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It's the final day to score Black Friday savings 
@drivethrurpg
Save on some of our newest #ttrpg releases, including the Stewpot and the Hunter's Journal/Slayer's Survival Kit for Monster of the Week.
And don't miss the great deals on our 
@roll20appRoll20 packages! We put a lot of work into making them functional, beautiful, and a full reference so you don't need to constantly flip tabs.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/2152/evil-hat-productions?promo=44243&src=browse2152&page=1&sortBy=newest&affiliate_id=24139
What happens when a deeply technical introvert ends up leading hundreds of people? In this thoughtful and funny Monktoberfest talk, Joe explores how to manage and communicate effectively when “soft skills” don’t come naturally.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lz8A6R5rbE
Alright, one more reason to love #FreeBSD:
I just upgraded one of my nuidns servers without issue. For those who don't know, nuidns is my rocinante+bastille based jail system for anycasted authoritative and recursive DNS. It has two commands, create and destroy. All I had to do was bootstrap 15.0-RELEASE with 
@BastilleBSDBastilleBSD 
- and update the rocinante scripts to use the newer release, then run a destroy, followed by a create. Done, no errors, no warnings.
My hard work on this system over the years is certainly part of why it works so well. But FreeBSD's dedication to the principle of least surprise is what makes it possible. If I had done this with Linux+Docker, I would likely have to retool it with every major distro release and often for the minor ones.
I love FreeBSD because it just works, and it does so consistently.
Over the last couple of days I visited my parents and used this opportunity to migrate my fathers PC from Windows 10 to Linux Mint (take that, Micro$oft), as this machine is only used for web browsing and light office use.
Instead of spending Money on a license, I upgraded the Fujitsu i5-4690 8G RAM PC to a Lenovo m720q i5-9400t 16G RAM PC, which ironically used to run Windows as well.
To migrate - and more importantly - back up all his files, I installed UrBackup, which now runs in a bastille jail on the local FreeBSD NAS. It's now automatically backing up all the files, backed by (the amazing) OpenZFS.
And to allow remote access for remote assistance, I also installed Rustdesk in another bastille Jail, but this time on the FreeBSD NAS at my place. This now allows easy access without having to rely on the benevolence of TeamViewer anymore.
Thanks to FOSS software, I only spent a little over €120 on the new hardware and a couple of hours of time, half of which was spent talking to family. It was all well spent, in my opinion. 😁🎅🎄
Want to run the same command again?
In many shells (e.g., tcsh, zsh, bash) you can type "!!".
Berkshire Hathaway Announces Leadership Appointments [pdf]
Link: https://berkshirehathaway.com/news/dec0825.pdf
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46193116
I've been sooper sick so here is a late #caturday #catsOfMastodon post. Special Agent Dale Cooper is REALLY MAD sick person is occupying his spot on the couch
フラチカの（⚠️肌色注意）
肌の色塗り練習してた
This is good advice, and applies to any software, not just open source. I'm trying to be more aware of this when I post about my own apps, trying to assume whoever reads it has never even heard of my app before.
https://infosec.exchange/@masek/115683456728125923
Linux Fu: The SSD Super Cache
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/08/linux-fu-the-ssd-super-cache/
Strong earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami warning issued
Link: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20251209_02/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46192846
Age-verification mandates create barriers along lines of race, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, immigration status, and socioeconomic class. Here’s 10 (not so) hidden ways how. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/10-not-so-hidden-dangers-age-verification
Baker. 📸 Aycute99
#UKNews accounts to follow:
🇬🇧 UK
@openDemocracy 
@TheConversationUK 
@ITVNews 
@BBCNews 
@BigIssueThe Big Issue 
@TheMirror 
@huffpostuk 
@CityAM
UK POLITICS
@ChrisMayLA6Emeritus Prof Christopher May 
@mikegalsworthyMike Galsworthy 🦣 
@imagesofprotest
UK SATIRE
@newsthump
🏴 SCOTLAND
@BylinesScotland 
@theferret 
@index@glasgowbell.co.ukThe Bell
🏴 WALES
@BylinesCymru 
@SwanseaBayNews 
@golwg (in Welsh)
🏴 ENGLAND BY COUNTY/REGION:
DEVON
@index@thebeagle.newsThe Beagle
EAST ANGLIA
@BylinesEastEast Anglia Bylines
KENT
@KSBylinesKent and Surrey Bylines
LEICESTERSHIRE
@leicestergazetteLeicester Gazette
LONDON
@index@se1.newsLondon SE1
MANCHESTER
@index@manchestermill.co.ukThe Mill
🧵 1/2
TIL there was a US version of Taskmaster, unfortunately looks pretty terrible.
🎬 Creators! The Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Day Remix Contest is open!
🎥 Celebrate Public Domain Day in January 2026 by creating a 2–3 minute short film using at least 1 piece of public domain media from 1930. 🎼🎶🎭📚
📆 Entry Deadline: January 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details 👉 https://blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2026-public-domain-day-remix-contest
さんじ！！ 寝る！
Want to run the same command again?
In many shells (e.g., tcsh, zsh, bash) you can type "!!".
#채소드시나요 양파: 생양파 😟, 조리한 양파 😶 가지: 🤢 (가지나물로밖에 안먹어봄) 버섯: 😔 (맛있었던 건 😌) 감자: 생감자 😌, 조리한 감자 😋 마늘: 생마늘 😉, 구운 마늘 😋 상추: 😌 깻잎: 😌 피망: 😰 시금치: 😌 당근: 😶 오이: 😰 브로콜리: 😰 (맛있었던 건 😌)
Nova Programming Language https://lobste.rs/s/getto0 #plt
https://nova-lang.net/
The long-awaited 10' tall bronze RoboCop Statue was finally installed outside of the historic Eastern Market in Detroit. https://laughingsquid.com/detroit-robocop-statue/
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📣 While I've been busy at #FF2025, my colleagues Blanka & Hannah have been putting together an exciting webinar on "The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data and Data Sovereignty", coming up this Thursday 11 December! It's packed with speakers and perspectives from Australia & NZ, North America and Europe and completely free!
For timezone reasons it's split into a morning and an evening session, so feel free to join us for one or both.
More details here: https://mastodon.social/@dariaheu/115683434892158485
A Brown Boobook is admitted for injuries from a window collision. He's burrito-wrapped in a towel with an expression vaguely reminiscent of a certain Studio Ghibli character...
Original post by Chungnam Wild Animal Rescue Center in Korea 🇰🇷 Source: https://fb.com/860196862802282 #owlsintowels 💛🦉
Aus der beliebten Serie "Wir brauchen kein Fachpersonal, AI-Prompts kann sogar ein Manager schreiben":
Laut Amanda Askell von Anthropic ist Prompt Engineering mehr als nur Ausprobieren. Philosophie habe ihr geholfen, Anweisungen an KI-Tools klarer zu formulieren.
!!! Ein Grundpfeiler bestehe beispielsweise darin, Ideen klar und präzise zu kommunizieren. !!!
https://www.heise.de/news/Anthropic-Philosophin-erklaert-So-schreiben-sie-wirklich-gute-Prompts-11107248.html
#ai
Let's put Tailscale on a jailbroken Kindle
Link: https://tailscale.com/blog/tailscale-jailbroken-kindle
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46194337
urllib3 used "DeprecationWarning" for 3 years to deprecate API features and it didn't work, so what do we do instead?
#python #deprecation #deprecate #api
https://sethmlarson.dev/deprecations-via-warnings-dont-work-for-python-libraries
Deprecations via warnings don’t work for Python libraries
Last week urllib3 v2.6.0 was released which contained removals for several APIs that we've known were problematic since 2019 and have been deprecated since 2022. The deprecations were marked in the...
sethmlarson.dev · sethmlarson.dev
Link author: 
Seth Larson@sethmlarson@fosstodon.org
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@stroz/115684836452855063
concept: EDM song that samples various eras' common alert messages and modulates the dance experience according to the flinches of the pertinent age ranges on the dancefloor.
I was in a part of Meeker today where these coral mushrooms (I should really check for a proper identification) have sprouted in massive quantity.
This one was backed by a lovely moss field so it gets the post, though there were a lot of pretties. We have basically been in a cloud here for a week, so the fungus is just thrilled.
And right next to the fungus, a mysterious face embedded in the tree roots!
being subjected to a mandatory corporate training video that wants me to adopt the concept of "kaizen", which means "to change for the better"
man, if only English had a word for that! it would really improve our lives.
I need a mastodon post option for "do not allow anyone to reply until they've read the post at least twice"
how to train your autistic catgirl
お布団の中から顔を出しているように見えますが、敷物です。そこに潜らないように。
'The best conspiracy books of 2025' for @theguardian.com@bsky.brid.gy
#Exercitium: Juego de bloques con letras. https://jaalonso.github.io/exercitium/posts/2014/12/12-juego_de_bloques_con_letras/ #Haskell #ProgramaciónFuncional
Heated cat bed recommendations? I'm looking for something to put on my home office desk next to my computer, so my cat stops trying to crawl into my lap while I'm working.
Ideally something durable...the first couple beds I got her (years ago) she thought were toys and ripped them to shreds.
(cat doing their resume)
- Expert at judging arm's length of any human being then subtracting 1 centimeter
Black Cat, 1910, by Hishida Spring
Catching a late afternoon December sunset on Hill Lane at Penshaw, Sunderland in NE England.
Visited this location with my camera a number of times in the run-up to the winter solstice, knowing that the sun sets at just the right point of the compass at this time of the year (even captured it in the snow!).
Every time I hope someone will pass by, maybe someone on horseback from the nearby stables, after all, it is a public bridleway.
I'm still hoping!
#england #sunderland #december #landscape #photography
(cat doing their resume)
- Expert at judging arm's length of any human being then subtracting 1 centimeter
urllib3 used "DeprecationWarning" for 3 years to deprecate API features and it didn't work, so what do we do instead?
#python #deprecation #deprecate #api
https://sethmlarson.dev/deprecations-via-warnings-dont-work-for-python-libraries
Deprecations via warnings don’t work for Python libraries
Last week urllib3 v2.6.0 was released which contained removals for several APIs that we've known were problematic since 2019 and have been deprecated since 2022. The deprecations were marked in the...
sethmlarson.dev · sethmlarson.dev
Link author: Seth Larson@sethmlarson@fosstodon.org
Tried a C++ IDE called juCi++ because I was fed up with VS Code.
Conclusion: VS Code is not that bad.
Heated cat bed recommendations? I'm looking for something to put on my home office desk next to my computer, so my cat stops trying to crawl into my lap while I'm working.
Ideally something durable...the first couple beds I got her (years ago) she thought were toys and ripped them to shreds.
Stefano Marinelli
Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) 
Misty
Chris Siebenmann
Hugo van Kemenade
Chao-c'
