This is how it feels to be trans, to be a journalist, and to try and run a business in 2025 as the world burns and anti-trans sentiment + fascism festers and spreads across the globe.
Tl:DR - not great.
But we keep on keeping on.
And nothing - and nobody - is going to shut me up or discourage me.
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Who Am I, While the World Burns?
I inhabit three digital worlds, each pulling me in different directions. This blog, where I write about technology, culture, and media’s future, is a space where I should be free to explore ideas.Joan Westenberg (westenberg.)
I have a Oneplus 6T
Should I put Lineage OS on it? Or some other OS? I care about deGoogling. Any advice?
Semi-related hashtags to cast wide net: #Android #deGoogle #MobilePhone #MobilePhones #FDroid
On this feeling.....if you are a software engineer in this moment seeing "engineering" in the headlines and having a reaction like this one I just want you to know you can choose a different path and you can build coalitions with different people and you can define who you are separate from this culture
New on // foss.events: Bornhack on 16-23 July 2025 in Hylkedamvej in #Funen, #Denmark
Find out more on foss.events/2025/07-16-bornhac…
Official account: @bornhack
Official hashtag(s): #bornhack
#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe
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Everything in a nutshell about Bornhack 2025 on // foss.events - The most comprehensive collection of FOSS events in Europe (and online)foss.events
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Dune, Lost Eden And MegaRace Composer Stéphane Picq Has Passed Away Aged 59
"He was one of those people who leave a mark"Damien McFerran (Time Extension)
Trump Advisers Stopped Musk From Hiring a Noncitizen at DOGE (The Atlantic)
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Trump Advisers Stopped Musk From Hiring a Noncitizen at DOGE
The world’s richest man still relies on the president for his authority.Ashley Parker (The Atlantic)
Favourite Teacher at the Castle? #writingcommunity #scotland #wednesdaythoughts
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The Wee Writing Lassie and Ailish Sinclair present “Meet Ariel” – Question 5: Favourite Teacher at the Castle?
At the start of the book it’s definitely her relaxed morning-class teacher Guy, rather than the more strict and severe Mr. Zolotov. Excerpt from Ariel: Dancing on TV And then it’s like a celebratio…The Wee Writing Lassie
Growing historical revisionism in Germany. What’s next? Refusing to accept the Oder-Neisse line?
Growing historical revisionism in Germany. What's next? Refusing to accept the Oder-Neisse line?https://i.redd.it/hwwtm6qqx8he1.jpegPosted by ThemetalinBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
These stories about US AID, if true, are making me sick. This is the kind of evil that will be written down in history books with weighty commentary advising the reader not to try to understand it, because it’s inexplicable and unforgivable.
They certainly appear to be true.
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Grassroots Joe (@joeinwynnewood@mstdn.social)
"We have been winning this fight — but we are now abruptly leaving the playing field. Many countries will fall further into China’s orbit. We will face a more hostile world. ... As Gen.Mastodon 🐘
it's crucial to understand though
almost everyone thought a decade ago this can't happen in the US
and this is what helped to bring this horror on, as people don't understand, that frogs actually jump out, but humans died in the Sauna competitions, because we are petty, stubborn, and usually not that smart
a hundred million people got persuaded (by others through the algorithms and TV and radio, and by themselves through their biases) that it's OK, it's necessary, that dear leader knows best, or that this is the better timeline.
random poll last week shows that view of D party is still 57% "unfavorable"
people's brains got cooked, just as in Turkey, Hungary, Italy, UK, oh and of course Israel, and soon Germany apparently
...
and it seems crazy, and inexplicable, but it's not, modern political parties with even a bit of principle seem unable to navigate the socioeconomic and realpolitik landscape. they lost or are loosing on the communications front, and this traps them into a constant two-sided attack, they are fighting ignorance and their own principles.
A Legal Counteroffensive to Beat Back Trump's Government Purges (New York Times)
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A Legal Counteroffensive to Beat Back Trump’s Government Purges
A raft of new lawsuits contend that President Trump and Elon Musk are breaking the law to ransack the F.B.I. and other federal agencies. The courts will now decide.Mattathias Schwartz (The New York Times)
BREAKING NEWS!
The U.S. Postal Service said on its website that it is suspending acceptance of packages from the Chinese and Hong Kong postal services. While no reason was given, the move comes after Trump imposed a 10% tariff on all Chinese imports, prompting retaliatory tariffs from Beijing.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #China #Breaking #BreakingNews
USPS refusing inbound packages from China and Hong Kong
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Suspension of Inbound Parcels from China and Hong Kong - Newsroom - About.usps.com
Suspension of Inbound Parcels from China and Hong Kongabout.usps.com
This is probably the most hilariously accurate description of mastodon (and the people who refuse to even try it) I've ever seen XD
By @paige (who is also on peertube, just like me!) video.canadiancivil.com/a/paig…
Of course, I'm having a hell of a time finding a way to follow his peertube, which is the most glaring issue with the fediverse of course--how difficult it is to actually get accounts on one instance to follow another if there's any slight mismatch in how they're set up...
It seems #PeerTube could use a browser extension (like the mastodon ones) which let you interact with remote content by sending Activity Pub interactions from your own server. Or better yet, the developers of #Graze could expand the scope to Activity Pub.
Overall it just seems like developers need to get in a room and hammer out a solution to this.
@paco@infosec.exchange @paco@communitymedia.video
"#US Govt Dept to Tie Funding to #Marriage and #Birth Rates"
Jesus fucking Christ
I think what we can say about the #conservative view of #humanity is that they view #human #society as a fungal growth:
1. tons of kids
2. dumb as a bag of rocks
(since #Trump plans on gutting the Dept of #Education)
I'm wondering what #conservatives think their grand vision of humanity means for the #USA's future #productivity and #success
#Happiness of course means nothing to them
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US Government Department to Tie Funding to Marriage and Birth Rates
An undated memo urged the DOT to give precedence to "communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average."Giulia Carbonaro (Newsweek)
They are moving funds to red states. The states listed with the highest birth rates are all red. And of course Texas, Texas, Texas.
I wonderful if they all will still want to go ahead with TEXIT if the DOT prioritizes them.
BREAKING NEWS!
USAID announces nearly all direct hires will be placed on administrative leave
The agency said all direct hires, “with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions,” would be placed on administrative leave
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews
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USAID announces nearly all direct hires will be placed on administrative leave
USAID announced Tuesday night that almost all direct hires around the world will be placed on administrative leave later this week.Phil Helsel (NBC News)
JANE DOE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v. JAMES R. MCHENRY, III, in his official
capacity as Acting Attorney General of the
United States, et al.,
Defendants.
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So I'm wondering, do people make their own?
A quick duckduckgo tells me that the most common way is to add probiotic capsules to coconut milk and letting that ferment. Seems to be a rather scattershot approach; I guess the bacteria that can eat whatever sugars are in coconut milk will survive (and convert them into … ?), but I'm thinking that using the culture from the commercial varieties might be a better plan, maybe with some agar to help it set—Cocobella is thickened with agar and it approaches the mouthfeel of dairy yoghurt, Coyo has starch in it and is a bit more junket-y.
#DIY
Very interested to follow and learn from your experiments as we haven't found any vegan yoghurt to our liking.
Would you consider a dedicated hashtag so we can easily follow? #DIYveganyoghurt or sth similar?
TIA for your consideration!
Erin
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