So far, only about 1% of the British electorate has registered an interest in having a vote on channeling water management away from dumping effluent for profit and instead into public ownership for health.
Perhaps we can bump the numbers a bit, at least to the point where how not to enshittify what we drink and cook with might be debated by MPs?
petition.parliament.uk/petitio…
Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.Petitions - UK Government and Parliament
Some people never adopt a black cat because they think black cats are bad luck.
But the only bad luck is missing the joy of living with a black cat 🥳‼️🖤🐈⬛.
#cats #CatsOfMastodon #WhiskersWednesday #cat #black
#cats #gatos #CatsOfMastodon
#WhiskersWednesday
Professional napping technique (not suitable for beginners).
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Stunning bright coloured Philippine sailfin lizards are becoming more and more rare from palm oil deforestation across their range in #WestPapua #Philippines and eastern #Indonesia. They are also t…Palm Oil Detectives
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"Currently, the bill is only in the introductory stage so it hasn't yet passed and become law, so if this is important to you in the US you may want to speak to your representatives."
it's amusing how every time a law like this comes into the spotlight, someone just HAS to say "speak to your reps"
that doesn't do anything, they do NOT care. they are owned and paid for by billion dollar companies and individuals.
alternative strategies might work, and more people need to do those instead.
New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/new-…#Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification
New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages
We've covered here before on individual US states setting up their own age verification laws, and now a new US Congress bill has been proposed for it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
because you are being a bit of an arse about what I wrote. People do need to speak up, and speak to their reps - otherwise nothing changes.
This is why I rarely engage, especially here, such stupid attitudes.
Road to Vostok is an incredibly impressive solo-developed hardcore survival shooter gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/road…
#RoadtoVostok #Godot #GodotEngine #FPS #IndieGames
Road to Vostok is an incredibly impressive solo-developed hardcore survival shooter
What looks like one of the most impressive games ever made with Godot Engine, the solo-developed hardcore Road to Vostok has entered Early Access.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
TRX the open source re-implementation of Tomb Raider is making progress on Tomb Raider 3 gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/trx-…
#TRX #TombRaider #Retro #OpenSource #Gaming
TRX the open source re-implementation of Tomb Raider is making progress on Tomb Raider 3
With the classic Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 fully playable with the open source re-implementation TRX, the team makes impressive progress with the third.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.15.2 brings critical security updates gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/luan…
#VoxeLibre #Luanti #Minetest #OpenSource #Linux #Gaming #FreeGame
Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.15.2 brings critical security updates
Luanti (formerly Minetest) is the popular free and open source voxel game engine powering some really fun experiences and a critical update is out now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Great news for KDE Plasma users!
itsfoss.com/news/kde-plasma-pe…
A PHP Dev Just Solved a 20+ Year-Old KDE Plasma Problem No One Else Would
KWin can now show different virtual desktops on each screen independently.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
For all those that think Wayland is the wrong path to go:
"The technical reason why this issue stayed open this long comes down to X11. [...] The KWin maintainer Martin Flöser had said as much in 2013, effectively ruling it out for the entire KDE 4.x series. The only realistic path was through Wayland"
After years in development v8 of the factory management RTS Mindustry is out gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/afte…
#Mindustry #OpenSource #RTS #PCGaming #TowerDefense #IndieGames
After years in development v8 of the factory management RTS Mindustry is out
Mindustry is a free and open source open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements, with a major new update finally out.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Book of Travels from Might and Delight goes offline in July but you'll still be able to play alone gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/book…
#BookofTravels #RPG #IndieGames #PCGaming
Book of Travels from Might and Delight goes offline in July but you'll still be able to play alone
Book of Travels had an interesting idea as a slower, more exploration focused online RPG that didn't hold your hand but it never really took off.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Designer of Terra Nil reveals Combolands, a deckbuilder where cards are buildings and the map is your deck gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/desi…
#Combolands #IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming
Designer of Terra Nil reveals Combolands, a deckbuilder where cards are buildings and the map is your deck
Based on a hit prototype game Tiny Towns that had over 100K views on itch.io, Combolands is a deckbuilder where cards are buildings and the map is your deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
11 Linux tools to 10x your dev workflow. ⚡💻
itsfoss.com/vibe-coding-tools-…
11 Vibe Coding Tools to 10x Your Development on Linux
Want to vibe code and chill on your Linux system? Here are the tools you can explore.Abhishek Kumar (It's FOSS)
SteamOS 3.7.21 released to stable with security and stability updates gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/stea…
#SteamDeck #LinuxGaming #SteamOS #Linux #Steam
SteamOS 3.7.21 released to stable with security and stability updates
While Valve are working to get SteamOS 3.8 Beta into stable with lots of big changes, a small SteamOS stable update has been released.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Only 2 years after release Star Trek: Resurgence is being delisted gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/only…
#Delisting #StarTrek #StarTrekResurgence #Gaming #PCGaming
Only 2 years after release Star Trek: Resurgence is being delisted
Dramatic Labs / Bruner House have abruptly announced that Star Trek: Resurgence from 2024 is already being delisted.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Another train journey. And it's time for another accessibility rant.
When Deutschebahn announced they were buying some level access Intercity stock (later to be named the ICE L). I was pleased. Finally DB were understanding that accessibility was important.
Except when the first trains rolled into Berlin Hbf in December, it became very obvious that DB had entirely failed to understand the assignment.
Please mind the gap between your expectations and the service actually delivered.
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"But there are gap fillers in the only coach with wheelchair space". I can hear some apologists typing.
This is one of the biggest misconceptions of accessible design. That only wheelchair users need it.
What about parents with kids in a pushchair? Or people with heavy wheeled luggage? Or people who walk with a frame? Or crutches? Or people with balance issue? Or travelling with young children?
Just like how the curb cut effect makes the built environment better for everyone.
5/n
Accessible design makes the train easier to use for everyone. What Deutschebahn has said here is "fuck you all, we'll do the absolute bare minimum". The excellent writer @WeirdWriter has an article about door handle design with the line: "show me your doorknobs, and I’ll tell you who you are"
Show me the entrance to your nations trains and I'll tell you your country's attitude to anywho isn't perfectly able bodied. And the attitude from DB is somewhere between fuck you & the bare minimum.
6/n
New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/new-…
#Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification
New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages
We've covered here before on individual US states setting up their own age verification laws, and now a new US Congress bill has been proposed for it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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We all knew this day was coming, over a decade ago we knew it. They intend to make it impossible to organize either online or via the mail, or via phone.
All of it is scanned, monitored, and attached to identifying phone numbers, physical addresses, and IP addresses already.
This new law is just to scoop up the last remnants of independent computing.
The revolution will not be online.
Eine Frage an die Admins hier im Fediverse. Im Admininterface von @netcup gibt es die Möglichkeit #DNSSEC für die Domain zu aktivieren. Ich meine mich zu erinnern, dass ich das vor ~2 Jahren schon mal aktiv hatte es aber zu Problemen bei der Erreichbarkeit der Domain geführt hat.
Allerdings würde ich diese Option gerne wieder aktivieren. Gibt es hier irgendetwas zu beachten? Sollte man beim Apache oder anderswo irgendwas konfigurieren?
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Nachdem von @netcup bis jetzt noch keinerlei Reaktion kam, bin ich eher am überlegen, mit der Domain zu Inwx umzuziehen. Da funzt DNSSEC mit einer "Spieldomain" ohne Probleme.
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Fedora 44 is just around the corner. Here's what you can expect. 📹👇
youtube.com/watch?v=az62iZ045-…
- 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
We recently switched energy supplier, or so we thought. Now we technically have no supplier.
The old one was to send a final bill but didn't, the new one refused to follow through on taking us as the final bill with the old supplier was unpaid
theconversation.com/is-your-su…
Is your ‘sustainable’ super funding fossil fuels or weapons? How to check the fine print
If you care about particular issues – from climate change to weapons of war – it’s worth looking more closely at where your money is really going.The Conversation
This fix can help improve your AMD GPU's performance on Linux.
itsfoss.com/news/linux-amd-gpu…
#linux #linuxgaming #amd
An Open Source Dev Has Put Together a Fix for AMD GPU's VRAM Mismanagement on Linux
Six kernel patches and two utilities later, the VRAM situation for AMD GPUs is better now.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
if let match guards on the same day?! 🎉 
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I was a bit unprofessional today. I asked the host of a meeting to mute the zoom participants, then I addressed the two staff present in-person about their insistence on using a student’s dead name. One staffer used the excuse that the name is in the official paperwork. I called it an excuse and reminded them both that this is a human being. I might not be called back to interpret more of those meetings, but I couldn’t bear keep hearing them treat the student like that.
Bureaucracy is not an excuse for mistreating others.
![The sun sets over chunky rocks, with the sea behind. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1420575 "The sun sets over chunky rocks, with the sea behind. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]")
![The sun sets over chunky rocks, with the sea behind. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1420577 "The sun sets over chunky rocks, with the sea behind. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]")
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Food for thought. It has to be tough on teachers to see this happening.
To teach in the time of ChatGPT is to know pain
To teach in the time of ChatGPT is to know pain
LLM use is the most demoralizing problem I’ve faced as a college instructor.Scott K. Johnson (Ars Technica)
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This doesn't work for everyone (especially online courses must be terrible now), but I found a few simple solutions: Forget any assignment that will be "written", unless as an unscored practice or done 1 on 1 right in front of you. I did for example have written exams the same way as oral exams: one by one in my office, on my computer. Focus on actual skills. In presentations I checked the presentation itself for mistakes or omissions, but otherwise only scored the actual performance: How students spoke, how they presented their topic.
Problem is, a lot of faculty is unable to adapt, to change. I've heard "that's impossible" or "that can't be done" way too often, even after I already did it myself.
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' I’ve heard “that’s impossible” or “that can’t be done” way too often, even after I already did it myself.'
This ^^^ !!!
Does anyone have a recommendation for a mechanical keyboard?
1) Preferably good value, rather than super expensive
2) Wired
3) Mostly for typing, occasional gaming
4) Gaudy LED welcome, not required
5) Numpad included
6) Easily obtainable in Japan
palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/…
Reasons to Hope: Palm Oil Alternatives Made Without Deforestation
The race is on to find a real solution to stop palm oil ecocide. For several years now, several new #biotech companies have been busy generating alternatives to palm oil that are healthier for huma…Palm Oil Detectives
RE: mastodon.social/@Mastodon/1164…
I am very happy to finally be able to announce this. We are working hard (you can’t imagine) to secure funding to continue to improve Mastodon, and are very grateful that amazing organisation like @sovtechfund invest in open-source, and especially Mastodon.
Developing open-source software is hard (and it is not becoming easier) and quality software requires a lot of hard work. Our team is growing and we are delivering more polished features than ever, and we continue to try to push it further
We’re happy to share that Mastodon has been awarded a service agreement from the Sovereign Tech Fund @sovtechfund 🎉This covers five major initiatives through 2026 and 2027. We are very grateful for this support. Read about the details in our blog post.
blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/…
Sovereign Tech Agency funding
Announcing a service agreement for new work to improve Mastodon and the broader ecosystem.Mastodon Blog
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •I know this is meant to be a joke! But I think about me being a Dane, speaking English as my second langauge. And where I use computers as tools but apart from that just try to live my life... So if people judge me for my imperfect English and / or for not jusing the Linux lingo correctly... I have to wonder what kind of world they really want to live in. A world where everyone are the same? Isn't that boring?
I might just switch to Danish and see how well we communicate from there...
Sven Geggus
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •I have no problem with people showing their ignorance.
In fact, it's mostly helpful.
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •Call whatever you want just keep the technical aspect in mind.
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