@Doran_Eirok @Dairishgoat @CheetahObscura wholehearted agreement from over here, too :D
i don't get mansplained to nearly as much on bluesky, and that's not because bluesky stumbled on some kind of magical feminist UI design, it's because mastodon is dominated by FOSS nerds, who have a terrible culture
@RedIzak do... corvids and the like count? :>
nsfw latex
@pewtrew that first one has a lovely sort of "whacha dooooin" feel to it :>
@Saki you forgot to put "yet" in there - easy word to forget when dealing with things that require practice I know, but thought you might need the reminder ;)
@icefoxx comfort and style, all together, it's such a good look :)
What an unforgettable #Akademy2023! Thank you to our sponsors, attendees (in-person and online), University of Macedonia, Akademy Team, and volunteers for making it a success.
For updates about #Akademy, keep an eye on https://akademy.kde.org/!
“Tech experts are starting to doubt that ChatGPT and A.I. ‘hallucinations’ will ever go away: ‘This isn’t fixable’”
More accurately, AI researchers have always said that this isn’t fixable but y’all were too obsessed with listening to con artists to pay attention but now the con is wearing thin. https://fortune.com/2023/08/01/can-ai-chatgpt-hallucinations-be-fixed-experts-doubt-altman-openai/
@NanashiSpaniel since we're helping, it's also worth noting that hashtgas want to be CamelCase, so screen readers can actually read them properly. As a bonus, people also read that more easily, so everybody wins! :)
The Times is right — e-bikes are a scourge and we must do everything we can to protect our fragile SUV-driving elites from these teen terrors. I propose we construct a nationwide network of separated e-bike enclosures to segregate these monsters from god-fearing motorists.
I’ve attached one such example from a European petrostate that has spent years valiantly protecting cars from the ravages of cycling. With work, we may be able to reduce the number of cyclist-on-motorist deaths to zero.
This week, I went over to Bluesky and asked people who'd left Mastodon why they left, and lots of people told me. I grabbed the replies and crunched them and wrote up a summary. I think it's really interesting and often kind of wrenching.
https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt
I just wanna put this out there. If you're reading this, are AMAB, and have like any sort of feelings like a "feminine" side, or you find that you use mainly female characters because it feels more comfortable, you should explore the possibility of being trans/non-binary ASAP
When I was younger I started making female characters more than make characters and it like completed something in me, kind of. But it wasn't enough, there was always this feeling of "but Im not actually female". The idea of me being attract as a feminine person was impossible
But that was just society LYING TO ME, like it does to all of us. Because I am attractive, and I would have been even more attractive back then if I had known it was possible. I could have not wasted so much time STRIVING TO BE MASCULINE. I regret it now.
If I knew that I could be trans and it would be okay and I would be attractive and feel as good as I do now, I would have done this years ago. If I could have gotten on puberty blockers I would have. Society stole a huge portion of my life with these lies. Don't fall for it.
#transvisibility #transgender #nonbinary #lgbtq #amab #furry
This is scary. It's (strong) SafetyNet for websites.
Every now and then I run into another Android app I can no longer run because someone decided my phone, running an official build of my choice of OS, that isn't even rooted, is "not trustable".
Now they want to start doing that for websites.
This kills open Linux on the desktop (including Asahi Linux). It kills alternative browsers. It is a backdoor to kill ad blockers.
No. Just no. Please.
https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/blob/main/explainer.md
@the_gneech speaking of which... ;) (no updates also fine, just checking to see if there is anything I missed :) )
@irina it's filo dough wrapped around creme patisserie, and then baked, and served chilled, usually but optionally (apparently) with a sprinkle of powdered sugar and cinnamon :) there is also a cheese filled version, and one with a meat filling of some kind, but I stuck with the basic sweet option :)
weirdo free/libre open source software person, member of the KDE community since forever, who loves squeaky, slinky and fuzzy things - they/them