Another reason to hate #Apple We're seeing more 2018+ MacBook Pro/Air donations — but Apple's T2 chip means even after iCloud sign-out and reset, the firmware stays locked to the original account.
Without donor contact, these machines are useless. 🙁
I've upcycled ~1,000 older Macs, but T2 era machines will end that. It's controlling, creates e-waste, and will only get worse. #righttorepair matters — Apple couldn't care less.
Gaming on Linux with an older GPU levels up with DXVK-Sarek v1.12 bringing major new features gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/gami…
#Linux #OpenSource #Vulkan #Direct3D #DXVK #Proton #LinuxGaming
Gaming on Linux with an older GPU levels up with DXVK-Sarek v1.12 bringing major new features
You don't have to get left behind with gaming on Linux if you have an older GPU, thanks to projects like DXVK-Sarek keeping them alive.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Vehicle-building bullet heaven survivor-like TerraTech Legion launches April 30 gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/vehi…
#TerraTechLegion #TerraTech #Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames
Vehicle-building bullet heaven survivor-like TerraTech Legion launches April 30
Now this is one I am excited about. The demo for TerraTech Legion was great fun, and I can't wait to build more vehicles in this bullet heaven survivor-like.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Immersive sim boomer shooter Fortune's Run back in development as the developer is out of jail gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/imme…
#FortunesRun #IndieGames #FPS #PCGaming
Immersive sim boomer shooter Fortune's Run back in development as the developer is out of jail
The positively rated immersive sim boomer shooter Fortune's Run is getting back into action, as the developer is now back to working on it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Blimey, over 87K followers now.
We're on the road to 100K folks.
Incredible.
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) ban AI / LLM code contributions gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/sdl-…
#OpenSource #AI #GenAI #LLM #SDL #GameDev
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) ban AI / LLM code contributions
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer), the incredibly popular cross-platform development library, has formally banned all AI code contributions.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
US operating system age verification bill "Parents Decide Act" gets published gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/us-o…
#Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification #ParentsDecideAct
US operating system age verification bill "Parents Decide Act" gets published
The US-wide operating system age verification bill we covered recently, the "Parents Decide Act", now actually has the bill published to read.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Good question if this goes to ban US stuff in EU outright because could be a violation of the privacy laws.
With the EU/US relationship in freefall, it could be another string attached to the political spat.
Linux/freeBSD maintainers should think twice before jump this bandwagon before find themselves banned from EU and other countries with more restrictive laws.
#Jidori #JidoriEggs #孵卵器 #EggIncubator #地鶏卵
New Chicks: mostly from JiDokKo eggs from the FukuroNoKai (Owl Association) farmer's market, but two are from Silky eggs from that market's table too. The brown striped ones may be from birds that were hatched from JiDori eggs from a local supermarket. Those birds got huge and I want to try hatching a bunch of them.. They are labeled as JiDori.. so they could be anything I guess.. Maybe Amakusa Daiou which is what the look like, I think...
#JiDori #SilkyChicks #BabyChicks #JiDokKo #地鶏
drew yesterday's wordmark in #uxn in ~350 bytes (40% savings over bitmap) by indexing into the 22 sprites it can be reduced to.
also used a "door" correctly for the first time while doing this (before ultimately removing it to save bytes ^^")
paste.sr.ht/~sporeball/c7e285c…
@neauoire nicely done! it seems like a tradeoff, where either the Tal is simpler and the sprite data is a little larger (yours), or the Tal is more complex and the sprite data is a little smaller (mine)?
to your credit, i like the handwritten look, i forgot that the sprite byte is powerful enough to work the way it does in yours ^^"
You may have seen the video where this big dog keeps on calling a little dog a cat!
The saga continues. The big dog has now made friends with the "cat" And it seems the woman has given up on trying to convince her shepherd Flambo that Rupert the Yorkie is a dog.
like this
like this
Four-horned Chameleon Trioceros quadricornis
Protect the Four-Horned Chameleons, native to Cameroon’s rainforests, these extraordinary reptiles are now listed as Vulnerable, boycott palm oil for them!Palm Oil Detectives
The story of UNIX.
There’s life beyond #BigTech clouds. 🌥
Are you thinking about moving away from #Microsoft365, Dropbox, or legacy systems?
With Nextcloud, migration is easier than you think. Explore your migration path 👉 nextcloud.com/migrate/
Migrate to Nextcloud: Simple and secure
Migrate to Nextcloud from Microsoft 365 or other platforms. Discover real use cases, migration resources, and expert support.Nextcloud
It's really nice to know that we can buy parts compatible with a 45 years old furler.
This is a new fitting connected to the original socket, I realize that thread sizes have standardized a long time ago, but still, aren't we fortunate to live in such a world that these don't change every 5 years..
🎙️ DEBATE: "Los abusos de las Big Tech y cómo proteger nuestra democracia" — discusión sobre manipulación algorítmica, concentración de poder y medidas para defender espacios democráticos frente a plataformas.
🔗 Ver conversación desde youtube.com/watch?v=29AwrCDUNX… 🔗
¿Qué medidas comunitarias y legales urgentes proponemos para recuperar espacios democráticos frente a las plataformas?
- 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
#AMRO26 - Becoming Unreadable
13th-16th May 2026, Linz (AT)
Pre-opening: 12th May
"Becoming Unreadable" examines the digital conditions shaping how we live and work. It challenges norms of constant online presence and critiques the role of mainstream digital cultures in surveillance and data exploitation, while exploring ethical, sustainable, community-driven alternatives.
Check out the Festival program: radical-openness.org
Programme Overview:
12 May: Pre-opening @ SPLACE / Kunstuniversität Linz / Hauptplatz 6 (18:30)
13 May: Opening
→ Exhibition @ MAERZ / Eisenbahngasse 20 (18:00)
→ Keynotes @ afo – architekturforum oberösterreich / Herbert-Bayer-Platz 1 (19:00)
13–16 May: Full programme of talks, workshops, concerts & exhibitions (10:00–00+)
Check out the Festival program: radical-openness.org
Join the festival closing night!
16 May – Nightline @ STWST / Kirchengasse 4 (21:00–02:00)
Live & DJ sets with:
Adel Faure & Rémi Georges, Arnica Montana, Jens Vetter, Lil Data, map(h), Mitsitron, MSHR, Orangetronic, Pasta Gang
Exhibitions:
“From the Ashes of the Burnout Machines” @ MAERZ
On digital infrastructures, ecological crisis & extractive economies, pointing toward resistance & regeneration.
→ Opening: 13 May
“Decay and Desire” @ bb15
Immersive installations on sustainability, participation & techno-ecologies.
→ Opening: 14 May
“Becoming Unreadable” @ SPLACE
A showcase exhibition on invisibility, AI ideologies & digital autonomy.
→ Opening: 12 May
earlier this evening i witnessed lightning strike through a rainbow against a pink sky
i ran and told k who said what? and then we saw it again
the most astonishing things, just happen
Shoes to AI, whut?
cnbc.com/2026/04/15/allbirds-b…
Struggling shoe retailer Allbirds makes bizarre pivot from shoes to AI, stock explodes more than 400%
Allbirds announced a deal with American Exchange Group to sell its intellectual property and other assets for $39 million in March.Lola Murti (CNBC)
sometimes I wish I had been born with a moral compass of “make money at the cost of everything else.” It would be somuch easier than actually caring about things.
Not only is this company pivoting from shoes to AI, they are pivoting from “let’s produce shoes with less plastic because it’s more sustainable” to “we’re going to buy a bunch of computers to add to how fast the other AI data centers can burn the world down.”
"Your backpack got worse on purpose" Most brands are owned by a handful of companies, and that's why everything is terrible now. You can't spend more on a better product, because there are no better products no matter how much you spend.
worseonpurpose.com/p/your-back…
Your Backpack Got Worse On Purpose
In 1986, a corporation that made women's lingerie bought every backpack brand you've ever trusted.Keyana Sapp (Worse on Purpose)
"formally affine combinations of soups and hyper-salad"
@Friendica Support I get an internal server error trying to post a comment with double quotes to friendica with a mastodon client.
Is this a known problem?
@Michael 🇺🇦 @Friendica Support and as usual, trying to force it with more logging on results in no "error"!
I don't understand!
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).
Philippine Sailfin Lizard Hydrosaurus pustulatus
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
Call whatever you want just keep the technical aspect in mind.
aglimme
in reply to Mike • • •Mike
in reply to aglimme • • •@aglimme @Gargron do you even know how big of an issue stolen macs are? I bet you don't!
Also, i'm not saying lets just unlock them all. But it should be EASIER for the legit user to release it.. remotely from their icloud account.
You can have both security and reusability
Eugen Rochko
in reply to Mike • • •Epic Null
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Mike
in reply to Epic Null • • •@Epic_Null @Gargron @aglimme exactly.
Like how hard would it be to, at that screen, have a button that says "contact user" or "request to unlock"
And then the user gets a secure message asking them if they lost this mac or if they want to unlock it for the new owner?
Seems doable!
aglimme
in reply to Mike • • •Eugen Rochko
in reply to aglimme • • •Epic Null
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Rajas
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •