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scaine.bsky.social
Hi, I'm Neil, a Linux advocate and Linux-only gamer, from Scotland. I'm also a techie - 20 years in Networking, and 10 in Cyber Security, so basically I speak fluent TLA. I also occasionally dabble with programming (Python mainly) and retro gaming too.
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It's getting a bit real now! One week to go!!

JFC, Google. First you capitulate to the Fanta Fascist on the Gulf of Mexico, and now this.

Hard to believe it's been 10 years already since I first got paid for my art

How to motivate an AI prompt. Yikes.

Elon Musk tweeted 222 times yesterday www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

The Necronomi-coffee! #HorrorSky #Lovecraft

Be a shark in a sea of stars! ✨ #pottery

Is Bluesky worth it for promoting cozy/wholesome games? We haven't had quite as much success here as on the Other Place...but I think it's nicer here and I want to stay ☺️ If our game looks like your cup of tea, could you please like & share this? More info in 🧵⬇️

This is how many hours per week a person needs to work in order to escape poverty. The US is dead last. #Poverty #USA

Big crowd at the SF Tesla dealership protesting our unelected overlord. A tiny sign hangs from an upstairs window

Work on a variety of Wine-based software, including CodeWeavers's own CrossOver product; the Proton project for Valve software; and projects for other clients and software internal to CodeWeavers.

Incoming Asteroid xkcd.com/3049

More and more fake accounts coming along spoofing game stores, publishers and so on. I am *begging* you all to use domain verification. It takes all of 2 minutes to do. Companies especially should be doing this. bsky.social/about/blog/4...

Some day in the future when you try to install Linux:

The inherent hypocrisy here highlights the precarious doublethink corporations like Anthropic must maintain around AI's role in the workplace these days.

I am writing my favorite Uncanny X-Men story yet, It'll rip your heart out. And @davidmarquez.bsky.social is drawing it. Some things are good in life still!

I'm shocked that no-one wants to buy a swasticar.

Boost this if you hate nazis and think people should stop posting on X.

you honestly love to see this

New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have. www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...

If you're still (cross)posting to Twitter take note of this. At this point I don't know what will get you to stop using it, but maybe enlightened self interest will work: using Twitter is *definitely* hurting your reputation

This is how you do it...

*loading a pistol and reopening netscape navigator* net's haunted