Today is #WorldBackupDay. Don’t forget to make a backup and verify your backups too. I use the rsnapshot on my FreeBSD machine https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-install-rsnapshot-filesystem-snapshot-backup-utility-in-freebsd/ but can be installed on Linux too https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/redhat-cetos-linux-remote-backup-snapshot-server/ What do you use to make backups?
France, Belgium scoff at anti-DEI letter from Trump administration
“We have no lessons to learn from the boss of America,” said Belgian Deputy PM Jan Jambon.
POLITICO · France, Belgium scoff at anti-DEI letter from Trump administration
Hungary shows us the endgame of autocratic populism: poverty and corruption
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/viktor-orban-hungary-maga-corruption/682111/
The Atlantic · Orbán’s Hungary Could Be America’s Future
A French court convicts far right leader Marine Le Pen in an embezzlement case and follows up the verdict with a sentence barring her immediately from running for office for five years. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250331-%F0%9F%94%B4-french-court-convicts-far-right-leader-marine-le-pen-in-embezzlement-trial
FRANCE 24 · Live: French Court bans far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running for office
Dear US:
Some of you just don't "get it" ,
and *thankfully some do*.
After all these months some haven't clued in on the stress your country is exerting on Canadians mental health.
Parents tell me their children go to bed asking for reassurance they won't be shot by US soldiers.
Most adults complain their sleep is is disturbed by nightmares.
Using a little thought before you speak with us is appreciated, no, *expected*.
And thank all of you who discern what is socially responsible.
The EU OSS Catalogue is now live! 
The new resource from the @EUCommission , with 640+ #OpenSource tools for public administrations, is designed to support software reuse and collaboration across the #EU.
Learn more on the Interoperable Europe Portal 
https://europa.eu/!VBxPqG
Good morning. #BabyGoatCountdown is at 2 days, and it's -17C this morning so I did get up at 2am to go check the goats. Fortunately the stars were amazing at 2am and the Earth's shadow was high enough that there were no visible satellites!
I'm 75% sure that I heard a peep from the incubator when I checked just now, so maybe the #FediverseChickCountdown won't be a total bust!
Y a des semaines qui commencent bien. Le Pen et d’autres du RN prennent des peines d’inéligibilité et de prison avec en plus des grosses amendes. Pour une fois que justice est bien faite. Mais alors l’immunité parlementaire ne protège plus systématiquement les politiciens véreux?
Please don't order lilies for your friends and lovers if they have a cat. Really... a gift of flowers for a cat owner is... I won't say it's *always* a bad idea, but consider if the cat owner has any house plants.
If they have no house plants there is a *reason* for that. It's called: The Cat. You can have house plants OR a cat but not both. Cats chew on plants, and they will chew on lilies and get sick and possibly die. No, they don't know not to eat these plants. They dig right in.
Breaking: French far-right leader Le Pen, furious about being held accountable for her crimes, vows to move to the United States.
The way "AI" systems are presented as "social companions to fight loneliness" is very similar in how "AI" is supposed to help teaching: Both are founded in a massive misunderstanding of the social dynamics techies try to replace.
You friend isn't just a thing to send you text, they're not a service. Being taught also ins't a mere service, it's a transformative experience that changes you and your teacher.
Marine Le Pen’s first conviction rules out future presidential candidacies.
Donald Trump’s various convictions, 881,776 Covid deaths, armed insurrection & theft of classified documents made him president.
That’s why we can’t have nice things.
It's Trans Day of Visibility today and we're sending love and solidarity to trans people everywhere - whether you're able to be open about being trans or not.
It's also the 5th birthday of our website! Yes, our website launched on 31st March 2020 and was the catalyst for TransActual becoming the organisation that it is today.
One of our first pages was our crowd-sourced definition of transphobia: https://transactual.org.uk/transphobia
I would like to congratulate France for imprisoning an embezzler who just happens to be a leading political figure.
Other countries should take note of how it's done.