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Today marks the 20th anniversary of me arriving in Germany with my parents. If they hadn't abandoned their jobs, friends and family and taken me out of Russia, I might very well have perished by now.

submitted 19 hours ago • 10 comments

It’s #caturday so this must be a cat, right?

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

I already boosted this, but I want to add more emphasis. I think every Canadian citizen of the Fediverse ought to sign this petition to get the Government of Canada off Xitter: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5359 Could anyone who has any Canadian followers […]

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

It was mentioned that there is a petition to get the Canadian gov't off of X. https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5359 Maybe we can get them onto the Fediverse? #Fediverse #OpenSocialMediaIRLSocial

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Not quite what I had in mind while working on getting HTTP 451 blessed, but appropriate: https://aphyr.com/posts/379-geoblocking-the-uk-with-debian-nginx

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Just one mistake; mind you, leaving McDavid unmarked in the slot is the biggest mistake a hockey defence can make in 2025. #HNOM

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The second smartest thing I did this month was switch to Nextcloud for my file syncing needs. The number one smartest thing I did this month was take that to its natural conclusion and self-host the Nextcloud server. All those apps to install! I was thinking I was going to try replacing Google […]

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Fucking A. https://xoxo.zone/@fraying/114034542845171726

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

TIL about Wandruna, https://www.wardruna.com - they are Norwegians “dedicated to creating musical renditions of Norse cultural and esoteric traditions”. I don’t hate it. It’s not trying to be fun. Since a substantial chunk of my gene pool hails from Norway, I […] [Original post on cosocial.ca]

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Remember that post that went viral last week, “You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism”? While it made a few good points, I found that I disagreed with most of it. I mean, the title’s right, but the “posting is useless” stance is dangerously reductive. More on this […]

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

What he said: https://macleans.ca/economy/why-canadas-oil-sands-arent-coming-back/

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

I have flown in lots of Bombardier CRJ’s and trying to figure out how the freaking hell you can flip one, and also, if you do, how you avoid killing everyone in the process… Looking for follow-ups on this story. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-pearson-overturned-airplane-1.7461227

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

Feeling brutal? #photography

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Trust me, read this ad for a space heater. https://meh.com/deals/2-pack-1500w-oscillating-99-space-heater

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Colleague asks me out of the blue “Do you have plans to get off GitHub?” Me: “Uh, has Microsoft started enshittifying?” “Well, they donated to Trump’s inaugural bribe pool, so what do you expect?” “Uh…” “And anyhow, enshittification is inevitable, no?” “Uh…” [No, I don’t have any plans. But […]

submitted 6 days ago • 6 comments

An amazingly high proportion of the population is in severe financial stress. I don't wanna go all class reductionist but ignorant populists who claim to have answers for this problem have a winning formula. What's a progressive answer? […]

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

#hnom OK, this is inexcusable. Run those children out of the game.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

#HNOM ! (Only moderate booing and everyone seems cheerful about it.)

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Went and and saw “VOCES8” last night. Recommended, 8-person a cappella group with shockingly beautiful voices and tight ensemble. Lots of early music, Tallis, des Prez etc, Pärt. Outstanding pieces from living composers Caroline Shaw and Kerensa Briggs. The Frank Sinatra medley was ill-advised […]

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

He's right. It works. https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/114010557365182658

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

I suppose most people have seen this: https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-book-download-transfer-usb Follow-up question: Anyone out there with hands-on experience for de-DRM-ing downloaded books on MacOS? There seem to be a few tools out there, all a little on the […]

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

In a pique of foolishness this week, I bought some food I didn’t need. But hey, I can at least use it to celebrate right? First off, potatoes know nothing of @timbray’s mortal sins against angle brackets. So we’ll follow https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/12/08/Baked-Potatoes

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Bringing this highly requested feature to #Mastodon and the fediverse is not as trivial as some might think, but quote posts are coming. Here is our latest write-up about our progress: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/bringing-quote-posts-to-mastodon/

submitted 9 days ago • 28 comments

Not everyone is insane: https://www.ft.com/content/0a703624-37ba-4d87-af67-3d7d15caf306

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Samsung gets C2PA extremely wrong, attaching it only to AI-generated content. During the course of my lengthy career, I never stopped being astonished at the obliviousness of product management orgs to realities in the world outside their corporation […]

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Fair result. Swedes too cautious in OT. Awesome playmaking from Sid. Canadian goaltending not awesome. Looks like this tournament is gonna be fun. #HNOM

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

#HNOM !!!

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Well well well… https://www.wired.com/story/thomson-reuters-ai-copyright-lawsuit/ #genAI

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Having a technical conversation on Signal and the MacOS client turns O(N) into “O👎”

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

MAJOR CUTE-DOG OVERLOAD ALERT!!!! https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/style/westminster-dog-show-photos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wE4.nh8Y.HNyURbbKQUTm&smid=url-share

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Sobering stuff: https://www.404media.co/email/ceaf8690-0aa9-4ff7-ac85-a5623df53b5b/ #wikipedia

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Our #TrunkAndTidbits engineering update for January (also including #FOSDEM) is here - here's what we have been working on so far this year. Includes an update on the #Fediscovery project, and some cool projects from the broader developer ecosystem […]

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

1/2 The online advertising biz is deeply broken, episode 397: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250207-how-google-amazon-and-microsoft-funnelled-ad-money-to-a-site-hosting-child-abuse-images

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Jepsen is really rough on Kafka: https://jepsen.io/analyses/bufstream-0.1.0 If you know what “Jepsen” and “Kafka” are, you’ll probably want to read this. If not, almost certainly not.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Question for people who have Roku boxes: I am running my big 4K TV from a 10-year-old Roku 2. 4K works, it seems. Would I notice any difference, positive or negative, from upgrading to a modern Roku Ultra? #roku

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

You wouldn’t want to watch a 24-minute video documenting the assembly, in Japan, of a 70-200mm zoom lens, would you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx14Juo4AQo [The screwdriving apparatus is to die for. Also the application of black paint to the lens edges.]

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

How you can help keep IFTAS going: 1. Spread the word: Raising awareness about our funding challenges can help us connect with potential funders, partners, and supporters. Share our fundraising overview ( […] [Original post on mastodon.iftas.org]

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

If you’re an advertiser who paid up big-time for an ad scheduled to run late in the game, well, sucks to be you. #superbowl

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

This TV show I’m watching, wow, it seems extremely diverse. I thought there was an Executive Order against that? #superbowl

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Suppose just hypothetically I needed to consult ISO 8601 but didn't feel like sending 177 Swiss francs off to Europe. Suggestions?

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

We're lurching into the fourth and final week of https://hotchocolatefest.com Time for a #Vancouver #HotChocolateFest thread. Here's my rating scale: * Blergh = Yuck * Meh = Acceptable but Nothing Special * Nice = Quite Good * Ooh! = Excellent and Highly Recommend To date, in short: - 49th […]

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Day of rest. (Also, week/month/year.) #caturday

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

How I #Bluesky: I visit now & again, though I’m dubious about its future; there are nice funny people there. My “@tbray.org” account (https://bsky.app/profile/tbray.org) has >5K followers because I guess I must be in a starter pack, so I post a #blueskyabove photo there ( […]

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment