@genrepunk.bsky.social
Really just tech and humanism in a trenchcoat
Idea for my fellow split keyboard sickos: stick-on metal rings intended for the back of a phone plus magnetic phone holders.
August 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Idea for my fellow split keyboard sickos: stick-on metal rings intended for the back of a phone plus magnetic phone holders.
Defamiliarized normcore as spirituality. In this essay I will
July 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Defamiliarized normcore as spirituality. In this essay I will
KDE Plasma continues to be my favorite Linux desktop environment. The activities feature, even more than virtual desktops, makes it easy to switch between different groups of applications.
userbase.kde.org/System_Setti...
userbase.kde.org/System_Setti...
System Settings/Activities - KDE UserBase Wiki
userbase.kde.org
June 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
KDE Plasma continues to be my favorite Linux desktop environment. The activities feature, even more than virtual desktops, makes it easy to switch between different groups of applications.
userbase.kde.org/System_Setti...
userbase.kde.org/System_Setti...
Useless meta-discourse post: two asinine trends I've just become aware of in Dem discourse are "abundance" talk and "TACO Trump". Citations Needed has a great discussion of why the former is yet another makeover for neoliberalism.
June 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Useless meta-discourse post: two asinine trends I've just become aware of in Dem discourse are "abundance" talk and "TACO Trump". Citations Needed has a great discussion of why the former is yet another makeover for neoliberalism.
Reposted
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
After a bunch more distro hopping I've landed on CachyOS. Like Manjaro it's Arch Linux under the hood, but it has a better installer. Unlike Manjaro, it doesn't come bundled with a secondary package manager that will bug you with notifications even if you just want to use Arch's (pacman).
June 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
After a bunch more distro hopping I've landed on CachyOS. Like Manjaro it's Arch Linux under the hood, but it has a better installer. Unlike Manjaro, it doesn't come bundled with a secondary package manager that will bug you with notifications even if you just want to use Arch's (pacman).
The strongest points mostly come in towards the end and can be distilled much more briefly, but if a laid back conversational podcast format is the thing that your loved ones need, you can send them this. Summary in thread.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S_z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S_z...
The Antisemitism Panic
YouTube video by matt bernstein
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The strongest points mostly come in towards the end and can be distilled much more briefly, but if a laid back conversational podcast format is the thing that your loved ones need, you can send them this. Summary in thread.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S_z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S_z...
Popular myth around technology and attention holds people having instant access to you is a new and unprecedented phenomenon. That's not entirely true.
March 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Popular myth around technology and attention holds people having instant access to you is a new and unprecedented phenomenon. That's not entirely true.
If you like Firefox but don't want them selling your personal data check out LibreWolf. I have a lot of appreciation for what the Mozilla Foundation has done, but with the well running dry on their old sources of funding it's time to move on.
librewolf.net
librewolf.net
LibreWolf Browser
A custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom.
librewolf.net
March 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you like Firefox but don't want them selling your personal data check out LibreWolf. I have a lot of appreciation for what the Mozilla Foundation has done, but with the well running dry on their old sources of funding it's time to move on.
librewolf.net
librewolf.net
"It's no accident that an ideology advocating infinite sacrifice for the sake of an abstract future would arise precisely at a time when humanity faces catastrophic threats in the concrete present."
thepointmag.com/politics/hom...
thepointmag.com/politics/hom...
Homo Algorithmicus | The Point Magazine
“In short, one may say anything about the history of the world—anything that might enter the most disordered imagination. The only thing one can’t say […]
thepointmag.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"It's no accident that an ideology advocating infinite sacrifice for the sake of an abstract future would arise precisely at a time when humanity faces catastrophic threats in the concrete present."
thepointmag.com/politics/hom...
thepointmag.com/politics/hom...
Has anyone else noticed how common placeholderism is in communication platform migrations? People want to move but don't follow through with leaving the old or engaging with the new. Maybe social media has coached us too effectively into seeing empty signaling as action.
February 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Has anyone else noticed how common placeholderism is in communication platform migrations? People want to move but don't follow through with leaving the old or engaging with the new. Maybe social media has coached us too effectively into seeing empty signaling as action.
The future will be punk. It's up to all of us whether it will be cyber, solar, or stone.
December 27, 2024 at 4:54 PM
The future will be punk. It's up to all of us whether it will be cyber, solar, or stone.
This right here. All the better if your hobby fosters community, but even if it's a solitary activity, take joy where you can find it, friends.
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
December 17, 2024 at 3:41 PM
This right here. All the better if your hobby fosters community, but even if it's a solitary activity, take joy where you can find it, friends.
Most anyone can tell I'm a freethinker,
for I believe as all freethinkers do.
If you were only capable of independent thought
then you would be agreeing with me, too.
for I believe as all freethinkers do.
If you were only capable of independent thought
then you would be agreeing with me, too.
December 17, 2024 at 5:58 AM
Most anyone can tell I'm a freethinker,
for I believe as all freethinkers do.
If you were only capable of independent thought
then you would be agreeing with me, too.
for I believe as all freethinkers do.
If you were only capable of independent thought
then you would be agreeing with me, too.
Recently picked up a Librem 5 phone. It runs PureOS, a Debian-based Linux distro. I like it but unfortunately I can only recommend it to Linux enthusiasts who are satisfied with basic app functionality (email, messaging, web browsing).
December 15, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Recently picked up a Librem 5 phone. It runs PureOS, a Debian-based Linux distro. I like it but unfortunately I can only recommend it to Linux enthusiasts who are satisfied with basic app functionality (email, messaging, web browsing).
Our first clue the five love languages are some self help claptrap should have been the fact they come in a neat little easy-to-sell bundle.
The second? One of them is called *physical* touch.
Beverly Crusher notwithstanding, I'm a little confused what the distinction being made there is.
The second? One of them is called *physical* touch.
Beverly Crusher notwithstanding, I'm a little confused what the distinction being made there is.
December 12, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Our first clue the five love languages are some self help claptrap should have been the fact they come in a neat little easy-to-sell bundle.
The second? One of them is called *physical* touch.
Beverly Crusher notwithstanding, I'm a little confused what the distinction being made there is.
The second? One of them is called *physical* touch.
Beverly Crusher notwithstanding, I'm a little confused what the distinction being made there is.
The flip side of privacy is inconvenience. You'll encounter vastly more CAPTCHAs while using a VPN, and depending on how you're blocking ads you might render some sites unusable.
December 8, 2024 at 5:38 PM
The flip side of privacy is inconvenience. You'll encounter vastly more CAPTCHAs while using a VPN, and depending on how you're blocking ads you might render some sites unusable.
Liberatory tech can't happen without the people it's meant to liberate
November 30, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Liberatory tech can't happen without the people it's meant to liberate
Technical terms are often hollowed out and used to house popular understandings and beliefs. The result is not simply an inferior understanding of the original concept but a way to express something new.
Technical objects become inscrutable as they descend into the perspectival matrix of a social strata that is not technical.
This is generally true of all intellectual concepts that have social ramification, and this includes religion.
To some extent, religion is the stable coupling of ideas+culture
This is generally true of all intellectual concepts that have social ramification, and this includes religion.
To some extent, religion is the stable coupling of ideas+culture
It's been interesting to witness in real-time how the usage of "algorithm" in many places has shifted from a neutral "sequence of instructions" to a negative "controlled ordering and boosting of information".
November 30, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Technical terms are often hollowed out and used to house popular understandings and beliefs. The result is not simply an inferior understanding of the original concept but a way to express something new.
One of the greatest and most fundamental lessons I've learned in life is that need is not something to hide—it's an opportunity for connection and growth.
May your needs be honored and met, and may they bring you closer to the people around you.
May your needs be honored and met, and may they bring you closer to the people around you.
November 28, 2024 at 6:49 PM
One of the greatest and most fundamental lessons I've learned in life is that need is not something to hide—it's an opportunity for connection and growth.
May your needs be honored and met, and may they bring you closer to the people around you.
May your needs be honored and met, and may they bring you closer to the people around you.
Google Chrome isn't my happy place. I like Vivaldi for its wide feature set. It's still built off Chromium, but has its own blocker for ads and tracking, which should mean it's unaffected by the limitations on adblockers with Google's rollout of Manifest V3 for the Chrome web store.
November 21, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Google Chrome isn't my happy place. I like Vivaldi for its wide feature set. It's still built off Chromium, but has its own blocker for ads and tracking, which should mean it's unaffected by the limitations on adblockers with Google's rollout of Manifest V3 for the Chrome web store.
Meredith Dietz, re Apple Pay Later:
"Do you really want the company that makes your phone and your laptop and your watch and your TV to also be...your bank? Your lender?"
"Do you really want the company that makes your phone and your laptop and your watch and your TV to also be...your bank? Your lender?"
November 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Meredith Dietz, re Apple Pay Later:
"Do you really want the company that makes your phone and your laptop and your watch and your TV to also be...your bank? Your lender?"
"Do you really want the company that makes your phone and your laptop and your watch and your TV to also be...your bank? Your lender?"
For those of us who would have preferred the fediverse, and anyone who wants a brighter future for social media without giving up a presence on this platform:
fed.brid.gy
fed.brid.gy
Bridgy Fed
fed.brid.gy
November 14, 2024 at 4:09 AM
For those of us who would have preferred the fediverse, and anyone who wants a brighter future for social media without giving up a presence on this platform:
fed.brid.gy
fed.brid.gy