Io Sapsai 🌱

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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • Removing all the popups at work about scheduled updates, news, ads in a workplace with 8 desktops and zero people who speak English is my favourite past time. Thanks Microsoft.

    Also that post prompted me to remove windows from all my devices that still run it. Not that I didn’t think of it yesterday.

    I’m familiar with debian-based Linux distros and run Xubuntu on my travel laptop. It occasionally freezes and needs a forced reboot but otherwise runs ok. Any suggestions on what to install on this more powerful one? I use it for gaming but play older games.




  • I follow hashtags that I like and if I like a person’s posts I’d check their profile out and follow them. I also look at who interacts with my posts, and give them a follow as well, if I want their interests to show up on my feed. I also follow a couple of a.gup.pe groups. Bookstodon is a fun one, I got some cool suggestions there. They were also integrated with lemmy but I haven’t seen them work well here for now.



  • As an eastern European nearing their 30s in a situation much less extreme than yours - do not fall for “patriotism”. I do not mean the “go and fight for your people” type. That takes guts and mentality I do not possess.

    I mean the “doing X is unpatriotic” type. Usually comes from “patriotic” formations who follow a certain narrative and work for the interests of other countries. Look for buzzwords like traditional values, us vs them, targeting a group of people as a whole, claiming to get back “what is ours” (territory lost centuries ago, not currently occupied land). Big social media presence coupled with self-produced “reports” and “news articles” (bonus points if they have their own mass media channels) are also a giveaway.

    Thank you but I won’t let your aggressor, through puppet parties, dictate what about my attitude and views is patriotic and what isn’t.


  • And what exactly makes humans superior? In a couple of hundred years we did what millenial cataclysms couldn’t do. The human superiority will be in the fossil record as a microscopic toxic line. If anything we’re the worst species that has ever emerged on this planet.

    Snakes in many cultures are seen as the embodiment of wisdom. They also stabilize rodent populations for example and are hunted by raptors. If snakes disappear tomorrow, there goes your human superiority. See also Mao’s war on sparrows and the millions starved after showing their superiority over the tiny birds.

    I understand no argument would change your mind on the matters, especially on the Fediverse, but I really hope you read about this from different angles.







  • It was fun having to go to work yesterday morning. Nothing was cleared up, no way for cars to get to my house so I had to make a trek by foot. This morning was worse because some of the snow had melted during the day yesterday and it refroze. Everything is slippery now.

    One thing outside observers need to know is how incompetent the municipality services are. They knew in advance that this storm was coming. There were warnings all week. It came a day late here so they had extra time. The municipality website showed no information, just some cultural events and an article from two days ago that “the municipality is ready for the winter”. At this point we have a saying for poor organisation during winter time when everyone knows it’s coming in advance:

    “The winter surprised us again!”


  • It’s been a rather productive year so far:

    • I did a lot of cross stitching.
    • Went vegan.
    • Dabbled into gardening (my partner did most of the work sadly but I’m more interested now than I was before!).
    • Got into birdwatching so I started exploring nature with a much more different perspective.
    • Set up a bird feeding station that got really popular among the birds AND the neighbours.
    • Learned how to crochet.
    • A combination of the aforementioned things somehow taught me how to manage my depression and anxiety better. I’m in a much better spot now than when I was mostly playing video games.