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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
vkc@linuxmom.net ("Veronica Explains") wrote:

My comments are littered with folks asking "why is it a problem if your blocklist is public on Bluesky?"

I'm glad you asked.

"Who you block" is a reasonable indicator of your personal alignments. If you block TERFs, you're likely trans-friendly, if not trans yourself. If you block white supremacists, you're likely in support of multiculturalism.

If you block government entities, well, you know how this goes.

Do I trust Bluesky to handle that information with care? Hell no.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
redsad@ohai.social ("captain acab :antifa:") wrote:

me boosting my own toot

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
revk@toot.me.uk ("RevK :verified_r:") wrote:

By popular demand, poster no 3

To be honest, I expected it to be just his usual walking the dog, and angrily taking the poster - but planning a midnight ninja excursion was not what I expected at all.

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

noted: thoughts on Slopware
https://dbushell.com/notes/2026-01-19T08:04Z/

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

blogged: Winter 2026: Self-Hosted… Success!
https://dbushell.com/2026/01/19/self-hosted-update-winter-2026/

— follow up from last weeks near disaster 😮‍💨

jwz wrote:

My long payphone nightmare has reached a middle.

It is alive. I did not, in fact, chuck it into the bay, though it was a close thing. I hope that I do not have to struggle with my Bell System T Tool again for another four to eight years.

If you don't know what I'm talking about I have so many Previouslies for you. Almost exactly a decade's worth:
https://jwz.org/b/yk2H

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

@fromjason @cory No significant code yet, but I went ahead and plopped down a landing page so I could organize my thoughts about how this will work and what features I want to focus on: https://neatstats.net

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
terrybot@frikiverse.zone ("Terrybot :pratchett:") wrote:

Look, that's why there's rules, understand? So that you *think* before you break 'em.

Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:

Neato can wait a little longer, right?

https://neatstats.net

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

#Running milestone!

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
Cornellbox@a2mi.social ("Philip Proefrock, architect") wrote:

I started reading this article, and it's making me want to stop and think about it. It's making me reevaluate how I'm consuming and engaging with media.

I haven't even finished it, and I want to share it and say that I think this is a good read, and I want to discuss this more:

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-discourse-is-a-distributed-denial-of-service-attack/

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

People rarely show up for you in the ways you need them to. I'm learning that sometimes, offering gratitude for how they do show up is better than stewing over their shortcomings. Because we all offer empathy in different ways.

I'm not the type of person who will ever offer a hug. But, I will give you my last donut if you're feeling down.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org ("AI6YR Ben") wrote:

Oooh, that's serious when they put out a warning in Buffalo, New York for snow.

#EAS #WEA for buffalo: Buffalo Emergency Management: A SEVERE WINTER STORM is expected tomorrow AM through Wednesday in the City of Buffalo with heavy snow, bitter cold and strong winds that will create whiteout conditions and hazardous travel. AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL, prepare emergency kits, charge devices, and secure outdoor items. Monitor official alerts weather.gov/buf/ Source: City of Buffalo #NYwx

#BuffaloNY #NYwx #snow

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

@adam @cory ayyyeeee

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz wrote:

ICE agents with hotel rooms in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, are having all their rooms canceled as of today due to due to “heightened public safety concerns”. This image is from DoubleTree in St. Paul.

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

whatever you do, do not forget to celebrate Janis Joplin's birthday tomorrow, preferably with loud music and bad whiskey

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

@fromjason @cory I think it’ll be a lot of fun! Just bought a domain and I’m setting up a server now.

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

Ahhhhhggg #microblog is down I think.

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

@adam okay not to overstep but you got me thinking about it. How cool would an analytics system with a "like" button be if it were somehow integrated into omg.lol and with the omg community.

@cory

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
pixelpaperyarn@masto.hackers.town wrote:

One of my favorite music performances probably ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K0QN8xy1kM

#amlistening

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
stephanie@ottawa.place ("Stéphanie") wrote:

The chickadees were particularly chill today, such amazing little birds

It was definitely worth having cold hands

#BirdPhotography #JackPineTrail

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

@adam dduuuuuuuuuuuuuudddeee. Do it!

@cory

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

New post: I'm too sleepy to write a compelling synopsis, maybe I'll do it in the morning. But, I think you'll like this. Money back guarantee.

This is one of about a dozen or so essays that I got 90% there, and then never posted.

I hope you enjoy

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/the-computational-web-and-the-old-ai-switcharoo/

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

@fromjason @cory Now I kinda want to put something together for an analytics service… 🤔

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

I miss when my programming language news feeds were talking about programming language theory and not nonstop shit about vibe coding

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
ajroach42@retro.social ("Andrew (Television Executive)") wrote:

Compassion will not be your undoing.

Boosted by jwz:
swelljoe@mas.to ("Joe Cooper 🇺🇦 🍉") wrote:

They're the same picture.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

NYT just casually pushing their app (featuring invasive tracking) on web users by advertising that nobody on staff knows CSS.

Honestly? Checks out.

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

@adam ahhh I hear ya. I'm a recovering marketing executive so while I don't give a shit about SEO and I think it ruins the writing, I do still have the impulse to know where my readers are coming from maybe the answer is to go analytics-free idk

Thanks again for the heads up. Funny thing is I would've gladly continue to pay him for the service in perpetuity. But damn, I can't deal with that shit. Hell no.

@cory

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

@fromjason Yeah. 😟 @cory mentioned https://www.goatcounter.com but I don’t have any personal recommendations since I’m one of the weirdos who just doesn’t do any analytics at all. 😄