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Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check
Looking back at 2025 I can't help but feel an immense sense of gratitude towards the fediverse.
I found so many friends and lovely communities on here. I feel part of a rebel alliance, working towards the goal of creating a better internet - and resisting broligarchs.
This year I made a stock photo for the fediverse and an introductory video. I hope I can find MANY new ways to support the good cause in 2026.
Wishing everyone a wonderful new year!
We got this.
#RESIST ! ✊
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朝起きたらGジェネエターナルに元旦特別ステージが追加されてたんだけど”元旦”の文字に配置されたガンタンクを破壊するだけのダジャレステージだった
This article from 
@pluralisticCory Doctorow was a really great read. I like this flavour of "elbows up" a lot - ending anticircumvention laws and maybe even loosening copyright laws. It would definitely be better than counter-tariffs. https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/16/k-shaped-recovery/
HAPPY PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY! And Happy New Year!
Books published in 1930 will enter the U.S. public domain, such as:
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett: This novel introduced the world to the famous detective Sam Spade.
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner: A masterpiece of American literature.
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie: This was the first novel to feature the beloved character Miss Marple.
Last year at this time, I was at a nice venue, enjoying a big New Year's Eve dinner and listening to live music, waiting for 2025 to begin.
This year, though, we’re at home, peaceful and relaxed, waiting for my wife to recover her strength after a long bout of the flu.
The common thread? A year ago, I had just set up the 'FediMeteo bot' for automated updates (which, updated and improved, is still running today). And I was planning the announcement date.
This year, I’ve just finished two changes that will further improve the bot and the service.
They’ll go live tomorrow, and I’ll announce them officially! 🙂
psychology literature on autism is all so cringe.
"90% of autistic people are men" 100% of us can't believe you've fallen for this self-fulfilling diagnostic issue. ... and 90% of us wear striped knee socks.
"a few autistic people are so high-functioning that they even manage to hold down a job" we are holding down the entire science and tech economy, Clarence.
"a defining characteristic of autism is a lack of desire to share interests with others and a deficiency in theory of mind" I think the issue might be that you have never once spoken to a single autistic person as if YOU possess theory of mind, Karen. Now, the doors have been locked for your convenience, and my six hour presentation on obscure writing systems may commence.
Yo so there’s new WataNare! 5 episodes! https://youtu.be/HHDpG5ofODk
New Year Special
May your 2026 be lit by the self-immolation of the genAI industry.
TAG YOUR FUCKING 2026 SPOILERS
SOME OF US ARE STILL IN 2025
I backed up the #HardenedBSD 15-STABLE installer/update build VM. I plan to sell some assets and buy new enterprise drives for the server in the new year.
We need to get away from using cheap consumer SSDs for our servers. We don't have the budget for enterprise drives, but I'll try to make it happen regardless.
Your periodic reminder that donations to the HardenedBSD Foundation are eligible for tax deduction in the US. All donations go directly in supporting our infrastructure.
This is where someone makes a joke about writing 2025 on their checks for the next 3 months and every ones says what are checks?
Happy New Year!
I backed up the #HardenedBSD 15-STABLE installer/update build VM. I plan to sell some assets and buy new enterprise drives for the server in the new year.
We need to get away from using cheap consumer SSDs for our servers. We don't have the budget for enterprise drives, but I'll try to make it happen regardless.
Your periodic reminder that donations to the HardenedBSD Foundation are eligible for tax deduction in the US. All donations go directly in supporting our infrastructure.
I think people who self host should try not to see ‘family members not wanting to use your service’ as ‘stupid’ and more
Switching costs are hard
It’s really hard to change consumer behavior
Even if your solution is better
This is the no 1 thing that people who have never worked on the consumer side of tech need to learn.
Start by not thinking people are stupid.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/1q0ey6s/are_people_sometimes_totally_allergic_to_using/
@venite nativity with lighthouse!
Escaping the Linux Networking Stack at Cloudflare
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/31/escaping-the-linux-networking-stack-at-cloudflare/
I have a feeling that homotopy type theory might be a better foundation for music theory. For instance, two pitches an octave apart are often described as equal, but it's a non-trivial equality. One might say that there is a "path" between them. Different chord inversions are also "equal" in this sense. A thirteenth chord can be identified with an added sixth, and so on. Then there are chords that are missing the third or the fifth. Such chords can be idenitified using more than one path, so you may have higher homotopies.
France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/31/france-plans-social-media-ban-for-under-15s-from-september-2026
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46444743
ah yes if you set peertube concurrency to 16 it will download the same 4K@25 7.6GB source file 16 times to encode all the different variants.
makes sense. maybe that's why they shipped and my platform stayed vaporware.
今年もよろしくおねがいします
Seaweed dryad
あけおめタイシン
あけましておめでとうございます！
🐀 A reminder why we are going through the drain.. thank you, #SteveCutts, as always. You don't let us down. 💙 💚 🧡
Don't be in the rat race, and don't be in disneyland either. #OpenYourMind instead. Think out of the box. You can do it, and so can I. 💪
@germnetwork.com I thought I'd try Bluesky pairing. I know it's a work in progress, but adding a very long, unclickable link into my bio is a hard no. I would have to get rid of most of what I've written for humans – for a machine to read. how about writing a custom record to my pds instead?
I’ve never once gotten scammed as an adult, and that’s not because I’m clever or anything.
It’s because I got scammed a million times as a child on RuneScape and none of the tricks work on me now.
I was trained on the battlefield
하씨발 이달소완전체보고십어... 혜주야살아는잇니...?ㅠ
so much happened this year but remember when 404 Media found out the DOGE(.)gov website that was spun up to track Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal government could be edited by anyone?
one of our top stories of 2025:
https://www.404media.co/anyone-can-push-updates-to-the-doge-gov-website-2/
2025 was a disaster for Windows 11
Link: https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/2025-has-been-an-awful-year-for-windows-11-with-infuriating-bugs-and-constant-unwanted-features
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46445491
Court report detailing ChatGPT's involvement with a recent murder suicide [pdf]
Link: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.461878/gov.uscourts.cand.461878.1.0.pdf
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46446800
How AI labs are solving the power problem
Link: https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/how-ai-labs-are-solving-the-power
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46444020
And to close of the year, one of my first photos of 2025.
I wish you all a Happy New Year and a great start into 2026!
I didn't want to feel left out, so here's my contribution 😄
Year in Review 2025
🗣AM ENDING 2025 WITH A BOOST & FAVE
look who just arrived in time to welcome the new year: my THING1 & THING2 in #plushtodon form, #Boost & #Fave.
it was hard to get a good pic of us together by myself, so i hope you don’t mind the potato quality of my tablet’s pics.
i haven’t stopped smiling since i opened the package.
🗣HAPPY NEW #FEDIVERSE YEAR TO YOU ALL
Stewart Cheifet, creator of The Computer Chronicles, has died
Link: https://obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-cheifet
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46446359
Heyyy I read a handful of books this year!
New Year Special
[News] DjangoCon Europe - Call for Proposals
The Call for Proposals (CFP) for DjangoCon Europe 2026 is officially open! This event will be in Athens, Greece, from April 15–19, 2026. Submission deadline: Sunday, February 8, 2026 (end of day) #djangonews
🗣AM ENDING 2025 WITH A BOOST & FAVE
look who just arrived in time to welcome the new year: my THING1 & THING2 in #plushtodon form, #Boost & #Fave.
it was hard to get a good pic of us together by myself, so i hope you don’t mind the potato quality of my tablet’s pics.
i haven’t stopped smiling since i opened the package.
🗣HAPPY NEW #FEDIVERSE YEAR TO YOU ALL
ねれね
Happy New Year, everyone!
Evan Prodromou
Chao-c'
nulta
些々細📯
Paolo Melchiorre
Eugen Rochko
Kagami is they/them 🏳️⚧️
