Nostr notes by Mick 🇨🇦

Turns out that letting Microsoft acquire Bethesda, iD, Obsidian, ...

2026-07-06T23:35:29Z

Turns out that letting Microsoft acquire Bethesda, iD, Obsidian, Activision, Double Fine, Arkane, Ninja Theory, Mojang, Compulsion and other game studios wasn’t actually good for games, the people who make them or the people who play them.

What’s more surprising is that it seems like it wasn’t very good for Microsoft, either?

best geekjoke I’ve encountered in a while. A+

2026-06-24T23:38:17Z

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best geekjoke I’ve encountered in a while. A+

As long as we’re age-gating social media, I really think we ...

2026-06-11T13:35:57Z

As long as we’re age-gating social media, I really think we need to do something to protect the boomers from whatever the fuck Facebook has become.

super not good!

2026-06-05T17:42:20Z

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super not good!

“This week, The Times has been reporting on the push by some ...

2026-06-05T17:39:22Z

“This week, The Times has been reporting on the push by some Canadians to have their province breakaway and become its own country.

For decades, this was kind of a fringe idea, but polling shows that now, roughly, a third of people in that province support the separatist cause, which is set to come up for a preliminary vote this fall.”

Hearing this clownshow reported on in seriousness (even in the Friday News Quiz format) by US media gives me the fear.
https://overcast.fm/+ABJ86cp6BKU/9:11

Her name is Juno, she has been in my care for about 10 hours now, ...

2026-05-31T00:48:49Z

Her name is Juno, she has been in my care for about 10 hours now, and I would die to keep her safe and happy.

#dogsofmastodon

managed to catch the last fledgling leaving the gazebo shelf nest ...

2026-05-16T23:31:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…dn74
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managed to catch the last fledgling leaving the gazebo shelf nest this morning.

There is a perfectly good Robin nest up there, but she sat on a loose pile of sticks next to it for a month instead.

what lists am I on Ken? WHAT LISTS?

2025-11-26T15:25:09Z

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what lists am I on Ken? WHAT LISTS?

great post, Tim. Glad to be here with you!

2025-11-12T23:24:40Z

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great post, Tim. Glad to be here with you!

You ever think to yourself “but I am just one person, what can ...

2025-10-11T14:52:03Z

You ever think to yourself “but I am just one person, what can I do to make a difference?”

It turns out that “wear an inflatable frog costume and go downtown” is actually a really reasonable answer.

#portland #portlandfrog #uspol

it’s a configuration setting, and I don’t know if it has ever ...

2025-08-28T02:09:33Z

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it’s a configuration setting, and I don’t know if it has ever been otherwise?

Tagging in:

Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 (npub1764…nuj0) Johanna, CanCon variety (npub12r3…fdd5) Tim Bray 🇨🇦 (npub19ua…53cv)

Has Canada tried just giving #Trump a shiny gold trophy of some ...

2025-08-08T12:29:25Z

Has Canada tried just giving #Trump a shiny gold trophy of some sort?

What percentage of your book purchases are aspirational? (I.e ...

2025-07-16T22:29:56Z

What percentage of your book purchases are aspirational?

(I.e when you buy a book, what’s the chance that you will actually read it in the next year.)

#books #bookstodon

“The Big, Beautiful Bill assigns each American a billionaire ...

2025-07-01T11:45:35Z

“The Big, Beautiful Bill assigns each American a billionaire who will live the American dream for you. You can check in on your billionaire at intervals and see how he is using your money. Maybe he’s building a 19th pool. Maybe he’s buying himself some formerly public land! Maybe he’s taking a Supreme Court justice on a dream vacation!”

#uspol
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/06/big-beautiful-bill-billionaire-benefits/683383/?gift=iybh47auwixrOQRLfFxprk6F8k--csNMC4JQXHrJ01s

such a sweaty thing

2025-06-29T05:16:21Z

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such a sweaty thing

#BlueOrigin will put six people willing to cough up $150k USD for ...

2025-06-18T19:19:34Z

#BlueOrigin will put six people willing to cough up $150k USD for the experience into a capsule on top of a highly explosive rocket and launch it into low earth orbit.

One of these things - inevitably - will blow-up on take-off or crash on landing.

Who’s on your celebrity dream team?

Mine includes:

- Dr. Phil
- Kid Rock
- Tucker Carlson
- Jordan Peterson
- Jon Voight
- Clint Eastwood

https://www.blueorigin.com/new-shepard

Weird sunset tonight ...

2025-06-08T02:00:52Z

Weird sunset tonight

“All these Shelleys and Dakotas are a liability. Imagine ...

2025-05-15T13:09:56Z

“All these Shelleys and Dakotas are a liability. Imagine you’re in a heavy firefight, and your commander tells you to lay down cover fire for Casey. Your brain takes an extra moment to realize Casey is a man even though that’s a lady’s name, and in that [s]plit second of hesitation, your entire squad is overrun by the enemy.”
https://theonion.com/u-s-military-bans-men-with-girl-names-from-combat/

‘Before the 2024 U.S. election, 12 percent of Republicans ...

2025-05-04T14:46:02Z

‘Before the 2024 U.S. election, 12 percent of Republicans viewed Canadians as “unfriendly” or “an enemy.” Now that number is 27 percent.’

A couple weeks back my wife’s TikTok algorithm started bringing her this distressing stream of (mostly) young American men *hating* on Canada.

Saying we’re not a “real country,” and agreeing performatively and loudly with the leader of their cult that we should be made a state.

Things are very weird down there, and we are at risk.
https://cosocial.ca/@mick/114449532944916724

this seems unlikely, but one can dream.

2025-04-29T10:58:46Z

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this seems unlikely, but one can dream.

We're still looking for a Canadian hosting provider that ...

2025-04-17T02:21:01Z

We're still looking for a Canadian hosting provider that offers a managed PostgreSQL service, if anyone knows of one.

#ElbowsUpTech #MastoAdmin #ElbowsUp

Just added 10240 MiB to our DB, $20/mo. to our server bill ... ...

2025-03-11T17:33:15Z

Just added 10240 MiB to our DB, $20/mo. to our server bill ...

*and no one even noticed*

#CoSocialTechOps

CBC news calling PC majority at 9 minutes after the polls close. ...

2025-02-28T02:09:57Z

CBC news calling PC majority at 9 minutes after the polls close. #onpol

waiting patiently ...

2025-02-27T11:34:49Z

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waiting patiently

I don’t think too much about being Canadian. I didn’t choose ...

2025-02-27T11:31:24Z

I don’t think too much about being Canadian.

I didn’t choose to be (as so many have!) but ended up here through the genetic lottery and the accident of my birth to parents living in Canada.

Canadian culture is often said to be defined more by its differences with American culture than through innate qualities.

Well, these differences could not be more starkly emphasized at the moment, and these ghouls are provoking unfamiliar, nationalist feelings for me.

So: this guy can fuck right off.

@npub1dad…y568 your website certificate is expired

2025-02-13T19:17:45Z

Newsmast Foundation (npub1dad…y568) your website certificate is expired

I'm old enough to remember when the "Gulf of America" ...

2025-01-22T16:48:51Z

I'm old enough to remember when the "Gulf of America" was called "Freedom Fries."

#uspol

while this is more of a question for our Trust-and-Safety team, I ...

2025-01-21T02:31:13Z

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while this is more of a question for our Trust-and-Safety team, I can say that we keep an up-to-date blocklist and our T&S people are really on the ball. Tagging Tim Bray 🇨🇦 (npub19ua…53cv) Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 (npub1764…nuj0) Johanna, CanCon variety (npub12r3…fdd5)

Mastodon.social has oodles of bots itself… you might find anywhere else better for that reason alone.

This is reassuring! Based on my taste in film, music, visual arts ...

2025-01-13T18:47:57Z

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This is reassuring!

Based on my taste in film, music, visual arts and literature, if I am to be judged for the behaviours of the artists that created the works I enjoy, I am *the worst* human being in recorded history.

No. Unplanned. Downtime. #CoSocialTechOps #GoodThingsFrom2024

2025-01-01T01:45:47Z

No. Unplanned. Downtime.

#CoSocialTechOps #GoodThingsFrom2024

Sprinkles #DogsOfMastodon ...

2024-12-14T17:07:14Z

Sprinkles #DogsOfMastodon

🤔💭 #ClimateJustice #ClimateEmergency ...

2024-11-13T13:17:51Z

🤔💭

#ClimateJustice #ClimateEmergency

First Past the Post has gotta go.

2024-10-22T21:24:12Z

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First Past the Post has gotta go.

This crew seem to genuinely believe in their vision and clearly ...

2024-09-10T14:12:28Z

This crew seem to genuinely believe in their vision and clearly gave a lot of themselves to see it realized. My heart goes out to them.

To the users who called this place home, as well.

~$42k/mo. for ~17k active users, though. Yikes.

cohost! - "cohost to shut down at end of 2024" https://cohost.org/staff/post/7611443-cohost-to-shut-down

#CoHost

Goodnight #Fediverse. You are a wonderful thing and I’m glad to ...

2024-09-07T04:17:21Z

Goodnight #Fediverse. You are a wonderful thing and I’m glad to know you.

Hey #MastoAdmin, can you take/boost this quick poll? Do you ...

2024-09-04T20:19:30Z

Hey #MastoAdmin, can you take/boost this quick poll?

Do you regularly run ‘tootctl statuses remove’ as a maintenance activity on your Mastodon server?

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/tootctl/#statuses-remove

is this a Morkie? Looks like a sibling to our Twiggy: ...

2024-08-28T13:13:22Z

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is this a Morkie? Looks like a sibling to our Twiggy:

Fediverse: what is this plant? Can I eat it? It seems like it ...

2024-08-14T12:29:13Z

Fediverse: what is this plant?

Can I eat it? It seems like it might be edible.

#plants #plantadon

nice shot!

2024-08-09T17:17:10Z

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nice shot!

For the first time the #CoSocialCa Mastodon server has started to ...

2024-05-18T02:38:07Z

For the first time the #CoSocialCa Mastodon server has started to struggle just a little bit to keep up with the flow of the Fediverse.

We’ve usually been “push” heavy but we’ve started to see some spikes in “pull” queue latency. The worst of these spikes was today, where we fell behind by at least a couple minutes for most of the afternoon.

1/?

#MastoAdmin #CoSocialTechOps

By way of #introduction , I’m Mick, and I am old enough to ...

2023-04-08T20:29:45Z

By way of #introduction , I’m Mick, and I am old enough to remember when the Internet was made up of small communities built and supported by their members - before the phrases “attention economy” and “surveillance advertising” were a thing.

I have been missing the fun, chaos and collaborative spirit of that early ‘Net, and I think #Mastodon is a way to reclaim the space that was taken from us.

Volunteer member of #CoSocialTechOps hoping to be at least a little bit useful around here.