It's gym time! :flan_strong:

And that's gonna do it for Monday. Good riddance.

Now, to fight off traffic in order to make it home. :flan_warrior:​

Sad to learn of the passing of Ray Lynch, whose early "genre-defying instrumental music" releases had a real impact on us. We'll be sprinkling some of his tracks around Deep Space One and Drone Zone.

https://raylynch.com/tribute/index.html

hop on cybiko chat

@stux caught Queen Victoria, the train, kissing a friend here in Cornwall yesterday…

@claudiom

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out

DOS Game Club has an active chat channel at #dosgameclub on irc.afternet.org just saying

In light of today's announcement from Discord, consider https://matrix.org/legal/terms-and-conditions/

> In order to use the Service, you must be 18 years of age or older and have a valid, verified email address linked to your account.

They do not appear to enforce the age requirement at present, but what happens when they do? How will they perform this verification?

I like #trains

This "first steps" intro to Emacs from @rony is really nice.

https://rony.novaparis.art.br/blog/primeiros-passos-no-gnu-emacs.html

It turns out that all sorts of fun and weird things happen on a modern Linux machine when the system D-Bus daemon dies, even on a server. As they say, ask me how I know.

It's a #Kohina kind of Monday. :flan_headphones:​:crt_w_prompt:​🎶

https://kohina.com/

#chiptunes

#GNU Linux-Libre 6.19 Kernel Is Out Now for Those Who Seek 100% Freedom for Their PCs https://9to5linux.com/gnu-linux-libre-6-19-kernel-is-now-available-for-software-freedom-lovers

#Linux #LinuxKernel #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

Bruce, Charles and Jeff are hacking the DEC PDP-7a

We’re open Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays 10-4. Non-members welcome for just $9, book a time at https://icm.museum

If you think the Super Bowl is too woke and the Grammys are too woke and the AEW Dynamite crowd is too woke and the Oscars are too woke maybe it’s actually a you problem.

@benroyce D'aww! :flan_aww:​:flan_hearts:​

preparing for their Olympics debut

and...

preparing for their Olympics debut

#WinterOlympics #WinterOlympics2026 #SpeedSkating #Sports #Olympics

A new argument that is cropping up among LLM apologists is that when things go wrong it's not because of the tools but it's because of the people.

That's literally the core argument of pro-gun rights advocates in the US, the country with the highest number of gun-related deaths in the world.

If the tool's primary use is to cause other people harm then it's 100% the tool, not the people.

Today's #Muppets GIF of the Day is...