Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸

(he/him) Queer disabled socialist.

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Coffee snob

FOSS and data sovereignty advocate.

DSA | FSF | EFF

Free Palestine
No AI | People over Algorithms.

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

AI is a tool of fascism. Using it to fight fascism only strengthens the machine you claim to oppose.

Expression comes from your own talents and skills. That process is democratic and powerful in the face of oppression.

#NoAI

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

@Etsy Thank you, I will contact you after I give the most recent seller a chance to respond.

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

I am disappointed in my recent @Etsy experiences. So many dishonest sellers who claim to ship from the US are actually just shipping from China and then reshipping from the US. One major flag is when they never give you shipping updates or tracking numbers and it just shows up.

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

I canceled my long running @Humble Bundle Choice subscription today. They completely ruined the website with vibe coded garbage. It is a security nightmare.

Read more about it here: https://t.co/8EdvjKNVYj

#HumbleBundle #NoAI

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

Coalition of Nonprofits Files Landmark Lawsuit to Stop Development of Advanced AI Systems at Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and SpaceXSI that Proliferate Bioweapons and Cyberattacks

https://t.co/0iaObbsVMs

#NoAI

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

Wordle 1972 4/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

#Wordle

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

Honestly, schools should be blocking access to Google if all it is going to do is direct people to use LLMs. There are other search engines that do a fine job without summarizing all of your queries.

#NoAI #deGoogle

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

You know what's fun? Writing something and then being accused of using AI because your argument is coherent.

It isn't the first time and probably won't be the last.

AI has set the bar so low that the ceiling is coming down with it.

#NoAI

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

@LifeIsStrange Update:

Twitch muted "Black Flies" by Ben Howard at the end of Farewell. Good thing I recorded locally.

Some moments are worth keeping intact.

Continuing the chronological journey.

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

I just finished the first part of my chronological @LifeIsStrange playthrough.

Farewell is the saddest moment in the entire series.

I'm not crying. You're crying. Shut up.

No spoilers: if you know, you know.

Continuing later with Episode 1 of Before The Storm.

#LifeisStrange

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

@LifeIsStrange I streamed it over at https://t.co/Lw5xn0NHIK with no commentary.

Had an annoying bug: where the subtitles wouldn't continue (stuck). I'm reading by adding PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 %command% it might fix that. Playing with the latest Proton-Cachyos-11.0 for v3.

#LinuxGaming #Proton

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

@nowordsalad @DemSocialists John 13:34: "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another."

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

I think in 2027 I want to go back to using a paper wall calendar and a daily planner. I really miss my pre-smartphone analog life and I think small steps might help me move toward that.

#AnalogLife #DigitalDetox #PaperPlanner #SlowTech #DigitalMinimalism #Analog2027

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

It's disappointing it took this long for @GOGcom Galaxy to get a Linux version. @Steam has had solid Linux support for over a decade. I'm still hopeful it will be a decent client.

https://t.co/6JTquEbnzz

#LinuxGaming #GOG

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: Billionaire NFL owners can move their teams to other cities or sell chunks of them to private equity.

The Green Bay Packers can’t do either because they’re the only team in the NFL that’s owned by fans.

Now their model is under threat from a league flooded with cash.

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

There is also a whole community of sellers modifying old devices: iPod Classics, Kindles, and more. Refurbished and upgraded.

That is the opposite of e-waste.

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

Watching a YT video about lessening screen time made me realize something: You shouldn't have to buy a new thing to use your screens less. Any video that is encouraging you to buy new things, especially with their affiliate links, is just another grift.

#DigitalMinimalism

[Bryan | neon_circuit_ 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 @neon_circuit_]

My advice: If you need a new device, buy it used. eBay is full of these. The e-waste from thousands of people buying things to start a "new lifestyle" is disappointing.