@samvarma@fosstodon.org2026-08-07 15:32:41
Ok so bringing a headphone amp, all set up, when checking out new guitars is pretty genius tbh. @… https://mas.to/@baronvonj/117052433600456688
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng2026-08-02 15:30:26
Reinhold Messner's moving message about the recent death of Nirmal Purja and ten others:
What matters is being there while that person is still alive. Listening, especially in difficult times. Staying present when someone feels lost. Sometimes the greatest gift is simply to let them speak and to be heard.
I know what it feels like to leave someone you love behind in the mountains. A pain so profound it takes your breath away.
And yet l also know that, for some, …
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-05 02:34:01
Citizenship shall apply automatically at birth
unless someone loud and male on any number of primetime cable news shows feels skin color makes them uncomfortable.
This is not hypocrisy.
Hypocrisy requires a fixed standard. Please keep up. We have moved beyond that.
This, too, is the genius of conservative legal reasoning:
It can stand athwart history yelling breathlessly about original meaning,
then sprint blindly toward the nearest convenient exception
@scott@carfree.city2026-07-04 21:02:51
The Mission voted against giving the SFPD drones by 20 points.
Now SFPD is flying more drones here than any other neighborhood.
This is an occupation.
Sources: https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/san-francisco-drones-22325281.php
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-08-04 13:39:22
Barrett Pall shows some problems we have with content theft and influence campaigns: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbmRIg2qknY/
Part of why non-centralized social media matter. Platforms owned by single-owners (like meta’s [facebook, instagram, threads, whatsapp, etc.], tiktok, twitter, etc.…
@grumpybozo@toad.social2026-08-02 16:02:22
AeS has better policy positions, HS has a solid legislative record. They BOTH have style issues. This is why I was for McMorrow (good policy & legislative chops) but that was not to be.
The fact that there’s such a breadth of Fash trying to stop AeS is telling. They don’t want him compared to Mike Rogers, the most boring establishment candidate alive.
HS’s style — careful, wooden, scripted, centrist — makes her a shit opponent for Rogers. @…
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-09-01 12:13:33
Oh, great. Just looked at Hetzner’s new pricing for VPS servers:
CPX22 (dedicated vCPU): €7.99 − €19.49 ( 143.8%)
So that’s fun. I guess one way to ensure the Small Web doesn’t happen is to make it prohibitively expensive for people to have their own servers.
(Before anyone mentions it, prices of single-board computers are also increasing and shipping hardware is an even bigger challenge.)
If anyone knows cheaper EU-based hosts, please leave a comment.
It’s so m…
@grumpybozo@toad.social2026-09-04 03:15:07
The content of the article is interesting as well. Using a sponge that oxidizes NH4 to NO3 , filters metals, and hosts a diverse microbiome @… https:…
@grumpybozo@toad.social2026-09-03 22:30:49
This was part of my frustration with working in policy enforcement, a.k.a. Abuse Desk. No one bothers to report abuse. That’s a 2-nines “no one.”
The worst embedded autoplaying horse porn email spammers generate at most single-digit-percentage abuse reports. I’m sure social media is much worse, because people have acclimatized themselves to social media being full of garbage that no one will stop.
#Sysadminnery
@grumpybozo@toad.social2026-06-30 16:44:53
