josemanuel @josemanuel@qoto.org
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Joined Sep 2020
Wow, even archive.org have removed access to The Guardian's translation of bin Laden's “Letter to America”. I thought they had only one job and it was _the exact opposite_ of that.
Here's one of the few journalists with a spine making the case for why you should be allowed to read it:
Ordering a pizza online is more hassle than doing it on the phone, and it destroys jobs, too. No wonder they have to lure you into it with discounts. Fortunately, I don't eat pizza often enough to make it worth my while.
Sadly, I'm missing it, but you don't have to.
Watch with us today at 20:00 UTC https://time.is/20:00+UTC Chinatown (1974) English with English subtitle BBC Culture’s 12th best American movie e...
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Hey folks! Happy Monday!
So we have a pretty important announcement to make. Head to the following link to get the deets.
Rest assured that we'll be going for the remainder of November, so do keep your eyes out for the schedules for the rest of the month.
You can DM us on here if you'd like to get in contact.
Peace ✌️
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Everyone has the vague idea that cell phones made the world a dumber place, but the reasons why are usually vague. I know the reason: it's because cell phones have radically altered the bathroom.
It used to be possible to roll up a newspaper under your arm and take a one-hour shit in perfect silence. This is when people have their best ideas, the ideas that move all their other ideas forward: when you are doing one thing and that thing is nothing.
That's how it all went sideways, man. Your fuckin' phone buzzes. Is it your side hustle, or is someone spamming you to promote their side hustle? Someone's knocking at the door. Music starts playing: the woman said you were crazy for declaring the waterproof bluetooth shower speaker "an abomination before the Lord", but now she has clicked the wrong shit and some douchebags' fucking podcast about AI startups is stopping you from staring blankly at the wall in peace. An alert on the phone: overdraft fees triggered by microtransactions. The only thoughts you have had in that room for months are about which politicians to kill to bring back peaceful shits.
This is how we used to take dumps back in the day and it was FINE:
computertoilet.jpg
It used to be possible to roll up a newspaper under your arm and take a one-hour shit in perfect silence. This is when people have their best ideas, the ideas that move all their other ideas forward: when you are doing one thing and that thing is nothing.
That's how it all went sideways, man. Your fuckin' phone buzzes. Is it your side hustle, or is someone spamming you to promote their side hustle? Someone's knocking at the door. Music starts playing: the woman said you were crazy for declaring the waterproof bluetooth shower speaker "an abomination before the Lord", but now she has clicked the wrong shit and some douchebags' fucking podcast about AI startups is stopping you from staring blankly at the wall in peace. An alert on the phone: overdraft fees triggered by microtransactions. The only thoughts you have had in that room for months are about which politicians to kill to bring back peaceful shits.
This is how we used to take dumps back in the day and it was FINE:
computertoilet.jpg
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Watch with us today at 20:00 UTC https://time.is/20:00+UTC
花樣年華
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Chinese with English subtitle
2nd place on BBC Culture’s 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century
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An anarchist is a man who is careful to always use pedestrian crossings, because he utterly detests talking with policemen.
-- Georges Brassens
Read this thread for an example on how a harmless gardening post can turn into a brutally racist tirade for no reason other than, you know, Texas.
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Edward Said y Abdullah Öcalan demostraron que la solución de los dos Estados conduce a la violencia permanente”.
– Federación Anarquista 🏴
https://www.federacionanarquista.net/edward-said-y-abdullah-ocalan-demostraron-que-la-solucion-de-los-dos-estados-conduce-a-la-violencia-permanente/
I finally discovered what the Watch and Star buttons do in Codeberg and now I'm unstarring a lot of repositories.
They'll do everything to avoid the real solution: emoji reactions.
Mastodon favorite star ⭐ interaction is changing to the heart ❤️ in the upcoming Mastodon version. With Mastodon Bird UI I have already built it w...
My favorite line in Barenaked Ladies' _Jane_ is the one that goes: “No Juliana next to my Evan” because I'm one of the very few people alive who gets the reference and that makes me feel special.
It's a great song. You should listen to it (and then ask me about that line if you want to. I'd be delighted to fill you in):
My favourite thing when using social media is getting people in contact with other people.
I feel really satisfied when someone asks: “How can I do this?” or “Can someone help me with this?” or “Where can I buy this?,” and I get to reply: “Well, I just happen to know this guy...”
In case you missed it, too, the point is: Go read Kurt Vonnegut's _Cat's Cradle_.
...And that's how everyone missed the point.
Ken Thompson's original Unix backdoor of "Reflections on Trusting Trust" fame was apparently never published. 40 years (!) later, here it is: 99 l...
Are you sure you're interesting enough to be hated?
Esto me recuerda a una anécdota: hace una pila de años, una periodista me bloqueó en Twitter porque le dije que los usuarios de Ubuntu eran una banda de pijoprogres que querían la credibilidad de no usar Windows sin tener que pagar lo que cuesta un Mac. Hoy me reafirmo en lo dicho y quien quiera bloquearme es bienvenido.
No hay ninguna diferencia entre usar Ubuntu y tapar la manzanita con una foto de Gramsci. Bueno, sí: que si usas Ubuntu además de hipócrita eres un tacaño.
(La verdad es que se lo dije medio en broma, medio en serio, pero el hecho de que me bloquease me radicalizó en mi opinión.)
Odio los artículos titulados “Ha pasado X... y eso es bueno”. Porque que pase X nunca es bueno, y este artículo no es una excepción.
Os lo resumo: “Ya no hay tanta documentación sobre Linux como antes, y eso es bueno porque significa que ya cualquiera puede usar Linux sin necesidad de leerse un manual.” ¡No! ¡Es malo! Porque significa que a nadie le interesa profundizar en el funcionamiento de su sistema operativo.
Además, ni siquiera es cierto. ¿O acaso los foros de Ubuntu no están llenos de gente que pregunta cómo pueden hacer las cosas más básicas?
Linux se ha vuelto aburrido… y eso es bueno #Linux #SoftwareLibre #blog https://thecheis.com/2023/10/21/linux-se-ha-vuelto-aburrido-y-eso-es-bueno/
Excitement!
Joined Sep 2020
