Misty

I try not to wade into discourse, but I feel like every time I see potentially urgent need for people to migrate instances on short notice, I wish Mastodon had true account portability with post migration. I think it’s beyond time to get it done.

Every new thing that happens to the "Napster" brand feels like it's weirder than the last https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/02/napster-music-streaming-shut-down-ai-pivot/

Let's Party OS Zone (APC Magazine coverdisc, November, 1999)

You might remember from my IGF list I was talking about the wildly experimental language game Kevin's Playing in Berlin. Well, it's out now! You owe yourself to look at this. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3982990/kevins_PLAYING_in_berlin/

The other day I needed to write to a floppy but the only drive I had on hand was hooked up to my Greaseweazle raw flux controller. Except the "write enabled" jumper is off, and I didn't have a jumper on hand. My wife ended up bridging it with a screwdriver for the whole write process, lol

Incidentally I do think that Windows 12 situation is interesting as an example of how this stuff gets laundered into social media bait. It was a multi-step process!

The original article in German on PC Welt wouldn't have trended since it was in German. Then it got roughly translated into English for PC World, and *that* version gave it the veneer of respectability despite being conjecture with absolutely no sourcing.

OK, this is a longshot, but: have you ever run the 90s version of the FirstClass BBS server *or* did you use it back in the day? I'm trying to figure out if something is a standard feature and could use feedback from someone who might know.

Edit: Got my answer. Thanks everyone!

This is an extreme longshot, but if there's anyone out there who owns this physical CD (or any other CD in this series), please reach out. I need your help with something. https://www.discogs.com/release/36547942-Various-XD-Submit-Vol-2

I saw blue links on wikipedia looking partially faded, and I was wracking my brain trying to figure out what the heck was going on, until I remembered I had @everest@merveilles.town’s ”Desire Paths for Wikipedia" installed

I'm open for work again! I'm looking for interesting opportunities; want to work with me? My experience includes web archiving and digital preservation, devops, and internal developer tooling. I'd love to put that experience to work for you and your team. Experience includes the Internet Archive, GitHub, Shopify, and others alongside a number of open source projects.

What the heck's going on with this Ars Technica situation? Really, *really* weird. @mttaggart@infosec.exchange

WSL stands for Windows as a second language

It really is a little absurd that “I’m considering switching to Linux on my laptop for better availability of games” is a real thought in my head. Valve have made strange things happen

Absolutely brutal headline: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/867874/stripe-visa-mastercard-amex-csam-grok

Jesus. I guess this is the *real* danger of Grokipedia, rather than the idea that *people* might choose to trust it. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/24/latest-chatgpt-model-uses-elon-musks-grokipedia-as-source-tests-reveal

Canadians: there's a Parliament petition requesting the government to step in to take action against anti-trans provincial legislation. Being sponsored by Don Davies. Please sign if you're eligible. https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7027

#canpoli

Chip and PIN technology is known as crisp and PIN in the UK

New blog post! I wrote about one of the weirdest CDs in my collection - a CD single with a few lo-fi music videos and the distinct vibes that this is the leftover wreckage of what was supposed to be a much bigger project that never came to pass.

https://cdrom.ca/music/multimedia/2025/07/01/moon-light-cafe.html

The Internet Archive has lost its appeal on ebook lending: https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/4/24235958/internet-archive-loses-appeal-ebook-lending

The most important thing here is **don’t panic**. They’re not going to just disappear. This isn't good but it's not catastrophic.