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Neocities deindexed from Bing
Neocities Is Blocked by Bing
Over the past few months, the Bing search engine has completely blocked the domain neocities.org, including the front site and all user subdomains (example.n...blog.neocities.org
The State of Chinese AI Apps 2025
The State of Chinese AI Apps 2025
China’s AI Apps: Wide Reach, Lag on Revenue — A Tech Buzz China Report In Partnership with Unique ResearchTech Buzz China (Tech Buzz China Insider)
Debian strongly recommends against adding repos from other distributions or other versions of Debian: wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebia… Doing that can easily break your system. They also recommend against adding repos for specific software packages (e.g. for LibreWolf), but this is generally less problematic.
Personally, on Debian, I try to get packages in this order:
1. From the official Debian packages
2. From Flatpak
3. Pre-built binaries (I put them in my home, not in /usr/bin)
4. Build from source (I also put those in my home)
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Trump’s Letter to Mayor McCheese Demanding the Sale of McDonaldland
Trump’s Letter to Mayor McCheese Demanding the Sale of McDonaldland
“In a text message over the weekend, President Trump told Jonas Gahr Store, Norway’s prime minister, that since being denied the Nobel Peace Prize,...McSweeney's Internet Tendency
"Buy as much crude oil as you can and Fed-Ex it into space before it can be burned."
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Seems logical 🤷♂️
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Concrete Actions Progressives Can Take During Trump’s Presidency
1. Call your congressperson and read the following script: “Hello, I’m calling to express my deep concern with literally everything right now. For ...McSweeney's Internet Tendency
I've written a python/Qt script that keeps lists like those you mention. It's sort of a poor-man's database manager, but its only database is a collection of csv files.
- You can use an address list to keep track of contacts' phone numbers, mailing addresses, and eMail addresses.
- You can use a calendar to remind you about events and appointments including date, time, and duration. You can add notes about finding the location and other prerequisites to attendance.
- You can keep separate passwords in a password list for every website you visit and every piece of gear you own.
- You can keep links to favorite websites in a bookmark list.
When I try to include a direct link to my python script, which does that, my responses and in fact the whole posted discussion are taken down. … something to do with self promotion of untested software I suppose. But you can find it in the Cheese Shop (See Wikipedia “Python Package Index.”) under tonto2.
DuckDuckGo poll says 90% responders don't want AI
90% of DuckDuckGo users don't want AI
In a recent poll, nine out of ten users of DuckDuckGo users said they don't want "AI" features.Michael Crider (PCWorld)
3.7 magnitude earthquake reported near Orillia
3.7 magnitude earthquake recorded near Orillia, no reports of damage
A 3.7 magnitude earthquake has been reported by Earthquake Canada near Orillia, Ont. Tuesday night.Meredith Bond (CityNews Toronto)
The Sun's Activity Can Trigger Earthquakes, And Now We Know How
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The Sun's Activity Can Trigger Earthquakes, And Now We Know How : ScienceAlert
On a dynamic planet like Earth, it can be easy for drivers of change to go unnoticed – but scientists have now established and investigated an unexpected link between the Sun and our homeworld.Michelle Starr (ScienceAlert)
Supreme Court To Decide How 1988 Videotape Privacy Law Applies To Online Video
Supreme Court to decide how 1988 videotape privacy law applies to online video
Salazar v. Paramount hinges on video privacy law's definition of "consumer."Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
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Rzhqzrsy - Furvilla
A browser-based game for furries and anthropomorphic animal lovers!www.furvilla.com
Wouldn't china be heading for a similar bubble pop like the US with there huge investment into ai?
Or perhaps they have actually found a large enough market to cover the cost of development.
A List Of Journalists Who’ve Taken Sponsored Israel Trips
A List Of Journalists Who’ve Taken Sponsored Israel Trips
These Canadian media figures went on trips sponsored by the Exigent Foundation, a pro-Israel organizationDavide Mastracci (The Maple)
You can’t beat Canada’s far-right with a broken electoral system
You can’t beat Canada's far-right with a broken electoral system - Ricochet
Learn why electoral reform is crucial for Canada, as leaders like Avi Lewis prioritize proportional representation in politics.Christo Aivalis (Ricochet)
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She's an anti-vax, convoy supporter who wanted to withdraw Canada from UN and UN-affiliated groups like the WHO. She famously hosted Christine Anderson from the AfD. She is stridently anti abortion and social conservative, and strongly pro-Israel.
I don't see why she would be better than Poilievre, it seems she would somehow be worse. At least Poilievre condemned the AfD meeting at the time.
I suspect that she is rather strongly allied with the religious right in the US, and therefore she would be even more likely to suck Trump's nuts from the back. I don't see indication that she has any national pride or vision that unifies Canada. And I've never heard anything interesting from her on economics, which is arguably our most important file right now.
MAJOR EDIT NEEDED: I'm a moron who thought the Lewis under discussion was Leslyn Lewis, instead of Avi Lewis. I have no excuse. The above was not meant to apply to Avi Lewis. Please downvote and ignore. I don't know anything about Avi Lewis.
My God I'm an idiot.
I was talking about Leslyn Lewis, and I'm out to lunch. I saw "right wing" and went in a completely different direction.
Punish me with downvotes, I deserve it. I'm leaving it up.
Punish me with downvotes, I deserve it.
Nope. Mistakes happen and we're all trying to be excellent to each other. You get upvotes for your excellent ownup. 🤗
It won't be the same in Canada though. /s
It is quite progressive Conservative if them though.
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Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party - The Beaverton
OTTAWA - In a stunning move, progressive conservative MP Michael Ma crossed the floor Thursday to the progressive conservative Liberal Party, just a few weeks after similar minded progressive conservative Conservative MP Chris d'Entremont did the sam…Brigid Klyne-Simpson (The Beaverton)
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in reply to TheLeadenSea • • •The US has the highest prison population in the world, both per capita and by total numbers, along with a draconian legal system that locks people up for decades for minor crimes. They also literally do have immigrant prison camps currently holding ~30k people, many of whom have committed no crimes except for "not having papers".
The US absolutely does dissappear many people.
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in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • • •The Ministry of State Security. They regularly go after dissidents, journalists and minorities, including dissidents abroad and ethnic minorities seen as a threat.
Just because one has high speed rail and healthcare doesn't mean it's not an authoritarian state.
Civilian intelligence agency and secret police of the People's Republic of China
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in reply to abbiistabbii • • •Having an internal security agency isn't the same as a "gestapo." The PRC isn't killing its civilians en masse like the US Empire does. The PRC does go after dissidents, but it's important to recognize that a dissident against the US is fighting against capitalism and imperialism, while dissidents in China are fighting against socialism. Ignoring the class character of the two countries and equating them based on form, rather than essence, is a critical error. And no, ethnic minorities are not seen as a threat in China.
Both the PRC and the US Empire are "authoritarian," as all states are. States are formalized authority wielded by a given ruling class, after all. The form is therefore similar, but the essence is qualitatively different, for in the US Empire the imperialist capitalists control the state and private ownership is principle, while in the PRC the working classes control the state and public ownership is principle.
By principle, I mean governing the large firms and key industries, not whichever is larger by GDP or employm
... show moreHaving an internal security agency isn't the same as a "gestapo." The PRC isn't killing its civilians en masse like the US Empire does. The PRC does go after dissidents, but it's important to recognize that a dissident against the US is fighting against capitalism and imperialism, while dissidents in China are fighting against socialism. Ignoring the class character of the two countries and equating them based on form, rather than essence, is a critical error. And no, ethnic minorities are not seen as a threat in China.
Both the PRC and the US Empire are "authoritarian," as all states are. States are formalized authority wielded by a given ruling class, after all. The form is therefore similar, but the essence is qualitatively different, for in the US Empire the imperialist capitalists control the state and private ownership is principle, while in the PRC the working classes control the state and public ownership is principle.
By principle, I mean governing the large firms and key industries, not whichever is larger by GDP or employment, as whoever controls the large firms and key industries, finance sector, etc. controls the entire economy, as the rest relies on it.
We can see a dramatic difference in how people view democracy in the US Empire, compared to the PRC, due to this:
This is why we must not merely analyze form, but essence. Otherwise we miss the essential differences driving dramatically different results. We must not see merely what is similar, but what is different, and why.
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in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • • •Or just authoritarianism and all that entails.
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in reply to turdas • • •authoritarianism is just a propaganda term fed to ~~smooth brained~~ credulous westerners by the three letter agencies tankie.tube/w/kJtjV5rjaHZEZSNt…
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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •I do think "smooth-brained" is a bit ableist. Westerners believe bourgeois narratives due to complicity, rationally, not out of lacking mental faculties. Masses, Elites, and Rebels: The Theory of "Brainwashing" is a good article explaining that process. The masses aren't stupid, gullible, intelligent, or righteous, but rational, including acting in what they percieve to be their self-interest.
I'm loath to admit it, but I do think that if we don't hold ourselves to extremely high standards, reactionaries will exploit any crack in rhetoric to obfuscate the logic of our beliefs and arguments. We should take no easy victories.
Masses, Elites, and Rebels: The Theory of “Brainwashing”
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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •That works much better, I agree. I'm not in favor of tone-policing, just reigning in what can be ableist and making sure we don't leave narratives logically uncontested. Ridicule has its place, ableism does not, and I think credulous is a much more useful term rhetorically as it doesn't repeat Yogopnik's recent critical error.
If we leave weak arguments uncontested, then we lose out on a learning opportunity for onlookers, even if the one raising the argument has no intention of changing their mind.
That works much better, I agree. I'm not in favor of tone-policing, just reigning in what can be ableist and making sure we don't leave narratives logically uncontested. Ridicule has its place, ableism does not, and I think credulous is a much more useful term rhetorically as it doesn't repeat Yogopnik's recent critical error.
If we leave weak arguments uncontested, then we lose out on a learning opportunity for onlookers, even if the one raising the argument has no intention of changing their mind.
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