Un Dorian Gray sin pasado, ni patria ni bandera.
I'm just a guy in the #pnw who likes going on adventures, and playing games with friends.
Three things I love: the Oxford Comma, irony, and missed opportunities.
#hiking #camping #ttrpg #pathfinder2e #pf2e #dnd #travel #knitting / #knitter #baking #games #pdx #privacy
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where are kbin admins? ( kbin.social )
Abandoned large magazines are being bombarded with spam and admins are nowhere to be seen it seems. Hundreds of spam bot posts have not been deleted for months, see /infosec /internet /opensource /science, etc. and there are some posts about admins not responding to reports. So whats happening here?...
Lemmy and Kbin: The Best Reddit Alternatives? ( www.pcmag.com )
Love Reddit but tired of what's happening to it? We check out Lemmy and Kbin, two open-source fediverse alternatives that are growing fast.
The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won. ( gizmodo.com )
The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. The article describes it as "the official end of the battle," which seems an overstatement to me, but it's the certainly the end of the initial phase....
Six reasons Mastodon won't survive ( mashable.com )
The hot new thing in social media has some big problems.
Opinion: The Pentagon doesn’t need $886bn. I oppose this bloated defense budget | Bernie Sanders ( www.theguardian.com )
As a nation, the time is long overdue for fundamental changes to our national priorities
The demographics of Kbin | Survey ( take.supersurvey.com )
I'm curious about the demographic makeup of Kbin. As we are still in it's infancy I feel that most lean towards a certain way, so I made this survey just now to find out. I encourage you to join in, and you can skip any and every question if you so choose. You can view the results at the bottom of the page.
Federal judge rules Oregon’s tough new gun law is constitutional ( abcnews.go.com )
Full article text:...
Biden confronts a 'pissed-off generation' of young voters who may be decisive in 2024 ( www.nbcnews.com )
One pollster sees “flashing red” signs on youth turnout as Gen Z and millennial voters, who are not satisfied with either party, could again play a decisive role in the next election.
This again: What distro are you using for gaming?
Yes this has been asked and answered a million times I’m sure. There is a plethora of ‘top ten distros for Linux gaming’ lists out there and the majority of posts I can find on That Other Site seem to devolve into “every distro can do games”....
It is not Lemmy or kbin, it is the fediverse. ( kbin.social )
I don't think many people understand that if they use Lemmy or kbin, they are posting to the fediverse. There are other platforms and will be more to come. Referring to a post on "Lemmy" or "kbin" is like saying you saw a post on your Windows or Mac computer....
Map of the fediverse, found on Wikipedia ( media.kbin.social )
PANIC: Florida takes huge economic hit as conventions reject anti-woke agenda ( washingtonpress.com )
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has scared off millions of dollars worth of business from his state with his extremist, bigoted agenda.
Can we please remember to talk about things on the fediverse besides the fediverse itself? ( kbin.social )
Having spent a lot of time on Mastodon... There are tons of people there talking about federated and self-hosted services, software freedom, censorship, encryption, tech regulation... A very narrow range of topics directly surrounding the fediverse get a lot of attention....
Wisconsin governor gets creative with veto, increases public school funding for 400 years ( www.usatoday.com )
In signing the state budget, Gov. Tony Evers used his broad partial veto powers to make permanent annual per-pupil increases for public schools.
/r/PICS moderators receive /u/ModCodeofConduct message accusing them of breaking site rules by switching to NSFW; mods can't reply, so post public response instead ( www.reddit.com )
Haven't touched reddit since July 1st
It’s almost as if reddit’s first party app couldn’t even compete with third party apps. I used Boost for Reddit and now I’m waiting for Boost for Lemmy...