I'd alluded earlier to the fact that I'm auditing the wikis of various Linux distros - BSDs are also on my radar.
I'm on a general crusade to promote free/open source boot firmware projects, such as coreboot. I myself am the founder and maintainer of Libreboot, a popular coreboot distro, but Libreboot has this page linking other firmware projects, including other coreboot distros:
https://libreboot.org/other.html
I'm essentially replicating this on distro wikis, to promote coreboot and other projects.
I asked why Invidious seems broken and the community answered: Google blocks Invidious server IPs. One person, @FrankBlack78 , responded suggesting FreeTube or NewPipe:
https://freetubeapp.io/ - desktop client
https://newpipe.net/ - for Android
Honestly, these seem like much better solutions since they then rely exclusively on the user's and Google's bandwidth; no need for servers with big fat pipes to the internet.
They offer full interfaces, with search!
Of course, yt-dlp is great too.
i've barely done any tech stuff since the year started.
pretty much all my time has been taken up with the demands of meatspace.
my attention has been almost completely consumed by politics.
been missing you all here.
my life has been very, very busy.
what started in the first weeks of january 2025 has only really just now concluded.
i am going to do my best to stick around here. please do not think i have neglected you.
Hundreds have shown up in Northbridge's Pride Piazza in support of today's (8th february 2025) National Day of Action for trans youth
Queer Liberation Boorloo
I have determined that the Debian wiki is shit. Absolute shit. Especially the installation instructions. So I've made it my mission to thoroughly audit their wiki, and I've been making changes. For example, on the installation page, the section pertaining to installation media did not actually say how to *boot the installation media*, so I added a stub at the beginning of it linking to the article about UEFI, which does contain such info.
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstall
I'm auditing other distros too.
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/voters-reject-major-parties-how-will-change-be-won
i wrote this for my political party's newspaper 🙏🙏
friends of palestine rally.
1 february 2025.
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On 21 January, two days after the commencement of a long-awaited ceasefire in Gaza, Israel launched a major military operation on Jenin in the occupied West Bank, raiding the city with troops, military vehicles, and bulldozers backed by airstrikes, drones, and Apache helicopters.
At least nine Palestinians have been killed and more than 40 wounded in the ongoing operation, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian health ministry, which Israel has dubbed “Operation Iron Wall.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the goal of the “large scale and significant military operation” was to “to eradicate terrorism in Jenin.”
According to eyewitnesses and civilians inside the Jenin refugee camp, Israeli forces have laid siege to the camp and snipers are targeting anyone who tries to leave.
“People tried to escape from the camp amid the ongoing Israeli invasion, but only some were able to get out. Others remain stuck at the edges of the camp unable to leave,” Ahmad, a 26-year-old resident of the camp, told the news website Drop Site.
The invasion comes immediately after Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces - who have been besieging and attacking Jenin since early December - withdrew from the city.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops remain in Gaza amidst a shaky truce. Palestinians are now confronted with the daunting task of recovering bodies of loved ones buried beneath the rubble and rebuilding their destroyed homes and shattered lives. Israeli politicians continue to threaten an end to the ceasefire and a resumption of Israel’s brutal war on Gaza.
We call for:
- a permanent ceasefire and the withdrawal of all Israeli occupation forces from Gaza
- an end to Israel’s assault of Jenin
- a complete withdrawal of all Israeli occupation forces and settlers from the West Bank
- a two-way arms embargo on Israel
- diplomatic and trade sanctions on Israel now!
From 2000 issue of Computer Chronicles - Internet Showcase. We are back to that era again in 2025, thanks to Google. LOL. Full video here https://archive.org/details/Showcase2000
to all the comrades out there--
remember the long game. so many successful revolutions took a lot of time, organising, and lucky opportunities.
i'm declaring neoliberalism over, and whatever this new stage of capitalist imperialism is, is looking a LOT more hospitable to the chances of successful socialist revolution.
in some ways i am actually glad i spent pretty much all my life up until now under neoliberalism. i got pretty good at having low expectations about ever winning against australia's version of the two-party capitalist state.
robot that gets turned into a roomba as punishment but actually likes that far simpler existence 
Why the fuck do etsy stores think 20 bux is an appropriate shipping fee for a god darn enamel pin that fits inside an envelope.