Notices by Veronica Explains (vkc@linuxmom.net)

(I should put this on a t-shirt actually)

Be kind to each other, and be kind to yourself. Life's too short.

Rate my desktop

Friendly reminder to folks on Fedi: the engagement *you* see on a post might not be the engagement the *poster* sees.

Take my silly polls, for instance. I occasionally see comments saying "you'd have more responses if it said [variable]".

Those commenters probably can't see the responses, so they assume few are responding.

My last poll has over 1200 responses, but federation might not show *you* all of them. And that's OK! But don't assume what you see is what others see here.

I wish I was better at Blender so I could design a Skadis holder for my Bop-It and print it out.

Anyone ever solve this problem and make one themselves? Or am I the first Bop-It enthusiast who has encountered this issue? 😜

Fury and joy are not mutually exclusive.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Here’s a question as I’m doing research for a future video.

Who is funding the development of the Wayfire compositor?

This weekend really restored a lot of my faith in humanity, as well as my faith in this goofy corner of the fediverse.

You all are awesome. Let's get this.

Be offline.

Anyway, I casually mentioned that I have a wife in my last Patron update and lost a bunch of patrons as a result.

So, like, apparently I can't even share that anymore without losing my income. So yeah... I'm heading offline for a bit this weekend to regroup.

Strongly encourage anyone else who cares about themselves or their community to do the same from time to time.

If a lady says "I'm being threatened here" and your response is to tell her to leave, you aren't an ally.

You're a footsoldier.

I'm having a real debate right now with myself about whether-or-not I should continue to CW my posts about threats I receive.

Me: “PeerTube costs money, if you can help me financially that’d be very appreciated!”
Replyfolk: “You should do it for the eXPoSuRE”

So, this video wasn't available until today via PeerTube, because it costs money to run a PeerTube instance (no ad revenue).

I am hoping to add GPU transcoding to that PeerTube instance someday, but it's expensive. More monthly supporters will help make that happen.

If you want to see a world outside of YouTube, you have to help fund the creators outside of YouTube. It's really that simple.

https://patreon.com/VeronicaExplains
https://ko-fi.com/VeronicaExplains

#PeerTube #Linux #SelfHosted

I hate to be so blunt about it, but without supporters to help build a successful PeerTube platform, you just wont see it grow.

If a creator you enjoy is pumping out PeerTube videos, support them so they can keep going. It's that simple.

I lose money on PeerTube month after month, and if you-all want to see a YouTube alternative, you have to... fund us.

New video posted yesterday!

I am an enjoyer of Shortwave, the IP/internet/streaming radio app that's part of the GNOME Circle. Maybe you would like it?

PeerTube: https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/2mwjFhu3tE7NAFKnFR7wYg
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Fnei-yR44UM

#Linux #GNOME

How much more carbon is each Google search emitting now?

That's weighing on me lately: I've resolved to drop Google searches as much as I can.

I have mostly used DuckDuckGo over the past few years, and longtime readers may remember that I actually gave up search engines entirely for months (after a failed experiment using Kagi).

But with Google increasingly shoving AI down my throat on every search, now those results are worse than ever, both in terms of quality and environmental impact.

In a world where pessimism is the only product, optimism is radical.

Joy is rebellion.

The biggest secret to succeeding with a personal switch to #Linux, in my experience, is a local user group to rely on.

It's much easier to lean on and support one another when you... actually know one another.

The internet is not a good place for this.

The new `apt` is beautiful. 😍