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Half the emails I get about my YouTube channel: "Love that your channel has no intro, no CTAs, no editing - please never change"
The other half: "I noticed your channel has no intro, no CTAs, no editing - our agency can fix this for $2,000/month"
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I've been getting spam mail noting that my website isn't "optimised for AI", and every time I'm left scratching my head like ... how is that not a feature in itself?
I happen to put stuff online to be consumed through human head holes, not chewed up and spat out by artificial assholes.
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.
Data from nsidc.org/data/seaice_index
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In every dystopian novel: the government bans books.
In reality: we gave up reading voluntarily.
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The graph speaks miles. Shows Huxley was right: that we'd walk into sweet bliss of oblivion out of our own volition, rather than pushed into it by force like Orwell envisioned.
The graph is also quite clear on who will be the leaders and owners of the next generation.
Sadly, I haven't read a book in years.
But that doesn't mean I don't read.
I spend hours each day following/reporting the news here on #Mastodon.
It's so weird that HP is credited with an explosion in teenage reading in the US when, if plotted on a longer graph, it looks like a momentary stemming of the tide at best.
It would be nice to know what the other 50%~ish non-extreme answers are doing though.
The teens back in 1985 who read every day are now in their 40s and 50s. I wonder whether they kept reading at that rate.
In other words, it may take another couple decades for the full effect of national non-reading to smack the country full in the face.
Ive always found that misleading.
Ive read a few dead trees recently, but more and more long form (books, novels, stories, papers) are on a computer.
When they ask these reading questions, do they clarify that the medium does not matter, or are they "it must be a dead tree or its not really reading"?
"In reality: we gave up reading voluntarily."
Speak for yourself
I read *every* night in bed, without fail
Honestly, such glib disaster-cliches are close to a mute and block
My Personal Note on your profile: "Increasingly boring and self-focused"
Make of that what you will
there's a limited amount of time, and hypertext always offered another way to use text and illustration?
I'd slope the whole graph by the population increase, perhaps?
Interesting though, and I don't like the change.
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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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End of Tio's solo adventures - videos.trom.tf/w/krAqhhhwWYeRE…
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!
#vanlife #motorhome #spain #nature #adventure #solo
End of Tio's solo adventures
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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Thank you for everything Eugen.
If you ever find yourself in suburban New Jersey, I'll buy you a beer.
Thank you for everything
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.
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 ❤️💪🏾
What a thoughtful post, such a gracious departure.
Thank you so much for all you created here. It matters more than you think.
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!
@mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap
Thanks for all that you have done.
Because of Mastodon, I am reading, writing, and staying up to date on world events again.
.@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
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
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.
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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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.
Any comment regarding the amount of money you’re getting for what we understood to be a non-profit?
heise.de/news/Mastodon-Gruende…
Mastodon soll künftig von einer gemeinnützigen Organisation nach belgischem Recht entwickelt werden. Zudem tritt Eugen Rochko ab, verlässt Mastodon aber nicht.Martin Holland (heise online)
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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 👍
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.
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A once-in-a-lifetime shot — the moon perfectly framed by a rainbow.
via tithsokphanny31
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More vivid double rainbow.
Even more vivid here:
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GREAT, now the MOON is woke. /s
Redorklicans be like: "The Woke Moon is not real, it can't hurt you! Woke moon is not real! AAAAAAHHH!!"
beautiful. It reminds me of Carl Sagan taking about "earth in a sunbeam." A last photo by Voyager (I think) as it exits the Galaxy. Here is Sagan talking about it and you hear him get a little choked up, as do I every time I hear it. My wife gave me a framed picture of the"pale blue dot" with Sagan's words beneath. Your moon in a rainbow is giving me the same vibes. Thanks!
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Hehe...spontaneously thinking on "pale blue dot" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blu…
Anyway...great pictures!
Just the right amount of gibbous *chef’s kiss*
(A fuller moon would be inside the rainbow’s circle, and a less full one outside – I think.)
Have a good weekend! Here's your Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *2nd* lowest on record (JAXA data)...
• about 630,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,320,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,960,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,370,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More graphics: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-ex…
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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Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has captured a stupendous shot of a skydiver falling in front of the Sun.Matt Growcoot (PetaPixel)
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#gardening, or how to grow tomatoes in five easy steps:
1) fill the #greenhouse with leaves and stuff
2) throw in some #chicken
3) close the door and let the chicken rampage for a bit
4) remove the chicken, and wait many months
5) actually grow tomatoes 🍅
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Last month was the 4th warmest October on record for the average global sea surface temperature...
Graphic using NOAA ERSSTv5 data. Methods described in doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0836….
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SMOC showing signs of #CarbonEmitter instead of #CarbonSink
Salinity upwelling may be the key symptom.
As one of the most advanced solar nations in the world, Australia is well placed to experiment with giving people free power - and if it succeeds, other countries may look to copy its approachJames Woodford (New Scientist)
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Bonfire Social 1.0 is live! A federated, community‑first social network built on the modular Bonfire toolkit, and it’s only the beginning.
It's time to go beyond microblogging and build apps for community organising, open science, mutual aid, and collective decision‑making. Let's take back the internet with open protocols, consent‑based governance, and portability by design.
Back the “last migration” from closed platforms to open networks: indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire…
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We're crowdfunding the next phase, building community-governed social infrastructure beyond microblogging in cooperation with communities and teams:
- E2E Encryption with @swf
- Collective Moderation @iftas, @kissane
- Federated Groups & Events @kfitz, @klasse_methode
- Collective decision-making @s0hw
- Bluesky bridging @anewsocial
- Mutual Aid Networks @lynnfoster @bhaugen
- Cooperative Hosting @coopcloud @paulbutgold
- Native apps @pachli
- and more...
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Congrats on the launch... it's exciting, and the next phase is even more exciting!
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@swf @iftas @kissane @kfitz @klasse_methode @s0hw @anewsocial @lynnfoster @bhaugen @coopcloud @paulbutgold @pachli
Looks interesting! How are you doing with:
- User migration from other Fediverse systems (such as Mastodon)
- Post scheduling?
Congrats on this historic milestone 🥳
I'm so proud of you guys, and I'm inspired by your attention to detail in many regards, I think your project will go far and see many new Bonfire servers in the coming months 🚀 ❤️
Phenomenal.
What a time to be alive!
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Bonfire - tend to your digital life in community. Customise and host your own online space and control your experience at the most granular level. - bonfire-networks/bonfire-appGitHub
@nullpotential Not sure?
The artwork is handmade by an artist and screenprinters as explained here: indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonf…
The video is handmade stopmotion animation.
Etc...
I apologize. My initial comment was rude; I should not have presumed.
That said, someone else replied below with a link to what appears to be your github. They pointed out an AGENTS.md, which is linked to under .github > copilot-instructions.md
There is, in the same github repo, also a .claude folder with a CLAUDE.md containing extensive instructions, as well as a rubber_duck.chatmode.md.
Were LLM/vibe coding involved in the development of the project? Will they be used in the future?
Reclaim scientific discourse with federated digital spaces where researchers shape their own conversations, data, and collaborationsOpen Science Network
congratulations. That’s really exciting for you. This is an ambitious project with great value.
(I know you posted this news a month ago, but I just now saw a boost in my feed. And the congrats is still in order.)
🚨 Last month observed the highest average temperature for the month of October across the #Antarctic Circle, with clearly 2025 well above any prior year in the satellite era.
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds.f17050d7
ERA5 is the fifth generation ECMWF reanalysis for the global climate and weather for the past 8 decades. Data is available from 1940 onwards. ERA5 replaces the ERA-Interim reanalysis.doi.org
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Same for me.
Also my strawberry, and blueberry plants are flowering.
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in reply to Miakoda • • •@hellomiakoda this happens to me in openttd (with trains), usually caused by my placing signals too close together.
(Yes, I still play openttd, and no, I have still not learned to avoid it.)
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Same vibe ...
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Oh. When previously? (Or same incident?)
@eivind
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in reply to maco • • •@maco @walfischbucht @tomasekeli The setting looks different.
Might indeed be «again» :)
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in reply to Kim Possible • • •You can design them to allow extra-long vehicles to drive over parts of the middle circle, using “truck aprons”. Basically beveled edges instead of straight curb stones. That helps a bit.
@kasdeya @trochee @eivind @aburka
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Before about the 80's we (Netherlands) used to have some roundabouts where all incoming traffic from the right, has the right of way. Which is a stupid system.
We then adopted the UK's system, where traffic on (or leaving) the roundabout has the right of way.
Eureka.
Some clever dude once pointed out to me: the roundabout automatically clears itself.
Does that help?
Geert Uytterhoeven
in reply to Rolf Blijleven 🔻 • • •In the early 80s, FR switched all roundabouts to this better system. BE followed a decade later.
Rolf Blijleven 🔻
in reply to Geert Uytterhoeven • • •@geert Once in the early 90's, a cab driver in the Edinburgh region bemoaned to me a roundabout with traffic lights. An abomination, mister!
Proper roundabouts don't need traffic lights, you see.
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in reply to Eivind (like the Terrible) ✨ • • •I hope the pic is CC (or similarly) licensed, so it can become THE photo for this #wikipedia article:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource…
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general concept in communications and computing, is competition by users of a system for the facility at the same time
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Ciara
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