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- Trans Rights
- Are Human Rights
- aphorism
- When Bhagavan was asked, "How should we treat others?", He responded, "There are no others."
- Poverty
- Is a disease of the rich
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Doctor day again. Getting stabbed, bled, and zapped in the pursuit of a variety of diagnoses, all downstream issues of a single #COVID bout in Jan 2022.
BTW you can avoid my 46 months of hell just by:
- masking up
- staying vaccinated
- washing your hands
- ventilate enclosed spaces regularly
- and reminding others to do this
Such a small price to pay
On that note #Aranet CO2 sensors are reduced for a further week https://aranet.com/en/home/products/aranet4-home/ I highly recommend them
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Some days you think I'll just fix a bug.
And then you're knee-deep in yaml-powered tool written in python, suddenly falling through a hidden trapdoor into a shell script that uses sed and grep to parse the yaml configs, and you land on a bed of ancient monkey skulls.
At least you hope they're monkey skulls, because the inference could be its other devs who never made it back, and this sed/grep monstrosity is looking for something that was assumed to be on a single line, but doesn't have to be, because ... yaml is not an ini file.
The monkey skulls suddenly collapse into dust, and while you sneeze, you disturb a previously hidden nest of snakes (the python, you remember), which rises up to bite you on the arse. At least, its pretty close to your arse.
The only thing you can think of is to run screaming down random corridors looking for an exit, only to find that the config files that should be in /usr/local/etc are in fact in /etc/ and they point you to an escape route, even if its poorly documented, but its across a shoddy rope bridge over /var/lib/ and there are raging crocodiles below you. Skimming these files that don't respect hier(7) at all, you realise there's no choice - it's the bridge, and the crocs, and you'll need to move, fast.
Grabbing a fraying cord on the rope bridge, you struggle across as fast as you can. Of course, it pulls loose, and you swing wildly down towards the crocodiles. There's no way out now, but suddenly you realise -- /run/ isn't safe, but there's /var/run/ where this stuff should be, and at the last second, you swing over the crocs, into a hidden cave of the ancients.
There is a scroll, and it tells you how to get out. There are only two words:
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I imagine a 20 tonne side loading coal wagon but filled with delicious gravy. And then I imagine 80 more of them. They come past my door where I have a wall of mashed potato and a giant crane with a gravy bucket on it to pour over my mashed spuds. I also have a ball pool but it’s full of peas instead and my entire front yard is laden with delicious slices of roast NZ lamb.
That’s my idea of a gravy train and nobody gonna stop me.
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BIG NEWS: Bocoup is now Igalia! The two worker co-ops have agreed to join forces, with several members of Bocoup coming aboard at Igalia, along with the brand assets and web site. More details in our official announcement: https://www.igalia.com/2026/JoiningForces.html
Happy #Eclipse Day to those who celebrate! 🌑 🌞
@replytomaikel are you going to see a full eclipse today? You must be in a perfect spot I think?
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Hello World! My name is Hari, I want to give Mastodon and the Fediverse a whirl! I'm a software engineer working on [beep_boop_projects]. I'm interested in data privacy, human-centered computing and llm-agnosticism. Away from the keyboard, I run, hike and camp.
#introduction #infosec #privacy #programming #running
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Large-scale study finds no link between crime and unauthorized immigration
L: https://phys.org/news/2026-08-large-scale-link-crime-unauthorized.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49268824
posted on 2026.08.12 at 03:11:04 (c=1, p=4)
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My presentation clicker was full with a sticky residue. Some plastics are known for this. Probably some manufacturers know this and use this as #plannedObsolence 🥹
To clean:
- Bowl with warm water
- Add baking soda to the water
- Remove accessories like batteries
- Rub the soda water with your fingers
- Now and then clean surface with a rag that has no loose fibers (e.g. old t-shirt)
- Repeat last two steps
No more throwing away sticky appliances and devices 👌
🔁 to save for more devices 😉
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RE: https://wien.rocks/@vcoe_mobilitaet_mit_zukunft/117077353680965281
Während die #Klimakrise eskaliert, opfern #Wien und der Bund wertvolles Ackerland für den #LobauTunnel. Statt Geld in ein fossiles Milliardengrab zu stecken, müssen wir dringend flächensparende Mobilität wie Radwege und Öffis, sowie eine nachhaltige Landwirtschaft finanzieren!
#Verkehrswende #Autokorrektur #Dürre #Klimawandel #LobauBleibt
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Will Luxon roll over? https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/will-luxon-roll-over/
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Finally managed to get this essay posted. Only 8 months late.
On 10 years of Contempt Culture.
https://blog.aurynn.com/2026/8/9-ten-years-of-contempt-culture
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Healthcare is suicide prevention.
Housing is suicide prevention.
Childcare is suicide prevention.
Universal basic income is suicide prevention.
When we ensure people have their basic needs met, mental health improves.
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Hello Fediverse - I'm looking to find myself additional libre/FOSS/open source Sysadmin, DevOps, & Dev contract work while our (with @isaac) new project, https://Magnificent.nz, is ramping up...
Capabilities https://davelane.nz/abilities
CV https://davelane.nz/CV
Repo https://forge.davelane.nz
Refs on request! I have lots of international remote work experience. Any libre leads, worldwide, gratefully accepted!
#GetFediContracted #GetFediHired #IDoNotDoWindows
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New research has found that oil giant Shell paid £0 in tax on their UK oil and gas production.
Instead they were net beneficiaries, pocketing £100m in handouts from the UK government.
The likes of Norway and the US gained £17bn in tax from the firm over the same period.
In fact, since 2014, the UK has 'lost' a total of £1 Trillion in tax from oil and gas revenie.
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A new investigation reveals how PayPal is subjecting its Palestinian users to new updates that require biometric verification and the collection of selfies and identity documents, while transferring the management of these processes to an Israeli entity and partnering with a company led by former Israeli Military Intelligence officials linked to Unit 8200.
In addition, PayPal prevents Palestinians from selecting Palestine as their country, while facilitating access to its services for Israeli settlers.
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Large companies can adapt in a heartbeat, but small businesses will be crushed by the red tape. This is not the European Single Market we stand for.
Why not an EU platform, with member states taking the burden of transmitting data into national systems if they need it? This is why we have launched the 1M campaign: we want to file European Citizens' Initiatives and influence the Commission's legislative agenda.
We are the 1 Million.
Sign up to make it happen: https://www.wearethe1million.eu
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RE: https://social.lol/@phillip/117061432689860232
The postmortem of the hack on my Forgejo instance is here! I had fun investigating and writing it, so I hope y’all enjoy reading about it :)
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This is a fragment of weaving from Peru, 900-1430 AD.
"Hey I'm doing some weaving, I'm just gunna put a little guy on it"
It's not embroidered on, it's part of the weave. They took the time to decorate the cloth just because they could and I love that.
- Trans Rights
- Are Human Rights
- aphorism
- When Bhagavan was asked, "How should we treat others?", He responded, "There are no others."
- Poverty
- Is a disease of the rich
Warning: may occasionally contain content. Consume in moderation. Finest dumpster fire curation on the fedi.
Joined Jun 2018
