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I didn't.
I got a Tuxedo InfinityBook earlier this year and tried to like KDE Plasma (in Tuxedo OS) for four months.
Couldn't do it.
Really tried. They put so much love into it, must be good, right?
Well, it's not for me.
Reinstalled with GNOME.
Happier, no regrets.

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Agreed. And it's even worse when it's your government doing it.

Good morning! Time to file my taxes!

Stripe says thousands of solo operators on its service generate $1M in annual revenue, and those making $10M nearly tripled between 2023 and 2025, aided by AI (Te-Ping Chen/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/th…

The US supreme court struck down a restrictive gun law in the state of Hawaii
that bans people from carrying guns in certain public spaces and on private property without the permission of the property’s owner.
At issue was a 2023 state law that barred carrying a firearm on private property without the owner’s approval
and created a list of more than a dozen “sensitive places” where guns cannot be carried,
such as beaches and restaurants that serve alcohol.
The …

from my link log —
32 MiB working set on a 64 GiB machine.
https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/32-mib-working-sets-on-a-64-gib-machine/
saved 2023-10-02

📢 EZB erhöht erstmals seit 2023 die Leitzinsen
Die Europäische Zentralbank hebt erstmals seit September 2023 die Leitzinsen im Euroraum an. Grund ist die wegen des Iran-Kriegs gestiegene Inflation. Der für Banken und Sparer wichtige Einlagenzins steigt von 2,0 Prozent auf 2,25 Prozent.
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fly_larva: Drosophila larva brain (2023)
A complete synaptic map of the brain connectome of the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using three-dimensional electron microscopy–based reconstruction. Node metadata include the neuron hempisphere, hemispherical homologue, cell type, annotations, and inferred cluster. Edge metadata include the type of interaction (`'aa'`,…

Starker Auftakt - Grabher sorgt für ersten rot-weiß-roten Sieg #News #Nachrichten

Survey: 81% of INN newsrooms used AI-based tools in 2025, compared to 63% in 2024 and 34% in 2023; common uses include meeting transcription and data analysis (Sophie Culpepper/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/06/ai-use-g

ECB raises interest rates for first time since 2023 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/95ec93a9-1153-4837-be82-32a87eaabe1d
http://www.memeorandum.com/260611/p74#a260611p74

Projecting massive contract extensions for Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs after De'Von Achane's deal

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/projecting-massive-co…

Financial Times:
ECB raises interest rates for first time since 2023 
—  The European Central Bank raised interest rates by a quarter point to 2.25 per cent on Thursday,
becoming the first central bank in the G7 to increase borrowing costs in response to Middle East energy crisis 
https://www.memeor…

TikTok plans to roll out TikTok Ad-Free, a £3.99-per-month subscription for UK accounts aged 18 or older in the coming months, after testing the option in 2023 (Sean Keach/The Sun)
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/39046267/tiktok-ad-free-subscription-remove-ads/…

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I've read the Sprawl Trilogy several times and watched the Blade Runner movies several times too. And I love them.
Yet, it's hard to be excited about these two projects because they are being produced as series by the usual culprits.

Remember "The Peripheral" in 2022?
Cancelled after the 1st season - and it…

LwM output! 'We present a dataset of text from English-language newspaper articles that describe some sort of accident involving machinery. The articles were annotated by volunteers on Zooniverse between 2019 and 2023. The articles were selected from over 20 newspaper titles published between 1835 and 1920.' https://doi.org/10.23636/xrk4-45…

A late friend of mine was UU and would have appreciated this, I think. #AI
https://www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-religious-exemption-using-ai-at-work-2026-…

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What I really want for sure is "The Jackpot" in print.

Canterbury Cathedral: interior | April 2023
#photography #documentaryphotography #heritagephotography #documentingplace

Analysis: 25% of the 13,000 US federal lobbyists are involved in AI issues, up from 11% in 2023; OpenAI plans to host the opening of its DC office on Wednesday (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/technology/ai-lobbying-w…

Vanaf zaterdag geen scheepvaart op Twentekanaal vanwege droogte | Transport Online
https://www.transport-online.nl/133012/vanaf-zaterdag-geen-scheepvaart-op-twentekanaal-vanwege-droogte/ (2026)
Weet u het nog? Paar jaar geleden vond iemand t nog een goed plan om er een SMR neer te zetten.... 🙃
Kleine kerncentrales in Twente? Klimaatminister legt bal bij gemeenten en provincie - 1Twente
https://www.1twente.nl/artikel/3242978/kleinschalige-kerncentrales-in-twente-klimaatminister-legt-de-bal-bij-gemeenten-en-provincie (2023)
(Dat gelijk duidelijk was dat de locatie totaal niet geschikt was, was geen reden om gelijk te stoppen met dat plan..)

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Use more Firefox or be left behind

https://www.portugalresident.com/portuguese-air-crew-transports-passenger-positive-for-hantavirus/

The airline also said that the protection given to the Portuguese crew: surgical masks and gloves, was sufficient – and that “all security measures were complied with”.

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Giving the crew only surgical masks for protection is criminally negligent.