What Linux distributions are best suited for students? Here's a list covering several age ranges (from middle school to university) to help students and teachers decide on which Linux distros to try.
#linux #distribution #education #student #teacher
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Volunteer-run kitchens in greater Khartoum are helping to sustain residents at risk of famine in Sudan. But those who run them say they need more support amid ongoing conflict, as VOA’s Henry Wilkins explains.
I'm getting word from activists at City Hall this morning reporting an excessive deployment of police by SPD and the city council.
During this morning's city safety council meeting council members held public comment about SOAP/SODA legislation which aims to jail and fine sex workers and homeless people $5k for existing in major parts of town.
CM Cathy Moore's loitering laws have caused significant community resistance so council members cut short public comment.
#Seattle #SPD #CathyMoore
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The moon landig was staged?
Of course. A project that big needs to be split into several stages.
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ICYMI, my partner @nullagent was assaulted last night protesting at a #Seattle City Council member's home over the anti-homeless/anti-SW legislation that's underway.
He's heading over to urgent care now to get a full assessment, and possible stitches for the head wound.
We are getting some extra help at home this week, but he REALLY needs to rest up and take it easy while he recovers. We have one overdue bill to pay + lots of expenses coming up.
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Full thread with all context here—scroll down to the bottom to read about the assault.
This quote from the Heritage Foundation is really important because KOSA sucks and it has strong bipartisan support. So call your Democratic representatives and tell them that KOSA will be used to block access to essential information about abortion.
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I heard about Google's #NotebookLM #AI so I gave it a try. Uploaded the #blog post
nate.mecca1.net/posts/2024-08-…
And had it generate a podcast. Took like 10 seconds and the podcast it made sounded really engaging. Unfortunately, lol, it was very inaccurate. You can listen to the output below if you want:
audio.nostr.build/61b777bf2bce…
Microblogging Protocols Compared v2
Click Here to skip my introduction and the misc topics. In January of 2024 I published a blog post comparing Activity Pub, Nostr, and AT, and this is a revised …nate.mecca1.net
Number of active instances: 11 799
Number of users: 9 024 394
Number of statuses: 1 108 740 235
Number of users last 4h: 461
Number of statuses last 4h: 95 761
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i think the main concern i have with something like this is that it severely limits your options when it comes to the base system, especially since getting snap working properly on other systems can be an ordeal in itself due to the several out of tree kernel patches required.
In this case it’s not a huge deal because Neon was already Ubuntu based, but it would complicate things if they wanted to offer a rolling system for the base, or even if they wanted to offer newer kernels like Pop!_OS since they’d need to patch the level every time for strict confinement support. Which is why Solus abandoned Snap support recently.
The environment was meant to be ‘back on the priority list’ under Labor. Instead we’ve seen a familiar story | Environment | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/co…
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Note that the command-line interfaces for uuid and sqlite3 were both added in Python 3.12.
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Made it ¾ of the way thru the eBook version of #RYOMS by @mwl before the hard copy got here.
Almost time to actually start the process and make the jump.
Need to decide if I should ask @OpenBSDAms to reset my virtual host to "factory" before I start...
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Bio-Emergence. Procreation upgrade. Bio-Darkening. Post-bio-initialization. All aspects of existence the tribe embraced.
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Pakistan defendants face 'grueling' legal battles over blasphemy allegations, says new report
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in reply to nullagent • • •When public commentors protested having been placed on the wait-list but not given a chance to speak councilman Bob Kettle called the cops like the karen he is. He made it sound like all hell was breaking loose instead of a few chants of "let them speak"
Listening to scanners SPD deployed the entirety of 2nd watch officers from two precincts to the scene over 3-5 people asking to be heard at public comment.
youtube.com/live/GqPV4DwnxGA?s…
#ACAB #SPD #SOAP #SODA
nullagent
in reply to nullagent • • •These new laws, Stay out of Drug Areas (SODA) and Stay Out of Areas of Prostitution (SOAP) zones, are proposed in most major parts of Seattle and target locations that have been scenes of homelessness, drug use or prostitution since the city was established.
What's especially troubling about these laws is that these areas are exactly where homeless and sex worker services are located!
Its absurd to make it illegal for these people to exist where their services are.
capitolhillseattle.com/2024/08…
nullagent
in reply to nullagent • • •The demonstrators at city hall ask you to please take action and sign the Strippers Are Workers (SAW) letter to the city council opposing Seattle's stop and frisk laws.
Seattle previously had laws like this, and big surprise they were used against Black Americans, other people of color and queer+trans people at an alarming rate.
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell…
#Seattle #ACAB #CathyMoore #SOAP #SODA #lgbtrights #sexwork #homeless #blackmastodon #SPD
nullagent
in reply to nullagent • • •It sounds like at least one person was trespassed and removed from the chambers. The cops have left.
The council members have brought the meeting back to session. Immediately, another activist stands up and begins protesting the councils excessive use of police and their bullshit yes votes on the bill.
The bill was then voted on and passed the committee.
Another protester stands up....
#Seattle #SPD #BobKettle
nullagent
in reply to nullagent • • •At todays public session there were almost no supporters of this bill. The few positive comments came largely from landlords and business owners.
One business owner complained that his building had no other business tenants and was largely vacant. He blames the sex workers and homeless. Funny thing tho, I wondwr if the landlord considered lowering the rent?
Last month KUOW covered a few perspectives on the laws
youtu.be/19QMV35PIoU
#KUOW #Seattle #SOAP #NPR #Podcast
nullagent
in reply to nullagent • • •Funniest moment during public comment was when someone said:
“If you are so concerned about women being bought maybe you should look over at [Councilmember] Tonya woo”
Which Tanya Woo is such a clown car of corruption and backdoor dealing I don't even know where to start but she's definitely the most bought woman in Seattle 🫠
thestranger.com/news/2024/07/0…
#Seattle #TanyaWoo #CityCouncil #Corruption
nullagent
in reply to nullagent • • •Meanwhile most cringe moments. Second cringiest was definitely the landlord who proudly owns SIXTEEN buildings describing himself as "a small business owner" and also afraid of the homeless.
Top cringe however was the landlord who attempted to sing an anti-homeless version of "which side are you on". They cut his mic, he kept singing until the entire audience and city council were telling him to shut up. Guess we found one thing everyone agrees on 🫠
youtu.be/5iAIM02kv0g
#seattle
nullagent
in reply to nullagent • • •Ultimately Seattle city council advanced anti-homeless legislation and AGAIN illegally delayed Social Housing (I-137 certification).
Council did not put forth a replacement bill for I-137 and just decided to delay. (again, that's illegal lol). They even cited the fact they already were illegally delaying I-137 so no biggie if they continue to ignore the initiative process.
Tanya Woo reportedly wondered aloud "What IS social housing?" 🤦🏿
letsbuildsocialhousing.org/abo…
#Seattle #TanyaWoo #SaraNelson
nullagent
in reply to nullagent • • •Right, so where's that leave us, folks who want tax money to maybe help people?
Come on down to the Seattle City Council meeting, Sept 17th, 2024, 2pm! ✨
We're probably gonna be fining homeless people $5k for existing instead of building housing, city council should probably hear from you. 📢
This one seems important, mark your calendar👇🏿
seattle.gov/council/calendar?t…
#Seattle #I137 #Homeless #SocialHousing #SexWork #StopAndFrisk #CathyMoore
nullagent
in reply to nullagent • • •Activist held a noise demo Sunday evening at councilman Bob Kettle's house(the guy who called the cops on public commentors).
Councilman Kettle is ramming through the new Seattle stop and frisk law SOAP/SODA. It targets anyone who looks homeless, is dressed similarly to a sexworker or looks like they do drugs and enables cops and courts to banish people from large swaths of neighborhoods.
Unsurprisingly, Bob Kettle lives in Seattle's favorite Sun Down town.
#QueenAnne #Seattle #BobKettle
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A lot of people don't realize Seattle contains a few sundown towns. Well tonight Queen Anne proved sundown towns are alive and well in Seattle.
After about 15min of starting the noise demo, an enraged mob of karens and kens angrily engaged protesters. A shithead ken pushed a transwoman to get to a speaker (which was not in use) behind her.
He picked up the speaker and hurled it, striking me in the head, nearly in the temple.
seattlepi.com/local/opinion/ar…
#Seattle #QueenAnne #BobKettle
nullagent
in reply to nullagent • • •I called the cops to file a report. We have photos of the assailants and videos. Most appeared to live on the block with the councilman and some home addresses of assailants were documented. The EMTs arrived within about 10min.
The cops NEVER showed up to take the report. We waited two hours.
People ask why we protest?
They destroyed our gardens.
They shutdown public comment.
They passed laws, attempting to criminalize homeless people existing near Mutual Aid services
partyon.xyz/@nullagent/1130542…
nullagent
in reply to nullagent • • •In the medium term I'd like some support completing my fundraiser to spend time with my newborn.
I also at the same time am working on the start of some formal processes to hold this current Seattle City Council accountable. I can't talk about that in detail until documents are completed and filed due to rules. But I'm going to need a bit of heads down time to get that project fully into flight.
partyon.xyz/@nullagent/1131217…
nullagent
in reply to nullagent • • •In the short term, I'm gonna need a day or two to recover but might need some sleuthing help to get to a final ID on the primary assailant.
If you or someone you know has had to sue over these sorts of issues in the King County area I'd love a lawyer recommendation or help sleuthing once I make content available (hopefully I caught the money shot 🤞🏿).
I'm fairly certain the neighbors we were able to already ID know the identity of the attacker, so I'm confident we can shake something loose.
nullagent
in reply to nullagent • • •Seattle city council is probably about to do some bullshit.
I'm still a bit dazed from the getting assaulted thing, would normally try and give public comment, but I'm really not feeling up to much rn.
People waiting for the meeting report a notable increase in police presence. Folks who spoke last week say they were indentified by cops and followed around while waiting.
They are just calling the meeting to order now.
youtube.com/live/GqPV4DwnxGA
#Seattle #SOAP #I137 #socialhousingnow
nullagent
in reply to nullagent • • •Ok it seems the council has finally revealed their sabotage plan for I-137.
They introduced an alternative which reduces the $50M for social housing down to $10M ‼️
It also changes the funding source to literally take it out of other existing services already limited budget. 🚨
But the voters petition, which passed and their trying to ignore, would use a small tax on Seattle's mega corps and large businesses.
They will likely delay I-137 to Thursday's meeting.
#I137 #Seattle #SocialHousing
nullagent
in reply to nullagent • • •House Our Neighbors, the folks who've been introducing social housing initiatives, are holding a public discussion tonight about the alternative bill.
Tonight's discussion was supposed to be a public forum with Tanya Woo(who was super uninformed last few council votes lol) but she dropped out. Probably bc she doesn't want to be questioned about this new sabotage proposal.
#TanyaWoo #HouseOurNeighbors #Seattle #SocialHousing
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