Eric F 🇺🇦

I like (F)OSS, Linux/Mac, computers/servers in gen. and DIY projects. I do some web/dev, and my dogs are my fam. Facebook? No way… | Hockeytweets: @efdevse

[PUNS @ThePunnyWorld]

9 year old "Hey Dad, I have a pun for you"
"Ooh what is it"?

9 year old "It's like a joke, where you play with words".

I JUST GOT LESLIE NIELSENED BY MY OWN CHILD.

[Eric F 🇺🇦 @iefdev]

What? So, the “Chinchilla” is not an animal?
😏

[Encyclopaedia Britannica @Britannica]

Humans are the only animals with a chin.

[Eric F 🇺🇦 @iefdev]

@Itsfoss I don't know. Never really been a Win users. :)

[nixCraft 🐧 @nixcraft]

story of AI batshit crazy Microslop in two pictures🤣

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Not to be THAT dictionary, but…

It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'

[Spaceballs The X Account @Grunt2A]

Now that Artemis II has launched we have 10 days to get everyone on Earth a Planet of the Apes costume so we can do something hilarious when the astronauts return 😁

[Mariska den Eelden 🇪🇺🇳🇱 @eeldenden]

🇪🇺 Defence Committee member van Lanschot urged von der Leyen to move ahead with the European Army. "Start with countries that want to move fast and merge their militaries. Others can join later. Polls show that Europeans want this"

[Schneier Blog @schneierblog]

Company that Secretly Records and Publishes Zoom Meetings https://t.co/ygZD72DplX

[Phoronix @phoronix]

AMDGPU Driver Ready To Be The Default For Aging Kaveri / Kabini / Mullins APUs

Latest patch from Valve's Timur to change @AMD GCN 1.1 APUs over to using open-source AMDGPU driver for Vulkan, better performance, and more.

https://t.co/IEikQ7EzKW

[Eric F 🇺🇦 @iefdev]

@tecmint Depends on the system… Desktop/laptop or servers.
But, always after updates.

[Eric F 🇺🇦 @iefdev]

vim

[Linux Inside: The Ideal Blog for Sysadmins & Geeks @tecmint]

Vim or Nano - be honest, which one do you actually use?

[Free Software Foundation (FSF) @[email protected] @fsf]

Happy thirty-sixth birthday to the #GNU #GPL, the fourth most-popular software license as of December 2025! https://t.co/YrZ3S8dFwa #FreeSoftware

[Phoronix @phoronix]

Firefox 149 Beta Released With Convenient Split-View Mode

https://t.co/GXwZ7ODQv3

[Bilgin Ibryam @bibryam]

🤔 Interesting shift: Firefox adds AI kill switch:
• Disables built-in AI tools
• Removes downloaded models
• Prevents future re-activation

Perks: no AI popups, no AI recommendations, less data sharing risk, fewer background resources.

https://t.co/G7wMaxwhCR

[Phoronix @phoronix]

CGIT 1.3 Web Frontend For Git Released After Six Years

https://t.co/TVzs9lTUUh

[Eric F 🇺🇦 @iefdev]

Here in 🇸🇪, there are 3 major news outlets taking the no-ads/paywall to a new 2.0'ish level (in 2 wks). Their “ad choice” is now all about data collection.
A “Pay, or we will collect” strategy.
The critics calll it “extortion” …& rightfully so.
https://t.co/OWavtLUf70
// cc @eff

[GIMP @GIMP_Official]

Innterview with Øyvind Kolås, GIMP developer

https://t.co/FwET5cCblA
Second in a series of interviews with the GIMP team, this time with core developer Øyvind Kolås, known online as Pippin.

See also https://t.co/5xrlzwD5Uc

#GIMP #interview #libreGraphics #GIMP3 #GEGL

[The Europeans @TheEuropeansHQ]

The US Ambassador to the EU claims new rules on EU defence cooperation will “damage” transatlantic security.

You know what else damages transatlantic security?

Threatening allies with invasion and siding with Europe's main strategic adversary.

[Eric F 🇺🇦 @iefdev]

B, and I'm 💯 sure that just about every gardener in the world who has to do the lawn would also prefer B. 🏡

[Elma @oelma__]

Which is more pleasing to the eye- A or B?

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

A Swedish billionaire has bought 400,000 acres of the Amazon jungle just to protect it. He purchased a logging company that owned the land and shut it down to prevent further commercial destruction.

The man in the photo is Johan Eliasch, a Swedish-British billionaire and environmentalist who made global headlines for taking an unusual stand against deforestation. In 2005, Eliasch purchased 400,000 acres (about 625 square miles) of Amazon rainforest in Brazil—not for profit, but to protect it. The land was previously under the control of a logging company, but instead of exploiting it, he shut the operations down entirely to halt commercial logging.

Eliasch’s purchase was both bold and controversial. Supporters hailed it as a visionary act of private conservation, demonstrating how wealth could be used to shield fragile ecosystems. Critics, however, raised questions about foreign ownership of Brazilian land and whether such actions undermined local sovereignty. Still, Eliasch’s move drew worldwide attention to the desperate need to protect the Amazon, often called the “lungs of the Earth,” which produces 20% of the planet’s oxygen.

Eliasch wasn’t just a businessman—he was also a former special representative on deforestation to the UK government and an advocate for climate action in international forums. His story illustrates the power (and complexity) of individuals stepping in where governments and corporations often fail. One man’s decision quite literally saved a piece of the Amazon rainforest.

© Reddit

#archaeohistories