while researching the rubygems takeover situation, I ended up on the blog of someone who insists on using AI header images, and now instead of engaging with the actual post I’m stuck on “why is there a puppy on the table? WHY do the evil corporate overlords holding a sinister meeting have a […]

For today's journey of mine to Aberystwyth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 from my home in Ilfracombe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, I thought it would be fun to do a #crossborderrail travelogue in the style of @[email protected]. After all, the route does involve three border crossings - albeit just weaving back and forth between a kingdom […]

I’m not a fan of doing this but it is for a good cause.

Hi, as you might know blahaj.social :blahaj: is a small vulunteer ran incomeless part of the fediverse :blobhaj_hearthug:
We built it several years ago with recycled servers and network equipment.

Our […]

[Original post on blahaj.social]

@webmink I think it's also worth noting that the Bluesky-Fediverse bridge will only copy fully-public messages. This means that if one makes an 'unlisted' reply on the Fediverse to a post originally made on Bluesky (which would usually be the polite thing to do on the Fediverse), that response […]

#accordion restoration log ~~stardate~~ 15th of September, 2025. Here's a recording of my Laguna piano accordion in its current, pre-restored state; I have not opened it up yet.

First, I go through each of the 31 treble keys twice from lowest to highest, first expanding the bellows and then […]

My #accordion has arrived! It looks great, and apart from a couple of chips on the corners of its laminate covering it's in good condition. I've given it a clean and the white keys are already gleaming. The bellows only have a couple of small holes […]

[Original post on social.seabass.systems]

Only 24 hours after asking, I now have a likely candidate for my ancestor's birthplace (Mengeringhausen in Hessen) and lots of resources to follow up on!

Thank you so much, @PostcardsFromParadise, @ForgottenHero, @jonasm, @JonasJRichter, @Isaim, @jze and everyone who boosted or otherwise shared […]

Calling #genealogy and cursive #handwriting experts for help identifying a place name from one small section of a Victorian-era English census record! I know that one of my ancestors came from Aachen, and married a German man who probably also came […]

[Original post on social.seabass.systems]

Is it possible to make a post on the Fediverse which:

* is publicly viewable to all,

* doesn't _necessarily_ get delivered to my followers' timelines, and

* is delivered to everyone following a particular hashtag?

I have lots of interests and would like to toot more about them […]

On the tram to #froscon! See you soon!

@smolrobots I just broke one of my case's wheels clean off whilst trying to drag it over a tram line :( I think there may be demand for a 'luggagebot' that lifts your cases over small obstructions like rails, kerbs and cobblestones!

The UK's national drought group is falling ridiculously short when recommending to delete old emails. How about

- stop building any new data centers, progressively tax on their size and resource consumption, no free riding

- legislatively focus on software to become more resource efficient […]

[Public transport rant]

I'm going to Sheffield, and on the surface it seems like it has everything a public transport enthusiast might want... Trains! Trams! Buses! They have a concessionary scheme where anyone under a certain age can get 15% off tickets. A reloadable smartcard costs £1 on top […]

Today's article by Cory Doctorow on the @pluralistic blog covers how airlines and other companies steal your personal information so that they can have an unfair advantage over you:

Delta's AI-based price-gouging

Mastodon thread: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114943661996357201

I wonder if we […]

Be careful with granting Jitsi instances unconditional microphone/camera access!

> If the user visited any other Jitsi meeting before and allowed it to access the mic and camera, the attacker meeting will run in the background without any user interaction.

Source article by 'Zimzi' (sorry […]