Notices by Rolle Laukkarinen (rolle@mementomori.social)

Today, a regression caused dozens of web services to crash with a segfault because of Ubuntu.

"USN-8398-1 fixed a vulnerability in nginx. The update introduced a regression causing nginx to crash when being used with external modules.
This update reverts the fix for CVE-2026-49975 pending further investigation.

We apologize for the inconvenience."
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8398-2

#Linux #SysOps #Servers #SysAdmin

Introducing the 2026 Apple Design Award winners
https://developer.apple.com/design/awards

#Apple #Apps #iOS #iPhone

:skull360: Mementomori.social is now on Mastodon v4.6.0-alpha.8+mementomods-2026-05-26 with Mastodon Bird UI nightly.

Two upstream regressions from the recent server reducer TypeScript refactor are fixed in this round:

- Translate button is back on foreign-language posts
- Polls and media upload limits respect server settings again

Plus a fresh accessibility pass from upstream (landmark regions across the Web UI, post focus order, screen-reader fixes for the new collections UI).

Small Bird UI tweak: Notifications now sits in the second slot of the side menu, right after Home, like before.

If anything else seems off, ping me or the admins. Because we run nightly, sometimes patches like these are necessary. We love to test in live.

As always, thank you @cadusilva for pinging me about bugs and UI updates; much appreciated. :bunhdheart:

#MementoMoriSocial #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI

@cadusilva Yes, same here.

@cadusilva I just noticed your issue after going through the change history and related problems. I was about to submit an issue myself. I'm a bit hesitant to send direct PRs nowadays since they usually reject contributions from outsiders unless there's prior discussion or decisions. @mustikkasoppa

My wife just made her first contribution to our Mastodon fork. It's totally vibe-coded, but I'm still proud of her, because takes some understanding to give proper instructions for the issue, and it turned out to be an actual regression with a proper fix. @mustikkasoppa

https://github.com/mementomori-social/mastodon/issues/2
https://github.com/mementomori-social/mastodon/pull/3

#MementoMoriSocial #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

Sometimes I wonder why people can't just be happy about what others do. I constantly see too much nitpicking, mean behavior, and people trying to make themselves superior to others. People can be the worst.

My @obsidian second brain is getting pretty prodigious. You are looking at about 2 years, 6084 notes, 11803 links, 2934237 words, 371 attachments and 36595 tags.

I posted this to Reddit, and a bunch of people are immediately saying, "You are doing it wrong." I mean, it's Obsidian, which is one of the most customizable apps in the world; there is no one right or wrong way to use it.

I've been having a coffee date every week with my wife for years. We're soon hitting 20 years together. It never gets old or boring, it's been an absolute blast 🫶

Even kids know what a server is, so I wonder why do some adults who hear about Mastodon not understand it.

I guess everything has just become "too easy" these days.

I've pushed a bunch of quick hotfixes for the Mastodon Bird UI nightly for v4.6.0-alpha.6-2024-04-06, with the CHANGELOG updated here (see things under [UNRELEASED]):
https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui/blob/nightly/CHANGELOG.md

The new profile redesign is causing a bit of trouble. I'm fixing things on the fly as soon as I or users notice any issues.

I also pushed some fixes for the ultra-accessible variant; some font sizes were still hardcoded. It's nicer to browse for my vision-impaired spouse.

#MementoMoriSocial #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI #MastoAdmin #a11y #Accessibiilty #UI #BuildInPublic #Mastodon

:skull360: We've successfully MEGA-upgraded our Mastodon server to v4.6.0-alpha.6+mementomods-2026-04-05, along with Mastodon Bird UI 4.0.0-alpha.6 (nightly).

This update includes today's latest daily build with 163 new commits from upstream since mementomods-2026-03-21.

What's new in Mastodon core - These are the changes Mastodon Team have introduced us in the latest nightly version we are running:

✨️ New features

- Profile redesign is now live (feature flag removed) — new layout with "Follows you" badge, split fields, rearranged number fields, featured tab, account featured tags nudge, alt text on avatars/headers
- Collections are now fully federated — remote account support, new page design, compact buttons, topic suggestions, tag linked FeaturedCollection objects over ActivityPub
- Email subscriptions on profiles — visitors can subscribe to public posts via email with MX record validation
- Profile editing — new API with character counter, field inline messages, avatar/header description uploads, visual fixes
- Support for FEP-2c59 and multiple keypairs for remote accounts
- Media description length limit increased from 1500 to 10,000 characters for remote attachments
- Improved relative time display when post time is in the future
- Disable extraneous Devise strategies option via `DISABLE_DEVISE_TWO_STRATEGIES`

🔧 Fixes & improvements

- Fix signature verification when key ID is an `acct:` URI
- Fix refreshing keys from stale actors on signature verification error
- Fix regressions in notifications caused by translation wrapper element
- Fix jump when loading more media gallery items
- Fix being unable to disable sound for quote update notification
- Fix Webfinger endpoint not handling new AP ID scheme
- Improve resilience of `tootctl maintenance fix-duplicates` command
- Improve contrast for `text-warning` and `text-success` design tokens

📦 Dependency updates

- Rails 8.1.3, Vite 8.0.3, TypeScript 6, Yarn 4.13.0, Ruby version 4.0.2
- Drop support for Ruby 3.2

🐦⬛ Mastodon Bird UI 4.0.0-alpha.6 (nightly)

- Fix translate button color not matching link color
- Fix extra border-left showing up in mobile devices
- Fix focusable background color standing out too much for account name
- Fix install script for Mastodon 2026-03-21 `common.scss` removal
- Fully modularize `_base.scss` into 40+ focused module files
- Fix Browsersync CSS hot reload by stripping CSP headers from proxied responses
- Support new profile page structure
- Remove calendar icon for "Joined" field no longer in new profile
- Style new profile page components and fix profile button colors
- Update theme tokens with latest design system tokens (upstream PR #38387)
- Remove select hack fixed in upstream
- Fix install script for new profile subdirectories

🔧 mementomods fork fixes

- Restored role badge colors lost in the profile redesign (reported upstream: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/38567)
- Fixed search reference page: migrated from removed `injectIntl` to `useIntl` hook, removed non-functional search operators

Source code: https://github.com/mementomori-social/mastodon

As always, if you notice anything unusual or buggy, please reach out to me or any of the admins. Enjoy your time here, and feel free to message me with any questions or thoughts. :bunhdheart:

If anything feels off, please let us know!

#MementoMoriSocial #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

@cwebber @mttaggart

Really good thread, and a really good blog post, or essay, I should say. I respect the honesty in it, and I understand the standpoint.

However, I want to share a genuinely different experience: using Claude Code and similar tools has actually made coding more enjoyable for me, not less. And I don’t think I’m in denial about that. I've learned a lot more over the past year through GenAI since ever before, and I've been coding for the web almost every day for nearly 30 years.

The difference might come down to how you approach it. If your relationship with the tool turns into just "tapping Y and hoping for the best", then yeah, that IS miserable. But that's not the only way to look at it.

For me, it feels more like having a really fast pair programming partner. I still make the architectural decisions, I still write specs, I still understand why things are the way they are, and I still review everything. And I still code, some. But I no longer need to power through the tedious parts, the boilerplate, the plumbing, the bits I've written hundreds of times. That frees me up to focus on what I actually enjoy: the design, the problem-solving, the features, the "what if we tried this" moments, the drafting, and the documentation.

The drinky bird pipeline is real, and it’s a valid concern but it’s not inevitable. It’s a choice. The tool doesn't make you check out, but it does make it easy to, and that’s something worth being honest about.

Where I completely agree: the systemic concerns don't go away just because individual use can be responsible. And the skill-atrophy risk is real for those still building their foundations. Not everyone is in the same position when picking up these tools.

#AI #GenAI #ClaudeCode

@stefan My verdict currently:

Compactness 👍
Logic changes and toggles 👎

I've been preferring the "show all at once with the least clicks" approach on my UI. I really don't know what was wrong with the old sidebar hashtag approach.

#Mastodon #MastodonUI #MastoAdmin

:skull360: We've successfully upgraded our Mastodon server to v4.6.0-alpha.5+mementomods-2026-03-21, along with Mastodon Bird UI 4.0.0-alpha.0-4.

This update includes today's latest daily build with 269 new commits from upstream since mementomods-2026-02-21.

What's new in Mastodon core - These are the changes Mastodon Team have introduced us in the latest nightly version we are running:

✨️ New features

- Collections: Public collections on profiles, remote account support, share dialog, reporting, moderation tools, tag suggestions, and language selector (not active for us yet)
- Profile editing: New API, avatar/header image uploading with descriptions, featured tags editing, account fields grid layout (not active for us yet)
- New `exclude_direct` flag for account statuses API
- Split `invite_users` permission into `invite_bypass_approval` for finer control
- `max_note_length` and `max_display_name_length` now exposed in instance configuration API
- Accessibility improvements to sign-up flow, reset password and confirmation pages
- Lots of fixes, refactors, and dependency updates

🔮 Upcoming

- Profile redesign and Collections continue to be built incrementally upstream behind experimental flags, we'll enable them once Mastodon Bird UI support is ready
- FASP (Fediverse Auxiliary Service Providers) infrastructure continues to be developed

🐦⬛ Mastodon Bird UI 4.0.0-alpha.0-4 (nightly)

- Fix focusable background color standing out too much for account name
- Fix install script for Mastodon 2026-03-21 `common.scss` removal

Mastodon Bird UI 4.0.0-alpha.0-4 is still a work in progress in the nightly branch. It's not 100% ready, but it's stable with today's Mastodon alpha.5. Unfortunately a development is a bit stalled due to a lack of time personally.

Source code: https://github.com/mementomori-social/mastodon

As always, if you notice anything unusual or buggy, please reach out to me or any of the admins. Enjoy your time here, and feel free to message me with any questions or thoughts. :bunhdheart:

If anything feels off, please let us know!

#MementoMoriSocial #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

Anthropic's models have been down most of the Monday. I wonder if that has anything to do with the recent events.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/28/openai-us-military-anthropic

#AI #OpenAI #Anthropic #Claude #ClaudeDown

Server providers are increasing their prices because of higher hardware and energy costs (RAM and SSD prices have jumped by up to 500% since 2025, partly due to the rise of AI). If you're using a free or donation-based Mastodon server, remember that hosting costs are going up. Support your instance if you can.

#Mastodon #MastoAdmin #SupportYourLocal #SupportFreeSoftware

@cadusilva Yeah, the theme changes broke it. I'll push a fix soon.

Wow, there are a lot of breaking changes in the latest Mastodon nightly. I'm a bit surprised by some of the UI choices being made. I haven't been able to refactor all the code in Mastodon Bird UI yet, and I already have quite a bit of technical debt. This won't make my life any easier. I hope I get some breathing room before 4.6.0 is released.

#Mastodon #MastoAdmin #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI