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This is a nice guide about setting up your own social space, which seems mostly to be about running your own mastodon... it's just a shame that the tech knowledge to do this stuff is still so tricky.
How to run a small social network site for your friends

This document exists to lay out some general principles of running a small social network site that have worked for me. These principles are related to community building more than they are related to specific technologies.

Dear everyone who is considering making a video of yourself talking rather than just writing the *exact same words* into a text file, a blog post or a PDF:

Unless you're specifically targeting people who literally cannot read...

Please don't.

Sincerely, A Person Who Doesn't Have Literal Free Hours To Hear You Slooooowly Say Something It Would Take Me Five Seconds To Read And Also I Can Ctrl-F It

On the plus side, I remembered to bring my keys this time?
Walking all the way to the office without my laptop because I'm an ADD piece of shit and am still at least two months away from getting meds

These two goobers hanging out at the office ❤️

via @adriel

Is there anywhere selling pre-made #pronoun #stickers for conferences?

The little ones that say “he”/“she”/“they”/“ask me“ (or whatever) that a techy conferences/events can leave out for people to use. I'd need a few hundred. (feel free to boost)

My coworker just posted this

Apparently when I'm away from the office, this cat takes my place

My coworker just posted this

Apparently when I'm away from the office, this cat takes my place

Tired: learning Dvorak to improve typing efficiency
Wired: Creating a conlang with a letter distribution that makes QWERTY the most efficient layout
You can't CW crossposts, they're often not formatted properly, and a lot of people just let a crossposter run and never log in again... In terms of community etiquette they're incompatible for multiple reasons. I don't see why asking someone to reconsider using one is controversial lol