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CounsellorNYC @counsellornyc.bsky.social · 14h

It’s beyond time for us to become far more discerning and disciplined as to who “we” choose or select to invite to the cookout !!! Listen and learn !!! 😃😃😃
#BlackSky

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 6h

America needs, at some point, to start prosecuting white collar crime.

The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 6h

Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Via ProPublica: thenevadaindependent.com/article/elon...

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 4h

We are so afraid to fine rich people, but they've shown us time and again they write fines off as the cost of doing business.

Either make the fines a percentage of the valuation of the company, take away their business licenses, or throw executives in jail. Anything less is useless.

The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 6h

Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Via ProPublica: thenevadaindependent.com/article/elon...

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 4h

The constant struggle between my anti-carceral beliefs and this country’s need to chase down white collar crime like CBS cops chasing a straggly serial killer who leaves rhyming clues and just offed beloved number 4 on the call sheet.

The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 6h

Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Via ProPublica: thenevadaindependent.com/article/elon...

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 4h

Very good.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

These guys have gotten incredibly rich by fleecing the government with subpar tech that was designed for rentseeking rather than performance. A smart Dem agenda item would be to build internal tech capacity. The fact that it would punish these guys is just a silver lining.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 5h

Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 7h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 10h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 6h

Honestly, I think it's an especially kind thing to get an old computer running Mint (or whatever) for someone who just wants to email, look at the web, and write the occasional document. They can use that thing until the battery explodes and then just put in another battery.

Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 7h

Bonus: those computers that you were told were outdated can still work. Hey look, just saved several thousand dollars *per school*.

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Clément Patout @clempat.bsky.social · 7h

Went to parent-teacher evening. Classroom whiteboard showing stock market widgets.

In a PRIMARY SCHOOL.

Schools: ditch Windows bloat, try Linux. Free, customizable, no corporate nonsense. Just tools built for learning, not trading desks.

#Linux #education #school

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 7h

Now, if you want it to do really cool tricks, then you have to learn Terminal. Which I have not. :)

Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 7h

Not even all that much to learn at first. The hardest part, depending skill level, is figuring out how to put an ISO on a thumb drive. After that, it's hitting "okay" a bunch of times, and then a new OS is on your computer.

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 7h

I used to drool over the Framework takedown/build videos, and I still do a little, but for $400 or so, you can get a comparably powerful laptop that'll run Linux by buying used/refurbed, and that way, you don't tell any manufacturer to make more computers when we're waist deep in them already.

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 7h

Don't mind me. I like to help. :)

Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 7h

Here's a list of possible replacements for Paint you might consider (there are almost always *loads* of FOSS alternatives to common programs):

tech.yahoo.com/general/arti...

Missing MS Paint on Linux? Here's 5 Alternatives to Try

Here's a few ways to scratch your Microsoft Paint itch on Linux.

tech.yahoo.com

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 7h

Here's a discussion that contains instructions on how to run it with Wine using the Terminal:

forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.ph...

forums.linuxmint.com

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 7h

Here's a video that claims you can do it on Steam, a program that runs Windows games on top of something called "Wine":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQl...

How to run MS Paint on Linux ( Steam Proton )

YouTube video by CheapTrix399

www.youtube.com

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Dark Science Facility Employee @purblefe2guide.bsky.social · 7h

how on earth did someone get Microsoft Paint on Linux? i saw a post of one where they had it running.

this is a question from someone who considers moving to Linux in order to avoid their PC becoming vulnerable and literal E-Waste.

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 7h

Please feel free to ask questions! Here and other places (but not dedicated discussions boards; that's where rejects from the 1990s go to hiss at people). I'm still new, but I always offer help when I'm able.

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 7h

I personally spoke to a good friend of mine, a woman of colour, a couple years after that who said she and her contemporaries had been using it for years, and she was unaware of that right-winger connotation. Given that it's code that women secretly used with other women, I'm going to believe her.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 7h

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

Grim Reaper plays heavy metal guitar next to a display of Christmas trees

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 7h

the social media of everyone marginalized in any way whatsoever, in a nutshell:

פינחס יוסף מונד @pymundgenealogy.com · 1d

In the replies: “Are you sure that's antisemitic? Can you please explain it to me? That's not really convincing, can you try again?”
In other replies: “Jews run all the media companies, and their Bronze Age beliefs are cruel and scary to all of us.”

Step. On. 🐍

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 7h

There scene in 1984 where they start talking about Eastasia as the new enemy and Eurasia as the new ally, and then all the BB supporters are horrified that the posters and banners are suddenly wrong, it seems less and less hyperbolic to me every month.

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social · 8h

I think what they hate is ethical sexuality. It reveals the lie of their whole pantomime of moral superiority.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 11h

YOU COULD PERHAPS HAVE LED WITH THE MOVIE PART

NPR @npr.org · 12h

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch. n.pr/48przga

Every moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch.

n.pr

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