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Discover how to take full control of your photo library with a self-hosted PhotoPrism setup at home.

itsfoss.com/self-hosting-photoโ€ฆ

#selfhosting #privacy



Our article on the Firefox a AI 'kill switch' was updated, with a note from the new Mozilla CEO gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/fireโ€ฆ

#Firefox #AI #GenAI

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽฎ

> Firefox will always remain a browser built around user control.

Than why can't I access about:config in Firefox for Android? That was one of the reasons why I switched to Ironfox.



Underside and upper of a branch with, what I think might be, a Netted crust fungus (Byssomerulius corium).
County Clare, Ireland.

Cormacscoast.com walking tours



From #meat ๐Ÿฅฉโ˜ ๏ธ to #palmoil ๐ŸŒดโ˜ ๏ธ - #agriculture is the world's biggest driver of #deforestation and animal #extinction ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ”ฅโ˜ ๏ธ As these activities intensify, whole ecosystems could go #extinct. Fight back! #BoycottPalmOil and be #Vegan #Boycott4Wildlife palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/โ€ฆ




in reply to It's FOSS

it's called unsafe Rust for a reason. Unsafe code is virtually a necessity when working with such low level code. This does NOT take away the fact that Rust is genuinely memory-safe.

Here come the Rust haters booking on the language ๐Ÿ™„



The crowning jewel of #Uganda ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ is their national #bird, the Grey-Crowned Crane, a majestic #songbird ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ‘‘ of the #peatlands ๐ŸŒŠ Sadly, this title hasnโ€™t protected them from #PalmOil and hunting. #BoycottPalmOil ๐ŸŒดโ›”๏ธ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-b7K?utm_source=maโ€ฆ


Vibe coding has come a long way since my first experiment, a Monopoly rule-changing calculator medlab.host/monopoly/



San Francisco sued 10 major food manufacturers, including Kraft and Mondelez, alleging they knowingly sickened Californians with addictive ultra-processed foods.

ground.news/article/san-franciโ€ฆ



in reply to Muse

Heh. Around here the feline shenanigans begin after the humans go to bed in the evening.

"Humans in bed. Zoomie mode engaged."

"Godspeed mooncat, we'll keep the cat bed warm for you."

"Roger that kitty control. Looking forward to it."

Ptchooo!

in reply to Muse

They do like that nose in your face in the early morning. โ€œLetโ€™s eat!โ€


It's word-of-the-year season! This week, I got together with Jess Zafarris and Danny Hieber to talk about all the 2025 picks.

Some favorites:

โ€” Six seven (Danny made a spirited defense.)
โ€” Rage bait (Will knowing the term help people recognize it and calm down?)
โ€” Parasocial (This now has both a social media meaning and an AI meaning.)

Check out the show to hear about all the rest!

WATCH: youtu.be/x9ELjNw1Qak?si=FI8LLUโ€ฆ

READ: grammar-girl.simplecast.com/epโ€ฆ

LISTEN: pod.link/173429229

#GrammarGirl

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in reply to Muse

Now that's something you should export!
in reply to Muse

I put "sausages" in quotes, because last time I mentioned this Australia tradition, a woman got angry at me for supporting the eating of meat! I was reporting on the tradition here, and usually it includes vegetarian/vegan sausages as well.




exciting new jetbrains feature: "this word is spelt correctly. would you like to change it to a different spelling?"

regards,
lynne (suggestions: lyn, lynn, lin)



2025 is wrapping up soon, and itโ€™s time to look at some numbers! ๐Ÿงฎ Want the full picture?

Find out more figures, facts, community highlights, milestones, and events in our 2025 Wrap-Up. ๐Ÿ’ซ

nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-2โ€ฆ

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letting you know this is a known concern among community. And thanks for the tips, definitely noted! But we can't say anything at the moment, unfortunately.


Steam Winter Sale is live with Steam Awards 2025 open for voting gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/steaโ€ฆ

#Steam #OnSale #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck



Firefox dev clarifies there will be an AI 'kill switch' gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/fireโ€ฆ

#Firefox #AI #GenAI



#News: #Study reveals tropical #birds ๐Ÿฆœ๐Ÿชถare dying at alarming rates in the #Amazon ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด due to human-induced #ClimateChange, heat stress ๐Ÿฅต and habitat shifts. Demand corporate accountability #ClimateActionNow, be #vegan and ๐ŸŒด๐Ÿช”โ›”๏ธ #BoycottPalmOil wp.me/pcFhgU-a5w?utm_source=maโ€ฆ



Mesa 25.3.2 brings more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mesaโ€ฆ

#Linux #Drivers #OpenSource #LinuxGaming #Mesa




Made the event labels on our Steam Tracker for showing the Linux / SteamOS % trend on Steam over time smarter.

They will no longer go off the chart if you pick different dates to compare and will auto-position wherever is best.

gamingonlinux.com/steam-trackeโ€ฆ


in reply to It's FOSS

And they say Linux is "impossibly hard to dev to", because we have "unmanageable fragmentation, killing compatibility" and the occasional "how am I to build for so many targets?"
in reply to It's FOSS

!LINUX!

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Join folks from Translate Science at our upcoming January 2026 workshop at Charleston Conference Asia (we're Course 4). It's hybrid, so you can attend 100% online, or join Professor Lynne Bowker @lynnebowker on site in Bangkok, Thailand.

charlestonconference.regfox.coโ€ฆ

Please help us spread the word to others interested in multilingual #openScience !

Read about our previous iteration of this #FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI) workshop on the Translate Science blog: transci.hypotheses.org



๐Ÿšจ THE FINAL FOUR ๐Ÿšจ

Weโ€™re nearly at the end! 32 candidates have been narrowed down to a nefarious final four. But who will move on to the finals? You must decide!

๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit25-semifinaโ€ฆ




Arriving early next year, Dune: Awakening - Chapter 3 is sounding great gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/arriโ€ฆ

#DuneAwakening #MMO #Gaming



No estaba muertoโ€ฆ estaba federando

#fediverso #Mastodon

Sobre la Teorรญa de Internet muerto y la idea de encontrarnos de otras formas en el mundo digital

sursiendo.org/2025/11/no-estabโ€ฆ



OH JOLLY
I was lucky enough to get the #Plushtodon from @Mastodon for my birthday today.
Special thanks to @ErikUden who got me into this whole mess of a website ๐Ÿ˜€


Total War: THREE KINGDOMS gets a GOG release along with various DLC gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/totaโ€ฆ

#TotalWar #THREEKINGDOMS #GOG #PCGaming #DRMFree



The excellent BALL x PIT is getting three major updates in 2026 gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-โ€ฆ

#BALLxPIT #Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames



Rogue Legacy developer's next game is Neath, an eldritch roguelike tactical RPG gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/roguโ€ฆ

#Neath #PCGaming #Roguelikes #IndieGames




Armbian Imager appears as an early Christmas gift for SBC users.

itsfoss.com/news/armbian-imageโ€ฆ

#linux #armbian #sbc

in reply to It's FOSS

I'm testing it with my boards and, so far, it's great. Nothing super revolutionary, but definitely speeds things up.

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