Stephen ๐ŸŽƒ

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Elementary #SpecialEducation Teacher in #Tacoma, #Washington, #PNW - Proud #Union #Educator

Casual gamer, consumer of #ScienceFiction, books and visual media, and lover of the #Outdoors. Passionate about #UrbanPlanning, #Architecture, and #Transit.

#WGUAlumni

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Took the day off for a dental appointment. Guess who is probably going to need an implant!
OH: IPv6 addresses have Windows XP CD key energy, turned to 11.

Our Founder, @Gargron is stepping down from his position as CEO. He shared a reflection on his time building and growing Mastodon on our blog.

We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon teamโ€™s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here. Weโ€™re thrilled heโ€™s staying on in an advisory capacity.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon

My next chapter with Mastodon

Reflections on my time leading Mastodon and what's to come next.

Mastodon Blog
Loosely related, MOHELA did not auto draft my payment this month because of the approval. The payment is still due, they just never processed it and I need to make it manually. Not sure if they were planning to tell me this ever, but the gentleman on the phone cleared that up.
My Teacher Loan Forgiveness was applied by MOHELA finally. 13k left to go!

Drove past a local trap house being flipped into a trap home. ๐Ÿก

And just steps from a light rail station ๐Ÿ˜

I bought a steam deck ๐Ÿ‘€
(โœ–โ•ญโ•ฎโœ–) or teaching in 2025

On this blog, I have previously outlined some of my personal gripes with teaching recently. While those things still hold true, I believe there is more still to be said. When I wrote the previous post, I was frustratedโ€“under attack from administrators making baseless accusations about my professionalism and

Stephenโ€™s Blog
A few days ago I setup a test virtual machine under macOS to see if it could be a viable option for my home lab. I anticipate that I will begin migrating some services to it in the near future.
My job is too hard this year.