Some good news for this Monday night.

Bolivia recognizes first same-sex marriage in historic step towards equality: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/bolivia-recognizes-first-same-marriage-in-historic-step-towards-equality/

#LGBTQ #Marriage #Bolivia

@joybooster

The fog of hunger

https://aeon.co/essays/a-hungry-woman-is-easier-to-dismiss-than-a-well-fed-woman

From childhood, a significant portion of the world’s women are trained to restrict their appetite. And there’s a huge, hidden, cognitive price to pay for it

@w13rdg_rl I love their B6+ sized ones with softcover!

"ActivityPub Miscellaneous Terms" was published as a Community Group Draft Report.

It defines terms such as HashTag that are widely used in ActivityPub implementations but not part of the standard.

https://swicg.github.io/miscellany/

@joaopinheiro @richpuchalsky I find I learn more and more on here everyday from the community on here.

Sometimes it's tech, sometimes it's expertise outside my communities. For me learning more about the humanities gives me hope.

Which is something we need to nurture in ourselves, even as it seems hopeless.

@thomasfuchs Bad apple?

@lowqualityfacts

I am doing my best.
Hate does not come easy to lobsters.

We might need incentives such as a halibut, dead fish or wait I think I haz plan.

On IT!

@dansup@mastodon.social this is Toronto?

Sweet, my neighbourhood. Let me know if you want to grab dinner or something

So DHH (the racist and fascist) got 8 million USD for his foundation for his garbage half-baked config files that he claims are a "distribution".

https://omarchy.org/news/2026/08/omacom-foundation-launches-with-8-million/

I hate this timeline.

@david_chisnall @neurovagrant

There a simple way to administer the tax, commercial thermal-infrared satellite constellations already do exactly this kind of accountability work for other purposes. SatVu (UK) images individual buildings' heat signatures at 3.5m resolution specifically to catch corporate greenwashing

The term "flexible employment" has gone viral in China after a prominent economics professor called gig work a form of "welfare," drawing widespread public anger and highlighting deep anxieties over job insecurity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/24/asia-pacific/china-professor-gig-work-welfare/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #jobs

LWDW #Linux fun this week!
🤗💖🐧🐧🐧

Playing the new Quake,
Jill's Trek to Vegas,
The Ploopy A+ DIY trackball,
Epic Launcher headed to Linux,
Proxmox released on ARM,
Pine64 stops production due to RAM and storage prices

https://interfacinglinux.com/community/lwdw/lwdw-534-epic-launcher-headed-linux-proxmox-on-arm/

#opensource #podcast #gaming

I Asked Home Energy Experts How to Cut Power Bills Beyond Turning Off Lights. They Recommended These High-Impact Upgrades
https://www.mensjournal.com/home-living/home-expert-upgrades-lower-power-bills?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Grooming @grooming-mensjournal

העפתי עפיפון על גג בירושלים.

@greytheearthling "The owners of the land initially blocked off the site, eventually demolishing Dunblobbin' in 2014 due to vandalism and the holding of illegal raves" Can...can you imagine being on drugs, your perception of reality already shaky, stumbling through the woods to be unexpectedly confronted with _that_? I'm surprised a bunch of ravers didn't drop dead on the spot of heart attacks

@farah is this a sign that I need a new notebook? (I think it is)

RE: https://social.erambert.me/@macthemes/117150843331546793

Why can't we have wild themes like this for modern systems?

Even the Enlightenment themes aren't this wacky.

https://www.opendesktop.org/s/Enlightenment/browse?cat=145&ord=latest

As annoying as I found the coderabbitai on #GitHub, this message

> This repository does not receive automatic reviews because it has fewer than 10 stars.

and my disappointment tells me that the #gamification worked. 🤷‍♂️

@jeffjarvis Because the Left is so far from the Right that the Times prefers be dominant.

Per NYT standard positioning -

If the Right is winning, it's because the Left didn't do their job and the poor innocent Right are victims.

If the Left is winning, it's because the Left is tricksy and the poor innocent Right are victims.