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Confused about linux as always
  • I haven't used Ubuntu in a bit, but I'm decently familiar with linux overall. Looked up a guide. It indicated you could install LXDE with sudo apt install lxde and then reboot. The guide said that LXDE should be the default Desktop Environment now, because it's the most recently installed one. If for whatever reason LXDE isn't the new default, on the Login screen, in the upper left corner there should be a dialogue box to select whichever Desktop Environment you want as the new default.

  • Is it normal not to see posts
  • I've had this issue before. My limited understanding is that your home server fetches copies of communities somebody on your server is subbed to. But if you're the first person, it can take it a few hours to federate (took mine a day.)

  • Fediverse Discovery Providers, a new project for search and discovery
  • I understand those concerns, but I'm not sure if this really improved the security of mastodon, an inherently very insecure software, and it definitely deprived us of a useful tool. Defederation works at stopping spam, but I don't think it really helps much when it comes to preventing people from seeing things you post. It stops a single server, but bad actors can just migrate to a new one, or spin up a new hostname.

  • Fediverse Discovery Providers, a new project for search and discovery
  • I hated the backlash the bridgy dev received. His project was genuinely useful, helped to solve one of people's most common criticisms of the fediverse. And after he was browbeat into giving it up, everything still got hoovered up by bots and fed into AI models anyway.

  • Comforting science fiction
  • The books Walkaway (Cory Doctorow) and Accelerando (Charles Stross) both give me nostalgia for a time when the future seemed like an exciting challenge instead of an unbearable one.

  • Can subscription list be sorted by activity?
  • I think they want that for the communities tab. In other words, not to see posts sorted by active, but communities sorted by average monthly users or something. Not sure how to do it though.

  • What is Lemmy to Mastodon?
  • I hate this comparison. I've seen it so many times in the last four years or so, but I feel like it always adds more confusion. I don't think most people know how email servers work. I run a server and have messed with Postfix, and I don't have a good grasp on it myself. I'm not sure how to improve it but there has to be something better than that.

  • A Giant Wind Farm Is Taking Root Off Massachusetts
    www.nytimes.com A Giant Wind Farm Is Taking Root Off Massachusetts

    The offshore energy project will have turbines taller than any building in Boston, but they will be barely visible from Martha’s Vineyard.

    > In the coming months, 62 turbines, each up to 850 feet high (taller than any building in Boston) with blades about 350 feet long, will be planted on a sweep of seabed 15 miles off Martha’s Vineyard, the island where former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have vacationed.

    > Cables carrying electricity created by spinning rotors will land on a beach in Barnstable on Cape Cod and then head to consumers in the state. Vineyard Wind says its machines will crank out enough power to light up 400,000 homes.

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    Dorchester Juneteenth Celebration!

    On Juneteenth (Monday, June 19th 2 to 5 pm), there will be a celebration hosted out of Town Field park in Dorcheser. There will be food, live music, a liberation art table, and speakers. This year’s focus is housing Justice. All are welcome to join and celebrate in the past liberation of our enslaved brothers and sisters, and our continuing struggle for true liberation for all. Find out more at: https://www.facebook.com/events/263009652883808

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    Boston DSA Strike Ready Fundraiser
    docs.google.com Boston DSA Strike Ready Fundraiser

    The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are getting STRIKE READY! DSA is going all in to support UPS Teamsters as they gear up for what could be the biggest strike in a generation. And Boston DSA is doing our part! We're throwing a fundraising party on Saturday, June 17 from 1-3pm at the Cambridg...

    • The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are getting STRIKE READY!

    DSA is going all in to support UPS Teamsters as they gear up for what could be the biggest strike in a generation. And Boston DSA is doing our part! We're throwing a fundraising party on Saturday, June 17 from 1-3pm at the Cambridge Community Center. Come join us for food, drinks, music, and some good old-fashioned labor solidarity.

    Again, the fundraiser is Saturday, June 17, 1-3pm at the Cambridge Community Center (5 Callender St, Cambridge, MA 02139). RSVP below to let us know you're coming!

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