In which, on the occasion of my 3-year migration anniversary and the release of Mastodon 4.5, I assemble all my arguments as to why Mastodon is great and why anyone else on a service that’s becoming less fun/safe/useful should migrate to Mastodon and do it now, in late 2025 […]

Hey #cosocialca - I'll host a TechOps gathering tomorrow evening. Anyone who can make it is welcome to attend to discuss: - Our #elbowsup plans to move to Canadian (or not-US) hosting - Mastodon 4.5 upgrade planning - Future plans - Etc. Details here: https://luma.com/idn9g2b9 […]

👏👏😄 perfect https://theonion.com/not-sure-how-they-deal-with-criminals-in-your-town-but-round-here-we-use-a-restorative-justice-process/

On this Remembrance Day, let us bow our heads thinking of, along with those who died in yesterday’s wars, the ones who will die today in today’s wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts#Major_wars_(10,000_or_more_combat-related_deaths_in_current_or_previous_year)

So angry about another country’s senators…. I am frequently irritated with our senators, as well, but typically because they are corrupt, expensive and pointless - not consequential.

Rock vs cactus

Want to help identify Nazis (“white Nationalists”) in Canada? Of course you do! Check out the link to antihate.ca! This summer there was a conference in Vancouver that had people come from all over the Canada and elsewhere to talk about being hateful, horrible, human beings. Help the Anit Hate […]

Meg didn’t attend her induction ceremony, which is on brand I guess. https://rockhall.com/inductees/white-stripes/

Excellent collection of sci-fi novels in this bundle! https://www.humblebundle.com/books/modern-scifi-classics-charles-soule-joseph-fink-hugh-howey-and-neal-stephenson-harpercollins-books

Snow. Fuck.

Great conversation between Jesse Brown of Canadaland and @pluralistic about Canada’s moment in the #enshittocene and what we might do about it. #cdnpoli #elbowsup https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/1256-how-to-unshttify-canada-with-cory-doctorow/

Whoooboy that gets the blood flowing. Digital Ocean DB just completely crapped out while I was taking a backup, and for a moment appeared to be quite badly screwed up before (thankfully) fixing itself. #mastoadmin #cosocialtechops

In a few hours, I'll be giving the keynote intro at SeaGL, "Free the Social Web". If you're not in Seattle, you can attend remotely: https://seagl.org/attend#attend-remotely

@404mediaco bringing the shade lol #uspol https://www.404media.co/nancy-pelosi-one-of-the-greatest-wall-street-investors-of-all-time-announces-retirement/

The former DoJ employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Trump’s law enforcement surge in DC has been found not guilty of assault. https://wtop.com/dc/2025/11/man-who-threw-sandwich-at-federal-agent-in-washington-is-found-not-guilty-of-assault-charge/

“Since 2009" is an ominous phrase that is popping up with alarming frequency. https://journa.host/@w7voa/115502886446543685

We’re happy to announce that Mastodon 4.5 is now ready for prime time! Quote posts, async fetching of replies, server timeline visibility settings, more moderation tools, and lots and lots of other tweaks and improvements. Announcement on our blog […]

Some days modern computing seems transformational and empowering, and some days it seems threatening. And then some days there’s an update to your weather app that includes mini-games and a bunch of songs about a weather app. @CARROT bringing the whimsy today.

🤯 Came for the Björk, enjoyed all of it a lot. Turn it up. https://kottke.org/25/11/berghain-by-rosalia-feat-bjork-yves-tumor

We still have a long way to go to defeat fascism in the United States, but tonight’s election results add to our energy and momentum in this great fight.

Now that’s how you write an obituary. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/dick-cheney-war-on-terror-executive-power/

@avi caught this one and it made me think of your boat: https://supercarblondie.com/solar-powered-explorer-yacht-helios-11/

I'm looking for a piece of software that will let a preschooler use a mouse or touchpad to pick up images of musical notes, plop them onto a musical staff, and play back the resulting row of tones. All the ones I've seen are too complicated. Any suggestions? #music #sheetmusic #software #toddler

getting ready to go out and vote for #zohranmamdani. can’t remember when was the last time i was this excited to vote. today #newyorkcity is making history. #gotv #nyc #newyork #antifa

The paper in question: https://www.canada.ca/en/government/system/digital-government/digital-government-innovations/cloud-services/digital-sovereignty/gc-white-paper-data-sovereignty-public-cloud.html https://social.vivaldi.net/@SnowyCA/115491469422343662

🗣Happy Dick Cheney is dead, to all who celebrate 🥳 https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/politics/dick-cheney-death-obit

Well I haven’t been this pleased to read an obituary since Kissinger’s.

It’s 5:37pm, it’s dark outside, and I am already ready for winter to be over.

Partly because so many formerly leftwing parties have turned to the right, there's a lot of confusion about what right and left mean in politics. I hope this helps: The right defends economic power. The left resists economic power.

Hey #cosocialca - Following the #cosocialagm last week, we've kicked off a couple of discussions that could use your input. First - We passed a resolution “To adopt strategic plan and activities” and we're soliciting feedback and participation from members on what we should prioritize. Please […]

"The Toronto Public Library is hosting a three-day book sale and items start at $1 The sale will have hundreds of fiction and non-fiction books available for purchase." Toronto Public Library hosting Christmas Book Sale […]

Hey Canadian data nerds! Anyone know of an open data source for flight delay/departure/arrival data for Canadian airports? #bots #airports #canada #data

Dreamt that the final play of the game was miscalled and overturned on challenge (I “saw” a replay that showed the out on 2nd didn’t happen because the ball was juggled when tagging the bag,) that the #bluejays had scored one run in the 11th, that they had been playing all night, and that the […]

Boo with the double play again.

So. Many. Pitchers. #worldseries #bluejays

Hey amateur radio peeps, I just published my lastest post on my journey to becoming an amateur radio operator. We’re halfway through the RAC course now, and we just finished the unit on antennas. I'm fascinated. https://dougnix.net/2025/10/31/step-by-step-class-8b #amateurradio #hamradio #rac […]

“Still, in the overplayed song stakes it doesn’t feel as fatigued as, say, Mr Brightside; that’s despite Bohemian Rhapsody having a 28-year head start in overfamiliarity on the Killers’ indie disco staple.” There is something about this classic - whenever it comes on, I’ll turn it up. By […]

20 minutes to first pitch and we have had 3 trick-or-treaters in total. The weather is nasty tonight.

IFTAS Connect is being decommissioned today 😢 I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who participated, contributed resources, and helped build a shared understanding of moderation and safety in federated systems. I am still full-time, IFTAS isn't […] [Original post on mastodon.iftas.org]

Hey CoSocialists, we had our AGM yesterday and while there’ll be a blog post coming, now is the time for members to cast a vote on priorities and activities. https://cosocial.ca/@coop/115469528965103864 Survey is at https://members.cosocial.ca/t/poll-2025-2027-strategic-plan-and-activities/713

😂 https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-greets-trick-or-treaters-with-big-bowl-of-ape-glands/

Happy birthday to Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys, who put his birthday in some song lyrics so I will never forget them

A halloween cartoon for @newscientist.com

“Countries that slide from democracy toward autocracy tend to follow similar patterns. To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering […]

So he’s just the “Andrew formerly known as Prince” now?

Extra-thick eyelids that keep out any light and ear-flaps that can close… https://mastodon.social/@fesshole/115464025297154401

#cosocialca #cosocialagm who else is wearing a costume for the AGM?

The first release candidate for Mastodon 4.5 is ready for testing! We expect to release the final version early next week, but please test it out and provide feedback! Full release notes and update instructions are available on our GitHub release page […]

“Last night I had a very strange experience: About two thirds of the way through reading a Web page about myself, Tim Bray, I succumbed to boredom and killed the tab. Thus my introduction to Grokipedia. Here are early impressions.” https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/10/28/Grokipedia