Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Day # [i've completely lost count] of trying to get my name fully updated within Equifax's system. It's been over a year now. Every time they say somebody should get back to me and nobody ever does. BBB gives them an A+ rating. Customer reviews avg 1.1 stars (152 reviews). What an absolute joke. 000
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A data center is a place where computers that store data are. Your phone/laptop/tablet are all technically "data centers." You can actually turn old computers into small servers and host your own apps and services, including AI, for you & your friends. This is the convo we need to be having 000
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I tried asking a small AI model running locally on my computer to generate a chart based on some data I gave it. Over the course of 28min, it lost track of the data file, made a typo in its own working directory, and ended up puking out a failed tool call command and nothing else. How cute. 010
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 03/09/2026In light of the recent Apple Maps and Google Maps decisions, I've decided to switch to using a compass and the stars to navigate to my favorite restaurants. Additionally, I will be using public transit based completely on feel 010
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Capitalism feels like a system created by people who don't know how to relate to others, so instead they bully everyone around them into submission and create rules that force people to live in subservience to them. Sharing power and resources is the only way out of this unjust system. 052
Reposted by Silly BirdGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 12/08/2026Extraordinary story from @josepagliery.bsky.social following Rogelio Bolufé, one of the Cuban hunger strikers in ICE camps as he becomes a third-country national expelled to Guayaquil, Ecuador, one of the most dangerous cities on earth. www.notus.org/national/dhs...notus.orgNo ID, No Money, No Way Out: DHS Deports a Man to a Country He Doesn't KnowThe Trump administration sent Rogelio Bolufé, a Cuban national, to a cartel city in Ecuador with no means of escape. 5320181
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Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 06/07/2026For anyone who can’t imagine a future without fireworks/drone shows… there are these things called meteor showers, and auroras, and eclipses, and comets every so often. Maybe plan a celebration around one of those rather than artificial light shows that pollute our world? 061
Reposted by Silly BirdEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Turns out “America 250” was a temperature forecast 14935169
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Housing instability is one of the greatest inefficiencies of modern society. I could be doing so many more productive things with my time, but instead I'm stuck looking for a place to live / finding the right roommates to afford things with. Everyone should be born with a right to 120sf of space. 010
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 18/06/2026When you look in the reflecting pool and all you see is scum 020
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Credit scores kind of remind me of secret multipliers in video games that only really experienced players understand. How was I supposed to know that consolidating my student loans would hurt my credit score? Nobody told me you're supposed to press A + B three times in a row before doing a backflip! 000
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Day [I've lost count] of trying to get my name fully updated in Equifax's system. Every time I call back, they say they're escalating it to their technical team. "You'll hear back in 5-10 business days." No followup. These are the people I'm entrusting with sensitive information? Dismantle Equifax. 010
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Walter Isaacson: "I've watched you play with your orchestra... and you lead, but you lead from behind. You always stand behind the orchestra." Wynton Marsalis: "Yeah, that's democratic leadership.... to negotiate the song so that we all make sure everyone plays." 🩵💜 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQn9...youtube.comWynton Marsalis on What Jazz Can Teach Us About Democracy | Amanpour and CompanyYouTube video by Amanpour and Company 122
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 27/02/2026The total population of Kansas is around 3 million people. The number of trans people they sent letters to invalidating their IDs is around 1,500. They went through all the effort of passing this bill just to make the lives of 0.05% of their population materially worse and more dangerous. 020
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 26/02/2026So let's see... Kansas enacts a law which suddenly strips every trans person of ID, who now can't legally drive to the DMV without risking a 6-month prison sentence? Is this the plan for the midterms nationwide? Fuck everyone who said Republicans weren't coming for our basic rights. This is evil. 060
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Meanwhile, I got fired from one of my jobs last summer for asking why they weren't considering me for a position I was uniquely qualified for. Instead, they hired multiple other people for this role, one with next to no experience who was fresh out of college, and then told me it was about the money 010
Reposted by Silly BirdColleen T @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks 📜 www.popsci.com/technology/f...popsci.comThe archivist preserving decaying floppy disksIt's a race against time (and magnetic decay) to preserve decades of cultural history stored on obsolete hardware. 121367
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 25/02/2026As someone with very limited web development experience who often ends up helping out with websites for small/community orgs, getting the website to do what you want it to do often feels like getting sucked into a black hole. 100
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 07/02/2026With the way Epstein survivors have risked their lives speaking out, and this administration saying they need to redact files in order to “protect the victims,” I’m beginning to think the rich and powerful see themselves as the victims rather than the children who were brutally taken advantage of. 010
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Got placed on a brief hold on the phone this morning, and the hold music was "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri.... whoever picked that song either deserves a raise or to get fired, I'm not sure which 🤣 010
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Do you think Kash knows they don't even view him as American? I feel so bad for this guy in a way. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...ms.nowKash Patel says the FBI is investigating Signal chats of Minnesotans tracking ICEOn Monday, the FBI director said, “We’re not going after people and infringing on their freedom of speech.” There’s fresh evidence to the contrary. 010
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 28/01/2026A lot can happen in ~3 years. If words have power, read this like tactical fiction. It's a terrifying story about Democrats losing the 2028 election due to MAGA cultism/authoritarianism on full display. But the story leaves out one critical component: WE, THE PEOPLE bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...bylinetimes.com'Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election': US Defence InsiderRegardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues Brynn Tannehill 010
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I'm obsessed with some of these remixes of "This Land is Your Land" (the Salsa Brava, Dance, and R&B/Hip-Hop versions). hate to say that I think these might have been made with AI, but they sound so awesome 😭 lugo.bandcamp.com/album/this-l...lugo.bandcamp.comThis land, by LUGO10 track album 021
Reposted by Silly BirdDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Lesson #20: Be as courageous as you can. If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny. 013018
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 24/01/2026There is a battle for our souls, but it is not against flesh and blood. It is against the spiritual forces of Equifax customer support in the earthly realms. 010
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 12/01/2026A year ago I began making the switch from macOS to Linux. Today I released an article documenting my journey, with lots of helpful tips and tricks. If you've ever considered leaving the walled garden for something more oriented to freedom, there's no year like 2026! tessaria.com/2026/01/12/i...tessaria.comInto the wilderness: My journey from macOS to Linux – Tessaria 050
Reposted by Silly BirdAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/12/2025This is one of our favorites! 8097982160
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 13/12/2025This is the most extreme looking pigeon I’ve ever seen 010
Reposted by Silly BirdThe Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 09/10/2025The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised. 18545547522401
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 02/10/2025I helped update the guide for installing Affinity Studio apps w/ Wine on Linux. There's a lot of energy behind this right now. + Serif just made the announcement "Creative Freedom Is Coming" on Oct 30. Betting now that this will involve support for Linux github.com/seapear/Affi...github.comGitHub - seapear/AffinityOnLinux: A repository that helps users get affinity software working on GNU/Linux 🐧A repository that helps users get affinity software working on GNU/Linux 🐧 - seapear/AffinityOnLinux 010
Reposted by Silly BirdDan Hon @danhon.com · 06/09/2025Every Star Trek episode that was derided as "unrealistic", where Kirk argues a computer into destroying itself, is vindicated. 26417
Reposted by Silly BirdJennifer @jennifilm.nz · 04/09/2025This is a fascinating story: SEGM commissioned systematic reviews on gender affirming care, claimed they showed care should be banned, so the authors have released this statement saying their research is being misused and that it is unconscionable to ban gender affirming care:hei.healthsci.mcmaster.caSystematic reviews related to gender-affirming care - Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI)[...]Read More... 161172353
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 25/08/2025For alternatives to Google Forms, Fillout is really good! HeyForm also seems like a decent option but I haven't really tested it yet. It's little things like this that make de-Googling not only possible, but exciting. I can do so much more with Fillout than I was ever able to do with Google Forms. 020
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Phone screen and back glass broke because of a drop. When I was replacing the screen, I accidentally tore the front camera's connector (it's a cheap fix but I don't really want to replace it right now). So I patched up the back with black gaff tape and glued a makeup mirror over it. Kind of a vibe! 110
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 14/08/2025This is hilarious. I'm just trying to imagine how this conversation went: BOSS: Hey, we just got these new decals in, can you post them up on the wall? EMPLOYEE: Sure, I'll go do that 2 minutes later, without peeling off any of the stickers: 010
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 09/08/2025I'm here for the Clippy movement. youtu.be/2_Dtmpe9qaQyoutu.beChange your profile picture to clippy. I'm seriousYouTube video by Louis Rossmann 384
Reposted by Silly BirdEarthlyEducation @earthlyeducation.bsky.social · 09/08/2025simple solutions to big problems do exist 9422105
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Israel has bombed and killed innocent people relentlessly for almost two years now. Shouldn't that be enough for the whole world to turn against it? Yet here in hell, many still support it as a nation "defending itself." Try telling that to the civilians who have found themselves running from bombs. 010
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 04/08/2025“Don’t trust everything you read online” was always good advice. Now it’s more important than ever with all the AI-generated lies we’re seeing. 110
Reposted by Silly BirdBack Market @backmarketofficial.bsky.social · 22/04/2025How many upgrades do we have left? Let’s end fast tech. 1197
Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 27/07/2025It’s been over two months now since I switched to Linux - something I never thought would be possible, at least not for many years. But I pushed through some of my biggest hurdles, and now things are starting to feel familiar. I’m proud of myself for doing the hard thing and finding new liberty! 020