Esher
@esher.ravenholme.com
I am a Canadian, angry ball of misanthropy who wears many hats: Writer/Techie/Gamer/Pagan/Small Business Owner/Lunatic. (Formerly @esherravenfire of that dead bird place)
Cool full moon tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Cool full moon tonight.
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BREAKING🍁: 2025 Report of the National Advisory Council on Poverty recommends a basic income floor to ensure everyone reaches at least the poverty line
This is pretty reasonable.
This is pretty reasonable.
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
BREAKING🍁: 2025 Report of the National Advisory Council on Poverty recommends a basic income floor to ensure everyone reaches at least the poverty line
This is pretty reasonable.
This is pretty reasonable.
Well, a one-year reprieve on my rebuild to Linux is fine, I suppose. A little more time to spend with an old friend.
Like XP and 7 before it, 10 matured late. But eventually, it became stable. Comfortable. We became friends. I eventually gave up the catchphrase I had been intoning for years: (1/*)
Like XP and 7 before it, 10 matured late. But eventually, it became stable. Comfortable. We became friends. I eventually gave up the catchphrase I had been intoning for years: (1/*)
November 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Well, a one-year reprieve on my rebuild to Linux is fine, I suppose. A little more time to spend with an old friend.
Like XP and 7 before it, 10 matured late. But eventually, it became stable. Comfortable. We became friends. I eventually gave up the catchphrase I had been intoning for years: (1/*)
Like XP and 7 before it, 10 matured late. But eventually, it became stable. Comfortable. We became friends. I eventually gave up the catchphrase I had been intoning for years: (1/*)
Holy heck. Ok, so I FINALLY have access to my BlueSky accounts again. But what a pain in the butt. Pro tip: If you lose access to the email account associated with your BSky, it is a nightmare, and multiple weeks of waiting to get access again. @support.bsky.team y'all really gotta work on that.
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Holy heck. Ok, so I FINALLY have access to my BlueSky accounts again. But what a pain in the butt. Pro tip: If you lose access to the email account associated with your BSky, it is a nightmare, and multiple weeks of waiting to get access again. @support.bsky.team y'all really gotta work on that.
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But let's be honest. Does CoD do anything but raise your blood pressure & make you a worse human being? Is the world really worse off without those hollow shells of their ancestral titles?
Look in your heart. You know the answer. It's time to let it go.
#CallOfDuty #CoD #HotTake #Gaming
Look in your heart. You know the answer. It's time to let it go.
#CallOfDuty #CoD #HotTake #Gaming
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
But let's be honest. Does CoD do anything but raise your blood pressure & make you a worse human being? Is the world really worse off without those hollow shells of their ancestral titles?
Look in your heart. You know the answer. It's time to let it go.
#CallOfDuty #CoD #HotTake #Gaming
Look in your heart. You know the answer. It's time to let it go.
#CallOfDuty #CoD #HotTake #Gaming
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OK, real talk on Linux gaming.
Yes, almost your entire Steam library will run flawlessly, especially on a gaming-focused distro.
But... we have to talk about the elephant in the room. That big, kernel-level anti-cheat one.
Yeah, Call of Duty. It doesn't work. (1/2)
#LinuxGaming #Linux #PCGaming
Yes, almost your entire Steam library will run flawlessly, especially on a gaming-focused distro.
But... we have to talk about the elephant in the room. That big, kernel-level anti-cheat one.
Yeah, Call of Duty. It doesn't work. (1/2)
#LinuxGaming #Linux #PCGaming
November 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
OK, real talk on Linux gaming.
Yes, almost your entire Steam library will run flawlessly, especially on a gaming-focused distro.
But... we have to talk about the elephant in the room. That big, kernel-level anti-cheat one.
Yeah, Call of Duty. It doesn't work. (1/2)
#LinuxGaming #Linux #PCGaming
Yes, almost your entire Steam library will run flawlessly, especially on a gaming-focused distro.
But... we have to talk about the elephant in the room. That big, kernel-level anti-cheat one.
Yeah, Call of Duty. It doesn't work. (1/2)
#LinuxGaming #Linux #PCGaming
Let's be clear: my first Windows was 3.11 for Workgroups. At this point, I'm sure a copy is installed in my brain, though it seems to have downgraded itself to XP SP1. Most of my IT career has been spent supporting Windows, and I want to like Win11 but it's just bad.
#Windows11 #TechRant
#Windows11 #TechRant
June 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Let's be clear: my first Windows was 3.11 for Workgroups. At this point, I'm sure a copy is installed in my brain, though it seems to have downgraded itself to XP SP1. Most of my IT career has been spent supporting Windows, and I want to like Win11 but it's just bad.
#Windows11 #TechRant
#Windows11 #TechRant
The biggest thing here is the commitment it takes to build an entire plugin ecosystem. This is the foundation of #OpenSource: Freedom & choice. Kudos to the @linuxfoundation.org; one of the few organizations out there I would trust to do this right.
Did you know WordPress runs 43.3% of all websites on the ENTIRE internet? @linuxfoundation.org is now backing a project to fix its biggest problem: the centralized plugin store. It's called the Fair Package Manager (fair.pm), and it's a big deal for security.
#WordPress #fairpm #Security
#WordPress #fairpm #Security
FAIR Package Manager Project
FAIR Package Manager Project has 8 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
fair.pm
June 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The biggest thing here is the commitment it takes to build an entire plugin ecosystem. This is the foundation of #OpenSource: Freedom & choice. Kudos to the @linuxfoundation.org; one of the few organizations out there I would trust to do this right.
Just absolute, pure Zuck slime. Goddamn Meta.. Cringy mofos. Why does anyone even use Facebook anymore? Oh right, Marketplace.... lol.
New Article:
The Illusion of Thinking: Apple's Research Reveals the Hidden Limits of AI Reasoning Models
Apple's Research on Large Reasoning Models and Their Breaking Point...
The Illusion of Thinking: Apple's Research Reveals the Hidden Limits of AI Reasoning Models
Apple's Research on Large Reasoning Models and Their Breaking Point...
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Apple's Research on Large Reasoning Models and Their Breaking Point
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June 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Just absolute, pure Zuck slime. Goddamn Meta.. Cringy mofos. Why does anyone even use Facebook anymore? Oh right, Marketplace.... lol.
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Major Breach Alert: McLean Mortgage hit by BlackBasta ransomware. 30,453 people affected. Highly sensitive data stolen: SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account info. Incident occurred Oct '24, full scope revealed May '25, notifications June '25.
#CyberSecurity #DataBreach #PrivacyAlert #InfoSec
#CyberSecurity #DataBreach #PrivacyAlert #InfoSec
June 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Major Breach Alert: McLean Mortgage hit by BlackBasta ransomware. 30,453 people affected. Highly sensitive data stolen: SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account info. Incident occurred Oct '24, full scope revealed May '25, notifications June '25.
#CyberSecurity #DataBreach #PrivacyAlert #InfoSec
#CyberSecurity #DataBreach #PrivacyAlert #InfoSec
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Let's talk "Green IT." Feels like a contradiction, doesn't it? But what if the most eco-friendly choice for your business IT also gave you more control and lower long-term costs? It's more possible than you think. 🧵👇
#GreenIT #SustainableTech #OnPremises #SmallBizIT #EWaste #YYC
#GreenIT #SustainableTech #OnPremises #SmallBizIT #EWaste #YYC
May 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Let's talk "Green IT." Feels like a contradiction, doesn't it? But what if the most eco-friendly choice for your business IT also gave you more control and lower long-term costs? It's more possible than you think. 🧵👇
#GreenIT #SustainableTech #OnPremises #SmallBizIT #EWaste #YYC
#GreenIT #SustainableTech #OnPremises #SmallBizIT #EWaste #YYC
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When you walk into work in the morning, dangerously low on caffeine, and the office Karen is already at 11.
😂
😂
May 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
When you walk into work in the morning, dangerously low on caffeine, and the office Karen is already at 11.
😂
😂
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Ah yes... Pope Felonious, the first of his name.
May 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Ah yes... Pope Felonious, the first of his name.
reboot.digg.com Oh heck yea. The Front Page is coming back.
Digg Reboot
Digg - The front page of the internet, now with superpowers
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March 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
reboot.digg.com Oh heck yea. The Front Page is coming back.
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February 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
@indiabourke.bsky.social Oh hey, there you are! Haven't seen you since I left that blue bird's rotting corpse. Glad I found ya on here, thanks to @leolaporte.me's followibg list. (His following list is a treasure trove. :D)
March 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM
@indiabourke.bsky.social Oh hey, there you are! Haven't seen you since I left that blue bird's rotting corpse. Glad I found ya on here, thanks to @leolaporte.me's followibg list. (His following list is a treasure trove. :D)
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I am good with ditching #raytracing if it meant getting rid of 20 minutes of shader preloading/compiling.
January 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I am good with ditching #raytracing if it meant getting rid of 20 minutes of shader preloading/compiling.
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Things are very, very bad. It is day two.
Trump has signed an executive order eliminating all funding for diversity and inclusion in the federal government, sending home DEI staff who will then be laid off. The historical echo for this is when Woodrow Wilson resegregated the federal government in 1913. We have reached the second nadir.
January 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Things are very, very bad. It is day two.
It's time again. I have been slapped down to Bronze 1. I have been humbled. Now the road continues! Come watch me and my good friend Gr1m1ey tonight, as we try our damnedest to get back to Nova 1. err I mean Gold rank! twitch.tv/esherravenfire The fun starts in an hour! #MarvelRivals #streaming
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
January 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It's time again. I have been slapped down to Bronze 1. I have been humbled. Now the road continues! Come watch me and my good friend Gr1m1ey tonight, as we try our damnedest to get back to Nova 1. err I mean Gold rank! twitch.tv/esherravenfire The fun starts in an hour! #MarvelRivals #streaming
HAPPY NEW YEAR! (in an hour but f that, I'm going to bed) See you all in 2025!! ❤️
January 1, 2025 at 6:14 AM
HAPPY NEW YEAR! (in an hour but f that, I'm going to bed) See you all in 2025!! ❤️
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Wow, I never knew he said this.
Jimmy Carter was ahead of his time—a man of unmatched kindness and integrity. Truly, he was too good for us.
Jimmy Carter was ahead of his time—a man of unmatched kindness and integrity. Truly, he was too good for us.
December 31, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Wow, I never knew he said this.
Jimmy Carter was ahead of his time—a man of unmatched kindness and integrity. Truly, he was too good for us.
Jimmy Carter was ahead of his time—a man of unmatched kindness and integrity. Truly, he was too good for us.