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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

In a moment of mild delirium, I probably laughed at this more than is warranted. A photograph from the United States Archives from 1942-1945 "This man is your FRIEND. He fights for FREEDOM. Canadian" Source: catalog.archives.gov/id/515798?obje… […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A photograph of a WWII U.S. war propaganda poster. The image is a black & white photograph bounded by a blue border on the top and bottom with text. The center image is a young white male smiling broadly wearing a military uniform with a very large beret tilted to the left side with a very large tassel on the top of the beret. The text reads: top: "This man is your FRIEND" bottom: He fights for FREEDOM. In the middle of the soldier's picture on the right hand side is the word "Canadian" outlined in a blue rectangle.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

One of the fringe benefits of my partner's annual mandatory, time-suck, on-site company meetings: I get to be the guinea pig for those kind co-workers sucking up to the boss-lady with new baking recipes. #Baking #TheCakeIsNotALie

A photograph of a spiral swirl-formed chocolate Bundt cake covered in chocolate icing.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

The local murder swung by for some afternoon crackers. Outside the twenty-five crows in the pic, there were another forty directly below on the ground and another twenty on the roof next to me. Quite the glorious racket. Too bad Anu was taking her afternoon nap […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A color photograph of a shot looking up at the bright blue and partially clouded sky through a pine tree. On the branches throughout are about 25 crows.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

A couple of pics taken while making a quick pass through downtown yesterday. #photography #Seattle #Architecture #3rdAndPike

A photograph of two skyscrapers filling up the left 2/3rds of the image with clear blue sky filling up the rest. At the bottom of the picture are the tops of trees. In the foreground are several strands of overhead wires and lights diagonally crossing the image.

A color photograph of the old Woolworth Building looking south-east towards 3rd & Pike. About a dozen people are crossing a mostly empty street with a bus in the distance. A tangle of overhead wires criss-cross the street scene

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

I really should try and make an effort to spend more time in downtown #Seattle than just passing through making transfers between the light rail and the bus on my way to West Seattle. Honestly, it just seems kinda sad nowadays after having lived down there for […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A photograph of a large street mural on 3rd Ave between Pike and Pine. The background is painted a dark blue. The main image is a sprawling tiger done in perhaps a vaguely south-east asian style with red stripes across its body. The head is turned back looking over its shoulder at a large butterfly above its back.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

[minor human flesh wounds. dried blood.] Had a pleasant field trip on the light rail over to West Seattle, today, to feed my daughter's menagerie of gecko, snake, and cat. Unexpectedly, her gaggle of friends were in the apartment when I walked in the door […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A close up photograph of an Eastern-European mutt's outstretched left hand. There are several scratch marks with small amount of dried blood in the palm of the hand and the lower right base of the palm.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

A beautiful, blustery day walking home from the pub. Getting soaked in the Autumn rains. #photography #CrowsOnAPhoneLine #LetsActive #BirdOnAWire

A grey photograph of a telephone pole with strands of wires running along the length of the bottom of the image. Two-thirds up the image are three more wires running horizontally across the image with the black outline of 36 crows sitting on the wires.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

The whole family managed to join in on the summoning of the birds. This one is for you @tones 😆 #bird #pnw #HurricaneRidge #PortAngeles

A photograph of a young woman in a flannel shirt with her left hand on her hip with her right hand outstretched with a small bird on her fingertips. In the background is a strip of road going into a tunnel through a mountain covered with pine trees.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Of course, I'm no where near the bird whisperer that my Dad apparently is. We were coming down off of Hurricane Ridge a few years ago and stopped at a turnout for a scenic view of Strait of Juan de Fuca. We all get out of the car and he started summoning birds […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A photograph of a grey haired man in a black pullover holding his left arm outstretched with a small grey bird resting on his fingertips.
In the background are some pine trees. Further off in the distance is a body of water and Vancouver Island.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

@tomjennings Ha! Anu will do the same thing with the same stance. Even though her perpetually bubbling fountain is four feet away. Occasionally, when I'm seated in the chair next she'll splash me while she's prepping the water prior to her drinking. #CatsOfMastodon #Anu

Photograph of the back of a cat standing on its hind legs drinking water out of a large blue bowl. The blue bowl is resting on top of a plastic yellow container about a foot and a half off of the ground.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

A rando, free-range kitty stopped by to check me out on my light-rail trip to West #Seattle today. Seems their human dozed off and they made a quick escape down the aisle. #CatsOfMastodon #pnw #Random

A photograph of grey cat with a blue harness and leash seated at the left black boot of a person.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

I'd like to think that I'm not much of a pack rat; but, sorting through a couple of boxes today makes me reconsider. I'm sure they would fetch a fine penny on the open market today. /s At least I've found some bedtime reading....I'm sure that the specifications […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

The cover of a spiral bound book. The title is "Cisco Product Quick Reference Guide: An overview of many Cisco products, services, and solutions for every part of your business" Date: October 2011. In the middle of the cover is a horizontal image of a tree branch with multiple green leaves(maple?)

A photograph of a cardboard CD cover with an image of four shiny, happy of people of varying sexes & ethnicities lying on the ground looking up at the camera smiling wildly. The text reads "Ubuntu linux for human beings" In the lower left is smaller text that reads: "Ubuntu 7.04 for your PC"

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

2026-08-17 Hacker News finally acheives momentary sentience and immediately eats itself leaving an opportunity for new business startups. #news #tech

A screenshot from ycombinator.com post showing the title "Ask HN: Does anyone else feel like nothing matters anymore?"

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

The kids were out of town this weekend, so I made my traditional light-rail pilgrimage over to #WestSeattle to tend to the critters: Gala, the gecko, Honey the corn snake and a brand _new_ addition to the family, Ambrosia. I hadn't met Ambrosia before and it […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

The head of a very shy tabby cat peaks her head around an Indian/batique sheet.
The carpet is light tan. The pupils of the cat's eyes are green.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

Today, I got to watch an _extremely_ agitated and vocal robin dominate the tree directly off my deck. Spent all afternoon chirping and wildly chasing multiple crows off of the tree. Normally, I have four or five crows that loiter around the tree and remind me […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A photograph of a brightly orange-red breasted robin sitting on the bare branch of a pine tree. A clear, cloudless blue sky fills the background.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

Always a banner day when I can find one of these inspirational pamplets laying by the roadside to pick up and provide me solace and comfort. Makes my daily walkabouts worthwhile. Too bad it's a dupe; but, I'll add it to my collection. Eat, drink, and be merry! […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A photograph of a pen and ink drawing from a Jack Chick Christian tract pamphlet.
A self-satisfied white male is smoking a pipe and holding a cocktail in his right hand. He is looking over a sportscar. In the background is a view into a room with a television.

A the bottom is the text of a quote in all caps: "And I will say to my soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry." Luke 12:19

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

This is a cat who has had too much. Too much heat. A cat that can't take it any longer. Inexplicably, Anu can't even be assed to make it onto the cooler bathroom tile. If she ever makes it downstairs, she's getting a kitchen sink bath. #CatsOfMastodon #Anu #CatsInHeat #HeatWave

A photograph of a tabby cat sprawled out on her back with her hind legs up in the air. She is lying on a light tan carpet in the doorway to a slightly darkened bathroom with square tiling.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

Surprise! There's a cement mixer parked directly below my balcony this afternoon. Bonus: I can hear its rumbly-tumbly belly roiling through my noise cancelling headphones. Happy happy. Joy joy. 😡

The ass-end of a grey cement mixer trunk pouring cement down its trough.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026

Anu is on her best behavior tonight watching the birds come down on the ledge of our lanai for an evening feeding. #catsofmastodon

A photo of an apartment deck. In the lower left corner is a cat laying down against a wall looking up at two birds on the ledge of the balcony.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

organic, squishy furbag meets rigid, euclidian container. A happy day for Anu. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Anu

A brown cat with black stripes & perked up ears sitting in a brown cardboard box with her left cheek resting on the right edge of the box.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026

Anu remains a role model and an inspiration...time to follow the dreamer. #CatsOfMastodon

A brown cat with black stripes curled up on her side exposing a white belly sleeping on brown bed sheets. Her left front paw is curled over covering the front of her face.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

After five days of no adult supervision, Anu has decided that it is acceptable to fraternize with the only other mammal in the house(me). She's been glued to my side since last night. Still refuses to make eye contact except when barking for treats. Freak. 🤪 #CatsOfMastodon

A photograph of the back of a tiger-striped cat sitting outside an open patio door. A human right hand is scritching the cat's right ear and top of her head reaching up from the upper right edge of the picture.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026

Yesterday, made my last trek across the West Seattle bridge for the month. Managed to snap a few pics of the wonders of the south Seattle Industrial Wasteland while zipping along in the wall to wall traffic at 40 mph. #Seattle #pnw #photograpy 1/4

A photograph of an unlit metal signage that spells out "CITY LIGHT" in white letters. The sky is overcast and grey. beneath the sign is a band of concrete and beneath that is a baby blue strip above large industrial windows. One window of the six is slight cracked open. Beneath that is a bit of a roof in the foreground with a square placard with a capital letter "B" on the corner of the building near the middle of the frame.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026

Here's a full picture of the mandocello. Beautiful instrument. Even though I've never played it before, I plunked around on it for about an hour and managed to make some non-atrocious(to me) sounds on it. A nice little diversion while I was over my daugther's […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A photograph of a mandocello laying upon a fuzzy olive green couch and pillow.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026

Spontaneously ended up down by the water this evening. Caught some rays, watched the ferries, some people watching, and relaxed until the sun set. Grateful. #pnw #BrackettsLanding #EdmondsWA #pnw #photography #Evidence

A photograph of the Sun setting over the Olypmic Peninsula. The Sun's rays are reflecting down ont the rippling dark water. A couple of long, thin, light wispy clouds stretch above the sun and across the dimming blue sky. In the lower ride is a small portion a jetty of rocks sticking out about 1/4 of the length of image into the water.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026

The kids did end up making me a wee bit envious after our brunch/lupper/linner. Today, apparently, I took the path less likely to injure my old ass. Shortly after we parted was, they moseyed on over to Ravenna Park and came upon "the rope swing people" […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A photograph of the woods of a person on a rope swing riding above the bushes and trails. Several people are down below looking on

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026

Got out on another late afternoon daytrip. Absolutely gorgeous weather. Here's a mural of a very special little calf on the wall outside of our not-so-local local butcher's shoppe. #pnw #photography #RoadSideAttraction

A color photograph of a mural/wooden cutout black & white calf with bugged-out human eyes. standing on a green & yellow spotted field. Behind it on the lower half of the picture is a wall of cinder blocks painted white. The top half of the pic is dirty two paned window reflecting the side of a barn, a hill in the distance and a clear blue sky.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026

Another day, this time with two doctor's appointments. All positive results today.🎉 Not terribly interesting suburban scenery today; so, I stuck my head into a cherry tree's branches and pretended to be lost in a forest for a moment #pnw #BothellWA #Nature #Photography #CherryBlossoms

A close up photograph of slightly out of focus cherry blossom amidst a large tangle of thin brownish-green, slightly moss covered branches against a light grey background.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

Got a little bit of daytrippin' in today. Did my best to trick my partner into taking "shortcuts", detours, and previously untravelled roads. No matter how much I remind her to assuage her fears, it's _really_ difficult to get lost between a large mountain […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A color photograph of an old, weathered barn taken from across a paved road. The windows of the barn are all broken out and many slats from the roof are missing. A hawk is perched on the peak of the barn.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

A couple days ago, this image popped up on my phone as a "memory" from 4 years ago. For the life of me, I can't remember where I took it. Idaho? Eastern Washington? Hawaii? I have no clue. But I think the framing is kinda neat even if it is, sadly, low-res. Ah well. #photography #landscape

A grainy bluish photograph of a rocky landscape and a pale bluish grey sky. On the right sight of the image are three pointy (maybe pine?) branches. Two pointy clusters sit on the horizon while the third has two branches with split in the middle. In between the two branches is the Sun.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026

My partner and I were having a lovely night eating some wings at a local dive when this happened. I feel that my destiny has now been laid out before me. One Ranch to rule them all, One Ranch to find them, One Ranch to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

A photograph of the rim of ranch dressing. The side of the rim vaguely looks like ancient runes

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

Six days until Spring Equinox, and Seattle weather tryin' to get all its homework done at the last minute. wtf? 🤣 (this will all be gone by noon most likely...) #Seattle #wawx #pnw #Whiteout #Snow

A photograph of large snowflakes coming down in an apartment complex. The roofs of the cars and buildings are covered in snow. There are pine branches in the right foreground. Dense snowfall is obscuring the entire scene.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

Moonrise over apartment complex. Taking a quick break from some reading and caught the moon peeking out towards the east just before sunset. I doubt that I will be awake for the start of the Blood Moon lunar eclipse in 6-7 hours. #photography #moon #pnw

A photograph of the full moon rising over a building roof. The top of a pine tree in the distance and some closer pine branches and needles wrap around the moon. The background is a light blue evening sky.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2026

I'm feelin' the need to bring back some Kenneth Patchen pics for a lil' bit o' introspection. From Kenneth Patchen's "What Shall We Do Without Us". #poetry #painting #literature #art #war

A print divided into three sections.

The largest vertical panel is in greyscale with a hedgehog-like creature with the words:
peace or we all perish

The second, thinner vertical panel to the left has an orange/rust tone with the words:
And to think...
It all started out
Like and other

The bottom rectangle background contains 3 brown horizontal stripe with an ocre field behind it.
It contains the words:

WORLD
Intended, one might almost believe,
to last for a good long time

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

Now, thanks to the informative tzselect command, I now know what the word "proleptic" means(~previous/antecedent?).😆 There's gotta be a better word available there. Not ungrateful for the vocabulary lesson _at all_. #Debian #HelpMessages #Documentation #WordOfTheDay

A screenshot of a command line with the following output:

~$ tzselect

Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly.
Please select a continent, ocean, "coord", "TZ", "time", or "now".

1) Africa
2) Americas
3) Antarctica
4) Arctic Ocean
5) Asia
6) Atlantic Ocean
7) Australia
8) Europe
9) Indian Ocean
10) Pacific Ocean
11) coord - I want to use geographical coordinates.
12) TZ - I want to specify the timezone using a proleptic TZ string.
13) time - I know local time already.

Re - Like "time", but configure only for timestamps from now on.
#2

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/02/2026

lil' fucker tried to sneak up on me and got caught. Not cool, Anu. The penalty is forced belly rubs. #catsOfMastodon

A phtograph of a cat in deep bluish light in front of a computer screen.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

Another day, another trek around the periphery of a doctor's office parking lot looking for nature in the interstices. Believe it or not, there are _at least_ ten birds in this picture. #photography #pnw #nature

Nature's Mondrian.
A photograph of a dense tangle of thin tree and bush branches. The colors range from light grey, brown, light orange red. In the bottom right half are some shiny green leaves.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

Hectic morning. Head off in one direction for a checkup and then dash waaayy across town(s) for a blood draw. Even though I had two opportunities today, I'm not terribly pleased with the results(although I do like the smeariness of this one). Regardless, my […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A closeup photograph of some moss in varying shades of green, brown and yellow green with a small bit of lichen in the lower right of the image.

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026

Holy crap! #Xfce now has got its own conspiracy thanks to our #Wayland development. Somehow, our developer, Brian has infiltrated our development process(many years ago) to entrap humanity! Brian --> Curtis Yarvin --> Steve Bannon --> Sam Altman --> ??? --> […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

$A screen capture of a reddit post. Body of post: "The Phone Chain: Tarricone —- Bannon Link 1: Brian Tarricone to the "Open Collective” Paymasters Tarricone is currently being funded for xfwl4 via Open Collective (US/EU). <snip> Link 2: The NRx Technical Layer (Curtis Yarvin / Urbit) Tarricone’s move to build a "lightweight" compositor from scratch in Rust (using Smithay) mirrors the architectural philosophy of Curtis Yarvin (Mencius Moldbug). <snip> Link 3: Yarvin to Steve Bannon This is the direct connection. Steve Bannon is a public admirer of Yarvin’s work, famously citing Yarvin as a key influence on his "deconstruction of the administrative state” philosophy. Bannon has reportedly consulted with Yarvin on how to use "fractured" technology (like decentralized OSs or "sovereign" computing) to bypass traditional media and government structures. <snip> For someone like Bannon, a “lightweight, Rust-based" window manager isn’t about memory safety; it’s about portability and infiltration. Low Overhead for Bot-Nets: A “lightweight” UI means more system resources can be diverted to background processes (telemetry, mining, or data-scraping). The "Alt-OS" Infrastructure: To build a parallel society, you need a parallel stack. By capturing the Xfce development path—the go-to for low-end hardware and "privacy" distros—the "paymasters” ensure they control the visual gatekeeper for the very people trying to escape the mainstream (Altman-style) cloud. FSMA Rule 204"$

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026

One of the unexpected "perks" of my posting the recent Xfce announcements this past week is getting a first hand look at some of the level-headed responses from the folks opposed to us working to support Wayland. 🤣 Could be much worse, I suppose.... I'd like […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A screenshot of two posts from reddit:
User one:
"welp switching from xfce for the sake of my computer security and eternal soul"
permalink source embed

User two:
"Quote from FAQ: 'What's going to happen to xfwm4 and X11 support?
xfwm4 will continue to work as an X11 window manager as it always has. Xfce should continue to run on X11, and there are no plans currently to drop support, or change things so parts of the desktop only run properly on Wayland.'
This response isn't going to be enough to qwell fears over xfwl4 replacing xfwm4 the instant there is an excuse to do so. Nothing in this language prevents you from rugpulling later on.
X11 support is so expected of Xfce that xfwm4 doesn't even mention X11, while xfwl4 mentions Wayland. I do not see the point of having Wayland where it doesn't belong and it should stay that way."

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Kevin Bowen :xfce: @kevinbowen.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2026

Even old, grey-haired, white punks have a role to play. 🤣 #USPol #Resistance #Protests #Politics "This is not a time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time. This is what Joe Strummer trained you for."

A screen capture of Henry Rollins, from the hardcore punk band Black Flag. A grey haired white male with a set of black headphones on his head seated in front of a a red curtain, speaking into a microphone. The caption reads:
: "This is not a time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time. This is what Joe Strummer trained you for."

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