Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

>>"Oh, I don't know if we can make masks required at our event... how would we enforce it? What if people don't have a mask? I live in a red state. What if the venue doesn't allow it. It sounds too hard etc etc etc"

Ok people so last weekend I tabled at a zine fest in Nebraska with like 25 vendors. The state is overwhelmingly Trump country and Omaha has a Republican asshole mayor and a Republican asshole congressperson. The organizing crew was 4 people. They bought a bunch of kn95s cheap in bulk. They put masks required on all their promo materials. They rotated duties so there was always one person standing at the door to the pertinent area next to the welcome table (the rest of the building did not require masking) and simply handed masks to anyone coming in who wasn't already wearing one.

The event lasted 5 hours and was attended by hundreds of people. In my estimation, 99%+ of people were masked up. It was busy the entire time. I made a lot of buxx and made a lot of good connections. It was rad. A lot of people expressed their appreciation for the masking, and I personally heard no complaints. Shoutout Alt Pub Omaha.

Your crew can easily do this too.

@joepie91 Yup, I've read some posts on here lately from people who experienced the exact same thing. Seems like Google really doesn't want you to use Firefox for YouTube (most likely because of the ability to still use adblockers). Which just means I'm using YouTube less and less 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'm seeing the effects of stress on myself and nearly everyone around me. We are being ground down.

Taking care of yourself and others is fighting back. It is doing something, and it does matter.

NASA's switch to Linux in space was driven by reliability, flexibility, and security concerns. The International Space Station (ISS) originally relied on Windows, but astronauts frequently encountered crashes and instability. In 2013, NASA announced that all laptops on the ISS would transition to Debian, a Linux-based operating system, to improve stability and control over software.

This change wasn’t just about reliability. Windows was much more vulnerable to malware, and in 2007, a worm named W32.Gammima.AG spread to the ISS. With Linux, NASA gained the ability to modify and customize the system for mission-critical applications without depending on proprietary software. Today, Linux powers much of NASA’s space infrastructure, from ISS systems to Mars rovers and beyond.

#Linux #NASA #Debian #OpenSource #SpaceTech #TechHistory

Don't censor or cuteify words like nazi or names like Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

Cute euphemisms or replacements may be necessary on centralized platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, Insta, YouTube, etc. It's not necessary here and it harms understandability.

You can — and should — just call racism racism and racists racist. A wider number of people will be able to accurately understand what you're saying if you just use the right words.

Using the actual names of people at least once per post lets people decide when and where they're going to read whatever vile horseshit various people are up to. It harms no one. It's just good practice.

New terms of service for Disney+ just dropped, including this gem:

do i really have to sit with #fdroid open for half an hour waiting and clicking update twice for each app, or did i miss something obvious and i can ask it to take care of itself? #grapheneos

Quick friends what android games OR SNES roms should I grab before my flight. Note that playing any action heavy games on SNES phone emulator is fucking miserable so I ain't doing that, they gotta be slow

(Or other emulators + roms I guess)

Net nog weer een Brabantse regenboogvlag verzonden. Wie wil er ook eentje?

Zie https://etten-leur-divers.nl/vlag

Ik verkoop ze voor een paar euro boven kostprijs om er niet op toe te hoeven leggen als er eens een keer iets mis gaat. Eventuele opbrengsten steek ik in ons vrijwilligerswerk voor Etten-Leur Divers, T-Nederland, en COC Tilburg-Breda.

Boost=lief

I really enjoyed this video from @bernadettebanner which demonstrates how check the quality of clothes before buying them, without looking at the price tag.

https://youtu.be/fuVU64m1sbw

This is the week where people become suggestible to propaganda!

!!! YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE !!!

Everything Trump, Musk and their sycophants say publicly is a carefully crafted lie designed to trick you into believing what they want, EVEN IF YOU HATE THEM

DO NOT pay attention to what they say!
DO pay attention to what they do!

is there a program for sway that will automatically configure outputs to be positioned next to each other on the virtual plane of outputs? …so that i can connect any number of outputs (with different resolutions) and will be able to each them all by mouse? it is not very important that their virtual neighborship represents the physical layout of the corresponding monitors of outputs

please cw valentines day stuff. It's heteronormative, capitalist and ableist shit.
(Please, if you enjoy it, celebrate it)

For my own sanity, please make sure my filters work correctly