Modern Capitalism:
The local shoe store does not sell shoe laces. Not the first time I've asked either.
Also, apparently the local shoe store does employee trainings with upsell consultants, which also nauseates me...
I'm looking forward to the #Fediforum "Growing the Open Social Web" workshop on Monday.
I'm extremely dubious about a lot of the submissions. There are a lot of untested hypotheses in this list:
fediforum.org/2026-03-growing-…
I hope that people's expectations are geared towards experimentation, data collection, and iteration, rather than confirming some of these assumptions.
For the record, no, I don't use 'AI' in any aspect or component of the trainings I give, whether for Nikau, festivals and confs or any of the uni teaching. It is all entirely human made, from documentation, to image and video generation and comms. Always will be, even if supposedly less 'productive' one day, by some empty metric.
I personally don't use it at all.
![A deceased crab sits among rocks, mostly intact. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1409512 "A deceased crab sits among rocks, mostly intact. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]")
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!)
The next chapter
For the past decade, I've been a founding member of a worker-owned cooperative. In a couple of months, we're closing it down to focus on other things.Doug Belshaw (Open Thinkering)
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?
Reseña de “Inteligencia artificial: jugar o romper la baraja”, de Margarita Padilla
Hace poco terminamos de leer el nuevo libro de Margarita Padilla, Inteligencia artificial: jugar o romper la baraja, publicado por la editorial Traficantes de Sueños en octubre de 2025.Ártica - Centro Cultural Online
A few Dash to Dock tweaks can quietly make your GNOME desktop feel just right.
itsfoss.com/dash-to-dock-tips/
Exploring Dash to Dock: (Probably) The Most Downloaded GNOME Extension
Considering the vast configuration options it offers, you can guess why so many Linux users prefer Dash to Dock over others.Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
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.
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
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Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.youtube.com
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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
Open source graphics drivers Mesa 26.0.1 released with various bug fixes and a security fix
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the Mesa 26.0.1 update for open source graphics drivers, the first set of bug-fixes for the latest release.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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…
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.
Mad Hatter (“Alice in Wonderland”) at #autumn #Toguchi #cosplay #festival (November 16th, 2025).
#ToguchiAutumn #Toguchi2025
#photo #photography
#cosplayer #portrait #people
#darktable
#creativecommons #ccbysa
Brotato gets a DRM-free release on GOG gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/brot…
#Brotato #IndieGames #GOG #Linux #PCGaming
Brotato gets a DRM-free release on GOG
GOG fans can finally get in on the Brotato action, just keep in mind - it might suck away endless hours of your time if you're not careful.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
KDE Plasma 6.6.1 rolls out with lots of fixes for KWin gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/kde-…
#KDE #Linux #OpenSource
KDE Plasma 6.6.1 rolls out with lots of fixes for KWin
The KDE team have released the latest release for the Plasma desktop, with version 6.6.1 bringing quite a lot of bug fixing.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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…
The Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle is an epic deal with Selaco, CULTIC and more gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-…
#BoomerShooter #FPS #GameBundle
The Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle is an epic deal with Selaco, CULTIC and more
Digiphile, the indie bundle site started by former Humble Bundle staffers, has an excellent Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle out that's worth grabbing.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Happy four years to the Steam Deck - still the top PC gaming handheld gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/happ…
#SteamDeck #Steam #SteamOS #Valve #Linux
Happy four years to the Steam Deck - still the top PC gaming handheld
Four years ago today, the original Steam Deck LCD released, with it going on to change how everyone sees handheld gaming PCs and Linux for gaming.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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
Lutris v0.5.21 and v0.5.22 arrive with Valve's Sniper runtime support and new game runners
Lutris is an all-in-one open source game manager for launching games from various stores on Linux and emulators too - with multiple new versions released.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
D7VK version 1.4 bringing further enhancements for older Direct3D via Vulkan gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/d7vk…
#Linux #OpenSource #Vulkan #Direct3D #D7VK #DXVK
D7VK version 1.4 bringing further enhancements for older Direct3D via Vulkan
Even more improvements have arrived for D7VK that brings Direct3D 5, 6 and 7 via Vulkan for use with Wine / Proton in version 1.4.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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
Nextcloud enrichit sa plateforme collaborative - Le Monde Informatique
Baptisée Hub Winter 26, cette actualisation de la plateforme collaborative de Nextcloud ajoute des des capacités de migration de données et de...LeMondeInformatique
congrats for the press coverage in France! You deserve all the praise and attention.
sincerely,
a self-hosted Nextcloud user who loves the service
Malware beware? Australia's Azul is now available for everyone to use.
itsfoss.com/news/azul-malware-…
Australia's Cyber Agency Releases Azul, an Open Source Malware Analysis Repository
Think of it as a searchable, automated knowledge base for malware.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
If you can't put solar panels on your roof, you can often put them on balconies. At the moment groups of people are also putting up community solar energy sites. If you can do neither, you can join clean energy and environmental coalitions to pressure your government into legislating that your apartment must have solar panels on the roof, or to build wind/solar plants that everyone can use.
If you go "blah blah blah, can't be done", then go someplace else and waste someone else's time. We aren't interested in people living in the stone age.
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Tek Talks: How youth, cartoons and algorithms may yet save palm oil’s soul
Palm oil has been called many things — miracle crop, deforestation villain, kitchen staple, geopolitical pawn.The Edge Malaysia
Making the case for a modern Synaptic-style package manager on the Linux desktop.
itsfoss.com/modern-synaptic-st…
Making the Case for a Modern Synaptic-Style Package Manager on Linux
The Linux desktop has evolved, and it's high time for the “advanced package manager” experience to evolve with it.Roland Taylor (It's FOSS)
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in reply to I am Jack's Found 404 • • •I was at the pharmacy the other day, I asked for an instaxmini film.
This is what I got.
them: "Yes! Of course, let me order that for you."
*opens amazon*
me: "So, you don't."
them: "I do, I do, it will be here later today."