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mousey

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Linux nerd, game nerd, dad jokes, memes, opinions. (OMG, so many opinions.)

#YearOfTheLinuxDesktop since 1998

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@matrix@mastodon.matrix.org avatar matrix , to random

Hm, did something happen over at Discord?

in which the account registration rate on the matrix.org homeserver hockeysticks over the last few hours
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@mousey@seattlematrix.org avatar mousey , to random

The first guy down was the black guy, of course.

Kinda refreshing to see the rest of the plot spent disrupting reverse space-mormon's society just to find the doctor that could save him!

@mousey@seattlematrix.org avatar mousey , to random

Gettem' white Tonto!!

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Oh right, this is an Isekai

@mousey@seattlematrix.org avatar mousey , to random

Indiana Jones and the Dungeon of Dinks.

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BATTLE FOR SNU-SNU!!

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I'll have what he's having, tyvm.

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PAX is a whole city in 2133

fun!

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" does not move like the gestapo, they move like slave patrols."

This is home grown terrorism..

Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTb2VBJkUim/

I can't unsee this now. I can't unsee slaver behavior in tactics. It makes way more sense, the Gestapo were copying them.

video/mp4

@mousey@seattlematrix.org avatar mousey , to random

A video out of of a young white woman being by

Kudos to the journalist who happened to capture the video, but the most chilling sentence In the narrators exposition is almost glossed over, so I emphasize it here,

"The Miami Herald said they could not locate the woman after this video was taken"

Say goodbye to whoever's daughter/sister this is. , can we PLEASE get our heads out of our collective asses ANY DAY NOW???

Video of half-a-dozen-or-so large mail ICE "officers" a very obviously white young lady, probably for nefarious reasons. Nobody knows what happened to her after this.

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Today's , brought to you by,

Evolution of the trash icon, A procession of desktop trash icons from versions of windows from 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2015, 2022, and the icon for 2026 is Co-Pilot.
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@Alice@beige.party avatar Alice , to random

Serious question! Our apartment complex's pool is heated, but it's still pretty cold when you get out of the pool. I was contemplating buying bathrobes with the hope that we'd use the pool more, but Kev says that might make us look like swingers. Is that true?

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@Alice I've used bathrobes after being in pools for decades, and nobody's ever invited me to any swinger parties. =(

I call bull.

@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble
Several companies are selling crypto stockpiles in effort to fund share buybacks, shore up stock prices.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/11/crypto-hoarders-dump-tokens-as-shares-tumble/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Oh no, behind the curtain it was just math puzzles the whole time??

always has been.

@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , to random

With less than 10 hours until Death by Scrolling launches I am afraid to run TesterTron3000 because it might find something.

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@grumpygamer /me dons little devil costume, sits on shoulder.

Do it. 😉

(Edit: Did your avatar just.. holy hat tip, batman.)

@nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar nixCraft , to random

Here's a small tip for Unix and Linux developers and IT pros: Want to run the same command again at the terminal? In most modern shells (tcsh, zsh, bash), you can simply type "!!".

For example, say you forget to use sudo:
yum upgrade -y
pkg upgrade -y

Instead of typing the whole command again, just do this:
sudo !!

This is a lifesaver for longer commands. Give it a try!

This screenshot shows how to execute the most recent command again in your terminal, most modern shells (tcsh, zsh, and bash) support typing !! to repeat it. For example: sudo !!
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@nixCraft wait til people learn about

!$

!-2

!?pattern

And so on!!

man bash, my good penguins, find the all the !! secrets!

@kittylyst@mastodon.social avatar kittylyst , to random

Looks like there may well be a surge of users from Blacksky and the other "alternative" ATProto instances checking out the Fedi, or reactivating old accounts, given that they're now discovering that ATProto is a Potemkin Village of decentralization and that BSky still hold all the cards.

This time, can we please try not to act like assholes / the HOA while they find their feet.

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@kittylyst As a brown person on ,

Thanks for coming back, if you are. Block and Defederate liberally.

Safe(er) networks can be crated in fedi. They're more work, because there's no central control.

Well, be your OWN central control.

YES, it's more work, but you get to keep all the benefits yourself. and Billionaires can be kicked out, instead of taking over what you might have thought was an otherwise safe space.

I, for one, salute , and hope to contribute more to it.

@mcc@mastodon.social avatar mcc , to random

Bluesky is melting down and Mastodon will not (I believe) benefit from it, and one reason why is that the one single technical advantage Bluesky has over Mastodon— the ability to migrate instances without consequence— turns out to be an absolute showstopper.

"in the midst of all this blue sky chaos i received an email that, once again, my mastodon instance of choice is shutting down. this is why i struggle with fedi. finding a new instance every 18 months makes it deeply unappealing to engage with, and i don’t have the wherewithal to roll my own."
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@fleeky @mcc @pthenq1

Is that meaningful? Comparing migrating from bsky->bsky with fedi->fedi isn't exactly apples and apples is it?

Migrating from a centralized service to a.. uh.. the same centralized service? That's a lot less complexity than migrating from one decentralized fedi service to another, isn't it?

Especially since you might not even be migrating to another mastodon instance, what if Friendica is more your thing, or Misskey/pleroma/akkoma or whatever?

Doesn't seem like irony.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

When they cancelled Jimmy Kimmel, Disney saw a 436 percent increase in streaming cancellations, leading to a loss of 1.7 million subscribers, an insider has told journalist Marisa Kabas.

Fight fascism — every step of the way!

✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/disney-subscribers-face-wave-cancellations-063700463.html

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@Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar Daojoan , to random

One of these days I'm buying a Linux phone.

One of these days.

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@zak @Daojoan

This is random, but, if it's about linux phones, yeah,

@postmarketOS , or @mobian or @linmob would be your radars for "are linux phones Daily Driver-able yet".

If you're really (or just) looking for de-googling/apple-ifying, check out @murena (the phones, not necessarily the services). It's @e_mydata under the hood, and you can Just Buy™ them.

My most sincerest apologies if you know all this already. I just really resonate with wanting out of the mobile duopoly.

US$0.02++

@mcc@mastodon.social avatar mcc , (edited ) to random

Poll: Did you use Google Reader?

mousey ,
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@mcc I (whoever I'm supposed to be) use 's RSS reader (News app), because I hate (the idea (and practice) of) having a discrete, per device/platform app for it. There's no good way to ensure I have all the same feeds between apps.

If I have all my feeds in one (locally-hosted) place, whatever I pick up to read things (the news app on my phone(s) or any web browser), is a single source for all my feeds.

It doesn't have to be Nextcloud, but is for me. 🤷

@mcc@mastodon.social avatar mcc , to random

My position on ATProto, as a protocol, is that the Good Part is the PDS¹. Everything good about ATProto comes from the PDS. It's the "everything else" that is the source of the problems — centralization, high barriers to entry, tendency to monopoly, some of the censorship. Unfortunately, most of the system is "everything else".

¹ "Personal data server". The repo of posts that Bluesky scrapes to form feeds.

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@moira @mcc This. Explaining that the fediverse is Billionaire-proof, because when they show up trying to colonize the network, the Fediversal community can simply kick them out without affecting the greater community. There's even degrees to which they can be ostracized.

This makes the lightbulb appear in people's eyes when I'm explaining the Fediverse to people just hearing about it, but that lock those commercial solos have on people's brains just seems so insurmountable. 😞

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@roohafzaluvr @mcc @moira

Yyyyeah, the whole blockhash thing is a real turn off. I can see why it's never really taken off with people who aren't interested in blockhashes.

I hear u, but the distinct lack of math puzzles and extra carbon footprint, the sheer (relative) simplicity of ActivityPub over more xPU intensive methods of networking.. seem more natural to me*, and way easier to explain to non-technical people.

(* Whoever I am.)

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@mcc @roohafzaluvr @moira Fair. But I don't like cryptocurrencies because I, on the other hand, haven't found any good uses for hash-based ledgers that aren't as well served by RDBMS? You could fill several universes with the things I don't know though.

@elfin@mstdn.social avatar elfin , to random

Woah there haas ...

Passive agressive little shit at cafe is talking some smack. It would seem that I'm "typing too loud"

Ok, it's chilly and my keyboard (laptop chicklet) is cold and stiff ... but that doesn't matter ... I'm stopping by a computer store where a friend works and I'm borrowing a full mechanical keyboard and I'm putting that in the freezer over night.

We'll see what he's got to say about that tomorrow.

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@elfin Wear headphones while you type! be difficult to get the attention of! Sit right next to them!

Follow me for more petty passive-aggressive antics. Or don't, I'm not your boss.

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@elfin Misophoniac nightmare!

@Lana@beige.party avatar Lana , to random

Nothing brings out more school spirit than an entire Psych 210 class hunting down a Nazi.

Context: dude barged in to a Psych 210 class on Udub campus throwing up Nazi salutes and screaming "heil Hitler" and calling the entire class "degenerate filth" and "faggots". Psych 210 class does not play. Nazi is hunted down, taunted, and arrested.

video/mp4

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@JessTheUnstill @sri @wortezimmer @Lana she's TikTok famous, this was literally an internet detractor with too much time on their hands. He's lucky they didn't treat him like right-wingers would have treated him.

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    @JessTheUnstill "Superiority" that's been baked into the whole TPM infrastructure, being a product of the same Corporations and all..

    =(

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    @stopthatgirl7 coy bots work!(?)

    @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org avatar davidrevoy , to random

    The Amphora of Great Intelligence (AGI) Part 2

    A comic strip in four panels: Panel 1. A bird's-eye view of the top of the Amphora of Great Intelligence, a wizard in yellow colors is on the stack of books from the content of the amphora. He yell at a crowd of wizard at the bottom of the Amphora, a crowd of red wizard. Some other wizard in red evacuate some grimoires, their arms are full of books. On the top, you can see an onion (for The Onion) and a cover that looks like the Reddit mascot: > Wizard in yellow: Alright, I've cleared out a few grimoires to tweak it, we should get better results now! Panel 2. A view of the wizards at the foot of the Amphora, the fire is intense, they all raise their arms in incantation: > Crowd of wizards: Amphora of Great Intelligence, our world is dying, share your knowledge with us! Panel 3. The Amphora of Intelligence starts speaking, this time very seriously. The mages are still speechless. > Amphora: Stop chasing profits blindly, reduce your reliance on fossil fuels, and prioritize repair and recycling over production. > Crowd of wizards: ... ... ... Panel 4. A discontented red wizard yells at the wizard in yellow who tweaked the content of the Amphora in panel one. This one feels surprised: >Wizard in red: I don't like this. Let's adjust it again.
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    @davidrevoy I didn't think the first part could even be followed! Bravo!

    @Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar Daojoan , to random

    86 year old senator: “mr. steam, why did you personally assassinate charlie kirk over the wireless” the entire chamber nods gravely

    screenshot of a post shared in the Steam community on Reddit. The post is from the Oversight Committee account (@GOPoversight) on X. The text reads: “🚨BREAKING NEWS: CEOs of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit have been called to testify in front of Congress. They will answer to the American people how their platforms have been used by RADICALS to advance POLITICAL VIOLENCE, including the assassination of Charlie Kirk.” Below the text are four quadrants showing photos of men alongside the logos of their platforms: top left shows a man speaking next to the Discord logo, top right shows an older man with long white hair next to the Twitch logo, bottom left shows a man with glasses next to the Steam logo, and bottom right shows a man in a suit next to the Reddit logo.
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    @Daojoan Jesus fucking Christ on a pogo stick. Please, I'd like to get off this stupid goddamned ride. =(

    @gamingonlinux@mastodon.social avatar gamingonlinux , to random

    KDE Connect is pretty cool. Have my Steam Deck (Desktop Mode) and PC connected, didn't realise it sent low battery notifications to my Kubuntu PC 👍

    Screenshot clip showing KDE Connect saying my Steam Deck has low battery on my desktop
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    @gamingonlinux KDEConnect is low-key, the best integration between phone and computer that I've ever used on any platform.

    If you're not careful, it's too good at it..

    ...but holy crap, even just the clipboard functionality..

    ..copy on computer, paste on phone

    ...find link in browser on phone, click and it opens on computer..

    SO MANY COOL INTEGRATIONS!

    I cannot sing KDEConnect praises enough.

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    @JessTheUnstill ...a Kubernetes story.

    @skeletor@mas.to avatar skeletor , to random
    Get up. Dust off. Yell fuck. Start again. Says Skeletor cooking up something in the kitchen and possibly not doing it very well.
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    @skeletor

    I, too, needed this. Thanks.. uh.. Skeletor.

    @deobald@fantastic.earth avatar deobald , to random

    that michael dell, thoughtfully doing @Endof10 marketing for them. what a guy.

    tip-toes back into the forest to hide

    an email from dell announcing the end of windows 10 support
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    @deobald @Endof10 It'd be nice if a tool like that evaluated for (a variety of) Linux distros, too.

    @arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

    “I like plaintiff’s chances”: Prime Video back in court over using the word “buy”
    New law emboldens complaints against digital content rentals labled as purchases.
    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/i-like-plaintiffs-chances-prime-video-back-in-court-over-using-the-word-buy/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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    @arstechnica finally, some good news.

    @evacide@hachyderm.io avatar evacide , to random

    I'm not going to get into online arguments about why the Online Safety Act is bad and online age verification laws are bad in general. I'm sure you think you have some kind of novel and convincing argument because you thought about this for five minutes, but I have been thinking about this for the better part of two decades and I'm very tired.

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    @evacide These proposed laws are a bullshit sham, one which everybody sees through, and they should feel bad about themselves for thinking we'd feel otherwise.

    @w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

    NBC - You could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, the saying goes, but, in Washington, a federal grand jury just declined to indict a man for throwing a salami sub. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/grand-jury-declines-indict-sandwich-guy-threw-sub-dc-federal-officer-rcna227464

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    @thibaultamartin@mamot.fr avatar thibaultamartin , to random

    To be usable by the less savvy, the Linux desktop lacks stability. Not software stability, but organizational and human stability.

    I want maintainers to have a stable income. I want apps to last a decade, instead of having to chase the next rewrite of an abandoned project.

    The Linux desktop is a beautiful accident that only exists because people devote part of their lives to it, for better or worse. We ought to support it financially, as a public service.

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    @thibaultamartin I've been using Linux desktops since the 1990s, and a lot has changed over the years, and over the desktops.

    I'm 1000% all for desktop-app ecosystem support. I feel like hackerone.com or something would be a good model for this (after watching a recent curl talk about it), but the problem is, as you say.. A beautiful accident.

    There is no one Linux desktop. there are many, and there are hundreds (if not thousands) of apps that run on any/all of those desktops. Fund them all!

    @eoinoneill@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar eoinoneill , to random

    Any artists on mastodon who sell their art as stickers in a pack? I'm almost done with a mouse sticker bash but need some more filler. (The stickers I got from events weren't enough.)

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    @mcc@mastodon.social avatar mcc , to random

    You may be shocked to hear this. But my Linux laptop seems to be exhibiting problems

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    @mcc this does sound a lot like DNS.

    @arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

    Google unveils Pixel 10 series with improved Tensor G5 chip and a boatload of AI
    The Pixel 10 series arrives with a power upgrade but no SIM card slot.
    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-unveils-pixel-10-series-with-improved-tensor-g5-chip-and-a-boatload-of-ai/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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    @arstechnica google unveils a phone and watch nobody wants. gg

    @arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

    Starlink keeps trying to block fiber deployment, says US must nix Louisiana plan
    SpaceX seeks more cash, calls fiber "wasteful and unnecessary taxpayer spending."
    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/starlink-keeps-trying-to-block-fiber-deployment-says-us-must-nix-louisiana-plan/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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    @arstechnica this article was wasteful and unnecessary.

    @frameworkcomputer@fosstodon.org avatar frameworkcomputer , to random

    Our next update is coming. Tune in August 26 at 8am PT to see what we’ve been building.

    Set a reminder on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/OZRG7Og61mw

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    @frameworkcomputer OMG PLEASE BE A PHONE WITH A HARDWARE KEYBOARD AND REMOVABLE BATTERY...

    ...OR AN ELECTRIC CAR WITH SWAPPABLE MOTORS OR SOMETHING!

    @nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar nixCraft , to random

    For those in IT, what was your experience asking for a raise?

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    @nixCraft In this economy??

    @NewsDesk@flipboard.social avatar NewsDesk , to random

    New Orleans may be about to become the first U.S. city with a program that uses facial recognition technology to surveil people in real time. City officials are voting next Thursday on the ordinance covering this, which they say explicitly states that data cannot be used for immigration enforcement. Critics say that those protections are not strong enough to withstand state or federal pressure, particularly under a new law that establishes criminal penalties for law enforcement officials that decline ICE requests for cooperation. Here's the full story from @bolts .

    https://flip.it/Es8494

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    @NewsDesk @401matthall @bolts nice federalization of a municipal police force...?

    @soatok@furry.engineer avatar soatok , to random

    I've just been informed that I'm not allowed to refer to platonic friend groups as a "palicule"

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    @soatok /me acquires this meme for further breeding in local population.