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New Year, New Me
One of the big changes I made at the end of 2025 was shaving off my moustache. I’ve had a moustache since mid-2020; I talked about my reasons for growing one in my post called My Moustache. I think it looked really good, and it made me feel connected to my Middle Eastern heritage — both Greek and Arab. It was a pretty prominent feature and people would compliment me on the street for it.
But after 5 years, I was starting to feel overshadowed by the moustache. I think I was leaning too hard on it as part of my personality. When I talked about changing it up, my wife and kids would get upset — like I wouldn’t be the same person without it. It felt a little uncomfortable.
So, I decided to take the opportunity of the New Year to learn who I am without a handlebar moustache. I’m going to try living without a moustache for the whole of 2026; we’ll see how far I get. I am enjoying the freedom of being able to eat and drink much more neatly, and my bare lip does not require the same amount of care and grooming as it used to.
Before, with a moustache
After, clean-shaven!Thanks to all the nice people who have complimented my new look. To those who regret the loss of my distinguishing characteristic: I get it! It’s a little jarring to see this bare face without its central feature. I feel a little like a Mr. Potatohead with a missing accessory.
Mr. Potatohead, no moustacheAnyway, that’s where it went, and why.
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Lookin' good! That's definitely a huge change.
Your beanie got shaved off too!
😂... 😔
ICE Accidentally Sends Maduro Back to Venezuela
https://thehardtimes.net/breaking/ice-accidentally-sends-maduro-back-to-venezuela/
the law of the jungle is dangerous. what applies to your enemies one day can apply to you the next.
make no mistake where the world is heading here.
Ah yes. That has worked out so well for us every time we’ve tried it.
Ça existe le(s) Doctolib opensources ou libre(s) en france, en Europe ou ailleurs ? et décentralisé(s) ?
Boosts appréciés.
Finnish Authorities Detain Crew After Undersea Internet Cable Severed https://hackread.com/finnish-detain-crew-undersea-internet-cable/ #UnderseaCable #Security #Helsinki #internet #Estonia #Finland #europe
Meanwhile, note the logical leaps here: People creating art based on their experience of others' art is not equivalent to what happens with the large image models munging pixels together. And what is the evidence that "AI" systems will have "sparks of inspiration"?
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And finally, this argument about "denial" is really an argument for defeatism (in everyone else, Rosenberg seems to be welcoming the future he paints).
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“Harris wouldn’t have been any better” becomes a weirder take by the day.
whew and here i was thinking US tech grifters would run out cheap energy to support all those new data centers for their incredibly unprofitable AI girlfriend businesses
I wonder what the birds are talking about, when they're all so noisy inside a bush on a cold day like today. They have a lot to say.
@sans_serif_girl
Colpa di @rapitadaglialieni , ha detto che le serviva un riassunto prima di cominciare la quinta stagione.
Ed eccoci qua. 
@Yaku @rapitadaglialieni @sans_serif_girl Beh, ma se non si ricorda cosa succede prima, perchè rovinare questa fortunato evento, e non guardarla del tutto neanche la quinta?
Poi io parlo, ma in realtà non ho visto nessuna puntata... Diciamo sulla fiducia :)
Django Girls Pescara 2025 - Paolo Melchiorre:
https://www.paulox.net/2025/11/08/django-girls-pescara-2025/
Misinformation thrives in stressful times. I know we all want to share news right now but when you feel the urge to share something on your feed consider asking:
* Who posted this? Are they a reporter, or do they have what looks like a reliable source?
* Have you heard of this news site before?
* Where is this photo from? Did they take it? Could it be something other than what the poster claims? Is there a way you can tell if it is what it says it is?
all of this feel really silly since my favorite headphones has a tasteful 60 degree L-bend with a springy reinforcement on the cable so I can stuff that son of a gun into pockets where there's really no space for the cable at all and have everything be fine.
definitely feeling buyer's remorse on the lack of headphone jack, but they didn't have anything in the store that had one
@aeva semi-comedy option: bluetooth receiver that has a headphone jack and can be powered via USB
@lukesci she’s going perfectly fine to free feed on like, her normal kibble food. Just when it‘s a can of the good stuff she slurps it up SO fast (and then sometimes throws it back up) :|
Venezuela – Loot, not legitimacy
Venezuela has oil, a lot of it. And in a collapsing global system, access to energy is power - not in the abstract, but in the most brutally material sense. When growth stalls, debt grows, and #climatechaos tightens the margins, oil stops being a commodity and becomes leverage.…
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