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techrights-newsTechrights – IRC Proceedings: Monday, April 14, 2025 ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_April_14_2025.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_April_14_2025.gmi ∎Apr 15 03:58
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Today in Techrights ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎Apr 15 04:00
techrights-newsTechrights – Over at Tux Machines... ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi ∎Apr 15 04:02
techrights-news"No one deserves to be blamed for showing students the danger that human practices are causing." https://stallman.org/archives/2025-jan-apr.html#12_April_2025_(Princeton_climate_research_funding_cuts)Apr 15 04:03
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Ubuntu Vs. Debian: A Look At Beginner Friendly Linux Distribution ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Ubuntu_Vs_Debian_A_Look_At_Beginner_Friendly_Linux_Distribution.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Ubuntu_Vs_Debian_A_Look_At_Beginner_Friendly_Linux_Distribution.gmi ∎Apr 15 04:13
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techtrights-sec6gmApr 15 04:20
schestowitz-pislow news so farApr 15 04:20
schestowitz-pican rebootApr 15 04:26
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techtrights-sec6reboot?Apr 15 04:44
techtrights-sec6news is always slow but worst Friday through Monday or TuesdayApr 15 04:44
techtrights-sec6okApr 15 04:44
techtrights-sec6done!  thanks! Apr 15 04:44
techtrights-sec6ssh, http/https, gemini working for TR/TMApr 15 04:44
schestowitz-pitasks done, thanksApr 15 04:45
schestowitz-pinow... articlesApr 15 04:45
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techtrights-sec6excellentApr 15 05:01
techrights-newsTechrights – Gemini Protocol Milestone (3,000 Active Capsules) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/Gemini_Protocol_Milestone_3_000_Active_Capsules.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/Gemini_Protocol_Milestone_3_000_Active_Capsules.gmi ∎Apr 15 05:09
techrights-newsTechrights – To Celebrate Git Turning 20 Linus Torvalds is 'Selling Out' to Microsoft and Proprietary Software Which Attacks Git (E.E.E.) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/To_Celebrate_Git_Turning_20_Linus_Torvalds_is_Selling_Out_to_Mi.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/To_Celebrate_Git_Turning_20_Linus_Torvalds_is_Selling_Out_to_Mi.gmi ∎Apr 15 05:28
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techrights-newsTechrights – statCounter Sees GNU/Linux at New High of 6% in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/statCounter_Sees_GNU_Linux_at_New_High_of_6_in_Bosnia_and_Herze.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/statCounter_Sees_GNU_Linux_at_New_High_of_6_in_Bosnia_and_Herze.gmi ∎Apr 15 06:29
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schestowitz-pisee draft plsApr 15 06:55
techtrights-sec6trApr 15 06:56
techtrights-sec6checkingApr 15 06:56
techtrights-sec6s/My mother and wife/My mother and my wife/ Apr 15 06:56
techtrights-sec6maybe tie that into Bray's and others' experiences here tooApr 15 06:56
techtrights-sec6maybe tie that into SELF interview with Jeremy Sands' transcript excerptApr 15 06:56
techtrights-sec6not just link, quote a little too from that, but don;'t dare quote thisApr 15 06:56
schestowitz-piexpendingApr 15 06:56
techtrights-sec6thanksApr 15 06:56
techtrights-sec6s/covering up the issue/covering up and hiding the issue/Apr 15 07:00
techtrights-sec6or obscuring the issueApr 15 07:00
techrights-newsTechrights – A Coalition or a Coup of Sexism ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/A_Coalition_or_a_Coup_of_Sexism.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/A_Coalition_or_a_Coup_of_Sexism.gmi ∎Apr 15 07:08
techrights-newsTechrights – Microsoft's Serial Strangler Chose to Attack Techrights With SLAPP When Over 400 Victims of Mohamed Al Fayed Complained About Media's Role in Enabling Him ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/Microsoft_s_Serial_Strangler_Chose_to_Attack_Techrights_With_SL.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/Microsoft_s_Serial_Strangler_Chose_to_Attack_Techrights_With_SL.gmi ∎Apr 15 07:18
techtrights-sec6maybe also include a sentence or two about "message of Carole Cadwalladr"Apr 15 07:18
techtrights-sec6summarizing her situation (people don't return once they click away)Apr 15 07:18
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  5 things to do with the Linux terminal on your Android phone - including my favorite ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/5_things_to_do_with_the_Linux_terminal_on_your_Android_phone_in.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/5_things_to_do_with_the_Linux_terminal_on_your_Android_phone_in.gmi ∎Apr 15 07:23
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  This SteamOS clone is the best Linux distro for gamers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/This_SteamOS_clone_is_the_best_Linux_distro_for_gamers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/This_SteamOS_clone_is_the_best_Linux_distro_for_gamers.gmi ∎Apr 15 07:25
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Journey to GNOME Circle: Community, App Ideas, and Getting Started ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Journey_to_GNOME_Circle_Community_App_Ideas_and_Getting_Started.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Journey_to_GNOME_Circle_Community_App_Ideas_and_Getting_Started.gmi ∎Apr 15 07:28
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Live Raizo – live Debian-based Linux distribution ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Live_Raizo_live_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Live_Raizo_live_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.gmi ∎Apr 15 07:36
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi ∎Apr 15 07:40
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  These 5 Linux distributions are the worst for beginners ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/These_5_Linux_distributions_are_the_worst_for_beginners.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/These_5_Linux_distributions_are_the_worst_for_beginners.gmi ∎Apr 15 07:46
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techrights-newsTechrights – Why We Support Carole Cadwalladr (Even If We Don't Agree With Everything She Said) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/Why_We_Support_Carole_Cadwalladr_Even_If_We_Don_t_Agree_With_Ev.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/Why_We_Support_Carole_Cadwalladr_Even_If_We_Don_t_Agree_With_Ev.gmi ∎Apr 15 07:49
techtrights-sec6well putApr 15 07:59
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎Apr 15 08:06
IsambardPrinceI prefer to just buy DVDs and Blu Rays. Disney is using Disney Plus in some awful ways.Apr 15 08:26
IsambardPrinceIncluding letting Walmart know what you watch. They say it helps Walmart sell targeted advertising.Apr 15 08:26
IsambardPrinceSo Disney Plus is basically another Facebook.Apr 15 08:27
IsambardPrinceTV watches you/Apr 15 08:27
schestowitz-piyupApr 15 08:43
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schestowitz-pialready rrafting for tomorrowApr 15 08:49
schestowitz-pisome good parts coming upApr 15 08:49
schestowitz-pi*expanding Apr 15 08:49
techtrights-sec6well putApr 15 08:49
techtrights-sec6excellent :)Apr 15 08:49
IsambardPrinceDeep cleaning the coffee maker.Apr 15 09:01
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Games: Prices Hikes, GNOMES, V Rising 1.1, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Games_Prices_Hikes_GNOMES_V_Rising_1_1_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Games_Prices_Hikes_GNOMES_V_Rising_1_1_and_More.gmi ∎Apr 15 09:01
IsambardPrinceI probably do it twice as often as they recommend. When I can't see metal on the heating element I do a descaling.Apr 15 09:02
IsambardPrinceThat's a $300 coffee maker. Not using some cheap descaler is like not changing the oil on your car and then letting the stupid engine blow up.Apr 15 09:02
IsambardPrinceFor want of an oil change.Apr 15 09:02
IsambardPrinceMineral deposits can be quite stubborn.Apr 15 09:03
IsambardPrinceMy cousin bought a Keurig and then just poured city water from Indiana through it until it wouldn't "go" and chucked it in the garbage and bought another Keurig.Apr 15 09:04
IsambardPrinceThose things aren't even cheap but it's not the machine that gets you, it's those damned pods.Apr 15 09:04
IsambardPrinceDeath by a thousand cuts.Apr 15 09:04
IsambardPrinceTen years ago I joked with mom that I called people like her the "pod people".Apr 15 09:05
IsambardPrinceAnd K-Cups made cheap Maxwell House $36 a pound.Apr 15 09:05
IsambardPrinceNo doubt $50 or more by now, lolApr 15 09:05
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW):  Manjaro 25.0 “Zetar” Released with Xfce 4.20, GNOME 48, and KDE Plasma 6.3 ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Manjaro_25_0_Zetar_Released_with_Xfce_4_20_GNOME_48_and_KDE_Pla.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Manjaro_25_0_Zetar_Released_with_Xfce_4_20_GNOME_48_and_KDE_Pla.gmi ∎Apr 15 09:06
IsambardPrinceThose damned pods. They don't even work right.Apr 15 09:07
IsambardPrinceThe same size pos can make 6 or 9 ounces, allegedly. So you're either going to have 6 ounces that's stronger or 9 ounces that's a bit weak and overextracted.Apr 15 09:07
IsambardPrince*podsApr 15 09:07
IsambardPrinceThey cost well over $1 a pod.Apr 15 09:07
IsambardPrinceEven if I got 9 ounces out of them, I'd have to tell it to make two of them while I sat my travel mug under it.Apr 15 09:08
IsambardPrinceSo there went over $2.50 for coffee each day.Apr 15 09:08
IsambardPrinceSomething that I could have done myself for 60-70 cents.Apr 15 09:08
IsambardPrinceIn one go.Apr 15 09:09
IsambardPrinceThey pollute, a lot. The fucking plastic.Apr 15 09:09
schestowitz-piyeahApr 15 09:09
schestowitz-piwasteApr 15 09:09
schestowitz-pilike cachetsApr 15 09:09
IsambardPrinceI was telling mom that just economically, I can pay either $220 or so per year or almost $1,000 for coffee with K-Cups.Apr 15 09:10
IsambardPrinceSome people pay $2,000 for Starbucks, every day.Apr 15 09:10
IsambardPrinceThe guy who invented the K-Cup said he expected it to be a niche market for like, when you're in an office or a waiting room or something.Apr 15 09:11
IsambardPrinceWhen I worked in a factory, the first one in who wanted coffee made a pot and then we drank that for the rest of the shift. If it ran out, someone just made another one.Apr 15 09:11
IsambardPrinceIt's really a solved problem. Solved for oh, at least 55 years I think, auto drip.Apr 15 09:13
IsambardPrinceThe problem for them is, no patents so less money.Apr 15 09:13
IsambardPrinceKeurig got those damned pod patents and then when that expired they tried to make K 2.0, which wouldn't brew unless you had their trademark on the lid. Trademarks don't expire. They thought they'd pull a fast one, but it didn't work.Apr 15 09:14
IsambardPrincePeople were appalled at DRM for coffee.Apr 15 09:14
IsambardPrinceReally DRM for coffee makes no more sense than on movies, books, or music, or heated seats in your car.Apr 15 09:15
IsambardPrinceThey took something that you used to just have.....and made it worse.Apr 15 09:15
IsambardPrinceSo why do people think DRM is fine on a movie, but not for coffee?Apr 15 09:15
IsambardPrinceThey made a leap I suppose.Apr 15 09:16
IsambardPrinceMaybe, had all the machines always done that, people would have accepted it because it had always worked like this.Apr 15 09:16
IsambardPrinceIf you take away the frame of reference, people accept things they never would have otherwise.Apr 15 09:16
IsambardPrinceYou want people to accept Trump's mass deportations and camps? Don't teach them anything about Nazi Germany.Apr 15 09:17
IsambardPrinceYou want people to accept a coffee maker that won't brew an unlicensed pod? Make the first machine refuse unlicensed pods. Nobody will make them. If they do, go after them aggressively.Apr 15 09:18
IsambardPrinceKeep it out of the market and there will be no "But I was buying them at CostCo last week and they worked!"Apr 15 09:18
IsambardPrince20 year olds all accept iPhones and streaming apps, schestowitz-pi Apr 15 09:19
IsambardPrinceBecause none of them remember popping a movie in the top VCR and hitting Record on the bottom VCR.Apr 15 09:19
IsambardPrinceNo frame of reference = compliance.Apr 15 09:19
IsambardPrinceNow when you're over 40 like I am, I just go browsing the stuff people took to the thrift store or put on ebay. No resale value because now people accept things that don't last.Apr 15 09:20
IsambardPrinceAnd can be edited or taken away.Apr 15 09:20
IsambardPrinceschestowitz-pi, I picked up some CDs the other day that say "Made in West Germany." that have catalog codes stamped on them indicating that they were some of the first CDs ever made.Apr 15 09:21
IsambardPrinceI popped them in the player, and music still happens.Apr 15 09:22
IsambardPrinceThey are 2-3 years older than me and they still work fine.Apr 15 09:22
schestowitz-piyeahApr 15 09:24
IsambardPrinceschestowitz-pi, Noticed that DVDs got even more prolific now that the patents expired.Apr 15 09:41
IsambardPrinceCartoon Network is selling them cheaper and not even pressing Blu Ray discs.Apr 15 09:41
schestowitz-piblueray is already deadApr 15 09:46
schestowitz-pihaddvd died fastApr 15 09:46
schestowitz-pi*hdsApr 15 09:46
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IsambardPrinceschestowitz-pi, For cartoons and stuff it's just more economical to use DVD.Apr 15 10:04
IsambardPrinceJust because of the patent situation with Blu Ray.Apr 15 10:04
IsambardPrinceIn some ways, worse is better.Apr 15 10:07
IsambardPrinceIt's not just the lower cost of producing DVDs since you don't have to pay anyone now.Apr 15 10:08
IsambardPrinceIt's that you don't get that pop in a new disc and it won't play, and it's because of some new DRM, like what happened several times with Blu Ray.Apr 15 10:09
IsambardPrinceWhere working players had to go in the trash because they couldn't run the DRM shit anymore.Apr 15 10:09
IsambardPrinceSo midstream, on the same format, there's a point where you have to replace all the players in the house, which is not convenient, or cheap.Apr 15 10:10
IsambardPrinceHardware vendors love this.Apr 15 10:10
IsambardPrinceIf you have a launch DVD player from the 90s, it'll work as well as it did then, with any title released today, assuming the hardware didn't break down.Apr 15 10:11
IsambardPrinceBut I had to stop and throw out my older Samsung blu ray player because a new disc came out and wouldn't play.Apr 15 10:11
IsambardPrinceYou know, I only had one player to replace and they dropped to like $80 I think, but it's $80 I shouldn't have had to spend right there, because the hardware worked.Apr 15 10:11
IsambardPrinceThere's really no reason not to have a Blu Ray player though. They don't cost more now than a DVD player, and they all play and upscale DVDs.Apr 15 10:13
IsambardPrince.That's sort of one way Sony got them in people's houses. You don't have to throw out all your existing movies, you can even continue buying DVDs if you want to.Apr 15 10:14
IsambardPrinceThey may even look a little better upscaled.Apr 15 10:14
IsambardPrinceOne reason DVD didn't catch on faster is because people had all these video tapes.Apr 15 10:14
IsambardPrinceThey were still doing some releases on VHS until 2007 apparently. Apr 15 10:15
IsambardPrinceI think the last major studio movie was Disney's Cars in 2007.Apr 15 10:15
IsambardPrinceWhich you could only buy on VHS through Disney Movie Club.Apr 15 10:16
IsambardPrinceThey probably made that just to burn through some tape stock they still had.Apr 15 10:16
IsambardPrinceBut by 2005, it was getting hard to find new releases on VHS. Apr 15 10:16
IsambardPrinceThey did Star Wars Episode I and II, but not III except in the UK, which was on PAL.Apr 15 10:17
IsambardPrinceSo you need a converter.Apr 15 10:17
IsambardPrinceBecause the tape will fit into a US VCR and play but then the image will be really fucked up without a converter.Apr 15 10:17
schestowitz-pithe "other links" were thought-provoking Apr 15 10:18
schestowitz-pihad to take a breakApr 15 10:18
schestowitz-pito blank the mindApr 15 10:18
IsambardPrinceBefore DVD, they did region lock by NTSC or PAL or SECAM, but it was basically not intended that way.Apr 15 10:18
IsambardPrinceJust different countries did their TV standards differently and it all landed where it did.Apr 15 10:19
schestowitz-piIsambardPrince: yes, i agreeApr 15 10:20
schestowitz-pijust caugfht upApr 15 10:20
schestowitz-pii listen to a stero tright now from age 15Apr 15 10:20
schestowitz-pior 14Apr 15 10:20
IsambardPrinceschestowitz-pi, No reason, technical reason, why they couldn't have just made better VHS standards, in fact they did.Apr 15 10:21
IsambardPrinceIn 1986, they came out with Super VHS.Apr 15 10:21
IsambardPrinceIt was a disaster, nobody moved to it.Apr 15 10:22
IsambardPrinceThere's really no reason they couldn't do an HD VHS.Apr 15 10:22
IsambardPrinceOne good scratch is all you really need on a DVD and it may not play anymore.Apr 15 10:24
IsambardPrinceI recall people saying well VHS could eat a tape. I literally never had that happen.Apr 15 10:24
IsambardPrinceAnd I played some of those tapes hundreds of times without any real wear that I noticed.Apr 15 10:25
IsambardPrinceBut I kept the heads on the VCR super clean. Every so often, just run a cleaner tape through it. They had a little sponge with some solution it put on the tape, you marked how many times you used it.Apr 15 10:26
IsambardPrinceEventually toss it. Get another one.Apr 15 10:26
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techtrights-sec6back in some hoursApr 15 14:47
schestowitz-pidid like 100 things in the house todayApr 15 14:47
schestowitz-pipacing down to suit the news "pace"Apr 15 14:47
schestowitz-pihttps://caseboard.io/cases/daea4f95-3c38-4aad-bed5-783566956f19Apr 15 14:49
schestowitz-pihttps://caseboard.io/cases/2fbd34c6-537a-4516-bc6c-8ecd3e542cceApr 15 14:49
schestowitz-pithe media guarded by my allies thereApr 15 14:49
schestowitz-piLawyers for Murray and The Spectator, led by Mark Lewis of Patron Law, have hit back against Hijabs claims.Apr 15 14:51
schestowitz-piThey argue that as a public figure who regularly engages in contentious debates, Hijabs reputation is already subject to scrutiny. Any adverse consequences to the YouTuApr 15 14:51
schestowitz-piber stem from his own behaviour, not the article, they state.Apr 15 14:52
schestowitz-piMurrays article includes a reference to Hijab's trip to Leicester during the 2022 unrest, in which Hindu buildings were attacked and dozens of arrests made as tensions wiApr 15 14:52
schestowitz-pith the citys Muslim community exploded. Speaking to a large crowd of mostly masked men, Hijab delivered an apparent warning, saying: Im saying this directly to all the Apr 15 14:52
schestowitz-piso-called Hindutva wannabe gangsters: Dont ever come out like that again. He also led calls of Allahu Akbar.Apr 15 14:52
schestowitz-pihttps://www.thejc.com/news/uk/mohammed-hijab-sues-douglas-murray-for-defamation-c3lpnn8lApr 15 14:52
schestowitz-pihttps://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/education/21518005.i-victim-insists-rainham-teacher-claims-unfairly-dismissed-attending-free-speech-rally/Apr 15 14:55
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schestowitz-pi*articlesApr 15 16:57
schestowitz-pi5pm all links finished, didn't wven work on them fast, did othert stuff, will soon do articvled\Apr 15 16:57
schestowitz-pi*articlesApr 15 16:57
schestowitz-piPeople who hate reading gemini://cyi1341.smol.pub/random51Apr 15 17:04
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