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Trying hard to be a good Mom. Like to make stuff with electronics. Like gardening. Hope you are finding many things to smile about.

This week, I went over to Bluesky and asked people who'd left Mastodon why they left, and lots of people told me. I grabbed the replies and crunched them and wrote up a summary. I think it's really interesting and often kind of wrenching.

https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt

#meta

Some lucky thief stole $20 worth of openai credit on my account while I slept. Stopped it...The reason I write this is I reported this on 13 July. Crickets from openai support. No setting of expectations when they will get back. Recently they say a week. Been over a week Turning my attention to open source LLMs...since openai support seems non-existent. Has anyone actually needed support and are satisfied w/ openai's handling?
Should my friend (a 6th grade science teacher) feel she needs to always bring a kevlar shield "just in case" every day? I don't know the exact solution. But I am saddened it often comes down to $$ over our wellness.
the ultimate benefit of split keyboards

Mozilla’s setting up shop on Mastodon and trying to reinvent content moderation

It’s a social network that doesn’t try to be neutral and isn’t attempting to preserve free speech. It’s trying to make the internet a nicer place to be.

Mozilla’s new Mozilla.Social Mastodon instance is an attempt to reinvent content moderation

Mozilla.Social, a new beta Mastodon server from the team at Mozilla, brings a new take on policy to the Twitter clone. It’s not worried about censorship or free speech — it’s just trying to make a better place to be online.

The Verge
People are calling Moms for Liberty National Socialites but I really like Klanned Karenhood.

From the Seattle Public Library: Teens and young adults ages 13 to 26 living anywhere in the U.S. can access our entire collection of e-books and audiobooks. We believe in your right to read what you want, discover yourself and form your own opinions. Fill out the simple form at the bottom of this page to get a Books Unbanned card.

https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/teens/books-unbanned

Books Unbanned

Teens and young adults ages 13 to 26 living anywhere in the U.S. can access our entire collection of e-books and audiobooks.

The CircuitPython Show is now on the Fediverse thanks to #Castopod, open source podcasting software. I still have some bits to migrate, but you can follow the show from your Mastodon account at ‪@circuitpythonshow‬ (Don’t forget the www). More to come. Thanks for listening!

Santa Barbara bluff

#Fujifilm #photography X-T3 XF16-55mmF2.8
ISO320 26mm ƒ/8 1/1700s
ACROS-R filmsim