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in reply to It's FOSS

Been running linux for all of my adult life, never once had an install corruption that wasn't directly my fault, one of many reasons to use stable release OSs like Debian.



#News: 50% of #TessoNilo National Park #Indonesia is now gone for illegal #palmoil over 20 years ๐Ÿ…๐ŸŒด We are losing the fight for Sumatran #Tigers. Fight for them when you shop ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿšœ๐Ÿ’” #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives
earth.com/news/sumatran-tiger-โ€ฆ


ACK! I should have put this Pizzicato Five song up during the Artemis II flight. The band uses a sound clip from a previous NASA space flight. Lots of funky mid-century modernist spacy sounds.

youtu.be/-1aZuF0e6tg



Beautiful. I'm in tears.

youtu.be/weZQQVxPRIA

in reply to Muse

@Muse
thanks for this talk. Not only motivating for women and girls but for men and boys too.
@Muse


How will attitudes change if students like me arenโ€™t taught the truth about British colonial history? | Astrid Barltrop | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/โ€ฆ

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I'm a big fan of Hildegard von Blingin'! She wrote this song for a new computer game that looks like fun!

youtu.be/pgIP_DtzFTk



I'm making a new programming language.

No, this is not the long-term project I've been promising. (That one still has a little ways to go.)

This is sort of an off-side project that could be long-term, maybe it'll be more interesting than I realize, maybe I'll break new ground in the process (bold statement I know).



Zohran Mamdani: "If you are a Mario Kart fan, government is Yoshi and philanthropy is the Golden Mushroom, that edge we need to beat Bowser on the Rainbow Road. To belabor this metaphor even further, Bowser is corporate greed in this scenario."


Mom is retiring. Says she wants to learn to program. #uxn here we come! All mainstream platforms suck!
#uxn


"Age verification is is inherently a right-wing effort. While these laws are being supported globally by those on the political right and left, they are very much a right wing effort to suppress disliked speech."
techdirt.com/2026/04/16/the-riโ€ฆ


Extinction On Our Plates: ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜ฟ Expanding agricultural land for #meat ๐Ÿฅฉ #dairy ๐Ÿงˆ and #palmoil is pushing #biodiversity past limits for survival. Help animals, use your wallet ๐Ÿค‘ as a weapon, be #vegan ๐Ÿฅฆ #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives wp.me/pcFhgU-71v?utm_source=maโ€ฆ


"You're going to-", a slit throat for good measure but really, it was the arrow. Back to our small, sufficient priceless things that make up our lives. They'll be back.

See, I told ya, here they are again. And they've brought trinkets, cameras, efficiency and other diseases that rot the mind and body. "You're going to be left-". That arrow shut him up good, we didn't let him finish, yes! That's what we want, please leave us behind. Back to the treeline.

Are you fucking kidding me, "-going to be left behind" these god damn missionaries. Yes, please! Only you won't let us. More arrows.

wiki.xxiivv.com/site/now

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Iโ€™m going to be doing a Linux Q&A #livestream tomorrow at 12:00 PM US Central time so if youโ€™re new to #Linux swing by and ask me whatever Linux question is on your mind.

Go here to get notified when I go live
youtube.com/live/Ryec6GwXGV4



you know how macbooks pro (Lynnesbian 2026) have those sharp corners near the trackpad (oh_ic 2024)? i found an amazing post where Walters (2026) filed them right off

References


Lynnesbian 2026, On the Plural Form of MacBook Pro, Lynnestodon, viewed 17 April 2026, fedi.lynnesbian.space/@lynnesbโ€ฆ.

oh_ic 2024, Sharp edges below trackpad, r/macbook | reddit.com, viewed 17 April 2026, reddit.com/r/macbook/comments/โ€ฆ

Walters, K 2026, On filing the corners off my MacBooks, Kentwalters.com, viewed 17 April 2026, kentwalters.com/posts/corners/.



Fedilab is 9 years old. Never would have expected this longevity when Mastalab started back in 2017.
What kept me going is the Fediverse itself. No judgment, room to make mistakes, genuine tolerance. This network carries values that help people move forward, and I met great folks along the way.
Thanks to everyone who used the app, reported bugs, translated strings, or simply said hi over the years.


#Palmoil used by #Kelloggsโ€™s brands is so-called โ€œsustainableโ€ yet it still causes #deforestation #ecocide #extinction and #indigenous landgrabbing. Fight back against the greenwash โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿง๐ŸŒด๐Ÿคฎโ›”๏ธ and #BoycottPalmOIl #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/โ€ฆ
in reply to Palm Oil Detectives

You can't buy or sell #sustainability. There are no sustainable products, only sustainable processes and behaviours. Sustainability cannot be achieved by technology alone, because the main reason all of this nonsense we call normal life is actually unsustainable is that we want the economy to keep growing. The economy has already become too large for the planet and needs to shrink by more than half if we don't want to collapse completely. As long as capitalism exists, sustainability is absolutely impossible. Capitalism is going down one way or another, nobody can save it no matter how much they try, but if we manage to take it down fast enough, the complete collapse of the Industrial Age might take another 150-300 years instead of 25-50. And our chances of Homo sapiens surviving the ongoing mass extinction would be much better if we stopped ruining the biosphere for money.
#ฯ€ฮฟฮปฯ…ฮบฯฮฏฯƒฮทฯ‚ #polykrisis #polycrisis




New worker co-op in publishing: cdi.coop/earth-sky-water-new-hโ€ฆ

Congratulations to Earth Sky + Water!

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RE: mastodon.social/@Sarahp/116415โ€ฆ

"We'll just 'AI' spam books, movies, and music" always conveniently ignores how much of everything there already is and how little of it gets any traction.


Runway CEO says AI could help Hollywood make 50 films instead of one $100M blockbuster techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/runwโ€ฆ



Runway CEO says AI could help Hollywood make 50 films instead of one $100M blockbuster techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/runwโ€ฆ


#Binturongs and other #civets in SE #Asia are kept in cages for cruel #KopiLuwak #coffee ๐Ÿคฎโ˜•๏ธ Another threat is #palmoil #deforestation. Help end #AnimalCruelty for vulnerable Binturongs! #BoycottPalmOil ๐ŸŒด๐Ÿช”โ›”๏ธ#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives palmoildetectives.com/2021/10/โ€ฆ


The Parliament of Estonia is orders of magnitude smarter than whoever is in the Parliament of Canada (including Mark Carney).

"Europe should regulate Big Tech instead of banning kids from social media, Estonia says"

politico.eu/article/europe-shoโ€ฆ

#CanPoli #CanadianPolitics #CanadaPolitics



Ever send an important message, but no one read it? ๐Ÿคฆ

With Pinned Messages in #NextcloudTalk, your message stays visible, making it easy for your team to catch up!

Want to discover more #NextcloudHub features?

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhCYe1-ZPksโ€จ
PeerTube: peertube.nextcloud.com/w/kHaPaโ€ฆ


in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

Huh, I never considered that you were that old. Then again, Iโ€™m an early Boomer.


in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

Amateur tip

A cell phone camera may pick up the auroras when the naked eye can't.
Just aim to the north



Call for Contributions: #LOCO2026

2nd Low Carbon Computing workshop (10-11 Sept, Lancaster University).

lancaster-university.github.ioโ€ฆ

DEADLINE: 29 May 2026 AoE.

FULLY HYBRID:

The workshop is either on line or in-person both for speakers and attendees. You can deliver your talk either on line or in person.

The workshop adheres to the LOCO Charter:

lancaster-university.github.ioโ€ฆ

and the LOCO Code of Conduct:

lancaster-university.github.ioโ€ฆ

Please share to help us spread the news.

#FrugalComputing

in reply to Wim๐Ÿงฎ

@neauoire

This sounds fascinating. But the text "FULLY HYBRID" had me immediately thinking they were running little gas generators to run everything when the batteries ran low and wondering how that could possibly be low-carbon.



i really struggle to write lyrics for songs and would love to hear your

a โ€ข general pointers / tips
b โ€ข feelings about lyrics
c โ€ข favourite lyrics

in reply to Ivan Reese

I love lyrics, I think I like the worldbuilding stuff most of all. I tend to favor french musicians for that, but I think Purity Ring writes some of the most evocative stuff for English speakers.
genius.com/Purity-ring-lofticrโ€ฆ

I think I feel a pretty specific pull from lyrics that are like "take my hand and come into this crazy ride with me"

youtube.com/watch?v=haQ_zgn9ckโ€ฆ

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in reply to It's FOSS

Absolute silence from governments about data brokers... It's almost as if they don't really care about "the children" and only want to keep track of those criticizing power structures. ๐Ÿค”


๐Ÿงญ Los sesgos de la inteligencia artificial en Latinoamรฉrica reproducen y amplifican gรฉnero, racismo y xenofobia: modelos entrenados sin contexto regional daรฑan a quienes ya estรกn mรกs vulnerables. elpais.com/america/lideresas-dโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ”—

Exijamos auditorรญas comunitarias y polรญticas pรบblicas con enfoque de derechos para que la IA no siga perpetuando discriminaciรณn.




Linux Mint confirm longer release cycles, the next release is planned for Christmas 2026 gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linuโ€ฆ

#Linux #LinuxMint #OpenSource



Despite their chunky size, Lowlands Tree #Kangaroos ๐Ÿฆ˜ are able to leap many metres. Theyโ€™re #vulnerable due to #palmoil and #hunting in #PapuaNewGuinea. Fight for them when you shop, go #PalmOilFree and #BoycottPalmOil ๐ŸŒด๐Ÿšซ#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/โ€ฆ


Mozilla announced "Thunderbolt", their open-source and self-hostable AI client gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/moziโ€ฆ

#Thunderbolt #Mozilla #AI #GenAI

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽฎ

Feels like they're intentionally trying to put Thunderbird in the crossfire here. If the TB team won't do their job and make their software despised by basically every user, then I guess Mozilla itself has to try and knock them down a peg by attempting to throw some random hate their way through confusion
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽฎ

Users: "Work on the goddamned browser instead of wasting time, effort and money on stupid AI!"
Mozilla: "Here's even more AI!"


Level up from 'user' to 'power user' with The Good Stuff bundle from No Starch Press. ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿง

*partner link*

humblebundleinc.sjv.io/NGG7EO

#linux #deal


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