Daniel Quinn
@danielquinn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
#Treehugging #dotcommunist #hacker #atheist #Canadian expat trying to save the world in my free time. 🇨🇦 🇪🇺🌹
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"I do not, in the end, fight fascists because I will win. I fight fascists because they are fascists."
— Chris Hedges, in his excellent essay: "The Cost of Resistance"
Text:
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/09/17/chris-hedges-the-cost-of-resistance-2/
Video […]
— Chris Hedges, in his excellent essay: "The Cost of Resistance"
Text:
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/09/17/chris-hedges-the-cost-of-resistance-2/
Video […]
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These obscenities need to be banned. #banbigtrucks #BanSUVs https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/27/us-style-pickup-trucks-uk-roads-up-data-shows #roadsafety #publichealth #bancars
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 AM
These obscenities need to be banned. #banbigtrucks #BanSUVs https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/27/us-style-pickup-trucks-uk-roads-up-data-shows #roadsafety #publichealth #bancars
Kelly is doing some great stuff with Toronto's public space: https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/arts-culture/toronto-strangers-meet-in-the-path-to-play-games-called-werewolf-11788080
January 26, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Kelly is doing some great stuff with Toronto's public space: https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/arts-culture/toronto-strangers-meet-in-the-path-to-play-games-called-werewolf-11788080
It seems to me that there are only two options available to sane Americans: violence or secession (which may be the same thing).
Everyone pretending that this can be beat with non-violent protests and legal challenges are ignoring the fact that the fascists already dominate what's left of the […]
Everyone pretending that this can be beat with non-violent protests and legal challenges are ignoring the fact that the fascists already dominate what's left of the […]
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January 26, 2026 at 9:39 AM
It seems to me that there are only two options available to sane Americans: violence or secession (which may be the same thing).
Everyone pretending that this can be beat with non-violent protests and legal challenges are ignoring the fact that the fascists already dominate what's left of the […]
Everyone pretending that this can be beat with non-violent protests and legal challenges are ignoring the fact that the fascists already dominate what's left of the […]
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Reminder: a significant number of mainstream UK politicians think what's happening in America is a) good and b) should be done to British people.
Palantir is a cancer in the NHS. And now that Labour, Tories, and Reform all plan an ICE-like “national police force”, you can bet Palantir will already be pitching the parties’ advisors for that action.
Why Minneapolis? How are they choosing their targets?
404 Media also recently learned Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets based on addresses, and ICE is using it to find locations where lots of people it might detain could be based.
404 Media also recently learned Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets based on addresses, and ICE is using it to find locations where lots of people it might detain could be based.
January 26, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Reminder: a significant number of mainstream UK politicians think what's happening in America is a) good and b) should be done to British people.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@emilylowan/115946412404034118
I'm only now catching up on @emilylowan's #fighttheoligarchs tour and it is *fantastic* to see the BC Greens running such an excellent media game with their clearly charismatic leader.
I'm only now catching up on @emilylowan's #fighttheoligarchs tour and it is *fantastic* to see the BC Greens running such an excellent media game with their clearly charismatic leader.
mastodon.social
January 25, 2026 at 11:45 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@emilylowan/115946412404034118
I'm only now catching up on @emilylowan's #fighttheoligarchs tour and it is *fantastic* to see the BC Greens running such an excellent media game with their clearly charismatic leader.
I'm only now catching up on @emilylowan's #fighttheoligarchs tour and it is *fantastic* to see the BC Greens running such an excellent media game with their clearly charismatic leader.
This was a rather good video essay on how #startrek will never be allowed to paint us a world without billionaires so long as billionaires are paying the writers.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=fB5DroolqFU
Also, his t-shirt is absolute fire 🔥
https://youtube.com/watch?v=fB5DroolqFU
Also, his t-shirt is absolute fire 🔥
January 24, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This was a rather good video essay on how #startrek will never be allowed to paint us a world without billionaires so long as billionaires are paying the writers.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=fB5DroolqFU
Also, his t-shirt is absolute fire 🔥
https://youtube.com/watch?v=fB5DroolqFU
Also, his t-shirt is absolute fire 🔥
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I hear they also have oil that needs some Freedom...
January 23, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I hear they also have oil that needs some Freedom...
The Guardian just posted their report of our recent discovery that there's asbestos in children's play sand at Hobbycraft:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/24/childrens-play-sand-hobbycraft-asbestos-removed-recall
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/24/childrens-play-sand-hobbycraft-asbestos-removed-recall
Asbestos found in children’s play sand sold in UK
Hobbycraft removes product from sale after parent sent samples to a lab for testing but declines to issue a recall
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:49 AM
The Guardian just posted their report of our recent discovery that there's asbestos in children's play sand at Hobbycraft:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/24/childrens-play-sand-hobbycraft-asbestos-removed-recall
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/24/childrens-play-sand-hobbycraft-asbestos-removed-recall
The fawning over Mark Carney from the left is really weird. You know he's basically just taking off the mask and going full-on capitalist hellscape, right? You cannot reconcile "values" with "pragmatism" when the latter requires the destruction of the former.
He's just saying the quiet part out […]
He's just saying the quiet part out […]
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January 21, 2026 at 7:35 PM
The fawning over Mark Carney from the left is really weird. You know he's basically just taking off the mask and going full-on capitalist hellscape, right? You cannot reconcile "values" with "pragmatism" when the latter requires the destruction of the former.
He's just saying the quiet part out […]
He's just saying the quiet part out […]
DuckDuckGo is doing a poll: "Do you want AI?"
They had to know that this would be the outcome.
Cat your own vote if you like:
https://voteyesornoai.com
They had to know that this would be the outcome.
Cat your own vote if you like:
https://voteyesornoai.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:35 PM
DuckDuckGo is doing a poll: "Do you want AI?"
They had to know that this would be the outcome.
Cat your own vote if you like:
https://voteyesornoai.com
They had to know that this would be the outcome.
Cat your own vote if you like:
https://voteyesornoai.com
If you belong to a group underrepresented in tech, live in Cambridge, and are looking to learn to code, you should come to Codebar on the 28th! It's fun and free!
We generally have tutors on-staff to help you learn #python, #javascript, and often others: https://codebar.io/workshops/3600
We generally have tutors on-staff to help you learn #python, #javascript, and often others: https://codebar.io/workshops/3600
Workshop at Raspberry Pi Foundation - Wed, 28th January
Attend our workshops to learn programming in a safe and supportive environment at your own pace, or to share your knowledge and coach our students.
codebar.io
January 21, 2026 at 10:32 AM
If you belong to a group underrepresented in tech, live in Cambridge, and are looking to learn to code, you should come to Codebar on the 28th! It's fun and free!
We generally have tutors on-staff to help you learn #python, #javascript, and often others: https://codebar.io/workshops/3600
We generally have tutors on-staff to help you learn #python, #javascript, and often others: https://codebar.io/workshops/3600
zstd is just devastatingly impressive. I just compressed a 30GB file down to 661MB in about 10 seconds. Bananas.
January 20, 2026 at 10:23 AM
zstd is just devastatingly impressive. I just compressed a 30GB file down to 661MB in about 10 seconds. Bananas.
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@rationaldoge/115922064714067763
So despite massive coordinated opposition, ICE thugs are still kidnapping people from their homes.
Perhaps it's time to admit the failure of nonviolent resistance?
So despite massive coordinated opposition, ICE thugs are still kidnapping people from their homes.
Perhaps it's time to admit the failure of nonviolent resistance?
hachyderm.io
January 19, 2026 at 8:55 PM
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@rationaldoge/115922064714067763
So despite massive coordinated opposition, ICE thugs are still kidnapping people from their homes.
Perhaps it's time to admit the failure of nonviolent resistance?
So despite massive coordinated opposition, ICE thugs are still kidnapping people from their homes.
Perhaps it's time to admit the failure of nonviolent resistance?
RE: https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/115912837965319504
TAKE THE DEAL.
Hell, it's worth it for the pastries alone.
TAKE THE DEAL.
Hell, it's worth it for the pastries alone.
January 17, 2026 at 11:36 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/115912837965319504
TAKE THE DEAL.
Hell, it's worth it for the pastries alone.
TAKE THE DEAL.
Hell, it's worth it for the pastries alone.
What's the best tactic when you find an awesome, small #foss project that you want to contribute to, but for which there's *a lot* that could be improved in terms of code quality? Do you just make minor PRs here and there and hope you manage to introduce things like tests and type hints a little […]
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January 17, 2026 at 10:04 PM
What's the best tactic when you find an awesome, small #foss project that you want to contribute to, but for which there's *a lot* that could be improved in terms of code quality? Do you just make minor PRs here and there and hope you manage to introduce things like tests and type hints a little […]
I don't have a news link for this because it's very new (we're ground zero) but I wanna get this out there as soon as I can.
Throw out any "play sand" you might have in your house right away. It might be contaminated with asbestos.
We recently threw a party […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Throw out any "play sand" you might have in your house right away. It might be contaminated with asbestos.
We recently threw a party […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
January 17, 2026 at 11:01 AM
I don't have a news link for this because it's very new (we're ground zero) but I wanna get this out there as soon as I can.
Throw out any "play sand" you might have in your house right away. It might be contaminated with asbestos.
We recently threw a party […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Throw out any "play sand" you might have in your house right away. It might be contaminated with asbestos.
We recently threw a party […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
RE: https://mastodon.social/@fj/115903838544306598
It's just insane how tech workers have been convinced that they can't demand morality in their workplace. We're high-skilled, high-demand people. You can say: "I won't build it, go fuck yourself". Instead, too many in my field adopt the same […]
It's just insane how tech workers have been convinced that they can't demand morality in their workplace. We're high-skilled, high-demand people. You can say: "I won't build it, go fuck yourself". Instead, too many in my field adopt the same […]
January 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@fj/115903838544306598
It's just insane how tech workers have been convinced that they can't demand morality in their workplace. We're high-skilled, high-demand people. You can say: "I won't build it, go fuck yourself". Instead, too many in my field adopt the same […]
It's just insane how tech workers have been convinced that they can't demand morality in their workplace. We're high-skilled, high-demand people. You can say: "I won't build it, go fuck yourself". Instead, too many in my field adopt the same […]
@nanorepublica I know you like to experiment with tooling for events etc. Have you looked into Framasoft? They seem pretty useful on a variety of fronts and have the right ideas when it comes to copyleft: https://framablog.org/2025/12/23/framasoft-in-numbers-2025-edition/
Framasoft in numbers, 2025 edition
What tangible impact does our association have ? This is the question we like to explore at the end of each year (see our figures for 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023, and 2024). Looking at the numbers helps us better understand the … Lire la suite
framablog.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
@nanorepublica I know you like to experiment with tooling for events etc. Have you looked into Framasoft? They seem pretty useful on a variety of fronts and have the right ideas when it comes to copyleft: https://framablog.org/2025/12/23/framasoft-in-numbers-2025-edition/
Someone charted the size of Adobe Acrobat Reader over the years. It's now just under **700MB**... for a PDF reader. Madness.
https://sigwait.org/~alex/blog/2025/08/25/zw6z4E.html
https://sigwait.org/~alex/blog/2025/08/25/zw6z4E.html
Alexander Gromnitsky's Blog
:: 2025-08-25
:: The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through The Years
sigwait.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Someone charted the size of Adobe Acrobat Reader over the years. It's now just under **700MB**... for a PDF reader. Madness.
https://sigwait.org/~alex/blog/2025/08/25/zw6z4E.html
https://sigwait.org/~alex/blog/2025/08/25/zw6z4E.html
TIL I learnt about "JustTheBrowser", a quick and easy tool to remove the excess crap from your browser that you probably don't want anyway, like AI.
Have a look if you're so inclined:
https://justthebrowser.com/
Have a look if you're so inclined:
https://justthebrowser.com/
Just the Browser - Just the Browser
Remove AI features, telemetry data reporting, sponsored content, product integrations, and other annoyances from web browsers.
justthebrowser.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:45 AM
TIL I learnt about "JustTheBrowser", a quick and easy tool to remove the excess crap from your browser that you probably don't want anyway, like AI.
Have a look if you're so inclined:
https://justthebrowser.com/
Have a look if you're so inclined:
https://justthebrowser.com/
I just finished "Dragon Age: The Veilguard". It consumed 93hours of my life if you can believe it and it was just... ok. Mass Effect it was not.
It's hard for me to put my finger on it, but Bioware seems to be sorely lacking whatever the magic they once had. I hope they get it back soon.
It's hard for me to put my finger on it, but Bioware seems to be sorely lacking whatever the magic they once had. I hope they get it back soon.
January 14, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I just finished "Dragon Age: The Veilguard". It consumed 93hours of my life if you can believe it and it was just... ok. Mass Effect it was not.
It's hard for me to put my finger on it, but Bioware seems to be sorely lacking whatever the magic they once had. I hope they get it back soon.
It's hard for me to put my finger on it, but Bioware seems to be sorely lacking whatever the magic they once had. I hope they get it back soon.
This was surprisingly similar to my own experience... except for the fork thing. That's just weird:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBTN2zO8sV0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBTN2zO8sV0
January 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
This was surprisingly similar to my own experience... except for the fork thing. That's just weird:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBTN2zO8sV0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBTN2zO8sV0