Adam

Pokémon catcher, Famicom player, and all-around nerd. See @neatnik for omg.lol and Neatnik LLC stuff. #noai #nobot

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2026-04-20 20:06:25 UTC

Another follow-up after several more DMs, and I really need to share this observation:
There are a bunch of folks (at least in my own network) who are using LLMs every day, and are seeing solid success addressing very specific personal obstacles. Things that you and I might take for granted, but that others need a hand with.
They’re having fantastic success with this, but you’re not hearing about it. Why? Because they don’t want to get raked over the coals for using LLMs.
😕

2026-01-28 16:37:29 UTC

The modern software triangle.
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/115/973/694/288/268/607/original/6bcc72b4aa6fb1ff.png

2025-12-26 17:27:57 UTC

Manton would never engage in censorship, so I guess there’s a bug in Micro.blog that causes critical replies to vanish after a while.
October 3: https://archive.is/zhCQW
Today: https://archive.is/PLUw6

2025-12-10 22:03:34 UTC

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@nprofile…lx0q Glad to lend a hand, any time. I do *not* know Eleventy at all, but I do know CSS, and I think that’s the only bit that really needs some adjusting anyway. My GitHub username is "newbold" (https://github.com/newbold). 👍

2025-12-10 18:19:54 UTC

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@nprofile…lx0q Looks like you’re already getting a hand with it but let me know if you need anything! Always happy to help with stuff like this.

2025-12-10 17:41:56 UTC

This piece by @nprofile…lx0q is *really* good. Set aside 30 minutes and dive in when you can.
LLM ubiquity is ushering us into a sort of warped inverse renaissance, to the detriment of those of us who still value real words written by real people.
https://sightlessscribbles.com/the-colonization-of-confidence/

2025-11-27 19:28:47 UTC

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@nprofile…f3zv Not about our two members (that I’m aware of). Only learned about it in our omg.lol community chat. But here’s a solid writeup about the CEO similarly harassing someone else: https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html
(Lots of interesting things in there, such as how he refused to add any kind of help/intervention text for searches related to suicide.)

2025-11-27 19:11:30 UTC

Today I learned that the CEO of Kagi (the search service) has personally harassed two different trans omg.lol members.
I’m not a Kagi customer, but I know now that I will never be one.

2025-11-18 13:42:10 UTC

Bearblog is down. Pagecord is down. The IndieWeb needs a little more “indie” in infrastructure, not just spirit.

2025-11-18 13:28:38 UTC

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@nprofile…9j4p
https://www.ft.com/content/064bbca0-1cb2-45ab-85f4-25fdfc318d89
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/peter-thiels-fund-offloaded-nvidia-stake-third-quarter-filing-shows-2025-11-17/
https://news.sky.com/story/ai-bubble-fears-take-hold-of-stock-markets-and-bitcoin-13472211

2025-11-18 13:21:59 UTC

AI companies responding to AI financial news today:
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/115/570/908/507/141/273/original/2304c264d952949b.mp4

2025-10-31 18:45:35 UTC

Starting now and through at least the end of November, I’m setting aside 25% of omg.lol’s net proceeds to help any members who are unable to buy food due to the loss of SNAP funds. I’ll donate whatever isn’t needed to the Dare to Care food bank here in Louisville, KY.
Communities like ours can help each other out in tough times, and this is one simple way to do that.
If you rely on SNAP funds and need a hand, you can email help@omg.lol.

2025-10-24 19:08:24 UTC

These are always so funny. “It’s like you’re a surgeon” … “you’re a conductor of an orchestra” … “you’re an executive and AI is your intern”
lol, no. You’re just a person using a machine, trained on data stolen on an unfathomable scale, operated by an industry that is doing tremendous harm, and you’re either oblivious or willfully complicit.
Enough with the bullshit analogies. Stop trying to glorify any of this.
https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/115429612780897145

2025-10-16 20:34:00 UTC

Awesome news: I’m now able to offer a *20%* discount on your first year of Fastmail! :prami_happy:
omg.lol and Fastmail have had a wonderful partnership for a few years (and Fastmail remains the only way to actually send email from your omg.lol email address). I’m super excited to be able to offer a deeper discount!
I’ve used them for my personal email for nearly 13 years now, and the service remains amazing and keeps getting better.
Save 20% here: http://join.fastmail.com/omglol 💰

2025-10-09 19:41:09 UTC

“It is always more complicated. Reality doesn't yield to simple formulations. But they're not trying to understand complexity. They're wielding it like a weapon.”
https://mgx.me/the-watchers

2025-10-06 15:51:38 UTC

Mastodon *is* microblogging. You publish posts, and people can subscribe to your RSS feed. Just like a blog.
If you subscribe to my feed (http://social.lol/@adam.rss), you’d never even know that my posts came from Mastodon. They could be from Bear or Pika or Movable Type.
The best part? All of the “social” parts of Mastodon are excluded from the feed. No favorites, boosts, or replies. Just posts!
Maybe I’ll just call this my blog from now on.

2025-10-06 13:19:38 UTC

There’s a somewhat popular view in the indie blogging scene about social media being toxic. Today I had an email exchange with someone about this topic, and I tried to convey my view about why this is a harmful perspective that’s held from a position of privilege. Sharing my response here. https://paste.lol/adam/social-media-email-reply

2025-10-04 20:43:12 UTC

They’re putting YouTube thumbnails on everything now
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/115/317/839/475/025/578/original/e5b08932b627c03f.jpeg

2025-10-04 11:49:25 UTC

Yesterday, in the face of active turmoil surrounding the Bluesky CEO’s disgusting treatment of trans people on her platform, Manton Reece (owner of Micro.blog) posted a message praising that very CEO and her “strong principles and vision.”
Even after multiple people pointed out how terrible and insensitive of a take that was, and even after the day passed, his post remains exactly as he wrote it. No retraction, no clarification.
He’s telling you exactly what he means.
https://www.manton.org/2025/10/03/apparently-there-was-some-drama.html

2025-10-03 18:07:51 UTC

Apparently there are fully-grown, educated people out there who don’t realize that minorities can also be bigots.

2025-08-27 13:45:05 UTC

“Discovery feeds” are inevitably problematic. There is always bias in curation, and vote-based systems are always manipulated.
Part of why I love Mastodon is that “discovery” is just a natural part of how things work here. Instances have their own public feeds, where you can easily follow people and interests (hashtags) to build out your own timeline. No curation or bias. Just a stream of activity for your own personal discovery, on your own terms.
#mastodon #discovery

2025-06-20 04:29:13 UTC

I won’t link to the post, because someone will (fairly and understandably) point out that I’m “putting someone on blast”. But earlier today someone said (about me): “I just wish more people would agree to disagree.”
I’ll agree to disagree on the best flavor of ice cream. I’ll agree to disagree on which Star Wars movie is the best. But when it comes to anything that infringes on a person’s actual humanity? No, I’m not going to just “oh, well!” that. I’m going to disagree very strongly and very loudly.
I’m sick and tired of people who want to treat a disagreement over how *actual transphobia* was handled as if it’s on equal footing as a disagreement over text editors or operating systems. I’m tired of the tut-tutting and pearl clutching from people who don’t understand or don’t care about the very real issues that others face. I’m tired of the ignorance, the let’s-all-just-get-along, and the intense disrespect that comes from those who put their own desire for quiet and comfort over others who actually want to deal with real problems that others face in our shared communities.
This same person also said (again, about me): “I'm not sure half the time that man is on the same planet as anyone else.”
Gee, thanks. I’m on this planet, right here. The one with serious issues. I’m on the planet where choosing to talk about those issues, to address them, to raise awareness, is seen as a step toward positive change. I’m on the planet where a tough conversation does more to move the needle than a monthly photo blogging challenge.
You don’t have to like any of this. And you don’t have to *do* any of this. But to choose to not understand it? That’s just a special sort of highly privileged ignorance. And it doesn’t look good on anyone, anywhere.
You can agree to disagree with that if you want. Meanwhile, I’m going to be supporting people who aren’t lucky enough to be in a position to simply disagree with things like the removal of their basic human rights. Right here on this very planet.

2025-06-19 20:24:25 UTC

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inb4 the inevitable bad faith “virtue signaling” accusations. No, it’s not virtue signaling when you recognize someone else’s celebration, nor is it when you make a joke pointing out that some milquetoast genteel guy in Austin would rather support the diversity of his community through very brave discussions about Apple and AI than actually deign to recognize any oppressed group’s plight.
And to the two folks out there who spent today talking about me while also blocking me so I can’t respond to any of it, this isn’t “vitriol”. It’s facts. Deal with it.

2025-06-19 20:12:17 UTC

If the straight white guy who runs your social IndieWeb platform hasn’t yet mentioned Juneteenth today or Pride Month this month, go ahead and ask them why not. They always love that! 😄

2025-06-19 07:26:58 UTC

407 years ago, the first slaves arrived in Virginia. They were from Angola.
162 years ago, Lincoln declared that all enslsved people in Confederate territories were free.
160 years ago (to the day!), on #Juneteenth, the last enslaved people in the USA were freed.
61 years ago, racial discrimination and segregation were outlawed by the Civil Rights Act.
60 years ago, black Americans finally secured comprehensive electoral protections through the Voting Rights Act.
But:
- 12 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that states no longer require federal approval for new voting policies. Since then, more than 100 voter suppression laws have been passed across states with histories of discriminatory practices.
- For every dollar earned by a white person in the USA, a black person earns 87 cents.
- White Americans hold 84% of the country’s wealth, while black people hold just 3%.
- Institutional racism remains a serious problem, with black people facing disparities in education, housing, employment, healthcare, and in the criminal justice system.
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, three good things that help *everyone*, are under constant attack.
Today is Juneteenth, and it’s a day to celebrate. But I hope all of my white friends can take a moment to consider that however far we think we’ve come with civil rights in this country, it hasn’t been far enough. Every day we see more examples of people in power actively working to undermine fairness and decency while driving increasingly larger wedges between ethnic groups. We have to be better than this. We must refuse to accept this. There is so much work to be done, by all of us.

2025-06-19 00:38:02 UTC

https://url.town/ just got its 400th URL! 🥳

2025-06-17 16:22:18 UTC

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social.lol absolutely is a “tribal” social network.
In this tribe, we believe:
- Pronouns are just as important as a name.
- Independent creators are far more interesting than big tech.
- Human creativity will always outclass an algorithm.
- Diversity is a strength.
- Equity is a right.
When someone on the outside looks in and frowns at the “tribal” nature of any of that, I can’t help but wonder how *their* preferred tribe looks.

2025-06-17 15:39:13 UTC

Observation: the Fediverse was built in direct opposition to big tech and the billionaires who fund and abuse it.
So maybe when all of your federated posts lick the boots of those billionaires, you’re going to get a certain kind of response.
People aren’t “careless”, and pointing out how your takes aren’t at all consistent with your self-proclaimed IndieWeb values isn’t an “attack”. Grow up.
https://www.manton.org/2025/06/17/glad-i-stopped-sending-my.html

2025-06-09 03:02:08 UTC

https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/114/651/174/725/127/746/original/8fc50fa548e692a0.jpg

2025-06-08 06:06:11 UTC

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2025-06-03 23:54:25 UTC

Yikes. New Fosstodon moderation team is going *great*.
One mod has filtered out words like queer, racist, trans, and gender. Because that totally makes it easy to keep an eye on content that might affect marginalized members of the community. /s https://social.treehouse.systems/@YKantRachelRead/114621879782958297
A second mod wrote this whackadoodle piece during the recent meltdown: https://archive.is/vreBu
And a third mod is committed to rescuing people from “bad propaganda” in “militantly leftist places”. https://social.treehouse.systems/@YKantRachelRead/114621047572495288
Wow.

2025-06-03 14:09:34 UTC

https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/114/619/827/069/882/094/original/d6db2fde31554742.png
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/114/619/827/477/862/873/original/63a33d9838645da4.png

2025-06-01 16:55:21 UTC

Happy Pride Month! :prami_pride_rainbow: While that other cishet social web place limits LGBTQ+ pride to a couple of emojis, and the guy who runs it wouldn’t be caught dead saying “happy pride month”, the omg.lol family knows that pride is recognized and celebrated here every day. Wouldn’t have it any other way.
I’m a straight guy happily married to a straight woman for over 20 years. But it’s not hard to see and respect queer people. I’m sorry that so many other guys like me squirm over it.

2025-05-31 17:59:00 UTC

I read a thing that depressed me, was going to whine about it, and then decided to think about what I could do that’s positive and productive instead.
https://notes.neatnik.net/2025/05/come-make-some-candles-with-me
I’m offering a web development apprenticeship (focused on PHP, HTML, and CSS) to one person during July. Details and application info in the link above. I think it’ll be a lot of fun!

2025-05-15 17:56:11 UTC

I don’t want AI helping me to make web pages.
I don’t want AI helping me to enjoy web pages.
I don’t want AI anywhere near my browser.
I want to keep the web human. I want to create it with my own hands and consume it with my own mind. I want to surround myself with other people who want the same. That’s *my* web.
If you want to go full-blown Borg and ruin your experience via someone else’s bias-laden stolen-content neural network, you do you. But I find it repulsive.
#web #humans #noai

2025-05-13 21:41:20 UTC

This is genius: https://circlejerk.blog
(I didn’t create this. But I know who did, and this person is a treasure.)

2025-05-12 11:49:06 UTC

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@nprofile…5lc3 There’s a lot of good work being done here: https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt
This repo also has server configuration that will deny access to matching user agents (not just asking them nicely to go away via robots.txt). Of course it’s only as effective as honest crawlers that send a genuine UA string, but it’s a start.

2025-05-09 23:35:16 UTC

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@nprofile…pye9 Reported here as well, and also blocked this person from the social.lol instance. I realize every instance will have different response times for moderation but I have to say it’s disappointing to see a post where someone says “what’s wrong with eugenics” still live five hours after the initial report. #fediblock

2025-05-09 16:56:28 UTC

“Your experience is important to us” and “please disable your ad blocker” being in the same sentence is really something.

2025-05-02 21:07:47 UTC

Me to the new Fosstodon admin: "People want reassurance, not dismissiveness."
The Fosstodon admin:
https://fosstodon.org/@Gina/114440216079740931

2025-05-02 01:40:44 UTC

🤩 I’m in awe at how amazing this community is. It hasn’t even been 24 hours since we began our May charity event, and we’ve already reached nearly $3,200 in donations and matches for 18 different organizations (many of which are local to our members). The sheer generosity is beyond inspiring. :prami_hearts:
If you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, stop by and see how we’re making a difference together! https://home.omg.lol/giving/gift-tracker

2025-04-30 14:12:34 UTC

Excellent write-up of the situation with #Fosstodon, with equally excellent commentary. If you’ve been out of the loop and care to catch up, this is the one to read. https://mkultra.monster/social-media/2025/04/28/fashtodon

2025-04-29 14:46:48 UTC

Brandon’s Journal: “I wasn't aware my blogs and social media movements were being tracked and scrutinized and well... it creeps me a bit out. Some folks need to get a life.”
You didn’t realize that people read your blog? And that they might have an opinion on what you wrote? And help me out, do *all* of your readers of your blog need to get a life, or only the ones who disagree with you?
https://weeklynotes.brandons-journal.com/post/week-in-review-april-27-2025

2025-04-22 13:20:42 UTC

Apple’s “1984” commercial, but the guy on the screen is proselytizing the next generation of AI, the audience are people who don’t know how to function without AI, and the woman hurling the sledgehammer is fucking tired of everything.

2025-04-22 03:23:06 UTC

What the actual fuck https://www.regenerator1.com/p/building-our-native-ai-newsroom

2025-04-18 16:53:39 UTC

Back when I was in college, it was the credit card companies that were predatory toward students. Now it’s the AI companies. Get them young and get them hooked. Make an entire generation of students dependent on this tech, unable to think and create for themselves, and then you’ll have customers for life. Not out of loyalty, but out of necessity.
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/114/360/006/368/390/840/original/baf4fd0532f4445d.jpeg

2025-04-16 21:20:53 UTC

No problem! Because Blueksy is decentralized, these users can just connect through a different relay.
Oh, wait—
#bluesky #centralized #sarcasm
https://mastodon.social/@docpop/114349307904657316

2025-04-06 20:17:10 UTC

Maybe, just maybe, once the great technology pendulum has attained its full apogee, we may live to see it swing back to place where we can all have stuff like this again.
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/114/292/829/264/747/944/original/29dca7a95c045dee.jpeg

2025-04-02 12:10:44 UTC

[heavy sigh]
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/114264655660039248

2025-04-02 02:32:26 UTC

📝 New on the omg.lol blog: We have to talk about AI “art” - https://omglol.news/2025/04/02/we-have-to-talk-about-ai-art
Or at least I want to talk about it, especially where our community is concerned. A lot of folks are getting tired of seeing it. I worry that we’re only going to see more of it, or worse, that it won’t be long before we can’t even identify it. It’s harmful and annoying, but also people really seem to enjoy it, and I don’t know if that’s because they’re unaware of the harm or because they’re just not concerned.

2025-04-01 22:50:25 UTC

Senator Booker breaking Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest senate floor speech is gonna be awesome, not as an impressive feat of stamina or political determination, but because he’s a black man taking the record from a white racist.
Thurmond’s record was set in 1957, and his speech was an argument against civil rights. His position was that civil rights shouldn’t be federally guaranteed, but left to the states. (Sound familiar?)
This will be good history painting over awful history.

2025-03-30 18:57:41 UTC

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@nprofile…xlhv The one I used to visit was in upstate New York (at a mall outside of Albany). Never knew they were in Europe too!

2025-03-30 13:49:45 UTC

Anyone else remember shopping here in the 80s? As a kid I always liked their logo, which I saw all over the place since it was on their pricing stickers. What a cool logo. #design #retro #logo
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/114/251/699/444/107/115/original/84976f9b4c110a37.jpeg

2025-03-20 02:31:04 UTC

The attention to detail in @nprofile…jm9n’s Tangerine UI theme is just so wonderful. Love these little custom icons for trending hashtags!
If you’re a social.lol member, you can enable the theme here: https://social.lol/settings/preferences/appearance (there are four colors to choose from!)
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/114/192/400/242/086/548/original/978685300146783e.png

2025-03-09 21:12:28 UTC

New emoji available on social.lol: :flag_usa_distress:

2025-02-22 15:26:24 UTC

https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/114/048/236/315/782/488/original/8351ff2ea42da070.png

2025-02-20 19:28:17 UTC

This is why I will never tolerate “no politics” rules in any context (like at work or in online communities). “No politics” rules require everyone to silently accept that the person beside them is contributing to a reality in which an *11 year old girl* kills herself because of unmitigated ignorance and hatred.
Fuck everything about this.
https://www.kxii.com/2025/02/20/11-year-old-girl-dies-by-suicide-after-bullies-threatened-call-ice-her-family-2/

2025-02-11 18:04:37 UTC

I’m looking for more blogs to read, so I made a little thing where you can share feeds with me. Plop a feed URL into the field, click the button, and I’ll check it out!
https://neatnik.net/feed-me/

2025-02-08 16:28:20 UTC

This was the first digital photo I ever took, dated March 28, 1999. At 640x480 resolution, the duck is just a handful of pixels. Not a great photo! Just a duck in the Ohio River.
I’d love to see your first digital photo, too! #firstphoto #photography
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/113/969/207/492/979/667/original/efbb70820dbd6499.jpeg

2025-02-05 23:23:10 UTC

🤐 Silenced: https://notes.neatnik.net/2025/02/silenced

2025-01-24 16:29:56 UTC

And they called *me* performative.
@nprofile…zdsx, I respect you more than you think. But you botched this, no matter how many cishet white guys on Micro.blog tell you that you’re great. During the first week of Trump’s 2nd term, questions were raised, and you didn’t answer them. You updated a policy, removed a name from your website, and made a donation to an organization. Fine. But you still haven’t declared yourself an ally.
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/113/884/279/181/713/796/original/332674611bff2bbe.png

2025-01-13 19:29:00 UTC

I’ve joined IFTAS, so if you’re a Fediverse admin feel free to connect with me there! https://connect.iftas.org/members/cd270d18/

2025-01-11 17:24:28 UTC

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@nprofile…0vte @nprofile…mhl7 The promise of the Fediverse is that you can have one account in one place and follow everyone everywhere else. When instances block Threads, they break that experience. So some folks want to use an instance where they can follow anyone, even if they’re on Threads. (And not have to manage multiple accounts on multiple platforms.)

2025-01-08 19:20:12 UTC

Trying out LINE for the first time. Anyone want to be my friend? https://line.me/ti/p/ABKm2EV9nz
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/113/794/351/680/477/641/original/c6889131ba4ab295.jpeg

2024-12-15 20:13:14 UTC

I’m livestreaming a small project from start to finish! Replacing broke.lol with something much cooler. Doing the whole thing from the server build to the application layer. Feel free to join if you’re interested! https://twitch.tv/neatnik

2024-12-13 15:56:33 UTC

The very first CSS for Beginners class is today, in just about five hours from now. So of course I only just started on the class materials. 😅
(Hopefully that gives you an idea of how chill this class is going to be.)
If you’ve been putting off learning about CSS, this might be a great way to jump in! Or it might be awful, I don’t know, I’ve never done this before. In any case, you’re welcome to join!
Details here: https://neatnik.net/css-for-beginners/
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/113/646/330/849/779/309/original/c65ff7f1e13fad6d.png

2024-12-11 03:21:33 UTC

If you’re at that part of your web developer journey where you know enough HTML to be dangerous but haven’t really learned CSS because you tried once and it made you nauseous, then I’ve got a treat for you. This Friday, December 13 at 1 PM PST / 4 PM EDT / 9 PM UTC, I’m going to teach a live, hour-long class that will cover the basics of CSS.
More info here: https://neatnik.net/css-for-beginners/
It should be pretty chill, and hopefully fun, too. The entire internet is invited. Pass it on!
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/113/631/989/106/608/489/original/e9e933c677d841ba.png

2024-12-01 21:42:52 UTC

This feels like it’s ripped straight from a Calvin & Hobbes comic where the dad is just making stuff up to avoid admitting that he just doesn’t know.
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/113/579/744/903/310/291/original/a147071eff96635e.png

2024-11-29 06:01:35 UTC

Trust me: you never want to be the person that lives rent-free in someone else’s head.

2024-11-19 16:53:50 UTC

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2024-11-17 21:18:49 UTC

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@nprofile…ckfv This particular setup gives you full control over the methods being used — so it’s definitely an “AND” in this case. I do need to make that more clear, though!

2024-11-17 21:05:58 UTC

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@nprofile…ckfv yikes! Will dig into that shortly. In the interim, you should be able to hit https://id.neatnik.net/recovery to at least get in that way. Sorry for the bumps here!

2024-11-17 04:37:49 UTC

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@nprofile…ddq2 totally agree, the AT protocol is technically superior. But my concern is about the blind flocking to a centralized, VC-backed entity, not about protocols.

2024-11-17 03:02:52 UTC

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@nprofile…avnw yeah, the protocol is nice, and there are aspects that I hope ActivityPub can learn from and eventually incorporate (maybe?). I’m just in a state of disappointed disbelief that so many people in the indieweb space are eagerly getting behind another corporate social thing again. The protocol may be open, PDSes may be a thing, but bsky.social is a critical component of the service (since that’s where 18M people are now). Hard not to see it as centralized.

2024-11-17 02:40:31 UTC

The excitement over Bluesky is really interesting to watch, but it makes me a little sad. It’s like we’ve learned *nothing* after being repeatedly burned by VC-funded social media over the years. We’ve all seen this movie before and we know exactly how it ends. :prami_upset:

2024-11-16 22:09:19 UTC

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@nprofile…v2fg I’m on it!

2024-11-16 21:36:50 UTC

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@nprofile…ckfv Still fixing some bugs on this end, so apologies if you continue to run into any issues! Should have it all sorted out shortly though. 👍

2024-11-16 16:38:48 UTC

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@nprofile…q5w4 Mastodon continues to feel like home for me, but I think this last exodus from Twitter has a lot of people interested in going to where the masses are heading. I just wish it wasn’t to a place funded by big investors… it’s the total opposite of the indie web ethos. :prami_upset:

2024-11-15 18:37:09 UTC

A couple of people have contacted me about the printable one-page calendar that I have on https://neatnik.net/calendar, asking about a 2025 version. It’ll automatically switch over to 2025 on January 1, but you can print a 2025 version at any time by visiting https://neatnik.net/calendar/?year=2025. Enjoy!

2024-11-14 00:12:07 UTC

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@npub16kf…f4dm Whoops! Found and fixed that particular glitch. (Can you tell I’m still testing this? 😅)
If you give it another go, you should get an email this time. Also, once you’re signed in, you should be able to visit https://id.neatnik.net to manage your Neatnik ID, including adding other authentication methods. Don’t hesitate to let me know if you stumble across any other issues!

2024-11-13 23:43:23 UTC

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@npub16kf…f4dm Sorry about that! I’ve been working on the new authentication system (Neatnik ID) and totally forgot that I had left it in a test mode. 😅
Feel free to give it a try now, and let me know if you run into any trouble with it. (This will also soon be used for omg.lol, along with other stuff!)

2024-11-12 04:38:55 UTC

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@npub1nml…cqk6 Have a year on me. Seriously. DM me the best way to send the money (Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, Zelle, Apple Cash, you name it).
They’re running a Black Friday sale (50% off!), so if you know someone else who could use a subscription as well, that’s on me too. ❤️

2024-11-12 04:30:20 UTC

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@npub1844…wdwt
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/113/468/100/906/712/528/original/f8b077510d75b689.mp4

2024-11-12 04:27:49 UTC

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@npub1jlv…pzz8 There is! Start at https://myactivity.google.com/, hit the hamburger menu at the top left, “Other activity”, “YouTube channel subscriptions”.

2024-11-12 04:14:02 UTC

I don’t flex often, but I’m *totally* flexing this Secret Mission Mew from Pokémon TCG Pocket. :pokeball: #pokemon #pokemontcgpocket
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/113/468/036/812/446/671/original/401bbf34f4f4b35b.png

2024-11-09 19:36:52 UTC

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@npub17y6…rult @npub1cu9…6829 It’s Yamper + Marill! Exceptionally clever. 😄 :pokeball:

2024-11-09 14:36:17 UTC

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@npub1djp…zg7e Yes, they were temporarily limited due to another flood of spambots. I’ll go ahead and remove the limit now, though, as I believe the worst of it is over.

2024-11-07 18:02:36 UTC

“Oh, Adam, you just don’t understand. They didn’t vote for him because they want a racist, fascist, misogynistic dictator; they voted for him because they just want prices to go down.”
It’s astonishing that people can make this kind of appeal, opting to gloss right over the racism, fascism, and misogyny. It’s astonishing that they expect me to sympathize with the view that racism, fascism, and misogyny are a worthwhile tradeoff for personal economic relief.
Some people aren’t hooked up right.

2024-11-06 18:04:27 UTC

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https://x.com/rauchg/status/1854206133776388461

2024-11-06 00:32:11 UTC

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@npub1wal…ynaw It’s definitely beyond ridiculous 😅

2024-10-30 04:03:13 UTC

My Pokémon TCG Pocket friend code is 6007955416216576. Feel free to add me! :pokeball:

2024-10-22 11:38:57 UTC

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@npub1tvl…dw86 @npub1jlv…pzz8 Can confirm, I use Keynote to make animated GIFs all the time! Like this one: https://cdn.cache.lol/img/prami_coaster_animated.gif

2024-10-21 17:32:46 UTC

Happy Monday! As of now, all of the @npub1y9z…3ykm x omg.lol St. Jude fundraiser sticker rewards are in the mail! Folks in the USA should start to receive theirs this week, and other global destinations will likely follow shortly. :penelope_delivery:

2024-10-17 13:54:38 UTC

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@npub1dv9…v2v4 instant follow! 🙌

2024-10-16 17:33:05 UTC

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@npub17xf…egzp Going to keep updates consolidated within this thread: https://social.lol/@prami/113318243466515774

2024-10-16 17:18:41 UTC

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@npub17xf…egzp It’s not, but something weird is definitely going on. I’m getting intermittent reports of disruption accessing some content on omg.lol, and others are reporting that they can’t access social.lol and broke.lol (as you just mentioned). Looking into it now.

2024-10-09 16:58:44 UTC

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@npub1t9c…3jwj See also: https://wordpress.org/news/2024/09/wp-engine/#:~:text=My%20own%20mother%20was%20confused%20and%20thought%20WP%20Engine%20was%20an%20official%20thing.

2024-10-09 16:55:54 UTC

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@npub1t9c…3jwj I took some liberties... but close enough. 😅
https://login.wordpress.org/
https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/113277490070161595

2024-10-09 16:51:46 UTC

This is getting out of hand.
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/113/278/493/652/594/639/original/a01a55098c077322.png

2024-10-09 03:16:34 UTC

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@npub1u36…9rjt I’ve been meaning to make some stuff forever and just haven’t been able to get to it, yikes! But @npub1y9z…3ykm made a neat old-school 88x31 image here: https://rknight.me/about/colophon/
And you’re more than welcome to grab any omg.lol artwork and do your own thing! There’s a high-res Prami logo image at https://cdn.cache.lol/img/prami.png (and an SVG available as well if you change the file extension).