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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

Me: "I think I'll spend the weekend tidying up the house, crocheting, and watching TV."

My Brain: "I think you'll be spending the next two-to-seven weeks obsessively learning embroidery."

Me: "What? No, I just---"

My Brain: "ALL THE HOOPS! TEA TOWELS EVERYWHERE!"

#adhd #crafts #NeuroDivergent

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@alice OMG I'm jealous, this is Anila Quayyum Agha's work, she's one of my favorite modern artists! Here's a short article about her and her work if you're interested... https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/anila-quayyum-agha/

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@tante Have the Mint team released a statement about how they're going to handle this? My search-fu is failing me.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 4mo ago

Happy Pride Month, my friends. And remember, corporations don't care about us.

#Pride #PrideMonth #lgbtqia

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@arstechnica I love your reporting, y'all, but is it *really* necessary for all the tracking BS in your links? I feel like I have to delete half the URL before sharing your stuff. FFS.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@a2_4am This dog looks like he's about to drop the album of the year.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 7mo ago

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@mcc@mastodon.social Yeah, KeePassXC going this route really hurt. I'm probably going to migrate back to a text file encrypted with gnupg for basic password management, but I have no idea what I'm going to use for one-time passcodes.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@Xtrems876@tech.lgbt Ubuntu's one claim to fame is that it is the only distro almost guaranteed to work out of the box on even the dodgiest laptop hardware. That's literally the only reason I suffer with it. And I've been using Linux since the mid-nineties. This change is probably what finally drives me to Arch.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@nixCraft@mastodon.social H. R. 8250 is going to be even worse than the state-level bills. While we don't have the text of the bill yet, Gottheimer's official statement explicitly says that OSs will have to *verify* age, and that self-reporting isn't enough. https://gottheimer.house.gov/posts/release-gottheimer-announces-bipartisan-parents-decide-act-to-protect-kids-online

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RELEASE: Gottheimer Announces Bipartisan “Parents Decide Act” to Protect Kids Online

Above: Gottheimer announces new legislation to protect kids online. RIDGEWOOD, NJ — Today, April 2, 2026, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced the Parents Decide Act, bipartisan, commonsense legislation to strengthen online protections for children and give parents greater control over what their kids can access on phones, tablets, and other devices. Watch Gottheimer’s announcement here. Gottheimer’s […]

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@nixCraft@mastodon.social I remember a friend of mine being out-of-this-world excited when he ditched his old rig with a 386SX processor for a self-built system with a 486. What a time.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

Dear #Linux users: Recommend me a non-Ubuntu distribution as my daily driver.

I've been using Linux for more twenty years. Currently, I'm on Ubuntu but I want to ditch it because Canonical.

Some caveats:

1. I'm on a Dell laptop with Nvidia graphics. So, I'd rather not have to roll my own system ala Arch.

2. I play games via Steam/Proton.

3. I write code, in many languages. Distros which make installing multiple compilers/cross-compiling hard are no bueno.

So, whadda ya got?

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

It's been forty years. I'm ready for Genesis's "Land of Confusion" to stop being relevant.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq7FKO5DlV0

#uspol #usa #politics

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange That's awesome! Two of my closest friends are suffering with Hashimotos. If you don't mind me asking, what do you think has made the biggest difference for you?

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 7mo ago

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@arstechnica "security concerns" = "the US government might disappear you to a concentration camp based on your social media content, skin color, or phase of the moon"

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@cmconseils I was expecting more oiled up gladiators and fewer microplastics.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@gamingonlinux It's going to be awful, and go far beyond what the states are mandating, if I read his official announcement correctly. https://gottheimer.house.gov/posts/release-gottheimer-announces-bipartisan-parents-decide-act-to-protect-kids-online

Josh Gottheimer

RELEASE: Gottheimer Announces Bipartisan “Parents Decide Act” to Protect Kids Online

Above: Gottheimer announces new legislation to protect kids online. RIDGEWOOD, NJ — Today, April 2, 2026, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced the Parents Decide Act, bipartisan, commonsense legislation to strengthen online protections for children and give parents greater control over what their kids can access on phones, tablets, and other devices. Watch Gottheimer’s announcement here. Gottheimer’s […]

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@airakose@mastodon.gamedev.place Back in the 90s, my circle of friends somehow became a substantially-overlapped Venn Diagram of role-players and Esperanto enthusiasts. One of our number created a magic system which was part "Ars Magicka" and part Esperantist fever dream. Spells were complete sentences built up from Esperanto fragments. This would have been the exact sort of thing we'd have gone for if we'd thought of it. 🤣

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

Dear #Fediverse: If you use an #Android client for #Mastodon that brings you joy, what is it?

For years, I've been happy using the mobile web interface via Firefox, but with the most recent update(s) to Mastodon it's become almost unusable. I'm sure there will be bug fixes, etc., but I'm looking for alternatives.

So, wadda ya got?

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@jwz@mastodon.social The hand-crafted ASCII dicks give me the giggles. Way to commit to the bit.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@boxofawesome@mastodon.social I've run recent Mint in a VM and enjoyed it, and it's probably going to be the first distro I try, but I've had *bad* experiences with Cinnamon + Laptop + Nvidia. At least on the bare metal.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@danirabbit Yes, it is verfication and not just self-reporting. The last half of the bill mandates that a framework for verification be established within 180 days of the bill's enactment. We also have the bill author's own words saying that self-reporting doesn't go far enough and that verification will be required. https://gottheimer.house.gov/posts/release-gottheimer-announces-bipartisan-parents-decide-act-to-protect-kids-online

Josh Gottheimer

RELEASE: Gottheimer Announces Bipartisan “Parents Decide Act” to Protect Kids Online

Above: Gottheimer announces new legislation to protect kids online. RIDGEWOOD, NJ — Today, April 2, 2026, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced the Parents Decide Act, bipartisan, commonsense legislation to strengthen online protections for children and give parents greater control over what their kids can access on phones, tablets, and other devices. Watch Gottheimer’s announcement here. Gottheimer’s […]

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 8mo ago

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@jwz@mastodon.social I appreciate your unrelenting dedication to providing these HOA honeypots. Jesus wept.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online @eff@mastodon.social Sadly, yes. I've been in the unfortunate position where my child required a $300 prescription for an antibiotic for a drug-resistant ear infection and I didn't have it. It was a choice between credit card debt or my eight-year-old's hearing. I'm not going to "stand on principle" in that situation.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@hello At first blush, yeah, but reading through the last half of the bill it specifies "verification" and establishes a 180-day window to define what that actually means. And given the statement of the person who wrote the bill is that entering a birthdate isn't enough? I really think we should expect the worst case scenario here. In fact, given what he said, on camera, it is not an alarmist position to believe they'll require us to provide a government ID to use a computer at all.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

Wishing you all a very safe Drunken Idiots Play With Explosives Day.

#independenceday #july4th #4thofjuly

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@dkub And that's a follow! And a super bonus follow for the T. A. T. U. reference in an earlier post. You're a man of culture.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@jwz Not for nothing, but that cart they're spamming you with is kinda screaming for a DNA Lounge logo.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@adhd_coffee@mastodon.social It's me. I'm the clueless friend.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

I hated Richard Dawkins before it was cool.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 2w ago

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@jwz@mastodon.social I cannot fathom how you wrote this entire post without using a single expletive. I'd have used "pigfucker" and "douchecanoe" like goddamned *commas* for this shit. I take my hat off to you.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online @eff@mastodon.social Your question was: "Is it ever okay to use financial intermediaries?" My answer is that without one, my daughter would be deaf today. I believe this situation should not exist, and that my government should provide healthcare for its citizens. Until then? "No payment processors" is an argument from *extreme* privilege. It ignores the fundamental reality that many people are barely holding on. That is reality today. Fix the fucking system before you pull the rug.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

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@jwz@mastodon.social A chicken walks into a bar, and the bartender says: "Huh. So that's why."

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

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@jwz@mastodon.social Fuck. I wanted to believe.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@hello Huh, I got that earlier, but the link is working for me now.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

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@jwz@mastodon.social Well. Shit.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 1mo ago

Whew, doin' a whole lotta blockin' on here, today.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 1mo ago

@tilton@fursuits.online I owned this exact model! Bought it at Staples after I cashed a paycheck with a *lot* of overtime. I remember learning how to write with the stylus, then completely forgetting how to actually write on paper.

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

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@jwz@mastodon.social Did you block a large pool of Spectrum IPs overnight? Trying to hit jwz.org is no worky for me. I'm asking because my IP is usually remarkably stable and if it's suddenly up to no good I may have larger problems. 🫤

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

For the several years I've been on #mastodon the mobile web interface has been fantastic. I have never even been close to tempted to install an app because it's so good.

This last update? Holy hell, it's janky! The bottom bar floats up at random, pop up frames randomly obscure the screen, wth?

Can someone smarter and with more time than me, who uses mobile Firefox on Android, bug report/fix this shit?

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Jeff Clough @jcnotwit@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

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@jwz@mastodon.social Damn, that *is* a tough line to walk. I immediately thought of "Brainscan," but there's no way that disaster beats "Barbarella" on notoriety.

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