craigcorbin

@craigcorbin@fosstodon.org

Incredibly lucky husband, father of 3 great guys, I'm a wannabee hacker, and System76 Linux nut. Always curious. Training, teaching, and learning in small groups is life giving. I speak some French, a little Arabic.

#motos #archery #bodysurfing #tesol #nonprofit #growthmindset #udl #sel #admin #teams #collaboration #scaffolding #metacognition #makerspace #socialstudies #history #internationalschools #africa

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RonaldTooTall, to Medicine

I’m Young and Healthy. Should I Take Paxlovid? | TIME

https://time.com/6553027/paxlovid-for-young-healthy-adults/
@Paxlovid

craigcorbin,

@RonaldTooTall If you have a medical doctor (primary care physician) you can talk to, that might be a good place to start.

itsfoss, to linux
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The first newsletter of 2024 just dropped! Give it a read online, and don't forget to subscribe!

https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-24-01/

craigcorbin,

@itsfoss Excellent, as usual. I enjoyed the next year's predictions.

paulox, (edited ) to books
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I highly recommend supporting the Standard Ebooks project. 📚

«Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain e-books that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of copyright restrictions, and free of cost.»

Donate 👇
https://standardebooks.org/donate

Please boost 🙏

craigcorbin,

@paulox Interesting! Especially in light of potential migration from Amazon Kindle users like me since their recent ADs introduction this month. Best of luck in your endeavours.

craigcorbin,

@paulox Hmm. OK. I'll check that one out. I'm using my Linux desktop app, Calibre, right now for EPUB books.

dilmandila, to writing
@dilmandila@mograph.social avatar

This year I published my second collection of short stories, and all are eligible for the Nebula Awards. Since nominations are open, please consider my stories! I've provided free reading samples to three of them. I like all the stories, but these three make for splendid holiday reading!

Fragments of Canvas
https://www.sfwa.org/forum/topic/18694-fragments-of-canvas-by-dilman-dila/

Where Rivers Go To Die
https://www.sfwa.org/forum/topic/18695-where-rivers-go-to-die-by-dilman-dila/

The Flying Man of Stone (Novella)
https://www.sfwa.org/forum/topic/18696-the-flying-man-of-stone-by-dilman-dila/

@bookstodon

craigcorbin,

@dilmandila @bookstodon Hello. I tried to read "Fragments of Convas", but the sfwa.org site won't let me open the document. Is there perhaps another open site you can post to? Best of luck!

kev, (edited ) to random
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Lots of people throwing alternatives out there, but I haven’t seen much love for @buttondown. No idea why, because it’s awesome.

With Buttondown you get:

✅ Fully hosted
✅ Newsletter, RSS and public archive (a blog)
✅ Custom CSS for both newsletter and web
✅ Run by a really cool person who’s always adding new features
✅ That warm fuzzy feeling of supporting indie devs

https://buttondown.email

craigcorbin,

@kev @buttondown I checked them out. They look like a decent newsletter place. I doubt I'll ever use a newsletter mailing service again, though, until the high percentage of bounces problem is solved -- too many newsletters are flagged automatically as spam by ISPs. I wish them the very best.

kev, to threads
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I wrote a thing about #Threads joining the #Fediverse and all the blocking that's ensued as a result.

https://kevquirk.com/threads-and-the-fediverse

Drama in 3...2...1... 😂

craigcorbin,

@kev Thanks for reminding me of the beauty and power of the Fediverse: every individual can control what they want to see or not see in their feed.

itsfoss, (edited ) to linux
@itsfoss@mastodon.social avatar

Whichever one it is, don't start the great editor wars in the comments! 😛

craigcorbin,

@Auster @itsfoss I'm installing Sublime Text now. Thanks for the tip.

system76, to random
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"In the end, this is why I would buy a System76 laptop. The company makes a great laptop, stands behind it with lifetime support, and contributes to the community that makes Linux possible."

https://wired.com/review/system-76-lemur-pro-laptop/
@WIRED

craigcorbin,

@system76 @WIRED My favorite Linux company. I only buy laptops here. Awesome

TheConversationUS, to Israel
@TheConversationUS@newsie.social avatar

Images and videos from movies or video games or earlier wars have proliferated during the Israel-Hamas war.

A human rights expert who looks at the ethics of misinformation says we have an obligation to try to distinguish between real and fake.
He recommends the SIFT technique: Stop, Investigate, Find, Trace before sharing
https://theconversation.com/how-to-deal-with-visual-misinformation-circulating-in-the-israel-hamas-war-and-other-conflicts-216059

craigcorbin,

@TheConversationUS Helpful tip! Love the SIFT ...

system76, to random
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craigcorbin,

@system76 I don't use this feature much, but use many others.

When is the new OS update coming out? It's been awhile.

system76, to random
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Happy Birthday to Pop!_OS! After 6 years, 10 non-LTS releases and 3 LTS releases, we have a lot more in store! What do you love most about Pop!_OS?

craigcorbin,

@system76 It just works. And let's me get on with my work.

kev, to random
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🤦‍♂️ seeing some complaints about content warnings, so thought I’d provide some context for anyone who’s confused on our position…

It isn’t about human rights, or what’s good or bad; right or wrong. It’s about the fact that a lot of people come here to geek out and escape all the horrendous shit that’s going on in the world. So we politely ask that political or triggering posts be placed behind a CW.

That way, those who don’t want to see it, don’t have to.

craigcorbin,

@kev Perfect

Linux_Is_Best, to Amazon

I have unplugged my Amazon Alexa and may unsubscribe from Amazon Prime.

For years, Amazon Alexa allowed me to get BBC News minute briefings. Today, she asked me what my preferred news source is and I replied, BBC News.

Amazon Alexa subscribed me to ABC News and when I instruct her to unsubscribe from ABC News, she tells me something went wrong!

F-ck you, Amazon!

craigcorbin,

@Linux_Is_Best I share your frustration. Amazon Prime Music/Podcasts will not let me add in BBC News, my primary news source. My alternative has been to use Google podcasts, but they've announced they are shutting down soon. When I'm overseas, I listen to BBC everyday on local and free FM radio on my android phone. My current stateside options now are to listen NPR.org local stations that broadcast BBC as well.

feditips, to random
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There's a short video which a lot of new people have found useful, you might want to share it if you're trying to explain to someone what Mastodon is:

https://tilvids.com/w/f747058d-3991-4046-a1c9-29c184daa0ff

(Video is by @tilvids who runs the excellent https://tilvids.com PeerTube server.)

craigcorbin,

@feditips @tilvids Thanks. Awesome. Will share soon ;)

simon_brooke, to random
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OK, I am today going to replace Ubuntu on my main desktop machine with . Wish me luck!

craigcorbin,

@simon_brooke Have fun with it!

feditips, (edited ) to random
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If you know someone is on here but you can't find their account by searching, ask them by some other method for their account address and paste this into the search box. Their profile will appear, including a "follow" button. More details about how to find addresses here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/whats-my-accounts-address-how-do-i-follow-other-peoples-addresses-how-can-people-follow-my-address/

This is the equivalent of exchanging phone numbers or email addresses.

(This happens if an account is very new or hasn't posted much, so your server's search hasn't "noticed" it yet.)

craigcorbin,

@feditips Useful! 👍

Teri_Kanefield, to random

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    craigcorbin,

    @Teri_Kanefield Thank you for your service. Keep writing. Be free. Kind of the whole point of our Fediverse Mastodon experiment.

    feditips, to random
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    There are good reasons why the Fediverse is on so many servers:

    -It prevents Musk (or anyone!) from buying the network

    -If a server is badly run, you can move to another without losing your followers

    -Far more human admins on the Fediverse, moderation tends to be better

    -If one server goes down, the others still work

    -Each server makes its own rules

    -Anyone can set up a server

    -Lots of server types to choose from, and they connect to each other

    More details at https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers/

    craigcorbin,

    @feditips To name a few. There are many more good reasons! Love it here ...

    Krisss, to art Dutch
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    I Love This 2
    By Vanya Georgieva ©

    craigcorbin,

    @Krisss Ooh la. Yes

    simon_brooke, to climate
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    I've been giving a lot of thought today to how we actually make change in the world, in time to address the ; and I've come to the conclusion that it's exceedingly unlikely that constitutional politics – parliaments and governments – can adapt in time to do anything useful.

    Which means, we need a of direct public action not to protest but to to build the structures of the new future. >>>

    craigcorbin,

    @zleap @simon_brooke @SiobhanVohn How I wish my US authorities would do the same! Brilliant ...

    feditips, to fediverse
    @feditips@mstdn.social avatar

    Are you looking for a well-run server that has a long track record?

    You can now browse servers listed on @FediGarden by founding year:

    ➡️ https://fedi.garden/servers-sorted-by-founding-year/

    All of the servers listed on Fedi.Garden have promised to obey the Covenant rules about reliability and moderation (https://fedi.garden/about-this-site/).

    craigcorbin,

    @feditips @FediGarden I checked each of the year's list. Fascinating and globally well represented. Thanks!

    bonaccolto90, to random
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    @kev What happened? I just the announcement about removing the policy requiring posts to be in English... Did i miss something?

    craigcorbin,

    @bonaccolto90 @kev Yes, they announced our group is officially multi-lingual now. Cool beans ...

    craigcorbin,

    @bonaccolto90 @kev No worries. Have an excellent day

    kev, to random
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    Now that the English only thing is gone (we will update all the various places in the coming days), we’re going to need to grow the mod team quite significantly.

    The team, @mike and I will need to come up with a plan on how best to approach this, so keep your eyes peeled on the @fosstodon account if you’re interested in helping out.

    craigcorbin,

    @kev @mike @fosstodon Awesome upgrade in the long run despite the challenges.

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