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the federation tester thing is kinda odd in general, I made it super quickly ages ago and it's just a slightly more approachable abstraction over the json report from the api that someone else already made

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the federationtester.matrix.org/ frontend is probably still the most used piece of software I've ever made, but GoToSocial actually has tons of self-hosted versions everywhere now, and it always catches me off-guard like "i made that"

People love the idea that masks don't work against COVID because they'd rather live in a world where there's no way to prevent COVID than live in a world where there is a way to prevent COVID that they personally don't wanna do.

really looking forward to seeing Gyrofield live music.youtube.com/watch?v=qI-w

she also has an album called 'Evangelion for Beginners'

this cute cat's name is "how to build a pipe bomb", look it up

especially when it's like, "im selling this because i bought an even more expensive lens" lol

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im consistently surprised by how terrible people are at taking photos of their camera lenses for second hand listings... like... you're a photographer... this is like, your thing

I can't stop thinking about the statement "I don't dream of owning a house" when it comes to housing justice and housing futures. It's also not fair to assume that everyone's dream is to own a house. A future where everyone owns a house is completely unsustainable. I've been thinking about how to apply this rhetoric to other scenarios and what potential alternatives that center QTBIPOC voices. It has me thinking about other types of futurism where what we're told supposed to want is not what I want at all. Like, "I don't dream of AI servants".

re: covid ++ 

second completely negative test, i'm freeeeee

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the obama post lives rent free in my head since 2018

Ima get my dick sucked clean off my body this weekend Hell no im not registered to vote

the first commit to the LICENSE file for GoToSocial was on 28 Feb 2021 -- that means GoToSocial turned two years old last week 🎆 :gtspat:

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@hazelnot Necrocomputing is like the evil little brother of retrocomputing; where it is no longer just about personally enjoying old or nostalgic stuff, but about actually claiming that it is superior to anything newer, that it could not possibly be improved upon, and that we should all go back to whatever the old thing is.

There's generally (at least) a significant amount of ableism and classism involved in the rationale, such as declaring modern accessibility features to be 'bloat'.

rant, tech politics 

My problem with the software development community is that it's like 95% people who will do whatever a tech company with slick marketing says is right, and 5% people who rebel against the status quo but for the wrong reasons so they never get anything done.

Why is it so difficult to find people who actually approach tech intersectionally?

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