When making tea in the kitchen at work I first retreat five paces and try to chuck the teabag into the mug for luck. A high parabola is the preferred technique. If I miss I allow myself two more goes and then put it in normally and resign myself to it being a bad day.
I have search engine tourettes. Before starting any search I have to type in a word like "bollocks" or "minge" to clear my head. Mostly harmless, except I now have to share my screen sometimes in work Zoom calls: it's only a matter of time before I do it in front of my colleagues
I gave this homeless man a croissant I had saved in my bag for lunch on the way home yesterday. It was from a pack at home and I'd never tried it before. I just had it now and it was terrible. I genuinely feel awful for giving it now.
Words #StraightOuttaShenzen to live by…
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Not one single solitary person:
Some techie: well actually I use AI and its fine because i recognize there are social and environmental costs that im downplaying, plus im built different so I can't be misled by them so its fine actually
@jenniferplusplus Those who are most certain they're immune to the cognitive harms of protracted faux-discussion with an #LLM are much like those who are most certain they can never be taken in by a cult, an extremist group, or a long-con fraud.
The more certain you are that it can't happen to you, the more susceptible you are, because of that certainty.
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld
@lowqualityfacts My trash collector has "zero-sort recycling." Let's put that to the test.
穷则独善其身， 达则兼济天下
When you are poor, take care of your soul; when you are rich, take care of the world. — Mengzi (Mencius)
Kurt Kobain took his first plane ride ever on Spirit Airlines when he was 14, which later inspired Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit.
It's wild how many dudes out there followed this exact life path:
Computers are my whole personality.
Gaming is my whole personality.
4chan is my whole personality.
Guns are my whole personality.
Blockchain is my whole personality.
Bitcoin is my whole personality.
NFTs are my whole personality.
Tax evasion
Owning the libs is my whole personality.
Flag code violations.
Defending billionaires is my whole personality.
Civil rights are bad, actually.
Defending AI is my whole personality.
I am very smart.
It's like an entire generation of American men.
"What do you usually paint?" the wizard asked.
"I do a lot of pet portraits, but if it's for myself I like to paint fancy animals."
"Like a winged tiger?"
"Yes! You've seen that?"
"Ah. The canvas you used-"
"I got it cheaply, but it's good quality."
"-was enchanted, to make the subject real."
È morto #AlexZanardi, modello di sportivo e di umanità.
Mi dispiace molto di più di quello che mi sarei aspettato.
Gli sia lieve la terra.
Next version of Pelago is digging into the oldest part of the code: Networks.
I started this process by taking the ION allowlist and allowlists of other public networks and adding a public dataset for their accept-based FIRES allowlist. (Private networks hide their dataset and need basic auth to access, much like the current allowlist model).
But then I started working with federation and ActivityPub. What if @ion@pelago.1sland.social was the fediverse actor that represented the ION network, and what if, you're on the allowlist for that network, you could just send a DM to that handle, and start a private, 'followers-only' sort of thread, federated across the fediverse?
There are already multiple network types: Council, Agreement, Network, and of course Archipelago, the whole reason I created Pelago to begin with--to facilitate creating subscribeable allowlists for island networks, and confirm mutual opt-in federation is working between all participants in that network. Archipelago is special in that only islands can join it, whereas any instance can be part of the other networks.
You follow the group, you see all of its followers-only content. You unfollow the group, it goes away. As followers-only content, it's not on the web, it's not part of the RSS feed.
I started adding other things. Like, what if you created the top-post in a thread, like you start the thread. What if I give you moderation permissions, where you can lock the entire thread or unlock it or you can force-delete someone's post in the thread, or you can even ban someone from being part of your group.
And I just kept coding over nights and weekends, going down the rabbit hole on this. To the point where I have weeks of review to do on everything before I'm comfortable releasing it, but it is (at least to me) a game-changer.
I did a lot of digging into ActivityPub, deciding that networks should identify themselves as a Group. This is actually how Lemmy and Mbin and Piefed and others organize things now. The fediverse actor is a Group that encapsulates @pandas@pelago.1sland.social or whatever, but in Lemmy it's not making posts. Instead, you do a Create(Page) as a top-level entry, and then a bunch of Create(Notes) under that, to represent the 'comments' on the original page or post.
The problem: Mastodon has no clue what a Create(Page) is and just drops it. This is reason number one for why Mastodon and Lemmy don't really talk to each other very well. There's a fundamental incompatibility here. In Mastodon and most microblog software, you post a Create(Note) as the 'top' and then people reply to that. There's no top level 'page'.
So I had to decide if I wanted to support Lemmy/Piefed with this and the answer is: not currently but it's possible at least in Piefed to search for a network and follow it (add it to the 'remote' instances).
The problem, however, is that the top-level element created in Pelago's thread structure will be a Note.
This is so mastodon, GoToSocial, Akkoma, whatever, will properly be able to render these threads.
Additionally, I'm not even sure if I got the Create(Page) happening for Lemmy compatibility if it would even accept all of the 'followers only' posts or treat them the same way. From what I've seen, Lemmy espects everything to be public.
So I've reached towards compatibility there, but someone (perhaps Piefed, they seem to prize interop with the rest of the fediverse more) will have to essentially see what I'm doing here and go, "We can treat a top level Note as a Page for the purpose of compatibility" but ultimately, if you want to use lemmy, mbin, whatever, there's already options for that.
However, there's a real dearth of options in the Fediverse for you to join some kind of 'members-only' discussion group, have that discussion federated but without being shared with the whole damned server, boostable, quotable.....
There's also a dearth of ability to retract content. For the time being, followers-only content solves that, so long as the group is the author.
I'm not even sure how I'm going to go about organizing and communicating this, except once it's live I'll create a few test groups and let you all try it yourselves.
Food colour-code for organ healing:
Eat by colour to support your system.
This wisdom comes from the Five Elements Theory (Wu Xing) in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
By choosing these foods, you provide the right conditions for your body to reorganize and heal.
1. Red (Fire Element): Targets the Heart and blood flow. Eat tomatoes or berries.
2. White (Metal Element): Nourishes the Lungs and skin. Eat radish or pears.
3. Black (Water Element): Strengthens the Kidneys and helps hair stay black. Eat black sesame or black beans.
4. Green (Wood Element): Supports the Liver to detox and maintain "glide" in your system. Eat green vegetables.
5. Yellow (Earth Element): Balances the Spleen and Stomach for better digestion. Eat squash or ginger.
Healing is about flow, not hustle.
When you feel safe and regulated, your body returns to its natural state of wellness.
The Durian Express? New Southeast Asia rail service cuts fruit prices in China
“Southeast Asian growers can now ship durians to #China faster than before using a new cold-storage rail service linking #Thailand, #Laos and southwest China’s #Yunnan province, slashing prices for the pungent fruit.” #tootsea
Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive are convenient services that millions use daily. But behind that convenience lies a cost that few acknowledge: your files are stored on servers owned by corporations that have full access to your data. They analyze your documents, your photos, your spreadsheets—for product improvement, targeted advertising, or simply because they can.
If you store sensitive information—business correspondence, medical records, legal documents, financial statements—the risk is even greater. Google can freeze your account at any moment, and with it, access to everything stored there. This has already happened to thousands of users worldwide.
Nextcloud is the answer. It is open-source software for building your own cloud server on your own hardware. Your files on your hardware, under your control, without any third parties.
Nextcloud has evolved far beyond simple file storage:
File sync across Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android with versioning and sharing
Online document editing through Collabora or OnlyOffice
Calendar and contacts via CalDAV/CardDAV
Video conferencing and chat
Photo backup with face and object recognition
Email client, notes, kanban boards, forms, and hundreds more apps through the app store
Hardware requirements are surprisingly modest. For 1-5 users, a Raspberry Pi 4 with 4GB RAM and an SSD works perfectly. An old laptop from 2015 or later is another excellent option. A VPS for a few dollars per month is ideal for those who prefer not to keep hardware at home.
Installation via Docker Compose or Nextcloud AIO takes 15-30 minutes. Desktop and mobile clients provide automatic sync like Dropbox. Calendar and contacts sync without Google or Apple.
Self-hosted means self-responsibility: strong passwords, two-factor authentication, SSL certificates, regular updates, backups, and firewall configuration. But the reward is priceless: certainty that your data is truly yours.
Nextcloud in 2026 is mature, stable, and feature-rich. It does not fall short of Google Drive in functionality. In privacy and control, it surpasses it by orders of magnitude.
Start with Nextcloud AIO on an inexpensive VPS. In one or two hours, you will have a fully functional cloud storage system open only to you. This is one of the most important steps toward digital independence.
https://newsgroup.site/nextcloud-self-hosted-cloud-storage-guide-2026/
#Nextcloud #Privacy #SelfHosting #CloudStorage #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #GoogleDrive #Dropbox
I appreciate that everyone is different but, for me, one of the best facets of the Internet is that it lets me meet and talk with people.
IRC, forums, chat rooms, XMPP and other instant messaging, email, social media, voice/video chatting, and more.
I've had the pleasure - genuinely so - of chatting with goodness knows how many people, over many years now.
"Conversing" with a chatbot doesn't hold any attraction to me.
@neil "Conversing" with a cat, however. Endless entertainment!
Food colour-code for organ healing:
Eat by colour to support your system.
This wisdom comes from the Five Elements Theory (Wu Xing) in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
By choosing these foods, you provide the right conditions for your body to reorganize and heal.
1. Red (Fire Element): Targets the Heart and blood flow. Eat tomatoes or berries.
2. White (Metal Element): Nourishes the Lungs and skin. Eat radish or pears.
3. Black (Water Element): Strengthens the Kidneys and helps hair stay black. Eat black sesame or black beans.
4. Green (Wood Element): Supports the Liver to detox and maintain "glide" in your system. Eat green vegetables.
5. Yellow (Earth Element): Balances the Spleen and Stomach for better digestion. Eat squash or ginger.
Healing is about flow, not hustle.
When you feel safe and regulated, your body returns to its natural state of wellness.
#FoodMedicine#FiveElements #WellnessWithCrissy
@puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social
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![Shows a 'Networks' page
It's a series of tiles, stacked 3 wide, with what appears to be a header/banner and an avatar image along with handles, just like fediverse profiles.
There's a selector between All | Mine | Member
below are listed the networks:
GroupyGroup
@GroupyGroup
[Group] [Private] [Yours]
Island One Network
@ion
The Island One Network, or ION is an archipelago for all who are able to respe...
[Archipelago] [Yours]
My fancy network
@fancy
Testing the 1 2 3
[Agreement] [Member]
Secret Panda
@pandas
So cute. So Panda.
[Group]
Testtttt
@Testtttt
fadssadf
[Council] [Private] [Yours]
Wee little group
@wee-little-group
Just a wee little group over here
[Group]](https://olifant.social/fileserver/01TM42YME7TGWMA5RWF0ATW5WZ/attachment/original/01KQN2WFRP3YA1G5YS1HZY4R4X.png)
