#BookReview They Came to Slay, the Queer Culture of DnD - by Thom James Carter
You may have guessed it, but I bought the book because it's purple, and who could resist a title like that? 💜
For anyone who's played #DnD for a while, like myself, there wasn't much new in the book. A little bit predictable. But a fun one to have in my collection regardless, and inspired me to experiment with characters of other genders in future TTRPG sessions.
: Agency looks to understand the extent of identifying information available to its masked agentsThomas Claburn (The Register)
RE: mastodon.social/@kottke/115979…
Wow, another one. An acquisition by Bending Spoons is really Il bacio della morte, to use the language of Bending Spoons' origin.
Vimeo was recently acquired by a private equity firm and you know what comes next: Vimeo Lays Off ‘Most’ of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes ‘the Entire Video Team’. gizmodo.com/vimeo-lays-off-mos…Vimeo Lays Off 'Most' of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes 'the Entire Video Team'
Employees reported major job cuts this week, just months after the video hosting site was bought by Bending Spoons.Bruce Gil (Gizmodo)
Express yourself securely, unbounded, freely
#DeltaChat #privacy #security #decentralization #diday #digitalindependece #autonomy #independence
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Tesla's Q4 2025 earnings call made one thing painfully clear: the company is no longer interested in being an automaker.Fred Lambert (Electrek)
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Also, I may have put myself in a situation where my Mastodon life and my work life collide in a way I never intended.
This is largely because the reaction to "I spoke to blind people and this is what they said" is being treated like either a revolutionary stroke of genius or a heretical breach of protocol, depending on who I speak to.
If you’re going to FOSDEM, please wear masks. The venue is stuffy and con crud was a thing before the virus that can take away your ability to concentrate enough to make software.
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#ThreeDuckThursday is heading for the weekend.
#DuckOfTheDay #Duck #Ducks #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Birding #Birds #HolmeFen #TheGreatFen
I've been asked a few times in the past week to use #GitHub, and I'd like to be helpful, but I keep seeing Renée Good's face and it would seem disrespectful somehow.
Happy to email a patch, but I'm done with that site.
Problem to solve This task comes after the implementation of ActivityPub for social features, implementing cross-instance search, implementing visualizing cross-instance projects,...GitLab
FYI: GitLab happily collaborates with ICE.
Here's what GitLab's CEO, Sid Sijbrandij, himself committed:
gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitl…
> vetting customers is time consuming and potentially distracting.
GitLab employees are forbidden to discuss politics at work or raise concerns about GitLab's customers.
Even when it's perfectly clear that a customer is evil, they want to "do business with customers with values that are incompatible with our own values".
They "welcome everyone […] to be customers of GitLab" as they "do not currently exclude anyone from being a customer based on moral/value grounds."
Here's a news article:
theregister.co.uk/2019/10/16/g…
Code-hosting biz also bans staff from talking politics at workThomas Claburn (The Register)
I just (re-)discovered the Playdate play.date/ and it looks really cool but also really expensive. Is there way to buy a used one easily in France/Europe?
It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. There’s a crank. It comes with 24 free games to get you started. Say hi to Playdate from Panic.play.date
I dunno about you, but I don't need my devices "analyzing my facial expression"
ft.com/content/49f4e2e4-3a68-4…
Just learned about FediSky, a project by @msonnberger that adds an ActivityPub instance sidecar to a PDS.
Think Bridgy Fed except hosted by the PDS owner or Wafrn except reversed.
Still in early dev, but keeping an eye on this space 👀
github.com/bluesky-social/atpr…
What are the current plans from BlueSky (the company) for interoperability with Mastodon/ActivityPub? We currently have two emerging alternatives to X that deserve to be taken seriously: the fedive...GitHub
This is gonna sound like a call out post, and... No, it really isn't. I'm not calling out anyone in particular. I've just seen it one too many times. The straw, the camel's back, yadiyada.
My cis dudes. I love you. I really do. But I'm tired of you going under women's post expressing their grievances about men, to explain how ashamed you are of other men. It's... It's tiring. Like, it's really fucking tiring. Because you don't realize that every time we make such a post there is at least one or two of you. Every time.
We don't care about you being not like the other guys. Yes, sure, are one of the good ones, whatever. Good boy and all that. But when you do this, not only do you not contribute anything to the discussion, you're actually adding to the problem. It's adding emotional labour to the women trying to explain themselves when really you should just stay quiet and listen.
Give a like. Boost the post, even. But you don't need to say anything, not to us. Call out other men in the responses that are probably trying to argue and ending up exactly proving her point. Do better, instead of saying that you already are.
Vimeo Lays Off 'Most' of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes 'the Entire Video Team'
gizmodo.com/vimeo-lays-off-mos…
Private Equity is the pillager of industry.
Employees reported major job cuts this week, just months after the video hosting site was bought by Bending Spoons.Bruce Gil (Gizmodo)
I learned the other day that dropout.tv is built on Vimeo's platform. It had been awhile since I'd thought of Vimeo, so I went to see what they've been up to. When I saw they were purchased by Bending Spoons, I figured this was coming.
I wonder if they'll keep their PaaS offering...
Employees reported major job cuts this week, just months after the video hosting site was bought by Bending Spoons.Bruce Gil (Gizmodo)
Apple's new AirTag introduces a series of small improvements, so how does it compare to the original model from 2021? The second-generation...Hartley Charlton (MacRumors.com)
Native Instruments statement on continued support for customers and partners - their first official statement since insolvency revelations.
cdm.link/ni-insolvency-stateme…
Native Instruments has posted an official statement from CEO Nick Williams, reassuring customers and partners that support for NI products will continue through the restructuring.Peter Kirn (CDM Create Digital Music)
Tesla panic-files 'Cybercar' and 'Cybervehicle' trademarks moments after Musk says them
electrek.co/2026/01/29/tesla-p…
This is what a T$ compensation package brings you. The greatest business genius of all.
Tesla filed two new trademark applications within 37 seconds of each other last night, moments after Elon Musk used the...Fred Lambert (Electrek)
#XMPP Summit
After many fruitful discussions and talks on XMPP we are closing for today.
See you tomorrow at 09:00 am (UTC+1)!
The XMPP Summit:
xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-summit-2…
Meet us at #FOSDEM 2026, too!
#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource #rtc
The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is exited to announce the 28th XMPP Summit taking place in Brussels, Belgium next year - just before FOSDEM 2026. The XSF invites everyone interested in development of the XMPP protocol to attend, and discuss all …xmpp.org
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quack :3
Music: Serani Poji - Pipo Pipo
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in reply to Hannah Grace • • •hi, you might want to look into ArcaneChat messenger, its main selling point is being purple 😌
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in reply to ArcaneChat • • •My favourite thing about being on the fediverse is that people just tag me in purple things.