One thing that's tough for people who just join the Fediverse, like most of the folks on #theforkiverse , is that there are self-appointed experts who reply to their public posts saying that "the Fediverse" doesn't like that kind of content.

This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us. Nobody does. You can't spell "Fediverse" without "diverse"; for good or ill, there are different viewpoints on almost any topic found here.

I'm helping an elderly person with a patient portal, and wow, there are about 4 different problems ranging from unclear instructions to pages that don't work well when the phone is zoomed in enough for an older person to actually read the text.

Plus, the iPhone keeps popping up unhelpful gunk.

This person isn't particularly afraid of technology either, but they literally can't do it.

I now think every web developer should be forced to walk through their processes with an 85-year-old.

in reply to Mignon Fogarty

*Round of applause, some cheerful whistles and yelling can be heard* Welcome to the club of people needing accessibility! We struggle with such things every single day. I mean, "we" as in "blind people" even more, but still 😊 On a more serious point, try reporting the issues to the dev. As you are in the US, your strong words to mention are ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), Section 508 and WCAG.

Appeasement didn't work with Hitler.

Appeasement didn't work with Putin.

Appeasement isn't working with Trump.

When will Europe learn this most basic lesson about how to deal with imperialist bullies?

politico.eu/article/hit-back-d…

Accessibility is not an excuse. For some backstory: I was at lunch with my parents when they told me I could do classes online but would most likely have to pay for it to which I said, "I would have to do some checking to make sure the platform was accessible." My dad then said one of the worst things anyone could ever say, family or not. "Oh, there's always an excuse." Accessibility. is. not. an excuse. It might seem like it to someone who might not have to think about something like that, but this attitude is disgusting. Accessibility comes in many forms, and having to think about whether something is going to be accessible or not is so goddamn tiring and I don't like that thought being the first thing I say, but also, that's a reality I have to accept. Again I'll say, accessibility, no matter what form you're thinking about is no excuse. After this interaction, I'm left with -1 spoons and a desire to do nothing else for the day.

Sometimes you just have to jump in, yes not everything might be the best decision to make, but honestly getting a Raspberry Pi and not waiting for the perfect moment to start selfhosting when, I had better hardware, or more money, or better internet, or lived in my own home etc, was one of my best decisions 2025. I love beeing able to spin up seriously useful docker containers in seconds, and only today, I added Beszel and linkding to the list of useful tools amongst gitea, audiobookshelf, joplin. Not only does it safe money (to host a joplin server instead of paying for joplin cloud, for example) it's fun, it's satesfying, it takes almost no resources. Just had to say it again, this is good.
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Anybody have ideas about where to host a podcast (low traffic)?

One thousand years ago, I started a thing on a podcast service that got acquired by Spotify. The podcast is served from Spotify today. I’d like to change that.

I did figure out a story for hosting the podcast feed directly from my Ghost dot org site, but it’s a bit too fiddly for me to want to take that on right now, especially with a back catalog of episodes I’d want to keep online (ideally without migrating each item manually).

Hello everyone and welcome to the official #FastSM Mastodon account. Automated release announcements as well as tips and tricks and support will be posted here. I hope you enjoy FastSM! You can find the GitHub repo here: github.com/masonasons/FastSM

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