nixCraft 🐧<p>Today is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldBackupDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorldBackupDay</span></a>. Don’t forget to make a backup and verify your backups too. I use the rsnapshot on my FreeBSD machine <a href="https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-install-rsnapshot-filesystem-snapshot-backup-utility-in-freebsd/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-instal</span><span class="invisible">l-rsnapshot-filesystem-snapshot-backup-utility-in-freebsd/</span></a> but can be installed on Linux too <a href="https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/redhat-cetos-linux-remote-backup-snapshot-server/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cyberciti.biz/faq/redhat-cetos</span><span class="invisible">-linux-remote-backup-snapshot-server/</span></a> What do you use to make backups?</p>
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Dan Gillmor<p>The words "detain" and "detention" have definitions that are mostly benign -- e.g. "detained by traffic on the way to lunch" and "grade-school kid has after-class detention..."</p><p>That's why using "was detained" is carrying water for ICE when the reality is "was kidnapped off the street and imprisoned..."</p><p>Journalism needs to be much more precise, but that would require less stenography and more thinking before publishing.</p>
JA Westenberg<p>America under Trump isn't feared for its strength. </p><p>It's avoided for its ignorance. </p><p>It's the drunk, belligerent, painfully racist uncle at the party that nobody wants to get stuck talking to. </p><p>It is, in fact, the perfect representation of Trump's own voters.</p><p><a href="https://www.theindex.media/donald-trump-is-too-weak-to-understand-soft-power/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theindex.media/donald-trump-is</span><span class="invisible">-too-weak-to-understand-soft-power/</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p>“Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 31 Mar 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams, who was drafting the Declaration of Independence. He declined her suggestions.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>
TransActual<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>One of our first pages was our crowd-sourced definition of transphobia: <a href="https://transactual.org.uk/transphobia" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">transactual.org.uk/transphobia</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nonbinary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TDOV25" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TDOV25</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TDOV" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TDOV</span></a></p>
Snow Jo ❄️ :v_enby: 💫<p>happy trans day of visibility!!! :blobhaj_heart_trans: :blobhaj_heart_trans: :blobhaj_heart_trans: :blobhaj_heart_trans:</p>
Pete Walkden<p>Pine Marten</p><p>Standing tall to check for danger, as it moves through the woodland, and catching the last light of the day too.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/pinemarten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pinemarten</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/highlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>highlands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 1862.</p><p>The first two volumes of Victor Hugo's epic historical novel Les Misérables appear in Brussels, followed on April 3 by Paris publication, with the remaining volumes on May 15. The first English-language translations, by Charles Edwin Wilbour, are published in New York on June 7, and by Frederic Charles Lascelles Wraxall, in London in October.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%</span><span class="invisible">C3%A9rables</span></a></p><p>Les Misérables at PG:<br /><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Les+Mis%C3%A9rables&submit_search=Search" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q</span><span class="invisible">uery=Les+Mis%C3%A9rables&submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>literature</span></a></p>
Evan Sky arts<p>It’s my birthday! 🎂 <br />It’s also <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransDayofVisibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TransDayofVisibility</span></a> 🏳️⚧️ which seems fitting! <br />I’m turning 30 and it’s such a privilege! Looking back at who I was 15 years ago feels surreal. I have grown so much and learned to find and create my own happiness in simple things around me and cherish as many moments as possible, and I wouldn’t be here without <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lindenshieldarts" class="u-url mention">@<span>lindenshieldarts</span></a></span> .<br />Being a happy trans person is one of the biggest act of defiance in a society that tries to mark us as the enemies. <br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbtqia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lgbtqia</span></a></p>
CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:<p>My two moods</p>
Old Book Illustrations<p>Iris.<br />Maurice Pillard Verneuil, from "La plante et ses applications ornementales" by Eugène Grasset, Paris: [ca. 1896] <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/iris/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oldbookillustrations.com/illus</span><span class="invisible">trations/iris/</span></a></p>
Rouge - Pictures of Japan<p>Today’s walk in Fukuoka <br><a href="https://photog.social/tags/CherryBlossoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CherryBlossoms</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a></p>
Greenpeace International<p>THE MAASAI REFUSE TO BE ERASED! <br /><br />Their homes burned. Families forcibly evicted and pushed over 700km from their ancestral lands, where they are now caught in conflict with those already living there. </p><p>All this to make way for trophy hunting and carbon offset deals that profit corporates while destroying lives.<br /><br />Maasai leaders are calling for the Tanzanian government to do the right thing for its people and the planet.<br /><br />Add your voice to theirs 👉 <a href="https://act.gp/4hZdwz0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">act.gp/4hZdwz0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Eugene McParland 🇺🇦<p>Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzlement</p><p>The French far-right icon will be sentenced later Monday</p><p>By Victor Goury-Laffont</p><p>PARIS - Marine Le Pen and eight other former MEPs from the French far right were found guilty Monday of embezzling European Parliament funds</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/france-far-right-national-rally-marine-le-pen-court-verdict-embezzlement-case-guilty" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.eu/article/france-far</span><span class="invisible">-right-national-rally-marine-le-pen-court-verdict-embezzlement-case-guilty</span></a></p>
Terry Laire<p>Designer v. User</p>
hagen terschüren<p>exploitation is bad and everything but the most offensive thing about billionaires is that they could do cool shit all day every day and choose not to.</p>
William Pietri<p>In the 15+ years people have been promoting blockchains, this flowchart remains undefeated.</p>
DrALJONES<p>Analysis: Trump’s New Executive Order Is an "Unprecedented Voter Suppression Effort"</p><p>The order includes:</p><p>* allowing Elon Musk to subpoena voting records;</p><p>* giving Trump king-like power to make it harder to vote;</p><p>* preventing millions from registering to vote;</p><p>* severely limiting voting by mail.</p><p>Trump is "trying to stop American voters from participating in elections" ~Eliza Sweren-Becker</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/donald-trump-executive-order-voter-suppression-election-assistance-commission/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/donald-trump-executive-order-voter-suppression-election-assistance-commission/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/votersuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>votersuppression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>musk</span></a> .</p>
Auschwitz Memorial<p>31 March 1914 | Grisha Prishkulnik (George Preston) was born in Równe (today Rivne, Ukraine). A Jew, an engineer educated in France. Arrested by Gestapo in Lille, he survived Auschwitz (no 160581) - Bobrek sub-camp. He emigrated to the USA. He passed away in 2006.</p>
Clare<p>Quite the view from the cabin tonight. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CabinLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CabinLife</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nunavut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nunavut</span></a></p>
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