“There are no single-issue struggles, because we don’t live single-issue lives.”

—Audre Lorde

#Solidarity #Intersectionality #Activism #WeTakeCareOfUs #AudreLorde

I stand with French students who are bravely resisting. And their teachers, parents, and trade union members who have shown up with them on the front lines.

In solidarity. ✊🏻

#France #Protests #Students #Lycee #Paris #Solidarity

Doctor: I'm sorry, but we had to remove your colon.

Me Why?

#DadJokes #Puns #NotMyFault #Grammar #Punctuation

Ratio v2.3 has been released. macOS 27 broke it. Along with millions of other things. But I fixed it for you.

https://ratioapp.markwyner.com

#Ratio #Accessibility #App #macOS #Software #Design #Code

What we’re up against in the U.S. during this election.

Yesterday:

1. Meta closed the No Kings accounts on the day of the protest. Restored them later, saying “our bad.” But did not restore admin privileges.

2. We learned that millions of people had no idea about the protests because Meta suppressed posts about it.

3. Bluesky closed the @DemocracyMattersALot account for “unusual activity.” (No idea if it has been restored.)

And for months we’ve been watching the fascists do everything in their power to restrict voting rights.

The billionaires know they’re the minority. Not economically (which is obvious) but ethically. Otherwise they wouldn’t be working so hard to stop democracy.

I wanna believe most Americans are good people. We’re fighting for what’s right. But our enemy has massive resources and control. That what we need to quell.

Keep fighting. Stay vigilant. And for fuck’s sake, vote!

#EatTheRich #USPol #Elections #Fascism #Meta #Bluesky #Vote

RE: https://mas.to/@markwyner/117454907715313975

The reason I posted this yesterday is that I suspended hundreds of accounts, just as @jerry did. And other moderators as well.

Important: this is NOT an issue with Mastodon. Or the fediverse. It’s a common thing that happens when passwords are compromised and folks use the same ones for many or all of their online accounts. Mastodon is simply one of the targets at the moment.

For server admins, Jerry has a script that will reset passwords on dormant accounts. I highly recommend running this on your instance.

https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/117457041484080186

#Security #Hacking #Spam #InfoSec #OpSec #MastoAdmins #FediTips #FediAdmins #Mastodon

Y’all! Please, please, please use appropriate passwords. We’re seeing a big spam campaign across the fediverse, using hacked accounts.

First, change your fediverse password. Especially if it’s reused elsewhere, short/weak, or really old.

Then, here are some simple steps to protect you and your accounts:

1. Never reuse passwords. Use a password manager so you’ll only have to remember one password.

2. Make sure your passwords are secure. They should be 12+ characters with at least one capital letter and one special character. Good password managers have a generator built-in.

3. Set-up multi-factor authentication (MFA/2FA).

4. Use passkeys wherever possible.

If you need help, ask someone. Folks who know will help.

#Passwords #Security #InfoSec #OpSec #2FA #MFA #Mastodon #Fediverse #FediTips #MastodonTips

Does anyone have any thoughts on this AI removal system for macOS 27?

https://github.com/omlahore/RemoveMacAI

In v27, Apple removed “Intelligence” from the UI, so it can’t be disabled as with previous versions.

I disabled everything Siri (and what I thought was Intelligence). But I can still see these chips in Messages. If it’s suggesting replies, it’s reading my messages.

What’s more, the language model consumes 27GB of space. WTF‽

I’ve read the code in RemoveMacAI, but I’m not knowledgable enough to be sure it’s safe. I’d love to know what y’all know.

#Apple #AppleIntelligence #macOS27 #Privacy #InfoSec #AI

What a trip. I just found this old photo. It was taken in Barcelona circa 2014. The four of us here were all speakers at a conference called Webvisions.

I’m sitting next to the legendary @leaverou, whose name was unfamiliar to me at the time. Now, of course, I and many other front-end developers know her name. Or at least should.

Hi, Lea! 👋🏻 Your talk was rad!

I think this was in the basement of the hotel where the speakers were staying.

#Conference #Barcelona #Design #Code #FrontEnd #CSS

Watch the “Metal from the Dirt” documentary. It’s only 12 minutes, and it’s good. Really good.

There’s a huge culture of metal on the reservations. This documentary shares the highlights.

https://www.mikesmartinez.com/metal-from-the-dirt

My band used to play with Native American bands on the Tohono O’Odham reservation. Those were good times. And I learned so much about Native Americans in that time of my life.

🧵 2/5

#IndigenousPeoplesDay #Music #Metal #TohonoOOdham

Today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

The Geneva Conference of 1977 was a watershed moment for Indigenous peoples of the Americas. It was the very first UN conference with Indigenous delegates, the first direct entry of Native peoples into international affairs, the first time that Native peoples were able to speak for themselves at the UN.

It was also the first declaration of Indigenous Peoples Day. A counter-celebration to Christopher Columbus Day, which celebrates colonization and a fake “discovery” of lands of the Americas.

https://ipdpowwow.org/geneva-conference

Your feeds, today, will show you mainstream content. But I got the good stuff. Three elements of indigenous culture that you probably won’t see. (The third focuses on Indigenous women in Bolivia. Relevant because it honors the shared origin of the holiday.)

But we can’t celebrate this day without retrospection. So I have that for you as well.

🧵 1/5

#IndigenousPeoplesDay #Indigenous #NativeAmericans #Americas #LandBack #MMIW

Key information for American voters:

1. Check your registration status before October 13th (many folks expect to get a ballot and do not).
https://www.nass.org/can-I-vote/voter-registration-status

2. Check your state laws.
https://voteriders.org/staterules

3. Need a valid ID? VoteRiders offers free services (including registration fees) to those who need it.
https://voteriders.org/freehelp

4. Know your rights as a voter.
https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/voting-rights

5. Know your rights against voter deception and intimidation. Especially from fascist federal agents who may be present.
https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/federal-agents-at-the-polls

6. Plan ahead with a safety guide.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/guides/voter-safety-guide

7. Vote. Please. Find out where (or if you have mail-in ballots).
https://www.vote.org/polling-place-locator

Together we fight. All power to the people. Voting is one of the tools at our disposal.

Boosts welcomed.

#Vote #Election #VoterRights #VoterInformation #VoterSafety #America #USElection

@Codeberg is down. 😭 I hope they’re not getting hammered again with a DDoS or something.

https://status.codeberg.org/status/codeberg

#Codeberg #Status #Development #Code

Lately I’ve really been considering moving from macOS to Linux. But y’all may not know how scary and chaotic that is. I assume I’m not alone.

Anyone have good stories making this transition?

I’ve been designing and coding for 30 years. THREE fucking decades. On Apple computers that entire time. And I have my family set-up on them. We share apps and stuff.

Moving to Linux would be a wild ride. Even though it’s the one place in my life where I’m contributing to big tech. It feels like the last holdout.

For an ADHD person like me, this is filling me with blend of excitement and anxiety.

I’m loving Linux on my old MacBook. But I might want some new hardware. Like a laptop from @frameworkcomputer. Their hardware is primo.

I’d love any/all advice, stories, etc.

#Linux #macOS #Apple #BigTech #FOSS

Loving my new mug.

Also, I’m drinking tea now instead of coffee. Most of the time. No idea why. #ThingsYouDidntNeedToKnow

Forgot to add a link (thanks, @bntn):
https://www.bettyofarc.com

#Art #Crow #Tea #Coffee #ResistFascism #Antifascism

Who needs cute in their day‽

These are jellyfish larvae in droplets of water. Yeah. Baby jellies. And they’re cute af.

They were captured by photomicrographer Benedikt Pleyer. This is his third-place winning entry in Nikon’s 2026 Small World in Motion Competition.

https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2026-small-world-in-motion-competition

Don’t miss the button at the bottom of the page to view honorable mentions. There’s a nice collection of videos.

#Jellyfish #Jellies #Ocean #SeaLife #Photomicrography #Videography #Photography

So…this funny thing happened a while back. Which prompted me to do something strange. Which worked. At least so far as it matters to me.

https://markwynerplatinumpools.com

Honestly, I don’t even care about SEO. But I care about people encroaching on my space for the sake of capitalism. Plus, it presented me with an opportunity to design something in the vein of Swiss design or Mid-Century Modern. For funsies.

I know. Something’s wrong with me. I’m okay with that.

#Website #SEO #SearchEngine #Design #Capitalism #DontMessWithMarxus

Y’all. If any of you got a handful of notifications from my account for edited posts, I’m very sorry. I went back and removed all of the archive.is links I have used (about ten), replacing them with web.archive.org links.

If y’all don’t know, there’s a lot of shady stuff going on with that cluster of archive.* sites. Apparently for a very long time. But I didn’t know about it until recently. More info:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-archive-today-after-site-executed-ddos-and-altered-web-captures

https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/417269/archive-today-started-including-malicious-ddos-code-on-its-site-what-should-we

#ArchiveToday #DDoS #Paywall #NoPaywall #WebArchive

Whose keys? Your keys. My keys?

#UX #UI #IA #Copywriting #WebContent

How do you make holy water?

You boil the hell out of it.

#DadJokes #Puns #NotMyFault