Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

Need a fancy name to use instead of #selfhosting? I got something for ya ;)

Introducing #SPI — the Sovereign Private Infrastructure. Sounds a lot more sophisticated :) (Yes, I work in marketing, I admit :)

And yes, the S could also be Self-managed or Self-owned if you want to avoid Sovereign. I however think it is time to take language back from the extremists. Best way is to confuse them. Divide et impera, as true Federati should do :)

New lupus treatment could end need for lifelong medication
Doctors are hailing a groundbreaking new treatment for lupus that genetically modifies a patient’s cells to fight the autoimmune disease and could end the need for lifelong medication. About 5 million people worldwide are thought to have the condition, which mostly affects women. "“If this works, it’s life-changing. Until now, there’s never been anything for lupus that is a possible cure." https://buff.ly/4eOFlZ8
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If anyone happens to know the street photographer in Exeter who just caught me being attacked by pigeons, please: I *need* a copy of that. Thank you!

#Exeter

You start a new international train service on 15 December. When do you announce it and start ticket sales?

and think 3 December is acceptable

when i first coded my blog i was like, should i have comments? and instead i decided to make a static site without analytics or javascript because the only comment i really want is "i believe in us, comrade"

@beeps Absolutely, and segmenting up the intersection risks escalating from the already not-great implication that neopronouns are a combination of he/she/they to implying that particular neopronouns align more strongly with particular "standard" pronouns - which is something we probably shouldn't assume.

Maybe the user setting the pronoun could decide where on the intersection is highlighted, with perhaps an option of choosing a point outside of the rings entirely.

But at a certain point it begins to stretch the constraints and utility of the iconography.

@beeps Neat idea, I'm not sure that I love that the neopronouns are a clear afterthought all bunched together in one category - but nice to have interactive iconography for pronouns otherwise.

Somehow I hadn't (knowingly) seen the pronoun icon before now, but somehow I've seen it multiple times today.
https://pronouns.design/

That's sorta neat.

Let's start the week with something lighter: lessons from the world of bug nerds and their forums, on how to be better actors in our communities in hard times. Happy Monday, critters near and far!

#Insects #Nature #Activism #Humanism #BetterWorldsTheory
https://open.substack.com/pub/mlclark/p/this-little-bug-of-mine?r=1ii76&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#foxesInLove #comic

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Nu ben ik echt al tijden volwassen maar ik heb nog steeds geen glijbaan in huis.

I think there ought to be significantly more memes utilizing this image, it's so good 🏴‍☠️

Firehose access on Bluesky gets shut off for Bridgy Fed for a while https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discussions/3094 https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1520#issuecomment-2492534380

Not malicious, but what's notable here is that Bridgy Fed was unable to work w/ Bluesky during this period. I think @mcc is right that it's a reminder this is a result of centralization https://mastodon.social/@mcc/113541216191108214

My train which normally ends in Utrecht wil continue to Groningen Europapark, but the middle trainset will end in Zwolle. I don't believe that