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  Y’all. If any of you got a handful of notifications from my account for edited posts, I’m very sorry. I went back and removed all of the archive.is links I have used (about ten), replacing them with web.archive.org links. If y’all don’t know, there’s a lot of shady stuff going on with that cluster of archive.* sites. Apparently for a very long time. But I didn’t know about it until recently. More info: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-archive-today-after-site-executed...

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  I’ve never been a Digital Ocean customer. But they’re really taking a nose dive right now. First, they offer healthy financial support for the fascist Linux project, otherwise known as Omarchy. Now they’re killing one of the best CSS resources around, @csstricks@mastodon.social. How are they killing it? Well, they’re giving SO much money to fascism that they can no longer afford the small potatoes of a CSS community knowledge base. As @eric@social.ericwbailey.website points out, so many of us...

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  RE: https://eupolicy.social/@hpod16/117286020053320946 It’s interesting that people who support age verification have to ask what the problem is. As if it was a big mystery. Asking people to reveal their personally identification so they can use the internet isn’t a problem that should need to be explained. But since you asked… 1. Our data can not be protected online. Especially by every random person who has the means to buy a domain and pay for hosting. 2. Forcing identification is a barri...

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  RE: https://jasette.facil.services/@michelmorin/117079043778330787 I got mine many years ago. The onus of responsible reproduction is not solely on women. #Abortion #Reproduction #Patriarchy #Feminism #Vasectomy

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  This is my Veronica Explains appreciation post… If you want to learn super-cool things about computers and Linux (and how to mix them together), Veronica’s channel is the place. https://makertube.net/c/veronicaexplains/videos @veronica’s channel is probably my favorite on PeerTube. One of her videos even helped me to get Linux running on my old MacBook. So if you like this kind of thing, I recommend adding her channel to your subscription list. Oh, and if you don’t have a PeerTube account, y...

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  Why is Peter Pan always flying? He neverlands. I like this joke because it never grows old. #DadJokes #Puns #NotMyFault

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  Whoa. @libreoffice@fosstodon.org unleashes “no AI as a feature” and breaks download records. “In one week, the installer was downloaded more than 1 million times — not counting updates via Linux distribution repositories.” Great work, LibreOffice team! 👏🏻 https://manualdousuario.net/en/libreoffice-download-record-no-ai #LibreOffice #FOSS #AI #Software #NoAIAsAFeature

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  IMPORTANT MASTODON PASSWORD SECURITY/PRIVACY ISSUE… ---- For everyone: If you are using the same password for Mastodon that you use anywhere else, CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD NOW. A hacker is stealing accounts using something called “credential stuffing.” This means they use email/password combinations stolen from other sites. You can check if your email is in a data breach elsewhere: https://haveibeenpwned.com Create a new strong password: 1. 12+ characters 2. Capital/lowercase letters 3. At le...

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  What is one of the best compliments you’ve ever received? Let’s see the good stuff. (Inspired by @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party, who asked this question on her timeline. Because she’s rad. I thought I’d extend it to mine to spread it around.) #Compliments #TheGoodStuff #YouAreLoved #PositiveVibes

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  Today was a good day. I like good days. So here’s my 3 good things: 1. Had dinner with my pocket friend @alice@lgbtqia.space and their friends, so now we’re IRL friends. We ate good food, had better discussions, and I loved it very much. 2. Ample dog time today. 3. For breakfast I had two donuts from the farmer’s market, fresh and hot. I can’t begin to explain how delicious they were. OMFG. #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #FriendsAreRad #GoodFoodIsRad #GrowingIsRad

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  Today was a good day. I like good days. So here’s my 3 good things: 1. Had dinner with my pocket friend @alice@lgbtqia.space and their friends, so now we’re IRL friends. We ate good food, had better discussions, and I loved it very much. 2. TIL two new things about trans folks from trans folks. Their edification will make me a better human being. 3. For breakfast I had two donuts from the farmer’s market, fresh and hot. I can’t begin to explain how delicious they were. OMFG. #3GoodThings #Th...

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  Being kind is punk af. Be punk af. #Kindness #Punk

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  Two ways to write the same headline. Hate propaganda is not “rage bait,” and egregiously sugar coating the definition of a nazi is not a journalism. Thank you, Frank Landymore and Futurism. #Journalism #Media #Headlines #Integrity

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  Hey, fedi. What smaller non-profits do you recommend for donations? Some beautiful people have been tipping me for my articles and my accessibility app. That gives me the warm fuzzies. But I’m going to donate those tips, because other folks need them more. And I’m going to replace my tips links with non-profit donation links. My current list: 1. Sogorea Te’ Land Trust 2. Audre Lorde Project 3. Equal Justice Initiative 4. STEM Like a Girl Who are your faves? #AskFedi #Donations #NonProfits...

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  August is Black Business Month. Here’s a great opportunity to support a Black-owned business… Do you use Goodreads? If so, you can migrate to @thestorygraph@bookstodon.thestorygraph.com. You can even import all of your Goodreads data. Nadia Odunayo is the founder and sole developer. Together with her small team, they’re making a great product that’s slowly improving over time. So go support Nadia and co. instead of a fascist billionaire. https://thestorygraph.com #BlackBusinessMonth #BlackM...

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  Life has been an emotional roller coaster this week. But let’s focus on today… 1. I made the best tofu scramble for my fam. I always make it good. But today it was bangin’. 2. Spent a good portion of the day with the dogs on my lap. 3. Almost finished my migration away from Trello (where they are making use of your data for AI training mandatory in a couple of weeks). #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

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  Here’s something that will blow your mind. Most U.S. water systems have internet-based logic controllers. And a large number of them use NO PASSWORDS OR DEFAULT PASSWORDS. Yeah. Public water systems ready for the hacking. Which came to light because there are signs of attacks. Enough of them that CISA had to issue a warning to all water facilities, recommending they disconnect them or actually use a fucking password. CNN cites about 30 water systems were attacked this week, with six other stat...

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  In April, NASA turned off one of the few remaining functional instruments. They have been slowly disabling them since 1998, because of limited power/use at various ranges. Think about that for a moment… It launched almost 50 years ago, in 1977. And we are STILL able to communicate with it. Expectedly until 2036. And this with our technology knowledge at the time. Unless it collides with something or is retrieved, it will reach the Oort Cloud in about 300 years. It will take about 30k years to...

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  My son and me in a sensory room at an art exhibition. Three rooms, each with only a single-color of light (red, green, and blue) and atmospheric music representing its respective color. We immersed ourselves in every one of them. It was wild. #Art #Exhibition #Museum #Light #Music #Immersion

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  A couple of weeks ago, Napalm Death played a Tiny Desk concert at NPR. Yeah. I know. I can’t even imagine seeing them in a tiny little office space. Yet, there they were. There was even some slam dancing happening. And they slayed. Their set was perfect. What a day for metalheads on staff and the volunteer team. The Tiny Desk team is rad for having them. A brave ask, likely with some push-back. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/15/g-s1-133336/napalm-death-tiny-desk-concert #TinyDesk #NPR #NapalmD...

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@BenRiceM/116980424345560765 This thread is, well, you’ll just have to read it. I didn’t know anything about the Ulm 5. It’s tragic. In short, five brave human being destroyed some Israeli weapon equipment. No harm to any humans. Just equipment. And they’re being treated like mass serial killers. Certainly with violations of human rights. All in the name of helping Palestinians (and beyond). If you do read through, you’ll probably want to research more. I will be d...

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  🚨 U.S. folks. There is one day left to comment on the FCC proposed rule to eradicate anonymity on all phone lines! If they pass this rule government ID, physical address, and alternative phone number will be required for every new phone line. Anonymous phone lines and burner phones will cease to exist. That means no connected privacy via cellular at protests. ** Please add your comment! ** For the first field (proceedings) use these two: 17-59 and 02-278 https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/exp...

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  Original Death members Terry Butler and Rick Rozz are exhuming early Death songs in a band called “Left to Die.” “Initium Mortis” is a collection of demo tracks and others that didn’t make it onto “Scream Bloody Gore” and “Leprosy.” It’s so absolutely delightful. It’s uncanny how much Matt Harvey sounds like Chuck Schuldiner. His voice was like no other, and Harvey nails it. And drummer Gus Rios is true to the style of Bill Andrews. If you’re a fan of the band that started death metal, you’re...

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  My experience with Airtable support today (have to use it for a client)… 1. Our plan costs $24. Saw we were billed $119. 2. Sent a support request. 3. Human replied and said they couldn’t help. Instead I had to talk to their support robot. 🤦🏻‍♂️ 4. Fine. Followed the link and talked to the support robot. 5. I told the robot its human said it needed to give me a refund. And it did, without question. All $119 of it. Making this month free. Take that, company who forces me to resolve my disputes...

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  How many ways can we spell out fascist totalitarian dictatorship before American normies realize it’s happening? https://www.404media.co/leaked-document-shows-the-surveillance-tech-at-ices-fingertips There needs to be more ICE doxxing. These people need to be exposed and publicly berated. They should lose their friends and be ostracized by their families. A dictatorship can’t function unless it has subservient lackeys. If we reduce the pool of candidates through shame and humiliation, it redu...

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  This is a great list of tips for improving your Signal privacy from @yaelwrites@mastodon.social. I found this part especially meaningful: “Turning off biometrics makes it annoying to use your phone…If that’s you, remember that both Android and iOS have a quick lockout that forces a passcode and disables biometrics until you re-enter it: on iPhone, hold the side + volume button until the power-off screen appears, then cancel; on most Androids, hold power and tap Lockdown.” https://blog.yaelwri...

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  Today, Mullvad and their fascist co-owner Daniel Berntsson each published an excuse essay. Excuses for why supporting fascists is okay. I wrote about how they failed, with receipts for how their sorry-not-sorry essays align with Nazi Germany. https://markwrites.io/mullvad-and-daniel-berntssons-failed-cleanup/ #Mullvad #DanielBerntsson #Fascism #Nazis #ZeroTolerance

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  RIP, Jennifer Finch. Photographer and bassist for the band L7. “With a very heavy heart we announce that our beloved bandmate, friend, and fellow troublemaker Jennifer Finch has passed away today. She had a long courageous fight with brain cancer and was loved by many wonderful friends, musical peers and fans worldwide. We love you, Jennifer.” More about Jennifer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Finch Photo: Michael Lavine #RIP #JenniferFinch #L7 #Music

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  Your mornings. If either or both, how do you take it? #Coffee #Tea #Morning

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  Avoid Reuters “news” at all costs. They’re a confirmed fascist boot-licker. https://www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-thomson-reuters-125-million-to-find-voter-fraud/ #Reuters #Privacy #Media #Fascism