Fediverse

UPDATE: nearly a week later, we're now up to 171 signatories! I suspect we'll get to 200 before Friday.

I also rejiggered the repo so it's easier for me to merge submission PRs (no more merge conflicts!), so it'll help keep updates publishing quickly.

Check it out!!

https://handcraftedcode.org

P.S. Anyone with sick 88x31 button design skills, we're looking for some help with that!

https://codeberg.org/whitefusion/handcraftedcode.org/issues/117

@numericcitizen Randomly selected only from active users. I will probably tweak it a little. Kind of an experiment still.

@Miraz Glad it’s working now!

OMG! I just discovered that auto-rotation and keyboard & mouse lockout now work on my 2-in-1 Lenovo laptop running GNOME on Chimera Linux.

That means I can flip the screen back (to form a tent) and it flips 180°, and when flipped all the way back I can use it like a giant tablet in either portrait or landscape orientation).

This didn't work when I first got it, so not sure whether GNOME improved support, or whether Linux got new sensor support that enabled existing functionality. #Linux

Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), staring Aubrey Plaza & Mark Duplass (also Jake Johnson)

Plus it offers a very cool cameo. I won't say who. Apropos of nothing, do you want to build a snowman?

I really loved this movie. You can watch it for free on Tubi. It's totally corny, earnest, low-budget, and set in swampy ferny beaches off the Washington coast.

I mean, what's NOT to love!! 😍

I just discovered an Apple Watch charger will also charge AirPods. 🤯

I Fixed #Music Discovery https://mtwb.blog/posts/2026/music/i-fixed-music-discovery/ #DJ #Pandora #SelfHosted #SelfHosting #Homelab #blaugust #blaugust2026

RE: https://wikis.world/@bvibber/117034719901303017

That's, uh, pretty damning stuff. 😳

WMF, do better.

@kevinrns the only representative of his investment firm left the board earlier this year so he has no direct influence over the direction of the company.

@colinstu @jcs yep https://bsky.app/profile/jcs.org/post/3ms5d7qxqnk2n

🥸 A decade ago, I was young and foolish. Now, I am just foolish.

@TidalFlats we weren't warned about that.

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