Scott Sweeny
@ssweeny.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Software engineer from #Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Opinions are my own, not those of my spouse, employer, child, or pets. In fact there are few areas in which we agree […]
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When he sees where we ended up as a country...
February 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM
When he sees where we ended up as a country...
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I was thinking about how strange it is that the cupboard in a bathroom is called a "vanity unit", and then I got to thinking, what if all your furniture was named after the seven deadly sins?
* Bathroom cupboard = vanity unit
* Paid-work office = avarice unit
* Computer gaming station = anger […]
* Bathroom cupboard = vanity unit
* Paid-work office = avarice unit
* Computer gaming station = anger […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I was thinking about how strange it is that the cupboard in a bathroom is called a "vanity unit", and then I got to thinking, what if all your furniture was named after the seven deadly sins?
* Bathroom cupboard = vanity unit
* Paid-work office = avarice unit
* Computer gaming station = anger […]
* Bathroom cupboard = vanity unit
* Paid-work office = avarice unit
* Computer gaming station = anger […]
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Here's your #boardgame #forecast for tomorrow. Hat tip to @steggy for the inspiration.
#boardgames #gamenight #snowstorm
#boardgames #gamenight #snowstorm
January 25, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Here's your #boardgame #forecast for tomorrow. Hat tip to @steggy for the inspiration.
#boardgames #gamenight #snowstorm
#boardgames #gamenight #snowstorm
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just learned that Al Sweigart makes all of his Python books (Automate The Boring Stuff with Python etc) available on his site for free https://inventwithpython.com/
i haven't read them but I've heard good things and I'm always curious about free resources I can recommend to beginners
i haven't read them but I've heard good things and I'm always curious about free resources I can recommend to beginners
Learn to program. For free.
A Page in : Learn to program. For free.
inventwithpython.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:51 PM
just learned that Al Sweigart makes all of his Python books (Automate The Boring Stuff with Python etc) available on his site for free https://inventwithpython.com/
i haven't read them but I've heard good things and I'm always curious about free resources I can recommend to beginners
i haven't read them but I've heard good things and I'm always curious about free resources I can recommend to beginners
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If someone tells you that your content is unwelcome, block them so they don't have to see your content again.
January 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM
If someone tells you that your content is unwelcome, block them so they don't have to see your content again.
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One thing that's tough for people who just join the Fediverse, like most of the folks on #theforkiverse , is that there are self-appointed experts who reply to their public posts saying that "the Fediverse" doesn't like that kind of content.
This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us […]
This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
January 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM
One thing that's tough for people who just join the Fediverse, like most of the folks on #theforkiverse , is that there are self-appointed experts who reply to their public posts saying that "the Fediverse" doesn't like that kind of content.
This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us […]
This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us […]
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The Onion takes on the closure of the #pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://theonion.com/one-of-nations-oldest-newspapers-shutters-after-almost-240-years/
https://theonion.com/one-of-nations-oldest-newspapers-shutters-after-almost-240-years/
theonion.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The Onion takes on the closure of the #pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://theonion.com/one-of-nations-oldest-newspapers-shutters-after-almost-240-years/
https://theonion.com/one-of-nations-oldest-newspapers-shutters-after-almost-240-years/
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I'm watching people in my feed screaming at each other over Firefox's "AI kill switch" this morning with some trepidation.
As far as I'm concerned, Firefox already has an AI kill switch. It's called `browser.ml.chat.enabled`, I set it to `false` more or less the day it appeared, it hasn't […]
As far as I'm concerned, Firefox already has an AI kill switch. It's called `browser.ml.chat.enabled`, I set it to `false` more or less the day it appeared, it hasn't […]
Original post on social.treehouse.systems
social.treehouse.systems
January 7, 2026 at 10:55 AM
I'm watching people in my feed screaming at each other over Firefox's "AI kill switch" this morning with some trepidation.
As far as I'm concerned, Firefox already has an AI kill switch. It's called `browser.ml.chat.enabled`, I set it to `false` more or less the day it appeared, it hasn't […]
As far as I'm concerned, Firefox already has an AI kill switch. It's called `browser.ml.chat.enabled`, I set it to `false` more or less the day it appeared, it hasn't […]
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My favorite thing on Bluesky is a labeler made by the Social Technologies Lab at Cornell Tech.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oubsyca6hhgqhmbbk27lvs7c
It surfaces metadata on posts. Most useful to me is "This person posted more than 50 times yesterday."
It […]
[Original post on friend.camp]
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oubsyca6hhgqhmbbk27lvs7c
It surfaces metadata on posts. Most useful to me is "This person posted more than 50 times yesterday."
It […]
[Original post on friend.camp]
January 6, 2026 at 6:34 PM
My favorite thing on Bluesky is a labeler made by the Social Technologies Lab at Cornell Tech.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oubsyca6hhgqhmbbk27lvs7c
It surfaces metadata on posts. Most useful to me is "This person posted more than 50 times yesterday."
It […]
[Original post on friend.camp]
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oubsyca6hhgqhmbbk27lvs7c
It surfaces metadata on posts. Most useful to me is "This person posted more than 50 times yesterday."
It […]
[Original post on friend.camp]
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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/115848969233248224
And if you're not sure where or how: https://getblogging.org/
And if you're not sure where or how: https://getblogging.org/
hachyderm.io
January 6, 2026 at 5:59 PM
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/115848969233248224
And if you're not sure where or how: https://getblogging.org/
And if you're not sure where or how: https://getblogging.org/
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**$** `ffmpeg -ac 1`
January 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
**$** `ffmpeg -ac 1`
I really need to find a way to mute all the CES nonsense here and in my RSS reader, but just let through the round-ups at the end.
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I really need to find a way to mute all the CES nonsense here and in my RSS reader, but just let through the round-ups at the end.
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The two hardest problems in Computer Science are:
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The two hardest problems in Computer Science are:
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
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Hey, friends. It's evening time in North America. Whatever you do tonight, please don't drink and drive. And stay off the road if you can. You're important and the Fediverse needs you safe.
December 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Hey, friends. It's evening time in North America. Whatever you do tonight, please don't drink and drive. And stay off the road if you can. You're important and the Fediverse needs you safe.
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I never knew it was called the “Moylan arrow.” But now that I know, I will call it that. It’s such a super simple, yet super valuable innovation.
https://www.jalopnik.com/2061179/inventor-little-arrow-what-side-fuel-filler-is-on-dies/
https://www.jalopnik.com/2061179/inventor-little-arrow-what-side-fuel-filler-is-on-dies/
The Inventor Of The Little Arrow That Tells You What Side The Fuel Filler Is On Has Died
The idea came to Moylan on a rainy day in April 1986 when he hopped in one of Ford's employee fleet cars to drive to a meeting at another building.
www.jalopnik.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I never knew it was called the “Moylan arrow.” But now that I know, I will call it that. It’s such a super simple, yet super valuable innovation.
https://www.jalopnik.com/2061179/inventor-little-arrow-what-side-fuel-filler-is-on-dies/
https://www.jalopnik.com/2061179/inventor-little-arrow-what-side-fuel-filler-is-on-dies/
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Construction accident today. Nobody hurt, thank God.
December 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Construction accident today. Nobody hurt, thank God.
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"Let us be the repository of your passkeys" and "We may terminate your account at any time and permanently refuse to communicate with you" ... seems like a bad combination?
December 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Let us be the repository of your passkeys" and "We may terminate your account at any time and permanently refuse to communicate with you" ... seems like a bad combination?
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Are you a megalodon or a megalodoff
December 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Are you a megalodon or a megalodoff
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"The question isn’t whether the current AI investment cycle will face a reckoning. It’s what form that reckoning takes — and what comes after." #ai https://werd.io/what-happens-after-the-hype-lessons-from-mobile-internets-long-road-to-success/
December 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"The question isn’t whether the current AI investment cycle will face a reckoning. It’s what form that reckoning takes — and what comes after." #ai https://werd.io/what-happens-after-the-hype-lessons-from-mobile-internets-long-road-to-success/
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If you won't listen to me, listen to him.
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
If you won't listen to me, listen to him.
Sitting at OTB in the South Side and just watched two of the loudest, drunkest dudes become BFFs in real time.
Warms my cold, dark heart.
#pittsburgh
Warms my cold, dark heart.
#pittsburgh
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Sitting at OTB in the South Side and just watched two of the loudest, drunkest dudes become BFFs in real time.
Warms my cold, dark heart.
#pittsburgh
Warms my cold, dark heart.
#pittsburgh
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I have made a Blog Post about my recent relationship with the internet, Technology, and how I think I want to use it going forward.
#blog #writeas #WriteFreely #doomscrolling #forums #oldweb #rss
https://write.as/rambles-well-written/reevaluating-my-relationship-with-the-internet
#blog #writeas #WriteFreely #doomscrolling #forums #oldweb #rss
https://write.as/rambles-well-written/reevaluating-my-relationship-with-the-internet
Reevaluating My Relationship with The Internet
(AKA I need to to stop doom scrolling)
> WARNING: I get a little vulnerable here in the beginning here. You have been warned.
I’m sure I’ve said something to this effect in the past, even on this very blog. But I think its time I start to re-evalutate my relationship with Tech and the Internet.
2025 has been rough for a few reasons. I can just gesture at “The Horrors” that’s been making me more anxious for months now, when hurt my back by, no joke, coughing funny, and then coughing too hard that hurt it again, fighting with my allergies, and work being… work.
During the summer and most of fall, I got super depressed there for a while. and during that time I was doing a lot of doomscrolling. At home, in public, and in worse in bed! This was especially bad on Youtube Shorts and on Bluesky. With YT Shorts I was mindlessly scrolling through videos for that dopamine hit, and Bluesky I was basically reposting ever anxiety that I was having.
[...]
write.as
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I have made a Blog Post about my recent relationship with the internet, Technology, and how I think I want to use it going forward.
#blog #writeas #WriteFreely #doomscrolling #forums #oldweb #rss
https://write.as/rambles-well-written/reevaluating-my-relationship-with-the-internet
#blog #writeas #WriteFreely #doomscrolling #forums #oldweb #rss
https://write.as/rambles-well-written/reevaluating-my-relationship-with-the-internet
I see that recent news plus the date is leading to some especially stupid discourse today so I think it's time to take a mental health day from the Internet. See yinz tomorrow.
September 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I see that recent news plus the date is leading to some especially stupid discourse today so I think it's time to take a mental health day from the Internet. See yinz tomorrow.