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Major new Micro.blog feature: photo collections! Check out the help page for screenshots and videos, or visit one of my own blog pages where I’m testing the feature to collect photos from parks. Micro.blog for Mac app has also been updated to version 3.4.

The Verge: “Apple and Google must prepare to stop distributing TikTok by January 19th, lawmakers warn.” Not a problem for Apple. They’ve been preparing their whole life to ban apps from the store for reasons not everyone agrees with. 🤪

Someone ran a red light in front of me today, probably a good second after the light changed. I was in no great hurry to get anywhere and waited, otherwise I would’ve been sideswiped. You never know when you’ll get a second lease on life.

Mammoth is shutting down:

Sadly, we’re no longer able to reliably update Mammoth or operate moth.social at the level we want. Therefore we will be removing Mammoth from sale on the App Store. By the end of the January, we will also shut down Moth.social along with our other project, sub.club.

When it launched a couple years ago, I thought they were on to a good idea: pairing a new Mastodon client with its own server to make signing up easy. They had some funding from Mozilla, and they pivoted to try Sub.club for monetization, but subscriber revenue is tough when most servers are free.

I’ve never done a holiday gift guide in any of my spaces before, but this year I was inspired by Kottke and a few other bloggers to create my own. As I write this, it’s literally December 13th; you’ve probably bought most of your gifts already. Still, these are out the...

There was a moment a couple of years ago when Mastodon was gaining traction in a serious way when I thought that Automattic should do something publicly to demonstrate support for it because I felt that WordPress and Mastodon were two sides of the same important coin. As yo...

The social web is more async than we’re used to. This leads to conversations feeling a little broken or delayed as posts are copied between servers. My reply isn’t showing up… Is it because Micro.blog’s servers are overloaded, or is it Mastodon? Thinking about how better to report this status.

I was a little skeptical when I first saw Mozi pop up this week, but reading more about it today, I feel a lot better. Thoughtful design, some nice details. We do need more private-ish social spaces.

[Erin Kissane] Erin Kissane breaks down some interesting research about alternative social media platforms for social justice organizations in the Majority World: "The Engine Room team found that their informants with deep experience in Majority World civil...

The open social web puts control back in your hands. Unlike big social media platforms, it’s not run by a single company — it’s made up of independent, connected communities where you decide how and with whom you interact. It respects your privacy, avoids intrusive ads, and...

It's a big enough umbrella but it's always me that ends up getting wet.

[Skyseed] Really fascinating play: "Open Source veteran entrepreneur Peter Wang today launches Skyseed Fund, the world's first venture fund and incubator focused exclusively on Bluesky and its open ecosystem." Peter has been involved in decentralized social ...

The day is already winding down, punting the release until tomorrow morning. Still have a couple housekeeping things to do. Writing release notes, blog posts, and maybe a new companion M.b plug-in. I’ve also extended the Micropub API and want to make sure that everything is properly documented.

Definitely needs a cleaning, but this may be the second or third most solid typewriter I’ve ever received right out of the box. It will be the third oldest exemplar of an Aristocrat on the Typewriter Database. This will clean up exceptionally well.

Whenever I ship a new feature, I get the inevitable “why didn’t you add that other thing instead / fix that old problem first” question. It’s fair, but the truth is I’m constantly making minor improvements. Every day. A good product needs both bug fixes and new things to live.

Trying Sora. It’s extraordinary that this works at all, and it’s even faster than I was expecting. OpenAI seems to have built a whole UI system around this app too.

I’ve been procrastinating about posting which means tabs have been accumulating. 🙁 We got a new, overpowered-for-home-use 3D printer, the Bambu Labs X1C. With the fancy Automated Material Switcher (AMS) that must be powered by forbidden magics. After setting it up and lettin...

Cosmic’s building was originally the Texaco Depot, built around 1911. It’s the only surviving building from the old rail yard in Austin. 🚂

Possibly the last moment when the Dems really kicked ass.

I saw a pundit suggest people harass people who drive Teslas.

When I bought mine, it cost $70K, a large sum of money that I will not throw away just so a pundit can make a point.

Here's my rebuttal. I'd like to see you get on without buying Exxon products. We all agree they suck, but evil companies have a way of building dependence, that's how the stay in business while openly doing despicable things.

When I put down $70K for what is, btw, a fantastic car, no one knew how evil Elon Musk was going to turn out to be, how little he would care what you and I think.

And I don't believe anyone can live a pure life and extract all evil from it, and still participate in civilization.