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Hi, if you are following me because you think I am the dipshit who writes books about the People's Republic of China, I am not that dipshit.
I am a completely different dipshit.
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When I started this instance, I envisioned it as a social network 
.
Like the hallway track at #BSDCan 
. Or when we wander the streets at #EuroBSDCon 
. And like when we hit up the bars at #AsiaBSDCon 
.
Chat about anything! Everything! Code is cool, but so is anything in your noggin. Good thing so many of you are already doing that 
.
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/me puts Admin Hat on.
Hi everybody!
The bsd.network instance has a Code Of Conduct, viewable at https://bsd.network/terms or via the "Terms and Conditions" link that is sprinkled around a few places.
The TL;DR is "be cool unto others". However, since society at large has demonstrated they can't be cool, we had to write out a bunch of things.
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Hey, users of bsd.network. Be cool unto people, and people will be cool unto you. Interacting with people is a *privilege* not a *right*. This is a private place owned by me and @aag and we want it to be friendly and nice.
We don't want to have to swing the admin-hammer to correct your behaviour!
But we will.
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I have created a #Librepay account for donations to me. I intend to use any monies to cover my open-source work, and for hosting this instance. https://liberapay.com/phessler/
Since donations through the service are anonymous, I don't know if, or how much, people have donated.
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peter hessler @openbsd
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JUSTICE FOR
THE
DOLLS
We stand in solidarity with The Dolls of Berlin and queer community centre Casa Kuà.
(⬇️ donation links at the bottom of the post)
The Dolls is a transfem collective in Berlin that does education on (DIY) HRT, these are essential resources for trans people in need of healthcare.
Last Sunday, Casa Kuà, the place where The Dolls held their event, got raided by the police. Everyone present got ID'ed, and detained. HRT and supplies were confiscated. Estrogen is not a controlled substance in Germany. The Dolls were doing nothing illegal, yet they were met with state violence.
The events of Stonewall and the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft are repeated right before our eyes.
Healthcare is a right, but all too often people do not have access to it. For trans healthcare this is unfortunately commonplace. Some are required to find healthcare outside of systems that are inaccessible and gatekeeping.
This will happen, period. You cannot stop people from seeking and getting life-saving gender-affirming healthcare. But there is a difference in whether this happens with the guidance of a loving and caring community or not.
HRT education, injection safety and trans communtiy are crucial and life saving. The Dolls are here to stay!
The Dolls and Casa Kuà have a fundraiser. And they could really use the money, also for potential legal expenses. So if you can spare an euro or two, or more, that'd be really nice and cool.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-dolls-berlin
https://www.gofundme.com/f/casa-kua
We stand with The Dolls. Community is not illegal. Healthcare is not a crime.
International solidarity!
peter hessler @openbsd
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my wife just suggested that bechamel sounds like a demon name.
"what're you doing?"
"summoning bechamel"
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peter hessler @openbsd
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we’re over half way through october, so it’s time to start stocking up on ammo and other munitions for the war on christmas
peter hessler @openbsd
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🇧🇬 RIPE 93 is next week!
The countdown is almost over, and Sofia is getting ready to welcome the RIPE community! 👀
Still thinking about joining us? Now's the time to make your plans!
📍 26–30 October | Sofia, Bulgaria
🔗 Register today and join us in Sofia or online!
https://ripe93.ripe.net/register/
peter hessler @openbsd
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Strongly thinking of attending #40c3 this year, and not just building it.
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@viscountexx@goblin.technology the meme in question, as context for our viewers at home :p
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why does a chicken coop have two doors?
@ai6yr because if it had four it would be a chicken sedan!
peter hessler @openbsd
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old browser wars: netscape vs microsoft
new browser wars: browser vs you
peter hessler @openbsd
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aperiodic reminder that in 1990 Spike Lee got together with a bunch of people to do a documentary for PBS about modern a capella singing groups called “Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella”, it’s available for bootlegging on youtube, and it absolutely slaps. (It was also released as a compilation CD if you’d like to seek that out, but if you dig the music in the doc, you should seek out the catalogs of the performers for that deeper dive you’ll also enjoy)
peter hessler @openbsd
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This is an expansion on the theme of that old post about "someone should remind the rich that before unions the way workers addressed grievances was by dragging the factory owner out of his house and beating him to death in front of his family, because I feel like they forgot".
peter hessler @openbsd
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Mamdani’s “Richard Scarry Socialism” Can Make City Life Simple Again. “It is an astonishing indictment of our times that the cities of our picture books can seem like a radical utopia.” https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/mamdanis-richard-scarry-socialism-can-make-city-life-simple-again
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Tusky 33.1 with a bugfix on resume is released
https://codeberg.org/tusky/Tusky/releases/tag/v33.1
peter hessler @openbsd
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peter hessler @openbsd
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ever feel guilty about “time theft”? the golf courses are packed with executives every weekday in broad daylight
peter hessler @openbsd
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If you are also a casualty in the newest battle of firefox's war on their users:
You can disable the new awful rounded tabs by going into about:config, searching for nova, Change browser.nova.enable to false.
Also, you'll need to re-enable your old theme. Firefox "helpfully" disabled my dark theme.
peter hessler @openbsd
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queues were very short, so we're done.
happy tooting!
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