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ICE Out For Good protests and vigils are springing up everywhere this weekend, organized by Indivisible, 50501, the Disappeared in America Campaign, Voto Latino, the ACLU American Civil Liberties Union, and many others. 580 events were scheduled as of last night, but more than 1,000 are expected.
🔗 Axios article https://www.axios.com/2026/01/09/ice-shooting-minneapolis-portland-vigils-protests
This is just nightmare fuel to me.
🤖 AI Disclosure: This project is 100% AI-generated code. All Rust code, documentation, and configuration was written by Claude (Anthropic) via Cursor with MCP tools. My role is product direction, testing, and learning to orchestrate AI-assisted development effectively. The code is reviewed and tested, not blindly accepted — but I want to be transparent about the development process. This project is partly a learning exercise in exploring how far AI-assisted development can go.
Every single response to Issues and PRs appears to also be generative. I see no oversight, no real safety nets whatsoever. And this is the future they want.
리리 인외폼을 아예 괴조로 바꾸고싶어. 하피, 시도해본적 없았으나 조만간 해보도록 하죠.
RE: https://persadon.com/@mdarvishi/115859556539177559
Arad is an an open source Farsi/Arabic font by 
@mdarvishiمحمد درویشی
https://mohamaddarvishi.ir/Arad
My USian friends, how are y'all dealing with all of this and still working. I feel like we're all pretending everything is OK during work hours. Had a panic attack last night ruminating about it. The cognitive dissonance is hitting a breaking point with me.
ｽﾋﾟｷほしい
스우님 안녕
나아가고자 하는 사람은 필연적으로 고찰하고 고찰하는 자는 필연적으로 자신을 바라봐야하니까... 자신을 보는 사람은 나아가고자 하는 사람이라고 생각해요 움직이면... 그게 다 길이잖아요 어느 방향으로 갔든 어느 속도로 갔든 그냥 그게 인생이고 삶이니까 다들 너무 지금이 힘들지 않았으면 해요
Local native americans come to pay their respects to Renee 💞
#Minneapolis #USPolitics #SolidarityIsBeautiful #GlobaliseTheIntifada #FuckICE
When it became obvious that the primary consumer of bandwidth was corporate web scrapers powering generative models, I started being more selective about what personal projects (/+updates) I made public.
Ultimately I have no interest in doing subsidized work in the service of for-profit enterprises; and while there was always an undercurrent, lately the dynamics of the foss ecosystem have radically shifted towards that end.
Thinking back to the days when IRC was the main way I shared code.
I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too
Link: https://www.notebookcheck.net/I-dumped-Windows-11-for-Linux-and-you-should-too.1190961.0.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46574707
Firestarter: They set the land ablaze from the sky – and then wait for their prey to run - BBC Wildlife Magazine https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/fire-hawks
Settlers: Did you know sometimes hawks spread fire?
Locals: You mean the firehawks?
Settlers: No, these are real things we’ve observed, not myths.
Locals: Right. The firehawks.
Settlers: But now we’ve actually seen them!
Locals: Here’s a detailed description we wrote in a book 60 years ago.
Settlers: I bet we get an award for this!
Locals: …
Replace the Retiring Windows XP with Linux
Link: https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/replace-retiring-windows-xp-linux/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46577019
That's great, Mr Carney, now do the U.S.
The first post of the year is dedicated to #theforkiverse
https://maho.dev/2026/01/the-forkiverse-experiment-and-why-instance-choice-matters/
Alma is a sophisticated lady-cat who absolutely could get the mousey toy out of this bowl if that was her aim. She would never sit on it and then scrabble comically. She’s just hanging out here being extremely casual, as you can see.
Somewhere some tech bro is trying to figure out how to get ads in to linux desktop.
My friend told me to take three of these. I'm now on a whole new level ...
When it became obvious that the primary consumer of bandwidth was corporate web scrapers powering generative models, I started being more selective about what personal projects (/+updates) I made public.
Ultimately I have no interest in doing subsidized work in the service of for-profit enterprises; and while there was always an undercurrent, lately the dynamics of the foss ecosystem have radically shifted towards that end.
Thinking back to the days when IRC was the main way I shared code.
finished this lil' cutie a while ago and gave it to a lovely someone 
I really like how it turned out! Cute but not *too* cute, cuddly with no metal wire or such, but still able to kinda stand up
Firefox should really strip down the browser to the core, make that performant and secure. Maybe even improve extension interfaces and then deliver whatever "AI" nonsense they want through extensions. Would make it so easy to stop having to talk about kill switches and how "hard" those are. Offer people all the slop extensions in the world and see who will download them.
Got an email from our local vet today announcing that she was retiring, and selling the practice to another independent veterinarian, having turned down several much higher offers from private equity rollup funds.
I am so grateful to Burbank/Toluca Pet Hospital's Dr Skaar for this. Having watched PE-backed rollups destroy so many veterinary practices, killing pets and ruining workers' lives, it's such a relief to know that our vet put her patients first.
It's my first Fediversary! Still happy to be here, no regrets leaving IG--in fact, it's been a relief.
https://mastodon.social/@potterybyosa/113867178054241404
Are there any older women that are gamers and are looking for new people to play with?
I'm 61 and have lost my gaming group for reasons that are not clear to me. I prefer playing with other women or queer folks.
I mostly play:
#Warframe
#Palia
#DeadByDaylight
#Terraria
#GTAOnline
But I'm open to other games. I just can't play anything in first person due to nausea. I prefer cooperative games to competitive ones.
I play on #PS5, so I can play with other playstation folks or on cross-platform titles.
I'm in Pacific time zone, and am available most any time during the day, with an exception of 5-7 pm. I usually get to bed around 10 pm.
Please boost for visibility.
US folks: Want to buy some girl scout cookies online? Erin Reed has a list of LGBTQ girl scouts you can buy from! (Yes, sadly, this is on Substack. But you don’t need a Substack account to read it.)
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/2026-trans-girl-scouts-to-order-cookies
Alternatively, you could support the child of a Mastodon person! Send a DM to 
@metalplates to get info on buying from his child.
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@diondokter/115870508119155622
Learning in the open I guess: https://github.com/diondokter/ddlang-test
https://github.com/diondokter/device-driver/issues/186
No decision yet. But making device-driver be its own dedicated language is appealing to me...
お布団院
Some days there are very few ducks on the canal. This isn't one of those days.
Grâce aux explications d’ 
@hellgyLawrence Vagner, je viens de tricoter ma première mitaine ! Reste plus qu’à faire la deuxième à l’identique.
Elle est juste à la bonne taille pour faire une écharpe à Sophie Ellis Raptor 💚
My USian friends, how are y'all dealing with all of this and still working. I feel like we're all pretending everything is OK during work hours. Had a panic attack last night ruminating about it. The cognitive dissonance is hitting a breaking point with me.
I needed to read this today. Thought someone else might need it too.
Hannah Arendt saw the terror of Nazis in the 1920s and 30s and was imprisoned by the Gestapo.
She knew the importance of standing up to Fascism and to Fascist Terror.
does someone using an electric drill mean they care less about their craft or do a worse job than someone who uses a hand drill?
시타님 하이
일단 젤 큰 문제인 불면이 남았다 어카지?!
Hello world、はじめまして🐦⬛
USB should have been crimpable.
I want to crimp my own USB cables, dang it. I need them to be a specific length!
너무 힘내면 지치니까 적당히 살자 어차피 알아서 발에 불내고 달리다가 뒹굴고 아하하 웃고서 마음이 급했다! 깨닫는게 인생인데 쩝
"New footage and interviews out of Argentina are raising serious questions about what’s happening in Patagonia. A woman interviewed frm her truck claims President Milei is selling off land in southern Argentina to Israelis, as wildfires continue to spread across the region and officials avoid clear answers."
Of course the right wing is blaming the fires on the indigenous Mapuche
#Zionism #LandGrab #IndigenousRights
Local Says Patagonia Is Being Set On Fire For Israelis
https://youtube.com/live/4EAlNwwY88w?si=PzF-g-svwDPC3qpi
"Hi! You can sign up for extra surveillance and targeted marketing while you're at our conference! "
When the State Terrorizes the People
The killing of Renee Good reveals, yet again, Trumpism’s violent, authoritarian essence. MAGA is at war with the reality of American society.
My new piece:
https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/4b2f8d7a-55ba-4a6b-a523-1a1ee780fd69
What really stands out about the regime’s response and the way the MAGA Right has reacted to the killing of Nicole Good is the complete lack of empathy. They are not even pretending. They simply don’t think Nicole Good’s life was worth all that much.
무작정 들이받는것보다 내 패를 제대로 아는 것이 중요하지 암
What I liked about original twitter was hearing funny one liners from comedians. If anyone on here can tell me good one-liner comics to follow, I'd really appreciate it. (Also, I think currently 3 people will see this message, so maybe those people could give me a boost?)
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