Notices by Jon Henshaw (jon@henshaw.social)

#AI or #NoAI

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:

My non-algo feed on @Mastodon that is time-based and enhanced by boosts from people I follow is the most enjoyable method for consuming social posts and it improves my mental health versus how every other platform approaches it. I pretty much use Mastodon >90% of the time now.

It’s worth taking the time to slowly build your network and liberally mute, unfollow, and block who you don’t like. I’m on a single-person instance and I was able to do it.

Tired: COVID

Wired: Measles

(Me thinking about the very real chances of someone getting measles at #SXSW in TX)

@bagder

lol, I was like, "Is that true?" So I looked it up and found you. 😂

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2015/03/20/curl-17-years-old-today/

Finished building my latest LEGO set.

PEZ should make an ibuprofen dispenser for those of us 50 and older.

@wilreynolds

Openvibe is a neat concept, but it's like texts.com: It places different services into a single feed but doesn't solve for interoperability.

The goal of the #Fediverse is to have a single account that can communicate with any other account, regardless of platform. However, with Openvibe, you still manage multiple accounts across multiple platforms.

Personally, I don't want an account on every platform. I want a single account that can communicate with all of them.

#Nature is therapy

@jnv @beardedtechguy

This resonates. I’m not at the point you are yet, but that’s partially because of the things I choose not to post about and the conversations I avoid.

Slow 👏 to @404mediaco and @jasonkoebler for this headline:

“OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us”

https://www.404media.co/openai-furious-deepseek-might-have-stolen-all-the-data-openai-stole-from-us/

Nice to see some @pixelfed coverage on CNET. Not only that, the article provides step-by-step instructions on how to export everything from Instagram and import it into Pixelfed. 👏

https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media/fed-up-with-instagram-how-to-move-your-photos-to-pixelfed/

I seriously need a break from this shit. I get enough from it when I read independent news sites, late night talk shows, etc., but I need, at the very least, this place to be a source of calm and reason for the moment.

Yet another amazing use for 3D printers.

@ricmac @HumanServitor

I’ve thought about web rings repeatedly for the past several years. There’s an easy way to do it that will serve its purpose while also not getting a site in trouble (assuming Google even cares about this anymore, which I doubt they do and would likely ignore now anyway).

Add rel=“ugc” to all of the links

With @bsky.brid.gy, @Flipboard, and @threads posts along with all of the other posts from @Mastodon and the other platforms that support #ActivityPub, I’m having zero issues keeping up with :allthethings: It’s nice to finally have my social media world (de)centralized and 100% in my control and using my own domain.

This is on point for the Microsoft I know (and avoid).

If you’re color blind, there’s nothing to see here. Nothing to worry about whatsoever.

I’m cleansing what I put in my mind by removing centralized social media apps from my phone to start the New Year off right and recapture my free time for thinking and consuming better content. #MindDiet

Reddit ranks for “.” because at this point, why wouldn’t it.

The good news is we are living longer. The bad news is that the extra years are miserable, especially if you live in the U.S.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/the-us-has-the-biggest-lifespan-health-span-gap-in-the-world-new-study-shows-were-living-longer-lives--but-not-in-good-health-170707093.html