DeanC

@DeanC@ecoevo.social
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Linux Breaks 5% Desktop Share in U.S., Signaling Open-Source Surge Against Windows and macOS

Linux has surpassed 5% desktop market share in the US (5.03% in June 2025), per StatCounter, driven by privacy concerns, rising costs of Windows/macOS, and user-friendly distros like Ubuntu. Community celebrates amid gaming and enterprise boosts, though challenges like software gaps persist; analysts eye 7% by 2027.

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🍎 Handbook of birds of eastern North America
New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1912.

[Source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54197875]

Well my employer has decided to partner with Palantir, which means it's time for me to find a new job. I was a lot more willing to make 40% less than market rate when I knew my employer wasn't funding concentration camps because they want AI coding tools.

Anyway if you need a UX designer/researcher located around the Minneapolis-St. Paul region of Minnesota, USA who knows his way around US government regulations for CMS quality reporting, healthcare, enterprise software I'm looking!

For all of you who have been so incredibly helpful, I cannot thank you enough!

#FediHire #FediHired #GetFediHired

The more I roll it around in my mouth, the more certain I am that the "AI" mania *perfectly* encapsulates neoliberalism in its entirety.

- doesn't work and never has
- steals everything around it
- produces nothing of value
- destroys all things with actual value
- lies
- creates the illusion of efficiency while vastly increasing both monetary and social costs
- is supported by militant zealots with tiny minds and hearts
- enriches a tiny group of individuals at the cost of destroying Earth

For #thickTrunkTuesday and/or #mosstodon - either a strange, ancient human figure, or a trick of the light? #InterlakenPark, #Seattle, January 2022.

A small forest in a big forest.

#mosstodon #LichenSubscribe

Search engine DuckDuckGo has introduced a new filter to hide AI-generated images in its image search results, relying on open-source blocklists from uBlock Origin & uBlackList, and user choice for more private searches.
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/duckduckgo-introduces-new-option-to-filter-out-ai-generated-images-in-search-results/

Good God. A restaurant uses AI to generate menu and this is what it reads.

Source: Restaurants shouldn't use AI for description https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1lzmx3o/restaurants_shouldnt_use_ai_for_description/

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Common Powderhorn lichen (Cladonia coniocraea) and Netted Shield lichen (Parmelia sulcata) on an old fence post

#lichen #lichensubscribe #nature #closeup

@Hagukh I ❤️ your photography! Always makes me feel good!
@loveallexcludenone Thank you, Laurie! I'm glad you like the photos.