Mastodawn

I had a wonderful, terrible, magnificent idea, and @mattbors was up for it. We launch That One Matt Bors Comic on Kickstarter on May 12. Sign up at Kickstarter for an alert! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/that-one-matt-bors-comic?ref=7bn16k (Media, see https://thatonemattborscomic.com/press.html)

Coming soon: That One Matt Bors Comic

A book about how “we should improve society somewhat” conquered the discourse

Kickstarter

William Smith 16h ago

Mac Admins Open Source 19h ago

Mac Admins Open Source is excited to announce AutoPkg Wizard

AutoPkg Wizard is a modern macOS SwiftUI application for managing AutoPkg. AutoPkg Wizard provides a graphical interface for common AutoPkg tasks, created with eternal love towards the venerable AutoPkgr.

Key features:

View all installed AutoPkg recipe repos with their GitHub URLs
Add repos by short name (e.g.grahampugh-recipes) or full GitHub URL
Edit mode with multi-select for bulk removal
Update all repos with real-time streaming output

Read more about it on Graham R Pugh's blog: https://grahamrpugh.com/2026/05/08/autopkg-wizard.html.

Check it out here: https://github.com/macadmins/autopkg-wizard

#opensource #macadmins #macadmin #autopkg

AutoPkg Wizard - a new open source app for AutoPkg users

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William Smith 1d ago

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Heidi Li Feldman 1d ago

I’m going to suggest that the Flanagan campaign get on Mastodon or another Fedi server ASAP and participate in our community. I believe any progressive Democratic should. If Flanagan’s campaign does, and _only_ if it does, I will spearhead Fedi-for-Flanagan fundraising. This would be a chance for Flanagan - and the progressive Democratic electeds who back her - to learn the significance of our community. 5/

William Smith 3d ago

MacAdmins Conference 3d ago

MacAdmins 2026 is coming together in a big way.

The session lineup is live—70+ sessions, hands-on workshops, and the best community in Apple IT.

Join us July 7–10 in State College PA.
💸 Early bird ends May 12, register today & save $150

👉 https://conta.cc/42dMK0k

#macadmins #psumac

William Smith 4d ago

Matthew Reinbold 4d ago

'Memory in the Marrow' - on collective trauma, unfished work, and #Minnebar.

https://matthewreinbold.com/2026/05/04/MemoryInTheMarrow

#msp #minnesota #uspol #amwriting

Memory in the Marrow

This Matthew Reinbold

William Smith 4d ago

Sam Litzinger 4d ago

I remember asking a veterinarian who worked with beagles that had been rescued from research labs why so many labs specifically used beagles as test animals.

His answer: “Because they’re gentle and trust us.”

Broke my heart.

https://apnews.com/article/animal-welfare-protest-wisconsin-75efa4aa05cd4dff7575590de1610d7c

1,500 beagles find safety after protests at Wisconsin dog breeding site

The first of 1,500 beagles being removed from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research business are adjusting to their new lives as animal welfare groups move them to shelters to prepare them for adoption. Ridglan Farms in rural Blue Mounds was the site of a violent clash last month between activists trying to break in and police who repelled them with tear gas and pepper spray. But the Big Dog Ranch Rescue and the Center for a Humane Economy had already been working for months to purchase the animals and find them better homes.

AP News

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William Smith 6d ago

Here’s a pic of the baby before I started recording video. Very close. Just staring at me. Not moving at all.

#BattleCreekPark #MNastodon #StPaul

William Smith 6d ago

Had a deer try to lead me away from her fawn this afternoon. She stopped in the middle of the trail and just looked back at me. When I stopped and looked around, I saw the younger one looking directly at me and about twice as close as the mama.

#BattleCreekPark #MNastodon #StPaul

William Smith May 2

stux⚡️May 1

I still research my code issues for hours on endless websites instead of asking AI

shrug

William Smith May 1

Richard MacManus May 1

"Today’s social media platforms are no longer centered around sociable activities. Instead, most platforms offer us a broadcast medium and invite us to learn how to game the algorithms so that we too can create assets for the major corporations." 🔥 🔥 🔥 from @zephoria https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20563051261437487

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