Jer-Bear, Snakes-for-Hair

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* 🙋‍♂️ Human
* 👨‍💻 IT professional; tech & digital rights enthusiast
* đź“Ť Montana, US
* 🌲 Atheopagan
* đź‘Ť Yes: Cats, dogs, Lord of the Rings, Magic the Gathering, left-wing, chainmail
* đź‘Ž No: Advertising, right-wing, corporate Bad Stuff

Profile pic is from Picrew: https://picrew.me/share?cd=vdutkaRwsI

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Age range25-34
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Jer-Bear, Snakes-for-HairMar 28, 2024
oshyMar 28, 2024
POV: You made the mistake of trying to track a package in 2024
Jer-Bear, Snakes-for-HairMar 28, 2024
LaffyMar 28, 2024

Thank you Pres. #Biden:

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The Biden administration has restored threatened species protections dropped during Donald #Trump's presidency.

Jer-Bear, Snakes-for-HairMar 28, 2024
@miiamustang reusable pew pew, yes, very Legolas
Jer-Bear, Snakes-for-HairMar 28, 2024
rail [see pinned posts]Mar 28, 2024
Fucking savage
Jer-Bear, Snakes-for-HairMar 28, 2024
Lucas AsherMar 28, 2024

New to Mastodon, so it's time for an #introduction . I'm Lucas. I've been playing RPGs since I was in the 6th grade, when I first got into D&D 4e.

Now, I'm a full-time history teacher, and I write a blog combining these interests: how to use history to make better #ttrpg
content, along with homebrew resources and reviews. I also publish supplements for various RPGs (most often #dnd5e ). Check out the blog at https://www.veritastabletop.com!

Veritas Tabletop

RPG Homebrew and Advice Inspired by History

Veritas Tabletop
Jer-Bear, Snakes-for-HairMar 28, 2024
Ars TechnicaMar 27, 2024

Oregon governor signs nation’s first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing

Starting in 2025, devices can't block repair parts with software pairing checks.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/oregon-governor-signs-nations-first-right-to-repair-bill-that-bans-part-pairing/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Oregon governor signs nation’s first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing

Starting in 2025, devices can't block repair parts with software-pairing checks.

Ars Technica
Show threadJer-Bear, Snakes-for-HairMar 28, 2024
Mastodon and Discord are where I talk to Internet people now. Mastodon seems somewhat enshittification-resistant by design and because of the community here. But I worry about Discord. I'm convinced Discord is going to go to hell just like every other platform. Ads in the app unless you're subscribed to Nitro. Data harvesting, analysis, sale. Sale of user posts to AI companies. All stuff reddit started doing, all irresistible to platforms w/ captive audiences.
Show threadJer-Bear, Snakes-for-HairMar 28, 2024

So here I'm pissed off because reddit is heading in a user-hostile direction, because they want to make money.

I bet this is a shade of what y'all ex-Twitter users feel. I know the consensus is the birdsite always had its problems, but HOLY SHIT the Musk acquisition has been the most awful garbage to witness as a bystander. I never got into Twitter. If I had, and the inconceivably gargantuan assclown had ruined something important to me, so spectacularly... yiiiikes.

Show threadJer-Bear, Snakes-for-HairMar 28, 2024
honestly, if not for reddit, there's a really good chance I would have been radicalized by the alt-right. I'm to understand they affirmatively target young white men who are gamers, who are loners, who crave validation, who are emotionally unstable. That was 100% me back in ~2010 when I joined reddit. Exposure to reddit's left-leaning popular opinion led to exposure to leftist communities, which (I hope) inoculated me against right-wing garbage.
Show threadJer-Bear, Snakes-for-HairMar 28, 2024
really dating myself with "go eat shit fuckers" cos it was a huge meme on Uncyclopedia back in the day (like 2005)