I’ve got some black walnut trees too, I wonder how old they are.

The seeds are such a pain when you’ve gotta mow lol

To be fair it’s a decade+ old refurbished MSI laptop, its battery isn’t amazing anymore no matter what. Just seems like when I’ve got it unplugged playing YouTube it drains quicker but I could be mistaken.

I’ve got KDE Plasma on my laptop (Mint) and desktop/server (Debian). It’s SO NICE, it really is a fun DE to use. And while it definitely drains battery quicker, otherwise it runs smooth as anything else. Edit: actually, don’t quote me on the battery

Happy cake day, and lovely photo! I hope some day i get to visit :)

Sure would be nice if we had net neutrality back and they couldn’t pull this bullshit

It’s already there! Top left

That’s a nice thought, and they should do that, but you’ve gotta do better at picking and choosing your moments

Oh FUCK YES this is such good news

Excuse me? First off, you defended the US government. That was the point you made when prompted.

Look I don’t try to talk over anyone. You didn’t bring identity into it until just now. I genuinely try to be mindful of my privilege at all times and have for a while.

But you should know as well as anyone that the US is, especially now, a fascist dictatorship, and doesn’t need white knights (ironically) stepping up to say “oh poor America it gets such a bad rap for its long history of subjugation”.

That was the point I was making. Which, I feel, is pretty fair. But I’ll listen if you’ve got something to say.

I get that too. There’s an anonymity that’s so bizarre. I was in Manhattan and quickly realized that im just a ghost, nobody looks at you unless they’re selling something. And it’s generally OK, I could identify solo women and minorities and all sorts of people clearly feeling perfectly secure in their day to day business.

It was fascinating. Kinda overwhelming, I’ve spent my whole life in the Southeast. But interesting.

Other than the chemical clean+terrible aftershave smell everywhere, I assume it’s a fad scent post-Covid but god it made me wanna hurl sometimes it was so strong.

Okay that’s fair. I don’t live in a city so I didn’t think about that, but when I visited NYC I was absolutely paranoid about having my phone out when walking around.

Why the fuck would I want a camera in my watch? Am I a spy? Like, that’s literally the only use I can think of, covertly photographing documents.

I’ve got a toddler rn. She’s on a lot. It’s tedious, but I also raised one a dozen years back, and know how valuable she is.

It’s free TV that actually focuses on helping develop the kids, with a lot of thought behind it and clearly good intentions. I have nothing but appreciation and respect for Ms Rachel.

Also, Puffin Rock is great and much less painful to listen to

Yes I’m well aware thank you.

Gemma3 was latest when I installed it.

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Hacks rarely do to be honest.

Hell yeah. I’ve got a “manlier” job than most people and I love smelling good. My wife and I share shampoo and I’ve used her body wash plenty.

Toxic roommate can @ me as I sit in my personal work van stocked with tools. Better yet he can hire me to fix his house 😂 or, I suppose, his landlord can hire me. Either way

Free as in freedom!

Freedom to do whatever you want, however you want. Including brick your computer.

But honestly, modern distros are really smooth feeling. If you slapped Mint on just about any computer today it will run better and longer, and you’ll quickly find that it’s just as easy - if not easier - to use as Windows or MacOS.

Also its worth noting that MacOS and Linux share genetics that don’t really matter to 99% of users, but if you want your Linux to look and feel like a Mac, you can do that very very easily.

Also the KDE Plasma DE is super fun and I’m addicted to it now

Yeah, it’s a really shitty pattern. Unfortunate, I was kinda looking forward to Marathon despite the drama.

Oh! Lookie here, a fascist for breakfast. My day is off to a lovely start.

The difference is in the history. America has NEVER been honest about its origins. No other modern nation was built on slavery like we were. Britain abolished it decades before America. And after WWII, they gave up the rest of their colonies because it was the right thing to do. That’s when the American Empire took off. Naval bases in every country. Global watchdog, above the laws everyone else has to follow.

America? It only stopped genociding Indians when they were such a small population that they couldn’t pose a threat to the white man, and it still fucks them over every chance it can. Edit: oh yeah, and then it painted them as villains in cowboy movies for half a century. Nice.

Racism is so deeply embedded in America that the simple claim that black lives matter turned into a controversy. You know what a normal nation would’ve done? Examine their police. Us? We said fuck those people, let the racist cops do whatever they want. Do you have any clue what it’s like to raise a black son in America? I’m white myself so I can’t speak firsthand, but I have talked to numerous people who’ve told me about “the Talk”. You know about this? It’s not the birds and the bees, it’s about how to behave around cops so they don’t kill you. How insanely fucked up does your country have to be for that??

This is called honesty. Progress can’t be made without it.

I’ve made it my life’s work to fight white supremacy in the blue collar South and I’ll fucking devour you whole.

Edit: I’d like to print out to anyone stumbling across this that that sumbitch knows I’m right and is lying bloodied in the mud at my feet, crying, like a little bitch. Just like the ones I’ve beaten in real life after they insisted on dancing. Bullies have come after me my whole fuckin life and I’ve learned EXACTLY how they work. I know the strategies fascists use on forums like these. And I’ll bet you’ve logged me, maybe you’ve got someone looking into me. I don’t doubt the fascist Musk’s AI has flagged me for all kinds of shit and it’s just a matter of time now.

I ain’t fuckin scared of you, and your mother should be ashamed.