The next major release of Ubuntu is almost here with a Beta now available for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Long-term support) for testing and bug-hunting.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ubuntu-26-04-lts-beta-released-with-gnome-50-linux-kernel-7-0-mesa-26/

#OpenSource #Upcoming #Beta #Ubuntu #DistroNews #Misc #Kubuntu

There are some people doing renovations on the balcony at the apartment across the street, and she's been on high security alert 'I got my eye on you' mode all morning to discourage them in case any of them gets any funny ideas and decides to fly over.

You may laugh, but not a single person has flown or Spider-manned their way in as long as she's been guarding this 4th floor place, so she's clearly excellent at her job!

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RE: https://mastodon.scot/@Wen/116255252453377471

Also note the very foreign road layout, mail carrier, foreign cop, non-Scottish suburb and buildings, and all the rest of the imagery. That illustration exemplified American cultural imperialism from top to bottom. (And looking at the shadows, the sun NEVER gets that high overhead—when you can see it at all, that is!)

Researchers from Cornell University have developed what they call "the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale," a tool designed to measure how impressed people are by business school-style jargon that sounds strategic but says very little.

The findings, described in a recent study, suggest that employees who rate this sort of language as insightful are more likely to struggle with analytical thinking and workplace decision-making.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/15/corporate_jargon_research/

#Bullshit #IntelligenceTest

Dear #FreeSoftware developers...

These governmental attestation requirements popping up all over the world are nothing but a visible escalation step in the war on generic computing.

@pluralistic spoke about it in 2011 and here's a nice transcript for you https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Coming_War_on_General_Computation

I'm not modest enough to not say I was also looking at those writings in the wall, but he's a much better speaker.

Go read that, and please, please, please...

Stop collaborating with the authoritarians.

And now an Escher cat

#Escher #caturday #caturdayeveryday

derp chillin

#caturday #dog

I hope y'all have a cozy & relaxing weekend. 😊

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