Eryn Wells
@erynofwales.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Strange nerd with too many hobbies.
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@erynofwales on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@erynofwales on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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A relentless desire to keep dreaming
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A relentless desire to keep dreaming
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In light of the PSF's recent loss of an NSF grant and attendant funding shortfall, I will be matching donations up to $5000. Send me your receipts.
Very happy if you've already donated for similar reasons but the point is to motivate *new* donations so be sure the timestamp is after this toot 😉.
Very happy if you've already donated for similar reasons but the point is to motivate *new* donations so be sure the timestamp is after this toot 😉.
October 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In light of the PSF's recent loss of an NSF grant and attendant funding shortfall, I will be matching donations up to $5000. Send me your receipts.
Very happy if you've already donated for similar reasons but the point is to motivate *new* donations so be sure the timestamp is after this toot 😉.
Very happy if you've already donated for similar reasons but the point is to motivate *new* donations so be sure the timestamp is after this toot 😉.
SF folks, who makes the best pan de muerto??
October 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
SF folks, who makes the best pan de muerto??
Moderately annoyed at how catchy I'm finding The Fate of Ophelia.
October 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Moderately annoyed at how catchy I'm finding The Fate of Ophelia.
The SimCity 3000 soundtrack has no business being as good as it is.
October 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The SimCity 3000 soundtrack has no business being as good as it is.
@forgejo I have a small VPS with limited disk space running a personal Forgejo instance. I noticed recently that Forgejo provides links to download zips and tarballs of every tag in my repo. Is there a way to disable this so I can save some space? Not finding much in the configuration docs…
September 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
@forgejo I have a small VPS with limited disk space running a personal Forgejo instance. I noticed recently that Forgejo provides links to download zips and tarballs of every tag in my repo. Is there a way to disable this so I can save some space? Not finding much in the configuration docs…
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The thing that is making me hopeful in this past week is summed up nicely in this concluding para by @gregsargent.bsky.social in the linked piece.
Core ideals, such as free speech, still hold great power in our culture. We're floundering, but not completely lost.
newrepublic.com/article/2008...
Core ideals, such as free speech, still hold great power in our culture. We're floundering, but not completely lost.
newrepublic.com/article/2008...
September 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The thing that is making me hopeful in this past week is summed up nicely in this concluding para by @gregsargent.bsky.social in the linked piece.
Core ideals, such as free speech, still hold great power in our culture. We're floundering, but not completely lost.
newrepublic.com/article/2008...
Core ideals, such as free speech, still hold great power in our culture. We're floundering, but not completely lost.
newrepublic.com/article/2008...
Reposted by Eryn Wells
September 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I came to Hollow Knight extremely late. (After I heard about Silksong.) It’s really very good.
September 18, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I came to Hollow Knight extremely late. (After I heard about Silksong.) It’s really very good.
bird ford reporter :( #robertredford
September 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
bird ford reporter :( #robertredford
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On the latest discourse...
"Don't comply in advance" includes "don't freak out more than is useful."
The word "prestige" used to mean "illusion." Human power enforcement has always been largely about illusion. Make yourself look bigger than you are. Paint the naked warriors blue. Wear a huge […]
"Don't comply in advance" includes "don't freak out more than is useful."
The word "prestige" used to mean "illusion." Human power enforcement has always been largely about illusion. Make yourself look bigger than you are. Paint the naked warriors blue. Wear a huge […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
September 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
On the latest discourse...
"Don't comply in advance" includes "don't freak out more than is useful."
The word "prestige" used to mean "illusion." Human power enforcement has always been largely about illusion. Make yourself look bigger than you are. Paint the naked warriors blue. Wear a huge […]
"Don't comply in advance" includes "don't freak out more than is useful."
The word "prestige" used to mean "illusion." Human power enforcement has always been largely about illusion. Make yourself look bigger than you are. Paint the naked warriors blue. Wear a huge […]
The news is just so fucking sad and upsetting. :(
September 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The news is just so fucking sad and upsetting. :(
[uspol; CK]
I desperately need these supposed left-leaning people tripping over themselves to say nice things about CK to please take a seat on a cactus. He was a vile human who advanced hateful causes and pushed disgusting fascist propaganda at children.
Get the fuck over it! You do not owe […]
I desperately need these supposed left-leaning people tripping over themselves to say nice things about CK to please take a seat on a cactus. He was a vile human who advanced hateful causes and pushed disgusting fascist propaganda at children.
Get the fuck over it! You do not owe […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
[uspol; CK]
I desperately need these supposed left-leaning people tripping over themselves to say nice things about CK to please take a seat on a cactus. He was a vile human who advanced hateful causes and pushed disgusting fascist propaganda at children.
Get the fuck over it! You do not owe […]
I desperately need these supposed left-leaning people tripping over themselves to say nice things about CK to please take a seat on a cactus. He was a vile human who advanced hateful causes and pushed disgusting fascist propaganda at children.
Get the fuck over it! You do not owe […]
I don't know what to do with how much I dislike AI and its relentless creep into my industry. The more I see of it, the more inevitable it seems, and the more alienated I feel from the software engineering industry.
It could very well push me out of the industry, not because it steals my job […]
It could very well push me out of the industry, not because it steals my job […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I don't know what to do with how much I dislike AI and its relentless creep into my industry. The more I see of it, the more inevitable it seems, and the more alienated I feel from the software engineering industry.
It could very well push me out of the industry, not because it steals my job […]
It could very well push me out of the industry, not because it steals my job […]
This website has a banner to suggest you install an ad blocker. (I have one installed and it still displayed the banner, but that's beside the point.)
August 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This website has a banner to suggest you install an ad blocker. (I have one installed and it still displayed the banner, but that's beside the point.)
It can’t be “higher than normal call volume” if it's the case every time I call.
August 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It can’t be “higher than normal call volume” if it's the case every time I call.
I woke up from a bad dream involving several people in my life. And now I'm mad at those people. Totally unreasonable. Why are brains like this?
July 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I woke up from a bad dream involving several people in my life. And now I'm mad at those people. Totally unreasonable. Why are brains like this?
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Try to become someone who's fun to teach things to.
July 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Try to become someone who's fun to teach things to.
BRB going to learn the chemical elements again https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/arts/music/tom-lehrer-dead.html
July 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
BRB going to learn the chemical elements again https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/arts/music/tom-lehrer-dead.html
All I want from websites is to not be assaulted with moving pictures and floating boxes when I navigate to one.
This is apparently too much to ask.
This is apparently too much to ask.
July 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
All I want from websites is to not be assaulted with moving pictures and floating boxes when I navigate to one.
This is apparently too much to ask.
This is apparently too much to ask.
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The more of your life you spend fixing software, the more appreciation you develop for people who fix things with their hands. I think that explains a lot of the engagement I see on Mastodon with the repair community, makers, hobbyists, and the solarpunk reusability folks.
And I am *here for it*.
And I am *here for it*.
July 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The more of your life you spend fixing software, the more appreciation you develop for people who fix things with their hands. I think that explains a lot of the engagement I see on Mastodon with the repair community, makers, hobbyists, and the solarpunk reusability folks.
And I am *here for it*.
And I am *here for it*.
It makes me really happy that Slackware Linux is still going.
July 13, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It makes me really happy that Slackware Linux is still going.
I do not need to buy a Commodore 64
I do not need to buy a Commodore 64
I do not need to buy a Commodore 64
I do not need to buy a Commodore 64
I do not need to buy a Commodore 64
I do not need to buy a Commodore 64
I do not need to buy a Commodore 64
July 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I do not need to buy a Commodore 64
I do not need to buy a Commodore 64
I do not need to buy a Commodore 64
I do not need to buy a Commodore 64
I do not need to buy a Commodore 64
I do not need to buy a Commodore 64
I do not need to buy a Commodore 64
Question about #FreeBSD’s development branches:
There’s STABLE and CURRENT. As I understand it, STABLE is kinda mid-way between CURRENT and RELEASE. I can update my system to STABLE with
freebsd-update -r 15.0-STABLE upgrade
but when I look at the src repo (cause I have to build a STABLE […]
There’s STABLE and CURRENT. As I understand it, STABLE is kinda mid-way between CURRENT and RELEASE. I can update my system to STABLE with
freebsd-update -r 15.0-STABLE upgrade
but when I look at the src repo (cause I have to build a STABLE […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
July 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Question about #FreeBSD’s development branches:
There’s STABLE and CURRENT. As I understand it, STABLE is kinda mid-way between CURRENT and RELEASE. I can update my system to STABLE with
freebsd-update -r 15.0-STABLE upgrade
but when I look at the src repo (cause I have to build a STABLE […]
There’s STABLE and CURRENT. As I understand it, STABLE is kinda mid-way between CURRENT and RELEASE. I can update my system to STABLE with
freebsd-update -r 15.0-STABLE upgrade
but when I look at the src repo (cause I have to build a STABLE […]
[uspol]
I'm scared to be in the US these days, despite all my privileges. The direction we’re heading is really horrifying.
Being in California gives me a certain sense of safety, but it feels increasingly tenuous, especially as Newsom plays footsie with dangerous people and ideas. If he […]
I'm scared to be in the US these days, despite all my privileges. The direction we’re heading is really horrifying.
Being in California gives me a certain sense of safety, but it feels increasingly tenuous, especially as Newsom plays footsie with dangerous people and ideas. If he […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
July 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
[uspol]
I'm scared to be in the US these days, despite all my privileges. The direction we’re heading is really horrifying.
Being in California gives me a certain sense of safety, but it feels increasingly tenuous, especially as Newsom plays footsie with dangerous people and ideas. If he […]
I'm scared to be in the US these days, despite all my privileges. The direction we’re heading is really horrifying.
Being in California gives me a certain sense of safety, but it feels increasingly tenuous, especially as Newsom plays footsie with dangerous people and ideas. If he […]