Notices by Rachel Rawlings (linuxandyarn@mastodon.social)

@kbeninato Amber Ruffin is a national treasure, and the WHCA jumping after Trump is a national disgrace.

Tonight's "Have I got News for You" was probably taped before the firing but I'm going to wonder as I'm watching. Maybe on Monday Seth Meyers will feature "Jokes Amber Can't Tell."

@inthehands This is `find`.

@gamingonlinux Been a while since I've seen an O'Reilly bundle rather than NoStarch. The second edition of Ansible Up and Running was a great jumpstart for me seven years ago.

@inthehands @IveyJanette Not that we don't already. Any power struggle is going to be between Musk and Putin as Musk tries to assert some independence. Trump is just a tweety bird they're going to pass back and forth.

There won't be a third term. Musk is just going to depose him in Coup II: Electric Truck Boogaloo.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/politics/elon-musk-private-security-deputized-marshals-service/index.html

#USPol #WorstFuckingTimeline

@bruces It's not an algorithm in the sense of Meta or Xitter pushing content. It's just a simple check to see whether an image has alt text.

But you know this. And I also believe you know it's not "free labor" to post alt text for an image any more than it's "free labor" to post at all. #AltText is "giving a shit about people with disabilities" and blind folks use the fediverse because despite your belligerent grandstanding, other people do.

But you know this. And now, why I'm unfollowing you.

@bruces My soldering irons, ifixit sets, and other computer repair tools are in a Workpro satchel like that. They make solid gear.

@gamingonlinux Well, we knew Trump 2.0 was going to bring out the little sexist trolls who thought of Gamergate as "the good old days."

@godpod As an American who has been to Canada twice, once for a conference and once to get married, I disagree.

With one exception, i was treated wonderfully. The only poor experience I have had in Canada was in a Pizza Pizza, and the Canadian customers got food just as meh as I did.

@futurebird Trump's already threatening to take away my student loan cancellation in addition to my civil rights. I'm not afraid of a mere employer.

(I've also been successful in the past here about refusing things that felt sketchy from an infosec, moral, or "that's where my grandfather died" perspective.)

@GottaLaff The Washington Post drops "Democracy Dies in Darkness" from its banner, while CNN picks up "Democracy Only Exists in Darkness."

@tiffanycli I think you misread The New Gilead Age

@molly0xfff Given that @annaleen was inspired to write "The Future of Another Timeline by the often-sexist edit wars on Wikipedia as it was over five years ago, I shudder to think about the next stage of brotastic shittiness that will be deployed in the name of their dear leaders Trump and Musk.

@robey
one of us usually tells the truth
the other sometimes lies
but if we told you which was which
we'd spoil the surprise!

@skinnylatte @aetataureate @catsalad @jovikowi I like Lee Kum Kee too, but my first love is Yamasa, and San-J is fine in a pinch.

The other thing to note is that shoyu and "soy sauce" are supposed to be different. Shoyu has a lighter flavor, is gluten free, and is meant for use after cooking, while what most Americans know as soy sauce has wheat added, and is heavier, so it holds up better under high heat.

@eff Elon is counting on at least four years of selective enforcement

@evan Yes, and I only use it for my job,. nothing else. The days of using work addresses for anything personal ended for me when gmail was launched.

@evan I do far too much shitposting to want my employer associated with it, or for them to find my posts.

I still don't know what "based" really means, but if Elon Musk says something isn't it, it must be good.

@godpod Stupid social contagion theory. They think being poor is a contagious disease, when it's actually no more contagious than becoming a billionaire.