A peaceful evening ride on open country roads.

#motorcycle #advrider #Honda #africatwin #crf1000l #makelifearide #enduro #bikelife

"I'm willing to choose a less evil alternative, however only once that alternative is better, cheaper and works *exactly* like the evil thing I'm using right now, including integrations with all the other questionable suppliers I rely on" And we wonder why alternatives do not succeed. .

By this I mean everything.

software

A stunning example of volcanic lightning, created when colliding particles of volcanic ash generate massive amounts of static electricity, captured by photographer Sergio Tapiro.

Sergio's website: http://galeria.sergiotapiro.com

I'm realizing I need to get more reps in if I'm going to start writing again. What better way than starting a blog?

Here's my first post!

https://lategamer.bearblog.dev/a-confession/

Alt text suggests the existence of Fn text and Ctrl Text.

Light Mode this, Dark Mode that… not enough people are implementing Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand Mode.

@BobHorowitz @ewen @ewenbell That’s way I fell in love even with soft focus lenss again. I think it's a defensive reaction to this new hyper real and overly sharp digital look of all these modern lenses, mobile phone sensors and also AI. My blog entry about is still a bit work in progress as I didn’t find the perfect use of some of these lenses yet, but maybe this can be an inspiration for others as well -> https://www-schlicksbier-com.translate.goog/es-muss-nicht-immer-scharf-sein-weichzeichner-teil-1/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp (Google translated link again)

Looking towards Ben Shieldaig from Inverbain.

Borrowed from fakebook.

My daughter came home from school and said,
“Mom, you’re not going to believe what happened in history class today.”

Her teacher told the class they were going to play a game.
He walked around the room and whispered to each kid whether they were a witch or just a regular person. Then he gave the instructions:

“Form the biggest group you can without a witch. If your group has even one, you all fail.”

She said the whole room instantly lit up with suspicion.
Everyone started interrogating each other. Are you a witch? How do we know you’re not lying?
Some kids clung to one big group, but most broke off into smaller, exclusive cliques. They turned away anyone who seemed uncertain, nervous, or gave off even the slightest hint of being guilty.

The energy shifted fast. Suddenly everyone was suspicious of everyone.
Whispers. Finger-pointing. Side-eyes. Trust dissolved in minutes.

Finally, when all the groups were formed, the teacher said,
“Alright, time to find out who fails. Witches, raise your hands.”

And not one hand went up.

The whole class exploded. “Wait! You messed up the game!”

And then the teacher dropped the bomb:
“Did I? Were there any actual witches in Salem, or did everyone just believe what they were told?”

My daughter said the room went dead silent.

That’s when it hit them. No witch was ever needed for the damage to happen. Fear had already done its work. Suspicion alone divided the entire class, turning community into chaos.

And isn’t that exactly what we’re seeing today?
Different words, same playbook.
Instead of “witch,” it’s liberal, conservative, vaxxed, unvaxxed, pro-this, anti-that.
The labels shift, but the tactic is the same.

Get people scared. Get them suspicious. Get them divided.
Then sit back while trust crumbles.

The danger was never the witch.
The danger is the rumor. The suspicion. The fear. The planted lies.

Refuse the whisper. Don’t play the game. Because the second we start hunting “witches,” we’ve already lost.

In related news it has finally happened — I’ve been on Mastodon for a while now and I have started to turn into a furry. Gosh darn it all!! https://getlumira.com/products/led-infinity-mirror-cat-ears

its funny when you dont know about the current metas so you just see snippets and dont know how they relate. all i know is that the ruby on rails team is bad and a certain fae said something awful

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Varnish Cache project to change its name to Vinyl Cache with after the next release (after today's 8.0.0, in March), per @bsdphk:

We have tried to negotiate with Varnish Software for many months about this issue, but their IP-Lawyers still insist that Varnish Software owns the Varnish Cache name, and at most we have being offered a strictly limited, subject to their veto, permission for the FOSS project to use the “Varnish Cache” name.

We cannot live with that: We are independent FOSS project with our own name.

So we will change the name of the project.

The new association and the new project will be named “The Vinyl Cache Project”, and this release 8.0.0, will be the last under the “Varnish Cache” name. The next release, in March will be under the new name, and will include compatibility scripts, to make the transition as smooth as possible for everybody.

https://fosstodon.org/@bsdphk/115208900512511929

#VarnishCache #VinylCache

How do you lure your kids off iPhones?

Give them MacBooks…running a "cool" version of Linux. Snagged 2 old Airs for just €50 each.

Wiped macOS, & installed @elementary - a clean, distro that feels familiar to macOS users but comes with a lot less bloat.

Now they’ve got "cool" Apple gear, with the the rich world of #Linux that respects their freedom and sparks curiosity.

Kids 1, Dad 1
Win-Win

Full guide here:
https://mangotek.eu/posts/breathing-new-life-into-macbook-airs/

#opensource #linux #elementaryOS #macbook #apple