When someone asks me what the #Fediverse, #Mastodon or #ActivityPub is I'll use this illustration from UNIX Review, April 1985.
https://jmtd.net/log/ladytron/
I write about seeing Ladytron live in Newcastle last night and provide a 5-track playlist of their songs to sample.
#music
A full 18 years since they last played Newcastle, and the same venue (Digital night club)
Nazi punks fuck off
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21, 2026
Fight racism, fascism and anti-Semitism every day, always, without compromise
#fucknazis #fightracism #nazipunksfuckoff #deadkennedys #punkrockhistory
Today, thanks to a former PhD student, I learned that LLMs are terrible at generating Whitespace code: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.09678
Also today, I was invited (and I am accepting) to join a group on redesigning our undergraduate curriculum, which includes discussions on our choice of first programming language.
I am not saying that these things are related. I just happen to be mentioning them both at once because I saw them both today. You get a lot of characters in one toot after all.
What?
How (racist/sexist/whatever) harassment on Mastodon works:
1. Harasser replies to their target's post, with the reply set to "followers only", saying the most vile stuff you can imagine.
2. All the harasser's buddies join in on the harassment, posting more vile stuff.
3. Nobody but the target and the harassment crew can see the vile stuff that was said.
4. Target is traumatized. Nobody else can see why.
5. Everybody says "I don't see it so it's not happening."
“Dear sir/madam, defence operatives will soon be operating in your area. During the works your normal services will be unavailable. IDF endeavour to complete works as soon as possible and will contact you again when it is safe to return. Please complete our customer satisfaction questionnaire”
How is Leyden improving Java Performance? A three part blog series.
You can read it either on
https://delawen.com/2026/03/17/How-is-Leyden-improving-Java-Performance/
or
https://dev.to/delawen/how-is-leyden-improving-java-performance-part-1-of-3-4n7e
https://jmtd.net/log/prusa_mini/broken/
Where I lament my broken 3D printer, and consider what to do about it. #3dprinting