Happy to see my tax money well-spent 😊🥳

Apparently accessibility fixes in Mastodon were largely sponsored by the Dutch government. Public money funding public code benefitting us all, regardless of where you live or your nationality. Awesome!

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/mastodon-4.6/

Almost forgot...well done & congrats on release 4.6 @Mastodon people & floss contributors 🎂🫶 🎉

#OpenSource #Mastodon #FLOSS #DigitalAutonomy #Accessibility

TOP TIP: buy superglue (aka cyanoacrylate glue, CA glue, Krazy Glue etc) in bottles of at least 50mL. "But I'll never get through that much before it dries out!" you say. But no! It dries out quickly *because* it's in a small container. In larger bottles, as well as being much cheaper per millilitre, it lasts *years*.

Also, buy the runny stuff rather than the gel kind. Much easier to use (EDIT: for woodworking and repairs, other applications may have different needs).

“I miss my ex” says woman who misses ex’s cat

www.thebeaverton.com/2026/06/i-miss-my-ex-says-woman-who-misses-exs-cat

MEDICINE HAT, AB – A local woman who claims to miss her ex-boyfriend really just misses her ex’s pet cat. “He was always so warm and affectionate, you know?” said Isabelle Lang, staring wistfully at a framed picture of her ex-boyfriend Justin that…

Mastodon 4.6 has been released:

"You can now control whether a “Media” tab shows at all, and if so, whether it should include media attachments from your replies to other people or not. This way, if you want to use it as a portfolio while hiding the GIFs and memes you use to respond to others, you can."

Someone finally got it.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/mastodon-4.6/

Another AI argument: "I'm studying Japanese and asked Claude to make flashcards based on the grammar points in my Japanese textbook, and it did in minutes what it would have taken me hours"

What if I told you that the act of making the flashcards is studying? When I went through the Naval Nuclear Program I went through a very similar process of making flashcards for all the things we would be tested on. I never actually had to use the cards. Making them was all I needed to do to sufficiently remember.

There is no way to optimize your way out of the learning process. It always takes the same amount of effort in the end.