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adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

This remains a great post, and is especially relevant today. https://coyotetracks.org/blog/pressure-to-stay-genteel/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
literalgrill@sakurajima.moe ("LiteralGrill") wrote:

Ya know, right now would be an AMAZING time for Mastodon's leadership to break bread with the Black programmers that really wanted to help make this place less racist.

Bluesky just banned a prominent Black user from basically being seen by anyone. Because Bluesky's CEO is mad about their posts. ATProto is clearly showing serious signs of weakness.

Do the people who love the Fediverse have the guts to admit we have poorly served the Black community and need to apologize? To take radical steps to show this place will be worth investing in for Black users who may want to leave Bluesky?

Now is the time to act and do so. If ever there was a time to put a massive amount of momentum behind the Fediverse, it'd be now. We should do it.

#Mastodon #Bluesky #ATProto #Fediverse

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
irene@discuss.systems ("Irene Zhang") wrote:

Our resident front yard hummingbird having a bath. Sometimes, I can’t believe that I live here. #seattle #pnw #birds #birdsofmastodon

Attachments:

• video: A bright pink throated green hummingbird enjoying a bath in a natural stone fountain.

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

Another interesting thing this about this piece is the timing:

1. Manton gets super upset about me daring to call him out for his awful, insensitive take on the Bluesky situation.

2. He announces that he’s disconnecting from Mastodon because it’s “broken” and “divisive”.

3. Not long after, Manu posts about how social media is awful.

4. Manton promptly boosts Manu's post.

Manu’s blogroll.org site is sponsored by Micro.blog, but I’m sure this is all coincidence. 😎

https://social.lol/@adam/115324443935427207

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
danirabbit@mastodon.online ("Danielle Foré") wrote:

This has been said a million times a million different ways but it’s worth repeating: the goal of a good developer isn’t to write code that compiles and tests that pass. The goal of a good developer is to solve a problem and hopefully in the process write code that can be understood by the next person maintaining it 10 years from now. The challenge is not in creation itself, it is in decided what to create and how and why

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

In the past, when I’ve chosen to call people out like Vincent Ritter and Manton Reece for their harmful statements and actions, the “calling out” was a crucial choice. Both Vincent and Manton had (separately) implored me to keep my comments private and send an email instead. But private channels are where accountability never sees the light of day.

There are times when calling in is more appropriate than calling out, but never when you’re seeking genuine accountability in the face of harm.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
GamingNews@meta.masto.host ("Gaming News") wrote:

PC Gamer just posted:

First US videogame champion, legendary programmer, and Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman is fundraising to deal with the costs of an aggressive cancer diagnosis

Heineman's uphill battle to save an infamous early port of Doom has gotten renewed attention in recent years.

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/first-us-videogame-champion-legendary-programmer-and-interplay-co-founder-rebecca-heineman-is-fundraising-to-deal-with-the-costs-of-an-aggressive-cancer-diagnosis/

#gamingNews

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

This was an interesting piece, not for what it said, but for what was missing. Noticeably absent is any recognition of the real power that social tools offer for public accountability, and how open criticism can empower people who would otherwise be completely oppressed.

It also seems to make the assumption that all negativity in a social context is “shit” posted by “despicable human beings”. No room for the possibility of valid criticism? How strange.

https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/on-public-online-behaviour

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Another one I really like. I miss the Wild West. I think this was Wyoming or Montana?

#photography #ios

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

And so, after about six month of slow, faltering progress I could consistently run three 5-milers a week.

Back to that overpass photo. During all these 5 years, whenever I drove near that place in a car I looked longingly at cyclists and runners going through that trail and wondered whether I'll be able to do it myself every again.

Today I finally ran through that spot again, on a distance of 7 miles!

The end.

(Thanks Kirstin!)

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

But for the insurance to cover it I needed to go through yet another therapy, because rules.

This time things have been different. My PT loaded me way more than any therapy before and was able to convince me after a couple of months that I was measurably improving, even though I didn't feel it. We also discovered that what was holding me back wasn't my knee, but all kinds of other problems you could think of, pains in various joints, muscle cramps, etc. So she taught me how to work with those.

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

So I got referred to physical therapy. That didn't really help, and to make it short I'll say that I've been through MRIs, x-rays, ultrasounds, PRP therapy (this is when they separate your own blood and inject plasma to where it hurts), and two more physical therapies. None of that helped completely, although I could *occasionally* run 5 miles, but never routinely.

So I asked my doctor to refer me to a knee surgery before I get to old for it to make sense.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

I can't keep up with reality, it's clearly beyond satire and taking the piss now: Palantir, whose UK CEO is the grandson of the notorious fascist founder of the British Union of Fascists, and whose Trump-adjacent leader has the knives out for democracy, backs away from key Starmer policy on digital ID cards, fearing *reputational damage* from being associated with something "Too Evil even for Palantir":

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/starmer-hit-major-blow-tech-36013892

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
fugueish@wandering.shop ("Chris Palmer") wrote:

Please don’t call me Dr Flimnarf. I didn’t complete my degree

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

This is the spot through which I used to run my 13 mile and longer distances. About 5 years ago something clicked in my knee after another run, and after a couple of weeks I realized I couldn't run freely anymore. And then I couldn't run at all. Eventually I found time and worked up enough courage to go to a doctor. And ultimately a surgeon said I had "plica syndrome". I didn't know them that "syndrome" in doctor speak means "something is wrong with it", not that they actually know what to do.

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

This photo of an overpass over a trail may seem mundane, but for me it's full of utmost symbolism and importance.

Let me tell you a story. It's entirely personal, so feel free to tune out...

#running

Boosted by jwz:
GrantMeStrength@hachyderm.io ("Grant Me Strength") wrote:

An actual Lisp Machine! At the https://icm.museum

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
maxleibman@beige.party ("Max Leibman") wrote:

Welcome, Bluesky users! To help you get acclimated, here’s a helpful guide to Mastodon language.

Here, skeets are “toots,” reskeets are “boosts,” and TERFs are called “blocked accounts.”

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
docpop ("Doctor M. Popular") wrote:

Lately I’ve been seeing racist/homophobic/misogynistic stickers around San Francisco, so I made my own to cover up the hate. https://docpop.org/2025/10/some-free-sticker-designs-and-where-to-print-them/

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
gtconway3@threads.net ("George Conway") wrote:

RE: https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DPcRnJuCYZd

jwz wrote:

Upgrading Our Way Through OpenGL 1.x.

Michael Martin takes a tour through OpenGL from the beginning (part 2), trying to just put one rectangle on the screen, and amazingly, does this with *no swearing*.

OpenGL remains a masterclass in how to update an API in the most incompetent, user-hostile way possible. The cherry on top is that it is also best-in-show in the category of "Version Numbering: How Not To Do It."

Yeah I'm still mad about it, why do you ask?
https://jwz.org/b/ykwD

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Neither Ken Ham nor God saved anyone.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/05/ken-ham-claims-to-have-saved-a-life/

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

I mean, money, come on, let's stop pretending there was any other reason

RE: https://www.threads.com/@hollywoodreporter/post/DPcSHC-Dh6x

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
mbjones@social.lol ("Brandon") wrote:

🖊️ I just posted a new article to krrd.ing!

don't just be a firefighter, be a fire marshal https://krrd.ing/dont-just-be-a-firefighter-be-a-fire-marshal/

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

Bluesky user Łink, an influential early user of the platform with 40K followers, has been banned from Bluesky. It appears to have happened after he drew attention to CEO Jay Garber’s continued transphobic behavior.

I eagerly await you-know-who’s forthcoming statement of praise for Garber showing the courage to silence the pro-LGBTQ+ crowd. Such principles, such vision. (But seriously, this has aged like expired milk left out in the Austin sun: https://www.manton.org/2025/10/03/apparently-there-was-some-drama.html)

Boosted by jwz:
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

We went from "we will deport the worst of the worst" to "we will deport anyone here illegally" to "we will round up anyone who looks wrong" to "people who live in cities are the enemy" essentially overnight.

Boosted by jwz:
pikesley@mastodon.me.uk ("Phaistos Disco") wrote:

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

Ultimately, Manton and I just have different values. He values the actions of tech CEOs, and I value fair treatment for oppressed people. He cheers for billionaires, and I cheer for the underdog. He employs a guy who can’t stand the use of pronouns in video games, and I show people like that the door.

We’re just different. And that’s OK. As long as he’s happy with the choices he makes, that’s all that really matters.

(Everything above is 100% fact and can be backed up by things Manton has published. But he’ll still cry “misinformation”, just like the orange guy always cries “fake news”.)

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

Good for Manton, making intentional choices about where he directs his attention. I totally understand his desire to cut off Mastodon federation. Mastodon is a space where accountability is valued, and not everyone can handle that. He’s better off with a limited presence within his own community, where he can be safely protected by his peers from any criticism.

I’ll still be here, calling out the rot I see on the open web, even if the rot keeps running away.

https://www.manton.org/2025/10/05/our-attention.html

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
estrogenandspite@pony.social wrote:

I’ve been thinking a lot about Tolkien.

It is often remarked that a central thesis of his books is that evil provides the means of its own defeat. Sauron crafted the One Ring that killed him, Shelob impaled herself of Sam’s blade, Smaug exposed his belly to Bilbo and let him see the weak point.

I think it is less often commented on that the corollary to that is that good must still act to use those weaknesses. The Ring did not cast itself into the fires of Mt Doom but was brought by the Hobbits. Shelob was only able to impale herself because Sam kept his arm strong and held it out. The black arrow still needed to be shot into Smaug’s belly.

And a final point that I don’t see often enough is that Tolkien clearly believes good only loses if it surrenders to hopelessness. Denethor’s suicide driven by fear would have broken Minas Tirith if not for the Fellowship, Frodo would have fallen to despair if Sam had not been there to carry him, if Bilbo had seen the shot as hopeless then he never could have warned of the weak spot.

But because in those cases someone provided hope, good triumphed.

I don’t know. I’ve just been thinking about that a lot lately for some.