Looking for a decent VPS provider, preferably based in Australia. Any recommendations?

@pluralistic I thought this from Mark Carney's speech particularly resonated with your work: You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.

For #FensterFreitag, here's one of the windows of the new State Library station entrance, as seen from within. The artwork, Forever, by Danie Mellor features historical photographic portraits of Wurundjeri women. More here […] [Original post on aus.social]

Irrespective of the MANY ethical concerns, free wifi on international flights via Starlink is kinda cool…

@larsklint ‘s farm in country Victoria was hit by the recent bushfires. There’s a Gofundme to help him and the family get back on their feet: https://gofund.me/e40fc8d09

Petition to restore funding to Writer’s Victoria: https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/petitions/restore-funding-for-writers-victoria/ #books #writing @writersvictoria

Currently watching Hellbound - properly dark stuff. They really know how to turn it in on South Korea

Wow. Happy birthday to me…

Saving this screenshot from Threads as a new reaction image

A gloriously sunny day to visit Carcassonne and the castle. Although, it is only 1 degree and feels like -5 🥶

This latest from @pluralistic is extremely good and worth the watch (or listen to the audio) https://archive.org/details/doctorow-39c3

Which #mastodon client for iOS are people using these days?

Now THAT’S a lift 😎

About to cross the sea from Sicily to Malta, in a set which was made in Tasmania 😊

Travelling to Sicily, and soon to cross the strait on the train ferry. It’s a bit difficult to see, but zoom in on the right, and that bump in the sea is actually Stromboli

Any Plex users here? I have a weird situation where I have remote access fully set up, and I’m not going through the hosted relay. My network has 200Mbps up, and the network where I am has 70Mbps down. And yet, trying to stream anything over 300Kbps results in constant buffering. Even trying to […]

Managed to get a half decent pic at today’s General Audience. Picking the tickets up from the Swiss Guard was rather cool, even for this old atheist

Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/capita... #smbc

It hurts because it’s true

Good morning from somewhere in the South Australian outback, travelling aboard the Indian Pacific train. Beautiful sunrise out there. #train #trains #australia #sunrise

I had a chat to my 14 year old about the upcoming social media ban. Turns out she and her friends are just planning to fall back to iMessage and SMS. I feel rather proud. Going to set her group of friends up with Morse code machines and ham radios

Always good to listen to AC Grayling - https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/philosopher-ac-grayling-makes-peace-in-the-culture-wars/105871584

Very much enjoying the keynote on AI and software development by @ghuntley #dddadelaide

Waiting for things to get underway at DDD Adelaide

Has anyone else noticed that now that Google is relying more and more on AI-generated results, the original, non-AI search is starting to get worse?

Now free for all to read... Earlier this year I took an epic train trek, covering the entire distance from London to Istanbul by rail. Here are the four sleeper trains I took along the way: #train #trains #europe https://www.patreon.com/posts/four-night-133632552

Bring back Matthew Guy. He had the best name for an NPC #vicpol

Yet again, the biggest problem with being a dog owner is other dog owners

If you're looking for a series of cosy murder mysteries which you can binge, I can highly recommend the Lady Hardcastle Mysteries by T.E. Kinsey. Total literary comfort food https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/lady-hardcastle/

Ah Black Friday. Where random vendors kindly email me to remind me to unsubscribe to all their marketing.

People who use Duolingo - Have you ever found yourself in a Friend Quest with someone you don’t know? It happened recently to me - I never got notified, the other profile isn’t in my list of following/followers, and I had no way of checking who they were

A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF! Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!

For anyone who has attended AusCert - is it a good conference? I've never been to one, but have my eye on registrations for next year #cybersecurity #auscert

Have finally realised that LinkedIn is the platform where people who are bad at bragging go to brag. Badly.

Looking at setting up a self-hosted Git server on my home network (not publicly accessible at this stage) and am considering Gitea (https://about.gitea.com/products/gitea/). Has anyone used this? Any thoughts? #homelab #selfhost

Big W has the LEGO Trevi Fountain for sale at a really good price. About $70 less than the official LEGO online store #lego

Have been bingeing the Slasher series. The protagonists have been written in such a way that you often find yourself cheering on the killer

hi fedi, looking for lawyer recommendations i build safety/accessibility tools and honestly should probably talk to someone who knows digital rights law. need guidance on doing this work across different places (US/EU/Australia). any recommendations? boosts appreciated

Lol, I swear I don't go a day now without someone mentioning #enshittification or @pluralistic

There is a LOT of this kind of stuff in Italy, apparently

Hopefully the next one talks about finding his medication

I feel like that robot vac has become progressively dumber over the past month or two

The view from my favourite breakfast spot

What even is this??

Now free for all to read... In Istanbul I joined an extravagant 5.5 hour walking tour which began on the European side of the city, in the neighbourhood of Eminönü, and continued over the Bosphorus to Kadikoy. Every type of Turkish food was on the itinerary, and it was delicious: #turkey […]

Nintendo Switch 2 - Is it worth buying? I’ve been incredibly impressed with the original Switch, and my kids love it too. Wondering whether to take the plunge on the next version #gaming

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