If you're curious about temperature conversions for Fahrenheit and Celsius, it's approximately:
(F-30)/2=C
(C*2)+30=F
@Alice I wonder how often people in the US have to use Celsius. Here in Brazil, it's only if we're reading something in English written by someone from the US to other people in the US.
Mastodon server admins, some important news!
The Mastodon developers are going to stop suggesting mastodon.social as a "default server".
Instead, the "default" server suggestions are going to be ones that suit a user's language and/or geographical location.
If your server fulfils these critera:
- Running vanilla Mastodon
- Mastodon Covenant compliant
- Have existed for 1+ year
- Have shut-down & disaster plans
...then see this post for more details: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115989802617165343
Making Sense of Trump’s Mess | The Coffee Klatch for January 31, 2026 https://robertreich.substack.com/p/making-sense-of-trumps-mess-the-coffee?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
@rbreich Why are you still "trying to make sense" of a demented, senile, mentally ill, gqp MAGAmoron and his sicko-phants? It's past time to stop pontificating from behind the lectern and start advocating for those taking real action against the regime. Point people to tools, techniques and methods for unmasking ICEholes. Show how people can use existing tools like drones to track/identify ICEholes. Point people to plans for DIY LRADs and visual field disruptors?
Oh hell yeah looks like @django used my https://iconography.fediverse.info for their slides!
After a short break we have @raffomania is presenting a new federated bookmark sharing software called 'ties'
Just a reminder. Before you go saying that's "wrong" to interrupt a church...
The Bible has at least three instances of Jesus rolling up on a temple, breaking shit, whipping people, and tossing them all out because they suck.
It's very Christlike to fuck with bad churches.
Choose your fighter
@snow Hanno sempre bisogno di inventarsi qualcosa anziché incentivare quello che già esiste (fediverso) - questo trend dell'identificazione obbligatoria, poi, potrebbe voler dire "rendiamo illegale ogni piattaforma dove non ci si identifica con carta di identità elettronica"
@elettrona Personalmente me ne terrò a debita distanza, per me esiste solo il Fediverso.
@elettrona l'avevo completamente rimossa!! Grazie mille! Caspita com'è attuale... ieri come oggi 😭
@colpam Mi è venuto in mente quel brano pensando a un paio di buffoni (con tutto il rispetto) che senza alcuna minima competenza di base nella musica e nel funzionamento delle rime, si sono messi a fare una specie di video youtube "definisci bambino" parlando di gaza. Una roba che più che una canzone contro la guerra, pare il canto di un gallo che sta aspettando il momento in cui gli tirano il collo. Mi spiace essere così rude, ma quando ci vuole ci vuole. E non so se impegnarsi contro la guerra facendosi ridere dietro, sia tanto migliore rispetto a chi fa silenzio.
Why is Gen Z so obsessed with the 2010s?
https://www.vox.com/podcasts/477331/2016-songs-fashion-social-media-trends-tiktok-spotify?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Internet Culture @internet-culture-Vox
TayZonday made a *new* song for us!
We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.
Our intent for this experiment is to recommend the closest server geographically that is in the correct language during the sign-up flow. We will be running this experiment on our iOS and Android apps only to start.
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The newest episode of Academy is probably in the top 25 Trek episodes for me. When that soundtrack hit. Man.
Raffael coming with a great name and a hot logo 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I just received this email that notified me that a paper I am coauthor on was just published. It is, I checked! However, this email is 100% a fishing email, which luckily Thunderbird notified me when I clicked on the DOI it provided. Has anyone else had something like this happen?
I will discuss this paper more soon.
Public opinion has shifted dramatically against the White House's approach to immigration enforcement, as captured in the rising % of adults who want to abolish ICE (now +12 among independents, per YouGov). Dems have a lot of leverage to push for reforms rn. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-imm...
The ICE shootings are a tippin...
Happy I made it in the room to see my friend @Gina tell #FOSDEM about #OpenSource in The Dutch Government (From Policy To Practice)
Raffael coming with a great name and a hot logo 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
