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@jerome@jasette.facil.services
2026-02-24 16:48:07

I agree with @… , algorithmic feeds are not "necessarily" bad.
What's bad is when they are imposed on you and you don't have a way to turn them off (or have no transparency on what they do)
But having ability to setup our own algo with simple rules within our own feed would be awesome

@fell@ma.fellr.net
2026-02-17 09:43:57

The missing feature mentioned in this article is Windows Hello.
Okay. I do agree that it would be nice to authenticate with a Linux desktop using the webcam.
zdnet.com/article/how-to-repla

I replaced Windows with Linux, and there's only one feature I miss
Switching from Windows to Linux is easy, they say. But here's what they don't tell you.

@brian_gettler@mas.to
2026-02-12 14:49:34

Following federal cuts to history-focused organizations, the president of the Canadian Historical Association, Colin Coates, sent this letter to Marc Miller, the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture.
One thing might not be obvious: Coates's reference to Carney's recent Quebec City speech suggests Canadians' need for historical context right now. He doesn't agree with Carney's claims. In fact, most Canadian historians would dispute them.

Letter: Dear Minister Miller, I am writing to you in my capacity as president of the Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada. The members of our association have been distressed to see the recent news about cutbacks in a number of federal government units that are very important to all Canadians who are interested in the history of our country: Library and Archives Canada, the Canadian Museum of History and the Canadian War Museum, Parks Canada, and Statistics Canad…
Letter: While we cannot expect the federal government to address problems at the provincial level, in your role as Minister of Canadian Heritage, we hope that we can count on you to advocate on behalf of all Canadians to maintain and enhance the role of agencies that collect data and records and make them accessible to broad publics. We recognise that the country faces many current challenges, but we do not want short-sighted decisions to have long-lasting effects on the future study of the co…
@roland@devdilettante.com
2025-12-30 04:53:27

I agree with the following but understand why folks would like to be private too!
Fernando Borretti:: "I Wish People Were More Public"
Probably not a popular thing to say today. The zeitgeisty thing to say is that we should all log off and live terrible cottagecore solarpunk lives raising chickens and being mindful. I wish people were more online and more public. I have rarely wished the opposite. Consider this post addressed to you, the reader." --> Read the whol…

I Wish People Were More Public
On sharing more of yourself.