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stux⚡<p>For decades I wanted to be an American and live in the US, it was my dream</p><p>After dictator Orange that dream is now fully gone</p><p>Even if he's gone after 4 years, the trust is not there anymore</p><p>The US system is broken or maybe designed this way and allows for demons like Trump to get into power</p><p>I'll pass, no thank you ✋ </p><p>I'm happy to be a European <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> </p><p>Soo Americans.. Come to the euro side! We have coffee! ☕</p>
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:<p>“Nice chip business you have there. Would be a shame if something happened to it.”</p><p>“What do you propose?”</p><p>“I’ll send my men once a month and you give them 15% of your revenue with China. And I won’t care which chips you sell them.”</p><p>“Sounds fair.”</p><p>Cue Godfather theme music, slowly fading out. </p><p>Context: (gift article) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technology/us-government-nvidia-amd-chips-china.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dU8.2rH1.HJZpmvkSoPgY&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/us-government-nvidia-amd-chips-china.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dU8.2rH1.HJZpmvkSoPgY&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/NVidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NVidia</span></a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/AMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMD</span></a></p>
FreeCAD<p>Forged in FreeCAD: CERN CMS Detector Cable Clamps<br />In case it passed you by, over on our mastodon account and on the X platform we have run the hashtag <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCADFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreeCADFriday</span></a> for a long time. It's a straightforward "show everyone what you are up to with FreeCAD" type affair and every week so many amazing projects show up as responses.<br /><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CERN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CERN</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CAD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CMS</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Muons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Muons</span></a><br /><a href="https://blog.freecad.org/2025/08/11/forged-in-freecad-cern-cms-detector-cable-clamps/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.freecad.org/2025/08/11/fo</span><span class="invisible">rged-in-freecad-cern-cms-detector-cable-clamps/</span></a><br /><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UserStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UserStory</span></a></p>
Auschwitz Memorial<p>11 August 1942 | A transport of 559 Jews deported from <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Westerbork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Westerbork</span></a> in the German-occupied Netherlands arrived at <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Auschwitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Auschwitz</span></a>. After the selection 164 men & 131 women were registered.</p><p>The remaining 264 people were killed in a gas chamber, incl. a 2-year old Magdalena Dora Blau.</p>
It's FOSS<p>Which side are you on? 🤔 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>He laughs at my jokes </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dogs</span></a></p>
Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮<p>Debian 13 trixie released with Linux kernel 6.12 <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/debian-13-trixie-released-with-linux-kernel-6-12/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/debi</span><span class="invisible">an-13-trixie-released-with-linux-kernel-6-12/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>
Ars Technica<p>How old is the earliest trace of life on Earth?<br>A recent conference sees doubts raised about the age of the oldest signs of life.<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/how-old-is-the-earliest-trace-of-life-on-earth/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">8/how-old-is-the-earliest-trace-of-life-on-earth/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social</span></a></p>
Scalzi<p>The September that finally ended</p><p><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/network-providers/aol-will-end-dial-up-internet-service-in-september-34-years-after-its-debut-aol-shield-browser-and-aol-dialer-software-will-be-shuttered-on-the-same-day" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/service-provi</span><span class="invisible">ders/network-providers/aol-will-end-dial-up-internet-service-in-september-34-years-after-its-debut-aol-shield-browser-and-aol-dialer-software-will-be-shuttered-on-the-same-day</span></a></p>
nixCraft 🐧<p>Finally a repo for my Rust lang fans.</p><p>Ratatui is a Rust crate for creat up terminal user interfaces (TUIs). It provides a simple and flexible way to create text based user interfaces in the terminal, which can be used for CLI APPS, dashboards, and other interactive console programs </p><p>Source code and examples <a href="https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/ratatui/ratatui</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Fedora Project<p>It was a brief mention, but we're grateful for the positive feedback on our change proposal process from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@thelinuxEXP" class="u-url mention">@<span>thelinuxEXP</span></a></span> :)</p><p>The Fedora change process is supposed to be open and transparent so that contributors and also users can discuss the finer points of Fedora. It's an invitation to see how we work and even engage yourself.</p><p>We're glad that folks see the value and participate!</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://youtu.be/ECkKlheWCio?feature=shared&t=254" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/ECkKlheWCio?feature=s</span><span class="invisible">hared&t=254</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fedora</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>
Robert Reich<p>An important way to fight Trump fascism. <a href="https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-you-and-your-neighbors-can-become?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">robertreich.substack.com/p/how</span><span class="invisible">-you-and-your-neighbors-can-become?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</span></a></p>
Micah Lee<p>Check out my <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DEFCON33" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEFCON33</span></a> talk about the Signalgate, full of unbelievable incompetence from the highest levels of the Trump administration <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFYyfrTIPQY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=KFYyfrTIPQY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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