Exciting week ahead. The next two days, Tue/Wed, I'll be on a work conference with the new job that I haven't started just yet (next Monday). Then on Thursday I'm picking up my new car and after that it is Friday/Weekend which I guess I'll be spending driving around in the new car, working […]

mastodon.social has a spammer problem. I have increased my blocks 300% today, all were from mastodon.social. Perhaps they've always had it and I just didn't see them (due to using Akkoma at the time, which has great spam protection) but now when I'm on other services (Sharkey) it is glaringly […]

Photos in my feed of messy garbage room reminded me of the classic Street Mattress site from years ago. It is still there, apparently. The site that is, hopefully not the mattresses. https://streetmattress.com/sm.php

Regarding foreign MAGA accounts on X - a summary: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRaXAEsEicv/

I swear Natto is addictive. I need my daily fix.

Aye

Ok, this might sound like a sponsored commercial, but it is not: if you're in Sweden (guessing it is similar elsewhere) and looking to purchase a fantastic Win laptop (for work/office), I can highly recommend this Black Friday deal […]

How far will it go this time? This post from #mastodon can reach the whole #fediverse, #bluesky & more. That's #sharkey, #misskey, #pixelfed, #mbin, #lemmy, #friendica, #hometown, #Akkoma… If you see it, please share it. #socialmedia [email protected]

Signal just released a "poll" feature with great fanfare, while all #deltachat apps already integrated a full suite of chat-shared apps, checklists, polls, shopping lists, calendar, editor + tons of games. Better, anyone can create new apps, eg as […] [Original post on chaos.social]

RE: https://mastodon.online/@newbloommag/115569140061240220 Brian Hioe at New Bloom delivers a very thorough critique of Kerry Brown's book about Taiwan "Brown reproduces many of the pitfalls of writing on Taiwan immediately off the bat, probably due to his lack of familiarity with Taiwan […]

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Do you suspect an image is AI generated? Check it in https://isgen.ai #ai #images #photography #photo

[Trumps words without seeing/hearing him.] On Oct 27th, 2025, a reporter asked Donald Trump if he would run for a third term. These are the unedited words of the President of the United States of America: -"If they ever formed a group, it would be unstoppable. I really do. I believe that. I […]

Denmark and other EU governments still pursue #chatcontrol. They still want to permanently legalize client-side scanning but postponed making it mandatory. They also want to increase age-verification controls which risk to ruin what little is left of privacy […] [Original post on chaos.social]

I only have one package of Natto left! 😲

I hope no one has missed that the Affinity product suite, formerly from Serif, now has been released in v 3.0, which is ENTIRELY free. No, really. The best Photoshop alternative (for Mac/PC/iPad) including a fantastic vector software as well as a layout software, entire free. Go check it out […]

-"_I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I hate to fight against an unarmed opponent!_ " /ViciousMockerySpreadsheetForTTRPGs

It is a shame the "campfire" instance of #bonfire isn't actually federating, nor is aware of my current main instance. Makes it more difficult to test without actual content.

Right. Have now swapped to (studded) winter tyres on the first car. Getting ready for winter, though November so far has been the hottest I can recall.

Just unpacked my new Anker Power Bank. Panic bought a power bank this last summer, but at the time thought I should get myself a proper one, which is what this new Anker is. 165W combined output (one 100W device), 4 devices simultaneously charging off it, 25000mAh etc. This thing can re-charge […]

From the linked article: -"The logic surrounding the AI boom is utterly moronic. The idea is to gamble the entire Western economy by heavily investing in technology that will wipe out almost all jobs. It is a lose-lose scenario. If the bet fails, the economy […] [Original post on sharkey.world]

Rewatching all seasons of Bosch as wife sees it for the first time. Dang that is a great series.

Soooo looking forward to seeing them live again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ0bofXlfyw #metal #newvideo #whitechapel

Excellent app if you wish for Git access on your iOS/iPadOS device. Integrates well with various coding apps too (Textastic for example), apart from having code editing built-in too. RE: https://indieapps.space/users/WorkingCopy/statuses/115508746627748408

is there an opensignup bonfire server thats updated to 1.0? would like to check it out but dont see any server for it

I'm having high hopes for the latest Mastodon release, and I hope it will be widely installed. The feature I care the most about, and contrary to what I'd guess many believe, is actually not the quote posting (though it was indeed about time, most other Fediverse services has had this for […]

I'm pretty sure the s's in SSH are silent.

For anyone celebrating/taking part in today's Media Liberation Day, I've created some (hopefully) useful resources over the years, if this is of any interest: - a non-technical intro to the fediverse through polls: https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/a-netizens-guide-to-mastodon-fediverse/ - a […]

Booking hotels in Copenhagen for next years https://copenhell.dk As good as the danes are at arranging festivals (and they truly are great at it) they are at charging for hotel rooms. Yikes. It quickly goes expensive when booking for 1 person. #metal #copenhagen #copenhell_2026#copenhell#CopenHell

Not really what I wish to see on my new home instance when I just have moved accounts. #sharkey #sharkeyworld

This sounds like a **very** reasonable thing to me. I have clicking links and stare at yet another paywall.

Not that difficult! 🤣

We hereby challenge _all_ other messaging apps, FOSS or not, to provide a more convenient private onboarding experience than #deltachat 1. Install app 2. "Create new profile" 3. Enter nick name, tap "Agree and continue" 4. Tap "+" and "new contact" and […] [Original post on chaos.social]

Hmm...one thing I am missing on this #sharkey account, from my old #akkoma account, is the integration with #deepl translations. If it exists I can't find it. As I have friends who post in all kinds of languages it is sometimes nice to be able to quickly get a good translation of a post if I […]

Right. Migrating my old fediverse account (@[email protected]) to this account both went smoother and faster than I had expected. I realised what was only a realisation for this morning, then turning in to a vague plan, I also needed to initiate sooner rather than later, so the old server can […]

Textbeskrivning av datormus på Amazon.se: "Batterikrav: 2 x AA-batterier (ingår i leveransen) – utrustad med bakljus." Hmm...deras AI översättningar är nog inte riktigt "där" än. Eller bakljus en förmåga hos datormöss som jag missat?

Måndags Tacos. #vardagsrebell

A Canadian House of Commons commitee has released a report detailing how Canada can strengthen its support for Taiwan https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2024/12/18/2003828681 #Taiwan #台灣 #Canada