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There have to be instances that take a proactive anti-spam approach on the local timeline, right? Right? So much blocking of drive-by...

There have to be instances that take a proactive anti-spam approach on the local timeline, right? Right? So much blocking of drive-by spambots...

I feel like Fediverse trap instances should be a thing if they aren't already. Ones that target nazis, link spam, SEO, puppy mills, etc...

I feel like Fediverse trap instances should be a thing if they aren't already. Ones that target nazis, link spam, SEO, puppy mills, etc so that they can be efficiently black-holed.

Got to Schiphol too early, despite NS Rail having track work that made the trains toward Amsterdam insane. Off to Copenhagen for...

Got to Schiphol too early, despite NS Rail having track work that made the trains toward Amsterdam insane.

Off to Copenhagen for Einstürzende Neubauten and Gudrun Gut. I wouldn’t fly if I had an extra bit of time booked off on Monday. I never really hated flying, but it feels like such a trap in so many ways.

My nearly 9yo kid was super excited that the mulch I ordered arrived. He put his shoes on to help spread the first two bags before he was...

My nearly 9yo kid was super excited that the mulch I ordered arrived. He put his shoes on to help spread the first two bags before he was done for the day

He’s trying to buy Twitter in order to… monetise retweets? Sound the alarm, the Twitter folk are...

He’s trying to buy Twitter in order to… monetise retweets? Sound the alarm, the Twitter folk are coming.

https://twitter.com/mediagazer/status/1520002722359087111?s=21&t=iBNKKh-sycZvFBVC0-RvwA

#twitter

Maybe Musk didn't need his online fluffers anymore and had the whole "Elon is a Genius" bot net shut...

Maybe Musk didn't need his online fluffers anymore and had the whole "Elon is a Genius" bot net shut down?

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-says-mass-deactivations-musk-news-organic-rcna26182

Interesting. I went to reply to a comment someone had written in a thread. They had tagged two people, and when I replied, the two people...

Interesting. I went to reply to a comment someone had written in a thread. They had tagged two people, and when I replied, the two people they had tagged were included by default in my reply.

However, those names were highlighted so I could delete them easily, without polluting their mentions with something they might not care about.

Nice touch

Sometimes I feel like an awkward puppy, breaking into someone's excellent thread and liking too many parts of it, replying to too many...

Sometimes I feel like an awkward puppy, breaking into someone's excellent thread and liking too many parts of it, replying to too many things in it.

Must. Relax. Breathe.

This is our first spring in the very first house we own.I'm removing bricks in the achtertuin a bit at a time and replacing with soil...

This is our first spring in the very first house we own.

I'm removing bricks in the achtertuin a bit at a time and replacing with soil and plants.

Yesterday, for Koningsdag, I ordered more soil, fertilizer, mulch, more pots for tomatoes and hot peppers in need of homes.

This garden thing is all pretty new to me, and trying to do it in Dutch is a whole other thing.

I'm pretty sure this is a pure opinion piece, but would it be all that big of a surprise for him to manipulate something's price and...

I'm pretty sure this is a pure opinion piece, but would it be all that big of a surprise for him to manipulate something's price and then exit?

https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/elon-musk-probably-wont-buy-twitter-2022-04-27/

#elonfucks

Neat. Now do Twitter, Kaspersky

Neat. Now do Twitter, Kaspersky

Pepper seeds in the post this morning

Pepper seeds in the post this morning

Oh, there it is... there IS a Top 8!Now, to find Tom.

Oh, there it is... there IS a Top 8!

Now, to find Tom.

I'm seeing a fair number of webrings and lists of instances and users on instances... I'm half expecting to see that I'll soon...

I'm seeing a fair number of webrings and lists of instances and users on instances...

I'm half expecting to see that I'll soon be able to choose my favorite eight people to display on my profile. Or that the entire system is just a giant MUD and I haven't been around long enough to work out how to cast spells.

Today's playlist so far: Muffs, Asexuals, Stiff Little Fingers. It's only 10am. #RSD reminded me of all three in the past couple...

Today's playlist so far: Muffs, Asexuals, Stiff Little Fingers. It's only 10am. #RSD reminded me of all three in the past couple days.

In two weeks I head to Copenhagen for a show that's over two years delayed featuring Gudrun Gut appearing with Einstuerzende Neubauten.

#music

I work in IT, largely in financial IT over the last decade or so. A long time ago, I installed Linux from floppies I downloaded on a dial-up...

I work in IT, largely in financial IT over the last decade or so.

A long time ago, I installed Linux from floppies I downloaded on a dial-up modem and imaged one by one for weeks.

Wiped my hard drive, and started running Linux. Blind. I knew about 'man' and that was about it.

The stress of that really pushed me forward, just prior to the Internet really starting to catch on with the public. I ended up dropping out of CS to work.

#introduction

I grew up in Canada, and moved to the Netherlands in my late 40s w my wife and our (then) 5yo. Mijn Nederlands is op zijn best slecht. The...

I grew up in Canada, and moved to the Netherlands in my late 40s w my wife and our (then) 5yo. Mijn Nederlands is op zijn best slecht. The kid though is functionally fluent now.

Dutch people always ask "You moved? From Canada? WHY?"

They know nothing of pedestrian deaths, of unaffordable housing, of living above a drunken gun nut, etc.

Oh, Amsterdam is unaffordable at its core, but we own a house 15 min by train from Amsterdam Centraal. We bike. Kid bikes to school solo.

#introduction

I was struggling with replying to someone's post. I hit reply, and the obvious textarea seemed to be above their post. It took a minute...

I was struggling with replying to someone's post. I hit reply, and the obvious textarea seemed to be above their post. It took a minute to notice the reply box is off to the left side in the web interface.

The box I was typing in was the "NOTE" field under the user's bio.

So, I could put notes on, say, where I met the person? Nice touch.

There's something very OLD about the mastodon decentralization. I feel like I should be using telnet to connect... Though, it's a...

There's something very OLD about the mastodon decentralization. I feel like I should be using telnet to connect...

Though, it's a bit like adding a lane to a highway - I'll now be in the Facebook lane, the Twitter lane, AND the mastodon lane. Traffic isn't going to go down.