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I am a programmer who loves fountain pens. Go figure.

Hey, all you letter writing and fountain pen lovers: You may already know about them but check out https://lettermo.com/

Put your paper to good use and send a letter or post card this month. It is International Correspondence Writing Month after all. Even though it's the tenth it's easy to catch up on the challenge. Details for that can be found here: https://incowrimo.org/

#FountainPen #InCoWriMo #FountainPenInk

LetterMo

I love how all the expensive devices with styluses advertise them as being "almost like paper".

Just write on paper then (!), and save hundreds of dollarbucks.

I guarantee you that writing with a #fountainpen on some good quality paper (e.g. Tomoe River) will give you an experience that no digital device can hope of achieving...

I'm not going to waste my precious human time reading something that you didn't spend your precious human time writing.

I really don't care about the well-aligned randomly stolen words of a text-generating machine you are using for cheap marketing.

#NoAI

This isn’t new news as such, but people keep being surprised by it, so it’s worth repeating. Substack hosts, profits from, and promotes explicitly Nazi content, and if you are adding value to that network, you are helping them to do so. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters

Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

The Guardian

@ben

For people who want alternatives, Ghost is a Substack-style platform that doesn't host Nazis. Its software is free open source so you can self-host if you prefer, or use Ghost's own paid hosting service.

Ghost also has Fediverse compatibility so people can follow your Ghost blog or newsletter directly from Mastodon etc. More info at https://fedi.tips/ghost-blogs-and-newsletters-on-the-fediverse/

Ghost: Blogs and newsletters on the Fediverse | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

Objectively speaking, Hongdian has absolutely no business putting out boxes THIS beautiful with their pens. For how much this cost me, without a sale, I am blown away.

Unboxing tomorrow, because I have my late grandmother's voice screaming in my head, "New things must only be shown on Sunday. Saturdays' are inauspicious, brat!"

First purchase this year, a treat to myself for making it through the 1st phase of respiratory physio. 🧿🥳

#FountainPens

Still very sick, but better enough to speak a bit about 2 new pens.

In front is a special edition Jinaho 82 that's more akin to smaller 1911 Profit models. Sadly, the finials aren't swappable like on the standard 82, so it's not as customisable.

The rear pen is the Sailor 1911 Large Casual with their new steel nib that they've designed to feel like their gold nibs. I've still to test on rougher paper, but I struggled to feel the difference between it & the 21k nib on TR.

#FountainPens

I switched my phone somewhat recently — from an Android phone to a FLX1s Linux Phone.

I am an early adopter — so there are some rough areas, but —

I am largely happy with the phone.
Especially given that it is a privacy oriented phone, that is an open platform, built on open-source software, where I am in control of it.

One nice thing though — for the apps where there is no Linux alternative, you can run (some) Android apps on it.

#FLX1 #FLX1s #FLX1Slim #FuriLabs #FuriPhone #LinuxPhone

Hey #fountainpen peeps! Question: what's the best pen for drawing in the $40 to $60 range or cheaper? Thanks. 💙⚔️🎨

Happy 83rd Birthday to Ken Thompson! 🎂

A true computing legend and co-creator of UNIX, B, and Go—technologies that shaped the modern software world and still power the bulk of today’s infrastructure. 💻️🔥

#legend #unix #programming