Notices by jmac (jmac@masto.nyc)

Hold the phone, hang on—is Bilbo and Frodo's home of "Bag End" just a play on "Cul de Sac"?

@jerry I texted my wife about how I'm feeling more hesitant about flying for work after today's mass ATC firing but before today's crash.

@jwz One is reminded of this classic of speculative lore

I mentally connect @jerry's weekly reminder to push to production, and @jwz's re-share of a WWII-era everyday-sabotage manual for those working under enemy occupation (https://archive.org/details/SimpleSabotageFieldManual/page/n17/mode/1up)

Now more than ever, the beleaguered American spirit calls upon her patriots working at giant Maga-allied tech companies to push to production every Friday at 4:59 PM, without fail.
https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/113450652438740167

"Quitters never win!" is really one of the least helpful adages. Quitters win all the time. Quitters often have a ton of wins racked up already, and by quitting they not only keep winning (at something new) but also make room to let someone else win (at the old thing). A jacob's ladder of infinite and overlapping wins, made possible by quitting. Quitting is awesome. Teach your children to quit today.

@Nifflas Oh, this game looks strange and lovely!

Actually feel happy with how this #spam crisis has been playing out. Fedi was knocked off-balance for a few days, then pulled together rapidly with shared information that admins can apply quickly.

This has been an important resilience test for a young but increasingly visible and truly federated social media network. it's just as well that the cause was spillover from some dumbasses having a discord fight. The incident feels like a vaccine against far more dangerous future attacks. #mastoadmin