i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding

Now that people are coming in again from Bluesky bc that site enacted draconian policies, I have a suggestion. Not for the newcomers, no: for the people who might have Opinions about hustling here or about sex work in particular:

Keep Those Opinions To Yourselves.

Let people use mastodon as a workplace. Mute, or block, whatever you want. But if your idea of Mastodon is this pristine space where people only do what you deem proper, you're wrong. You're lucky.

For pride month, you can no longer use the phrase "let me get this straight".
You have to use "just so we're queer".

The @EUCommission just released a statement positioning open source as central to #Europe’s #TechSovereignty.

We couldn’t agree more. #OpenSource is critical to a robust and independent society.

Here’s our full statement: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/europes-new-tech-strategy-puts-open-source-front-and-centre/

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #OpenWeb #DigitalSovereignty

Third in the series of my #Mastodon tutorials: How to deal with unwanted content. Covering reporting, muting, blocking, word filters and notification settings. If you learn something you didn't know before from my video, please do let me know!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXdaOkZtIIk

This open-source community project lets you create a StumbleUpon-like experience for recommending your favorite sites. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/03/meet-wander-a-stumbleupon-inspired-tool-for-discovering-the-small-web/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Hello Fediverse!

Your @EUCommission account for all things tech and digital is here.

Stay tuned, big news are coming!

#NewHere

Third in the series of my #Mastodon tutorials: How to deal with unwanted content. Covering reporting, muting, blocking, word filters and notification settings. If you learn something you didn't know before from my video, please do let me know!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXdaOkZtIIk

This is the one, The New Yorker!

I was quite literally in the middle of typing something when this happened

I haven't thought twice about where "lorem ipsum" was from. It's fascinating how much history there is behind something so inconsequential. And I'm glad that some people still dig for answers when most just parrot falsehoods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL1PDqzqhM4

Second in my series of tutorials on how to use #Mastodon is now up. I go over the home feed, how to fill it up with interesting things using the trending feed and hashtags, and how to declutter it with lists. Let me know if you learn something you weren't aware of from this video 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkg9j1lmy3k

It's Pride Month, so here's some WOKE ribbon cable. ;)