Notices by Justin Pot (jhpot@mastodon.social)

Remember when Instagram was actually good? Pixelfed is that: https://lifehacker.com/tech/pixelfed-the-ad-free-instagram-alternative-now-has-a-smartphone-app

Not every app and site has an RSS feed. This service helps. https://lifehacker.com/tech/find-rss-feeds-for-any-app-website

Meta is actively developing what they claim is world-changing technology and this is their best idea for how to use it: making bot accounts on their own social network in an effort to get you to scroll just a little bit longer. https://justinpot.com/the-future-of-mindless-scrolling/

Please post a bit more positive, beautiful, or inspirational content on this platform

This is worth your time: https://biocubes.net

The funniest thing that will ever happen. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/business/media/alex-jones-infowars-the-onion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Z04.Wiwi.UMUgUSO1vzUW

Brew day! I’m making a pumpkin ale for an upcoming thanksgiving trip with friends. I’ve done this with the same people since 2018 and look forward to it all year. I always bring a keg of something.

@photomatt please consider hiring a comms team and listening to them

Does anyone #onhere use a WordPress blog as their primary fediverse instance?

I left zombie Twitter and so can you! Thoughts on mourning and online community: https://lifehacker.com/tech/i-quit-twitter-heres-how-it-went?ref=jhpMastodon

@annika

@annika thanks for the pin! #xoxofest

@annika I need to be better about looking for such circles! I’m attending solo and it was a little overwhelming last night

@lanodan This is a good perspective! I honestly could have cascaded in so many directions for this piece but wanted to give something actionable for the average person...

If you want the files on your computer to be readable in thirty years you need to convert them to open formats. I talked to an actual archivist about why: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-properly-archive-your-digital-files/?ref=jhpMastodon

Con artists make $26 billion a year by sending weird emails to your work email. Here's how to spot them. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-spot-business-email-compromise-scam/?ref=jhpMastodon

Wikipedia moves fast

Cancel your online subscriptions and get a library card instead. https://www.popsci.com/diy/free-services-public-library/

@Gargron It’s not a bad idea! I might add something like that going forward.

I don’t want to put tracking data in my links on Mastodon because fuck tracking but also my articles do so well here and I bet editors would be interested to know how much traffic comes from this social network they’re ignoring. Not sure what to do about that.