As non-techy people are transitioning away from Twitter, I see them encountering the challenge of proving that the person who owns and runs an account is actually who they say they are. "Don't delete your Twitter account, or else someone else could take it and pretend to be you!"

It's prompting me to reflect on how we verify our identities online, what has been taken for granted in the age of consolidated social media. I'm hopeful this will lead to a new era of personal websites, at very least serving as online business cards. If my account isn't listed on my site, don't trust that it's me.

at this point I just want him to go away

it's obvious everything is going to fail spectacularly, I just want it to do that tomorrow instead of choking out a painful, drawn-out death propped up on the life support of a thousand Reddit incels

My job gives me a lot of opportunity to reflect on just how eclectic a knowledge base I seem to have.

"Wait, you know [podcast]?" says one client.

"How are you familiar with [event]?" asks another.

I love these little moments of connection.

Today's #3Dprinting fail. It was good when I went to bed, but it looks like at a certain layer, it started having extrusion issues. Unfortunate, too, because that means a narrow bridge that was held up only by supports was weak and not cohesive, so when I started tearing out the supports, it frayed and broke.

It's so consistent at that height and above, I wonder if there's a mechanical issue interfering with the filament feed...

Fuck, this song hits hard as a new parent. Jason Isbell is a masterful songwriter.

#ListeningTo #NowPlaying

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Save the World (Official Lyric Video)

'Weathervanes,' the new album from Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, will be available everywhere on June 9th, 2023. Pre-order here: https://orcd.co/weathervanes

^YouTube

Tepache fermentation number 3 has begun!

This time, I'm using a lid with an airlock, and I've put a plastic bag with water in it inside the jar to keep the fruit submerged. I'm hoping those two steps help prevent the mold I got in batch 2.

I also added a single dried chile de árbol for a bit of heat.

Fingers crossed for a tasty drink in a couple days!

#fermentation

Steam Deck arrived! And now that it's here... I don't quite know what I want to do with it. 😅

Maybe that will be a question for after I've made more headway on Tears of the Kingdom.

Do any #DigitalArchive type folks have strategies for mirroring content from a MediaWiki? The online RPG Kingdom of Loathing has a near-comprehensive fan-run wiki, and I dread the day when it goes under. I'd love to make a mirror for backup purposes.

#archival #DigitalArchiving

I love being at this Jason Isbell concert and knowing that, almost certainly, there are a handful of people I know elsewhere in the crowd.

Hey Fedi, any of you at the show in Canby tonight?

#CanbyOR #livemusic #pdx #oregon #JasonIsbell #concert

I'm certain someone has done this, but I really want to make a #zine / blog post series sharing knowledge about how to do a bunch of little #DIY projects. Change an outlet. Bake a loaf of bread. Make beer, or a shrub. Change your car's oil.

Never anything huge, and not a dedicated Guide to Self Reliance or anything, just a bunch of little accessible projects that can help a person feel more knowledgeable and capable, and to take that knowledge and skill back to their own community.

A couple months ago, I stopped using my #3Dprinter (an Ender 3 Pro) because filament had started leaking from behind the nozzle, leading to a huge mass of misplaced filament (and, of course, a failed print).

I pulled the hotend sock off, heated the printer, and tried to brush off the filament and its residue, but I haven't yet replaced the nozzle or the hotend sock. My printer has just been out-of-commission because my mind is stuck on "How do I finish this job properly?"

Does anyone have advice for thoroughly cleaning a hotend after a leak like this? Or replacing a nozzle? I'm sure I could look it up, but I'm hoping to hack my brain here with a bit of social interaction: maybe if people tell me directly how to get the printer back in working order, I'll follow through and do it.

#3Dprinting

Oh heck, Steam Decks are 20% off for the Steam Summer Sale, and I just got paid (with a bit of a bonus).

It might be time to grab one.

Help me out, homebrewers!

Before our local homebrew supply store closed, I bought ingredients for my first batch of homebrewed beer. I have a 4 lb. mylar sack of liquid rye malt extract, 1 oz. of Equinox pellet hops, and an envelope of saison-style yeast.

Unfortunately, I've misplaced any recipe I might have intended to follow with these ingredients, and since I've never brewed before, I don't feel comfortable improvising. This is where you can help: can you point me to a recipe that I could make with these, or even just tell me what type(s) of beer would be well suited to this lineup?

#homebrewing #homebrew #beer

I hate that we couldn't just have a nice thing. The Fediverse couldn't just be its own separate world, because extractive capitalism can not, will not, knows not how to stop. Now my days are spent thinking about watching homegrown social networking get consumed like Google ate email, about what fuckery they'll encourage to make self-hosted services illegal, until the web has well and truly been walled off and turned into the property of the biggest players.

I'm just so angry.

I learned about the First Lady about a month ago, and when I did, I knew it was the cocktail I wanted to make for the solstice.

I got home tonight at about 9:00, whipped it up, and took one sip before I realized it was loaded with macha, and I actually wanted to sleep tonight. 🤣

#cocktails #mixology #homebar

I have signed the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact on behalf of Motley.

History shows us that large technology corporations like Microsoft, Google, and Facebook will only ever see open ecosystems as sources of value to enclose and exploit. I have less than zero interest in helping one of the chief architects of the modern Web's consolidation continue their efforts.

The Web is best when it's diverse, diffuse, and homegrown. Motley will not federate with any Meta instance, because Facebook is not welcome in my community.

#FediPact

I miss the smaller, weirder, more personal Web.

Last year, I semi-quit Twitter, and the Reddit blackout means for a couple days, I've semi-quit that as well. It's somewhat nice, not being plugged into big corporate social media so much, but it also shines light on just how much of the modern internet is corporate social media.

I don't want to forgo the internet (or social media) entirely, I just want it to be a lot more personal and homespun.

There are wasps making nests behind my shutters.

This is my new least favorite part of home ownership. 😩

Hey #hamradio friends, I got my Technician license a year ago and have exactly diddly-squat with it since then. I have a little Baofeng handheld to play with.

What are some fun things I could do, now that I'm licensed? Bonus points for small, easy things; I'm a new dad and don't have a ton of time or money to spend on hobbies at the moment.