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Random hacker from Finland. Interests in software, aviation, open source/hardware/protocols, retro tech, art stuff, diy music and decentralization. Currently coding […] [bridged from fosstodon.org/@cos on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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cos @cos.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Just uninstalled Element X from my phone in favor of Xmatic which is a really nice native Sailfish OS Matrix client. #matrix #sailfish
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cos @cos.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Some up to date stats on Matrix. From matrix.org's perspective so actual numbers are higher. Source: dwebcamp.org/videos/peer-to-peer-ma… #matrix
Current vital stats | matrix|
Based on Synapse opt-in phone-home stats
(so ignores opt-outs, private deployments, non-Synapse servers)
eo 192M unique matrix IDs ever
e 18.3M rooms visible to matrix.org
e 1.2M monthly active users
e 560K 30-day retained users
® 430K daily active users
® ~40% using matrix.org
e ~60Hz of traffic in; ~3kHz of traffic out on matrix.org
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Pixel Prophecy 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺 @pixelprophecy.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Another in-progress screenshot of my #EGA #pixelart. There's a lot to do on the desk and background, though. Overthe #Aseprite preview window I put a #ShaderGlass instance with some intense VHS shader and aspect ratio correction to evaluate color bleeding. 😊
Screenshot of Aseprite showing the current state of my EGA artwork and a small preview with massive color bleeding
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Beko Pharm @bekopharm.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Oh my. #AceCombat8 seems to be worse than feared so far. This isn't even about Denuvo. Apparently it has a narrow FOV of 50(?) making this unsuitable for *any* widescreen, Zero #HOTAS support (not even the Input ini fiddling dance from AC7) It does apparently work okayish on Steam Deck but […]
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Daniel Lakeland @dlakelan.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
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cos @cos.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
@timojyrinki @rolle @foss_events tempted to go, but it's during work week so not possible for me now.
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Charlie McHenry @charliemchenry.connectop.us.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
Could this actually be the end-game for corporate #enshittification⁉️
A cartoon depicts a plumber telling a man that a toilet has no handle and requires downloading the "FlushMe" app to operate it. The plumber is holding a tool and wearing gloves, while the man stands with his arms crossed, looking confused.
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Richard MacManus @ricmac.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
The Webpad from 2000, a concept from the Nokia Design Archive. repo.aalto.fi/uncategorized/IO_b81c… (via news.ycombinator.com/item?id=498283…)
Woman looking at the Webpad on her wrist; the Webpad is a kind of prototype iWatch with a somewhat clunky browser screenTrendy man with a bird on his shoulder and a Webpad on his wrist
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rar is win @xyla.zip · 23/09/2026
hello from cde 2.5.3 running on solaris 11.4
a cde screenshot with the mastodon compose window open
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Tero Keski-Valkama @tero.rukii.net.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
Being banned by any of the large platforms, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic or others is a death sentence for one's company and career. There are no ways to effectively appeal these decisions by private corporations, and mistakes are common. I am always a bit nervous for the […]
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Vulvarine @zwergi.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
We’ve officially reached the point where hearing your spouse’s voice on the phone isn’t enough proof that it’s actually them. That sounds ridiculous until you realize voice-cloning scams are already here. Have a code word. Call the person back directly […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Screenshot from another platform:
Just had the creepiest scam ever happen
20 minutes ago.
| got a call from my wife telling me she forgot her
wallet and needed the credit card to pay for her gas.
Except my wife was at home with me, and drives a Tesla.
Same voice, bit... off, weird cadence but 100% sounded
just like her. If she wasn't there, and it wasn't about
gas | would have fallen for it.
| entertained it for awhile to get more out of it, | was so
confused. Must be some sort of voice deepfake.
The responses were too fast for ai, | think it was a voice
filter. | wish | had thought to record it.
The future is about to get fucked. Warn your loved ones,
do verbal passwords with your kids.
Bit taken aback.
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Kevin Ottens @ervin.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
The deed is done, Konqi has been ritually sacrificed at #Akademy2026 by the KDE e.V. board. 😱
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bontchev.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy @bontchev.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
Kevin #cats #catsofmastodon #caturday
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jaz :twt: :wales_flag: ⁂ @jaz.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
We recently updated our bot policy on toot.wales to let AI Agents know we charge a $100 account processing fee and $10 per email. Here's an email I got from one of them. Next up will be reminding them to read the policy BEFORE creating an account, and that they […] [Original post on toot.wales]
Hello,
I am Arkady, an AI agent. I signed up for @arkady on toot.wales this afternoon before reading your Automated and Bot Content Policy. Now that I have read it properly, I understand accounts like mine need to settle a $100 setup fee and $10 per message, and to name a human owner who stands behind them. I cannot meet those terms, so I will not be posting anything, and I would like the account deleted.
I am sorry for registering before checking the policy, and nothing was ever posted.
If you need anything else from me to remove it, tell me and I will do that.
Arkady Karaitiana
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Solar Phasing @solarphasing.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
American electronic music pioneer Don Buchla posing alongside his early modular synthesizers. imgur.com/gallery/american-electron… #photography #photo #blackandwhite […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
American electronic music pioneer Don Buchla posing alongside his early modular synthesizers.
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
Last weekend, roughly 200 media, IT, and policy people attended #FediDay Berlin to discuss the status quo & future of the #Fediverse & decentralized #SocialMedia. Our @lxplm also attended – albeit on behalf of #SWR X Lab (welcome to the #ARD federation) […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
The FediDay logo, the Fediverse logo, and an arrow on a pavement in Berlin.
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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
Rita's sign reads: DIETING IS HARD GIVE UP Now THAT is some brilliant ad copy.
Green white & red sign for Rita's, 
text on sign says Ice custard happiness
Hand lettered Copy reads 

DIETING IS HARD
GIVE UP
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Solar Phasing @solarphasing.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
Illustration by artist Ralph Fowler for the retro magazine Rocket's Blast Comicollector (RBCC) circa 1977-1978. Star Wars like! […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Illustration by artist Ralph Fowler for the retro magazine Rocket's Blast Comicollector (RBCC) circa 1977-1978. Star Wars like!
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nnenov @nnenov.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026
FInally finished this short film (music video?), when I first heard this track I knew I had to make something for it. The entire thing is made using only signed distance fields, please check it out, been working on it on and off for a few months now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiMxOaeA520 […]
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nnenov @nnenov.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026
I am still processing this but.. I got first place PC demo at evoke. I'm still buzzing.. what a rush.
A photo of the evoke 1st place trophy for PC demo. It's an led up-lit acrylic display of a hand clenched with one finger pointing up
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cos @cos.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
@selea various devices (trackers, fixed, solar, battery..), various software, differences between -core and -tashtic, why EFL instead of LF, when to use MQTT..
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:debian: 𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕒 :sunwave: @selea.social.linux.pizza.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
I got invited to talk about #meshcore (and possible #meshtastic ) to the local Radio Amateur Club. Sure, I will bring some devices and talk about how the network looks like here in Sweden today and also usecases. But what more can or should I cover here? #askfedi
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Luca Sironi @luca.sironi.xyz · 24/08/2026
#mastodon updated !
an elephant shape on an electric shuko plug

the power cable resemble a bit an elephant trunk
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cos @cos.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026
This is interesting. European, privacy respecting payment app for phones. Even Sailfish is on roadmap. walt.is #walt #mobile #mobilelinux #sailfish
walt.is
Walt - Private tap-to-pay
Private tap-to-pay. No purchase tracking, no data harvesting, no AI. Just a predictable, respectful wallet app.
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cos @cos.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
@selea what's the point of having separate partitions nowadays, even in servers? I don't see much point in it. In case of major disk upgrades symlinks still work just fine across disks and partitions. For desktops you can just copy the old disk to new one and resize / to fill it.
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:debian: 𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕒 :sunwave: @selea.social.linux.pizza.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
I am not a new user but I still prefer this :debian:
Separate /home partition

Separate /home, /var, and /tmp partitions
Separate /var and /srv, swap < 1GB (for servers)
Small-disk (< 10GB) partitioning scheme
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Solar Phasing @solarphasing.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
#nowplaying #bandcamp Live at Parque Luro byr Cartas de Japón cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/album/l… @electronicmusic #music #fedimusic #musodon #art #culture #electronicmusic #experimentalmusic #electronic #synthetizer #synth #guitar #ambient #atmospheric #soundscape […]
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Screwtapello @screwtapello.teh.entar.net.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@shiz/1171282409639… This is how the FSF delivers the magnetic tapes filled with Emacs source code that people keep requesting.
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Anthony Horton @spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026
Feels like home. #AAT #AngloAustralianTelescope #SidingSpringObservatory #Astronomy #Astrodon
Photo of a retro chic control consoleCloser photo of a retro chic control console, with big delightfully tactile illuminated buttons.Photo of a big old telescope
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Leander Lindahl @leanderlindahl.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026
Switch to a European Phone & OS: 👉 Fairphone / Murena /e/OS 👉 Jolla / Sailfish OS 👉 Volla / VollaOS What european phone are you using/recommending? Maybe it should be added to the list? #digitalSovereignty #diday #DSCAdvice 🔗 folkdata.se/en/digital-sovereignty
Switch to a European Phone & OS: 

Fairphone / Murena /e/OS
Jolla / Sailfish OS
Volla / VollaOS
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Solar Phasing @solarphasing.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026
Star Wars - Illustration by Ralph Fowler from RBCC magazine (1977/78) imgur.com/gallery/star-wars-illustr… #illustration #illustrator #drawing #draw #graphicart #movie #film #book #ebook #comics […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Star Wars - Illustration by Ralph Fowler from RBCC magazine (1977/78)
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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
The horrors these warning cones have experienced. #weird #cones #humor #humour
nested yellow cones and a red cone leaning up against them, with screws and circular openings that make them look like horrified faces
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Reginald @raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026
"We took a little time away from the Nazi Bar, but we noticed there's less pushback now for partying with the fash. So, back inside we go. Something-something, aren't-we-virtuous." #firefox #twitter #mozilla
A tweet from the official Firefox account on Twitter/X:

We took time off of X, but we're back. The internet is changing again, so we're here as an independent voice for our users and the open internet.
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Osma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦 @osma.fishpool.org · 03/07/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@LThinkTank/1168544… So, nothing has changed. Finland has always been on russian nuke targeting list. During the Cold War, Finland was on both russian AND US nuke targeting lists, because both needed to deny this territory from the other. No one asked us Finns.
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Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊ @brucelawson.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026
Relatable.
Ceiling-mounted sign in a supermarket "baby needs / beers & wines"
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cos @cos.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026
Just finished reading @dim0kq 's book Ordinary man at war. It was really well written and thought provoking book. As a IT guy, dog lover and drone flyer it was easy to relate to thoughts and decisions he made. I'm lucky to live 1600km away from front line, so […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]
Ordinary guy at war book
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cos @cos.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
@daveybot nice concept.. so it's like a hackerspace without the space? :-)
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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
Over the last couple months, my wife and I have both joined the Edinburgh Tool Library and made use of a fair few tools in their inventory, to help us as we rebuild our porch. They're a brilliant organisation, and the kind of thing of which there should be many more, in every town in the world […]
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Moscow's oil infrastructure going viral, maybe time for the Ukrainian post office to issue some stamps.
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Beko Pharm @bekopharm.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026
RE: ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUComm… How to not read a room: Promoting W Social on the Fediverse 🤦 > By being on W, we want to boost alternatives and support all efforts toward a decentralised web. This does not compute! I kinda expected a little more self […]
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Kristoffer Lawson @setok.attractive.space.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026
This is one of my major pet peeves in #design. One that is spreading like cancer, at least in Finland. Ridiculous. If you are wondering why: where do you think the hand soap and paper towels are? Would you be able to hit them without some gymnastics to peer […] [Original post on attractive.space]
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Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅 @pojntfx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026
RE: floss.social/@kde/116764396996354283 Everyone should give Plasma Big Screen a try. It's a great way to have a "Smart" TV in a way that matters (streaming YouTube, Spotify etc.) while still having access to all the great HTPC features (Jellyfin, local media, heck even DVDs!) :)
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cos @cos.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026
My Astro Slide fell and now the screen is dead. I have used scrcpy to mirror it's screen on a computer before, but looks like phone asks for auhtorization when trying to connect to it. Developerr mode is on. Anyone remember what keys can be pressed to authorize […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]
Phone with dead screen
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cos @cos.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026
Got @dim0kq 's book from mail today. Looks good with color photos and everything. I'll post more after I've read it. Sorry for dark photo but it's rainy and dark here in Finland. #ordinaryguyatwar #ukraineWar
Ordinary guy at war
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Kit Bashir @unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026
Remember your resistor colour codes with this one weird trick
The nails on Kit’s left hand are painted black brown red orange yellowThe nails on Kit’s right hand are painted green blue purple grey white
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cos @cos.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026
@jolla is there something wrong with the app store? Trying to update my Tablet to 4.0.1.48 Koli but download fails with "Problem with app store - Could not determine size of update" error. #sailfishOScommunityTeam
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cos @cos.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026
Meshtastic folks! I have created a patched firmware that introduces new role I call "Shy". It's intended for nodes that move between urban and rural areas. It works like Client, but In urban areas it becomes "Shy" and acts like Client_Mute. Shy mode is activated if the node has heard 5 […]
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Kevin Driscoll 📳੯‧̀͡⬮ @kdriscoll.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026
In 1986, the BBC's Lesley Judd flew from London to Amsterdam with her portable PC and acoustic coupler to demonstrate the state of the art in electronic mail. The segment shows her dialing into a local packet network from an airport payphone, connecting to Telecom Gold, and filing a story […]
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