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Did I just finish a playthrough of Satisfactory? Sure. Did they just announce a new expansion with this creepy cutie in it? Yep Guess I'm coming back to streaming. Eventually. 😁

A screenshot of the strange new cyclops fox creature from the Satisfactory Core Values expansion

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On the plus side, you should be able to export them in a format that Libre Office can read, so while it doesn't fix the online availability problem, that's at least a good option for archiving.

Fwiw, I am paying for Proton. Worth it for me, but ymmv

I technically still have the Gmail account, I'm basically moving services over one by one as I remember they're tied to the Google account. It's slow, but not painful. Docs are the main pain point if you use it heavily, Proton's offering isn't as robust, but I wasn't heavily relying on Google docs

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Also good to be aware of takeout.google.com, which let's you do nice all-in-one exports of your account data by application.

takeout.google.com

thiiird person @thiiirdperson.com · 01/10/2026

Open source alternatives I'm running right now on a Docker host in my closet: - Immich for a Google Photos replacement - Memos for Keep/notes app replacement - Home Assistant for household automation without Google Assistant Also switched over to Proton for mail/calendar/docs

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I'm so close and also pretty damn far away. I need some support today if you can spare it. My birthday is on Monday and all I want for my birthday this year is to keep the house long enough to find a job that can pay for it. Shares help too! Thanks for being here for me.

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Martin @zenfrii.gg · 30/09/2026

Since there's a fucked up version of it making the rounds right now thanks to the feds new AI bullshit, figured I'd share the actually good original. This is The End Poem by Julian Gough. It plays at the end of Minecraft. It's very good. en.wikisource.org/wiki/End_Poem

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End Poem - Wikisource, the free online library

Martin @zenfrii.gg · 30/09/2026

Have you ever wanted to read The End Poem from Minecraft, but all fucked up with nationalist propaganda? America(dot)gov has you covered.

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Martin @zenfrii.gg · 25/09/2026

Look I like the Wolves and Lynx as much as any Minnesotan does, but if these rich owner fucks ask for public money to build a new stadium while we're having conversations about cutting park funding and closing schools I'm going to lose my shit.

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Martin @zenfrii.gg · 17/09/2026

Democratic leadership would like you to know that you should be mad at the president and not at all blame them for entirely capitulating to his demands. Fucking fascists and cowards, the lot of them.

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Martin @zenfrii.gg · 14/09/2026

Some thoughts on the recent conversation around "pacing" the LLM market. Wrote this mostly for Facebook audience, but figure some of you might find use in it. memos.zenfrii.gg/memos/9koACW...

memos.zenfrii.gg

Memos

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Vitsy14 @vitsy14.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Fuck ICE!

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Martin @zenfrii.gg · 11/09/2026

I was 9 and I still remember how racist everyone got. What are you talking about?

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Martin @zenfrii.gg · 10/09/2026

Watching people at work put more effort into making Claude functional than they've ever put into sharing the same knowledge with their juniors is pissing me the fuck off.

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Anne @annieoranne.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Yeah I gotta say living through a ret-conning is disorienting as all get out

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The Lowry used to make a buffalo chicken nacho style appetizer, nothing too fancy just shredded chicken, blue cheese, buffalo sauce, and some chives over kettle chips. I can of course make this myself but there was something about getting it at the bar after a show that was special.

Cause, to your point, all this sort of ad does is make people like me feel gross about voting for them at best, or abstain at worst.

disgruntled lesbian of Minneapolis @phoenix-rights.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Makes one wonder if they might be interested in finding a different base...

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Dawanna Witt is an ICE collaborator

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Cartilage Pizza @cartilagepizza.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Jacob Frey is an ICE collaborator

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The real question is: will the developers on your team who care about the work leave on their own, or will you lay them off?

Martin @zenfrii.gg · 03/09/2026

Oh yeah. AI is for sure the answer to increasing productivity on your tech team. It certainly couldn't be something like actually updating tickets in a timely manner, or writing decent specifications to build to. Certainly the productivity loss is the developers fault.

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Martin @zenfrii.gg · 01/09/2026

The DNC needs new leadership at every level. This is laughably weak in the face of the current attempt at a full fascist takeover of the country.

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Martin @zenfrii.gg · 31/08/2026

Four days is some wishful thinking lol. For me it tended to be same day

Martin @zenfrii.gg · 30/08/2026

I remember back in the old days when I was sad to see Google services die, now I'm just trying to get them out of my phone.

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Martin @zenfrii.gg · 28/08/2026

We considered making a fuss over that clause and a few others but ultimately signed after pointing out all the issues to the leasing office and being told it's just their standard form. The whole thing was riddled with typos and misspellings and honestly probably not enforceable.

Martin @zenfrii.gg · 28/08/2026

My favorite (harmless) version of this was the apartment I rented a while back had a clause that prohibited "any flammable materials" from being left unattended. Like... What, everything I own needs to be flame resistant? Sheesh

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Willy Lee (they/them) @advicepig.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Celebrate Dolly today, get some books to some kids!

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Mara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

SOLIDARITY WITH THE MINNESOTA 15 DROP THE CHARGES

MN WORKERS UNITED SAYS:
-DROP THE CHARGES ON THE MN 15!
-SOLIDARITY IS NOT A CRIME!

The MN15 are calling for supporters to pack the courts!
Tuesday 8/25 a 1:30pm
Courtroom 14W
Thursday 8/27 a 2:30pm
Courtroom 12W
DROP
THE
CHARGES
Minneapolis Federal Courthouse
300 S 4* Street Minneapolis

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Martin @zenfrii.gg · 21/08/2026

The fact that this company is immediately involved in the new concentration camp they're opening in MN should be enough for no local government of any moral dignity to engage with them at all.

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Martin @zenfrii.gg · 20/08/2026

Hmmmm this reminds me of something from time past

That's a fair reflection. The place I land, if we're setting aside the environmental racism of it all, is: LLMs are a fine tool for dev work when the developer is still responsible for the actual code output. Once you surrender composition to it, you start losing skills and quality.

And actually writing the code is often where devs do the thinking. A lot of it is thought through in specifications (in a perfect world) but there's always details to sort out in the actual coding. Ceding that to an LLM feels like not thinking through the problem.

I like this framing. Anecdotally: I have seen the work quality of every developer I know who uses AI heavily decline rapidly the last year or so. Impact might well not be limited to learning new skills, but also retaining known ones.

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This works out great. A bunch of cash and I get to spend the next year generally vibing with friends while we solve puzzles and go for a Big Walk? Hell yeah

Martin @zenfrii.gg · 18/08/2026

With all the gratitude to the folks who run it and no pressure: is the MSP feed down for everyone, or did I get kicked out for some reason? lol

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Those who know me know I'm not the biggest Walz fan, but this is good. It's too bad @amyklobuchar.com can't be bothered to have the same spine so we probably lose this in a year.

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Martin @zenfrii.gg · 18/08/2026

"we need this, real bad." - City of Minneapolis, looking at a data center deal none of the residents want

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Martin @zenfrii.gg · 13/08/2026

Yeah, it's a survival task. Can't quit for risk of health, housing, food. So many more valuable things we could be doing, but...capitalism.

Martin @zenfrii.gg · 13/08/2026

It's no longer a gift if I have to pay for it with my data.

Martin @zenfrii.gg · 13/08/2026

Hey @nytimes.com if I have to give you my email address to read articles that were gift linked I will simply never read your publication again. I know you don't care but I needed to say it.

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Colleen Kelly @onecolleen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

"Last year was the seventh straight year of record overtime costs (for police); the last time the city stayed within its overtime budget was 2018." Interesting fact: 2018 was also the first year Jacob Frey took office as mayor of Minneapolis. www.startribune.com/mayor-frey-2...

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Minneapolis mayor proposes millions in cuts, over 100 job cuts and 11.3% property tax increase

That would be the biggest property tax increase in Minneapolis in at least 26 years. The owner of a median-valued home of $351,400 would pay $409 more a year.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/08/2026

that’s fucking right

Peggy Flanagan wearing a protect trans kids shirt

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Mara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnesota next week. A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnesota next week. A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnesota next week. A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnes

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Martin @zenfrii.gg · 06/08/2026

You know things are bad when you're looking at spinning disk drives for storage in the year of 2026