Patriarchy hurts everyone.

Like, bruh, you can wear colors—you'll still be just as cishet as you were yesterday.

Get your passwords out of BitWarden while you still can

I was a long-time Bitwarden user, until a year or so ago when I started migrating my passwords first to Firefox/LibreWolf, and recently from there to a KeePass database I can transfer and use with whatever password manager application is compatible with KeePass' file format. It seems I was accidentally on time, as it'

osnews.com/story/145029/get-yo

#PrivacySecurity

My Mavica battery is apparently drained, and I forgot to bring in the charger for it. Period-correct photos have to wait. :/

I just wanted to draw something for RealZero because he's a sweetie.

Today, I installed 98SE and the Softpaqs. ("98SE and the Softpaqs" is now my Rock-n-Roll tribute band name.)

I also turned on and started updating a MeLE PCG02, a Windows 11 IOT-like fully contained desktop PC. It started downloading and installing KB5089549.

From FDISK through Win98 setup to every Softpaq installed and a fully functional desktop with working graphics and built-in speaker audio took about an hour.

Windows 11 is still installing the one single update.

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I got a Compaq Deskpro ENS/P600 (the EN SFF [for "Slim Form Factor"] series) without a hard drive and neglected in a very dusty business environment.

I gambled on a small SSD and a SATA to desktop IDE adapter, cleaned everything inside and out, and installed the SSD. The Windows 98SE install CD recognized it.

I had to spend an entire evening locating the relevant Softpaq files (only four out of a few dozen thousand with cryptic names).

Klingons speak in angry unix commands, standing on the bridge yelling shit like "Grep ls awk chmod!"

"i mean it was legit, MS copilot is in every MS app"

"shit is legit too, it's in every butthole, but you don't see me playing with it"

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CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP

it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form

the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows

GLAAD has a good writeup on it here:

glaad.org/fcc

TELL ‘EM NO

direct link to comment form:
fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express?p

Why am I only just now finding out a weasel rode a woodpecker. This should be a much bigger part of my life.

Weasel Rides Woodpecker in Viral Photo

nationalgeographic.com/animals

shout out to when zhey put tram tracks in grass so zhe trams have a little field to pootle about in

My advice:
- be kind
- be weird
- be helpful
- be weirder still
- be creative
- be the weirdest of all

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