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I'm a hazardous materials technician for a university. I enjoy teaching (when I have the chance), reading, role playing games #ttrpg, listening to music, and […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ social.vivaldi.net/@cynical13, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

I'm working with my wift in her crafts booth at an oddities fair today. Here's hoping for lots of sales!

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Obsidian Urbex Photography @obsidianurbex.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

🔗LINKS Petition - steun.zeehondencentrum.nl/red-het-z… Donate - GoFundMe - www.gofundme.com/f/red-zeehondencen… Donate - Website - steun.zeehondencentrum.nl/donatie?l… News announcement - www.zeehondencentrum.nl/en […]

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Obsidian Urbex Photography @obsidianurbex.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

🦭💙 URGENT APPEAL! The largest seal hospital in Europe, Zeehondencentrum, needs our help. The futures of 70 seals in their care hang in the balance. Join my donation drive today, get a free Silly Seal Postcard in the mail! How it works: 🔗LINKS IN COMMENTS 1 - […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

"A messy on it figure." "do you mean a messianic figure?" "no."

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Finally, after several years, we completed the #Pathfinder #RiseOfTheRunelords campaign. IT was an epic slough that I wasn't sure I'd actually get myself across the finish line, but the players are happy, and this is something that I'm truly proud of. Everyone had fun, everyone liked their […]

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

@Vivaldi on the speed dial, is there a way to put background bubbles around the text of the icons? With the daily image backgrounds, it's often hard to see the text under the icons and folders. The text is often dark on dark images. But if I could put a bubble around the text, I'd be able to […]

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

The inaugural #13thAge game went well, overall. A couple of players were confused by their character abilities or missed some things when working on character creation. We started with pulling up the world map and worked out how the characters who did know each other actually met and worked out […]

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

I have a surprisingly robust weekend of gaming ahead of me. Tonight, we've got a session of our #Scion game. Tomorrow, I'm starting a #13thAge campaign with a new group (of old friends). I think it'll be a shorter session because I haven't read the entire module yet and there are four […]

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

One more session of my #Pathfinder #RiseOfTheRunelords campaign down, one more to go. We weren't able to get to the final, epic battle yesterday, but progress was finally made! We're so close to ending the campaign. Then I can move on to a system with far fewer stat modifiers and less to keep […]

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

#Vivaldi browser on #Android is having reliablity issues on the #Facebook mobile page. It's actually less reliable than #Firefox based browsers.

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Spent a chunk of yesterday and today dinking around with #Budgie just to go back to #KDE #Plasma.

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

After spending some time with Budgie desktop, I'm finding things that I really miss from Plasma. I think I'll pop it back onto my laptop.

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

I'm not quite sure what to make of all of the #AI & #LLM chatter related to #KDE at the moment. I'll try and keep an eye on it, but it's making me reconsider #Budgie on my #Solus #Linux installs. Not having much luck at the moment finding info on Budgie's AI policy. Need to keep digging.

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Maybe a month ago, I had applied for the Assistant Director position in my department. Today, I finally found out for sure that I didn't get it. I pretty much knew about a week and a half ago that I probably wasn't going to get it, but it took all that time to be official. They made an offer […]

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

No #TTRPG game tonight, unfortunately, but tomorrow is #SessionZero for a new #13thAge campaign. I think the end goal will be #EyesOfTheStoneThief. But first, I'll have to come up with where to start. I'm thinking #ShadowsOfEldolan then maybe #MakeYourOwnLuck but I have a little time to get […]

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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox @thunderbird.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

We're reworking how settings are organized in Thunderbird Desktop and would love your thoughts. Take our short survey, 10-15 minutes tops. No trick questions, no wrong answers, and your feedback goes straight to the designers. Take the survey 👇 […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

@qownnotes I just found your desktop app this weekend and I'm already very much enjoying the experience. I may have to start explore self-hosting to sync everything up.

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Just pulled up a #JoplinNotes Markdown file and #Joplin files have 31 pieces of metadata including latitude, longitude, and altitude. Wild.

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

I am having one heck of a time trying to replace #Joplin with another note taking app that is #NoAI. I didn't realize that #JoplinNotes had a proprietary file type. That's making things a lot trickier. I like the way Joplin opened images within the note I was working with. I'm having trouble […]

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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox @thunderbird.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

If you've ever opened Thunderbird's settings and felt like you needed a computer science degree, you're not alone. We're rewriting 250+ settings in plain language, and the results from our user testing are in. Check out the full details on our blog: sohub.io/zxqf #opensource #thunderbird

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Still waiting to see if I get the promotion. I'm down the final two. HR is going through their formalities and I get to be nervous until the results are released. Woo.

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Looks like I'm dropping @joplinapp in favor of @Vivaldi for notes. #NoAI #Joplin #Vivaldi

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Looks like I'm dropping @joplinapp in favor of @Vivaldi for notes. #NoAI

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Having a heck of a time finding a search engine without #AI chat, "summarization", or other "features". System1 runs a separate chat program, Mojeek has a summarization service, Ecosia went all in... Anyone have any leads that doesn't involve running your own SearXNG instance? Because I don't […]

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

As hot as it has been here and we still have a week or so more to go with the inferno, I really want to support @ecosia, but I just can't get behind the push for AI. It's a shame because I fully support their message and mission of planting trees in a sustainable, impactful way, but I loathe […]

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

Wow, Mother Nature is really kilning it out there today! #TooHot

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

I'm experimenting with @Vivaldi again. The response time for the autohide UI feature is better than when it rolled out. However, I've been testing the autohide the tab bar. I keep the top menu on, instead of the #Vivaldi button. However, when I turn on the autohide, that also disappears and […]

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

RE: fosstodon.org/@libreoffice/11720789… This is why I stick with @libreoffice

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

I got my shot today to interview for the Associate Director position in my department. Nothing left to do now but wait.

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

At work, I've been acting as the interim Associate Director for my department since March. On Friday morning, I'm scheduled to interview for the position. I'm currently working on my interview presentation and stress eating candy corn.

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

Since my drip #coffee maker was starting to die on me, I took a chance and picked out a nice electric percolator. I must say, I'm quite impressed with the quality of the coffee it makes. Combining that with the burr grinder I use every morning, and it's like treating myself to a trip to a […]

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

@joplinapp I just opened my desktop install of Joplin to see if there were any updates and I see that I need to update to 3.7 in order to sync, however your site only has 3.6.15. Is 3.7 being released soon?

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

This heat is oppressive. My people were not built for this kind of weather.

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

Had a good weekend. 16 year wedding anniversary. We hit the theaters and saw #Spider-ManBrandNewDay and had a really fun #Pathfinder session. We just have one or two more sessions to go for the campaign.

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

I'm genuinely surprised how much slower and clunkier #Vivaldi is on #Facebook than #Waterfox or #ZenBrowser. It's noticeable.

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

I am absolutely itching to run some #Vampire #TTRPG, but before I can even think about that, I'm on the hook to: - Finish the #Pathfinder campaign (one or two sessions left!) - Run the original #Ravenloft campaign using #LightFantasyRPG - Run a short #CyberpunkRED campaign to try out the system […]

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

@thunderbird I setup my work Exchange account on the latest Thunderbird, but so far, I have to repair my inbox every time I start the program up in the morning. It's not a huge deal breaker but so far, The Owl add-on works much better than the native implementation.

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

I believe my #Pathfinder group is within a session or two of completing our current adventure path. I'll miss the story, but I can't wait to get to a lighter rule set. #GMLife #TTRPG

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

Not sure whether I want to keep with #Bitwarden, since they're integrating #AI into their platform. I believe it's currently opt-in and for corporations and developers, but I'm afraid that's only a for now state. I've already been trying to use #KeePass more. So far, it's working well. The […]

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

The missus and I watched the new Masters of the Universe movie earlier. I'm a little amazed it was already on Prime. It was fun but yeah, I can also see why it wasn't bigger in theaters. I don't regret seeing it, but I don't think it'll hit regular rotation. #MastersOfTheUniverse #MOTU

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

RE: social.growyourown.services/@FediTi… FYI

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

Fellow #Linux, #KDE #Plasma, and #Solus users, I was trying to play #Jackbox games on #Steam but I'm getting a lot of screen flickering. I tried tweaking the #Proton a bit, but there are a lot of options. Anyone else deal with anything like this?

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

@mfranchi @fiscorb?

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

I finally got my resume and cover letter in order. Now I just have to wait for the AD position in my department to be posted and I'll be ready to go.

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

@mfranchi I just found @rutschstefan_photo, thought you might be interested.

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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox @thunderbird.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

We're redesigning the Thunderbird desktop Calendar and we'd love your take before it's set. Click through an early prototype in the link below and tell us what feels right, what's missing, and what's confusing. A few notes: it's a desktop browser prototype with limited functionality, and the […]

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026

@mfranchi Are you following @rons_fotografie, @Hatebunny, @martinhirsch, or @danivazquez? I know you were looking for portrait photographers, and I think that might be the closest followers I have at the moment.

Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026

It's starting to look like something might have broken in @zenbrowser glance mode after this last update. I've had the browser lock up several times and I'm still not exactly sure what's causing it. I might have to shut the feature off for a bit until this gets resolved. I've been using […]

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Jeff @cynical13.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

I figure I have two or three sessions left of my current #Pathfinder #RiseOfTheRunelords adventure path, then it's off to the original #Ravenloft module using #LightFantasyRPG with some updates to the adventure. I'm also really looking forward to getting my little brother into the group. #TTRPG […]

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