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

Mastodon* is in desperate need of a rebrand and a repositioning in the minds of the general public (imo).

There's no reason why a Mastodon address couldn't come with all the cachet of a public library card, or a PBS tote bag—that is to say something that signals “I am more than just a content creation machine for a corporation.”

It could be a status symbol for all the right reasons.

*The collective brand, so much as the general public sees Mastodon as such.

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

There's so many entry points to this topic, it's hard to know where to start. But, I think the most fun and interesting start is to dissect the strategies of other microblogging platforms. Particularly during the "great migrations." Then explore why it's perhaps impossible for Mastodon to compete on those terms without abandoning its core values.

This is a freestyle, so I ask for some grace in my words and the story's pacing.

Let's start with #Bluesky

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

"The Grand AI Disconnect"

> AI is running only slightly ahead of child molesters in the public imagination.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-grand-ai-disconnect

I'm sure it'll be fine and there's no chance that the public will turn on everything related to tech and software once the house of cards tumbles down. Great industry to be associated with, etc. etc.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

Left to rust.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #streetphotography #abandoned #decay #rust #trees #sky

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

They're not just evil, they're also stupid.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/30/are-republicans-just-crazy-pants-dingle-bunnies/

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Finally, a few of the earliest photos I've taken, at least in terms of deliberate practice. I took them on a Yashica SLR in the mid- to late-nineties in Reykjavík. #photos #film #blackandwhite

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

I took these four photos in 2000, or thereabouts, my last job in Iceland before moving to the UK was as a vision mixer in a news studio. These were taken either at work or on my way home. #photos #film #blackandwhite

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

how nice of you @CARROT

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
lorax@dresden.network wrote:

There's no excuse, not to make .deb files for #rustlang projects anymore with cargo-deb!
https://github.com/kornelski/cargo-deb

I know it's existed for a while, but I just found it recently and as a Debian user, would love to see wider adoption.
While some people may be able to install most programs from cargo, a lot of cool projects just can't be used by less experienced #debian, #ubuntu and derivatives users.

So if you are working on a project that not only targets #devs, make it easier for newcomers and publish a .deb file as well.
(cargo-aur also does this for #arch)

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
stopthatgirl7@famichiki.jp ("Stop That") wrote:

Only two more days till we get to live on Mars, y’all!!

Boosted by ratatui_rs@fosstodon.org ("Ratatui"):
orhun@fosstodon.org ("Orhun Parmaksız 👾") wrote:

Wow, this is extremely pretty ⏰✨

🕒 **sigye** (시계) — A gorgeous terminal clock.

💯 Supports FIGlet fonts, animated color themes, reactive backgrounds & live-configurable visuals.

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/am2rican5/sigye

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #terminal #clock #ascii #design #terminal

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• gifv: 7a8808d4dadbb6d4.mp4

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

The author of The Cat and I, Brynhildur Jenný, explains why she draws by hand and isn't fond of drawing with a tablet or iPad (English subs included)

Brynhildur Jenný útskýrir afhverju hún handteiknaði myndasöguna, Kötturinn og ég, og er ekki hrifin af því að vinna í tölvu #bók #myndasaga #bækur

Fáanleg í verslunum Pennans: https://www.penninn.is/is/book/kotturinn-og-eg

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• video: A short video where an illustrator, Brynhildur Jenný, talks about how much more fun drawing by hand is, in a voiceover while her illustrations are shown on screen.

Boosted by jwz:
exador23@m.ai6yr.org ("Hippy Steve") wrote:

🤔

Boosted by jwz:
infernusgoatus@kvlt.zone (":googlyeye: Stlex :googlyeye2:") wrote:

RIP Cecelia Giménez, whose effort to restore a religious painting gave us a legend.

Boosted by jwz:
jwz wrote:

@xinit When I built DNA Lounge, we had a number of walls that were made of drywall. And over the years, someone would punch them, and then the wall would have a hole in it. But instead of patching it, my policy was, we only replace drywall with plywood. Because on the next punch, the wall will not break, it will be the hand.

This is a story about a third party provider failing you and moving to yet another third party provider instead of moving in house.

Boosted by jwz:
ckape@teh.entar.net ("Brian Danger Hicks") wrote:

Your Spiders Wrapped is in.

This year you ate 0 spiders.

This places you in the top 80% of spider eaters.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy ("Kees van der Leun") wrote:

Although the growth rate (%) of global CO2 emissions has gone down, the increase in absolute terms is still pretty much a straight line:
On average, we're increasing the amount of CO2 that we dump in the atmosphere by around 450 million tonnes every year. Making the climate crisis worse faster.
#emissions #co2 #ClimateChange

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
eunews ("European News 🇪🇺") wrote:

The EU will launch the digital euro as a 100% European digital payments system to replace reliance on Visa, Mastercard, and Apple and Google Pay, with the European Central Bank issuing a digital form of cash. It will be built entirely in Europe, have zero transaction fees, instant payments, and strong privacy, giving the EU full control over its payments infrastructure.

https://www.independent.ie/business/digital-euro-what-it-is-and-how-we-will-use-the-new-form-of-cash/a165973061.html

(https://archive.ph/ERzTA)

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
dotmeow@hachyderm.io (".meow ∙ We'll be at #39C3 ^-^'") wrote:

We JUST hit €40,000!!! That is HUGE, thank you all SO much!

However, we are still only halfway to our goal, so make sure to share, to support, and to let everyone know about .meow!

We will throw off the yoke of digital landlords, but we still need your help :3

And for now… champagne! Catnip! Celebrations!!

https://kickstarter.dotmeow.org

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
cmccullough@polymaths.social ("Chad McCullough") wrote:

So, the first of the year is coming up quickly. As many of you know, I've been unemployed from full-time employment for quite a long time. I've been working part-time jobs to make ends meet but I need to do more. I've decided to start doing some consulting.

I want to start offering a few services:

1. Building websites for individuals, small businesses, or non-profits.
2. Helping individuals, small businesses, non-profits with certain Information Technology needs. Mainly, Linux, Open Source Software, and networking.

I'm really hoping that this turns into something more than just small consulting work. I would love to start doing this full-time. At nearly 59, I don't see myself ever getting full-time employment any other way.

#fedihires #fedihiring

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

Before I continue, if I continue this thread (I'm sleepy) I want to acknowledge that strategy is easier said than done. I don't often appeal to authority on here, but I do have twenty years in marketing and business strategy. I'm just chewin' the fat rn.

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
vampiress@eigenmagic.net ("Elissa") wrote:

The greatest piece of advice I was ever given was this: when you stop work for the day, never stop at a 'clean' break point; stop in the middle of something you can finish easily.

That way the next morning you're not confronted with a a dauntingly blank page or an empty function to write, but a half-finished one you can get back into without difficulty.

I can't remember who gave me that advice, but I've stuck to it dogmatically whenever I can.

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

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/115656738828145224

We're cooking tonight!

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
xgranade@wandering.shop ("Cassandra is only carbon now") wrote:

Like, yeah, fighting against AI may not seem as important as fighting against violent racism and trans eliminationism. I get it.

But also, it's the *same people pushing all of it*. It is as important because *it's a different part of the same fight*.

Giving up on AI means ceding ground to fascists, ground that they will absolutely fucking use on every other goddamned front. I'm not about to do that.

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

RE: https://wandering.shop/@xgranade/115805406024095867

thhhiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssss (sorry for doing a "this" but this)

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

In other news from across the microblogging world: reading too many books is \checks notes\ oh fucking hell.

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

Just read a Vice article about Dead Internet Theory and AI slop that I'm fairly sure was written by an LLM. lol.

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115805631426760859

If I ever die and my family wants to use an AI avatar to speak on my behalf, please kill me.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
LucCogZest@fediscience.org wrote:

On Substack, @pluralistic I have described a subtle example of Apple giving itself an unfair competitive advantage over its developers: https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/apples-macos-apps-are-the-weak-link : Apple can create links from Calendar app to specific messages; but it does NOT provide an API for developers (and automators) or UI to do this. This limits tools like Hookmark which enable users to link most of the information on their Macs (emails, files, tasks, etc.) per https://hookproductivity.com. I can explain in more detail if you like.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
hamishtpb@mewblog.thepolarbear.co.uk ("Hamish The PolarBear") wrote:

A bunch of idiots playing a party game on the Internet...

video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/vWm4cPEsW9HYgPaaSHEPRU

Features, me, @uoou and @ChrisWere @rosie_108 @wing and others