I couldn't be more excited to announce something I've been working on for a long time -
Please welcome Belltower House Artist Residency, a multidisciplinary gift of time in my erstwhile home in southern New Mexico, now accepting applications for 2026.
Belltower House Artist Residency
Belltower House Artist Residency is a gift of creative sanctuary in southern New Mexico.belltowerhouse.org
Vykar is a new cross-platform backup solution that might be worth checking out.
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Vykar is a New Open Source Backup Tool That's Faster Than Borg, Restic, and Kopia
The BorgBase team has cooked up a new open source backup client written in Rust.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
Tree bark microbes play a role in eliminating greenhouse gases, study finds
Tiny, gas-eating microbes hidden in the bark of trees offer scientists a crucial clue in the fight against global warming.Cath Adams (ABC News)
An unexpected side-effect of AI is seeing so many right-wing chuds admitting to having no interiority.
They're falling over themselves boasting about being NPCs.
You can take advantage of the flexibility of an AppImage by making it the default app.
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Set an AppImage Application as Default App
Quick little tip to set AppImage applications as default.Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
Parrot Deaths Highlight Urgent Need to Reform CITES
The legal trade is largely to blame for African grey parrots becoming endangered. Regulator CITES is broken allowing exploitation, massive reform needed now!Palm Oil Detectives
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In the first years I moved to Austalia the Federal government passed a law with support from both Labor and Liberal politicians which limited truth in advertising laws such that they did not apply to political speech. This was used in the upcoming election to misrepresent small parties and take their seats.
Is this Democracy? The Welsh have the right idea!
Law to make it illegal to lie in Welsh elections passed
The Welsh Parliament has passed a law to make it illegal for candidates to lie during Senedd elections.
The new law paves the way for a new criminal offence to make false or misleading statements of fact to help an election candidate...
The bill also establishes a recall system, giving the public the opportunity to kick out politicians who have misbehaved from the Welsh Parliament in between elections.
Law to make it illegal to lie in elections passed in Senedd
Welsh parliament agrees law to outlaw lying in future Senedd election campaigns.Elliw Gwawr (BBC News)
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#TheDearHunter's new album, Sunya, is out now. May need to wait until after midnight depending on your timezone, or trick time with a VPN.
youtube.com/watch?v=S2Cwqv1Iob…
#NP #NowPlaying #TDH
The Bazaareteria
Provided to YouTube by VydiaThe Bazaareteria · The Dear HunterSunya℗ 2026 The Dear Hunter LLCReleased on: 2026-03-20Producer: Casey CrescenzoLead Vocals: Cas...YouTube
Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps:
* enable developer options
* confirm that you are not tricked
* restart phone and re-authenticate
* wait one day
* confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
* decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
* confirm that you accept the risks
* enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this
Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with safety
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.Android Developers Blog
Raise your hand if your online meetings could use a bit more energy. 🙋
#NextcloudHub 26 Winter brings updates to #NextcloudWhiteboard:
• Comments
• Reactions
• Voting
• And more
Here's the Comments feature in action!👇
Want to learn more? Read the full release blog: nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-h…
Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter: Reclaim your digital autonomy - Nextcloud
Introducing Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter, a powerful open source collaboration platform that puts you in control. Discover all the updates today!Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
Sumatran Tiger Panthera tigris sondaica
The Sumatran tiger Panthera tigris sondaica is a critically endangered big cat, with less than 600 of their species alive in the wild today. Once living in Java and Bali, they are now only found in…Palm Oil Detectives
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH is now available on PC gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/deat…
#DeathStranding2 #DeathStranding #Gaming #PCGaming #SteamOS
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH is now available on PC
As potentially one of the last Sony PlayStation published releases on PC, DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH is officially out now from KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
🇦🇹 Nextcloud Enterprise Day Vienna 2026 is just around the corner!
On March 24, our CMO & Co-Founder Birthe Lindenthal will present together with Clément Aubin (@xwiki):
“Beyond Jira and Confluence: European digital sovereignty & control with OpenProject and XWiki.”
📍 Wolke19, Vienna, Austria
🗓 March 24, 2026
#NextcloudEnterpriseDay #NextcloudEnterpriseDayVienna
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I ran Arch for years, but eventually I got tired of having to periodically spend hours figuring out how to fix a broken update or a busted AUR package.
I've since moved on to LMDE7 because I just want my computer to "work" - I don't want to have to work extra hard to make that happen. Sorry Arch!
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#Linux #Arch #LinuxMint #LMDE #FOSS #OpenSource #ArchLinux
Download LMDE 7 - Linux Mint
Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable desktop operating system.linuxmint.com
Fedora Asahi Remix has a new release that Mac users might want to check out:
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Fedora Asahi Remix 43 Arrives with Mac Pro Support and Beats Fedora to a Key Upgrade
Mac Pro support and working microphones on the M2 Pro/Max are in, along with a package management upgrade that Fedora is yet to ship.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
someday if they manage to get the fingerprint reader to work, I meant finally make the switch to Linux on my MacBook Air M1.
Currently my PC laptop is running Linux (MX Linux). It’d be nice to have both my laptops much more under my control.
GNOME 50 released with much improved Parental Controls and lots more gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/gnom…
#Linux #OpenSource #GNOME #LinuxGaming
GNOME 50 released with much improved Parental Controls and lots more
GNOME 50 “Tokyo” is out now as the latest major update to the popular Linux desktop environment, and there's some big new goodies in this one.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
ICE has been hacked! And you can explore the data, which includes every DHS contract, in this convenient new tool micahflee.github.io/ice-contracts
palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/…
Northern Glider Petaurus abidi
The Northern Glider is a Critically Endangered species of gliding #marsupial found only in the Torricelli Mountains of #PapuaNewGuinea. First described in 1981, they remain one of the rarest and le…Palm Oil Detectives
Thrilling retro-inspired shooter Nightmare Reaper adds 2-4 player co-op gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/thri…
#NightmareReaper #FPS #PCGaming
Thrilling retro-inspired shooter Nightmare Reaper adds 2-4 player co-op
Nightmare Reaper is a quality retro-inspired shooter worth your time, now even more so because you can team up with friends in a major upgrade.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Your AI chatbot may be stealing your conversations.
Many #BigTech platforms:
• use chat inputs for training
• store conversations indefinitely
• process data in centralized clouds
What does that mean for #dataprivacy?
We break it down 👇
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The problems with Big Tech AI data collection: privacy concerns and how to protect your data - Nextcloud
AI privacy concerns are growing as Big Tech keeps collecting data. Learn the risks and how privacy-first AI solutions help protect your data.Katrin Goethals (Nextcloud)
Hi there!
Is your question about AI tools in Nextcloud? If yes: we are not an AI provider, and everything depends on the model or service you are using with Assistant.
On our end, we let people choose, and rank supported models exactly by those parameters: training data availability, open source code, ability to host locally. And you can avoid setting up AI at all, if you don't want it in your platform.
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Meet the Nextcloud AI Assistant - Nextcloud
Nextcloud presents AI assistant that is ethical, open-source, and can get a multitude of tasks done for you without compromising your data.Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
Opera GX is now available for Linux gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/oper…
#OperaGX #Opera #Browsers #Linux
Opera GX is now available for Linux
The "gaming browser" Opera GX is now available for Linux, although I'm still not sure why you would want to actually use it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
yeah, Opera isn't exactly what a privacy-conscious person would use, but Linux is freedom and freedom mean options.
And also, privacy is a spectrum, if Opera GX being available on Linux means more people will jump ship, then that's a big win.
Firefox v149 is getting a free built-in VPN and other new features gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/fire…
Firefox v149 is getting a free built-in VPN and other new features
Mozilla are working towards improving your privacy on the web, with Firefox v149 planned for March 24th that brings out their own built-in free VPN.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
nothing more skeevy than a free VPN in your browser
also this "AI" -> "smart" renaming that's starting to crop up is *extremely* funny
The hilarious Lucky Tower Ultimate releases 1.0 on April 16 gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/the-…
#LuckyTowerUltimate #IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming
The hilarious Lucky Tower Ultimate releases 1.0 on April 16
Lucky Tower Ultimate is absolutely brilliant and thoroughly funny and the big 1.0 release is announced to arrive on April 16th.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The nostalgic helicopter shooter Cleared Hot gets Linux support with a performance update gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/the-…
#ClearedHot #IndieGames #PCGaming #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Linux
The nostalgic helicopter shooter Cleared Hot gets Linux support with a performance update
Cleared Hot is an excellent nostalgic helicopter shooter, and the latest release brings Native Linux support to improve performance on Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Counter-Strike 2 gets a major update with reload changes, custom game modes gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/coun…
Counter-Strike 2 gets a major update with reload changes, custom game modes
Possibly one of the most controversial updates for the Counter-Strike series as a whole, the latest Counter-Strike 2 update brings major changes from Valve.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Nice to see CS2 still getting big updates, especially with reload changes and custom modes. It really shows how the game keeps evolving over time.
I’ve noticed that updates can also affect how skins look, especially with lighting and animations. I once tried to скачать bloodycase.com/blog/best-purpl… just to see which purple skins stand out the most, and it gave a better idea of current trends.
GE-Proton 10-33 brings fixes for VR outside of Steam, FSR upgrades and more gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ge-p…
#Proton #GEProton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck
GE-Proton 10-33 brings fixes for VR outside of Steam, FSR upgrades and more
GE-Proton 10-33 has arrived bringing with it a fresh set of fixes for Windows games on Linux / SteamOS, here's all that's new for you.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
If you're torn between Ghostty and Kitty, read this before you switch.
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Ghostty vs Kitty: Which Modern Terminal is the Best for Linux Users?
Two of the most popular modern terminal emulators for pro Linux users. But which one is the better of the two?Roland Taylor (It's FOSS)
Palm Oil Free Brands
Learn how to avoid major brands linked to palm oil land-grabbing, deforestation, human rights abuses, and slavery and instead buy palm oil free in the shops!Palm Oil Detectives
And so the information diaspora continues.
Outpost Moved its Servers to the E.U.
A few weeks ago, Outpost migrated its servers, including our databases, to Amsterdam, away from servers in the U.S. So now all member publishers' data, servers and CTA infrastructure are hosted there...
We made the move because well, ((WAVES HANDS WILDLY AROUND)), it seems like a prudent step. Prudent being the word of the day here.
Just to be clear, Outpost has never had a data request, subpoena or National Security Letter dropped on us for our data or any member publisher's data.
But we still thought this was a prudent step given the current political environment...
Outpost Moved its Servers to the E.U.
Outpost migrated its hosting to Amsterdam in the E.U. away from the United States. It was seamless, no hit to speed, and prudent.Ryan Singel (Outpost)
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Is this enough to strengthen open source security?
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AI Companies Put $12.5M Into Open Source Security to Fix a Problem Their Tools Helped Create
The move targets the problem of maintainers drowning in AI-generated vulnerability reports.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
Trying Qwen Code on real-world sysadmin tasks.
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I Ditched Claude Code and Now Using Open Source Qwen AI for Real Sysadmin Work
An AI assistant in the terminal can help you guide through the process, help you move faster with your tasks. I tested Qwen Code and share my findings with you.Bhuwan Mishra (It's FOSS)
Tapanuli Orangutan Faces Extinction From Forest Protection Rollback
Save the Tapanuli orangutan! The rarest ape in the world faces extinction after floods, cyclones and now rezoning of their habitat in Sumatra #BoycottPalmOil!Palm Oil Detectives
Bill Gates charity trust’s holdings in fossil fuel firms rise despite divestment claims
Trust had $254m invested in companies such as Chevron, BP and Shell in 2024, a nine-year record, analysis showsIsaaq Tomkins (The Guardian)
A new GNOME release has arrived! 🗞👇
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GNOME 50 is Here, and X11 is Finally Gone
There's a lot this release offers, but a few changes stand out.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
Our possums are a problem. Could Selena Gomez be the solution?
Last year, American pop star, actor and beauty mogul Selena Gomez launched a surprising new expansion of her empire: Oreos. The chocolate and cinnamon limited-edition creme cookies, described as “flavour-forward and horchata-inspired”, popped up in hypnotic displays in supermarkets across the country in July, complete with a giant rotating cookie that simply read “Oreo Selena Gomez”. The promotional material claimed the cookies were “great for movie night, and make wonderful birthday treats and music awards watch party snacks”.
What neither Selena Gomez nor Big Oreo could ever have anticipated is that these cookies, which feature music-themed designs including “Selena in the Studio” and “Play Your Heart Out”, would become a crucial weapon in the war against one of Aotearoa’s most infamous pests.
Our possums are a problem. Could Selena Gomez be the solution?
How one pop star's limited edition Oreo flavour became a vital weapon in the war against one of Aotearoa's biggest pests.Alex Casey (The Spinoff)
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The protein from eggs or casein from milk can be quite resistant to weather.
Somehow I doubt this is the casein here.
Ahhhh! We love Noodle the Chicken!
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