214 results for “anti_essential”
I really need to get more people on board with my partner's Anti-Malory Agenda (or as one coworker put it: Le Morte d'Author).
A lot of the Arthurian things out there are essentially very samey, but traditional Arthurian lit is _extremely_ interesting, very weird, and not at all what people expect.
(One of) The fundamental issues with AI/LLM/agent use in #FLOSS is that what has been a culture of communities largely defining and organizing themselves through certain ways of creating/learning/working/maintaining/exchanging in the open, has slowly been turned into an anti-culture which is essentially only focused on free end results (products), produced ad-hoc, with source available, but more or less as a side effect, as just another output artifact from a black-box process, and definitely not a central organizing factor or value anymore...
We really need to start acknowledging this dichotomy of purpose & value and start refining our language to defend existing meanings of what "open source culture" is/was about...
(Link to quoted post, which apparently doesn't seem to work for some... 🤷)
https://floss.social/@downey/117501743018241252
Asocial
I came home from work some time ago to find my wife settling down to watch the latest episode of Coronation Street.
Onscreen, a new family had recently moved on to the street, and the Dad was shown talking to a couple of the regular characters, making arrangements to do something, and it struck me – in just 3 minutes of screen time, a brand new character had exchanged more words with his neighbours than I had in the 10 1/2 years I had lived here.
Which got me thinking – of all the things I know, how to make friends isn’t one.
Out of all my friends (at least, out in the so-called “real world”), all of them decided I was a person they wanted to be friends with, they did all the running, and all I did was decide to go along with them.
This was rarely something I did lightly – there were plenty of people who decided we were going to be friends, but I decided to have nothing to do with them – but with all the people I count as friends, they did all the running, and I just went along with it.
It’s the same with relationships – off hand, I can only think of 6 times I asked girls out – 2 of them turned me down flat, 2 were the same girl on 2 different occasions (and I eventually asked her to marry me – which later happened!), and the other 2 times ended pretty disastrously. Every other time I got into a relationship, they did all the running after me, and I just went along with it.
On a related note, I have no idea how small talk works – this is an essential skill for developing all manner of relationships, and yet I have not a single clue as to the purpose of small talk, nor how it works – I can do it, but only by copying conversational gambits I’ve seen other people use, which means that conversations with me can often be stilted, and are liable to turn rather strange at unexpected moments.
By extension, flirting (and “chatting someone up”) is also something where I utterly fail to grasp any mechanism by which it works. As I said about small talk, I can do it, I just have no idea what I’m doing.
Actually, I would like to modify those statements – I can do small talk and flirting, but only if I don’t think about it – as soon as I start to think about what I am doing, or what I should say next, I turn in to Cat in the infamous dance/dream sequence from Red Dwarf ( https://youtu.be/yn8wWQweNbU ) – I get tongue-tied, and completely unable to communicate.
Which, let’s face it, isn’t good, whether you’re discussing the weather with the random person sitting next to you on the bus home from work, or chatting up some random stranger in a bar.
I’ve no idea if it is connected to all this, but I have always had a preference for my own company – not having to fill any silences or think of topics of conversation is always pleasant.
I remember back in school, I had a friend I spent a lot of time with – many were the times we finished school, went to the local library to collect some books, then went back to his, where we would occupy chairs at opposite sides of his living room, then read books in silence, until the time I had to leave to go home – about the only thing his mother ever heard me say was “Right, I’d better get off. See ya!”
One of the things I love about my marriage, and my wife – we often spend time just being in the same room – not necessarily talking, not necessarily doing the same thing, but doing whatever it is we are doing, together.
One of us might be watching telly while the other reads, or she might be doing something on her computer, usually doing some family history research, and I’ll walk in with my laptop and slouch down in a chair and do some writing for one project or another – but we are doing it, together, just enjoying being with someone.
Louise’s office is by the front window of the dining room, and I will often be found in the kitchen, through the rear of the dining room, cooking up a storm, while we listen to some music, which usually involves one of us dancing our way over to the other and busting some moves for a few seconds before going back to what we were doing.
We might also be talking – but no-one is being forced to talk, only when we are ready, which I find makes conversations flow more easily.
And this is the thing – I’m not, as some people think, anti-social, I don’t hate people, I don’t want to avoid having friends – I just want friends who are on my wavelength, friendships on my terms – friends who are willing to accept that I don’t always want to be drawn into conversation, but when I feel the need to talk will accept that as well.
I’m asocial, quite possibly because of my autism, and proud of it.
Social interactions leave me physically and mentally exhausted – which means that, if I put any time or effort into interacting with you, then you should feel honoured.
(Or I’m at work, and have to put the minimum effort in!)
"Anti-Fascist Economics": Isabella Weber on How Inequality Fuels Extremism & Erodes Democracy http://www.democracynow.org/2026/10/27/isabella_weber
"Anti-Fascist Economics": Isabella Weber on How Inequality Fuels Extremism & Erodes Democracy
http://www.democracynow.org/2026/10/27/isabella_weber
Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History by Benjamin Moser is a one-dimensional appraisal of the Jewish people’s broken home.
✍️ Colin Shindler
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/review/anti-zionism-jewish-history-benjamin-moser-review
"Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History" is a new book by Benjamin Moser. In it, the Pulitzer prize-winning author profiles a dozen Jews who actively opposed Zionism, before and after the establishment of #Israel.
Along the way, he seeks to dismantle the Zionist “fairytale,” as he puts it, piece by piece. And he largely succeeds.
Review by Aaron Gell in #TheGuardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/25/benjamin-moser-jewish-anti-zionism-book
Anti-AI types should band together and start some "AI Amish" theology...
... by which I mean focus your rejection of AI inward and leave the rest of us alone.
Interview: “Anti-Fascist Economics”
Economist Isabella Weber on How Inequality Fuels Extremism & Erodes Democracy
Weber warns that "economic insecurity can fuel the rise of authoritarian movements [& that] protecting democracy requires making life affordable for everybody."
She provides "current examples of governments enacting such policies from New York City to Mexico City to Rome."
SQL Anti-Patterns You Should Avoid: https://datamethods.substack.com/p/sql-anti-patterns-you-should-avoid
Google Anti Gravity
Okay, I have been struggling with an issue with Gnome 50 for about a year now. The issue was that when I right clicked an App Icon on the App Grid and tried to pin it to the Dash there was a long delay, sometimes as long as 3 seconds. The same thing just moving around App Icons on the Dash or unpinning them. This was, as you can imagine, really annoying.
Today, I installed Google's Anti Gravity and after setting it up I started having Gemini analyze the issue. I was able to work out a solution in around 30 minutes! After trying to comb through the Gnome Shell code base for over a year. I had totally missed the issue. By consolidating all of my App Icons into about a dozen Folders I had created a bottle neck for Gnome Shell. It was actually and easy work around after I found out what the issue was.
This was a hard to find bug in Gnome 50. I would have likely never found it by manually pouring through the source code. I am very happy to have my system performing up to specs now. I really do love Anti Gravity! Best new tool of the year for my toolbox!
How an anti-trans backlash to James Talarico spread like wildfire https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/10/how-an-anti-trans-backlash-to-james-talarico-spread-like/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #lgbtq #lgbt
⚠️🇨🇿Czech protesters declare Anti-EU authorities have 'gone too far,' outline demands (more) https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/czech-protesters-declare-authorities-have-1792953083.html #Ukraine #Press #Kyiv #Odesa #Lviv #Kharkiv #Czechia #CzechRepublic #Kherson #Berlin #Brussels #France #Germany #UK #US #PACE #CoE #Paris #London #Media #News #Headlines #NATO #USAIsAStateSponsorofTerror
#12yrInvasionOfUkraine #HybridAttacksAreTerrorism
Iran’s anti-negotiation hardliners turn against President Pezeshkian https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/26/irans-anti-negotiation-hardliners-turn-against-president-pezeshkian?traffic_source=rss
From AP: LIVE: Anti-government protests in Albania https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYoGE-zzfcA&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon * VSN-GDPM c1996 #news #SupportIndependentMedia #vsn
Kaliningrad man convicted over anti-war posts says he was denied asylum request after swimming to Lithuania — Novaya Gazeta Europe
A 68-year-old man from Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave facing a six-year prison sentence says Lithuanian authorities refused to…
#Lithuania #LT #Europe #Europa #EU #Lietuva #lithuania #naujienos #азар #война #горбачев #европа #ес #костюченко #латынина #мартынов #новаягазетаевропа #политковская #путин #расследование #репортаж #украина
https://www.europesays.com/3332884/
Trump escalates anti-Muslim attacks against El-Sayed in Michigan https://www.npr.org/2026/10/26/nx-s1-6016816/trump-escalates-anti-muslim-attacks?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Trump escalates anti-Muslim rhetoric in fierce attack on El-Sayed https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/26/trump-escalates-anti-muslim-rhetoric-in-fierce-attack-on-el-sayed?traffic_source=rss
Mainstream Media Celebrates Successful Anti-NDP Campaign
The mainstream media is popping the champagne after they fought hard to get the MAGA supported Conservatives in power.
https://www.freezenet.ca/mainstream-media-celebrates-successful-anti-ndp-campaign/
#Miscellaneous #News #BC #elections #journalism #Media #politics
Day 148 of anti-corruption protest, Day 13 of escalated tactics
Protestors were just calmly standing on the Blvd. Dëshmorët e Kombit as usual last I checked. But the News24 crew and select other media noticed new police vans arriving near the back of the Hotel Rogner and the Prime Minister's office and started reporting on it. The cops moved in with riot gear and pushed media out using the riot shields, declaring it a "security zone".
Protestors surrounded the cops that had surrounded the media to push them out. Protestors had their phone cameras going to document things. One constant in the protest is that both cops and protestors have cameras going all the time. Yet it's also a vulnerability because the cops use photos/video of the protest to ID people they either officially arrest or unofficially bully later.
Once more, it's the cops who are escalating things.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Balkans
#Corruption
#Europe
#Protest
Day 148 of anti-corruption protest, Day 13 of escalated tactics
Just as has happened in the US in recent years, cops are purposefully shooting protestors and press in the eyes with "less-lethal" weapons, sometimes permanently blinding them.
A 28-year old man was hit in the eye yesterday. Today, it looks as if several of the protestors are wearing bandages over their eyes as a way of keeping attention on this disproportionate and illegal tactic (illegal by both Albanian and international laws).
Day 148 of anti-corruption protest, Day 13 of escalated tactics
If you scrub to about 2.5 hrs into today's livestream, News24 reporter Osman Stafa, who probably saved someone's life last night who the police had cornered, and beat to the point the person couldn't even move or answer if they were ok, talks about what is going on and the things Albanians have seen this week that they are not used to in a post-Communist government's policing.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Balkans
#Corruption
#Europe
#Protest
Framing the News: Anti-Piracy Press Release Turned a 2016 Raid Into a 2026 Story
For all anti-vax fans, don't bring this disease back! #polio #vaccine #vaccinate
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:fjcjkmfhcuipncex3bvbmrdk/post/3myndfjl3bk2k
Day 147 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania; Day 12 of escalated tactics
News24 BalkanWeb reporters are saying that the cops have been injuring many protestors with "rubber" bullets today, hitting the chest and even shooting a girl. The screen at the same time was repeatedly showing a male protestor on the ground who was bleeding from his eye area.
In previous days, others reported cops aiming for their eyes, including the press covering the protest. Like US cops in that respect.
There's a lot of noise because protestors are trying to dismantle a sheet metal fence around a 15 story construction site in downtown.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Balkans
#Corruption
#Europe
#Protest
