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

One of the downsides to sitting down and attempting an end-of-year review, with a forward outlook, is that things genuinely look worse than I expected, and I say that as somebody people routinely label as a pessimist.

We're going to need much better coping mechanisms.

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eleanor@chaosfem.tw ("Eleanor") wrote:

PSA I guess: "No means no" applies to much more than just sex. If you ask if someone wants to do something, and they say no, then don't be pushy and say things like "oh come on, it's fun!" or repeatedly push them to do the thing. Maybe they know themselves better than you do?? If you're disappointed that they don't want to do the thing, then that's a you problem. All consent should be informed and enthusiastic regardless of the context.

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mihobu@social.lol ("Michael Burkhardt ☃️") wrote:

Today it’s been three years since I came to the #fediverse on social.lol. Thanks to @adam, members of the omg.lol community, and my many fedi-friends for making this a great place to be.

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vaurora@mstdn.social ("Valerie Aurora 🇺🇦") wrote:

I ironically stopped reading halfway through this article and then noticed the open tab and finished it. It's worth reading the whole thing.

"We used to read things in this country"

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/we-used-to-read-things-in-this-country-mccormack

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augieray ("Augie Ray") wrote:

I'm feeling Dorothy Parker, who sent this telegram to her friend after a difficult year:

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GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

Good news everybody, we’re now the ghosts of Twitter past!

jwz wrote:

Congratulations to New York from San Francisco for having a mayor who isn't in charge of your economy because his great-grandparents invented the world's most sad, basic-ass pants.

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zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

@davidgerard I can’t believe the British invented time

why would they do that to us

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stevelieber ("Steve Lieber") wrote:

Starting the new year by changing the HVAC filter because this house is not going into 2026 breathing last year’s bullshit.

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internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org wrote:

Welcome to the Public Domain, THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) 🦅💎

🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.

Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/public-domain-day-2026/

#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree

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JulianOliver ("Julian Oliver") wrote:

An enviro defense group reached out asking for my security take on using BigAI in activism work. After giving them the take (basically "don't"), I took liberty to talk about the ethics of using it in the first instance, especially in the context of human rights and climate activism.

Sharing here in case useful on the same grounds elsewhere.

#bigai #bigtech #climate #humanrights

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

Happy New Year from PST, everyone!

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