The elaborate places one’s mind wanders in solitary confinement

https://aeon.co/videos/the-elaborate-places-ones-mind-wanders-in-solitary-confinement

https://www.insidethevalleysings.com/

#solitary #confinement #abolition @aeon #aeon

An insightful and timely Aeon essay...

#RecommendedReading

https://aeon.co/essays/what-explains-the-perpetual-need-for-political-enemies

#Trump #GOP #ICE #USPol #Democracy #Protest #Resist #Psychology #Aeon

Japan's opposition politics remain fragmented as Komeito and the CDP merge to form a new party, despite policy divides and a history of electoral struggles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/18/japan/japans-rare-snap-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #komeitolowerhouse #komeito #cdp #centristreformalliance #cra #tetsuosaito #yoshihikonoda #sokagakkai #ccp #aeon #china #shinzoabe #fumiokishida #shigeruishiba #jip

#FOSS friends! 🐧

I had another #LinuxIsAmazing moment recently: Got a used Thinkpad x13, installed #Aeon on it and everything just worked! 🎉

I then installed #Krita, plugged in my Huion Kamvas #graphictablet and that too worked out of the box! 🤯 No installing drivers, just went into the #Gnome system settings to change what the buttons do.

So cool!

(I haven't figured out a way to configure the buttons on the #pen yet, but 🤷‍♀️)

#Linux #OpenSource #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #DIDay

Ich habe einen total diversifizierten Musikgeschmack. 🎶🎸🎼🎹💻💿📱💃🕺🪩

An machen Tagen höre ich tiefe Lieder wie #TimBenzko „Nur noch kurz die Welt retten“ https://open.spotify.com/track/0Wq6whEjKeAAUi4nEim1DA?si=uNSONC43Qg2c_CzGuZgR4A

An anderen von meinem #Aeon Freund #undy_aeon das hier: https://open.spotify.com/track/1RZHyxt2Gyi6wAyOCNs2o4?si=o0o6xOuATOuPpqOpHQ0kWg

Wie findet ihr das?

#SPX6900 #Cognisphere #ProofOfHuman #ProofOfWork #ProofOfInfrastructure

One of the big things I like about the #UniversalBlue world is the openness -- especially the sharing of information.

Once I realized that #Bluefin and Bluefin LTS both updated on a weekly cadence, that made me want to switch from LTS to regular.

https://docs.projectbluefin.io/changelogs/

I wasn't so worried about changing kernels and packages as I was by the frequency of updates.

Specifically I wanted to get away from daily updates (#Tumbleweed-based #Aeon is VERY dynamic).

Weekly is more what I want.

Until my previous laptop died, I had been running #Aeon Desktop for quite a few months, and had #Bluefin LTS on the second drive (after the previous SATA SSD died while running OpenBSD).

So with this new/old laptop (both are 2017 HP models -- the dead one all Intel, the current one Intel/Nvidia), I did a few days of testing and decided to run Bluefin for AMD/Intel (not LTS).

I'm not a hard-core developer. I would say I'm more of a dabbler. I'm way more of a writer and editor.

1/2

@jorge I just threw #Aeon Desktop (based on #OpenSUSE Tumbleweed packages) on this laptop.

You can't beat it for things like simplicity and boot speed, though Bluefin is still in the ballpark.

Contrasting #Aeon and #Bluefin

Simple vs. batteries included (a whole lot more batteries, many optional)

OpenSUSE world vs. Fedora/CentOS world

10+ images (via BTRFS) to fall back on vs. 2 images (unless you pin some)

Aeon auto-updates Distroboxes (by choice), Bluefin does not (also by choice)

1/?

I have been thinking about leaving the image-based (atomic/immutable) world and going with Ubuntu or Mint to easily get a signed kernel with the proprietary Nvidia driver.

But since #Bluefin and Bluefin LTS for AMD/Intel run so well, presumably b/c this 9-year-old laptop has a good-enough Intel GPU, I might be able to stick with the kinds of systems I've been running for the past few years, which include #Aeon Desktop and #Fedora #Silverblue and #Kinoite.

I am doing tests on my old (2017) HP Intel/Nvidia laptop to see where I'm going to end up, #Linux-wise.

So far I've learned that my GPU (GeForce 940MX) is definitely not compatible with the current Nvidia driver (version 590).

For that reason, `modprobe nvidia` doesn't work in #Bluefin for Nvidia, and that process permanently takes up half a CPU core.

Bluefin for AMD/Intel runs just as well as Bluefin LTS. Definitely a contender.

I'm going to try #Aeon. Maybe it will run as well or better.

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Japanese retail giants Seven & I Holdings and Aeon have both reported consolidated operating profit growth for the March-November 2025 period. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/09/companies/seven-aeon-profit-growth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #retailers #conveniencestores #seveniholdings #seveneleven #aeon

This Aeon article is both very timely and very insightful. Recommended reading.

https://aeon.co/essays/what-explains-the-perpetual-need-for-political-enemies

#FoodForThought #Aeon #USPol

Major supermarket operator Aeon is set to make drugstore chain Tsuruha Holdings a subsidiary next week following a tender offer that ended Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/08/companies/aeon-to-make-tsuruha-subsidiary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #aeon #tsuruha #acquisition #drugstores

Curious how #Aeon handles dev tools or #CLI utilities on an #immutable system? That’s where #Distrobox shines. Run your favorite distros, package managers, and scripts without breaking the base. Check out the #oSC25 talk. #openSUSE #Linux https://youtu.be/hh4gnNCG7dM?si=W2R0O5rKdEzh54uv

The #Aeon piece linked to below argues that we still haven’t really come to grips with the implications of #entropy. I wrote earlier this year about a book that tries to do that in the context of #economics. Rightly or wrongly, I also dragged in #Trump. doncurren.blogspot.com/2025/09/entr...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3lxmkfhzfn22a

Entropy Economics and Trump's ...

The title of this #Aeon piece alone warrants it being posted. But here’s a good teaser quote, too: “With its suffocating time-space compression, #globalisation seems to have uncoupled us from the logic and flow of #history.” aeon.co/essays/there... There Are No Pure #Cultures

There are no pure cultures – w...

AEON Bank’s Personal Financing-i (PF-i): Flexible Funds to Help Ease Budget Constraints #aeon #aeonbank #apps #banking #digitalbank #digitalbankmalaysia #digitallife #featured #sponsored

https://soyacincau.com/2025/12/24/aeon-bank-personal-financing-i-flexible-funds-shariah-compliant/

TNB Electron offers RM1.00 per kWh promo rate at these EV chargers in Terengganu, JB and Selangor #aeon #cars #deals #ev #evcharging #featured #firstimpressions #johorbahru #news #selangor #terengganu #tnb #tnbelectron #transport

https://soyacincau.com/2025/12/24/tnb-electron-ev-charging-extra-savings-rm1-per-kwh-promo/