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The growing international rejection of hyper-scale data centres underscores how important it is for Scotland to act before the damage is done.
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Talking about Linux... I do have mixed feelings about the project, regardless of Torvald's recent comments!
On the one hand I strongly believe that devices should last, especially when (like with computers) their manufacturing is energy-intensive! Linux is a vital tool for keeping computers running past when their support ends. No other project does anywhere near as good (if still imperfect) of a job at this.
On the otherhand, there's a serious cost we've paid to achieve this.
1/2
you could instantly turn Lovecraftian horror into horror-comedy by swapping out Maine for Newfoundland
Linux is a massive project. I see some celebrating this, but to me its a liability.
I don't blame Linux for being so massive, I blame the design of modern hardware. I'm sure there's hardware-improvements which could minimize the role of a kernel, but we don't live in that hypothetical.
Instead a massive burden is placed on a hostile dev environment "kernel-space". And in turn the ability for our computers to continue to function is dependent on the techbro-headed project running there.
2/3!
So yeah, before we can fork Linux like Torvalds asked us to we need a superior software architecture! Hopefully one which disperses the driver-dev effort so it is leaderless!
To me FOSS is at its best when it is leaderless. FOSS is at its worst when we're lining up behind figureheads.
Anyways I will soon be slowly studying Linux's code since that's what I run. Making repeated use of the phrase "behind multiple layers adding synchronization, security checks, look ups, validation, etc".
3/3Fin!
Deadly storm leaves half a million without power in Chile
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/7/17/deadly-storm-leaves-half-a-million-without-power-in-chile?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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What's the best tv show you have watched this year? 
@Em0nM4stodon Last Samurai Standing (released Nov 2025) and Straight to Hell (released April 2026), both on Netflix.
The former gives a decent if fictional insight into the zaibatsu families/corporations and the damage they wreaked on Japan's transition into the modern age. The second was fascinating for being based on a real person.
@LaSuiteCoop est à 88 % de son objectif de 200 000 € de parts sociales.
Comme 625 personnes avant vous (dont Le Filament évidemment), rejoignez le mouvement, devenez coopérateur de ce super projet pour qu'il puisse voir le jour dans les meilleurs conditions !
C'est par ici : https://rejoindre.lasuite.coop/
📬 Trunk & Tidbits for June 2026 is now live!
Our monthly blog post series is there to showcase what we worked on last month.
In this edition, we are also discussing our official Helm Chart for Mastodon, for those of you who deploy Mastodon on Kubernetes. We released a brand new version of the chart in a new place, deprecating the existing one.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/07/trunk-tidbits-june-2026/
Je change d'instance, de communauté, j'écris une nouvelle introduction.
Je fais de la musique avec des instruments que je fabrique, et j'adore ça. Je partage ma musique sur PeerTube : @da2x
Je voudrais vous faire découvrir ma passion. Je fais surtout de l'improvisation, mais j'envisage de composer ma propre musique.
To be governed is to be watched over, inspected, spied on, directed, legislated at, regulated, docketed, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, assessed, weighed, censored, ordered about, by men who have neither the right, nor the knowledge, nor the virtue.
-- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
@matt Just beginning DeltaChat right now, so i may be wrong, but i think you can subscribe to different servers at the same time, such as if one disappears, others remain.
@Nic Yes, but each one you join you get a unique account. So sure, you can have multiple accounts in one app at a really low cost - but how does the other person know its really you.
@Gina Both of these apps work on GrapheneOS. Nearly every Android app is compatible with GrapheneOS. Only a small number banning using any non-Google-certified OS with the Play Integrity API are unavailable. Neither of these apps does that.
GrapheneOS fully preserves the standard security model and features including hardware-based security features. It greatly improves privacy and security with major privacy and security features. It stays far ahead of any other Android-based OS on updates.
@GrapheneOS glad to hear it. I mentioned Graphene because I've seen Linkedin comments stating that "a couple of weeks ago Funda suddenly didn't work on GrapheneOS anymore."
Two years and one day ago, I was in an endocrinologist's office having an "informed consent" conversation. That afternoon, I picked up my prescription, and two years ago this morning, I started spironolactone and low-dose oral estrogen.
I was terrified at the time, and my "transition goals" were very different than they ended up becoming. I wasn't interested in breast development, though I wasn't *necessarily* opposed to it — these days, I struggle to imagine a self-image without boobs. I had only come out as non-binary to friends a month before, so there was part of my brain that was worried I was moving too fast.
Ultimately, starting estrogen ended up being one of the best things I've done for myself, and tweaking my regimen earlier this year has been nothing but positive. The person in the mirror feels like "me" now, and the mental/emotional changes have me feeling much more "in the driver's seat" and operating less from a place of reaction.
There was no way for me to know whether this was right for me without giving it a shot. I'm glad I did, and I'll advocate that anyone else should consider giving it a shot if they're interested. There are caveats, of course, but in the majority of cases, trying HRT for a couple of months won't result in permanent changes, is extremely safe, and can always be discontinued if desired or necessary.
I don't like to connect HRT with gender labels, even if it may be very closely tied to gender for many. Lots of trans/queer/intersex folks can't or won't pursue it. Lots of cis folks end up needing to lean on it — "gender affirming care" applies to everyone. I guess the point I'm trying to make is: HRT isn't about fitting a stereotype. If you think it may help you be yourself, it's absolutely worth exploring, but don't pursue it or discount it just because you're trying to fit into the "box" of a specific label.
Anyway, here's to two years of building a self that feels like me, and hopefully many more years of appreciating and refining that self.
Soms vind ik de commentaren veel interessanter dan een artikel. Hier bijvoorbeeld. 
I cannot, I repeat cannot, stand the way the left unironically adopts the language and symbolism of some of the most disturbing, darkest corners of the right.
Cuck and "cuck chair"
Pepe the frog.
"larping" to mean "poser"
Transgender or trans as a noun.
"Biological woman."
The list goes on and on.
I need you to sit with this for a minute and reflect on it.
New, by me: Amazon said it's trying to fix a bug in its billing platform that kicked out incorrect estimates for Amazon Web Services cloud customers. How bad? Some AWS customers reported getting estimates into the billions of dollars. Whoops!
Bypass for ad-blockers: https://web.archive.org/web/20260717152958/https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/17/amazon-fixing-bug-that-billed-some-aws-customers-billions-of-dollars/
@zackwhittaker Not an error. A test for the Great Capital Rebalancing event.
Workers must demand the closure of all nonessential workplaces while air quality remains dangerously low. Workers should receive full compensation during the shutdown. These demands require the formation of rank-and-file committees. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/07/17/djzc-j17.html
ICE Flight Monitor Interactive Dashboard
https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/ice-flight-monitor-interactive-dashboard
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951014
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