Want to Read More? Try These 5 Tips In honor of World Book Day, here are five tactics you can use to read more books—and enjoy them along the way.

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5 Tips to help you read more:
- Read multiple books simultaneously
- Choose books that you actually want to read
- Develop a daily reading habit—but keep it manageable
- Track your reading habits and goals
- Keep a book close by at all times

#Reading #Books

Reminder to all of you that you matter, you're valid, loved, worthy of love, important, allowed to have emotions and bad days, you don't have to be strong or perfect all the time, you are not broken, I'm so proud of all of you for existing, and I'm so thankful that you are around.

Stay safe y'all.

Unexpected Things You Can Borrow From the Library Tired of overspending on toys, sports gear, crafts, and family activities? Here are some of our favorite resources to help you save money by borrowing.

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Some things you might not realize you can borrow from your local library

This of course varies from library to Library, but many local libraries have unique offerings such laptops or hiking gear, that you can borrow for free, with just a library card.

#Libraries

Here's an open-source Google Circle To Search alternative that works offline It works with different search engines, and works on old Android devices too.

www.howtogeek.com/an-open-sour...

An open source, Local, offline running alternative to googles "circle to search"

It still has some issues being worked on and is in early, but active development

Colorado Age Attestation bill gets amendments to have open source excluded Carl Richell, the Founder and CEO of System76, has given an update on the upcoming Colorado Age Attestation bill that's seen some amendments.

www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/colo...

Via Carl Richell, the Founder and CEO of System76:

I received the amended Colorado Age Attestation bill.
* Open source OS's and apps are excluded
* Code repos are excluded (github/gitlab)
* Containers are excluded (docker/podman)

#Privacy #Linux #OpenSource

Won’t Somebody Think of the Children? Why Big Tech’s ‘Tobacco Moment’ Isn’t What It Seems As regulators rush to “protect children,” we risk creating something worse. A more centralized, identity-driven, and surveilled internet that strengthens Big Tech instead of challenging it.

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A major court case reframes social media as harmful by design, but instead of holding platforms accountable, fixes like age verification may deepen surveillance and Big Tech control. The bigger question: what kind of internet we build next.

#Privacy #DigitalRights

Type with your voice on Linux using this Whisper-based app - OMG! Ubuntu Your mouth can (probably) say things quicker than your hands can type, yet voice typing is rarely used as a primary input method on desktop – yet most of

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"Speed of Sound" is an Open Source Linux app that allows speech-to-text in any focused window, using the cutting edge Whisper speech recognition model

#OpenSource #Linux #SpeechToText #STT #SpeedOfSound

Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it. Cyber experts say they have found holes in Brussels’ age verification app, despite claims by the EU executive that it is “technically ready.”

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The EU’s age verification app quickly exposed the flaws of the approach: insecure storage, easy hacks, and bypassed biometrics. Even verified accounts can be reused, showing how unreliable this technology is.

#Privacy #DigitalRights #AgeVerification

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Brave Origin is a minimalist, paid version of the Brave browser for users who want core privacy and ad-blocking features without extras like crypto wallets, AI assistants etc.

$59.99 for most platforms

But available for free to Linux users!!

#Privacy #Brave #openSource

Modern Headphones Track More Than Just Music. Make Sure Your Privacy Is Protected. Modern headphones have a lot of features that collect health, location, and voice data. Make sure your privacy is protected.

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Modern headphones, including AirPods Pro 3 and Google Pixel Buds Pro 2, collect health, location, and biometric data via advanced sensors and apps, and selling that data to anyone they can.

#Privacy #Surveillance #DigitalRights

The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe All empires must fall.

www.theverge.com/tech/913765/...

Krita, Autograph, DaVinci Resolve, Canva, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2

The truth is that there are equivalent, and often BETTER options to Adobe products, and most of them are free, Adobe can't hope to continue pricing the way it is.

Free Software Foundation Says OnlyOffice Cannot Use AGPL to Restrict Forks The Free Software Foundation says OnlyOffice cannot use AGPLv3 to impose extra restrictions on forks, escalating the Euro-Office licensing dispute.

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In the continuing OnlyOffice drama:

The FSF’s Licensing and Compliance Manager, stated that AGPLv3 cannot be used to restrict software freedom for downstream recipients.
.

#FSF #OpenSource #FOSS #OnlyOffice

An Audit Found That DuckDuckGo's VPN Doesn't Track User Activity DuckDuckGo hired security company Securitum to perform an audit of its VPN. The results show DuckDuckGo does not violate its no-logs policy.

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An independent audit of the #DuckDuckGo VPN confirms it's no-logs policy

#VPN #Privacy

Mozilla announced "Thunderbolt", their open-source and self-hostable AI client Mozilla are leaning even more into AI, with the announcement today of Thunderbolt - their open-source and self-hostable AI client.

www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/mozi...

Mozilla has announced an Open Source, Self-hostable AI called "thunderbolt".
It will work in chat, search, and research modes, and you can choose various models & tools yourself

#OpenSource #Mozilla #Thunderbolt #AI #SelfHosting

Xfce doesn't have to feel frozen in time—here's how I modernized mine Small tweaks that quietly transform how the desktop looks without changing its core simplicity

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How to pretty up your #XFCE

- Switch to a modern GTK theme
- Replace the default icon pack
- Enable a compositor
- Use a better font
- Clean up the panel

#Linux #OpenSource

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linux, the good stuff, by no starch press, book bundle

Level up from 'user' to 'power user' with The Good Stuff bundle from No Starch Press. 🚀🐧

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YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts Limit your Shorts scrolling to zero minutes per day.

www.theverge.com/streaming/91...

YouTube’s time management settings now have an option to put a zero-minute time limit on Shorts, effectively removing them from your app

#YouTube #Google

Yeah severely fucked up

A PHP Dev Just Solved a 20+ Year-Old KDE Plasma Problem No One Else Would KWin can now show different virtual desktops on each screen independently.

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#KDE Plasma adds per-screen virtual desktops, letting each physical monitor show a different workspace. #X11 couldn’t support this, but #Wayland makes it possible, now implemented after years of requests (based on my understanding).

#Linux #OpenSource

Federal Bill Would Bring OS-Level Age Verification to the Entire U.S. A new federal bill proposes OS-level age verification, advancing beyond state laws to establish a potential nationwide requirement.

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A new Federal bill being proposed, that would Force OS level Age verification for the entire US.

H.R. 8250 “To require operating system providers to verify the age of any user of an operating system, and for other purposes.”

#AgeVerification #Legal #Linux #OpenSource

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A webXray audit of 7,000+ California websites says Google, Meta, and Microsoft often ignored opt-out signals anyway. Reported failure rates: Google 87%, Meta 69%, Microsoft 50%. The companies disputed the findings. ()

#Privacy #BigTech #CCPA

Sentinel is an achievement watcher for non-Steam games on Linux Love achievement hunting but play games outside of Steam on Linux? Sounds like Sentinel is an open source tool you'll want to see.

www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/sent...

Monitor your games for Steam Achievements, even if you didn't get the games from Steam!!

#Linux #Gaming #GamingOnLinux #LinuxGaming #Gaming #VideoGames #Steam #OpenSource #FOSS

Scribus 1.6.6 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Bug Fixes - 9to5Linux Scribus 1.6.6 free and open-source desktop publishing software is now available for download with various bug fixes and improvements.

Scribus 1.6.6 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Bug Fixes 9to5linux.com/scribus-1-6-...

#OpenSource #Linux

Having game masters think that reading the lore is too much of a chore is no excuse to not have lore for your setting.

That is all, no further questions.

#ttrpg #rpg

These 4 Chrome extensions started clean, then turned into malware The road to good intentions is paved by malware.

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4 chrome extensions that started off good, but then turned into malware

- The Great Suspender
- Hover Zoom
- Nano Adblocker
- Copyfish

#Chrome #Malware #enshitification

I don't think people realize how insane it is to have a WRESTLING promotion supported by a fanbase that chants Fuck ICE, isn't afraid to push for better representation, and absolutely idolizes people for being GOOD (and if it just so happens that those people are elite athletes...even better)

Amazon Luna rips out game stores, game purchases and third-party subscriptions How long before Amazon Luna goes the way of Google Stadia? Amazon announced some big changes for their cloud gaming service.

Amazon Luna rips out game stores, game purchases and third-party subscriptions
#AmazonLuna #Amazon #Luna #CloudGaming

7 everyday devices that secretly run Linux It's Linux all the way down

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7 everyday devices, that you might not realize run Linux

- SmartTv's
- Wi-Fi Routers (usually)
- Car infotainment systems
- Streaming Devices (roku, FireTv etc.)
- Android Phones
- Pretty much any smart home appliance
- Emulation Gaming Handhelds

#Linux