Notices by Ben (sangster@macaw.social)

@johnallsopp I genuinely don’t know, but I’m also looking for alternatives to Proton. Real bummer to see that happen.

@ajsadauskas @mekkaokereke hey, don’t forget that they’re not allowed to become full fledged firefighters after they get out of prison and the state just voted overwhelmingly to keep involuntary servitude for prisoners (including firefighters).

As a California resident: the image most people have of a “liberal bastion” state is a lot less true than is portrayed. A lot of it is cosplay, and that often shows up when it’s important.

First shoot out with my #Leica Q3 43.

Definitely going to take some adjustment to change some of my instincts from shooting with my Fuji bodies for so many years, but I'm really happy with the results. Everything holds up to some pretty decent cropping and is still quite detailed.

#photography

New frustration: automated call services that respond to speech... including babies babbling in the background.

@marcusjenkins isn’t that basically the X-A body? It definitely fits that use case.

I recently saw someone on the Fuji subreddit describe the X100 models as a perfect second camera for someone who already owns something with interchangeable lenses and such.

@annika Literally the first time I've ever managed to actually get a shot like that to be in focus. I was so pleased when I got it into Lightroom.

A visit to Herbert Park in Dublin while the trees are in full bloom

#fujifilm #photography

Trying to make my first espresso after a night where the baby didn’t sleep longer than 1.5h at a time and was screaming in her sleep

First week with an infant and trying not to increase my caffeine intake

@annika still waiting on my new accountant to finish trying to redo my 2022 taxes. They keep arguing with me that Etsy couldn’t possibly be doing what they say that they are doing. Not looking promising for 2023.

@Migueldeicaza “we’ve laid off the people who stop us from doing bad things, that we might do them faster”

@annika tell us not enough people quit after the layoffs without telling us not enough people quit

lol was just checking my work email to see if HR had sent anything regarding the start of my parental leave and saw a notification that I’ve been ordered to RTO two days a week starting in April due to current proximity to an office. Good thing I’m moving during my time off!

@Impossible_PhD @annika I feel both called out and oddly freed by this. That’s right: I am (politely) dropping into a random PR offering unsolicited advice that someone will take down production if they do the thing that their teammate just approved.

@annika I know there’s no good reason for me to resist passkeys and yet

Between @ivory and @elk my Mastodon experience has gotten so, so much nicer in the last few weeks. Hard to overstate how cool the Mastodon API is for nurturing user experience.