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Thanks so much <3

Turns out I didn't have a file at /etc/hostname. I created one and now the problem is gone :)

Thanks so much for your help <3

Typing xauth merge ~/.Xauthority did not work :/

However, I managed to reproduce the error by changing from my own phone hotspot to the hotspot of my boyfriend. When changing back from my boyfriend's hotspot to my own, I could open applications again. I looked at journalctl and I found this. It seems, that when I connect to my boyfriend's hotspot, my hostname is changed to 'boyfriend.telephone-company.com' (changed to preserve a bit of anonymity). When I change back to my own hotspot, the hostname is again changed back to 'archlinux'. It seems weird. I'll try to test again later today with other wifi-connections and see if it only happens with my boyfriend's hotspot. I've had some issues with his hotspot before, so it might just be it.

When connection to my boyfriend's hotspot:

Jan 09 10:00:45 archlinux NetworkManager[521]: <info>  [1736413245.1806] dhcp6 (wlp4s0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Jan 09 10:00:45 archlinux NetworkManager[521]: <info>  [1736413245.1821] policy: set 'Boyfriend - iPhone' (wlp4s0) as default for IPv6 routing and DNS
Jan 09 10:00:45 archlinux NetworkManager[521]: <info>  [1736413245.2177] dhcp6 (wlp4s0): state changed new lease
Jan 09 10:00:47 archlinux systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jan 09 10:00:49 archlinux NetworkManager[521]: <info>  [1736413249.7206] policy: set-hostname: set hostname to 'boyfriend.telephone-company.com' (from address lookup)
Jan 09 10:00:49 archlinux systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service...
Jan 09 10:00:49 archlinux systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service.
Jan 09 10:00:49 boyfriend.telephone-company.com systemd-hostnamed[1812]: Hostname set to <boyfriend.telephone-company.com> (transient)
Jan 09 10:00:49 boyfriend.telephone-company.com systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
Jan 09 10:00:49 boyfriend.telephone-company.com systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
Jan 09 10:00:59 boyfriend.telephone-company.com systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jan 09 10:01:19 boyfriend.telephone-company.com systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Deactivated successfully.

when connecting back to my own hotspot:

Jan 09 10:01:42 boyfriend.telephone-company.com kernel: wlp4s0: authenticated
Jan 09 10:01:42 boyfriend.telephone-company.com kernel: wlp4s0: associate with 72:23:ad:c5:e6:0c (try 1/3)
Jan 09 10:01:42 boyfriend.telephone-company.com NetworkManager[521]: <info>  [1736413302.2633] device (wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associating
Jan 09 10:01:42 boyfriend.telephone-company.com NetworkManager[521]: <info>  [1736413302.2633] device (p2p-dev-wlp4s0): supplicant management interface state: authenticating -> associating
Jan 09 10:01:42 boyfriend.telephone-company.com systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service.
Jan 09 10:01:42 archlinux systemd-hostnamed[1911]: Hostname set to <archlinux> (transient)
Jan 09 10:01:42 archlinux kernel: wlp4s0: RX AssocResp from 72:23:ad:c5:e6:0c (capab=0x1431 status=0 aid=1)
Jan 09 10:01:42 archlinux wpa_supplicant[574]: wlp4s0: Associated with 72:23:ad:c5:e6:0c
Jan 09 10:01:42 archlinux wpa_supplicant[574]: wlp4s0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
Jan 09 10:01:42 archlinux kernel: wlp4s0: associated
Jan 09 10:01:42 archlinux NetworkManager[521]: <info>  [1736413302.2861] device (wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: associating -> associated

I can see where you come from, but as a gay man, I would go crazy if I had to enter every homophobic encounter with an open mind.

Also, entering an argument might not change the other persons mind, but it might change the mind of bystanders

Thanks for the answer :)

I'll look at it tomorrow, when I'm at my computer :)

While this post is talking about the internet, in general it is important to talk about "politics" with people (what is "political" ?).

If you don't talk to people about why racism, sexism, transphobia or something else is bad, they will bring that conversation to people who don't have the choice to ignore the conversation. They will harm and harass minorities.

I agree that the internet might not be the best place to change people's minds, but it is important to name and argue against bigotry when encountered.

You should of course still be mindful of your own mental health <3

where is this from ? :)

agree :/

just advertisment for Amazon - now people will talk about them and share this ad on social media :/

All positions of power can (and will) be exploited. While religion has been used to justify a lot of bad things, so has a lot of other things. Religion is also a lot of good things, like culture, philosophy and wisdom passing through generations.

It is also worth noting that you criticise religion as a whole, but all your links are about Christianity.

I point this out, because I used to be a hardcore White atheist and I had a lot of bad takes. A lot of indigenous religions do not have the same ideas about hierarchy and even the Christian idea that humans are above nature often does not exist.

Hierarchies are a bad thing in all* forms, but hierarchies are not necessary for religion.

for those, like me, who can't remember where they've seen the original image before, it is the necrons from Warhammer 40k :)

https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Necrons#Necrons_in_the_41st_Millennium

there is a lot of weird things about what you're saying, but for one:

the same amount or more petroleum would be spend on cultivating food for the to-be-slaughtered animals and transporting the meat around.

I'm not a vegan (anymore), but veganism is still the lesser evil here

sadly, poor people often support/are fascists too :(