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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop

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  • 2025 was the year for me (Fedora Kinoite), Linux in my opinion, is absolutely ready for the mainstream.

  • What are your thoughts on RCS messaging now that you can use it between Android and iOS?

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  • I have a feeling most people click the maximum privacy "hide from contacts" option at the start, probably not thinking it through. And that means you wouldn't be able to see them. You can try searching manually as that sometimes seems to find them.

    That said, when I asked people who texted me "do you have Signal?" I think about 50% said yes and the other 50% were able to download it without issue.

  • What are your thoughts on RCS messaging now that you can use it between Android and iOS?

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  • I waited years for it, but now that everyone is on Signal it doesn't excite me.

  • To Save Las Vegas, Pedestrianize the Strip

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  • I disagree that the Las Vegas Streip needs to be saved in the first place. It's a giant tourist trap surrounded by addiction and economic depression.

    What authentic culture does exist in Las Vegas is all downtown, which is actually pretty walkable.

  • I'm NOT affiliated with this project. I just came across them in the Fediverse Subreddit, and I thought that it was interesting. Project Name - The Indie Beat TV - The Indie Beat Radio

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  • I've tuned into this a few times and it's always been 100% completely unhinged. Love it.

  • The Enshittifinancial Crisis

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  • That's better put than I did 😂

  • 'Friendslop' dominated 2025 by proving time and time again that graphics are overrated

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  • Ah yeah that's a good point. I think "gamers" used to be a more distinct group with a more distinct identity, nowadays it's like saying "moviegoer".

  • The Enshittifinancial Crisis

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  • Ed frequently comes off like a guy ranting outside the gas station but goddamn is it hard to find an issue with with his conclusions.

  • 'Friendslop' dominated 2025 by proving time and time again that graphics are overrated

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  • This is also the first I've ever heard the term in any context so I'm hesitant to believe the author when they say "it looks like it’s sticking"...

  • 'Friendslop' dominated 2025 by proving time and time again that graphics are overrated

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  • After Silksong, Lethal Company and Content Warning were my two most played games in 2025.

    I agree that calling these low-poly multiplayer games "slop" is terrible, because there is clearly a ton of love and effort poured into them. I hope the name doesn't catch on.

  • The New York Times wants you to think that Marjorie Taylor Greene is politically savvy

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  • Yeah, I mentioned this elsewhere too but she’s actually remained pretty ideologically consistent (terrible but consistent) in her brief political career. From her perspective, it's Trump that moved away from her (or at least revealed himself to be away from her) politically.

  • The New York Times wants you to think that Marjorie Taylor Greene is politically savvy

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  • While I am no fan of the Times and absolutely don't think that she deserves a big splashy feature on their front page, it truly wasn't a puff piece and definitely not sanewashing. Here are a few examples:

    “Robert,” she replied with a searching look, “do you really think Joe Biden got 81 million votes without even campaigning?” “Yes,” I said. “They counted all the votes. That was the final tally. Why wouldn’t I believe it?” The look she then gave me, which I will never forget, was one of bottomless pity.

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    Just outside the front door of her office stood the familiar placard blaring, “There are TWO genders: MALE & FEMALE.”

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    Trump, she claims, was bothered by her steadfast opposition to abortion, which she has called “murder.”

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    [...]she continued to characterize Trump’s Democratic opponents, and their positions, in the direst of terms: “radical communist Kamala Harris,” “the perverted trans agenda against children that is an attack directly on God’s creation,” “the party of pedophiles.”

    As the article OP posted said, she has said many other even more batshit things that should not be forgotten but that's not really what the Times piece was about (it was about her fight with Trump).

  • The New York Times wants you to think that Marjorie Taylor Greene is politically savvy

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  • The NYT piece did not call her savvy. The author did say "shrewd".

    Greene did harbor a genuine conspiratorial streak, often even wondering if this or that person wore a wire. But she was also becoming an increasingly shrewd and acerbic observer of life on Capitol Hill.

  • The New York Times wants you to think that Marjorie Taylor Greene is politically savvy

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  • I am loathe to defend her, but she's actually remained pretty ideologically consistent (terrible but consistent) in her brief political career. She came into office with Qanon beliefs and wanting the Epstein Files to be released and anti vax nonsense and now she no longer is in the Qult but she's still talking about the same things.

  • The New York Times wants you to think that Marjorie Taylor Greene is politically savvy

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  • Yeah (I can't believe I'm saying this) but in Marjorie's defense she described herself as "naive", and that is also the quote the New York Times put in the banner.

    It sounds like she is having a literal come to Jesus moment but I also think the readers of the Times are high enough IQ to know that that doesn't erase the past actions.

  • planning to switch from windows 11 to Ubuntu on my laptop

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  • Nothing wrong with Ubuntu, but it's interface is definitely geared more towards Mac folks.

    My recommendation for someone making the jump to full time Linux is Fedora Kinoite. It's "immutable" meaning impossible to break, and uses KDE Plasma, which is like the modern Windows you've always wanted.

    Again nothing wrong with Ubuntu, it's great and will run on the hardware you mentioned, but if you are someone who wants to tweak settings without fear of breaking something somewhere else, I really recommend Kinoite.

  • Suggestions for a replacement for PayPal

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  • Anna’s Archive - Backing up Spotify

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  • Yeah but until two months ago Spotify was 24kbps

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    Cher takes down Leavitt

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  • fake news