Voting with your feet works. But honestly, don't look back. It's better elsewhere.

https://www.theverge.com/policy/883852/discord-age-verification-global-walkback-delay

Be kind
Drink water
Take your meds
Choose whimsy
Smile like you have a wee gremlin secret
Know I'm proud of you
You've got this

Luv you

@alice @Fpccraig

Any idea how reputable Gandi is? They have worked well for me for a long time but I have no idea about the management. They were recommended years ago when I wanted to dump Network Solutions for various reasons.

Gentle reminder and request.

We are all going to see a lot of inflammatory, viral, racist, sexist libelous shit over the next months.

Your rage is what they want. They want you to dunk on it, repost it with your hot takes, and spread it.

Deny them the free publicity and platform. Please don't link, quote, or share that stuff.

Let it wither in darkness and loneliness.

Sunlight may be the best disinfectant when facts are in play, but this is influence. Repeating lies spreads them.

Mastodon Canada will be taking a full and complete downtime to migrate our 450 GB database from the cloud to our servers.

We're reserving four hours for this work; we don't expect to use the entire time.

This is also a heads up to other #MastoAdmin that we may fill up your Sidekiq retry queues during this time.

Updates will be provided here as they become available: https://status.mstdn.ca/maintenance/831038

#mstdnca

Some cities are dumping Flock thanks in part to pressure from communities and Flock's own shady practices.

"many city officials have realized after the fact that they were sharing their data more broadly than they had known, and that federal agencies, including U.S. Border Patrol, had searched their data." #flock #alpr #police #surveillance

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/17/nx-s1-5612825/flock-contracts-canceled-immigration-survillance-concerns

Been trying to find the right words to talk about this.

I left my #infosec job recently. Good pay, great coworkers, but the fit was gone, and I wanted to leave on my own terms.

I don't know what comes next.

What I do know is that I'm sleeping better, and I'm more relaxed. Aside from additional adulting tasks like worrying about family health insurance (USA), I get to decide how my time is spent.

If burnout has you, know that rest is not giving up. You are a human being, not a human doing.

Video from PBS about Monteray Bay sea otters (15 mins). Amazing creatures 🦦
I learnt so much about them and their habitat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si3cqzjKL3o&t=2s

Thanks to @skinnylatte for sharing ☺️