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

I've been experimenting with Owncast recently (after having last tried it a couple of years ago), and it's *super* nice these days. The Fediverse integration is wonderful (it posts to its own "instance" whenever streams begin, and you can follow that if you'd like, and you can also authenticate to the chat with a Fediverse account). And the S3 object storage makes global streaming really efficient.

I'm actually live right now!
https://social.lol/@neatnik@tv.neatnik.net/116184513330655775

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

Patients used to sit here for fresh air as treatment for tuberculosis. I suppose antibiotics made fresh air unnecessary for patients because this area is clearly no longer in use.#Iceland #photography #streetphotography #abandoned #decay #windows #concrete #history #tuberculosis

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

My great-grandmother caught tuberculosis before the advent of antibiotics. According to the family lore, a ghost cured her while she was seeing a psychic healer. Whether that's true or not, she did live to be 98 years old.#Iceland #photography #streetphotography #abandoned #decay #windows #concrete

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

My great-grandmother referred to her time at Vífilsstaðir with tuberculosis as her stay at Hotel Vífilsstaðir, which I admit does sound a little nicer.#Iceland #photography #streetphotography #abandoned #decay #windows #concrete #history #tuberculosis

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

Neatnik is live!

Playing Pokémon Pokopia!

#web #programming #chat #fun

https://tv.neatnik.net

Attachments:

• gifv: Live stream preview

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
GayDeceiver@mstdn.social wrote:

"Is this what I think it is? Yes! It's the Appalachian Feather Duster! You see these three notches that seem to squiggle if you try to focus on them? That's the magical symbol from the Bog Witch, and guarantees not only its authenticity, but its effectiveness. How long have you had it?"
"It's been in my family for six generations. If we try to get rid of it or destroy it, someone dies, so we just leave alone in its little case."
"Fascinating!"

#AntiquesRoadShowCursedObjects

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
gwynnion ("Nowhere Girl") wrote:

There's a bunch of weird tics like this that make me mute / block someone.

"There are legitimate concerns about trans people" is another one.

And it's interesting in context, as I've watched a bunch of formerly bog standard Democratic boosters turn to loathing the party over the past several years as their fecklessness and complicity becomes ever more apparent.

So somebody who's still singing from the Chuck Schumer hymnbook stands out as deeply, deeply out of touch.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
frenck@fosstodon.org ("Franck Nijhof") wrote:

🚀 I've just opened 2 new roles in my department at the Open Home Foundation to work full-time on #HomeAssistant!

🖥️ Frontend Engineer
🔐 Security Engineer

Fully remote. Full-time. #OpenSource every day.

Best job in the world. Working on open source for a non-profit, building the biggest smart home platform on the planet. It changed my life; your chance to change yours.

Boosts appreciated! 🙏

🔗 https://www.openhomefoundation.org/jobs

#SmartHome #Hiring #RemoteWork #FOSS #InfoSec
https://www.openhomefoundation.org/jobs

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
SnoopJ@hachyderm.io wrote:

Falsehoods programmers believe about copyright

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

I'll also never ever understand the impulse to blame the party with the least amount of power.

When something like the Proton scandal makes its rounds on the internet, the discourse inevitably devolves into this debate over whether the victim is to blame.

Like, what's to be gained?! Why defend a system that would happily devour you if it meant someone is making money? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

The wackiness of the Californian Ideology aside, the Proton scandal is a great example of why we shouldn't judge people too hard for the tools they use.

We have literal privacy advocates defending Proton's actions, presumably just because they don't want to stop using Proton, but want to continue judging others for the software they use.

If you place too heavy a burden on the morality of software usage, you'll turn yourself into a hypocrite everytime.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

I will never understand the large swaths of the FOSS community who believe social justice has nothing to do with their advocacy.

The Californian Ideology is littered with contradictions like this and it blows my mind. It's like they go out of their way to make sure they don't accidentally help someone who actually needs help.

Obviously, not everyone in the community is like this. But its enough to make your head spin.

https://monoskop.org/images/d/dc/Barbrook%5FRichard%5FCameron%5FAndy%5F1996%5FThe%5FCalifornian%5FIdeology.pdf

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
bulbagarden ("Bulbagarden") wrote:

The Pokémon Company International disapproves of recent Pokopia meme from the White House https://bulbagarden.net/threads/the-pokemon-company-international-disapproves-of-recent-pokopia-meme-from-the-white-house.310003/ #pokémon

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

(I usually avoid such crimes since it tends to make for inscrutable messes, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do...)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

Why use a language with proper support for generics when you can commit crimes with the C preprocessor instead? :/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
brian.gawalt.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Brian Gawalt") wrote:

Alright. I see it.youraislopbores.me

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

I'm launching "**Terminal Tuesdays**" 🖥️

🐁 A biweekly meetup where someone from the community showcases their terminal setup.

💯 Configs, TUIs, scripts, weird hacks

📡 Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/6EUERBrAMs

▶️ Going to be recorded & published: https://youtube.com/@terminalcollectiveorg

#terminal #collective #meetup #setup #linux #dotfiles

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
Wilto@front-end.social ("Mat “Wilto” Marquis") wrote:

Hey, free shipping on JavaScript for Everyone merch today by using FREESHIPPINGFRIDAY at checkout. Rep the `#${!+[]+![]}` programming language in the world* — and a pretty good course, if I do say so myself.

https://cottonbureau.com/p/NHCZJK/shirt/javascript-for-everyone
https://cottonbureau.com/p/BE2DSA/shirt/javascript-is-for-everyone

* For some values of `1`

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

Just got word from @patrickbrosset that the Edge Top Developer Needs dashboard has been updated for 2026:

https://microsoftedge.github.io/TopDeveloperNeeds/

This follows from the launch of Interop '26, and plugs gaps the selection process leaves due to silent, unaccountable vetoes.

It goes without saying that this shouldn't be necessary. No web developer should have to guess who is on their side, and who demands secrecy while holding the web back. @owa's 2024 piece remains sadly relevant:

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/interop-2025-must-drop-secret-vetos/

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
badastro ("Phil Plait") wrote:

Elon Musk has already started plans to launch a million satellites.

Yes. A MILLION.

This is a colossally bad idea, and it's not too late to make your voice heard. I explain everything:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rampant-growth-of-satellite-mega-constellations-could-ruin-the-night-sky/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
theresmiling@ibe.social ("Elena. (she/ her)") wrote:

Ok, people, give me your blogs.
Your personal hobby blogs. Your e-zines. Your websites. Heck, even your wikis. (I am interested in those but have not yet wrapped my head around them.)
I am most interested in the hobby sites, made my non-professional web devs. The ones you code away at in your spare time. Preferably static, but share anyway if it's not. And if you're a pro and have a personal hobby site, share away too! The more the merrier.

Even if I already know your site, share anyway because there might be people who do not have come across it yet.

3, 2, 1, go!

To start, here's mine: https://theresmiling.eu

#personalWebsite #personalBlog #blog #blogging #personalWeb #smallWeb #indieWeb

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

YA THINK

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/workers-who-love-synergizing-paradigms-might-be-bad-their-jobs

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

Nice unarmed ship there. Would be a shame if some coward sunk it.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/03/06/a-new-level-of-cowardice/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

There's this attitude on the left from people who believe they're the "good" kind of protestors. And that if they follow all the rules and be polite that they're exempt from state retaliation.

I saw a post here weeks ago that defended RSVPing to protests, saying "we should put our names on every list we can," and it's like no. No you shouldn't. If you believe that then you have a deep misunderstanding of our situation. Cops aren't carving out exceptions for the hall monitors of the resistance.

Boosted by zkat@toot.cat:
gsuberland@chaos.social ("Graham Sutherland / Polynomial") wrote:

it is incredibly validating to me that prominent foss people who for decades embodied and reinforced the false idea that "all that matters is code" are now predictably falling into the LLM slop fad because, surprise fucking surprise, they never gave a single shit about people and simply rode the movement to have a space where they could whitewash their morality-unencumbered nonsense.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

And forget Proton for a minute, as despicable as their actions are.

The FBI is using a 3 year old incident that ultimately led to the murder of a protester, as grounds for collecting private data from someone who's only connection to that incident is that they also oppose Cop City.

This is why I wince whenever I see photos of protesters posted to social media, or people RSVPing to protests. Our government considers you domestic terrorists no matter how much you "follow the rules".

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

Mythic Beasts seems like a decent option, anyone have experience with them?

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

I could use the wisdom of the Fedi. What are the best, but also affordable, places to manage your domains. Looking to move off Gandi, and Namecheap is being a bit rubbish.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
rbairwell@mastodon.org.uk ("Richard Bairwell") wrote:

@M0CUV Something like https://vole.wtf/doctype/ from @mattround ?

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
00Aaron@social.coop wrote:

It took a ton of work but we got our city to end the contract with #Flock, one of the creepiest and most dishonest #surveillance companies, on Wednesday!

If you're working on something of this sort, you can DM if you need more info.

One of the biggest obstacles was the threat of actually good programs being de-funded because of the way Hochul/ NYS bundles mass surveillance with other programs in grant allocations.

This threat ended up not being real, but it almost torpedoed the whole thing last minute.

https://ithacavoice.org/2026/03/city-ends-use-of-ai-powered-license-plate-cameras/