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Good day all of you LOVELY Fedizens!

Once again, ANOTHER big week coming up on Fireside Fedi! Please note that all times are Eastern / UTC-4.

Tuesday May 27th at 1000 we'll be speaking with @booteille who is with @Framasoft ! If you don't know #Framasoft then maybe you've heard of #Peertube ? Yeah, that's them! :-D As well as many other projects!

Thursday May 29th 1500 we are talking to @potterybyosa ! Osa is a #nigerian #american studio #potter. Osa makes absolutely stunning pottery and I can't wait to speak with Osa about their work, potterybyosa.com , and what brought them to the Fediverse!

Finally Saturday May 31st, after a few reschedulings, we'll be speaking with @labr ! This includes both @brothersoul and @DJUpNorth ! LABR stands for #Love a #Brother #Radio . They're a 24/7 online stream for soulful house music and varied genres.

Watch the show live:
#Owncast #Livestream - https://stream.firesidefedi.live

After the show:
#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live

All #Links - https://firesidefedi.live

#stream #owncast #live #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #fedicast #livestream #show #episode #peertube #vod #castopod #writefreely #lemmy #boostplease

Good day all you wonderful #Fedizens ! We have a big week of #shows coming up! All times are Eastern UTC -4.

Monday May 19th - 0900 - @neil - Neil is an #English #Internet, #telecoms, and #tech #lawyer (https://decoded.legal). We'll forgive him the lawyer bit. But I know he has some amazing and unique thoughts on the #Fediverse and I can't wait to talk with him! Let's hope his #twin #brother shows up as well. Oh shoot I guess I need to actually work on tomorrow's script huh? :-D

Friday May 23th - 1000 - @nikclayton with @pachli - Nik is a "gentleman programmer" that is the primary developer of #Pachli a "A full-featured Android Mastodon client, developed under cooperative principles." More clients, more choice, more innovation!

Saturday May 24th - 1900 - @kevin with @operationpuppet - Kevin is a builder of #puppets and streams it #live on #Owncast and #Peertube. His show is Operation Puppet, puppets aren't for kids anymore on this show. It's lots of fun and massively interesting to watch.

Watch the show live:
#Owncast #Livestream - https://stream.firesidefedi.live

After the show:
#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live

All #Links - https://firesidefedi.live

#stream #owncast #live #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #fedicast #livestream #show #episode #peertube #vod #castopod #writefreely #lemmy #boostplease

A stylised d, ., and l, in white, on a black background. They look a bit like a circuit board
decoded.legaldecoded.legalEnglish Internet telecoms and tech law firm solicitors decoded.legal Neil Brown

#gaza #palestine #civilians #siblings #children #loss #suffering #pain #trauma #netanyahu #childmurder #israel #mastodonart #mastoart

@palestine

Remember these two kids, #brother and #sister, whose names we do not know? Their picture went viral early on during the #genocide. We do not know if they are still alive or meanwhile #MurderedByIsrael but #Palestinian #artist Osama Artzidan has made a homage to their love and affection among siblings.

It's that time of the year again :) The 2025 Update is here. With Gemini AI writing half of the article.

"This is the third year in a row that I’ve published a story recommending you just stop thinking about printers and buy whatever random Brother laser printer is on sale, and nothing has happened in the miserably user-hostile printer industry to change my recommendation in that time." — Nilay Patel, The Verge

theverge.com/tech/641940/best-

Looking for #Linux help, if you're so inclined.

I am (gods help me) trying to get a #Brother printer/scanner working in #Debian 12 / #Gnome 43.9 on a #Thinkpad #T480S.

Before a recent reintallation of hte OS, the #CUPS driver used to work for printing but not scanning, *and* the Brother Linux printer drivers used to make the scanner work, too.

support.brother.com/g/b/downlo

But now, neither works, and I get the error message: "Unable to locate printer" (followed by the correct IP address).

support.brother.comUtilities | Downloads | MFC-L2750DW(XL) | Canada | Brother

UPDATE: NOT TRUE Now that #Brother printers are joining the Dark Side of The Force with their firmware updates that start to look for original toner cartridges,

This story has been debunked and Brother has clearly stated that they do NOT check for original toner/ink in normal operation but do prefer original cartridges when troubleshooting, which makes sense.

Thanks to all who replied, I will happily stick with Brother :)