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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 2h

@seldo I care less about that person as I do all the other cars on the road.

Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 2h

@GhostOnTheHalfShell This is one of the things I've learned from anarchists, yeah. Petty tyrants are tyrants nonetheless.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14h

Those of you asking, "WTF!?": OSX made this change some time ago, and it means that you can click something on a window that's behind the one you're working on and then drop into the one you're working on without the "behind" window moving to the front. It's a *genius* bit of interface design.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14h

Does anyone know if there's a way to change Gnome so that (stay with me here) you switch windows on the release of a mouse click rather than the activation of a mouse click? #Linux #Gnome #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Computers #tech #technology

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14h

Why not regular Linux Mint? Because screw Canonical, that's why.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14h

I have convinced my mother-in-law to switch to #LinuxMint. She's fed up with Windows, and she knows I use Linux (and she doesn't differentiate between them), so I'm going to convert my old #Thinkpad from #Gnome/#Debian to #LMDE. I'm about to be live-in tech support. Wish me luck...

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

The big thing for me is that I'm running #Scrivener on Linux using a programme called #Lutris, which runs on top of #WINE, and #CompositionMode simply does not work, so this minimalist #Layout gives me a "focused" version of the programme I haven't had in years.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

You can also use this mode to work on two texts at once (which I've been using to rewrite scenes from scratch but keeping the beats and some turns of phrase from a previous version). I left the #Headers on because they contain some controls that you want when you're doing split-screen.

A screencap of Scrivener with everything turned off except the menu bar *and* there are two texts open at once.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

I've been using #Scrivener for years, and I only just discovered the joy of "layouts." The built-in #CompositionMode is great, but you can make your own, as well, by removing everything but the menu bar. The bonus is that you can activate the #Binder and/or #Inspector as needed.

A screen cap of Scrivener with everything turned off There's a scroll of text down middle, a menu bar at the top, and a window bar above that. And that's all.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@brenttoderian.bsky.social I read a short thing once about sci-fi cities and how they break down into either Flying Cars or Everyone Takes Transit. The dream is to be able to move quickly and efficiently, in either case. It's just that flying cars would be a nightmare, and transit actually […]

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

Since I’ve been asked quite a few times, the Ai flying car video is really stupid on so many levels (pun intended).

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

In the Vancouver election, many thought Pete Fry and the Greens couldn’t beat Sim’s money advantage. “Turns out, they could—with a little help from their friends.” THREE progressive parties worked together proposing a coalition council, didn’t split the vote, and won instead of beating each other.

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ANALYSIS | 4 reasons why Pete Fry is the new mayor of Vancouver — and 1 reason Ken Sim lost | CBC News

In a province where incumbent mayors seeking re-election win approximately 80 per cent of the time, why did Ken Sim lose in Vancouver? Here are a few reasons, based on reporting before and during the ...

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Guillotine Jones, Flâneur @guillotine-jones.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Here's a Caturday treat for all of us. What looks like a crow in this image us actually a cat with its head cocked, as cats do. Enjoy your Caturday with a cat cosplaying a corvid. #Caturday #Corvids

Social media post with a photo of an animal that appears to be on a tile floor.
The caption says, "This picture of a crow is interesting because...it's actually a cat."
Close inspection reveals the photo to be of a black cat with one eye closed and its head turned so that its ear looks like a bird's beak.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Has anyone reading this installed #Debian on a #T2 #Macbook? Can you tell me how much of a pain it was, what the success/failure rate was? I used #KaiT2en, an automated installer, and it works great, but it uses #Fedora, which is not my preferred distro, so I'm exploring my options.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Also, don’t forget that polls or popularity don’t win elections or separation referendums. TURNOUT DOES. There aren’t enough separatists in Alberta for separatism to win if everyone votes, clearly. But EVERY ONE OF THEM WILL VOTE. If those who oppose separatism DON’T VOTE, the foreign agents win.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

@brenttoderian.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social Please. All of you. I don't live there any more. But you have to get rid of Ken Sim.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

We’re in a critical moment in Vancouver city-building and governance, and this Vancouver municipal election feels particularly important. I support progressive voices, including @ptfry.bsky.social for mayor, & @lucymaloney.bsky.social @fabulavancouver.bsky.social @ionabonamis.bsky.social & OneCity.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

The biggest threat to Canada at this moment may be Alberta voters who believe media messaging that the referendum vote to separate will be easily won, leading no-voters to stay home. It’s true that separatism is very unpopular in Alberta, even with Conservatives. BUT TURNOUT WINS ELECTIONS. Vote.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

That kind of hierarchical transactionality is why I hated hanging out with young men when I was a young man, including my own friends (who either grew out of it or I stopped spending time with). EVERYTHING was about asserting dominance through extraction.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

That authoritarian obsession with their position in hierarchies also, I think, makes them *transactional* bc every relationship, every encounter, every bit of human contact is all about extracting maximum gain from someone else and giving up the absolute minimum in return.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

A thought occurred to me tonight. Authoritarians, according to research and everyday observation, either want to bow down to a fuhrer or *be* the fuhrer. For them, it's one or the other. Hence, how they fight like cats in a bad. Also, hence Trump's slathering obsession with Putin and Kim.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

@fabio It's long past time that the rest of the world cancelled its extradition and intelligence-sharing agreements with the US. Exactly as you say, it's blatantly abusing those relationships. We have to just tear them up.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

@thejessiekirk Neoliberalism is what's wrong with us, the verging on global article of faith that human activity is only valid once it's profitable.

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Jessie Kirk @thejessiekirk.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

I don't care if the homeless person we house or the refugee person we welcome is a "good investment". Humanity is not a business. I just want as many HUMAN BEINGS to be warm, happy, safe and healthy as possible. Wrap that up in whatever political affilliation you care too, it's how we should […]

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

I think I spotted the moment when the writers decided to make #korrasami cannon rather than the just #shipping or #HeadCannon (Asami offers to support Korra with "anything at all" or something, it's quite loving). I know my kids won't think it's a big deal when they see the reveal. It's tame by […]

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

My kids (mostly my eldest) are working their way through #AvatarTheLastAirbender, and they're about halfway through #LegendOfKorra right now. The #korrasami of it all so really obvious in retrospect. I'm sort of stunned I didn't see it at first.

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Chad :mstdn: @chad.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Photo from CSA Astronaut Joshua Kutryk aboard the International Space Station today. "Salut, Vancouver. Hello, Vancouver. 👋 " #yvr #vancouver #space

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

This is all why I think they're 100% right #Lanterns is a "dad show." It's very much about parenthood, about how being a parent means trying to avoid the mistakes of your parents and inevitably making mistakes of your own.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

It's obviously entirely fine to prefer a different kind of story than that, but that's the story that #Lanterns showed us, which was about characters, and specifically how those characters manage to get past their fucked-up families and/or youths.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

If you pull those pieces apart, the story loses coherence. That's also why the show jumps around in time. It's fundamentally about the characters, and the mystery circles around those characters, not about plot and logistics. It's not "in the study with the candlestick."

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

That's also how we can have mysteries inside mysteries. The central mystery is about Hal, but there's a sub-mystery about who the manhunter is, and another sub-mystery about what's up with Noah.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

The reason that the big "superhero fight" episode happens at #5 and then there are three more episodes is because Hal's death makes no sense without the backstory of Zoe, Kerry, and Noah. The last three episodes, then, are about the emotional aftermath of the disaster in #5. That's how and why […]

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

IMO, that's a misunderstanding of the structure of #Lanterns. What's so smart about it is that it's not a linear mystery. We're not *just* here to figure out who killed Hal. We're here for a story about characters who change over time, and the mystery is thread that hangs on.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Their biggest change is one I actually take issue with, though. They essentially wanted to excise the last three episodes, make Season 1 about the manhunter, and then push mystery about Hal and/or second manhunter story be season 2.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

What's so interesting is that during their #WhatWouldYouChange? segment (which is a *great* conceit for a podcast!), they essentially proposed to change #Lanterns into a show that they would have liked. Again, fair enough!

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

I just listened to @fromsuperheroes.com review of #Lanterns, and it's genuinely interesting. They didn't like it, but on the basis that it's very well made but not for them. Of course, that's totally fair! People like what they like.

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Orion Ussner kidder @orionkidder.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

So, #Fedora puts extensions into its "Fedora Flatpak" version of #GnomeTweaks that can't be removed. This is enclosure shit. I got off corporate software to avoid this. I need to figure out how to install #Debian on a T2 MacBook. #Linux #Gnome #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Computers #tech #technology

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

One of the "welcome to the Board" traditional conversations is when a new member says "don't they understand they're eating the seed corn?" and then senior staff or leadership decides who gets to explain "they don't care" this year.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This is not just an AI problem but a general tech/private equity management vibe problem we began to encounter when those guys moved into Hollywood due to either money or streaming dominance. Small top-heavy staffs who don't go to set don't make future show runners.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I will point out, now that I'm not on the Board and therefore not longer constrained by the fact that I have the responsibility to serve all members equally, that one of the problems here are showrunners who have either bought into auteur theory or want all those tasty script fees for themselves.

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Mark Deasy 🍉 @markdeasy.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Once again Trump is reminding us to derisk our relationship with the US. Esp with US based tech. The ACT and Australian governments are too docile, dumb and captured to do this at scale like European governments, but there is a lot we can still do as individuals. Perhaps we may even drag our […]

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Stuart Wilkinson @fairtradestu.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

Sit in the gap. Dwell. Discern. Grow in the discomfort. #AI #learning #deepthinking #education Life needs friction, the planet needs humans that can reason.

A cartoon image with one half labelled "skip the gap" with a person using a phone with AI to reach their answer on the other side of the ravine, whilst on the other side labelled "sit in the gap" with a person sitting in thought, with the ravine labelled "discomfort builds reasoning, ambiguity, tolerance, real learning and a seedling growing from the ground .

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