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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2025
Moved to @Linux@mastodon.de Thoughts on the matter: mastodon.de/@Linux/1152675814037349…
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Why did I join the Fediverse? I work for Facebook (Meta), and during my free time, when I’m not dealing with everyone else’s nonsense, I want to say what needs to be said without some censor trying to verify if everything I say is either profitable or politically correct. I will always tell the truth as politely as possible, but accuracy does not always mean popularity. For example, I take pride when I point out a scammer. I feel satisfaction, and I will share that link and occasionally a screenshot if I catch it fast enough. But I am not responsible if another administrator removes the scam post before it gains traction. They did the right thing — they removed the scam post. And just because you didn’t see it does not mean you should bend the knee toward the scammer who is crying like a little bitch that their post was removed by someone else. I need to be able to call someone an asshole when they are clearly being an asshole. I promise I’m not going to spend all day calling the same person an asshole. I have better things to do than focus on that one person, but I will call a spade a spade. I do not back down, shy away, or yield to assholes. Donald Trump is racist, sexist, homophobic, and a pedophile, and MAGA is a cult. I should be able to call Donald Trump a racist, sexist, homophobic pedophile, and his followers cult members. Love is love. I do not care if you are a man, woman, gender-neutral, straight, gay, bi, or whatever else you identify as; I want you to have the freedom to love whomever you love, provided they are a consenting adult. What is happening to Gaza is horrible. Israel is guilty of war crimes. But every single person I have seen asking for money has thus far been a scammer, sharing the same URLs as the scammers I see at work (Facebook). Gaza Verified is not credible because it seems to be scammers verifying themselves, along with perhaps a few people who mean well but are clearly being taken advantage of. Unfortunately, that is how scammers work: they take advantage of people. On that note, show me one post that is not a scam, and I will share it myself. Yes, let’s get the elephant out of the room and address the fact that I have moved a few times within the Fediverse. Being honest is not always popular. Being factual is not always popular. Doing both at the same time, unfortunately, seems to prove problematic. And it is unfortunate because hateful people have a place to say whatever they want, whenever they want. But if you’re a kind person, and not one of those hateful jerks, but not always popularly politically correct, that seems to be a problem on the Fediverse. I cannot promise that anywhere I join may not trigger some asshole and their friends with an agenda. I take issue against Donald Trump's MAGA douchebags and scammers. That was bound to put a target on my back. But I am not going to stop. In fact, I hope in time more people join me. We’d live in a better world without either. I am an American citizen, but I do not believe the United States of America is the greatest country on earth. Thus far, we are certainly not the worst place, but we have a lot of room for improvement. That is one of my so-called “not so politically correct” worldviews. Because I believe it is possible to like your country, but absolutely hate what it is becoming. This is all to say, I am going to be me, in spite of anyone. And I refuse to go quietly into some isolated corner, shouting up at the sky, where few, if anyone, will hear me.
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2025
Moved to @Linux@mastodon.de Thoughts on the matter: mastodon.de/@Linux/1152675814037349…
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Linux Is Best (@Linux@mastodon.de)
Why did I join the Fediverse? I work for Facebook (Meta), and during my free time, when I’m not dealing with everyone else’s nonsense, I want to say what needs to be said without some censor trying to verify if everything I say is either profitable or politically correct. I will always tell the truth as politely as possible, but accuracy does not always mean popularity. For example, I take pride when I point out a scammer. I feel satisfaction, and I will share that link and occasionally a screenshot if I catch it fast enough. But I am not responsible if another administrator removes the scam post before it gains traction. They did the right thing — they removed the scam post. And just because you didn’t see it does not mean you should bend the knee toward the scammer who is crying like a little bitch that their post was removed by someone else. I need to be able to call someone an asshole when they are clearly being an asshole. I promise I’m not going to spend all day calling the same person an asshole. I have better things to do than focus on that one person, but I will call a spade a spade. I do not back down, shy away, or yield to assholes. Donald Trump is racist, sexist, homophobic, and a pedophile, and MAGA is a cult. I should be able to call Donald Trump a racist, sexist, homophobic pedophile, and his followers cult members. Love is love. I do not care if you are a man, woman, gender-neutral, straight, gay, bi, or whatever else you identify as; I want you to have the freedom to love whomever you love, provided they are a consenting adult. What is happening to Gaza is horrible. Israel is guilty of war crimes. But every single person I have seen asking for money has thus far been a scammer, sharing the same URLs as the scammers I see at work (Facebook). Gaza Verified is not credible because it seems to be scammers verifying themselves, along with perhaps a few people who mean well but are clearly being taken advantage of. Unfortunately, that is how scammers work: they take advantage of people. On that note, show me one post that is not a scam, and I will share it myself. Yes, let’s get the elephant out of the room and address the fact that I have moved a few times within the Fediverse. Being honest is not always popular. Being factual is not always popular. Doing both at the same time, unfortunately, seems to prove problematic. And it is unfortunate because hateful people have a place to say whatever they want, whenever they want. But if you’re a kind person, and not one of those hateful jerks, but not always popularly politically correct, that seems to be a problem on the Fediverse. I cannot promise that anywhere I join may not trigger some asshole and their friends with an agenda. I take issue against Donald Trump's MAGA douchebags and scammers. That was bound to put a target on my back. But I am not going to stop. In fact, I hope in time more people join me. We’d live in a better world without either. I am an American citizen, but I do not believe the United States of America is the greatest country on earth. Thus far, we are certainly not the worst place, but we have a lot of room for improvement. That is one of my so-called “not so politically correct” worldviews. Because I believe it is possible to like your country, but absolutely hate what it is becoming. This is all to say, I am going to be me, in spite of anyone. And I refuse to go quietly into some isolated corner, shouting up at the sky, where few, if anyone, will hear me.
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
Current weather: Downpouring rain. ⛈️ Not the kind of light rain you can walk through, but the kind you could actually shower in — if you were feeling adventurous enough. I'm still enjoying my vacation, but I really would like to touch grass a bit more. I guess, in the meantime, it's more anime. 🤷
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
2 of 2 Before anyone asks, “If nuclear takes years — often decades — to build, why would they promote it?” The answer is: infrastructure. Our current infrastructure — and what’s planned for the near future — has been growing steadily to meet demand. But AI is on track to exceed that demand […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
I’m convinced AI is a ploy to promote nuclear power. Why? Right now, AI can run on green energy — solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, ocean, etc. But AI developers seem to be scaling up their datacenters at an alarming rate — arguably overbuilding beyond current projected needs. Green […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
Just a quick reminder, if you haven't been paying attention, Israel has been shooting the pressing Gaza. Gaza is basically a bucket, and they are shooting the people like they were fish in that bucket. The most upsetting thing about all of this is twofold. First, nobody's going to do anything […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
In before some troll or possibly scammer, claims that they've restored services. You dumb motherfucker. — Israel is not trying to be benevolent and restore the communication and service allowing people can know about the genocide. 🤦 They want to kill these people in the secret and in the dark […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
" Gaza City’s communications cut amid widening Israeli ground invasion " That was from 2 weeks ago, since then Israel has completely isolated Gaza. There's nobody talking out of Gaza. But the amount of scammers claiming to be from Gaza is greater than what the population of Gaza was before the […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
" Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds " www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde3eyzdr…
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Flipboard Tech Desk @techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
Louisiana's $3 billion power upgrade for Meta project raises questions about who should pay. From @abc: "Meta is racing to construct its largest data center yet, a $10 billion facility in northeast Louisiana as big as 70 football fields and requiring more than twice the electricity of New […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
Someone anonymously shared this with me. > " just letting you know someone got upset by your comments and reported you confused on why I got the report as well but yeah " I am going to tell everyone what I told them. > " Really, I could not care if they report […] [Original post on mastodon.cr]
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kurtsh @kurtsh.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
Tylenol responds. #humor #tylenol #epstein #trump
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
@starlight Get some sleep, and I'm glad things are currently safe.
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
Looking for an alternative to Cloudflare is important. As one of the most widely used domain proxies, based in the United States, Cloudflare could easily become America's version of the Great Firewall of China — if the U.S. government ever chooses to fully embrace authoritarian control. If […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
Here is the screenshot announcing their change, which started this month — September 2025. 😭
A screenshot of their sign up page which reads:

Deflect Migration Notice

Starting September 2025, Deflect will be migrating the control panel to a newly developed platform.

    New users: As of today, all new sign-ups must be completed on the new platform at dashboard.deflect.network
    Existing users: Current accounts will remain active and accessible on the existing platform until the migration is complete

Important: Deflect's new platform is accessible from a new domain name deflect.network. Please be aware of this change and only access your account through our official domains, including both deflect.ca and deflect.network.
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
* deep sigh * Deflect seems to be migrating away from Deflect.ca to their new domain Deflect.network And they're using the United States for their infrastructure. 🤦 Canada — you had a good thing going there. 😭 […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
* deep sigh * Deflect seems to be migrating away from Deflect.ca to their new domain Deflect.network And they're using the United States for their infrastructure. 🤦 Canada — you had a good thing going there. 😭 […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
Holy shit. — I think I found an alternative to Cloudflare. 🤯 The service is called "Defect" deflect.ca They owned and managed by the organization called, "eQualitie" equalitie.org Both of which appear to be: Canada — North America. Meaning, outside U.S. jurisdiction ! 🤩 […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
If Vivaldi Browser could kindly close their Massachusetts, USA office and surrender all registrations in the United States, that would be great — thanks.
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Laura Langdon @lauralangdon.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
Exactly this 💯 #ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergent
Tweet but Emily Zanotti @emzanotti

My children are not on the autism spectrum because I took Tylenol while pregnant. They're on the autism spectrum because I, a person who will wear only one type of shoe and can't eat food that is "too potato-y," had babies with a man who has an encyclopedic knowledge of European aristocracy but a limited ability to process social cues.
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
If Zen ever launches a "Zen Browser Foundation," "Zen Browser Corporation," "Zen Browser Non-profit," or something along those lines — based in Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, or anywhere else on this planet outside the United States — I'll happily revisit this.
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
Why not add Zen Browser? First, I'm already walking a "gray line" by recommending web browsers in the first place. How so? All modern web browsers are essentially soft forks of one of three upstream projects: Google Chromium (Blink), Apple Safari (WebKit), or Mozilla Firefox (Gecko). While […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
Added Floorp to my web browser list. Floorp (Gecko) — Japan, Asia floorp.app Developed by ablaze.one located in Japan, Asia. From their own blog post: blog.floorp.app/en/notice/independe…
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
On top of everything else, this was an impressive, if slightly adrenaline-inducing, thing I had to stop and wait for on the way home from campus today. WOW. The flagger had a hilarious comment about "The commuters aren't bad. The farmers are the worst! They won't stop for anything!"
A view from inside a car, looking down a very straight road, with a flagger waving his arms to get cars to stop.  There's a truck behind him with a "wide load" sign, and a cherry-picker electrical truck with a guy in the bucket, pushing up the electric line over the road.  The sky above is bright blue.The same view, but now with a truck that says "wide load" and also "House moving", and a literal house on a trailer coming down the road toward us.  The house is wider than the entire two lane road.  The house on the truck trailer, now right in front of my car, with the tractor part of the truck turning in front of me, and the house looking rather precarious on the trailer.An entire white house, two stories, with large windows, driving away down the dirt side road. It looks massive and totally weird up on a bunch of tiny little wheels.
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T.M. Baumgartner @tm-baumgartner.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
I let Bailey (the Potato) toddle around in the office with the three older kittens, and Ronan is being so gentle with her. It's very sweet. (For comparison, the big kids play with each other like it's a WWE match — Shane jumped off a carrier to land on Orla.) #FosterKittens #CatsOfMastodon
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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
since this picture was taken a few hours ago, Odin has karate-kicked me in the face while I was grooming him, drooled all over my notebook while I was writing in it, pulled me off a bench because I was taking too long to check my phone during walkies, and […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]
selfie of me leaning against Odin the Newfie. I'm the human girl on the right
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
More of this please: #NY judge in #LuigiMangione case warns #DOJ over comments A federal judge on Wednesday warned DOJ ofcls that continued public comments about the case against #Mangione could result in #sanctions for violating rules about what #attorneys can say publicly about open […]
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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
She doesn’t like it when I don’t fold out the blanket flat. She won’t get up though, she will just lie on it unhappily. #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Torties
A photo of Mila the 18yo elderly tortie looking a little disgruntled with her paw on a green blanket that is creased
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Kingu @kingu.sakurajima.moe.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
Honestly, the sad truth is that most people wouldn’t know the difference between Gaza and anywhere else in the Middle East. Telling people you had a video call with a scammer and “know” they were really in Gaza is laughable — unless you’ve actually been to Gaza. Half the people online would […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
Honestly, the sad truth is that most people wouldn’t know the difference between Gaza and anywhere else in the Middle East. Telling people you had a video call with a scammer and “know” they were really in Gaza is laughable — unless you’ve actually been to Gaza. Half the people online would […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
Sometime last year, it became really easy to spot North Korean government employees online. I think it’s a combination of lack of sleep and malnutrition, but they tend to make the most mistakes. I feel sorry for them when they do, because the punishment for having their account discovered is […]
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
LONDON MAYOR SADIQ KHAN: “I appear to be living rent-free in Trump’s head… when people behave a certain way you’ve got to believe them. Trump has shown he is racist, sexist, Islamophobic.”
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
2 years on the Fediverse (since May 30, 2023), and one thing I’ve noticed is this: the Fediverse is soft on scammers. Whenever someone points out an obvious one, there’s a lot of pushback. And by “obvious,” I don’t mean you suspect they’re being dishonest — I mean when it’s painfully clear […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
I, myself, also fell for a scam on the Fediverse — Sharkey. I ended up giving 1,000 bucks because the developers claimed they needed a new physical server, and they also said they were going to create a professional “Join Sharkey” website where you could find Sharkey instances. In total, they […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
The Fediverse is soft on scammers! I noticed this earlier this year when I called out a scammer who kept making up stories. They lost track of their lies — first asking for money for their mother's funeral, then later claiming their father was trying to buy medication for their mom. And that […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
It is the same damn URLs (exact same URLs) as the scammers who keep changing their stories, and keep asking you to donate to their Go Fund Me. I see the damn thing all the time while working at Meta (Facebook). #GazaVerified #Gaza #GazaGenocide #Scam #Scammer #Fraud
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
The people among Gaza Verified are still using the same Go Fund Me URL as the previous scammers, and still making up the previous stories. Some women who today has 2 children, tomorrow 4 children, and the day after, it will be another random account with no kids, but a sick wife. #GazaVerified
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
I don't care if the Pope signed off on Gaza Verified. There are still scammers among that so-called approved list. #GazaVerified
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
@canrith6696 Yet, there are still scammers listed among Gaza Verified. #GazaVerified
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
@laescude Me alegra saber que no soy la única persona que se olvida de hacer eso.
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
@leanderlindahl Still do – It’s an evil corporation and Mark Zuckerberg is an asshole.
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
“Billy Bob” has nearly a million followers. That means I can trust “Bully Bob.” The likes of Elon Musk and Donald Trump have several million followers, and I would not advise you to trust them. A large following count does not mean they’re trustworthy. At Meta (Facebook), the largest scam […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
“What is happening in Gaza is awful. I wish there was something I could do, safely, from the comfort of my home.” “Well, you can send me money!” “Oh, that’s easy. I can do that.” “Yes…. Please do that.” Scammers exploit the awful situation in Gaza by preying on people’s deep sympathy and […]
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
@Sarahw @aral@mastodon.ar.al Gaza Verified is a scam! You've got a group of scammers verifying themselves -- and the people who would foolishly believe them. #GazaVerified
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@Sarahw @aral@mastodon.ar.al Gaza Verified is a scam! You've got a group of scammers verifying themselves -- and the people who would foolishly believe them. #GazaVerified
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Linux Is Best @linux.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
“What is happening in Gaza is awful. I wish there was something I could do, safely, from the comfort of my home.” “Well, you can send me money!” “Oh, that’s easy. I can do that.” “Yes…. Please do that.” Scammers exploit the awful situation in Gaza by preying on people’s deep sympathy and […]
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