jmac
@jmac.masto.nyc.ap.brid.gy
Writer, Stoic, Erisian, New Yorker.
I like coffee, cats, coyotes, and the open web.
I co-administrate https://Masto.NYC, and I’m the president of Five Borough Fedi Project […]
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I like coffee, cats, coyotes, and the open web.
I co-administrate https://Masto.NYC, and I’m the president of Five Borough Fedi Project […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://masto.nyc/@jmac, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Re-asserting that my very favorite sub-sub-sub-genre of video game music is final-stage music that makes the player feel like an unstoppable force of nature who is destined to win, which is different from the default "Oh no, you're in terrible danger and everything is big and orchestral now" […]
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masto.nyc
February 11, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Re-asserting that my very favorite sub-sub-sub-genre of video game music is final-stage music that makes the player feel like an unstoppable force of nature who is destined to win, which is different from the default "Oh no, you're in terrible danger and everything is big and orchestral now" […]
Hands up if you also subvocalize the opening lyrics to this song every time you face an "I'm Not a Robot" captcha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVkZWcs_-CI
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Hands up if you also subvocalize the opening lyrics to this song every time you face an "I'm Not a Robot" captcha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVkZWcs_-CI
This coffee bar window seat has a couple of fake plant jars and one real one, and the plant has been growing towards the window with clear plantish intent, pressing its leaves to the glass to catch what little sun reaches the Upper West Side canyon-maze, and it's kinda cool and also makes me a […]
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masto.nyc
February 11, 2026 at 8:28 PM
This coffee bar window seat has a couple of fake plant jars and one real one, and the plant has been growing towards the window with clear plantish intent, pressing its leaves to the glass to catch what little sun reaches the Upper West Side canyon-maze, and it's kinda cool and also makes me a […]
This is the lesson of the current American era, from the streets of Minneapolis to the grand jury deliberation rooms of DC: While those with power and weath fold at the slightest challenge, ordinary citizens and neighbors of every sort stand strong, again and again and again.
American citizens […]
American citizens […]
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masto.nyc
February 11, 2026 at 2:17 PM
This is the lesson of the current American era, from the streets of Minneapolis to the grand jury deliberation rooms of DC: While those with power and weath fold at the slightest challenge, ordinary citizens and neighbors of every sort stand strong, again and again and again.
American citizens […]
American citizens […]
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My former team created an award in honor of one of my employees who passed away after I left. I’ll never forget you, John. #fuckcancer
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
My former team created an award in honor of one of my employees who passed away after I left. I’ll never forget you, John. #fuckcancer
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Some NYC Irish bars are the real deal.
February 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Some NYC Irish bars are the real deal.
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February 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The gulf in not just quality and sincerity but a basic sort of soul-healthiness between watching Olympic athletes compete and watching Olympic-class advertising is so so vast.
February 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The gulf in not just quality and sincerity but a basic sort of soul-healthiness between watching Olympic athletes compete and watching Olympic-class advertising is so so vast.
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There are lots of satellites here in the southern skies too. But the stars behind the satellites are absolutely incredible! The Milky Way was absurdly bright! The Magellenic Clouds were so easy to see! WOOOOWWWWW
February 7, 2026 at 12:54 AM
There are lots of satellites here in the southern skies too. But the stars behind the satellites are absolutely incredible! The Milky Way was absurdly bright! The Magellenic Clouds were so easy to see! WOOOOWWWWW
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production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
Seeing two trending posts today convincing people that Nintendo named their Tetris pieces things like "Cleveland Ricky”, and that a play called “Sir Thomas Moore” in the Shakespeare canon, and I feel like Mastodon is earning its social-media legitimacy stripes in some backhanded way
February 7, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Seeing two trending posts today convincing people that Nintendo named their Tetris pieces things like "Cleveland Ricky”, and that a play called “Sir Thomas Moore” in the Shakespeare canon, and I feel like Mastodon is earning its social-media legitimacy stripes in some backhanded way
Spending my weekly allotted subtoot token to note that someone I follow just boosted something gnarly (subtype: broad-brush ageism), and I responded by disabling boosts by that account, and thinking upon it no further.
As always, I do this not to punish the booster (which it doesn't do) but to […]
As always, I do this not to punish the booster (which it doesn't do) but to […]
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masto.nyc
February 7, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Spending my weekly allotted subtoot token to note that someone I follow just boosted something gnarly (subtype: broad-brush ageism), and I responded by disabling boosts by that account, and thinking upon it no further.
As always, I do this not to punish the booster (which it doesn't do) but to […]
As always, I do this not to punish the booster (which it doesn't do) but to […]
Did you all like that caret-H joke? Ha ha, internet
February 7, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Did you all like that caret-H joke? Ha ha, internet
God as my witness I assumed the superbowl already happened 100% due to the Bad Bunny coverage. It's not for another two weeks?!
February 7, 2026 at 12:34 AM
God as my witness I assumed the superbowl already happened 100% due to the Bad Bunny coverage. It's not for another two weeks?!
@PaintedDoggie I dunno if or how she takes long-distance orders, but Jade Moran near Boston made our wedding rings, and her work is pretty great. http://www.jademoran.com If she & you are open to remote orders then she has my full recommendation.
jademoran.com
www.jademoran.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 AM
@PaintedDoggie I dunno if or how she takes long-distance orders, but Jade Moran near Boston made our wedding rings, and her work is pretty great. http://www.jademoran.com If she & you are open to remote orders then she has my full recommendation.
’Twas This: thoughts on reading my first issue of @2600 https://jmac.org/notes/2026-02-05-2600-magazine-is-charming.html
2600 Magazine is charming · ’Twas This
jmac.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
’Twas This: thoughts on reading my first issue of @2600 https://jmac.org/notes/2026-02-05-2600-magazine-is-charming.html
Is there any fact of #nyc living more positively unexpected to a non-New Yorker than how unironically clean and delicious the tap water is? Our streets are covered in rats and garbage and accumulated snow turns into crusty chocolate pudding but I will toast to your health with a tall glass New […]
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masto.nyc
February 5, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Is there any fact of #nyc living more positively unexpected to a non-New Yorker than how unironically clean and delicious the tap water is? Our streets are covered in rats and garbage and accumulated snow turns into crusty chocolate pudding but I will toast to your health with a tall glass New […]
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Here's the next few weeks of videos for my YouTube channel. Each one goes live on its respective Friday morning, and all are live now for early access members.
Tomorrow we'll be writing JavaScript despite having forgotten literally every single thing about that language.
Tomorrow we'll be writing JavaScript despite having forgotten literally every single thing about that language.
February 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Here's the next few weeks of videos for my YouTube channel. Each one goes live on its respective Friday morning, and all are live now for early access members.
Tomorrow we'll be writing JavaScript despite having forgotten literally every single thing about that language.
Tomorrow we'll be writing JavaScript despite having forgotten literally every single thing about that language.
To its credit the iPad Pro, while short-lived, survived long after it had taken on the aspect of a Pringle™ through one or more sat-upon incidents. Still, I intent to be a little more careful with this one's future couch-cushion interfacing.
February 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM
To its credit the iPad Pro, while short-lived, survived long after it had taken on the aspect of a Pringle™ through one or more sat-upon incidents. Still, I intent to be a little more careful with this one's future couch-cushion interfacing.
I guess I should say that this BackMarket.com purchase has turned out splendidly. I didn’t realize quite how much I missed having a comfortably book-sized screen for book-shaped activities kicking around the house, until I had one again—and I definitely appreciate paying a tidy half the cost of […]
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masto.nyc
February 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I guess I should say that this BackMarket.com purchase has turned out splendidly. I didn’t realize quite how much I missed having a comfortably book-sized screen for book-shaped activities kicking around the house, until I had one again—and I definitely appreciate paying a tidy half the cost of […]
I’m free… free! The past has no shackles to bind me 🕊️
February 4, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I’m free… free! The past has no shackles to bind me 🕊️
@CelloMomOnCars @inthehands @redsad No tree needed!
February 3, 2026 at 10:47 PM
@CelloMomOnCars @inthehands @redsad No tree needed!
Added coyote-liking to bio. I have made eye contact with the Central Park coyotes enough times to qualify. (Twice, I have done this twice.)
February 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Added coyote-liking to bio. I have made eye contact with the Central Park coyotes enough times to qualify. (Twice, I have done this twice.)