Serge K. Keller 🦣

@citizenk
7 Followers
112 Following
1.4K Posts

⏸️ On hiatus, just lurking.

Sharp. Intelligent. Cold-blooded. Ruthless. I void warranties. — Sutor, ne ultra crepidam — κάτι τρέχει στα γύφτικα
🏴‍☠️
And I'm all outta gum.

🇨🇭 speaking, writing, living (and sometimes thinking) in 🇮🇹, 🇫🇷, 🇬🇧 & 🇩🇪

📚 Tsundoku black belt
👾 Elder Xennial BBS Mod
🐿️ Still digging Gopher
#️⃣ Proud father of #MastodonProust

🌐 Cyberia

🤌 It might look like I'm doing nothing, but on a cellular level I'm really quite busy.

🌳https://skk.one
👾https://mas.to/@skk
Pronouns / Pronoms / Pronomi / PronomenCiao! 👋
Serge K. Keller 🦣Jun 23, 2025

https://mastodon.social/@citizenk/114705172032652929

And this is what puts the proverbial nail in the coffin for me: https://mastodon.uno/@socialnetwork/114731859008372302

Not a healthy situation! Don't get me wrong: the fine devs and folks running mastodon.social have done nothing wrong and I had some good times here, much better than in other places.

But as a former biologist, I believe in diversity is healthy for an ecosystem, and the same applies to communities. And the beauty of the fediverse is that I can move around and still follow you! 😊

🙏 🐟

⁂ Fediverso e Social Network ⁂ (@[email protected])

Il fediverso non smette mai di divertire nel vedere quanta enfasi ci sia nel tifare un Fediverso super frammentato in micro-istanze e poi scoprire che tutto questo viene detto da una comoda istanza Mastodon che, guarda un po’, monopolizza il 70% del fediverso, accoglie il 99% dei nuovi iscritti su una sola istanza (mastodon.social da 3 mln di iscritti) e schiaccia qualsiasi alternativa. Quando si dice avere in mano la verità e aver capito tutto. :diggita: @[email protected] #fediverso #mastodon

Mastodon Uno Social - Italia
Show threadSerge K. Keller 🦣Jun 23, 2025

And this is what puts the proverbial nail in the coffin for me: https://mastodon.uno/@socialnetwork/114731859008372302

See my quote post of the above.

⁂ Fediverso e Social Network ⁂ (@[email protected])

Il fediverso non smette mai di divertire nel vedere quanta enfasi ci sia nel tifare un Fediverso super frammentato in micro-istanze e poi scoprire che tutto questo viene detto da una comoda istanza Mastodon che, guarda un po’, monopolizza il 70% del fediverso, accoglie il 99% dei nuovi iscritti su una sola istanza (mastodon.social da 3 mln di iscritti) e schiaccia qualsiasi alternativa. Quando si dice avere in mano la verità e aver capito tutto. :diggita: @[email protected] #fediverso #mastodon

Mastodon Uno Social - Italia
Serge K. Keller 🦣Jun 22, 2025
Robert ReichJun 22, 2025
The Dogs of War https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-dogs-of-war?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Serge K. Keller 🦣Jun 18, 2025

While I appreciate the Mastodon team's work on mastodon.social, I have concerns about its dominance in the Mastoverse. This centralization isn't ideal for the Fediverse. Others have articulated these issues better, and I might do so in the future. For now, I'm putting this account on hiatus and may eventually migrate to another instance.

See you on indieweb.social where I will go as @skk or elsewhere. You'll find me: I have friends everywhere.

Serge K. Keller 🦣Jun 8, 2025
Dan BricklinJun 8, 2025
Obituary in NYTimes of computer giant Bill Atkinson: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/technology/bill-atkinson-dead.html We owe a lot to him and his skill and devotion.
Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74

A designer for Apple, he created software that made it possible to display shapes, images and text on the screen and present a simulated “desktop.”

The New York Times
Serge K. Keller 🦣May 29, 2025
JA WestenbergMay 28, 2025
RSS never tracked you.
Email never throttled you.
Blogs never begged for dopamine.
The old web wasn’t perfect.
But it was yours.
Serge K. Keller 🦣May 15, 2025
SelzeroMay 15, 2025
I think we should tell Gen Z that Head Cleaner's "Play Both Sides" was the 🔥 album of 1986
Serge K. Keller 🦣May 13, 2025
Haelwenn /элвэн/ May 13, 2025
> click on someone's URL to their blog
> Yunohost SSO login wall

I swear this embarrassing bug is going to be old enough to drink at some point.
Serge K. Keller 🦣May 9, 2025
Ars TechnicaMay 9, 2025
Linux to end support for 1989’s hottest chip, the 486, with next release
Linus Torvalds sees "zero real reason for anybody to waste one second" on them.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/linux-to-end-support-for-1989s-hottest-chip-the-486-with-next-release/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Linux kernel is leaving 486 CPUs behind, only 18 years after the last one made

Linus Torvalds sees “zero real reason for anybody to waste one second” on them.

Ars Technica
Serge K. Keller 🦣May 9, 2025
StellardolphinMay 9, 2025
Another powerful American, another wave of hope regarding Human values (instead of despair), so let’s brand it correctly…