Doug Whitfield [Minneapolis]

@musicman
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Lead shenaniganizer at @jjj and @friendsofccmusic

One of the owners of blocsonic.com

I'm not a particularly hard person to find online. I'm on Diaspora (maybe haven't logged in in a while), pump.io (maybe haven't logged in in a while), soundcloud, libre.fm, last.fm, ccMixter, and tons of other places.

My dog's name is T'Challa. He is joined a family of cats, is black (mostly), and is African (not completely, he's a mutt).

My labelhttp://blocsonic.com
Stravahttps://www.strava.com/athletes/40503008
Friends of CC Musichttp://friendsofccmusic.org
PronounsHe/him/GOAT

Elephants are born weighing 250 Ibs. They are the biggest babies on earth except for Motorists when one bike lane is added in their city.

#urbanism #bikes #bikecommuting #fuckcars #motonormativity #cars #transportation #trucks #highways #roads #bikelane #bikelanes

I finished History of Rome and epic though it is, it is no Pirate History or Revolutions.

Nope, History of Rome comes in at number 5.

Of course, since I listen to at least two episodes a week of Escape Collective a week, and Everything Everywhere is daily (though I dont listen daily) one anticipates those moving up if I keep this phone. I do need to figure out how to export that data as my phone needs repairs...

In any case, now on to The History of Byzantium, at least for a little while.

I started writing a blog with the title "It's not all bad news...but it is a lot of bad news"

but my move bar says I should move and the dog probably needs to go to the bathroom. Maybe I'll have the energy to finish when I return...but I doubt it.

Hey #FediDev community:

Activity Intents are now supported (or soon to be) by the biggest #Fediverse apps out there: WordPress, Mastodon, and Loops (plus a tiny ones, like Forte, streams, PieFed, and Emissary)

It's a fantastic step that brings the social web closer together 🍻

But there's more to do.

What happens if I want to `Follow` but don't already have an account? Our UX still has gaps.

Please check out FEP-7b29 ~ a simple way to connect the dots all the way through new user signup

After just having responded to the third #curl security report for the evening I noticed a post that cheered me up...

Have a good Friday everyone!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/moekatib_millions-of-people-look-up-to-steve-jobs-activity-7450947453085749248-K1w-

Was listening to History of Rome about all this stuff with the goths happening in eastern Europe and was like how did these dudes get to Iberia.

This podcast did not disappoint.

HistoryExtra podcast: Goths: everything you wanted to know

Episode webpage: http://www.historyextra.com/

Media file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2085611815.mp3?updated=1683282009

History Extra Home

Thousands of historical articles on both British and world history for all levels of knowledge and interest.

HistoryExtra
time to drag the dog outside and then feed the cats. not a lot of energy...

Get your #FOSSY26 talk proposals in by May 22 (anywhere on Earth)!

Talks will be in-person at our beautiful new venue in Vancouver, BC. We want to hear about your #FOSS projects, communities, and activism! We are a small team putting this big event together in partnership with IEEE Vancouver.

Please help spread the word to everyone in your #freesoftware & #opensource circles! #vancouverbc

https://2026.fossy.ca/call-for-proposals/

FOSSY 2026 | Call for Proposals

RE: https://slime.global/@ticky/116421822784671505

The cats are going to take our jobs!

"Building trust in the platform is even more important than building the platform."

Andrea Giardini on why automation adoption depends on developer confidence

📺: https://ku.bz/RS1WM5R74