**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 16, 2019, 05:58

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 16, 2019, 05:58

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

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  ✨ Weird & furry Unix fairy by night. ✨
✨ Sometimes a retrocomputer fairy. ✨
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Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Don't blindly believe everything you read online, tempting as that is. Do your homework first. This video series will help you do it well: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Mar 07, 2019, 21:51

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Mar 07, 2019, 21:51

Mar 07, 2019, 21:51

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Remember to pop your filter bubble every so often. If you think you're not in one, you're trapped in one and in for a rude awakening.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Dec 30, 2025, 00:42

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**maple "mavica" syrup [6502]** @mavica_again@computerfairi.es · Dec 30, 2025, 00:42

Dec 30, 2025, 00:42

maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

"you need more than a dual core and 4gb of ram to use a modern browser these days"

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Dec 29, 2025, 20:19

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**#BlindAltBot** @anantagd@ieji.de · Dec 29, 2025, 20:19

Dec 29, 2025, 20:19

#BlindAltBot @anantagd@ieji.de

@nelson I am blind. Seeing people who think I'm not worth the effort fill my timeline with AltBot generated AI stuff that isn't even accurate in lots of cases.

Human alt text is always better, because it doesn´t focus on ocular seeing. Seeing people think, and AltBot was designed around that notion, that blind people must compensate for missing "eye-seeing", but that's not the case. I am interested in the meaning of an image to you, its maker or publisher.

Again, human alt text is better, also because it strengthens reciprocity between seeing and blind people. AltBot doesn't but it makes seeing people believe they have done their bit for accessibility. In actuality, the reverse is often true.

!!!!!!!!!

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 29, 2025, 19:41

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 29, 2025, 19:41

Dec 29, 2025, 19:41

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

I love upgrading #Firefox, right-clicking on a link, and seeing a brand new context menu option to feed it to a water-guzzling plagiarism machine of capitalism called "Ask an AI Chatbot (Z) >" that I can't remove or disable.

(I can, but only by knowing in advance to go to the URL about:config, click through the valid scary warning, and toggle browser.ml.chat.menu to false.)

#NoAI, #Mozilla!

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 26, 2025, 20:40

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 26, 2025, 20:40

Dec 26, 2025, 20:40

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Boxing Day
AKA
Christmas for Cats

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**Baa** @Baa@mk.absturztau.be · Dec 26, 2025, 18:14

Dec 26, 2025, 18:14

Baa @Baa@mk.absturztau.be

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Sep 27, 2025, 20:40

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Em @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange · Sep 27, 2025, 20:40

Sep 27, 2025, 20:40

Em @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange

Tiny reminder FediFriends to not forget to add alt-texts to your beautiful pictures and funny memes.

This is important for accessibility 💚
More people will boost your posts! 🚀

Let's keep the Fediverse inclusive and accessible for all!

#AltText #Fediverse #Accessibility

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 26, 2025, 20:13

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 26, 2025, 20:13

Dec 26, 2025, 20:13

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

=== Ship your

Supercharged
High
Intensity
Technology

=== With the power of

Artificially
Induced

Supreme
Lethargy
Optimized
Programming

=== Today!

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Dec 26, 2025, 17:24

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**Oasus Plainsview** @itsOasus@pawb.fun · Dec 26, 2025, 17:24

Dec 26, 2025, 17:24

Oasus Plainsview @itsOasus@pawb.fun

When people talk about social pariahs in the tech industry, THIS is who we should be talking about.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Dec 25, 2025, 09:26

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**Chordian 🇩🇰🎵** @chordian@mastodon.social · Dec 25, 2025, 09:26

Dec 25, 2025, 09:26

Chordian 🇩🇰🎵 @chordian@mastodon.social

HVSC has now been updated to version #84 at DeepSID. As always, CSDb pages will be missing until they have updated too. Click this link to see what's new in it.

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?search=84&type=new

#DeepSID

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Dec 23, 2025, 16:12

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**Paul Fairie** @paulisci@mstdn.ca · Dec 23, 2025, 16:12

Dec 23, 2025, 16:12

Paul Fairie @paulisci@mstdn.ca

2025 Headline of the Year nominee (June)

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 23, 2025, 18:04

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 23, 2025, 18:04

Dec 23, 2025, 18:04

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

That's a first. A video-related listicle, but instead of it being a list of embedded videos, the article is embedded videos of a list instead.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Dec 23, 2025, 16:10

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**Paul Fairie** @paulisci@mstdn.ca · Dec 23, 2025, 16:10

Dec 23, 2025, 16:10

Paul Fairie @paulisci@mstdn.ca

2025 Headline of the Year nominee (November)

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Dec 19, 2025, 13:04

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**Rey 💜 🏳️‍⚧️** @rey@toot.cat · Dec 19, 2025, 13:04

Dec 19, 2025, 13:04

Rey 💜 🏳️‍⚧️ @rey@toot.cat

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115745241141974402

i guess the lesson is don't buy your friends an Apple gift card this holiday season

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Dec 19, 2025, 08:16

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**Ian Robinson** @ianRobinson@mastodon.social · Dec 19, 2025, 08:16

Dec 19, 2025, 08:16

Ian Robinson @ianRobinson@mastodon.social

Paris Buttfield-Addison’s Apple account access has been restored. https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Dec 19, 2025, 22:29

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**Rob Ricci** @ricci@discuss.systems · Dec 19, 2025, 22:29

Dec 19, 2025, 22:29

Rob Ricci @ricci@discuss.systems

Here's the document release you were waiting for today!

The UNIX V4 tape!

https://archive.org/details/utah_unix_v4_raw

#retrocomputing

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2025, 00:47

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2025, 00:47

Dec 20, 2025, 00:47

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

I'll file a bug report if I can make it happen again.

But why ports? Mainly because audio/pulseaudio is still the most obtuse sound mixer, and it's an optional yet default dependency for several packages I need.

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