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

I think smart people with mental health issues and smart people without mental health issues are mortal enemies I will not be taking questions happy new year 2026

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

Happy New Year, everyone.

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cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

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CosmicCollective ("Cosmic Collective") wrote:

@fromjason I'm in! Happy New Year to you😁

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paw@mstdn.io ("Phil") wrote:

Timezones are so silly. New Zealand and Australia are in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.

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sil ("Stuart Langridge") wrote:

RE: https://toot.cafe/@slightlyoff/115816072399367691

“ The clear implication is that most sites built as SPAs shouldn’t be.”
Maybe some should. But an awful lot of people think that their thing is one of those rare few exceptions.

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

I’m a big fan of being kind to yourself. I made it part of my New Year’s resolution last year and it worked out pretty great. This year, I’m making it my one and only resolution. I’m doubling down in 2026. I’ll be so kind to myself that it’ll make me sick. Looking forward to it. Join me.

#HappyNewYear

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oneunderscore__@threads.net ("Ben Collins") wrote:

It has been The Onion's best year since we broke Watergate and subsequently had Richard Nixon removed from office.

I'm going to share some personal favorite stories in this thread.

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JauntyArt@crispsandwi.ch ("Jaunty Art") wrote:

Happy New Year!

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kib@d-shoot.net ("wizardry variants lori") wrote:

https://mastodon.social/@dansup/115814397448365128

If you're not recreating the evil parts of Tiktok why does an admin need to know that likes are down 5% this month

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brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org ("💙🩷💜Ⓑⓡⓔⓣⓣ🐡🍉🐧") wrote:

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jcoglan wrote:

amazing how many talks at c3, defcon et al boil down to "we looked at the protocol format and it's as though nobody ever thought to do this before"

jwz wrote:

I don't like to talk in absolutes about security, but... my headphones are 100% immune from the latest exploit, via this One Weird Trick!

Now hear me out...

I call it "eargapping". I learned about it in my Intro to Antique Coding class.

https://jwz.org/b/yk1K

jwz wrote:

Recent books.

Once again it feels like I read more books than this, but the teetering tower of OSHA violations does not lie. Here are the books that I enjoyed this year, in desk-stack order ...
https://jwz.org/b/yk1I

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

Currently writing an essay that will win me the Pulitzer in being classy.

#HappyNewYear #HappyNewYear2026

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

10 Big Predictions for 2026:

"No major AI IPOs happen in the US – While things are seemingly gangbusters in the Asian stock markets right now and there’s a lot of talk about the big US players prepping for IPOs in 2026, I would bet none end up actually going out before the clock strikes 2027."

Siri, remind me in one year. https://spyglass.org/10-big-predictions-for-2026/

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

“Communities Not Markets” works best when we tear down technical barriers, and don't allow perfect to be the enemy of the good.

That necessarily means that some communities should be scrappy off-label implementations. Get creative! Especially if you're not technically inclined. Don't be afraid to use the systems already at your fingertips.

I endearingly call these communities “The Janky Web.”

#CnM

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

Mastodon is perhaps the best example of a community, but it shouldn't end there.

There are no prerequisite technical specifications to form a community other than the absence of adtech. Decentralized, centralized, it doesn't matter.

“Communities, Not Markets” is about finding opportunities to create shared digital spaces that help reduce the amount of collective attention we allot to big tech. Number go *down*.

#CnM

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charleekress ("Drumchord") wrote:

This image is from January 1st 2025 and, in my opinion, has remained unbeaten as the most iconic photo of the year.

If you think of a better candidate for photo of the year, please share it in the comments!

#2025wrapped #photography #photo #trump #cybertruck #tesla

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

Mastodon is a community, and it's not due to its decentralized architecture.

Place Mastodon among its peers. What's the difference? It's member behavior.

Mastodon is free from the influence of governing algorithms.

On Mastodon, incentives for posting are intrinsic. There's no system to game, no master to please. Which means, no grindset gurus, no crypto bros. Just real people.

Surely, there are other considerations for building a community. But it starts with a rejection of the market. #CnM

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Happy new year! We made it!

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atoponce@fosstodon.org ("Aaron Toponce ⚛️:debian:") wrote:

4th Edition #UNIX in your browser.

https://unixv4.dev/

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gabrielesvelto@mas.to ("Gabriele Svelto") wrote:

Happy new year y'all extremely online people.

Who needs a party when you have fedi 🥳

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

My brother-in-law is getting into the world of leather boots. So, naturally, I curated a small list of my favorite boots, and some boot forums to boot. Because that’s what I do.

Anyway, figured I’d share with everyone just in case you like expensive boots too. https://raindrop.io/fromjason/boots-64944265

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Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha 🇪🇺") wrote:

Saw the Fediverse described as where elder millennial, Gen X and boomers go to retire from the internet, and immediately felt the peace that passes all understanding wash over me. None of us have to struggle any longer. We completed our time.

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yassie_j@labyrinth.zone (" :baba_yaseen: :agenderFlag: :transgenderFlag: ") wrote:

All jobs can be divided into “barista” and “spreadsheet”

Librarian? Barista.

Programmer? Surprisingly, barista.

Accountant? Spreadsheet.

Politician? Barista.

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

so very sorry

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

I'm going to keep this thread going if you don't mind. I'll use #CnM for Communities, Not Markets, so you can follow or mute.

The reason I've sat on CnM for so long (2+ years) is because it feels so enormous in scope. I can write for an entire Saturday and still not feel like I've "finished." You know the feeling lol.

But writing this thread is helping. Maybe in the end I'll have something coherent to publish to my blog www.fromjason.xyz

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

What Mark Zuckerberg saw in Mastodon and what he tried to replicate is what makes Mastodon special.

Zuck tried to replicate the feeling of community you get on Mastodon. Some Fediverse leaders sold us out, and tried to help Zuck, which is upsetting to me and a topic of a different discussion. Anyway,

Zuck saw community as Mastodon's most valuable attribute. And I think there's value in his observation.