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Why were you forced though? Do I miss something? 🤔
@Natanox Both Tipeee and Patreon have found that only 1% of their creators use the "per-creation" model. It seems they're streamlining their features to focus on more popular options.
Patreon initially planned to switch to the new model in Nov2025, but due to technical issues with a payment processor (Apple), they've postponed the deadline several times. Tipeee recently announced a Jan2026 deadline, so I've decided to move both platforms to the new monthly subscription model at the same time.
Maybe you could continue the per-creation model through other platforms like Odysee.com and/or itch.io?
@LucKeyProductions Yes, I thought about it, but it was too complex to move everyone to yet another service and maintain multiple release/support systems. Unifying all feels simpler in final to communicate about it.
Understood.
Although you wouldn't have to move everyone over; just those that prefer supporting on a per-creation basis. And upload tools/scripts might be able to reduce the release process to a single command, although that would of course require investing some time in the form of research and implementation.
Although you wouldn't have to move everyone over; just those that prefer supporting on a per-creation basis. And upload tools/scripts might be able to reduce the release process to a single command, although that would of course require investing some time in the form of research and implementation.
I've always wanted to be a monthly donation patron for you.
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Thank you for your words and your support since the first episodes!
As you can imagine, this change affects me so much... That's why I'm releasing three comic pages to talk about it. 😅
Thank you for your words and your support since the first episodes!As you can imagine, this change affects me so much... That's why I'm releasing three comic pages to talk about it. 😅
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- Patreon: patreon.com/c/davidrevoy
- Tipeee: en.tipeee.com/pepper-carrot/
- Liberapay: liberapay.com/davidrevoy/
- EveryLinks: davidrevoy.com/linktree/
And a quick FAQ on the blog: davidrevoy.com/article1106/fro…
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Right now the Patreon link only shows /webcomic options. They're just changing those to monthly?
@WTL Good question 👍
The change will take effect on Patreon on 12 January. Until then, the page still shows 'per-content'.
This is because I have decided to give one month's notice to allow my patrons to adjust their budgets. (Don't worry though: I won't release the 'per-content' mechanism during this period.)
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Which of the 'links takes the smallest fee? Or does it not matter?
@Numerfolt Liberapay. This is because it doesn't have the 5% fee that Patreon and Tipeee take.
(To fund Liberapay, you have to support them... on Liberapay.)
(To fund Liberapay, you have to support them... on Liberapay.)
Okay, I looked at their FAQ and basically there are the transaction fees that I pay? Like I send you 1€ per month and pay some cents so you can get the full €?
And I can donate to them too, which is nice.
And I can donate to them too, which is nice.
@Numerfolt Yes, this is exact. Thank you
maybe I should just use liberapay instead like I do for my Fediverse instance.
Edit: I switched to Liberapay.
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💜 💜 💜 Thank you!
💜 💜 💜 Thank you!
if you have to stop all freelance work, does that mean, that you have to stop working with Framasoft and PeerTube?😬😱
while it's perfectly understandable from the business side, it's still a pity. I'd pay extra just for securing the future of Peertube and Framasoft artwork. Apart from all your other great work. 🙂
Thanks for all you do. Upped to $10. 🙂
@hendric 💜 Thank you a lot!
do you prefer monthly or yearly payments? And which site do you prefer to get paid on?
@Tywele Monthly or yearly? It certainly will depend on how much you pay in fees when you transfer money. If your bank charges high fees, it may be better to transfer money in one lump sum. If the fees are small or zero, monthly payments are great.
My preferred platform is Liberapay because the creator and admin are on Mastodon and the platform doesn't take 5%.
Thank you 💜
Hi David! I heard your interview on #HPR and really appreciate your stance on licencing and using Open Source tooling. Moreover, once I found your content, I think it's excellent. I had planned to go and subscribe but hadn't done so, so this thread is a great reminder - thank you! Having read your FAQ on your webpage, I will use liberapay, so you get as much of the donation as possible. Best of luck with the developing adventure!
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@paul_j Thank you very much Paul for your words and your support! 💜
cheer up! We'll keep supporting your amazing and generous work. Your transparency is as always very much appreciated. One quick question: does this change will also apply on Liberapay? Youention Tipee and Patron, but if we support you through Liberapay on per-content basis, shall we switch to monthly?
@Notus Thank you very much for your support! 💜
Liberapay always prefered (from the start) to not include a per-content system. So, since I have the account (back in 2017) I receive 'weekly' donation on it.
Liberapay allows me to download a table with the donation amount and date, and so, with a little table-math I can convert this into a monthly thing and merge the names on the credit ( I'm trying to standardize this to peppercarrot.com/ext/credits-a… )
I will probably move over to librepay since you are the only creator I support on Patreon. I also like the idea of you getting my full support instead of partial payment.
I'm surprised that you didn't do month to month sooner cause of your new web comic. It's always daunting having to go from freelance, to your own thing, but if you have to step away for a bit due to burnout, don't be afraid to take a break. I'll still support you regardless.
@odysseywestra 💜 Thank you Albert!
Done, and only the best for the change and everything!
ça m'as permis de me rendre compte que je n'étais plus mécène 😲
C'est corrigé !
C'est corrigé !
I signed up for the minimum for now: $1.00 a comic. I hope it's better than nothing. Your art is wonderful as are your stories and I appreciate your anti-genAI stance.
Just signed up to support you via Tipeee but it sounds like Liberapay would be better so I'll change over to that.
The copies I ordered of The Potion of Flight and The Art of Pepper & Carrot are both fantastic, by the way!!!
@roguewolf 🙏 Thank you very much 💜 💜
I gladly stay 
and like always, thanks for your beautiful art and hard work
and like always, thanks for your beautiful art and hard work
I'm going to miss seeing your work.
@roblosricos a pessimistic prediction about 2026 for this switch to a monthly support model?
no money, no bank account...i scarcely even exist...
love your comics, by the way - especially the lemon-centered ones, with the goddess of life. goes very well with fantasy stuff i've been writing the past few years.
i hope one day, you will have a print edition available.
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I'm so happy to hear you say it worked!
To me, the monthly support just feels better even if it didn't make a difference financially. Instead of paying in return for something (which is a transaction), it feels like more like supporting the ongoing work and life of a great artist that has given so much to free/libre culture.
I thought you had decided to stop doing Pepper & Carrot episodes a while back. Did you change your mind, or did I invent or misunderstand it?
@oscherler You didn't invitent: mid 2024, after problem in the production (cancelling an episode almost done) and during a long period of personal struggle and feeling down, I announced the end on a blog post.
That was a mistake. I wish I never published that blog-post.
I retracted, but the idea circulated well, way faster than the other blog-posts saying I wanted to continue the series.
I'm continuing Pepper&Carrot series, I love it too much. I just had a very bad time. Sorry for that.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell Yes, both Patreon and Tipeee takes 5%.
The solution you mention about a bridge without this fee exists: liberapay.com/davidrevoy/
you might want to change the denomination of your membership options on patreon. I see 5€/month in the overview of all my memberships, but when looking at your membership options it still shows as "x€ / episode".
I really enjoy the short stories you post here. I hope(expect) you will beginn posting them on patreon too, once the switch to monthly is done?
Yes I saw it and I'm afraid I can't change it at the moment. Patreon will make the change on their side one month after I publicly announce it. It's all part of their policy for moving accounts around.
Just to let you know, I won't be posting the episode until the 12th of January. (the effective date for my first monthly) :)
I'll post something on Patreon to let my supporters know about it.
(edit: forgot to say, thank you )
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Merci!
(à 44 ans, je ne sais pas ce que c'est d'avoir un salaire, je suis Freelance depuis ... mes 18 ans. Alors voilà voilà, l'inconnu 😅 )
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I am not in a position right now to financially support you, but I will try to spread the word about your work since I do enjoy your comics.
I hope you have the best of luck.
@VANTABlack2000 Thank you very much
I've heard your voice and in this context, I can't not imagine Pepper speaking the same way.
@gws Ha ha, you mentioned something that made me struggle while drawing this announcement. At first, I drew a little guy with a two-day beard and a brown haircut, sitting at my desk in front of my monitors.
But I was worried it wouldn't be really iconic, so I decided to go with Pepper as my avatar. I was fine with it, as I often used her for various things, but maybe it's a bit awkward in the end. 😅
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Until there are voice-acted episodes (zomg!) we haven't anything else to work with. Nowhere to go but up, and you're not bad to listen to anyway ; )
aaaand, mind=blown. I've seen that style of animation used to turn album art into music 'videos' for YT but this is *proper*.
Imo per content model is dangerous anyway. It rewards churning out quantity rather than quality. It means that an artist might need to release unfinished stuff just for the sake of being able to pay their bills. And for the supporter it is unsafe because there is little control to how much you pay. If someone pays 5€ per creation, assuming 1 creation per month, and suddenly you turn in 1 creation per day or something this might be more than the person can or wants to afford.
So per month or something means stabilty for both artist and supporter, just extra effort is not awarded. Per creation creates pressure for the artist and exchanges uncertainty of delivery for uncertainty in when and how much you pay.
@lazy I'll see, but I've never received anything monthly in my life (except the Liberapay weekly support, and thank you very much for being a part of it, but it was a minor part of income so far).
I'm a freelancer working 'per task' since I was 18. I only knew that: making the work, getting paid, and I'm 44 years old 😅 ... I really hope this change will be a good thing!
I'm a freelancer working 'per task' since I was 18. I only knew that: making the work, getting paid, and I'm 44 years old 😅 ... I really hope this change will be a good thing!
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This is different to a typical artist thing. The difference here is that we are not paying for the result. We are paying for the process. For you keeping the project up and sharing the result with the world. And everyone of us will have different expectation. But I think most of us do not have a problem with you taking time. With you choosing to do some freelance project when you feel like it. With you taking a break when you need it. Don't feel indebted to us or that you need to meet certain performance goals here.
And sure, your Liberapay donations are not a major income. Still, guaranteed 400€ a month is not at all nothing. It is enough to afford food if everything else fails. If this change in Patreon goes well you will have a decent bit more monthly support. But still probably nothing in the range of full-time remuneration. So you should not treat this as a 100% job. Treat this as what it is: A small support from your community, to make sure you can continue doing what you do.
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We have a lot of projects and hundreds, if not thousands of people are using our services.
Everything we do is trade-free. No bullshit.
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👍 It was amazing! Unfortunately I wasn't really dressed for the downpour and couldn't give myself long enough to take a better video 😊 Hope you're up and about sooner, than later 🤞
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@brie Never going to send money again after that disastrous tablet campaign. By my count, I'm still owed €100 for that one. But good luck with this campaign I guess.
Cyan / blue cover option for the Jolla One vibes please 🙏
This will definitely join my collection of Jolla phones and Mind2..
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Is the factory reset function still going to have a paywall?
bought
Thank you for supporting European self defense.
I wish I could I just won't have 500 dollars I can spend on a phone in a few months. It's a really cool project and the idea of a privacy switch is awesome.
So bummed there won't be a smaller one.. A smaller phone (like an iPhone Mini) is SO needed from literally **anybody**.
looks interesting, but 500€ for pre-orders and even 600€ - 700€ is quite expensive for me.
Longevity of my phones is determined by wear and tear, and accidents breaking the display. So, 350€ is my personal limit, with ideal around 200€ and less.
Wish there was a low-spec variant of Linux phone.
I need just calls, microSDXC storage, and good enough camera for documentation photos,... and performance, for non-demanding apps I use, is irrelevant.
How long will the hardware be supported with updates?
NO WAYYY NEW LINUX PHONEE
God, didn't expect y'all to go from collecting suggestions to announcement this quickly hahaa
God, didn't expect y'all to go from collecting suggestions to announcement this quickly hahaa
Please share the exact SoC planned for this, as it can give a hint about potential mainline Linux support in the future.
Telefonun fiyatı 499-699 € arasında. Türkiye'den almak istersek hükümet 1.000 € vergi alıyor. Bunu diğer vergilere ek olarak sadece kayıt için alıyor.
Bu nedenle almayı istesek de alamıyoruz.
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the thing to worry about is that android support. I'm still pissed a little how it was done on the first jolla where the proprietary blobs that implement it or wtv stopped being updated for later android api versions because of their contracts or wtv it was about. And hopefully no more btrfs as the file system, that thing required me to manually fsck the system or wtv to reclaim space at the time.
Replaceable battery & expandable storage makes it better than most things in the market.
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just wow! Finally truly European phone with European OS. It seems that pre-order threshold will be achieved but I encourage everyone that values European values and/or privacy to support this great effort
will there be mainline drivers or is this going to run a shitty downstream/Android kernel?
No headphone jack, that's a shame. I like the design, though.
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Going back to sleep. Wake me up when something universal not one brick = one vendor OS heads the market.
will kernel sources be made available publicly? AFAIK that's historically been lacking with Mediatek based devices
Will there be a headphone jack ?
Is it already known whether the new #jollaphone will support USB-C #altmode to connect a #displayport/#hdmi adapter? #jolla
Will this also ship to Iceland since we're also in the EEA/EFTA or will we be excluded?
Hi Jolla, I have just purchased a pre order ticket. I believe you have a solid product that is ready for reaching privacy minded folks. In sure that your early adopters could help you to push this if they/we get involved to help spread social coverage on different channels.
It''d be good if you were to update the browser app so it won't get refused by most cloudlflare sites.
US availability?
I'm keen to learn more about the SoC and USB-C video support. I would like to learn more about the upto date Sailfish experience too. I'm 100% ready to support European supply and mobile alternatives so congrats with reaching the milestone! 🎉
Really, European? That's cool!
Where is it made?
It's crazy that practically all phone manufacturing happens in Asia these days :(
I think that it would be a god idea tho have the same processor, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and other hardware spec that are the same as for Valves Steam Frame.
SteamOs will be optimized for arm, kde and Qt6, and that is very useful for Jolla Sailfish OS.
The "other half" can be controllers for playing games from your steam library on the Jolla-phone 😊
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Of course it's full of small bugs. They give the birds something to eat.
thanks for actually drawing this and not slopping it all over my feed unlike other people, ur appreciated :)
@angelthorns Thank you 💜 I try to record all of them, they take me two day (and long day, from morning to very late) to produce. Here is a small timelapse for this one: peppercarrot.com/0_sources/min…
I collect all of them here peppercarrot.com/0_sources/min… (but I need to make a better page for displaying them, of course! On my todo)
Awesome and hilarious.
VIBE SPELLING!
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Not sure what's "Fantasy" about this. 😉
I'm loving this mini series. The need for cash investment in education vs compromising on tech is a very real problem.
I've had a thought - Familiars are meant to form a special bond with a magic user to help guide them along their own unique path. If they all have the same familiar then, even if it did work, that would really hurt their culture overall. It would become too homogeneous.
I've had a thought - Familiars are meant to form a special bond with a magic user to help guide them along their own unique path. If they all have the same familiar then, even if it did work, that would really hurt their culture overall. It would become too homogeneous.
a friend of a friend is a student at Cornell and going through exactly this right now (and working on transferring out of their dream college) they shared a document where the administration defended their AI policies and in the defense cite "AI Copilot" output as their source. I'm kinda disappointed I'm not seeing some malicious compliance source checking where they apply the same battery of checking sources one would to citations of obscure books for made up Wikipedia edits. Would an AI model be a primary or secondary source?
@trainguyrom True, thanks to this mini series I started to document myself a bit more on AI (before that, I was just skipping every details about it). Pushing it in the schools, in the enterprises too ; is a real thing, with people in charge convinced they'll do profit, or accelerate production this way...
About the sources, I wrote something on this topic, maybe for next week. I see more and more LLMs trying to quote their sources; wikipedia article or webpage (eg. Mistral recently).
About the sources, I wrote something on this topic, maybe for next week. I see more and more LLMs trying to quote their sources; wikipedia article or webpage (eg. Mistral recently).
I love these comics. I always love seeing how the Avian Intelligence story progresses.
Great comic, you catched the common feeling artists and engineers are experiencing nowadays!
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from the past of Magic:
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SCNR 😇
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I guess I would call it vibe casting
@aismallard Yes, I was hesitant with the wording. Vibe Spelling VS Vibe Casting. Not sure the one who would have been closer to "vibe coding".
: "Vibe casting" is only used when speaking about a few very good C programmers.
Under the hood, it runs on a Vibe Cast System. This keeps a history of summ-its, and allows anyone access to the source.
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/VCS
...over at our academy, anyway. Not sure these investors would allow that.
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So damn realistic 😿
Your artwork has one grave mistake: It's still too beautiful. 
oh right !! Spelling as in casting a spell, not spelling a word... Took me a while...
@phbarre Yes, finding solid wording for that was nearly impossible. It's probably not the best. Maybe I should have gone with "Vibe Coding, I call it." directly.
@David Revoy @SBaldrick Pff, all you had to do was to ask a LLM for what the best wording would be. :p Don’t you know about Vibe Joke-Writing?
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#SICP #lisp #scheme #programming
@eruwero Thank you very much for this reference, I had no idea it existed. It sounds very interesting, I'll try to get a physical copy. I also love it is CC BY SA licensed, and so totally compatible with the Mini Fantasy Theater series if I decide to back-port a fictive character name.
"In retrospective, this lead to what is now called the 'Great Chasm' in Revoy's work, exposing a large audience to the exploits of Eva Lu Ator and the horrors and wonders of Lisp..."
@wakame yes it's pretty expensive unfortunately
Btw the recordings of the original lectures are still available too. The most magical lecture is the one about the metacircular evaluator :)
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I love that metaphor of programming <-> magic. I created a little fantasy story myself: philpapers.org/archive/BINMAF.… and philpapers.org/archive/BINAKJ.…
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Was it fun to draw a random AI world where nothing makes sense?
@fell It was 😆 But it was surprisingly an interesting exercice too, far away the usual color palette I enjoy using. You can check the painting timelapse to see the hesitations: peppercarrot.com/0_sources/min…
"Aivian inteligence will be the end of you elitist wizards and your controll over what you want to create!
Also do hou wanna buy me a golem? I kinda saving for my new sould core. Prices have skyrocket since this things came out.
Also can that fish listen to them? It's eye kinda moved to look at who is talking.
Haha vibe spelling 🤣
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Temperature anomalies across the #Arctic over the last 12 months...
Data from @CopernicusECMWF ERA5 reanalysis.
I would use this as an introductory teaching tool. Well worth a lot of dialogue.
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And then that's not glass around them, it's plastic.
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The extent of global sea ice cover is more than 3 million square kilometers below the 1981-2010 average. This is the 2nd lowest on record for this date over the satellite-era.
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Near real-time visualizations [Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability] [Arctic Sea-Ice Extent and Concentration] [Arctic Sea-Ice Volume and Thickness] [Arctic Temperatures] [Antarctic Sea-Ice E…Zachary Labe
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If I’m not mistaken, this illustration shows global seasonal ice cover variability is flattening. Which is frightening when taken in context.
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Here we go again... another season with unusual warmth around the Hudson Bay and a corresponding record late start to the #Arctic sea ice freeze-up...
Data from nsidc.org/data/seaice_index
Thankfully it will still freeze up. Grim news. Very damn grim.
does the warmer bay have a significant effect on the increase in polar air vortex/escapes?
@pixelpusher220 The lack of cold over the Hudson Bay can definitely 'reduce' the impact/severity of cold air outbreaks further south.
@Victoria In my view, much indicators across the Arctic have already transitioned into a new state compared to even just a few decades ago: nature.com/articles/s41558-020…
Extremes become routine in an emerging new Arctic - Nature Climate Change
The short observational record makes it difficult to gauge how unprecedented recent Arctic warming is. A multi-model large ensemble estimates a new Arctic climate has emerged for sea-ice extent.Nature
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The Universe Could 'End' With a Dark Eternity, an Astrophysicist Explains
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Whether the Universe will 'end' at all is not certain, but all evidence suggests it will continue being humanity's cosmic home for a very, very long time.The Conversation (ScienceAlert)
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This year's #Arctic sea ice freeze-up is clearly the latest on record for the Baffin Bay region (located between Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago). The extent of ice cover is a record low for the date there.
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Today, I came over this Inuit Calendar which, I guess, would be based on long term overservations but probably does not yet reflect the latest climate change.
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@trimaris This is super interesting - thank you for sharing!
My old mind is saying “aggressive pooling”, “AMOC”, “Irminger Sea” and “disrupted circulation”. Hmmm…
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Not looking great for Santa's workshop 😳
it's going to be too hot for the elves to make the latest cutting edge mobile processors.
Yup, even no coal for naughty kids… 🥺
ICE melted the hearts of all the elves
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Every weekday morning around 7:30 I sit outside with my daughter to wait for the school bus. I bring my little folding stool and we walk to the end of the block, then sit and wait for 10-15 mins. We always arrive early (unless we are running late) because I really enjoy these moments, it's an opportunity for us to just sit together with no screens or household distractions.
If it's rainy we wear rainboots and splash in every puddle on the way. Sometimes we get to see the remnants of a pretty sunrise. Neighborhood wildlife we might encounter include crows, squirrels, cats, bugs, worms, and dogs walking with their humans. I might bring my trash grabber and a small bag to clean up the street as we walk.
Crystal sits in my lap and we play different games. Her favorite is the surprise game, where I surprise her by suddenly bouncing my legs up high or pulling them out from under her. She tries to guess when it might happen, sometimes I follow a pattern, and activate the surprise if I hear a certain sound.
My lap can transform into a car, with arms wrapping around as a seatbelt. Then I take her on a magical journey wherever she wants to go. She has to watch out for traffic lights, running out of gas, or sudden transformation into an airplane, submarine, horse or other mode of transportation that makes the ride even more crazy.
The latest thing we have been entertained by is the game What's in my Pocket? Since it started getting chilly I have been sticking my hands in Crystal's coat pockets to keep them warm, and discovered she keeps a variety of interesting things in her pockets. I have to guess what they are by touch, and sometimes I get sneaky and move things from one pocket to the other, or put in a pinceone or pebble from the ground.
Today we had fun taking silly pictures of what's in Crystal's pocket.
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This is it, my solo adventures have come to an end. It was a very interesting and useful experience to see how it is to live by myself in the motorhome. I saw many cool places but I was also very work-efficient and did a lot of work on our TROM projects. Overall, a great experience!
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This is it, my solo adventures have come to an end. It was a very interesting and useful experience to see how it is to live by myself in the motorhome. I saw many cool places but I was also very work-efficient and did a lot of work on our TROM projects. Overall, a great experience!
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Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #Mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I intend to stay on and continue to advise the new leadership and contribute, because Mastodon—and the fediverse—is one of the very few beacons of hope for a better web.
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Best of luck Eugen
thank for for everything you've done, and for the pressure and criticism you've had to put up with. You handled it better than most imagine they would I suspect.
You have done an incredible job for many, many thousands of users here on Mastodon and beyond.
Personally I’d like to thank you for creating this space for me.
All the very best Eugen
thanks for giving us an alternative to talk in open spaces using open source tech! Good luck in whatever you do mate, cheers!
Thank you for all your work and effort!
Thanks for many things you've done! Maybe we could reopen this PR then:
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Thank you for all the work you’ve done!
Mastodon specifically has had a character that I really appreciate, and it brought me to the Fediverse after I’d abandoned all the commercial platforms.
I wish you and your family well.
Thank you for creating this space and this community
Thank you for all your work! Appreciated.
thanks for everything and I wish you joy with your new endeavours.
Thanks for all your hard work and don't be a stranger!
Best wishes to you and yours and many thanks for your work. ♥️
Thank you for everything you've done, and will do. We're all so lucky that you saw a better future for the internet, then stepped up, built it, and inspired so many of us.
Thank you Eugen! I respect the hell out of anyone with the humility you have to step down and pass on the torch of such a big project. You did a great job and I hope you succeed in your future endeavors : )
Thank you for everything you've done so far!
All the BEST to you! Thank you
Vielen Dank Eugen und viel Glück! Und lass Dich von den Neidern nicht runterziehen, die 1MIO (vor Steuern) ist fair für 10 Jahre Arbeit…
Takk kærlega!
Thank you for all you've done as head of the project, Eugen.
as someone currently trying to navigate burn out: I hope you're able to get a big breath of fresh air and find a bit of balance.
Thank you for everything Eugen.
If you ever find yourself in suburban New Jersey, I'll buy you a beer.
Thank you! You have created something great - good luck in your new and hopefully less stressful role!
Benevolent dictator for...about a decade. Thanks for all the hard work Eugen!
Thank you for everything you've done to create a better web. Mastodon became a solid app and a nice community under your leadership. Best wishes for you on your new path forward
Thank you for everything
Thanks for the web sight
Thank you for everything, Eugen! Including modeling self-care and sharing leadership.
Looking forward to your pictures when you feel like sharing as you take a good rest. Put down that heavy pack and breathe. Ya done good.
thanks for carrying it this far. Mastodon didn’t just replace Twitter for me, it reminded me just how good non-algorithmic social networking is
you are doing great. thanks for evrything so far and good luck for everything that lies ahead.
It's sad to see you step down, but I understand completely. Thanks for creating something amazing! Mastodon is by far my favorite social media platform.
I don't know if you'll read this, but thanks for truely great work which has brought some little hope into my heart in this age of full speed enshittification.
I am sorry to read comments have chipped things away from your inner self. And, you are right that you created something that is bigger than yourself, but for a better part.
So, I hope you get well in your feelings again. Thanks again for creating Mastodon ❤️💪🏾
thank you for all your work!!
Danke lieber Eugen für all deine Mühe und Arbeit❤️
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What a thoughtful post, such a gracious departure.
Thank you so much for all you created here. It matters more than you think.
You've done great work Eugen. Many thanks for what you've accomplished here and enjoy the next chapter of your life!
Ganz vielen Dank für dein Engagement und dafür, was du für uns alle ausgebaut hast! Ich bin schockiert zu lesen, wie du von manchen Menschen und Medien angegangen wurdest... Jetzt wünsche ich dir Kraft und die Möglichkeit, etwas Abstand zu bekommen. Dein Beitrag zu unserer Gesellschaft ist IMO gar nicht zu unterschätzen. DANKE!
danke für das alles hier, Eugen! Es hat mir die Hoffnung auf ein besseres Netz zurückgegeben. ❤️
thanks for your work 🙏
Thank you for providing a safe space for us. I hope it stays this way. And I am so glad you’re taking the advice of Kenny Rogers- knowing when to hold ‘em, knowing when to throw ‘em, knowing when to walk away and knowing when to run. Take care!
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Thanks for all the hard work @Gargron and good luck in whatever the future holds!
incredible run: appreciate the honest and heartfelt post — a level of self awareness we should all aspire to ❤️
look forward to a more healthy future for you!
I didn't even know mastodon had a CEO – which I guess is actually really high praise in this context
you've built a fine thing, sir
Really thankyou dor everything you done to build this community, my best whishes for your future projects
Congratulations for all your incredible achievements, and thank you for all you've done, @Gargron.
thanks for all the fish
Thank you very much for your work
Amazing work you've done here. On to healthier things! But in a world of social media "emperors", you were what we needed. Big thanks!
thanks for everything you have done! Long live fedi and wishing you all the best
Dankeschön für Dein Engagement und die Zeit mit Dir.
Thank you for your work. Thank you for your investment in a better society.
I wish you a very good time! Thanks for all your passion. It’s a great network!
1000x 'thank you' for this wonderful place you've built.
Thanks for your work.
Do your best to steer people away from fixing things that are not broken.
I landed on Mastodon from a referral by a satirical account of John Fetterman's dog on twitter. Thanks for all you've done and for all this has become!
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Thanks for all that you have done.
Because of Mastodon, I am reading, writing, and staying up to date on world events again.
Thanks for all you do!
Thank you for all the great work you've done!
cheers to new adventures 🙏🏻💙
Thanks for making this cool place I like
.@Gargron por mi te puedes ir lejos y no volver-
#Mastodon no es mas que otra red de las redes del fediverso que desaparecerá y surgiran de nuevas al lado de las que ya hay, mastodon se metió en el fediverse, siendo una calcomania de Twitter y wsin #GNUsocial nunca hubiera sido nada, sin el #fediverse y ahora parece ser segun ustedes que mastodon hizó al fediverse y NO-
#fediverse >> fediverse.party/
Mastodon solo es un pedacito del fediverse-
No se dice eso en las migraciones
- Fediverse.Party - explore federated networks
Let's make social media free, federated and fun! Fediverse.Party is your guide into the world of decentralized, autonomous networks running on free open software on a myriad of servers across the world. No ads and no algorithms.fediverse.party
Now I just get bullied by some random guy on Mastodon 😔
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for all your work thus far.
Dear @Gargron, thank you so much for your huge participation in creating this place we all love so much.
All the best for you and your family! 💐
Joining everyone else in saying, "Thank you for Mastodon." You created something very special, and I hope you're proud.
And I admire you for realizing it was time to step down (while still staying engaged), for your own mental health.
thank you for everything!
dear Eugen, you are too good for this world. Thank you for all your work, we will never forget you. Godspeed!
you accomplished something monumental here, Mr. Rochko.
You helped give the world back control of their social media, their very memories, from the clutches of the multinational corporations.
You've helped to rebuild a decentralized internet - the way it was always meant to be.
Someday, your name will be up there with Tim Berners-Lee, Steve Wozniak, and Larry Page, as one of the visionaries that helped connect the world together.
... we're just not there, quite yet.
But your work, here, will pave the way for that to happen. You've helped DEMOCRATIZE the internet. Now any schlub (like me) that's half-competent with computers and can get their hands on an old "throw-away" hunk of metal and plastic can spin up their own little server and connect to a larger social world.
And be found.
Thank you, Mr. Rochko, for helping free us, and for helping connect us.
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Thank you for giving us Mastodon, Eugen!
Thanks for al your hard work for Mastodon. You can be proud of the platform you and your team has build. Wishing the best of luck to you and of course to Felix and his team! @mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap
I hope you can have a relaxing holiday to celebrate your new role. Yay, now you have a whole crew to share the load.
Thank you for all your hard work so far keeping it all together.
Thank you, Eugen, for making the Fediverse something much more credible.
Well done @Gargron for everything you've achieved in the last decade! Your principles set you far above certain others in the social media space and I really appreciate your integrity and drive. It's a good decision to change roles and I'm optimistic about the future of Mastodon with you still around for guidance. I hope you take this opportunity for some well-deserved rest and recreation. Finally: thank you!
Thanks for all the f̵i̵s̵h̵e̵s̵ code, and sorry to see that fedizens' aggressiveness was what lead you to step down...
Many of your decisions can be criticized, as can most human beings', but you had to take decisions and critic should not come from a position of entitlement nor go beyond what's fair.
Many of your decisions can be criticized, as can most human beings', but you had to take decisions and critic should not come from a position of entitlement nor go beyond what's fair.
Thank you for all of your hard work. I am sorry that your position has caused you so much stress. You have given us avaluable gift.
Thank you for this space you made. It has been a gift especially in these times. Wishing you the very best of all things.
Thank-you for all you've done to build a better social network. Be proud of what you and your team have accomplished.
Ich bin ein Patreon-Sponsor seit langer Zeit. Gibt es eine Erläuterung zu dieser "Ablöse", welche keine Kleinigkeit ist?
Thank you so much for this platform that kicks so much ass! If you're ever in NYC again, toot me and I'll buy you a beer.
Thank you, Eugen. Small words for what you did, do and will be doing.
hey Eugen, what you have done with Mastodon is awesome. So thank you a lot for this achievement. Sometimes things are not easy as a founder, especially when it grows fast, but you definitely deserve recognition. I think many of us in the open source, privacy and other communities owe you a big THANK YOU for creating a "social media" that is fully independent from the big techs, and with fair values by design. Good luck with your future projects!
Very much hope whatever comes next brings you joy, and hopefully a (very well deserved) break.
thank you so much for this piece of the web I love so much. Take care of you.
thank you for your work
I was delighted to see that you will get a significant compensation for all your effort and contributions over these years 👍
Thank's for all your work. Thank's for creating #Mastodon 👍👍👍🙂
Great work, you deserve a break. And you didn't sell out! ❤️❤️😀
Amazing run 🙏 not an easy job
thank you for all of your efforts to date. And I hope the change finds you in a good place.
Many thanx to you @Gargron for your contribution for the community. We all love you. I wish you the best for your future projects
Thank you for your hard work and impressive integrity to keep this place as a bastion against enshittification. You deserve some time to just enjoy the fruits of your labour after all you have done for the internet and its denizens
thanks for being awesome. You were so hands on with an issue, minuscule issue that I had related to Mastodon. You replied and took care of it right away.
Thank you for what you have done and looking forward to the next things you’re working on.
(late to your news here so you're probably tired of talking about it but I still wanted to say) well done for making the decision it sounds like you were needing to make and also have you given yourself time recently to be like "look at this crazy thing I did" because wow, who knew this kind of thing was even possible for a real human with empathy etc
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