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I think it's time to write an #introduction for this account as well!

I'm Stefano Marinelli, Barista of the illumos Cafe and the BSD Cafe. I'm a technology and open source enthusiast, a strong advocate for #OwnYourData, and against computer monoculture, even when it comes to open source solutions.

I've been active in the #Fediverse for years and am a firm believer in it. I decided to found this Cafe to bring the positive spirit of the BSD Cafe to curious and passionate users of #illumos based operating systems (#OmniOS, #SmartOS, #Tribblix, #OpenIndiana, etc.).

I'll mainly use this account for content related to this instance and illumos-based operating systems, while my account at the BSD Cafe - @stefano@bsd.cafe - remains my primary one.

For more information about the illumos Cafe, you can read the introductory post here: it-notes.dragas.net/2025/08/18…

#illumosCafe #BSDCafe


Introducing the illumos Cafe: Another Cozy Corner for OS Diversity

Introducing illumos Cafe: a community-run hub on illumos, inspired by BSD Cafe. Fediverse-ready (Mastodon, snac). Built for OS diversity, transparency, and positivity.
Stefano Marinelli (IT Notes)

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#Introduction that I'm never happy with:

I joined Mastodon during the Second Great Twitter Migration of 2022, if that's what we're calling it.

You may know me from:

I'm a neurodivergent (AuDHD / GAD / cPTSD[?] :neocat_thinking:), ace/aromantic pan/aegosexual, 40s year old from #Ottawa, #Canada. 🇨🇦

⚠️NOTE: Autism haver who occasionally does a stupid. Please let me know (privately via DM) if I make a mistake & give me the benefit of the doubt and a chance to remedy the situation. I promise I generally mean well.

Interests include:
• #scifi (including #StarTrek & #DoctorWho)
• #Linux
• #history
• #genealogy
• #politics
• #travel (when I can afford to)
• ....way too many special interests.

(Please don't reply to the introduction post. Mentions or DMs are OK.)

Oasus Plainsview :verified: (@itsOasus@pawb.fun)

If someone makes a mistake, recognizes that mistake, and attempts to apologize for that mistake, maybe cut them some slack? More often than not, the person in question is more than deserving of the benefit of the doubt.
Pawb.Fun - Pawbs, beans, and all things fluffy
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@grizzlywhisker Might be up your alley:

Christopher Walken and Anne Heche did a truly terrible movie in 1995 called Wild Side. I went looking for it a few times so I could see this horror show again, (or turn it off when I run out of morbid curiosity), but only just found it now on ok. ru/ video

One of those 1:50 length vids that come up when you search for -wild side 1995- has to be in English.

All I remember is it's shockingly bad.

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Russia Confirms mRNA ‘Vaccines’ Triggered Global Cancer Surge

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Why are mRNA jabs not banned??


Russia Confirms mRNA 'Vaccines' Triggered Global Cancer Surge - Slay News

Russia is sounding the alarm after a chilling new review has confirmed the link between mass mRNA "vaccination" and a surge in global cancer cases and deaths.
Frank Bergman (Slay News)

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Russian troops strike oil refinery supplying fuel to Ukrainian army in Donbass tass.com/politics/2004589

Russian troops strike oil refinery supplying fuel to Ukrainian army in Donbass

Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicted more than 235 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed an enemy armored combat vehicle in its area of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported
TASS

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Israel has killed nearly 19,000 children in Gaza war as strikes intensify
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/19/israel-has-killed-nearly-19000-children-in-gaza-war-as-strikes-intensify?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Middle East News @middle-east-news-AlJazeera


Israel has killed nearly 19,000 children in Gaza war as strikes intensify

Israel bombards Gaza City, where many are trapped, as ceasefire deal Hamas has accepted hangs in balance.
Al Jazeera Staff (Al Jazeera)

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Zhou Ming, top engineer involved in Boeing 787 and A380 design, leaves US for China.

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#usa #china #technology #science


Zhou Ming, top engineer involved in Boeing 787 and A380 design, leaves US for China

The industrial software specialist is joining the newly established Eastern Institute of Technology as dean of its engineering college.
Shi Huang (South China Morning Post)

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Game Informer just posted:

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Adds Second Playable Character, Launches October 21

The past month, we've been working on exclusive coverage for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, but there's one secret we've yet to divulge: Fabien, the Malkavian detective in the protagonist's head, is actually the game's second playable character. Today, The Chinese Room revealed this to the world, along with the game's ...

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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Adds Second Playable Character, Launches October 21

You'll be able to play as the Malkavian detective Fabien when the game launches later this year.
Game Informer

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Tried to watch Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol on Peacock and didn't make it past the opening scene, establishing our hero's knowledge by showing him teaching a class on old symbols being corrupted and turned bad. Of course he starts with the swastika; the next ones were:
1. The "Join, or Die" political cartoon
2. The Gadsden flag
3. The Lambda (for use by the anti-immigration Identitarians, not for Half-Life)
4. The St. George’s cross
5. The OK sign (with fingers)
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data1701d (He/Him)

I also use XFCE. My desktop’s currently on Forky and went through all of Trixie, and the emdia keys have worked fine.

I’ll have to fiddle around and see what’s going on, though it may take a few days to get back because I’m starting school again soon, so I’m quite busy.

For reference, what programs do you tend to use with media keys? For instance, VLC, Firefox, etcetera.

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Gamespot just posted:

Moonlighter 2 Releases In Early Access Soon, Including Game Pass On Day One

During Gamescom Opening Night Live, 11 Bit Studios and Digital Sun confirmed that Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault--the half-roguelike, half-shop-running-sim follow-up to the 2018 action-RPG Moonlighter--will enter early access on October 23.A new trailer for the game debuted during ONL, which gave an updated look into both halves of Moonlighter 2's ...

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#gamingNews

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Moonlighter 2 Releases In Early Access Soon, Including Game Pass On Day One

The next adventure of Will the heroic merchant will begin in a few short months.
Jason Fanelli (GameSpot)

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Ζω Εξάρχεια 😛 Κανένα πρόβλημα με τα Αγγλικά παρά μόνο ότι με δυσκολεύουν να εξηγήσω άλλα θέματα εκτός πληροφορικής. Νομίζω ότι στο kafeneio.social θα βρεις αρκετούς *-κομμουνιστές (* = από Τροτσκιστές μέχρι αναρχο-κομμούνια σαν εμε, τα ορθόδοξα της Α διεθνούς 😛 )
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cool_boy_mew

@Paultron-3030 yeah, I was gonna maybe rebuild her and include a wit support card, but it's gonna be impossible to balance her winning the long races, wit, stamina and get speed and power. I absolutely cannot manage to have decent speed and power on characters that have to do long currently, it's just not feasible with what I have as it's either include a stamina support card or fail all the longs

Anyways, she isn't supposed to win, she's supposed to just debuff, which is why I'll try to remake her tomorrow

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Breakthrough in the Peaceful Settlement of the Ukrainian Conflict journal-neo.su/2025/08/19/brea…

Breakthrough in the Peaceful Settlement of the Ukrainian Conflict 

For several days now, the center of global attention—especially in the media—has been the U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska on August 15 of this year. The
Вениамин Попов (New Eastern Outlook)

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Ah, a bit of nuance. I thought some of the hand wringing about ANY processed foods was a bit much (like not so long ago when carrots were "bad" because of the sugar...)

"That's not to say all UPFs are harmless. Many are high in calories, low in fiber, and easy to overconsume. But the UPF label is a blunt instrument. It lumps together sugary soft drinks with fortified cereals, protein bars with vegan meat alternatives."
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08…


Ultra-processed foods might not be the real villain in our diets—here's what our research found

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have become public enemy number one in nutrition debates. From dementia to obesity and an epidemic of "food addiction," these factory-made products, including chips, ready meals, fizzy drinks, and packaged snacks, are bla…
Graham Finlayson (Medical Xpress)

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Game Informer just posted:

World Of Warcraft’s Midnight Expansion Introduces A New Playable Race: The Haranir

Blizzard provided a deluge of new information about World of Warcraft’s next expansion, Midnight, at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live event kick-off. As part of the reveal, we’ve learned that the next allied race coming to WoW is the Haranir, an ancient group of hunters distinguished by their bioluminescent features. Somewhere between the ...

gameinformer.com/gamescom-2025…

#gamingNews

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World Of Warcraft’s Midnight Expansion Introduces A New Playable Race: The Haranir

The secluded hunters live within a new fungal jungle zone.
Game Informer

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FDA issues urgent 'do not eat' warning for radioactive shrimp sold at major retailer

Me: Ooh, I can visualize a superhero origin story for "Mantis Shrimp Man" and his "Power Punch"
dailymail.co.uk/health/article…

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FDA issues urgent 'do not eat' warning for radioactive shrimp sold at major retailer

Health regulators are urgently warning Americans to check their freezers after a radioactive substance was found in a popular bag of shrimp sold at a major grocer.
Cassidy Morrison Senior (Daily Mail)

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Yosemite National Park in 1920 and today. For more information nps.gov/yose/index.htm and nps.gov/articles/000/50-nifty-… and yosemite.org/ and #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #landscapephotography #photography Image credit (1) Yosemite National Park and (2) Yosemite Conservancy and National Park Service #YosemiteNationalPark #yosemite #research #summer #trees #california #history #geology #wildlife #mountain #lion #sticker #cougar #halfdome #art
Visitors to Yosemite National Park in 1920 would have received a windshield sticker after paying the park entrance fee. This one shows the park name, the year, and a beautifully rendered mountain lion with Half Dome in the background.
This is the view of Half Dome from Ahwahnee Meadow today. Valley vegetation is generally green and yellow, while the rock walls are primarily grey, white, and black. Leaves of a tree in the foreground lean in from the left. The sky is blue and clear. (No mountain lions in this view!)

Providing for Yosemite's Future — Yosemite Conservancy

Discover Yosemite Conservancy's outdoor programs, art workshops, and volunteer opportunities in Yosemite National Park.
Marketing (Yosemite Conservancy)

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“This Zionist war criminal could be right next to you. Report him!”

A poster against Israeli tourists spotted in #chiapas #mexico ❤️

#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide
#palestina #StopAIPAC #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism

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RMS not fighting for Free Software

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/g/ - Why have you betrayed us. You said you would fight for us if we programmed Free Software. - Technology - 4chan

Why have you betrayed us. You said you would fight for us if we programmed Free Software. - "/g/ - Technology" is 4chan's imageboard for discussing computer hardware and software, programming, and general technology.
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Tony Langmach

2025-08-14 16:49:47

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Stay playfull..🙃

The talented musicians of Open Reel Ensemble used bamboo bows to stretch magnetic reel-to-reel tape at different lengths and speeds to create a truly disarmingly danceable beat. They call this instrument the “JIGAKKYU”.
#music youtu.be/vaG5tVnpkwc



Tape Bowing Ensemble - Open Reel Ensemble

Magnetic Tape x Bamboo x Effects = Magnetic Bowing Sound!!!磁気テープを竹に張って演奏する民族楽器「磁楽弓（じがっきゅう）」三重奏による調べです。This is a trio performance on the “JIGAKKYU,” a traditi...
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Ubuntu was glorious, back then. It single-handedly turned the Linux desktop from something that was only usable by really knowledgeable people, into something that was really accessible to the masses, even then.

Then in short succession, they dropped Unity, version 7 for the desktop, and version 8 which was meant to be the successor, that brought convergence between device type, they dropped Mir, their display server that was meant to replace X.org and be an alternative to Wayland, and they basically settled for GNOME 3.

Ubuntu has a desktop problem. Since it basically abandoned the leadership of the desktop to the community, it also doesn't seem to anticipate things very much. Which means that the extensions they apply to GNOME pull them backwards.

Waiting 6 months to get what everyone else has sucks, and you get a Frankenbuntu mishmash of versions of apps and libraries, that can't really be as stable as having the whole lot on the same version number.

Ubuntu also has fixed repo versions for apps, desktop environments, and libraries. Only security fixes come through, apart from a few apps, like web browsers. This means that this frankenbuntu is locked in place. If you use 22.04 LTS, you're never getting the full GNOME 42 in your repos.

Ubuntu also has an apps problem. Ubuntu pushes Snaps, their own containerized solution.

On the desktop, Snaps have issues. These issues were shared in the past by other similar formats, like Flatpak, or Appimages. But nowadays, it's really, really late to the party. It doesn't support dark mode integration. It doesn't integrate with themes. it doesn't offer a way to solve these issues, contrary to Flatpak and the Flatseal app for example.

Because it uses fixed repos, without feature updates, it needs a way to bring application updates to the desktop, and this way, is supposedly Snaps. The issue is, the snap store doesn't seem to have as many desktop apps as Flathub has, and snap as a solution is getting increasingly outdated, slow to launch, and less well integrated than Flatpak. It's also being aggressively pushed to Ubuntu users, and this impacts downstream distros, for example, Canonical decided to only ship Chromium as a Snap, which meant that other distros, like Linux Mint, had to take on the burden of packaging and maintaining it themselves if they didn't want to adopt the snap version.

Ubuntu is still very easy to use. But its crown in terms of "the easiest distro for beginners" is long gone. Nowadays, plenty of options are better than Ubuntu for complete Linux beginners.

Linux Mint has a relentless drive to keep working on what made Ubuntu great in the first place: everything must have a GUI to configure it. Zorin OS does as well, even though its GNOME implementation is also a frankenbuntu, or frankenzorin or whatever.

These 2 options alone are, in my opinion, much better for beginners than Ubuntu. They have more quality of life features, like built in accent colors, more configuration tools, and they support more software, plus all the software made for Ubuntu.

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Rosatom has revealed a prototype of a magnetic plasma rocket engine capable of producing about 6 newtons of thrust with a specific impulse over 100 km/s.

Operating at 300 kW in pulsed mode, this breakthrough technology could slash Mars travel times from nearly a year to just 30–60 days while using ten times less fuel than conventional systems.

The prototype is set for trials inside a 14-meter vacuum chamber at Rosatom’s Troitsk facility, marking a major step toward next-generation space propulsion.

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Marsha Jean Farm & Ranch

Our earth is Flat and we live under a pressurized Dome called Firmament in the bible.
Under the dome, right at the dome is Water. In the water is the stars. The high point of the dome according to NASA is 73 miles.
Mars is a Wandering Star. All the Wandering Stars AKA Planets are also in Water.
Space does not exist...never has existed.
The Sun and moon are local with us, less than 73 miles over our heads.
ALL Rockets that go up, make an arch and ditch in the ocean. They have all ditched in the ocean from day one.

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Trump touts Ukraine security guarantees at Zelensky, EU leaders summit english.almayadeen.net/news/po…

Trump touts Ukraine security guarantees at Zelensky, EU leaders summit

European leaders, including Macron, Rutte, and Starmer, have pressed for stronger security guarantees and a greater role in shaping Ukraine peace talks.
Al Mayadeen English (Trump touts Ukraine security guarantees at Zelensky, EU leaders summit)

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Noisy Pixel just posted:

Silent Hill f Story Trailer Debuts English Voice Cast and New Narrative Details

Konami has released a new story trailer for Silent Hill f, featuring the game’s English voice cast for the first time. Suzie Yeung will voice protagonist Hinako Shimizu, with Konatsu Kato providing the Japanese performance. The trailer offers a closer look at the narrative direction of this distinct entry in the long-running horror franchise. A [...]

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Silent Hill f Story Trailer Debuts English Voice Cast and New Narrative Details

Azario Lopez (Noisy Pixel)
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#Trump attacked ation’s #museums as “#WOKE,” specifically targeting #Smithsonian as “OUT OF CONTROL.” Trump claimed# museums focus only on “how horrible our Country is, how bad #Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been” instead of highlighting success, brightness, or the future. He announced he instructed attorneys 2 review museums in same way as #colleges #universities where he claims “tremendous progress” was made. #education #history #american #history #freedom #democracy
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