2026-08-03T11:36:33Z https://nostr.ae brennen https://nostr.ae/npub1lphtldz82gzgytxqmfk47fvjpg36rzra9aqzrhxau8tqcxr3ghvsjgw53g https://cdn.masto.host/federationp1k3com/accounts/avatars/000/000/001/original/e666934d7f1676c7.jpeg https://cdn.masto.host/federationp1k3com/accounts/avatars/000/000/001/original/e666934d7f1676c7.jpeg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8m8ae4lee2ugw0e4swvstmyclhwnmtwlu8x3k5rt4fsw6hmacxuczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajdww2jr i think it&#39;s fair to say that <a href="https://theonion.com/i-work-very-hard-and-i-would-like-to-try-cake/">https://theonion.com/i-work-very-hard-and-i-would-like-to-try-cake/</a> is at least tied with &#34;guy in philosophy class needs to shut the fuck up&#34; as far as onion articles go. the headline here isn&#39;t necessarily better, but as a whole artifact... 2026-06-10T00:57:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyqs9cd9a2wjr6ugmtmc8st7p9tay5hz5xcvjcfdjh3xqyy6l4vpczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajn5zuv0 have considered the allergy shot immunotherapy, but a) do not love needles, and b) do not love being tied to frequent clinic visits for a long stretch of time, and c) have heard mixed things about efficacy and cost/benefit from friends who have gone through the process.<br/><br/>the sublingual drop thing is more appealing for being able to dose at home without a jab, but... less effective and i&#39;m guessing more costly in the US? 2026-06-08T18:06:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrt86r4jwqatf49jkvy2wprc7e9pwfgap0j3e3jqkhza799578wnqzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajflcu0a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv98ne742m57nyszxscq8ygdyh8pjyle3kry2nq7qystfwfu24qhge7d6n2'>nevent1q…d6n2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>is this the fediverse on a floppy or floppies on the fediverse? 2026-05-31T03:04:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgkcumypakt3z6y65jsntyl793rmx84nhyl9p4thz7sqzdul65ldczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj93jzgh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvh9fv0lspryj37vhnvttmmwmnqhwalq88x6n8eav788rmvpc7qvgkxevqf'>nevent1q…evqf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>absolutely. thank you for the signal boost! 2026-05-12T20:10:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszt495u9e233650uy2gwprwmx8hmxk9x98jj2khgts8quw20danyszyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj49tpks some of you may be interested in expressing a little solidarity here:<br/><br/><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workers_United">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workers_United</a> 2026-05-12T17:28:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd0zetw5s3w2fe0g0h9q9arp9u372ccr0hemn9ujrd6j0299ljwdgzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajvvznf5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0uc50jqekzqu5jeeka42n9lrqrrh479sm8gw6srypq6jf6c6rt7cc4z39f'>nevent1q…z39f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and also because the thing they release continues to be good. 2026-04-23T15:06:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz8d7ny5epfp80c0v2s3t25puuqegm3q8fl4fgz2u0fph3mzz9yvgzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajsees3c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdqhty73ld8smnqrfw9m626txc4j5srvc0nctgnyftlmecjh3h47sekj4gc'>nevent1q…j4gc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is the right answer, probably, but i&#39;d also give strong consideration to the microsoft-branded arcade game collection released around then that included a really solid version of tempest. 2026-04-20T21:54:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswjmhys2lzv37m55fnrm738cchz8h9zjn26tcx70ufmhfegfm7rhgzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajp6wsn3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfmfd5lpkehe73mvlm56grylk2ez074lkxgvs9dg7exwrrlutycygwu0ata'>nevent1q…0ata</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>on my one week-long visit to iceland, a late-night bacon-wrapped hotdog after a concert was a) delicious, and b) caused me to spend the balance of my week exploring a range of icelandic restrooms.<br/><br/>i&#39;m not saying i wouldn&#39;t get the hotdog again, but i might be a little choosier about purveyors. 2026-04-15T17:56:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2a2vl9lumrsey9p6d5dya80ycs9yx8uvhcxhc04ewx79gxcs32yqzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajhnzrph In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdqpry0ypnx5nk6748g8yfp7ylfa4z4akp389xwhe9hjjmqnqfrsq2j7hye'>nevent1q…7hye</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this makes like time #4 i have helped this same friend move so i&#39;m used to the rigors of the process and almost came away unscathed except that at one point i lost my grip while hucking a bookshelf into the back of my pickup and *whang* right on the elbow 2026-03-17T18:16:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdqpry0ypnx5nk6748g8yfp7ylfa4z4akp389xwhe9hjjmqnqfrsqzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajh6s0z5 i helped a friend move last night and now my elbow hurts too much to use the mouse 2026-03-17T18:14:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0r06y90r5haa360nvjtrnha8qc55ev55ahwhyvgry4uh4unpcgzgzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajjvslg8 ok real quick before i go, should i show jason and the argonauts to small children or are the skeletons gonna be too intense 2026-03-14T05:26:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszaf72p06jwas80z93pmhx2k8p9q3zeeehh4nc4l4hzrq77qnjaqczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj2769cf anybody out there have current favorites for minimal php mvc-ish frameworks? mostly i&#39;m thinking of simple routing of stuff to controllers/actions, a little scaffolding for separating out views, that sort of thing.<br/><br/>(background: i know how to google, i used to maintain a bespoke one of these at work, i deploy mediawiki for a living. just haven&#39;t touched much php application code for a while and curious what people who&#39;re up to date think about the question these days.) 2026-03-06T21:01:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrv8lfnya9x2wcrjcwnd5qlgdzsj56lmx7usvug7mfp3296dfn7wczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj4v7fdd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfatg4c4zf2dhwm58g4jhxt6wljavr9unu6q2594waxqnffdjaqdcz9an2y'>nevent1q…an2y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i share all of your motivations, but i worry that we (as a broad community) have gotten locked into some disputes about doctrine and personalities and such while our work gets repurposed for very grim things indeed. 2026-03-05T03:59:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqlq8ycaawwpnxxjlp4zdrjnwvgejtu96rgn77g2rafgvp7sj9n2czyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajvegvm3 a small crowd of... maybe they&#39;re black-capped chickadees? has arrived in the yard. they&#39;re very active little guys. doing lots of circles around stuff. 2026-03-02T16:47:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswgsyl9js4a39ye4xaal2rvl7qw90ltnp5aphpvufu2flczs8zxeqzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajyf0c34 tell me something that is likely to decrease my blood pressure 2026-02-27T20:06:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgedxvl5r3v28gt63f85y33dwp59gltfadacr9n6spfuwg6eczqeszyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj4uafwk the fediverse is about 12% crying about other people&#39;s pets as a service by volume 2026-02-23T23:56:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgq3am5vja4sjfgpalyjvuenxx7mwnv07kdak0ehshfx04ev0x77czyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajy7dy0r long underwear wearers, the end of the legs goes: 2026-01-28T16:30:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2fvnjzyq57qd30q8yzazk85kv3h06v9rasm3z9hmkcgyumyj4quqzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajsr4ygr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvn6yr0h2kfq2xtvdekgl8c3rw7qaft492up3ttxr2s5ageqfslrg542xm4'>nevent1q…2xm4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah, i appreciate that sense of responsibility, and i&#39;m glad when this meta-space can offer good things. i&#39;m just kind of dwelling in place of deep pessimism about networks and platforms generally. (and i suppose about the energy and effects of media personality types in any given space.) 2026-01-13T20:02:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsztmt579r0tnwq832pmrf5wq6993nsa3tg0umnvralzkx6um46s4czyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajn99l62 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgdc4pywq023z6xg2fwhk3gsnx074023erx2ql4vqceg6j8khzkrqfkaqwn'>nevent1q…aqwn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i guess i&#39;m grateful for my clubhouse for nerds, but also think of public-by-default social media on the whole as such a doomed pattern that it seems like fedi&#39;s whole existence only works insofar as it&#39;s shielded by friction, relative unpopularity, and incomprehensibility from mainstream spaces. but i&#39;m also sort of at a point where it&#39;s harder and harder not to be sincere in thinking the entire goddamn internet should be destroyed post haste, so what do i know. 2026-01-13T19:13:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfw6trxxzgfwctx7jqvetnnp8den7qm2d3ul8qmyefp4c2us7gngszyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajvn4fup In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8yhpwv8ga8qjt7d73hj6pwrrvdvxjvt8qp0ms8n4256krrkp0a5gm2l2ln'>nevent1q…l2ln</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>as a counterpoint, maybe this is the fediverse&#39;s immune system protecting us from tech journalists 2026-01-13T19:03:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf48zjsy6gkgkkjtmjnkusjhym3435gt6g6kmmqtucjp8q3fdvvugzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajd9rnwz a couple of days ago i saw this enormous raven flying low over downtown with an entire slice of pizza in its beak 2026-01-10T07:11:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyyn637jh5vdtyxvkhg5yj20khvuwmgrug0k0glvsd6upaf9a8m3gzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj30nz99 you know how it used to be like &#34;if i wait a year or two, the technological artifact i need will have improved&#34;, and now it&#39;s like &#34;i&#39;d better get that technological artifact now, before they fuck it up any worse&#34; 2026-01-07T23:25:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspjtcywanrgyvkcz4e656tmyu57rzyvs93zcdrucsc34nvx05fzugzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajv63cnv anybody in the CO front range have experience with sewing machine repair shops hereabouts? i have acquired, by way of my parents&#39; obsession with online auctions, this 1940s singer featherweight i&#39;m going to give as a gift, and i think it could use a tuneup by someone who really knows what they&#39;re about. 2026-01-02T18:31:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvp35dkzdqdulg5ma72qhudnwr5k36nr2njq4sup3542exzed06uqzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajvzv89f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswvle7hdq8kzw0j6uvh4zk0jj5zyldq307w2g6xrpd4cp593mcwps4lrp66'>nevent1q…rp66</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>some great captures there. that last one in particular. 2025-12-16T14:32:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswk3khppqqgpprse425d9wd866n9kgpj3jvwjca8q9wj9upnu7dpczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj5gpz4x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfffqlqkpgz6278eg2cc5aru56ptcaapxn9whd72kphals7747euswjwhup'>nevent1q…whup</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(which i guess does at least accurately reflect how i use an em dash) 2025-12-03T16:20:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfffqlqkpgz6278eg2cc5aru56ptcaapxn9whd72kphals7747euszyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajsaep9y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstxjwwe68tae5c898rj2zmpc6m5tqk75w45yg8ytuz905dmywr4mgkn2v4c'>nevent1q…2v4c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is going to be stuck very inaccurately in my head forever now as something like &#34;thonkstrike&#34; 2025-12-03T16:19:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvs4q2j0dh275s4yhgdtfdaj9vek3w9q5xmzt0kehfrythtwwwztczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj78tgeu i&#39;m at roughly 7 years on this very-well-traveled thinkpad, and it gets to be that time again. i am looking for a *small, light* laptop.<br/><br/>i travel soon, so memories of ~2008 netbooks trickle through my mind, though i know we aren&#39;t allowed nice things any more.<br/><br/>needs to run:<br/><br/>- debian stable, cleanly<br/><br/>- firefox with some middling-heavy tabs like slack (i know, i know, ugh)<br/><br/>- some containers w/php web apps inside<br/><br/>:boost_ok: 2025-11-24T05:55:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrqthqsxp2lu0jy3y0lwmtzawtggvc3enx8vq0a0uy5zz28jd3rrczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj7h3uxn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2u22lxhuq5gmgg8evpxesauycqwcr8uvde68mwv87k7ahnlt7d2suj7cws'>nevent1q…7cws</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i think about this every time i think about the essential tragedy of the obama years. such an incredible concentration of energy and capability just... essentially run directly to ground and scattered to the winds 2025-11-07T18:07:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2st7guharzu87qpxdz3czrq3qej244xgk0pkzn7htsemdzpq89vqzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajnqngnc request: show me your best lamp.<br/><br/>:boost_ok: 2025-11-05T19:20:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg2gz5mnveh2cfs9why8h63z6rry8tjzjmad4jsw3euu85aq2089czyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajjt8jzd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxp8gnspykv7y5fmhsmujt6jh0ur6anmk9l9q99052t8r4uczv5pgm5uak2'>nevent1q…uak2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if anybody ever actually locates anything better in $current_day than thunderbird, i need to hear about it ASAP. 2025-11-03T16:47:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0edt5ylc3c9km9rfdzyqrgnw7rvdhm7e0yzcmgz43yshkcy3huuqzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajkeghu4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv45tyty2d4kss287dzasx5ns37xfupv0n8gc3fsl3e3dtk825t2cqts7dl'>nevent1q…s7dl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what even _is_ this horseshit 2025-10-21T21:42:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrc6ntprauc98c2dyyv25pen3vcz3hl73vdjtgjaj5fzef0m60xpczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajtydg30 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrrldjvuc7gac6xa5rx3n5ccyt4pl4wtn0qs3z5t22wytlp7x3q2cx6awgh'>nevent1q…awgh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i think in the spirit of the animal itself, the proper formulation here would be Least Dire Weasel 2025-10-03T17:09:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9c87tk4x5aeqwxfjl284wnvq2hpka0s98wr8g97h4jm4d34kqlwgzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj8rke0h it&#39;s weird how you never hear about dire coyotes 2025-10-02T22:57:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszme074ew940w5t9zgfsdwgdvl4t7czc59j6ssn99g4ea2xz62ppczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj4u6v33 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfrqrf4lm3w2ztk7tffdv5t2a5dw0n74djwmc0wsmuhwk77lhfkfsdeml8j'>nevent1q…ml8j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>huh - graphite looks kind of interesting 2025-10-01T16:03:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz0wjzjgp3uge4f5vu0h0kxpsv43vyfcnr87ywdp052x2wymcm6pszyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj4qzpr3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrn0tka7209hgaxke5q4pg3kws5aupdq6jpfhhmhj2w2nq0x8zurga2yn8t'>nevent1q…yn8t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i 100% just give up on however they thought it was going to work and lean the bike up against whatever i can get a u-lock around.<br/><br/>&#34;oh cool, this one is shaped like a fish. i guess maybe i can connect to the fin... nope, ok, gonna go for this street sign over here instead&#34; 2025-09-12T18:05:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9thdh7r65rsdy2wgpp25xhmzcr8v9g2e33l2lg0ju55rhc69alqszyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajst35cl you know how, if you&#39;re a person who rides a bike, you&#39;ll often roll up to a bike rack and go &#34;the person who built this obviously meant well but also has clearly not ridden a bicycle since they were 8 years old, if ever&#34;? 2025-09-12T18:00:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd96zfjqz3ehvw2zjumrpqycumzhlqapltasu5u3x90q4k8addaygzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajjehx30 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstv0a9vn0ser4pcfjyag48rs4z2t3j4ecc96cn0u39g44dg2x2wyqhjm8mj'>nevent1q…m8mj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>trek is probably a harder fictional construct for me to let go of than most, but the broad pattern seems to have eaten a lot of things and types-of-things and energies-for-making-things that were once at least a pleasant diversion. it&#39;s very far from the, uh, most pressing issue of the day, but i guess it feels somehow of a piece with the broader culture&#39;s dogged determination to avoid nice things. 2025-09-04T18:23:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgym0rec9lq8k7yn96yxxxzz4g4a9t2gffy4qgtt4xrf4tagnzkngzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaja0y9j3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqcn98gpju8kvfap0rvzqqn5mvc6usckj8xvdkxn9d5glz5xcdvac883cys'>nevent1q…3cys</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah, sure. i am mostly trying to express with examples why i am inclined to hit da bricks on so much material that&#39;s nominally connected to stuff i used to be real into. 2025-09-04T17:09:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs095n4n3v2qqfzuz80p9cl7sk2jge5cxhqcqnjv8pvt8x8k393wqgzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajunzanf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd7s8ggktjxnz0dws7dfsu4cmwcnscrgwq62ckslc5tmezjt0pxcsg29tnp'>nevent1q…9tnp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>nerdery 2025-09-04T17:03:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswuqearld7z6d4770vp2z5jq4a06n365d9srqegsg4uk58y4w576szyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajtwu2js In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsve0tjmr3xh6c3nm85656yde083umww22usdms320stcc3kpstmagqk40s8'>nevent1q…40s8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what i want to articulate is not so much «the meticulous details of everything cohering in a fashion acceptable to every last turbonerd in your audience is the most important thing» as it is «telling stories boxed in by the margins or trajectories of previous stories and constantly recycling the pieces to capitalize on recognition is ultimately deadening and stupefying». 2025-09-04T16:49:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsve0tjmr3xh6c3nm85656yde083umww22usdms320stcc3kpstmagzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajt62k2s look, i know getting hung up on continuity is considered unsophisticated these days, but like every time you do the thing where the security officer on the enterprise is related to and shares a surname with a major character from both earlier and later in the timeline who is by the way a deposed tyrant who used to rule a quarter of the earth&#39;s surface or something and characters who like had a love triangle with said security officer somehow never mention this whole thing, everything gets worse. 2025-09-04T16:38:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9wdy3h3ac8hu95z6f0qftqjyyy0pk78mzerwg2dkph9nvlqrfhzczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajpe69mh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy4v34xsx8tcfgm55nlt3yl3yu9yeqe684fymnmxe3899c54ftjyc53r60m'>nevent1q…r60m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we&#39;ve been getting a bunch of these friends in the yard lately<br/><br/>(we&#39;re gonna stay friends as long as they don&#39;t breach the vegetable garden fence.) 2025-08-28T19:35:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgpklfwjcu67awdp5um5569wxseeavj7jz0vn8tg7t2ghc2vcq0pqzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajzq3d85 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszhv53strv0vwjjeqqezmdzp3gg9g255c4n9spenntrzguqzgyx0c9va46t'>nevent1q…a46t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oof, yeah. there are still many things i value in my feedreader, but i find that it has also, perhaps inevitably, become an index to many of the ways the world is in a state i do not like and my interests now feel counterproductive or corrupted. that i specifically decided to pay attention to the writers there because they stood out from the background as interesting or trustworthy really seems to emphasize this... 2025-08-25T18:37:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszlpcxcuesr8wh0l7n7lf05zyt5gyp499alu38e244qp73wcxu3xgzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajqp5n5v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs22yuu0vg88rgtprphq9hxehcm7we9ddwnsyez6ms7rceg83rsqfsujz5te'>nevent1q…z5te</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>sheaffer! the kind of cheap school pen that they made for decades. my mom had a couple from her 1960s school days and bought me a few more in the 90s that were pretty much the same pen, including one of those calligraphy sets with the different sized nibs.<br/><br/>these were a great place to start and i still have a couple of them. (i guess i feel like the preppy is the modern equivalent, and preferable because less likely to leak.)<br/><br/>#FountainPens 2025-08-12T19:37:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrq28dghv4m087r694fgljyfdalrz73zwm9ljkwwta65ngw0vfgvgzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj88vg4e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgwdn23a7pa95w06xkqepdcaqk9k36hl2z8u2502ncs0jqvz6lmhcumptq5'>nevent1q…ptq5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>on the other hand maybe they&#39;ll eat some grasshoppers 2025-07-31T17:35:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgwdn23a7pa95w06xkqepdcaqk9k36hl2z8u2502ncs0jqvz6lmhczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajq9r9h8 they&#39;re cute, but i know these little fuckers are going to make an attempt on my tomatoes sooner or later<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/federationp1k3com/media_attachments/files/114/949/034/083/140/432/original/003140a2cc5941d5.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-31T17:33:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9x94hwzhw83l8s27wqzh2nc6jkyfah087y3r9saa4ldj5ll0yrfgzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajeff6em In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrhg8qcfqujpwe3pmwrg8tpc94chlwfnplqzywegv97hkv7k6qjzs4w9avj'>nevent1q…9avj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i miss the smells of cows, hay, wheat, etc. giant, crowded feedlots not so much. 2025-07-31T16:12:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstc086r53x5ml3adtku8spefxuyf3sw7dz8jq36yr5tagd8ezpxkczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj2l0hwh i keep seeing something skittish and close to the ground out of the corner of my eye, and it turns out to be this year&#39;s crop of juvenile (wild) turkeys slinking along the ground.<br/><br/>the first time i was definitely like &#34;baby turkeys!&#34; but they&#39;ve progressed to &#34;surly adolescent turkeys&#34; with a remarkable quickness. 2025-07-22T03:34:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9pnysldeqq2hjm4c76ptqeq7m0upjcnpsvjd4qe4pnu47qlat20gzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj06mmnj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr79nyd0f5qcl4vxq8h7r9p355qamy382yd29rc5r6upp83pxn50szpa9jx'>nevent1q…a9jx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>preferences -&gt; appearance -&gt; [✓] enable advanced web interface<br/><br/>(i&#39;m pretty sure) 2025-05-23T18:27:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2p5lw286tuv0wvyyk6rsukg3etltmh89e83lnhqyxcaey6pdkx8qzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajsrs5gt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdxjcflzwds78na3lnuwax77fqm07r0efeyhf8gnzlzmt08lq35xc2h2hyj'>nevent1q…2hyj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this number is only so low because there are so few well-regarded tech execs. 2025-05-20T15:30:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrzvl498nps743jdf6ha4k80n3ujjqpkyp09xjed5fgdkjw5mu5eszyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajft2c0v freedom from software foundation when 2025-04-30T17:50:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstxt0p2wkdevsntewf2actlkxcrfxr2rxd42z3gpp7kppuayw5ttgzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj9865yw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp7qywefvkn04r5cwx2d9e67r7wgxz464pwhg7g5qa3uf4uy6futg5m692j'>nevent1q…692j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the extent to which this follows the earlier trajectory of &#34;cloud&#34; everything is noticeable.<br/><br/>(renting somebody else&#39;s compute is of course a less obviously tangled value proposition, but it&#39;s one of the past hype cycles that i most felt was gonna fuck up both my life and civilization as a whole that i was most right about that i struggled against with the greatest degree of futility.) 2025-04-16T15:32:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszzrus9s3ldkv3jnjvxwt602znlz5lq9e4uc7d4s694d6k7fhsn0szyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajscyzq8 you know how &#34;assume good faith&#34; has felt utterly toxic and doomed in specialist &amp; technical domains for years? congratulations everyone on bootstrapping a civilization-scale state where it&#39;s a problem for fucking everything now 2025-04-10T17:34:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd23nkhrtmvthdapnag7jf46vsxuqfe08ufx6rdal3la4wg2qcs8gzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajaswxc2 we should have paid more attention to the cats who, for decades, put their bodies on the line to walk on keyboards and sit on laptops and prevent us from programming 2025-04-08T22:42:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2f47azcg8af0lkq4sjyheh8ayut30p9e3se5m7l50mdjkymxvnjszyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj5kdyyr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9een7yaypfdmnejherkqj4p2urexcxtt8yjmvjd8v553fvragt5sk2l556'>nevent1q…l556</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>for <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12r057c0mkenl95y75a2hufpyuv8e7we9vqy2kjnk2z26rhun7u2sawqh4d" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ben Zanin</span> (<span class="italic">npub12r0…qh4d</span>)</a></span>, a further question: hoodie string ends should have: 2025-03-28T17:26:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9een7yaypfdmnejherkqj4p2urexcxtt8yjmvjd8v553fvragt5szyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajcj04za the best hoodie strings are: 2025-03-28T16:43:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgvzahn6pxy40vteeu7eqndmmamcex52zrpgx60gzmcxlkwnp6drczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajp7z8lj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrzxmg37qhr7dg5a097yz86nh9cmzjc06u8tf8aucdy2valpvqprssx7n5q'>nevent1q…7n5q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i loaned a vintage parker 51 to a dude in a corner office to sign for a delivery. he accidentally dropped it nose down into the floor and laughed at me. i restrained myself from violence, but it was a near thing. 2025-03-21T00:43:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs228l6f6jwyeyeqaw0nsup6m3pcgzg26dj69gfenhl89mn8du40agzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajy2rqkn we traded<br/><br/>[floppy disk noises that make you afraid the system is gonna eat shit]<br/><br/>for <br/><br/>[laptop fans that spin real hard when you load a goddamn website to read an article with worse affordances than you used to get out of an ascii text file with mangled line endings]<br/><br/>and where has it gotten us? 2025-03-13T00:10:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0mzc6cmdulf3xzx5dvauallp2muzyqz42xgucl53zc82mctufqsgzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj65skdr the thing is, i _am_ fun at parties. it&#39;s everywhere else that&#39;s a problem. 2025-03-10T21:40:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrqw5205l5rmx34g2yscg4w2v4pngfrwl2p077yjd0jk5j56nhyuczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj9xt6gs it&#39;s still remarkable that almost nothing is as good at scope as perl. 2025-01-15T16:45:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswx5uvv9y5w9pjk40x49e6wtg6tr06jqynk7ss0jkfugkl98wr7qqzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajuduklm we&#39;ve got a cop show in the rotation again, and i&#39;m starting to think that there are so many goddamn cop shows because our culture just doesn&#39;t know how to tell stories about, say, a specific city or region or subculture without using a lens of violence, coercion, and ruined lives.<br/><br/>(also works for westerns, political thrillers, spy material, etc.) 2025-01-06T18:14:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy4avatuxj5j7ynhdgazn6kgjsfx9efhyzgfjxm3x2u96pwjy8jcczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajx6afmx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjql5vs2qhh4t8c44j06ccw34szuvffap8y824cmg67gqmnqh7zs2vvvpv'>nevent1q…vvpv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i haven&#39;t revisited them in years, but i have such fond memories of all those books. they were staple reading in my extended family when i was a kid, growing up surrounded by farms and farm people, and i think they did a lot to form how i thought about human relationships with animals. going to have to see what the new series is like. 2024-12-19T00:52:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9twugc5smwrgekeyerdmlgaw3va3qmpvzywp8jh887qryry7nlrczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj3q0va8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0l9wvfqye4lx2gjr8z963pj79vlym2g663y3px0mzdum6a49umhqftmxst'>nevent1q…mxst</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>these are great. 2024-12-16T23:25:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvzdn8prxy5e0qaxezq7esdluht42ucaayq28g8v4pky4tgzuy46gzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajuxcfts In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswak3ndp7al02u2pz82fl0zezeppmac2x7ruzezf86r923fvrf7sgus57nv'>nevent1q…57nv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i still occasionally feel like that moment when twitter went from &#34;i dunno, you copy-paste it and put RT in front&#34; to making it an actual feature of the software may have been the moment &#34;social media&#34; as a whole jumped the shark. 2024-11-27T03:03:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs95n08ucxyz2n4gah53ej05c87juygd32d8rwu8njzceplu35jflszyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj5h7x8y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswpqrc3cww9gfhzaqg9agw94ne29ww7euvnazwzqyelgwdp90qsecup0czx'>nevent1q…0czx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you live in an astonishingly picturesque views factory 2024-11-04T16:11:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2ve7vrn7usr7wjjjk9znctkasfushwxmkeup2yzqs5djmeuk85eczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaje8e4ed In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqzkgu483mq8z7quhlgky2y0w8u4y5cmt0e40j22qq3afagu4zcscv7mhem'>nevent1q…mhem</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the tic-tac-toe virtual machine. 2024-11-01T16:00:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs05c792rrw0f7583yn4qt6qj74kn3us4elp00aeqkvn54z8t8wr9qzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajfe8vln In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrd0vjmmftrcdzxhxnxehfswm2ajhytygysa050hn2efhft5lxdscthcua7'>nevent1q…cua7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>my honest expectation is that last thing, but i guess i&#39;m glad somebody&#39;s making the attempt. 2024-10-31T19:00:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspkc2eyc5dfdvwyl93dpkh3xcn04mcv2h0x9mfa2k9vzsc3n9rxlczyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajespt5d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0mn7pm2usxmghl5uunhlk3zpkk8pwhw473h38z7qncu6zzvdhq0sdpvtcl'>nevent1q…vtcl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>don&#39;t mind me i&#39;m just advocating for the wholesale destruction of general purpose computing followed by strong cultural taboos and legal sanctions on its implementation 2024-10-30T18:04:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxgaklqzvk299j00huurkve6wk49f0jc5gwqvyu83su9yh05f970czyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajee5qfk the best time for a butlerian jihad would have been about 50 years ago, but the second best time is now. 2024-10-30T17:36:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr3leycwtlta3gxxdqutmg0fn6w89uxtmuq3nx47rlpyqnqx6xa9szyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajydez3r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsze2m4j4nauj0wxm29ndkqt0la4egdwx6hja7wpf4ezyzxy6my73gz7rs82'>nevent1q…rs82</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>dang, i gotta get out and take some fall pictures 2024-10-29T17:33:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfr0dwddrf8400cvwhldwa6tddhkrh6ptdm22x5pc6uv9fc7nsr9szyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zaj6xhg0j still looking for a pinboard successor, having not found anything that quite scratches the same set of itches.<br/><br/>saw a mention of wallabag today, which comes up now and then but i&#39;d never really given it serious consideration. the interface isn&#39;t perfect, but also i guess not immediately repugnant. it seems like it&#39;s written in php, which gives me more confidence in self-hosting than some things...<br/><br/>anybody have experience using it as a pinboard replacement?<br/><br/>:boost_ok: 2024-10-29T15:06:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfg04qtnqcrm2eq4yfw62gp7gv5627fzhhrug9sycr0kat5yaxx5gzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajrujjmt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsywlqz4r8zg9nvly5uvahmx6e8fkydps6em3gmaxxp7x7vqr4aj3c9pg8t8'>nevent1q…g8t8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i see the empire plaza is still giving &#34;parking lot for star destroyers&#34; vibes. 2024-10-28T03:22:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvm3ragvhl344u7s7xw0ahrdf43a63pdmgmwu8y8kkx7g0442ts0gzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajh8rmcf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfk9tdmzspsltqvpvjnycf8l8whcrj2s2wmevv0yl4f9pem6fwj3g9ra02t'>nevent1q…a02t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>fountain pen enjoyment would be more enjoyable if it wasn&#39;t for the sheer amount of weirdly intense Gear Acquisition Syndrome you notice in almost everyone who does it publicly. 2024-10-22T03:26:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyav0a0gjcfqr8dxl06qxh3dstvkgcwm9ayjryn4aukcv6r94yc4qzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajx8cz7s ok so i currently follow people who are extremely into: birds, bugs, fountain pens, old computers, weird computers, weird computer languages, sailboats, poems, trains, bicycles, gender fuckery, cartoon animals, weather, radio, disaster response and analysis, fiber arts, rpgs, drugs, movies. you know, the usual stuff.<br/><br/>so what else you got, fediverse? i&#39;m looking for some special interests i don&#39;t currently see anybody going way over the top on. 2024-10-15T19:59:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsptws4l23v8hwyd79zpe0wf5e9qlj64srlqrpeemwcd6qtgr3hz6gzyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajh09rzf i am thinking seriously of getting the kind of canvas tent that has a stove jack for a little woodstove.<br/><br/>(this is not exactly a new thought, i&#39;m just getting serious about it now.)<br/><br/>anyone out there have opinions about wall tents vs. the sort with a pole in the middle, or a make you like? some of our uses would be setting up for late-fall gatherings in the yard, which is pretty un-demanding, but others would very much be &#34;it is wintertime cold and snowing in the mountains&#34;.<br/><br/>:boost_ok: 2024-09-25T18:26:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgaydpj8kn7r6gwwxt0f46krpf6c4lp7knvz0wum3wvn5gaptd42czyruxa0a5gafqfq3vcrdx6he9jg9z8gvg05h5qgwumhsavrqcw9zajqarz5p it is simply not possible to create an abstraction so blatantly janky and provisional that no one will turn it into a load-bearing component of their work. 2024-09-16T14:26:29Z