface
Christopher Hertweck localized the user interface of Sketch Engine, a tool for creating and analyzing text corpora, from English into German as part of an internship project with a small team of students.mobilizon.picasoft.net
New Proton Experimental update adds controller support to more launchers on Linux / SteamOS gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/prot…
#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #Gaming
New Proton Experimental update adds controller support to more launchers on Linux / SteamOS
Valve have released a new update to Proton Experimental, their testing ground for getting more Windows games running on Linux / SteamOS systems.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
We've just published a blog post about our time at #FOSDEM this year, in case you missed out - there's plenty to catch up on, from the session recordings.
Mesa 26.0 is out bringing ray tracing performance improvements for AMD RADV gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/mesa…
#Linux #Drivers #Mesa #OpenSource
Mesa 26.0 is out bringing ray tracing performance improvements for AMD RADV
Mesa 26.0 has arrived as the latest new-feature release of open source graphics drivers, and there's a whole lot to be excited about in this one.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The challenge? Managing a complex level of integration while ensuring high performance.
The solution? A complete rewrite of our data access model.
Enter ADA (Accelerated Direct Access): the new data access engine, launching with Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter.
A sneak peek at the results:
• Faster folder loading (up to 60%)
• Dramatically lower database load on large instances
• More responsive, real-time collaboration at scale
Full story 👇 nextcloud.com/blog/a-new-data-…
A new data access architecture for Nextcloud: introducing the ADA engine - Nextcloud
Introducing the ADA engine, Nextcloud’s new data access architecture: Faster file access, lower server load, direct S3 downloads, and more.Jos Poortvliet (Nextcloud)
The client smart push feature will work in the f-droid version of your app, too, right? You probably implemented #UnifiedPush for that, right? 🫠
💜 A Heartfelt Thank You to Our Tor Community
Together, we’ve raised $1,200,200 during our end-of-year fundraising campaign. These funds will fuel our ongoing fight for internet freedom. As our Executive Director, Isabela, said:
“We're continuing with a clear vision: make it easier for people to exercise their right to privacy and access to information with tools that keep us connected, and make it harder for powerful adversaries to break that connection.”
blog.torproject.org/advancing-…
Advancing digital rights in 2026 will take all of us | Tor Project
Human rights are upheld by people, communities, and technologies that adapt to a changing world. Here's what that looks like for Tor as we head into the next year.blog.torproject.org
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in reply to Nathan Schneider • • •I think this is mainly an American thing. I don't know anyone IRL who does this.
Doing, maybe. But not believing or representing