Things I’m into: All things IT (also professionally), social and environmental justice/volunteering/activism, cooking, baking, eating, music (listening, singing, string instruments), fantasy books, audiobooks, PC gaming, parenting, Germany, Bavaria, Seattle/Washington, and, ADHD 🥲
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Happy 40th birthday, Turbo Pascal! (blog.marcocantu.com)
November 28, 2023 - Turbo Pascal turns 40...
what caused you to get into Linux?
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/16098493...
A doctor tried to renew his passport. Now he’s no longer a U.S. citizen. (archive.is)
The Northern Virginia doctor was born in D.C. and given a U.S. birth certificate. At 61, he learned his citizenship was granted by mistake.
Cope harder pasta eaters/s (lemmy.ml)
Italians have great raw ingredients, if only somebody would teach them how to use them.
Trust in nature – and stop raking up your garden leaves (www.theguardian.com)
Some choice quotes from the article:...
Instagram Suspends Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Account: Raises Concerns About Policy Enforcement (samrome58.substack.com)
I still wondered why, I’ve read the story over and over again.
Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024 (arstechnica.com)
The “Manifest V3” rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.
X sues watchdog group Media Matters after report on ads next to Nazi posts (www.theguardian.com)
Denial is over. Climate change is happening. But why do we still act like it's not? (theconversation.com)
Actual real political cartoon rule (lemmy.cafe)
Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update - Half Life Uplink, New Multiplayer Maps, Updated Graphical Settings, SteamDeck Verified and More (www.half-life.com)
Americans are explaining why they don't say 'you're welcome' in customer service settings after foreigners complained that 'mmhmm' comes off as rude (www.insider.com)
I was watching a video from two years ago about different social norms and this showed up. Found someone questioning the same eight years ago on reddit (when it seemed less normalized). It feels so weird not being aware of this shift, even as a foreigner.
IBM suspends ads on X after corporate ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content (www.reuters.com)
Sweden’s Tesla Blockade Is Spreading. Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won’t fix charging points. (www.wired.co.uk)
Biden wants to ban ripoff "financial advisors" (pluralistic.net)
The Escapist staff resign following termination of editor-in-chief Nick Calandra (www.gamesindustry.biz)
Calandra shared more information on Discord, revealing that the “entire video team” has resigned in response....
Beehaw Election Day 2023
a little megathread for this seems useful. what’s on your ballot folks? are you going out to vote today or have you already voted? if you haven’t or are interested in what significant elections are taking place today, Bolts Magazine has its yearly cheat sheet.
Supreme Court to decide if gun bans for domestic abusers are constitutional (www.npr.org)
The World Say NO to US Blockade of Cuba (www.commondreams.org)
X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/7435108...
The beauty of finished software (josem.co)