Tom Brown🏒
@herestomwiththeweather.com
Software developer and beer league hockey player
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The Xbox Boycott (Still) Matters
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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it's truly amazing what LLMs can achieve. we now know it's possible to produce an html5 parsing library with nothing but the full source code of an existing html5 parsing library, all the source code of all other open source libraries ever, a meticulously maintained and extremely comprehensive […]
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mastodon.social
December 17, 2025 at 3:06 AM
it's truly amazing what LLMs can achieve. we now know it's possible to produce an html5 parsing library with nothing but the full source code of an existing html5 parsing library, all the source code of all other open source libraries ever, a meticulously maintained and extremely comprehensive […]
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The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
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I'm hiring a Director of Product Engineering for our product team at @ProPublica. If you're an engineering leader in the US who wants to truly make a difference, we're a nonprofit newsroom investigating abuses of trust in the public interest. Please consider joining us. #amhiring #getfedihired […]
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werd.social
December 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm hiring a Director of Product Engineering for our product team at @ProPublica. If you're an engineering leader in the US who wants to truly make a difference, we're a nonprofit newsroom investigating abuses of trust in the public interest. Please consider joining us. #amhiring #getfedihired […]
watched Rashomon tonight. appreciated the Robert Altman extra on the DVD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYWQa0GExt8
December 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
watched Rashomon tonight. appreciated the Robert Altman extra on the DVD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYWQa0GExt8
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It's called READING A BOOK.
(Or even watching a video. Or talking to people...)
(Or even watching a video. Or talking to people...)
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It's called READING A BOOK.
(Or even watching a video. Or talking to people...)
(Or even watching a video. Or talking to people...)
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Happy to announce that Gem Fellowship applications are now open! If you're a Ruby open source maintainer, this grant program is for you. 💎
https://gem.coop/fellowship/
https://gem.coop/fellowship/
gem.coop
gem.coop
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Happy to announce that Gem Fellowship applications are now open! If you're a Ruby open source maintainer, this grant program is for you. 💎
https://gem.coop/fellowship/
https://gem.coop/fellowship/
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back in 2023 when Threads launched, a friend working there said Zuck pushed everyone to create a mastodon-compatible twitter clone so they could pitch it as an open source API to distract the US govt from breaking Meta up, which ultimately worked
November 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
back in 2023 when Threads launched, a friend working there said Zuck pushed everyone to create a mastodon-compatible twitter clone so they could pitch it as an open source API to distract the US govt from breaking Meta up, which ultimately worked
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I did not have "new surge of accounts on infosec.exchange due to X bungling their passkey migration" on my bingo card for today
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I did not have "new surge of accounts on infosec.exchange due to X bungling their passkey migration" on my bingo card for today
confirmed the x screwup, although i didn't get locked out of my account. i just had to switch to a different browser: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/115538435987842093
Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social)
Looks like Elon Musk botched X's passkey and security key switchover, and users are reporting that they're getting stuck in endless loops and, in some cases, getting locked out of their accounts. https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/elon-musks-x-botched-its-security-key-switchover-locking-users-out/
mastodon.social
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
confirmed the x screwup, although i didn't get locked out of my account. i just had to switch to a different browser: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/115538435987842093
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But on a related topic, if the ATProto would start supporting WebFinger based discovery rather than just its own limited .well-known path, then some of the stuff would be gotten for free
(And this is very much a non-IndieWeb answer as WebFinger is not in line with the general approach of IndieWeb)
(And this is very much a non-IndieWeb answer as WebFinger is not in line with the general approach of IndieWeb)
Not sure why #ATproto uses /.well-known/atproto-did to discover handles rather than using #WebFinger like #Mastodon and having a rel-self to a did:plc URI
Feels needless to have two discovery layers? And would have enabled the same handle resolution for both Mastodon and Bluesky?
Feels needless to have two discovery layers? And would have enabled the same handle resolution for both Mastodon and Bluesky?
Mastodon uses a rel-self, type-application/activity+json link to the absolute URL of the user (/users/foo)
@atproto.com / @bsky.app could have done the same and had a rel-self link to the did:plc URI (eg. did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur)
Reference for #ATproto docs: atproto.com/specs/handle...
@atproto.com / @bsky.app could have done the same and had a rel-self link to the did:plc URI (eg. did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur)
Reference for #ATproto docs: atproto.com/specs/handle...
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
But on a related topic, if the ATProto would start supporting WebFinger based discovery rather than just its own limited .well-known path, then some of the stuff would be gotten for free
(And this is very much a non-IndieWeb answer as WebFinger is not in line with the general approach of IndieWeb)
(And this is very much a non-IndieWeb answer as WebFinger is not in line with the general approach of IndieWeb)
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While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #unix v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #unix v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
That was crazy to end the 9th
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
That was crazy to end the 9th
What a game that was!
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
What a game that was!
Wondering if they are going to intentionally walk Ohtani again
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Wondering if they are going to intentionally walk Ohtani again
there is obviously a lot wrong with so-called "ai" but chatgpt is very good with translating quebecois french
October 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
there is obviously a lot wrong with so-called "ai" but chatgpt is very good with translating quebecois french
I was not expecting to hear "J'ai deux amours" in Ikiru (1952) but so good so far!
October 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I was not expecting to hear "J'ai deux amours" in Ikiru (1952) but so good so far!
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The canceling of ICEBlock is more evidence, were any needed, that the Web is the platform of the future, the only platform without a controlling vendor. Anything controversial should be available through a pure browser interface.
#uspolitics
#uspolitics
October 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The canceling of ICEBlock is more evidence, were any needed, that the Web is the platform of the future, the only platform without a controlling vendor. Anything controversial should be available through a pure browser interface.
#uspolitics
#uspolitics
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FediForum Fall 2025 starts exactly in one week!
Are you registered? Join us for 2 half-days of presentations, demos, discussions, and teaming up with your peer to build, use and advocate for novel, better forms of social media than the platforms give us. We sure need them!
https://fediforum.org
Are you registered? Join us for 2 half-days of presentations, demos, discussions, and teaming up with your peer to build, use and advocate for novel, better forms of social media than the platforms give us. We sure need them!
https://fediforum.org
FediForum
FediForum: moving the Open Social Web forward
fediforum.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
FediForum Fall 2025 starts exactly in one week!
Are you registered? Join us for 2 half-days of presentations, demos, discussions, and teaming up with your peer to build, use and advocate for novel, better forms of social media than the platforms give us. We sure need them!
https://fediforum.org
Are you registered? Join us for 2 half-days of presentations, demos, discussions, and teaming up with your peer to build, use and advocate for novel, better forms of social media than the platforms give us. We sure need them!
https://fediforum.org
RIP Bernie Parent. 3rd hall of fame goalie this month.
September 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
RIP Bernie Parent. 3rd hall of fame goalie this month.
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These deaths are a real feather in the cap of Brian Kilmeade and Fox News.
FOX news host suggests we euthanize the homeless, someone goes into two encampments and starts shooting.
13 people shot and Jacob Frey and the media are just talking about it as the new best reason to clear the encampments
13 people shot and Jacob Frey and the media are just talking about it as the new best reason to clear the encampments
'We're shutting this thing down': 8 shot at Minneapolis homeless encampment hosted by landlord, Frey pledges action
That shooting came less than 12 hours after another shooting just two miles away that left five others injured.
kstp.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
These deaths are a real feather in the cap of Brian Kilmeade and Fox News.
Bad month for hall of fame goalies. RIP Eddie Giacomin
September 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Bad month for hall of fame goalies. RIP Eddie Giacomin
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This is a really important resource for community health on the fediverse. If you help run a fediverse community of any kind, please please please help pulse-check the state of the fediverse by filling in this survey: https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/
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werd.social
September 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is a really important resource for community health on the fediverse. If you help run a fediverse community of any kind, please please please help pulse-check the state of the fediverse by filling in this survey: https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/
Please reshare for reach! […]
Please reshare for reach! […]
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I’ve been posting this periodically for months, and I’ll say it again.
It’s imperative to stock up on N95, KN95, or KF94 masks, especially if you are in a group that is vulnerable to severe COVID19.
It’s imperative to stock up on N95, KN95, or KF94 masks, especially if you are in a group that is vulnerable to severe COVID19.
August 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I’ve been posting this periodically for months, and I’ll say it again.
It’s imperative to stock up on N95, KN95, or KF94 masks, especially if you are in a group that is vulnerable to severe COVID19.
It’s imperative to stock up on N95, KN95, or KF94 masks, especially if you are in a group that is vulnerable to severe COVID19.