Well, I've finally made the switch. My desktop is now CachyOS and I've ditched Windows 11 and the cesspit of ads, marketing and forced AI altogether. It's impressive how far Linux has come in the last few years. I was able to get just about everything set up in around 4 hours last night.

It's very important to let everyone know that Tomodachi Life without prompting made me eat an entire photorealistic haggis and I don't know if I should feel called out or honoured.

Cam two seconds after telling me this - "Annoyingly that still tastes quite nice.... I don't feel well..."

Oh no. This isn’t it. It’s sad to see people I had respect for make this big a tone deaf statement. Quite a bit of yikes on the AI, political undertones and a total lack of understanding of the community it claims to be supporting people within.

A quick heads up; The UK government is currently holding a consultation on the Online Safety Act. The consultation lasts until the end of next month. Please fill it out if you live in the UK and/or share it around to get more eyes on it. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Paused MAD MEN while Ted Chaough’s partner was in the hospital and the HBO Max interstitial ad made it look like his dying wish was for a Whopper.

I'm heartened to see that the response to Nvidia's Art Destroyer is universally negative. But I'm disappointed and concerned to see the only pushback from Richard and Oliver here limited to "this might prove controversial." Not sure that meets the moment at a time when GenAI is poisoning everything.

Immediately ruined fatal frame for @camashred.bsky.social by mishearing “Mayu” as “Poyo” and saying it out loud.

If you were looking for a reason not to go into Glasgow City Center tomorrow, the potential risk of shite in the air, bus/rail/road disruption and it being Monday are all valid excuses to not go in, or work from home. Take your pick.

In case anyone isn't aware yet, keep away from Glasgow city centre if you can at all. The train station is up in flames and it doesn't seem to be slowing down at all. If you're travelling through the city, go around instead or delay your plans. McGill's buses is taking existing train tickets.

I think what you mean is “You’ll soon be uninstalling the Sky News app”. Not everything should need an account to use. This doesn’t protect anyone nor prevent scraping so at best it’s an excuse to add invasive profiling.

Note to self, driving home from Heathrow to Glasgow maybe wasn't the brightest idea... That said it wasn't anywhere near as bad as I expected.

So ScotiaCon, I had a good weekend but honestly it was in spite of the con. The events were of no interest and really just got in the way of seeing my friends. The social side was good, but it's painful to watch my friends burn themselves out for an event that doesn't care for them in return.

So, rest of the internet. Welcome to the hell that we've been enduring for the last god knows how long. You'll want to catch up on Online Safety Act, the utter disaster it's been, and probably look up how to contact your local political representative. #discord #OnlineSafetyAct

Doing my best to learn several platforms as quickly as possible starting with Kubernetes. I'm a few sessions in so far, but thought I'd ask if anyone has pointers for how to study/focus better?

VPNing into the UK so I can enable SFW mode while I’m on holiday. I guess that works?

Yesterday was an adventure! Niagara Falls were beautiful!

Banjo-Kazooie Recompiled let’s go!

No. This isn’t it. Do better @mrsleather.bsky.social. This community cares about the artists in it. Are you really that out of touch with your customers that you’ve forgotten who they are? Everyone else, give your money to those in the community who’ve actually done the work to deserve it.

“If you are not to award me oatmeal and paperclips, then I will indulge in rage. And mine is infinite!” #Frankenstein ✨🎨 Gesso / Acrylic Gouache on Canvas Panel - Work in Progress

Disappointing to see @cellblock13la.bsky.social and @mrsleather.bsky.social selling incredibly obvious A 1 art on their apparel. Like dudes, do you know how many amazing and affordable artists would’ve loved to work with you and your resources? Our community deserves better 😕

*shows @camashred.bsky.social this* Cam in Bitsy voice: “What M̶͉̬̓i̶͂̊ͅc̷̗̄ͅe̶̡̱̔ ̷̻͉̃i̸̜̺͛ṇ̵̄ ̸̳̟͗t̶̮̟̓h̴̛̤̦e̴̫̺̎͘ ̶̫͠c̷͍͙͝å̷̯͌r̷̳͓̓̚p̶̱͆̂e̶̼̜̚t̸̞̬̓?”

Bangkok has been a fantastic experience. I’d definitely come again but with more plans to see people and go to specific places. That said, we weren’t short of things to do and places to try. It was lovely to meet the people we did see though!

So, Holliday got off to a rough start but Kuala Lumpur was really quite nice. I came in with honestly pretty low expectations and after not getting on a flight my mood was in the gutter. Thanks for turning that around Malaysia! It was brief but hopefully I’ll be back sometime!

Me: wonders where all the ham is. ... Oh.

Excellent.

Please don't ask any further questions, but I need to figure out things to do/eat/visit in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok ASAP. I don't know anything about these places. Furmeets. Local scene. What do people do. Everything. Gimme the deets.

If you're near the Grand Exchange often enough you'll have met this guy skulking around the bank trying to get you to help him get his money. Sounds dodgy, but the main issue is the bank can't accept his name with the Æ and he refuses to spell it any other way. OSRS art for @evaaether.bsky.social

I can never look at any of my family in the eye again.

2 weeks into #Ubuntu & #Framework and I think I can say I'm sticking with it. So far I've not run into anything other than Fortnite that doesn't work. All my main Steam & Socials play nice and I've managed to get some Android stuff running too. Don't let the door hit you on the way out Windows 11.

Extra context - the BBC has previously been the subject *of* a trans rights protest for unethical coverage practices explicitly intended to misrepresent us and stoke right wing hatred. The Guardian’s come under fire for similar things. They are very much on the side of the far right.

Apple, since you don't know what I want in a device I'm just going to tell you. An iPhone as thick as a Nokia with a huge ass battery An iPad with touch ID and whatever the latest M processor is A 2TB iPod Classic with a modern battery.

Finally bit the bullet and switched my laptop over to Linux. So far there's been more pros than cons this time. It runs cooler & quieter, I've been able to install all the apps I want. I think all the windows mandatory crap has moved into the browser too so that's a sting reduced somewhat.

Sheffield adventure starts soon! Long drive incoming!

The most Nintendo of Errors

Having a day of MHFA training today. Bit of a change of pace and glad to be getting it from work.

Never in my life did I think I'd agree with anything Farage or reform would say... But a broken clock is right twice a day. Now, if any of the less-shit parties would like to act. That'd be a good way to get my vote.

how I feel since 2016 or so

Was not a heat of the moment gaff either, this is just the kind of embarrassing rhetoric he's running with

Every UK petition is like this

Hey, if you haven't already signed the petition to repeal the omnishambles that is the online Safety Act - please do so now (only if you're in the UK) petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

If a thousand weird Australian cranks can be annoying enough for payment processors to leave easy revenue on the table, then enjoyers of queer and sexy indie games can be orders of magnitude more annoying. Use your powers for good.

It's OK to yell at Steam and itchio for being fucking cowards and complying with fascist bullshit, but if you're going to do that you have an obligation to yell even louder at the payment processors who are actually responsible for the bullshit in question.

A seemingly alien concept to the people running the country. Wouldn't be surprised if most of the acts supporters main interaction with their child is paying their nannies bill with concur.

Things better than the #OnlineSafetyAct that would better protect kids: - Export/Importable Block lists - Mandating that block means no contact - Ban real gambling and gatcha mechanics in games for kids - Allow those who need help to set a delegate to help manage account controls up to age 16.

So far the #OnlineSafetyAct fallout has gone exactly as I predicted... Not as I hoped, but definitely as I predicted... Can't wait till people see what else that law is able to be manipulated into doing... /s

13 of our titles have been shadowbanned despite containing no nsfw content and not being tagged as such. They ARE tagged LGBT content. Don't pretend this is only about nsfw works. Why are you censoring queer works?

even if you don't buy porn, it should be obvious that other people's right to access it shouldn't be controlled by the rich, credit card payment companies or governments.