Wintermute
@romeosidvicious.willkill.us
Former music "journalist", current Linux nerd, completely ADHD, ally trying to become an accomplice, kilt enthusiast, absolute chaos gremlin.
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Wintermute
@romeosidvicious.willkill.us
· Dec 14
Here's my standing offer, even for folks I don't know. If you want to try Linux I will help you. I will give, freely of my time and do the best I can. If you don't like it we'll shake hands and walk away without any ill will.
Here's my promise: I will NEVER try to convince you to use Linux.
Here's my promise: I will NEVER try to convince you to use Linux.
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I am so angry at the pointless cruelty of this administration that I can barely think. And, yes. I hold those who chose not to vote as responsible for this as those who actively voted to support it.
It's not just TomboyX, by the way! Trump's FDA has sent these warning letters to 11 companies that sell Binders.
- TransGuy Supply
- ShapeShifter Apparel
- GenderBender
- gc2b
- TomboyX
- FLAVNT Streetwear
- Early to Bed
- TOMSCOUT
- For Them
- Fluxion
- UNTAG
www.fda.gov/inspections-...
- TransGuy Supply
- ShapeShifter Apparel
- GenderBender
- gc2b
- TomboyX
- FLAVNT Streetwear
- Early to Bed
- TOMSCOUT
- For Them
- Fluxion
- UNTAG
www.fda.gov/inspections-...
December 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I am so angry at the pointless cruelty of this administration that I can barely think. And, yes. I hold those who chose not to vote as responsible for this as those who actively voted to support it.
A million times this...
Someone's religious faith may genuinely make them happy and fulfilled, and I love that for them.
Someone's atheism may genuinely make them happy and fulfilled, and I love that for them.
Bad shit happens when one of those people decide the other person is wrong and needs to be talked at.
Someone's atheism may genuinely make them happy and fulfilled, and I love that for them.
Bad shit happens when one of those people decide the other person is wrong and needs to be talked at.
December 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A million times this...
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Like, people always go "mastodon has this and it doesn't cause abuse!" for a billion values of "this" and then I get to make people mad at me again by explaining that Mastodon has 11 active users and 4 of them can't see the other 7 because of server-level blocks so it's not an example of anything
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Like, people always go "mastodon has this and it doesn't cause abuse!" for a billion values of "this" and then I get to make people mad at me again by explaining that Mastodon has 11 active users and 4 of them can't see the other 7 because of server-level blocks so it's not an example of anything
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Today on LWDW. New Pop with COSMIC, Bazzite gaming, and ultrawide Pi. Live in the preshow. youtube.com/live/p3MptGO...
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December 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Today on LWDW. New Pop with COSMIC, Bazzite gaming, and ultrawide Pi. Live in the preshow. youtube.com/live/p3MptGO...
He's going to invade a whole ass other country because Vanity Fair embarrassed him. This is absolutely batshit insane behavior. His own party has to see that.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
He's going to invade a whole ass other country because Vanity Fair embarrassed him. This is absolutely batshit insane behavior. His own party has to see that.
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Yes we should. It's a big club and the voters aren't in it. Time for that club to go away.
After briefing on strikes off Venezuela, Sen. Sheehy says “if we're going to question the legal process and the procedural process to target bad guys that this administration is using, then all of you better start cracking open every single Obama kinetic strike”
December 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Yes we should. It's a big club and the voters aren't in it. Time for that club to go away.
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Guys there isn’t a billionaire I’m not willing to strip of their wealth. Even if they’re doing things with their money I like.
Nonetheless, I'm willing to strip billionaires of all their wealth to allow them to shine.
December 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Guys there isn’t a billionaire I’m not willing to strip of their wealth. Even if they’re doing things with their money I like.
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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I don't want to be surrounded by people who share my opinions. I want to be surrounded by people who share my values.
See, it's entirely possible to believe in something and fail to live up to it. And one thing I appreciate, both On Here and irl, is those people who will kindly and firmly check me.
See, it's entirely possible to believe in something and fail to live up to it. And one thing I appreciate, both On Here and irl, is those people who will kindly and firmly check me.
December 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I don't want to be surrounded by people who share my opinions. I want to be surrounded by people who share my values.
See, it's entirely possible to believe in something and fail to live up to it. And one thing I appreciate, both On Here and irl, is those people who will kindly and firmly check me.
See, it's entirely possible to believe in something and fail to live up to it. And one thing I appreciate, both On Here and irl, is those people who will kindly and firmly check me.
It took longer than it should have because I kept forgetting but I've now cancelled Spotify. There's no ethical consumption under capitalism and we are already paying for YouTube Premium so I just transferred everything there.
December 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It took longer than it should have because I kept forgetting but I've now cancelled Spotify. There's no ethical consumption under capitalism and we are already paying for YouTube Premium so I just transferred everything there.
Well fuck...
I do recognize and appreciate the conviction. I wish more people would tell the PTB that being kind is simply the way things should be. Fuck the BBC, the transphobes, and the rest of critics of Mr. Ince.
I do recognize and appreciate the conviction. I wish more people would tell the PTB that being kind is simply the way things should be. Fuck the BBC, the transphobes, and the rest of critics of Mr. Ince.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Well fuck...
I do recognize and appreciate the conviction. I wish more people would tell the PTB that being kind is simply the way things should be. Fuck the BBC, the transphobes, and the rest of critics of Mr. Ince.
I do recognize and appreciate the conviction. I wish more people would tell the PTB that being kind is simply the way things should be. Fuck the BBC, the transphobes, and the rest of critics of Mr. Ince.
Some days just existing without giving up is all you can manage. That's resistance in and of itself and it's enough. The world is on fire so drink enough water and get enough to eat and figure things out from there. Take care of yourself.
December 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Some days just existing without giving up is all you can manage. That's resistance in and of itself and it's enough. The world is on fire so drink enough water and get enough to eat and figure things out from there. Take care of yourself.
Sometimes a good PB&J is exactly what's needed.
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Sometimes a good PB&J is exactly what's needed.
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When the question is put to the American people about what is a greater threat to liberty, a sanctimonious policing of language in service of a more polite and inclusive society, or a literal policing of people to make an ethnically homogenous society, the American people always select the former.
December 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
When the question is put to the American people about what is a greater threat to liberty, a sanctimonious policing of language in service of a more polite and inclusive society, or a literal policing of people to make an ethnically homogenous society, the American people always select the former.
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Just because it's being passed around a lot: NO, data centers in space do NOT benefit from space being cold. Space is cold in the formal sense we use to define temperature. But it is very bad at cooling. What would you rather have to cool hot metal: a lukewarm water tub or a giant cold atmosphere?
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Just because it's being passed around a lot: NO, data centers in space do NOT benefit from space being cold. Space is cold in the formal sense we use to define temperature. But it is very bad at cooling. What would you rather have to cool hot metal: a lukewarm water tub or a giant cold atmosphere?
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"How can you say you're never voting for Newsom? You're handing the election to the GOP!"
Because I don't vote for Republicans, ever. Newsom is a racist, transphobic, genocide supporting Republican. Ergo, I am not voting for him. Find me someone who isn't a Republican and I'll consider them.
Because I don't vote for Republicans, ever. Newsom is a racist, transphobic, genocide supporting Republican. Ergo, I am not voting for him. Find me someone who isn't a Republican and I'll consider them.
December 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"How can you say you're never voting for Newsom? You're handing the election to the GOP!"
Because I don't vote for Republicans, ever. Newsom is a racist, transphobic, genocide supporting Republican. Ergo, I am not voting for him. Find me someone who isn't a Republican and I'll consider them.
Because I don't vote for Republicans, ever. Newsom is a racist, transphobic, genocide supporting Republican. Ergo, I am not voting for him. Find me someone who isn't a Republican and I'll consider them.
I was working from a hospital today and went outside for a meeting so I didn't bother anyone else. Even using headphones with a mic there's zero reason to bother anyone else with your side of the conversation. Rah is absolutely right about how obnoxious this is.
Four separate people in this waiting room are using laptops or cell phones without headphones. If I get arrested, I'm gonna need you all to testify that it was a justifiable felony
December 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I was working from a hospital today and went outside for a meeting so I didn't bother anyone else. Even using headphones with a mic there's zero reason to bother anyone else with your side of the conversation. Rah is absolutely right about how obnoxious this is.
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I'm spending my Monday night drinking beer and rebuilding my PC in wool socks on carpet
December 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I'm spending my Monday night drinking beer and rebuilding my PC in wool socks on carpet
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
My first toast of the night is always "to absent friends". Some nights I feel it more than others. Tonight was one of those. It was good night but filled with ghosts. They don't haunt me, per se, but they're ever present on nights like tonight. I celebrate their presence.
December 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
My first toast of the night is always "to absent friends". Some nights I feel it more than others. Tonight was one of those. It was good night but filled with ghosts. They don't haunt me, per se, but they're ever present on nights like tonight. I celebrate their presence.
This whole rant is amazing but I love "epistemic ecosystem"...
Read the whole thing.
Read the whole thing.
I think you didn't think anything about making that "joke" to a (Canadian) stranger because your entire epistemic ecosystem is contaminated by the people who've convinced you you're a moral failure for not posting about The Crisis 24/7. I think a lot of those people are deliberate saboteurs.
December 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
This whole rant is amazing but I love "epistemic ecosystem"...
Read the whole thing.
Read the whole thing.
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Houston is a terrible shitty swamp unfit for human habitation.
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Houston is a terrible shitty swamp unfit for human habitation.
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I will die on the hill that if "the median score of people who use a particular accommodation" is that much higher than "the median score of people who don't use a particular accommodation" it is a sign that the instrument you are using is measuring the wrong thing
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I will die on the hill that if "the median score of people who use a particular accommodation" is that much higher than "the median score of people who don't use a particular accommodation" it is a sign that the instrument you are using is measuring the wrong thing
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This is none of the British public’s business and their opinion is not relevant or asked for.
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is none of the British public’s business and their opinion is not relevant or asked for.