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Matt Cengia
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#Linux #SysAdmin, #FOSS advocate, #Scouts Victoria leader, #Bisexual, #Polyamorous, #Autistic, #ADHD geek. þey/þem/þeirs
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Co-founder of remotequeer.co with @saul.remotequeer.co

Currently Seeking Work! ​
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heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community

go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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On our Christmas morning walk, my friend was telling me that the peninsula we were on could just as easily have been called a promontory or even a cape. I think it's a good point.
December 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods

“Death paused. YOU HAVE PERHAPS HEARD THE PHRASE, he said, THAT HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE?

‘Yes. Yes, of course.’

Death nodded. IN TIME, he said, YOU WILL LEARN THAT IT IS WRONG.”
Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

“What’s so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work’s already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the sword in the stone in the first place, eh?”
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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This, the Boots Theory of Economic Unfairness, and the "treating people as things" passage are the basis of really good politics, I think
December 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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This is, by far, my favorite Terry Pratchett quote.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I like NGINX, and appreciate they can sustain themselves with commercial offerings, but I really wish their documentation had a clearer separation between features that are open source vs commercial!
December 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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1 MORE LEGEND AND WE'LL HIT OUR MILESTONE OF 200 WOWWWWWWWEEEEEE

I'm building the directory already and you'll have it in the new year 🏆
December 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Amazing work from whoever was up in N6914W over Ohio … www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
December 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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man I love avocados but I really wish they weren't so hard to cut
December 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Benoit Blanc and Philomena Cunk independently investigate the same murder and come to the same correct conclusion for vastly different reasons
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog - www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv... #ukgov is out of its tiny mind #encryption
Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
It's the latest blow to encryption in the UK
www.techradar.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Here's an example of how useless and frustrating internet laws to "protect kids" are in practice: When I'm in Ohio, where I am during the holidays, I can't use my Bluesky DMs—unless I hand over my ID to a company owned by Epic Games. Why? To protect kids, of course!
spitfirenews.com/p/why-i-have...
Why I have to give Fortnite my passport to use Bluesky
Age verification laws are as ineffective as they are dangerous.
spitfirenews.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Only a few more sleeps and some tickets still left!!

A Swingin’ Bella Christmas
Wed 17 Dec 8pm
Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank

🎟️ www.melbournerecital.com.au/whats-on/cur...
December 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Just look at these clowns. 😂 #SwinginBellaChristmas
@geraldinequinn.bsky.social I love this outfit, by the way! An excellent show as always!
December 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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the audacity of github to charge me to use my own self-hosted runners

resources.github.com/actions/2026...
Pricing changes for GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions pricing update: Discover lower runner rates (up to 39% off) following a major re-architecture for faster, more reliable CI/CD.
resources.github.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
After hearing whispers in recent weeks, I just read about the search engine age verification requirements coming into force in Australia on Dec 27.
Super concerning how quietly this happened, and ridiculous it can be worked around by … not being signed in!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Australia is quietly introducing 'unprecedented' age checks for search engines like Google - ABC News
Just as Australians are adjusting to the idea of having their ages checked for social media, age assurance rules are being applied to search engines and many other corners of the internet.
www.abc.net.au
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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📢 Meet the Melbourne IT specialist who tracks "incredibly valuable" COVID-19 data in his spare time.
Scientists rely on this COVID-19 data. It's made by a volunteer in Melbourne
www.sbs.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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“I cannot afford to get sick.”

Doing a Tom Hanks is about planning. Identify high-risk moments. Reduce exposure. Protect the events you don’t want to miss.

Vaccinations work. Masks work. Preventing inhalation of viruses works.

Read the full guide → whn.global/doing-a-tom-...
December 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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[staring directly into the ~107 year old camera]
Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
December 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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This is your seasonal reminder that Bookshop.org and libro.fm exist as local-supporting not-Amazon options for all your physical and audiobook needs! Bookshop even gives you the option to add a card and a pretty fabric bag and ship it directly to your giftee!
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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If scanning a drivers license is good enough to get booze from an uber driver why isn’t it enough age verification for meta? Ridic.
30yo mother can't access social accounts after being caught in under-16s ban
A mother of three is urgently trying to regain access to her social media business accounts after being locked out during the blanket under-16s social media ban.
www.abc.net.au
December 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Kudos to the Victorian EPA.
December 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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You can now pre-order my new book: How to Organize Inclusive Events and Conferences! It comes out January 2026!!
microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/book...

@microcosm.bsky.social @mcgillarts.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Tickets are on sale for our Portland 2026 conference! Join us May 3–5 for talks, Writing Day, unconference sessions, a hike, and more. Opportunity grants and volunteer spots are also open.

Read more: buff.ly/8TDqESv
December 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM