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Totally Normal Adult Human

@dracol.ing
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[ hi! if you're reading this on bsky, follow @ap.brid.gy so i can see your replies. ] Totally Normal Adult Human. Network Architect. Collector of hobbies […] 🌉 bridged from firetribe.org/@dracoling on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy

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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 30/09/2026
Me last week: "Yeah, and I'll be in the office next wednesday to work on X thing specifically" Me, in the office: "Well, THATS definitely not getting worked on today"
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 30/09/2026
I think my favorite thing about always posting the same meme on tuesdays is seeing when one from months ago suddenly gets boosted back onto people's radar. Hello to all the new eyeballs. I hope you're having a wonderful day.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 29/09/2026
Today is my birthday. I don't yet know how to deal with that, but it's okay because it's also a Tuesday and I have one sure way to deal with THAT...
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 22/09/2026
Is this bit getting old? Should I stop? Self doubt is real.
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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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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 16/09/2026
Notice to all of the FireTribe.org Paid Staff (there isn't any): Due to problems with the email quotas (there aren't any), we were unable to complete payroll (there isn't any) verification this month. The system administrator (I guess that's me) needs to log into the cPanel Secure Gateway (we […]
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 15/09/2026
I was going through some old scratch notes and found this gem from a few years ago. > For immediate release. > > DECLARATION OF TEMPORAL AND MENTAL INSOLVENCY > > Owing to both growing market forces and recent gross mismanagement the owners of the body known as [name redacted] regretfully […]
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 15/09/2026
I bought this domain years ago to create a place for a fire-spinning community. On a daily basis none of them use it, but you're here... so I guess something went right. Enough of that, time for me to ...
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 08/09/2026
Just what I needed, yet another half-baked project idea using hardware I barely know how to use, that is programmed in code I barely know, that my brain wants to accomplish RIGHT FREAKING NOW.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 08/09/2026
"Welcome to our double-monday, haha". No Charles.
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Federated Mind @federatedmind.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026
Dug into the ActivityPub platforms beyond Mastodon with current FediDB numbers (June 2026): Misskey and its fork family, Pleroma and Akkoma, Friendica, GoToSocial, and the Threadiverse. Misskey's custom emoji culture runs deeper than it sounds. Instances […] [Original post on techhub.social]
Abstract digital art on a dark navy background showing a radial burst of colorful geometric shapes and particles in mint green, coral red, amber, and teal. Scattered sticker-like elements suggest emoji reactions and expressive digital culture. Federated Mind brain logo watermark in the bottom right corner.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 07/07/2026
Enjoying the majesty of nature
Morning view of the Teton mountain range
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 30/06/2026
No, I can't just sit in on your meeting today.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 29/06/2026
Dear spammers, The administrator account for this instance does not have, nor do we anticipate having any of the following: - A bank account in Germany - American Express Card - A Netflix account - Packages being held by Canadian Customs - A QuickBooks account - Any interactions with IRS.gov - […]
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 23/06/2026
Dear everything,
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 18/06/2026
It's been a while since I've kind of bad day where a bunch of inconveniences have me feeling performatively sad and now to cap it all off my audio player keeps skipping and restarting while I try to lay on the ground and listen to Simple Plan.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 16/06/2026
Pulled out my digital audio recorder (Zoom H6) for the first time in over a year to find that it's dead. My Zoom H4n from at least 10 years ago still works fine, but its on long-term loan to a friend. I guess I'm shopping for a new audio recorder.
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part time xyla @xyla.zip · 16/06/2026
“hmm, how is the market doing” computer hardware went up 5x because memory that hasn’t been yet manufactured was bought with money that doesn’t exist for pairing with gpus that don’t exist in data centres that haven’t been built which would be powered by infrastructure that isn’t even planned […]
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 16/06/2026
Here we go again...
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 16/06/2026
Apparently people are mad that Hugo uses AI code now? My best response is that I haven't updated Hugo in years and it keeps working fine, and I will never need to update it because I'm only doing static site compilation. I don't update my scissors or bone folder every year either and I can […]
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 09/06/2026
Sorry, I can't attend this meeting.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 02/06/2026
Can't stop, won't stop.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 28/05/2026
I have too many projects that I want to do at once to pick between them and so I am just sitting here doing nothing and feeling exhausted. Yay ​:SwissCheeseBrain:​
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 26/05/2026
Least relaxing "holiday weekend" I've had in years. The next person who asks how my vacation was is going to be (mentally) tied to the tracks.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 20/05/2026
Woke up to my alarm to find that I had forgotten I was supposed to be on site today instead of remote. Instead of being an hour early for work I was nearly 3 hours late.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 19/05/2026
I'm already over summer and it's barely even here.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 15/05/2026
Client: Hello! We want to [thing]! Me: Okay we can definitely do that. Will you want to do any of the following: [feature 1], [feature 2], or [feature 3]? Those take more time to set up and have additional costs. Client: NO! We just want [thing]. (two days later) Client: Wait, why can't [thing] […]
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 15/05/2026
"Someone aught to ... " My friend, this is an anarchy. You are the someone. Do what must be done. Ask for help if that's what you need, but don't just stand there and wish for things to happen.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 08/05/2026
This is the only kind of age verification measure I support. RE: digipres.club/users/foone/statuses/…
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 30/04/2026
The scene: four different projects strewn across my desk, each missing some (completely separate) single piece to allow them to be completed. Me: starting a fifth project.
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Flux @umbreon.donphan.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2026
Not gonna, I burst out laughing reading the last bit.
The environmental section of KDE's 30th anniversary page suggesting ideas to try improve the environment, or FOSS. With the final one being "Take 30 techbros to court so they stop building AI datacentres".
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 27/04/2026
I find myself struggling to finish projects sometimes. But tonight I finally wrapped up a project that had been on external hold for several years, which I hadn't really had any contribution to in the past year, and I didn't think I would ever be done. Now it's done and I'm feeling oddly […]
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 21/04/2026
Brief hosting outage can't stop TGV Tuesday
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 14/04/2026
Can't stop the signal.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 07/04/2026
I apparently have nothing to add to the discussion
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 07/04/2026
Quick reminder for anyone who needs it: hashtags in your post are not content warnings. Most every software that does activitypub has them, please use them.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 02/04/2026
delete me now if you don't think NASA is cool.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 31/03/2026
Rode the train, and almost forgot to post the train.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 24/03/2026
What if we could actually have nice things?
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Gina Häußge @foosel.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026
Today I learned #TIL: "human.json" 👉 foosel.net/til/humanjson
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human.json
Thanks to a toot by Seth Larson yesterday I learned about the still in draft human.json spec by Beto Dealmeida: human.json is a lightweight protocol for humans to assert authorship of their site content and vouch for the humanity of others. It uses URL ownership as identity, and trust propagates through a crawlable web of vouches between sites. Basically, a web of trust to confirm that pages are written by actual human beings vs just LLM generated slop.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 17/03/2026
oh look, it's a day of the week
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 14/03/2026
I feel like every time I finally find a problem worth working on I have to learn a new programming language just to keep up.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 10/03/2026
Everything is garbage, except for all the things that aren't. Stop scrolling garbage and make something worth having, even if it's just for you and your friends. Be cool to each other, and get on the train.
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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026
I just spent the last 24 hours building... a free tool to create your very own handwriting font quickly within the browser (no logins, all local processing): arcade.pirillo.com/fontcrafter.html Having tested it extensively on my own manuscript, I […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 08/03/2026
I love when new people follow me.... And sometimes I love that I can click the "remove follower" button. Thanks for coming to find me! Or, in the case of the one AI troll... thanks for letting me click that cool button!
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 07/03/2026
Had a really nice time at tech night last night.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 05/03/2026
I have seen the words #ButlerianJihad more today on fedi than I have since that time I read EVERY Dune book.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 03/03/2026
I don't know how to stop crying.
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Totally Normal Adult Human @dracol.ing · 03/03/2026
Gotta keep rolling. Life keeps getting me down, but there's still a train to run.
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