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✨ Loops Roadmap Updated 🚀

We have shipped Playlists and the For You algorithm/feed features!

Spread the word, we're closing the gap and still on schedule ⚡️

https://joinloops.org/roadmap

#Loops #Playlists #ForYouFeed

Alright, I finished my first proper blog post about selective applicative functors!

I lay out the theoretical basis for them and how I claim they should model control flow with exclusive determined choice (which is something the existing formulation failed to capture)

https://blog.veritates.love/selective_applicatives_theoretical_basis.html

the key insight necessary to make it work for N-ary branching is to consider arrows (composable profunctors) instead of functors in isolation, because casing on an Either is about the domain not the codomain

the resulting structure is related to near-semirings, but in a different way than Alternative is (as that encodes nondeterministic choice)

For those of you who remember ScreamingGoat, they're currently looking for a new role. Ideally something in the threat Intelligence space and DC local. Y'all know how he is with emerging vulnerabilities. Let me know what you've got and I'll make sure it makes it to them.

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​​​​​​​​ #今年一番伸びた絵ではないが個人的に気に入っている絵を貼る

"How We Lost Communication to Entertainment"

A following of my post about PixelFed

https://ploum.net/2025-12-15-communication-entertainment.html

Also available on #gemini :

gemini://ploum.net/2025-12-15-communication-entertainment.gmi

#fediverse #geminiprotocol

Announcing Key Transparency for the Fediverse

I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of a reference implementation for the Public Key Directory server. This software implements the Key Transparency specification I've been working on since last year, and is an important stepping stone towards secure end-to-end encryption for the Fediverse. You can find the software publicly available on GitHub: PHP Server software: PHP SDK (client-side):

https://soatok.blog/2025/12/15/announcing-key-transparency-fediverse/

My way of rebelling against techbros and autocrats:

December 2024: quit all Big Tech platforms and start #selfhosting essential services

December 2025: write guides for newbies about how to self-host

I'm also in discussion with a blogger I admire to start a podcast about tech... where we'll focus on solutions (instead of problems)... aiming to inspire others to join in...

It's been a really heavy year but these little acts of rebellion give me hope ✨

アキ・カウリスマキ映画を解説。物質主義社会の片隅で生きる人々の居場所を描き続ける ｜ カルチャーメディアNiEW（ニュー） https://niewmedia.com/specials/029237/

​​もしたのでねるか​​
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After my talk at @gnome Asia Summit, I’ve published the source code of Jollpi, a Python-based text editor I’m rewriting with a modern stack.

Built with Python 3, @GTK 4 and GtkSourceView 5, using a modern async architecture and standard Python packaging (pyproject.toml, pip).
It installs cleanly and integrates like a regular Linux desktop app.

Feel free to try it and share feedback.

Source code: https://gitlab.com/zulfian1732/jollpi-text-editor

#GNOMEAsia #GNOME #GTK #Python #OpenSource

Announcing Key Transparency for the Fediverse

I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of a reference implementation for the Public Key Directory server. This software implements the Key Transparency specification I've been working on since last year, and is an important stepping stone towards secure end-to-end encryption for the Fediverse. You can find the software publicly available on GitHub: PHP Server software: PHP SDK (client-side):

https://soatok.blog/2025/12/15/announcing-key-transparency-fediverse/

@hellomiakodaMiakoda exactly. and the answer unfortunately is pretty clearly: just use up someone else after that. it’s horrible how many people are treated this way

@tonyTony Hoyle I only willed it into being this very morning.

entry-level positions should also pay livable wages!

or else you’ll only hire people who are desperate or privileged

all workers deserve fair pay, even if they’re new to the field

아기가 궁금한 고양이 (깨서 울었음)

#お風呂ドン からの#服薬ドン したあ！！！　今日も入眠剤は半錠にしてみるよ　もう平日はこれでいきたい

I guess I should update the Loops Roadmap page now we've shipped a few major features 😉

We need to normalize declaring software as finished. Not everything needs continuous updates to function. In fact, a minority of software needs this. Most software works as it is written. The code does not run out of date. I want more projects that are actually just finished, without the need to be continuously mutated and complexified ad infinitum.

I finally came around to inverting and retouching some of the film-photos I took years ago. I think I have a workflow that brings joy and works for me, so I might go through all of my analog photos over the following weeks, I will add the ones I like to this thread.

Until then, enjoy this idyllic beach scene in SF
#photography #filmisnotdead

I got the The Oracle archetype!

That post count tho...

https://mastodon.social/@box464/wrapstodon/2025/331cf4ee188f8d94

#Wrapstodon2025

Just shipped a For You algorithm update to fix the pagination issue!

If you ran into the "You're all caught up!" message, you should now see that much less often.

I'll continue tweaking the algorithm to find the best fit for everyone!

#Loops

I finally came around to inverting and retouching some of the film-photos I took years ago. I think I have a workflow that brings joy and works for me, so I might go through all of my analog photos over the following weeks, I will add the ones I like to this thread.

Until then, enjoy this idyllic beach scene in SF
#photography #filmisnotdead

You will soon be able to give feedback on the For You feed for each video!

You can tap the "Not interested" or "Hide creator" buttons to better train the algorithm, and you may see a form after some videos asking if you Liked or Disliked that content.

The more you use it, the better it gets ✨

#Loops #ForYou

'Do you want to make this file a Trusted Document?'

This document I created and worked on myself, and saved into my OneDrive, that only I have access to? Nah, don't trust it, mate.

A petition calling for the repeal of the UK's Online Safety Act has reached more than 550,000 signatures and will be debated this afternoon in the UK Parliament. Ahead of the debate, EFF, Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch, and Index on Censorship wrote to politicians urging them to listen to their constituents and repeal the legislation. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/eff-open-rights-group-big-brother-watch-and-index-censorship-call-uk-government

蘋果日報以往的報導archive全都在這裡找得到 (23x萬筆資料)

https://collection.news/

すでに追跡済みのファイルのローカル変更をコミット対象から外したい時のメモ

``` bash
git update-index --assume-unchanged .vscode/settings.json
git update-index --no-assume-unchanged .vscode/settings.json
git ls-files -v | grep '^h'
```

おはよー！！！カンカンカン！！！起きて！！！朝だよ！！！！

高倍率の望遠端だし画質はアレ

I got the The Archer archetype!

https://mastodon.social/@reiver/wrapstodon/2025/c9ec0b88e2d8deb8

#Wrapstodon2025

横浜でもオリオン大星雲撮れるんだね
画質はあんまり良くないけど

Today I had the opportunity to talk to a group of digital literacy teachers about the privacy issues related to Microsoft, Google, and other big tech companies in education.

I couldn't have wished for a better audience! Still lots to do, but today was a start!

Want to protect children? Protect their privacy from techno-capitalism!
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #education

Salut @EPFL ! Moi, c'est Plushtodon, la peluche-mascotte de Mastodon 🦣 ✨

Je me réjouis de découvrir le quotidien du campus, de passer d’événements en rencontres et d'explorer les lieux les plus emblématiques!

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Hi @EPFL ! I’m Plushtodon, the Mastodon plush mascot 🦣 ✨

I can’t wait to immerse myself in everyday life on campus, hop from event to event, meet new people, and explore your most iconic spots!

#epfl #epflcampus #Plushtodon #introduction

'Do you want to make this file a Trusted Document?'

This document I created and worked on myself, and saved into my OneDrive, that only I have access to? Nah, don't trust it, mate.

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2025-12-15 05:00 보안사고 본질은 기술 실패인데…분노의 화살 대관으로 문제 터지면 로비력에 의존한 박대준, 왜곡된 의식 드러나 박 前대표, 강남 비밀 사무실 공개되자 당일 퇴진…사실상 경질 김범석, 박대준, 강한승 오는 17일 청문회 불출석 사유서 제출 www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/6442877

[단독]쿠팡 박대준, 해킹 발표 직전 대관 조직에 고성...

Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men — these are *perfect* movies, directing *just one* of them would be enough to put a director into the pantheon. To have made all of them … wow. RIP Rob Reiner, you were one of the best to ever do it. Damnit.

A petition calling for the repeal of the UK's Online Safety Act has reached more than 550,000 signatures and will be debated this afternoon in the UK Parliament. Ahead of the debate, EFF, Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch, and Index on Censorship wrote to politicians urging them to listen to their constituents and repeal the legislation. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/eff-open-rights-group-big-brother-watch-and-index-censorship-call-uk-government

杖だけに！！つえ〜〜〜〜！！！

さすがに変えるか...

If I were to #auction off two #guitars from Christone “Kingfish” Ingram for #EatonFire #Altadena Charities and rent, would any of you in the #fediverse be interested? They’re beautiful pieces. Let me know.

#music
#musica
#instrumental
#instrument
#instrument
#guitar
#guitarists

slop

밤 이제 자라!! 대앵… (안녕히 주무세요)

한국 지방의회는 왜 이렇게 약할까? 참여연대 의정감시센터 2025년 12월15일 slownews.kr/150974

한국 지방의회는 왜 이렇게 약할까? - 슬로우뉴스.

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