Anyway

https://masto-fe.superseriousbusiness.org/

"It's fine"

"It only sort of sucks"

"It's *probably* not stealing your passwords"

RE: https://mastodon.online/@crossref/117467642897920348

🤝 PKP is looking forward to @crossref's Annual Meeting and Board Election this week!

In session 2, Famira Racy, PKP Communications Specialist, will share a brief talk on work with Crossref and the importance of upgrading PKP software for better #metadata ⤵️

#Crossref2026 #OpenJournalSystems #OpenPreprintSystems #OpenMonographPress

Also I just want to say I *hate* "profile images go in circles*, absolutely loathe it, it kills readability for me, I view this as an accessibility problem, I recognize things by shapes, you put a circular border on the thing and now the shape is "circle" and my poor brain has to work twice as hard to distinguish things. Entire website is just circles with colors in them. I had *so much* respect for the fact that as late as 2026 Mastodon had held out on letting us actually see the whole avatar

GET A SECOND SHAPE

I was trying to hold back at least a LITTLE on being mean about the interface because the initial blog post seemed at least a little bit principled but no, fuck this, this is VC shit. This is the shit where a PM wants to goose numbers on feature use upward someone was using their "feature" so they shove it in your face. Except it's happening at a *nonprofit* with like four employees so I can't fathom why they'd bother?!

No, no, don't answer that, I know why. It's because Bluesky treats "feeds" as important. Nobody on Bluesky actually seems to *use* "feeds", but you wanted to be like Bluesky, so you renamed lists to "feeds" and tore useful features such as "making posts" out of the interface to make more space for a giant vertical banner begging us to use the "feeds" feature. The compose box is now clinging desperately to the screen trying not to fall off

This has been a known factor for decades. State control on trans existence almost always precludes further minoritized trans women, be they lesbians or ethnic minorities. Statements claiming that trans women ought to be required to go through proper channels to receive HRT are not subtle about the positions of those making them.

The compose box goes *here*?! Seriously?? Why?? Why that… why those margins?? Why that particular tiny overlap?? Why is the line distinguishing the overlapping from the underlapping box so tiny?

WHY HAVE YOU DEDICATED THIS HUGE BLOCK OF SPACE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN TO A GIANT "FEEDS" BOX I WOULD NEVER, EVER, I PROMISE NEVER, CLICK ON, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I *HAD* THOSE FEEDS, WHEN YOU COULD JUST PUT THE COMPOSE BOX THERE LIKE IN THE OLD, GOOD VERSION OF THEY LAYOUT?

Redirector glitched out and I accidentally looked at new mastodon.social despite my best efforts.

…

lololol *seriously*?! *That's* what advanced mode looks like?!

When the state chooses which trans women get to receive the feminizing hormone replacement therapy that is so critically important in being able to live comfortably and safely as women, the result is inevitably that the state will only extend that permission to those who are straight and conventionally attractive.

Now that everyone is panicking about having to update all the bundled certificate stores, I would like to remind you that unbundling is actually a good #security practice. That's why we do it so often in #Gentoo.

How I got over 300 Tor exit nodes removed https://lobste.rs/s/9h14un #privacy #security
https://kaba.cx/posts/20261020_Tor/

I remembered to order studded winter bike tires this year before the snow starts and they get sold out. I should have more opportunity to #FrostPendeln with studded tires.

Genera for the Initiated: Inside Symbolics Lisp Machines https://lobste.rs/s/staj2z #video #historical #lisp #retrocomputing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2fGKjFoaOg

#infosec #shitpost

Morning Fediverse!

Reflections On Trusting Trust Part Deux

dollar, defense, and tech, are quickly becoming the enshitifitrinity.

Replies seem to be split between "This shaver has been in my family for generations, my grandfather smuggled it out in his ass" and "I buy a new one every 6 weeks".

https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/10/motherboard-seeking-new-members I'm the chair of the board for the @OtherwiseAward . We're seeking a couple more board members. It's a #volunteer gig. Some things that might appeal to you:

* You’ll get a behind-the-scenes understanding of forces and structures affecting #SpeculativeFiction #GenreFiction #scifi #ScienceFiction #fantasy #horror and more, such as publishing schedules, organizations’ budgets, publicity and fundraising dynamics, changes in career possibilities for authors, and competing access needs.
* If you have never been on the board of a nonprofit org before, this is a good one to start with. Pretty calm & friendly bunch, with a budget that's relatively small and easy to understand.
* Our board meetings are infrequent and productive, and they end on time.
* There is a small secret pleasure of knowing who the Award and Fellowship winners are before they do, and before the public finds out.

We're asking people to apply by December 1st. Please feel free to share.