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Unrepentant ska fan
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Defending Freedoms on/& the Internet with @LaQuadrature@mamot.fr.
Dismantle the patriarchy and put a bolt through the head of carnism (humanely of course).
Enjoys:
- music: often fast, loud (#punk), but many another mood too
- languages, learning, nerding out (with), free and open source stuff
- movement: skating, climbing, acro/tricking, the gentle art 🥋
Views personal, yeah?
- Will you stand with us because they might come for you next?
- No, I'll stand with you because they're coming for you now.
One of my colleagues came out as trans some months back.
I don't think i've heard a single person misname her since. Thinking about it, it's pretty heartwarming.
I find myself more and more not finishing articles about yet another depressing situation, in this specific instance how so much #EdTech is actually basically crap (https://jacobin.com/2026/05/educational-technology-children-learning-iready). I get halfway through and get angry thinking "we need to do something about this!".
This happens with a conscious but tiring feeling of confirmation bias, "ah yes, another way that for profit (tech) ruins what it touches, great".
Do you get this too? Is there anything to do about it?
From the #PleaseStopMakingMegaCorpTechCEOsSad department:
Nvidia CEO: DLSS5 is GPT moment for graphics
Nvidia CEO: no, you're all wrong, it's not #GenAI, stop calling #AIslop and "#sloptracing"
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-ceo-says-gamers-wrong-ai
It's 2026, and it's 1986 all over again with worms infecting things by jumping to the next vulnerable target, and the next, and the next… https://socket.dev/blog/checkmarx-supply-chain-compromise
But this time, it's the software building tools being compromised. Fun times ahead.
Christian pastor says marijuana makes men ‘spiritually gay’ and calls for ‘nicotine men’
If only it did mate, if only it did.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/06/03/joel-webbon-marijuana-makes-men-gay-nicotine-2026/
(obviously shouldn't even be boosting this, but the outrageous silliness of it is a bit like catnip)
If you are in #London and thinking of switching to a better ISP, Community Fibre is doing a good job overall.
They sadly put their "lower" packages behind CG-NAT a year or so ago (anything under 2.5Gbps), but they are good with IPv6, and you get a static IPv4 on the higher packages (along with ridiculous speeds).
They also give out decent Linksys routers, if that's your thing (SPNMX42 and now SPNMX57).
This is my referral link https://communityfibre.co.uk/friends?ci=bTYFLmChAfcQZUigxjlvTw%3D%3D
What an absolute joy it is to get on your bike and feel and hear a small tear in your trousers rip and become a much bigger tear.
In yet another pair of trousers. All weakened at the same spot, where the material rubs against the seat post. A morning treat.
This lentil salad is a bit like a roguelike, every bite is different, but it's consistent through regular ingredients and united by the sauce.
Hmm, I wonder if there's a case for food reviews based on video game genres and tropes.
"The suicide hotline Samaritans has reported a 40% increase in calls from the trans community over the last year"
This is horrible and fanatical, a new cult of sorts. Trans people just want to live their lives, what is so hard to understand about that?
Sadly, the article is almost certainly right that this is a "first they came for the trans, but I didn't say anything because I wasn't trans" scenario playing out, by design, pushed by extremely reactionary forces.
#PikaBackup is very nice, Borg backups for everyone, with a usable, every day user first interface.
I've set it up for my mum. Now, I'd really like to be able to monitor that backups are humming along nicely, and be warned if they failed. Anyone managed that?
Wow, Facebook is just inherently, irredeemably old and uncool.
This ad is just so tone deaf and cringe, putting it up in Shoreditch won't make up for that.
Hey #London, does anyone have a #SteamDeck OLED they would like to sell?
Just as I decide I actually would like one, they are out of stock on the Valve website. But maybe someone has one they are not using and would benefit from getting some cash for :)
Blatant crime against humanity's future:
@ExtinctionR@social.rebellion.global
You won't be surprised to hear that this #GDPR consent thing:
This feels like #enshittification in all its glory. Never mind that, on top of this, it feels like the place has become a ghost town.
@Daojoan Small typo: "But tey don't, and I didn't for a long time" :)
Great read, nicely put.
#AISlop incroyable à la FNAC St Lazare, à Paris.
Vraiment en mode rien à foutre : rien n'est lisible, les éléments se fondent les uns dans les autres, la moindre attention au truc permet de voir que c'est n'importe quoi.
Dur d'imaginer que qui que ce soit ait payé la moindre attention à quoi que ce soit ici.
Est-ce que tous les gens qui disaient « c'est un mood » disent maintenant « c'est une vibe » ?
Some men are "resisting tofu", seeing it as a way to perform their perceived gender.
(see: @robtherunt@cupoftea.social)
This has the hallmarks of reactionary stupidity:
- scientifically unsound
- rooted in imaginary genders, gender roles and gender expectations
- cosplaying resistance to actual social and political issues, chipping away at the meaning and essence of legitimate social justice actions and activism
Lots has been written on this (The Sexual Politics of Meat, https://newrepublic.com/article/171781/meat-culture-war-crickets)
I love that "turn one-off results into a repeatable, scalable process" is touted as a reason to use Claude for Excel: wasn't that basically the point of Excel in the first place?
I don't know how much it says about Excel being terrible vs Claude being great.
In any case, if it really does what's it says on the tin (minus the "thinking") it's pretty impressive. Task-specific software aid rather than "pretend to be human and reinforce people's delusions" does sound like a better business model.
Is the concept of a launderette open late or 24h unheard of in #London? Incredible.
"Le tribunal a estimé qu’« il existe un doute suffisamment important sur le fait que le terme “bougnoule” ait pu être utilisé en tant que surnom et non en tant qu’insulte destinée à atteindre Aziz en raison de son origine », écartant ainsi la circonstance aggravante de racisme."
Dans quel monde en tant que surnom ça ne serait pas raciste ? C'est vraiment dingue.
I typed some thoughts into @logseq yesterday evening on my phone, and let @syncthing@hachyderm.io sync the .md files between phone and laptop.
This morning, instead of
- thought 1
- thought 2
i see the file on my laptop is
-
- thought 2
Baffled, I open my phone and check and before my eyes see the line disappear and be replaced by "- ".
My first and immediate concern now is "when and where else has this happened?" and it's safe to say I’ve lost a lot of trust in this setup.
Anyone experience the same?
@gnome@floss.social Hello GNOME, gitlab.gnome.org is down, and so in gnome.org!
"Look mate, the paddies are back
Is tá deireadh le do ríocht, and that's a fact"
(Your kingdom is over, and that's a fact)
#Kneecap dropping some good stuff on Fenian.
Liars Tale is a standout track for me, with its head-on attack on Keir "genocide armer" Starmer.
@bsky.brid.gy @iklectikartlab.bsky.social
Sam Amidon is just wonderful, such nice, honest, soothing and uplifting music.
Is Lightyear still the best live #punk band in the UK?
Who cares, that's stupid question, there is no best, but fuck me are they wonderful live.
The level of fun of a Lightyear gig is hard to match, and while they don't care whatsoever about being "pro" and other music industry trappings, they are musically excellent and the songs have aged really well. I mean, not that many #ska bands have songs that start in 5/4 or complete genre shifts in a single song, while being super catchy.
