Wow, a lot of replies from unbridged Bluesky accounts. Bridge up so we can talk, friends! https://fed.brid.gy/

What do we think about Librewolf? #browser

I just want to say thank you to all the server admins and Fediverse users who have enabled #tagspub sharing. Everyday I'm seeing more and more interesting posts coming through the service, and it's because people like you are knitting the Fediverse network more tightly together.

Most middle aged injury ever: I hurt my back KNITTING. I used to mosh, man. #meirl #middleage #genx

RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116516314478736182 Yes!! This is what I have been wanting! Brilliant. So glad. Going to spam everyone with this all the time. Well done. #fediverse #socialmedia

Montreal is going to be noisy tonight... Lots of hootin' and hollering already. #gohabs #hockey #montreal

BUT! #gohabs

Never have I paid so much attention to the weather in Miami. #f1

A #moviespub demo. This is an #activitypubapi client that loads my inbox and shows all movie-viewing activities. I can also do type-ahead search for movie names, and add a View Video activity for it. This all uses the movies.pub ActivityPub objects. Fun stuff at #wmhack2026 .

I want a podcast that's just two calm, reasonable adults speaking in low voices somewhere in the distance so I can fall asleep like a kid in the backseat of the car.

#canadastrong should invest in Canadian social network companies.

Just listened to bilingual land acknowledgment at the start of a Heated Rivalry burlesque show. #canadianheritageminute #heatedrivalry

TIL. I was very confused by some memes. "Throughout "It's Gonna Be Me", Justin Timberlake pronounces the word "me" such that it sounds more like "May," particularly at the conclusion of the song. A Tumblr user first posted an image of Timberlake with the words "It's Gonna Be May" captioned […]

Personal first: I'm listening to a hockey game (via internet radio). It's so interesting seeing all this very off-brand stuff I've gotten into over the last few years. #hockey #meirl #gohabs

People who use AI less than me are Luddites. People who use AI more than me are vibe-coding slopmeisters.

My former org is hiring a full-stack developer. Hopefully an interesting role! They hire worldwide. https://noteforms.com/forms/ai-native-software-engineer-job-application-hcdpcu

First time I've seen this shortening (from 'low key' meaning sort of / don't want make a big deal of it - but also increasingly meaning "but actually very much"): "[His] thing was lowk being a good [at it] and you're telling him he missed doing something and failed..." I did a quick google to […]

I added my first PR to Mastodon today! https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/38809 It's to add a notifications policy to filter notifications from bots; it's one of the big requests I've had for tags.pub. It turns out Mastodon has a really complete framework for filtering notifications, as […]

"Gas prices ain’t nothing to a carless walkcel like me" The "-cel" suffix is really gaining traction. Going to make for interesting etymological path. PIE Roots: Uncertain, but likely from *kaiwelo- (alone) + lib(h)s- (living), implying "living alone". Latin Root: Caelebs (unmarried, single) […]

#gohabs #fucktrump #freepalestine

"absolutely stunting on everyone who wants to ..." #languagechange #slang

https://cultmtl.com/2026/04/the-time-has-come-to-ban-twitter-in-canada/ #canada #socialmedia

I know I talk a lot of shit about it, but turning things off and on again does fix a remarkable number of issues. #techsupport #protip

I'd come across a handful of these overly literal meme captions in the last week on Insta but only just now clocked that they are AI generated joke explainers! Duh, also ugh. #instagram #aislop #memes #sigh

Today I bring to you "cornplating" I made a few guesses before looking it up - mostly around "complaining" - but, no, it's origin story is actually just someone pointing out a plate of corn. It now means continuing to comment even after running out of useful observations […]

The trick trick is that I need to stay up until it's a reasonable time for a grown up to go to sleep, but that also 100% correlates with it being too late for me to fall asleep. #meirl #sleep

Today I came across this monstrosity*: 'wagemaxxing goodbosscel' but I'm too tired to even really comment on it. *The -maxxing suffix is my least favorite neologism ever #languagechange #slang

I really liked Mark Carney's speech. #canada #cdnpoli #markcarney #sovereignty https://youtu.be/uk2TZwkhi4E

But we need government to do its part. This video was shared on American social media network YouTube. Why? We have video networks at home. We have the CBC. We have government Web sites. This is a post by our government, for our citizens. It should be hosted here.

I know it's easier to post on American social media services. But Canadians have been doing a lot of things that are harder just to support Canadian businesses and keep our dollars on this side of the border. Government can do things that are a little harder, too.

I saw "trained to filth" few days ago in reference to someone being very good at something and it really stuck with me. Apparently it is a new twist on "read to filth" which means to harshly criticize, possibly related to reading someone the riot act? #languagechange #slang

Starting a running list of new phrases and words that I come across and find interesting. Fist off: "nostalgia glazing" I love the new use of glazing and glaze! I always think of a sticky donut. #slang #languagechange

FR - Le Festival de BD de Montréal (FBDM) a dévoilé l'affiche officielle de l'événement ! Thématique : Vivante ! Artiste : Julie Rocheleau. EN - The Montreal Comic Arts Festival (MCAF) has unveiled the event's official poster! Theme: "Alive!" Artist […] [Original post on social.sciences.re]

We’re happy to share that Mastodon has been awarded a service agreement from the Sovereign Tech Fund @sovtechfund 🎉 This covers five major initiatives through 2026 and 2027. We are very grateful for this support. Read about the details in our blog post […]

"Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"" […]

One down! https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/12/hungary-election-latest-results-viktor-orban-peter-magyar-fidesz-tisza-russia-europe-live-news-updates

Interesting take on some of the recent Tumblr UX changes and resulting backlash & different models for funding collaborative platforms. https://www.tumblr.com/thealexandriaarchives/811373762528296960?source=share #tumblr #socialmedia #ao3

I’m not a conspiracy theorist or anything ,but this was certainly a choice of a day for DFAS to frantically email all retired reservists and ask us to update our addresses and contact info and tell our friends to, too. I’d rather not get my pension right now tbh.

My youngest kid (nonbinary, 18+, years of cafe experience at school cafe, catering certificate) is looking for a Brisbane #bne hospitality job, anyone know cafes with vacancies where Mx 18 might get #fedihired and not told they only hire MAGA-face Stepford Servers? (Their longterm goal is […]

What do we think about Bitchat? Just you know in case everything else falls apart? Asking for an apocalyptic friend. #socialmedia #prepper #bitchat

Taxonomy news. Is this the new "Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich"? (Cause we're all kinda sick of that one). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/04/breakfast-reset-will-marmalade-really-be-renamed-in-post-brexit-food-deal?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

I think if there's one thing I'd say to #activitypub developers, it's this: it seems like it's going to be easier to just parse Activity Streams 2.0 data as plain JSON, but it's not. You have to keep track of too many variations. Use a JSON-LD library instead. For JavaScript, try […]

April 1st should be a national holiday wherever people are doing pranks. It's too hard on my brain. #meirl

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/under-new-olympic-sex-testing-policy #olympics #transrightsarehumanrights #gender

[Misogyny] "One Ethiopian woman interviewed by CIR said “no platform feels safe”. The researchers found that while men are attacked online for ideas and opinions, women receive misogynistic abuse related to their appearance and role in society. Threats and intimidation also migrate offline […]

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@evan/116316072146009207 Great to see Canadian politicians on the fediverse!

RE: https://mstdn.social/@joeinwynnewood/116307110213060330 Solid recommendations.

"Every human being has a fundamental right to physical education, physical activity and sport without discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property or any other basis." #sportcharter […]

Χρόνια πολλά to every #evangelos and #evangelo on the social web today. #nameday #25mar