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As I mentioned earlier today, after 10 years we'll be closing @weareopencoop on May 1st.

If we'd been shutting down this time *last* year, it definitely would have been for lack of work. But, weirdly, this year it's a confluence of factors.

blog.dougbelshaw.com/next-chap…

(I'd better get my consultancy business, Dynamic Skillset, on the Fedi!)



After ~5 of Being a student teacher shadowing others I've been asking myself the same question in the back of my head: Is python and scratch really the best options we have for teaching kids logic and programming?

Why not (S (Expressions)), why not concatinative programming, why not a simple rewriting system? I feel like the method we have made for teaching kids CompSCI is fundamentally flawed as we are trying to teach kids programming and not logic that its built apon



Desde @articaonline reseñan “Inteligencia artificial: jugar o romper la baraja”, de Marga Padilla

El libro propone una tercera vía: hackear la IA desde adentro. Rechaza tanto el hype catastrofista como la negación del problema. Lo que importa no es la máquina aislada sino su ensamblaje con relaciones de poder. Y el error "técnico" siempre lo pagan quienes menos poder tienen.

🔗 articaonline.com/2026/02/resen…

¿Cómo construimos una relación hacker con la IA desde nuestros movimientos y comunidades?




A few Dash to Dock tweaks can quietly make your GNOME desktop feel just right.

itsfoss.com/dash-to-dock-tips/



4 years ago, I spent a weekend putting together a little slideshow program, and have since given every single presentation in it. The idea was that I wanted a slideshow format that was textual so that I could version it, and that I could write the speaker's notes in that same source.

I occasionally found little optimizations so that images are drawn faster, but otherwise, it's essentially the same.

wiki.xxiivv.com/site/adelie

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The Brutal Truth About That Sad Mess of A Speech...


He is VERY right ...and why I didn't bother watching the Monster Speak Last Night

#OurModernTimes #StateOfTheNation



Open source graphics drivers Mesa 26.0.1 released with various bug fixes and a security fix gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/open…

#Mesa #Linux #OpenSource #Drivers #LinuxGaming



EVERYTHING’S GOING TO BE OK
Implementing a tiny virtual machine, assembler, and compiler

The thesis of Tre O’Neal
digitalcommons.ncf.edu/cgi/vie…

#uxn #permacomputing

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Devine Lu Linvega
@nasser sorry, I'm not sure which part you mean? MK2?
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega

Wow, what a great paper/thesis. It's so well written! Love the section on establishing trust. And the clear explanation of UXN/Varvara. And the timeout to do such a good "Brief Explanation of Concatenative Programming". And just the machine title "OK Computer". And of course the title of the whole thing - a masterstroke. As someone who has tried doing similar (albeit non-academic) writing and who will soon be doing more, I feel like I'm being shown how it's done. Very cool.


I need a little help please!

The RSS feed for my website is passing the online validators, but doesn't seem to be downloading to any reader. Can anyone help, maybe spot something that I am missing?

I update this XML manually, and just added one item last week which seemed to work fine then. I noticed today that the feed was not updating; to test, I changed the most recent post to today's date which is why it is not last week's.

shanefinan.org/feed.xml

#RSS #askFedi

in reply to Aileen

@aderieg thanks for checking!

hmm, maybe something up with the two readers I was trying :/

Or maybe some cache updated after I was tinkering around earlier on.




Mastodon question: any idea why my notifications are stuck at 40? I've viewed them, scrolled through them, etc. - have logged out and logged back in - yet the number will not change or disappear.
in reply to Mark Hurst

I don't know why they'd be stuck but can you try clicking "Mark all as read" at the top of the notifications screen?
in reply to Eugen Rochko

@Gargron ahhh that did it, thanks - I missed it because I didn't know the double-check-mark icon meant "mark all as read". but now I know 👍


Brotato gets a DRM-free release on GOG gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/brot…

#Brotato #IndieGames #GOG #Linux #PCGaming




Having a clear out of first lines for poems I shall never write. Please help yourself to any of these.


KDE Plasma 6.6.1 rolls out with lots of fixes for KWin gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/kde-…

#KDE #Linux #OpenSource




Are you passionate about computational biology and the evolution of specialized plant metabolism?

We invite highly motivated and experienced students and early-career researchers to join @PuckerLab in Bonn for a visiting research stay. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience, exchange ideas, and work in a collaborative and supportive scientific environment with excellent computational resources.

More details and contact information:
izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/contac…

#Bioinformatics



The Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle is an epic deal with Selaco, CULTIC and more gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-…

#BoomerShooter #FPS #GameBundle




Lutris v0.5.21 and v0.5.22 arrive with Valve's Sniper runtime support and new game runners gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/lutr…

#Lutris #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #OpenSource



D7VK version 1.4 bringing further enhancements for older Direct3D via Vulkan gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/d7vk…

#Linux #OpenSource #Vulkan #Direct3D #D7VK #DXVK



In a new review for Le Monde Informatique, writer Dominique Filippone explores Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter and highlights our performance gains coming with the ADA engine. 💪

Read the article (in French):

lemondeinformatique.fr/actuali…

#Nextcloud #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty

in reply to Nextcloud 📱☁️💻

congrats for the press coverage in France! You deserve all the praise and attention.

sincerely,
a self-hosted Nextcloud user who loves the service



How much of your #skincare 🫧🧼😶‍🌫️ routine contains #palmoil? If you brands like #Aveeno Johnson and Johnson and #Olay you’re lathering #ecocide onto your face. Instead go #PalmOilFree 💡 and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🪔🩸🤢🔥🚫 @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/…


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#News: #Palmoil industry is using cartoons to #greenwash youth! 🧐🤮 While they promote #MyPalmPride campaigns, #deforestation continues to destroy forests and kill endangered species. 🌴☠️🚫 #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social theedgemalaysia.com/node/78804…


Making the case for a modern Synaptic-style package manager on the Linux desktop.

itsfoss.com/modern-synaptic-st…

#linux

in reply to It's FOSS

Synaptic's great. I still use it, but was disappointed to see it's not available for Fedora.
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in reply to It's FOSS

IMO flatpak is all you need. I've come to the conclusion that immutable systems are the future for consumers.





PSA, Apple decided it is going to build the Mac Mini in the US, but @system76 is already building its mini Meerkat in Denver:)

in reply to It's FOSS

I don't understand this ugly Meme. Normal brainers cry about using Linux ? What a crap - they have too less brain to like it ? This message is from a weirdo 😳


When I go on my wanders I come across beauty, everywhere, of all kinds. There are specific places in the forests near our home where there are perfect moss gardens. I return to them often. To admire their richness, their deep eloquence. #mosstodon #moss #forest # #苔


Matrix is a certified moderation disaster. The catlang community is bootstrapping one rn and everytime someone does something it just punches a new hole in the process of managing it.

This is just a fucking shitshow. "It's decentralized" does not explain why server wide permission management is so shit ass.

in reply to Devine Lu Linvega

@neauoire no, no, no, no Devine. This isn't about the bridge. This is about the fact that like, people on the instance can create spaces the server owner has no power to control.

Like, the fy channel that just got made, neither I nor Boonie could step in and do any moderator activities. In fact, Boonie doesn't even know a room or space got created on his server 😟

in reply to ... and and and and ...

woah, ok, so the uxn thing I made is like that too? That's a bit ridiculous 🤦‍♀️

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