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Back after giving myself a month away from Fedi.
I'll attempt to curate my experience much more, starting with this account and instance.
I want comfy things in my life - I don't need to be adding stress and angst from my online interactions. We can do better. We should do better. Including myself.
My interests cover #tech, #photography, #biking, #motorsport, #fountainpen, and other things I will no doubt need to add here when I remember.
I touch computers in my spare time and self host things. Oh yeah so #selfhosting I guess.
In my other spare time I renovate my house and do #DIY stuff.
Oh and I (used to?) play music. #Guitar I still have and sometimes play, #Saxophone I used to have a couple of decades ago, I had 6 months of Drum lessons, and played Bass for our school band in Rockquest in the late 90's.
I have never done anything that cool since.
Oh I live in New Zealand, Aotearoa.
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Profile pic by @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
https://www.davidrevoy.com/article591/cat-bird-fenestar-abstract-avatar-generators
#nobot #NoBots
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Carolyn
CStamp@mastodon.socialSomeone on TikTok kept having her videos flagged for using the offensive word “hoe.” She was using it when talking about her gardening. This is why humans are still necessary.
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JA Westenberg
Daojoan@mastodon.socialMy roommate Malcolm Gladwell told me to trust his “blink reaction” on which milk was expired. He chugged it. Currently @ the ER anyone need anything
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Fireside Fedi
firesidefedi@social.firesidefedi.live@limebar just let me know that they're working on an amazing project with a lot of folks from the Fediverse!
A MTV style #Fedi powered 24x7 #music #video #channel . I know there are a few creators on TubeFree.org that might be interested? Perhaps @labr or @enoent ?
More info here:
https://nham.co.uk/2025/09/how-indie-video-killed-the-spotify-star/
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Guus der Kinderen
guusdk@toot.igniterealtime.orgHey folks, If you’re developing an #XMPP server or server-side component, I’d love for you to check out the XMPP Interop Framework (https://xmpp-interop-testing.github.io). It’s an open-source test suite that runs your implementation through real-world XEP compliance checks.
The project supports a wide range of continuous integration solutions, offers flexible configuration options, and has matured nicely over the past two years. (1/2)
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The Oatmeal
oatmeal@mastodon.socialWhat you think your brain is supposed to do versus what it actually does.
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The non-profit volunteer project F-Droid allows search and installation of open source Android apps: Google’s dev registration plan will end this project and others like it https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/googles_dev_registration_plan_will/
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Anomnomnomaly BSC SSC
Anomnomnomaly@beige.partyI was there, 3000 years ago when you knew your mobile phone was about to ring before it did.
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Idk, but to me the main sign that the “AI” bubble is about to burst is that it’s now advertised as an investment to consumers.
If you’re a big investor, how do you unload your high risk assets that might collapse soon? You make the plebs buy them off of you.
This is the dump part of “pump & dump”
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gofoss
don_atoms@hostux.socialFor 15 years, F-Droid has been the antidote to Google Play: no trackers, no ads, just open source apps. Now, Google wants to kill it.
Under the guise of "security", Google is forcing devs to register, pay, and surrender control. F-Droid can’t comply without betraying its principles. Thousands of apps could vanish overnight.
Fight back: demand sideloading rights, pressure regulators/Parliament, and defend one of the safe harbors for ethical tech.
https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
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Jake in the desert graveyard ⚰
jake4480@c.imI'll tell Microsoft where they can put their vibes
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Arapalla
Arapalla@aus.socialGood morning Neverland
Welcome to Tuesday. Here is another shot from yesterday.
#Sunrise #Photography #NotMonday
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cremevax👩🏻💻🏳️🌈🇨🇦🇺🇦
cremevax@infosec.exchangeBruce Schneier has a good high-level look at threat-modeling under an authoritarian government. Alas, it’s not amenable to a simple recipe approach, but involves carefully thinking through the tradeoffs: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/09/digital-threat-modeling-under-authoritarianism.html
I thought the section in this screenshot was an especially good point.
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Terrybot 
terrybot@frikiverse.zone
And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions.
Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
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JA Westenberg
Daojoan@mastodon.socialLex Fridman’s interview with Elon Musk and the Neuralink team clocks in at 8.5 hours.
That’s almost double the spoken length of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.
Is the resultant content anywhere near comparable?
https://www.theindex.media/p/will-no-one-rid-me-of-these-3-hour-podcasts
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R.L. Dane 
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rl_dane@polymaths.social
Dear literally everyone writing, "This is what's wrong with Google Search" articles:
Your articles literally read like, "This is what's wrong with repeatedly slamming my member in a car door."
Just stop, already. You do not have to use google search. For anything. Ever.
It's been nerfed to the point that DDG is 99% as good, which you can even use with JS turned off, and customize it to do things like remove their AI search suggestions and stuff like that.
<voice actor="William Shatner" mode="maximum scenery chewing">
So... just... stop... using... Google search. It's... that easy. See?
</voice>
Thank you.
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