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Attached: 1 image Neumayer Station III via https://www.awi.de/en/expedition/stations/neumayer-station-iii.html #SouthPole #antarctica #view #webcam
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Oh okay. "The satirical newspaper The Onion has successfully acquired Infowars and its associated intellectual property, finally divesting conspiracy theori...
14h ago
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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In my recent tutorial, I showed you how to make a Mastodon bot that posts data from a spreadsheet. In this follow up, let's add a chart! https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/making-a-mastodon-bot-with-google-sheets-and-apps-scripts-part-2/ #tutorial #mastodon #MastodonAPI #AppsScripts #data...
on Sep 5
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Attached: 1 image Happy birthday, ARPANET! "At 10:30 p.m., 29 October 1969, the first ARPANET message was sent from this UCLA site to the Stanford Research Institute." https://ethw.org/Milestones:Birthplace_of_the_Internet,_1969 #arpanet #internet #history #OTD #OnThisDay #technology
on Oct 31
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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@kims@mas.to I typically just skip images that don't have an alt text. Sometimes I might repost them with my own alt text, and link to the original post to give credit (basically a "quote boost"), but I was once called ableist for doing this 🤷‍♂️ I think it's fine to suggest people an alt...
on Oct 31
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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The botsin.space Mastodon server has been a huge part of the fediverse, and while it's sad it's being retired, I trust that the creative botmaking community will continue to thrive. "So, given two choices -- asking for more donations so I can pay for more hardware to keep the instance running,...
on Oct 29
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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"Iceland’s economy is outperforming most European peers after the nationwide introduction of a shorter working week with no loss in pay, according to research released Friday." https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/25/business/iceland-shorter-working-week-economy/index.html #news #workers #labor...
on Oct 26
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Just a reminder that 0% of fediverse admins took on debt to support their communities. https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112399842395585906 #fediverse #SocialMedia #sustainability #bluesky #VentureCapital
on Oct 24
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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I wrote an open letter to artists and other creatives who are thinking about giving the fediverse a chance: "There’s a better way!" https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/a-fediverse-invitation-for-artists/ Feel free to share, and be sure to add your signature! #fediverse #mastodon #creatives...
on Oct 21
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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EDIT: I think I should have enough datapoints for now, thank you all so much for sharing and replying! Hey, is there anyone who uses the #ActivityPub #WordPress plugin? I'd just like to check how it handles a few things. Boosts for visibility would be very appreciated 🙏
on Oct 20
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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The signature verification system is still very much work in progress, but the source code is available at https://github.com/stefanbohacek/fediverse-signatures. If anyone would be interested in trying this out on their site, feel free to reach out! #fediverse #mastodon #fedidev #mastodev #opensource
on Oct 19
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Another idea I'm playing with: a fediverse starter pack. https://fediverse-musicians-starter-pack.glitch.me Made with @glitchdotcom@mastodon.social and @eleventy@fosstodon.org. #fediverse #mastodon #StarterPack #FediverseStarterPack
on Oct 19
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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We charge forward. https://wechargeforward.stefanbohacek.com #WeChargeForward #hopepunk #hope
on Oct 18
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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My thoughts are with the people in the path of the Hurricane Milton. @igd_news@kolektiva.social has a great list of mutual aid and autonomous disaster relief groups that we can all donate to. https://itsgoingdown.org/mutual-aid-hurricane-helene/ And there is also:...
on Oct 17
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Happy #WorldSightDay! To promote the importance of accessibility on social media, I'd like to propose a community action: When you see an image posted on your feed without alt text, instead of boosting it, or asking the person who posted it to add it, consider replying with your own...
on Oct 16
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Attached: 1 audio Loop number 10. #looptober #looptober2024 #music #MusicLoop #loop #dance #electronic
on Oct 10
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Attached: 1 audio Loop 9 from outer space. #looptober #looptober2024 #music #MusicLoop #loop #soundtrack #scifi #Plan9 #Plan9FromOuterSpace
on Oct 10
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Content warning: USpol, but also a joke, but kind of real, I guess?
on Oct 9
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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What now? "[The industrialist Henry Ford] believed that Jews invented jazz as a plot to corrupt society. [...] As a result, he used his wealth to promote square dancing, through books and square dancing events. Ford also promoted square dance classes in public school, which were present in half...
on Oct 9
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Lots of great updates in the latest Mastodon release, but I am particularly excited about this. "We’re also bringing two new major features to help people deal with unwanted attention. Notification grouping [and] a brand new system for filtering unwanted notifications." Hoping this will...
on Oct 9
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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"Once [the country code] IO is removed, the [Internet Assigned Numbers Authority] will refuse to allow any new registrations with a .io domain. It will also automatically begin the process of retiring existing ones. (There is no official count of the number of extant .io...
on Oct 9
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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What a resume! "Without Ms. Berezin, there would be no Bill Gates, no Steve Jobs, no internet, no word processors, no spreadsheets; nothing that remotely connects business with the 21st...
on Oct 6
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More links to enjoy my work are over on my brand new music portfolio page! https://music.stefanbohacek.com
on Oct 4
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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CEO of Meta, which recently joined the newly founded #SocialWebFoundation, thinks that "individual creators or publishers tend to overestimate the value of their specific content". https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/25/24254042/mark-zuckerberg-creators-value-ai-meta #news #TechNews #SocialMedia...
on Sep 26
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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If you live in the United States, you can now order 4 free COVID-19 tests. Visit https://covidtests.gov or https://special.usps.com/testkits for more details. #covid #covid19 #CovidTests #FreeCovidTests #health #PublicHealth
on Sep 26
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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So, I run a few automated accounts that used to post 10 second clips of videos from YouTube, including live streams, with a link back to the source. These include: - @iss@botsin.space - @bearcam@botsin.space - @underwater@botsin.space And have a few hundred followers combined.
on Sep 24
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Attached: 1 image I knew money has been tight over at WordPress' parent company, but oh wow. https://wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cease-and-Desist-Letter-to-Automattic-and-Request-to-Preserve-Documents-Sent.pdf Source: https://x.com/wpengine/status/1838350670564377051 #wordpress...
on Sep 24
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Attached: 1 image Surely you've already signed up for a library card at your local library, but for the few of you putting this off, here's a reminder that September is a #LibraryCardSignUpMonth! https://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/card #libraries #LibraryCard...
on Sep 22
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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@seth@socl.bz That would be amazing! I haven't really used Tumblr much myself, but I've always liked how you can set up multiple blogs under the same account, and tie together multiple of your interests. It almost defeats the purpose of how the fediverse should work if you have to create a...
on Sep 20
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Attached: 1 image Is this a thing yet? #meme #SocialMedia #netiquette #SurveilenceCapitalism #OnlineTracking #UTM
on Sep 20
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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@jdp23@indieweb.social @amgine@mstdn.ca @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca Thank you for sharing this! So what I suggested seems to be a mix of solutions 2 and 4: Previews are received from the origin instance, if it is a trusted instance. I left a comment, looking forward to hearing what others...
on Sep 19
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-) From: Scott E Fahlman I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers: :-) Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this,...
on Sep 19
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Attached: 1 image Nine years ago, I started a little side project with the goal of "preserving examples of interesting and creative online bots, and providing tutorials and other resources to folks interested in making them". https://botwiki.org @botwiki@mastodon.social #SideProjects...
on Sep 17
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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"The Atlas of Design is dedicated to showing off some of the world’s most beautiful and intriguing cartographic design. Every two years, we publish a new volume of full-color maps, selected from worldwide competition and judged by an expert panel." The seventh edition will be released in...
on Sep 14
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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"Never in its 50-plus years in existence has the regulator issued new rules for automakers requiring them to change their vehicle designs to better prevent pedestrian fatalities." https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/10/24241047/nhtsa-rule-pedestrian-safety-fmvss-suv-truck-design #transportation...
on Sep 11
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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"In a submission to the international criminal court on Monday, [Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa] propose a change in the rules to recognise “ecocide” as a crime alongside genocide and war crimes." https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/sep/09/pacific-islands-ecocide-crime-icc-proposal #news...
on Sep 10
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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@creative@beehaw.org A list of monthly, weekly, and ongoing creative challenges https://challenges.stefanbohacek.dev
on Sep 10
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Song Pong, "an open-source music visualizer that synchronizes MIDI to bouncing balls in a modified game of Pong". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxjElOAgkPg https://victortao.substack.com/p/song-pong Found via @waxy@xoxo.zone #music #visualizer #CreativeCoding #midi
on Sep 4
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Do you blog? #poll [ ] Yes [ ] I used to, not anymore [ ] Taking a short break [ ] Not really
on Aug 31
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Attached: 1 image Interesting new Bluesky feature: you can detach your post when someone else quotes you. "This helps you maintain control over a thread you started, ideally limiting dog-piling and other forms of...
on Aug 30
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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@andypiper@macaw.social @sarajw@front-end.social Also, I wrote a bit about this when I added it humans.txt to my site --- 11 years (!) ago! https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/humans-txt/
on Aug 29
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Sounds about right. "The rest of X appears to be working normally, however, and a source at the company confirmed to The Verge that there wasn’t actually a denial-of-service attack." https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24219121/donald-trump-elon-musk-interview-x-twitter-crashes #twitter #x...
on Aug 13
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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I'm going to be honest, I'm really starting to sour on #mastodon, the platform. I've read through arguments and explanations over the past few days, and feel that I have good sense of the situation. Clearly, the Mastodon team is underfunded and under-resourced. I get that. Other, smaller and...
on Aug 1
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Content warning: pol, uspol, voting, volunteering
on Aug 1
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Content warning: pol, uspol, voting, volunteering
on Aug 1
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Attached: 1 image Fascists cannot deal with being laughed at. via https://x.com/jeffreynparker/status/1817759543528468808 #fascism
on Jul 31
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Attached: 1 video Hey, anyone running a WordPress site interested in helping me test a fediverse sharing button plugin before I submit it for review? https://github.com/stefanbohacek/fediverse-share-button-wordpress/ (EDIT: You can use the "Code" -> "Download ZIP" button.) Here's more about...
on Jul 28
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Content warning: Supporting Harris "vs" mutual aid
on Jul 28
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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Attached: 1 image Very cool! With https://irma.nps.gov/NPSpecies/ you can see which animals live in different national parks here in the US. #NationalParks #animals #outdoors
on Jul 25
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Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
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@BeAware@social.beaware.live Or is my understanding not correct? Looking at https://stefanbohacek.online/api/v1/statuses/112830116479345312 vs https://stefanbohacek.online/api/v1/statuses/112830329665215234 Both status objects have a "card" attribute, even though this status has...
on Jul 22