Notices by Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)

@Streakmachine More E2E encrypted messaging to boot!

By the way, I was watching Days of Wine and Roses (1962) last night and came across that poem that inspired the opening theme song of the film:

https://youtu.be/sO1gYV8ioFk?si=ezeb9PSJu1-1UB6X

#movies #films

They are not long, the weeping and the laughter,
Love and desire and hate;
I think they have no portion in us after
We pass the gate.
They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream.

"Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam" - Ernest Dowson (1896)

#QuoteSunday #poem #literature

“Please don’t scroll past this. The Wikimedia Foundation desperately needs your help. We are interrupting your reading to humbly request just $2, to support our union busting efforts.”

Meanwhile, it's a great thing that I got new phones and computers last year before the RAMegeddon kicked in because fuck AI and fuck data centers and they all need to die.

#RAM #expensive #datacenters #shortages

Hi everyone in the #Mastodon #SDF community.

I'm officially on the mend now and I'm back after very difficult challenges over the past few weeks and I would say you are still here and the upgrades are very well needed.

Glad to still be here and interacting with you all.

Makes me very fortunate to get both my PC and laptops upgraded before the RAMageddon began...

https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/116500247394459975

Paste killing off their games coverage on May Day no less is a choice.

https://www.theverge.com/games/922174/a-v-club-has-shut-down-paste-games-endless-mode

Jay Willis with a great piece on how SCOTUS effectively killing the Voting Rights Act is going to be bad for the nation as a whole.

https://ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/louisiana-v-callais-opinion-recap-voting-rights-act/

@obrien_kat Also public transportation is going to be a nightmare between crowds daily and special overpricing just to get around.

Example:

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/world-cup/nj-transit-world-cup-pricing/6489797/

This is obviously terrible.

The US Supreme Court is going to rue the day they made online gambling legal.

https://futurism.com/future-society/men-aged-18-to-49-hooked-online-sports-betting

@jik @plwt Wish someone or some group would build an alternative but sadly there's no appitite for one.

@stroz The "24" series had one season within a 24 hour span (24 episodes to be exact) so the 8th season is month number 8 of the rookie year (1 season = 1 month)

My guess it'll run 12 seasons.

@Ashedryden Speaking of LinkedIn, they are illegally collecting data from extensions and others. More here:

https://browsergate.eu/

@CaroltheCrone Sadly there won't be with all these cover ups. People have every right to be furious alhtough they're powerless to do anything.

Remember that over half this country voted for this to happen and I'll never forgive them.

@stroz Or maybe this is likely the 8th month...

France is leaving Windows behind for Linux. You love to see it!

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/france-to-ditch-windows-for-linux-to-reduce-reliance-on-us-tech/

#Windows #Linux #migration

I'm so glad the @eff is leaving that piece of shit site.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x

@thisismissem One positive news today to root for.

Major congrats!

Bluesky is now run by a VC, confirming my concerns that it's going to be brought by a fascist-minded man down the road.

https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116200795088691766