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Generic humanoid carbon unit, self-hosting media node. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm. Currently building @manyfold and site admin […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.me.uk/@Floppy, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 22h
After two days of fiddling around getting @mosscap tests working, I maintain my position that `minitest` is a goddamn mess and that `rspec` is superior by far.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 27/09/2026
Mastodon admins - I've popped a couple of feature requests in for mail domain and IP geolocation checking for account moderation. Both would need to be opt-in as third party services would be needed, but they'd make signup moderation a lot easier! Add a +1 or a comment if they sound useful (or […]
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 27/09/2026
RE: hoosier.social/@brian/1172880020446… This is genius, just done it on this server. Should cut down the current admin from this latest stupid spamwave.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 25/09/2026
#MastodonMeUkMeta Search hasn't been working recently, but now with help from @beasts we've worked out why and fixed it. It's reindexing now, so it should be better in a few hours. Apologies for the inconvenience!
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 23/09/2026
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 23/09/2026
With the Rails 8.2 release imminent, real work is about to ramp up on @mosscap, the fork we've been laying the groundwork for. If you want to help reduce the impact of the "weird guys" on Rails, Ruby and OSS in general, we need your help! This is ESPECIALLY true if you're a member of a […]
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 22/09/2026
I miss the Nicole the Fediverse Chick, at least she wanted to connect, these days the robots just want to automatically probe your protocol delivery. #ModLife
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manyfold.app @manyfold.app · 22/09/2026
🎉 Manyfold v0.150.0 is out, with a load of security fixes; if you're running a public server, you'll want to update! There's also support for the modern Prusa printer API. 🗞️ Full release notes: manyfold.app/news/2026/09/22/releas… 🌍️️️️️️ Join a public server […]
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Fedipub @fedipub.dev · 22/09/2026
Fedipub v0.10.0 is out, with support for RFC9421 message signatures, so now your Rails ActivityPubapps can be more secure - and no code changes required! fedipub.dev/2026/09/22/rfc-9421-in-…
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RFC9421 support in Fedipub | Fedipub
Fedipub is an Activitypub gem for Ruby applications, including a Rails engine.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 22/09/2026
the cruffatin liveth
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 21/09/2026
Think I'm going to institute a new policy on the Manyfold codebase - anyone (or more likely any*thing*) explicitly asking for a CVE ID to be issued on a security report is going to get banned from the repo.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 21/09/2026
I'll automate your protocol deliverability probe right into the fucking sea, my son
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 21/09/2026
Woken up last night at 3am by *something* making a hideous noise outside my window, like a lion throwing up or something. Absolutely no sign of anything though. Only evidence is the fact that I'm *shattered* this morning and can hardly see straight.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 19/09/2026
Oh, YES. Been meaning to do this for years, and finally found which old box the disks were in.
A white square shadow box frame with a white background. On the background are mounted four black 3.5” floppy disks bearing the DOOM logo and “Disk X of 4”
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 19/09/2026
Got my new shirt ready for all the AI meet-ups that I don’t go to.
A red T-shirt with white text: “I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself - Hayao Miyazaki”
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 18/09/2026
Excellent point here - LLMs are not becoming more intelligent than us by actually improving, they're just doing it by making us stupider 😆 www.netmeister.org/blog/everybodys-…
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Everybody's Lost Their Minds
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 17/09/2026
I'm interested in parallels; has any industry ever marketed itself before by causing a scare and saying "won't someone please stop us"?
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 17/09/2026
Appropriately, I am both Justified *and* Ancient #6music #TShirtDay
Me wearing a white T-shirt with the KLF logo on the front in black
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 16/09/2026
Debugging HTTP signatures was the most hateful part of my initial ActivityPub work, and now I've thrown myself in it again with RFC9421. Why did I start this?
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 15/09/2026
@aintnorulesays do not be on fire.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 15/09/2026
Dunno why @evan is so obsessed with fediverse apps implementing RFC2941, who needs telnet authentication these days? www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2941.html
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 14/09/2026
"approximately spherical chicken with unit vector legs" There's still some good stuff to be found on Stack Exchange... physics.stackexchange.com/questions…
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 13/09/2026
I was inspired by whatever the latest round of AI bullshit is to add a new shirt to #HTTPShirts... sellshirts.com/product/23563
A red tshirt with white text reading "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself - Hayao Miyazaki"
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 12/09/2026
I can’t help but be gratified at all the pushback DHH and his fash buddies are getting over Omarchy. I don’t know if it goes beyond the Fediverse (and don’t really care) but I’m glad that other people are joining the fight, even if the Rails team still don’t give a shit.
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Brennan Kenneth Brown @brennan.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
Decided to make a dedicated page for this. stopomarchy.neocities.org
stopomarchy.neocities.org
STOP OMARCHY: Boycott Tech's Far-Right Backers
Protest against the Omarchy/Omacom Foundation and the tech companies and executives funding far-right open source.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 11/09/2026
Crap, the tilt limiter cam on my ancient Aeron chair has broken, and I've not been able to find an existing design for a printable replacement. Might have to finally learn @freecad, although it'll be difficult in my very *very* reclined position.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 10/09/2026
TIL that the UK PSTN is being fully turned off in January! I assume BT are going to make a killing selling off all the copper. www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-transition-f…
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UK transition from analogue to digital landlines
What the retirement of analogue phone lines, also known as the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), means for you.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 09/09/2026
But will I be able to follow `draft-cavage-http-signatures-12` if I haven't seen the previous 11 movies?
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 09/09/2026
"If I'd had more time I'd have written less code" quoteinvestigator.com/2012/04/28/sh…
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 09/09/2026
Someone taking your non-AI-using open source project and (a) vibecoding a load of additions to it in their own fork while also (b) vibecoding a "clean" equivalent is *incredibly fucking depressing*.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 09/09/2026
@evan RFC9421 update for you - I'm working on it in @fedipub at gitlab.com/fedipub/fedipub/-/merge_…. If you want to update the support matrix, add Fedipub and change Manyfold to "via Fedipub" or something. Hopeing to get it done this week.
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Draft: Implement proper RFC9421 signatures, with draft-cavage-12 double-knocking fallback (!125) · Merge requests · Fedipub / Fedipub · GitLab
This MR implements proper RFC9421 signatures for all outgoing requests, and verification for incoming requests. See https://swicg.github.io/activitypub-http-signature/RFC9421 and
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 09/09/2026
RE: mastodon.online/@tomshardware/11723… PLAY Doom and RUN Doom are two very different things, especially when talking about biological systems. The article conflates the two all over the place, but the fruit fly brain can PLAY Doom. If it could RUN Doom, that would be a […]
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manyfold.app @manyfold.app · 07/09/2026
🎉 Manyfold v0.149.0 is out, with a new API capability to save modified files back into Manyfold, plus some performance improvements! 🗞️ Full release notes: manyfold.app/news/2026/09/07/releas… 🌍️️️️️ Join a public server: 3dprint.social ❤️ Support us on […]
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 07/09/2026
A while back I used a multi-channel messenger app (might have been Pidgin?) which let you combine contacts on different networks into a single person, and set a preferred channel for them. I've never seen that in any other tool, but the day someone puts it in a Matrix client (for use with […]
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Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026
How come the far right stop the boats scum bags who attacked the infrastructure of Dover this morning weren’t arrested and charged with terrorism offences?
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 06/09/2026
Hm, new screen did *not* work well for my ancient Elegoo Mars; the new screen was thicker, so stood slightly proud of the base, which then impinged on the vat, which then got caught on it, *pulled the screen right off AND sheared the cable*. So, given that I don't trust the new screens, and I'm […]
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 05/09/2026
RE: mastodon.me.uk/@krans/1172176508213… This is true. The people with the spare time were the well-off white men. Myself included, there.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 05/09/2026
I mean, find me a single American tech organisation that *isn’t* full of right wing libertarians. That’s the secret lurking in open source - it’s actually a weird combo of gun-toting anti-government survivalists and radical progressives* who have managed for years to share some similar goals […]
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 05/09/2026
Off to see The Levellers and Sleeper at shove park this afternoon; can’t find my crusty dreadlocks though.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 05/09/2026
Happy International #Arsebees Day to all who celebrate! Mainly @pikesley, to be fair.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 04/09/2026
@jaredwhite Just got up and running with Bridgetown and Willamette - lovely experience, thank you!
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 04/09/2026
RE: martinh.net/@microEMF/1172096736090… @emily_s we made it into the markov chain. So proud.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 04/09/2026
Currently I'm juggling development for @manyfold and @fedipub, while also trying to get @mosscap the Rails fork off the ground. I have funding from @NGIZero for Manyfold and Fedipub, but it's for R&D, not maintenance, and depends on me delivering features. That means the *other* work that goes […]
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 01/09/2026
Daughter @shadow-cat has now designed a few very cute T-shirts. I particularly like the “Today I am a serious goose” and swimming ones… sellshirts.com/marketplace/birdface
Four T-shirts featuring cartoon geese in various poses and outfits
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 01/09/2026
Daughter @shadow-cat has now designed a few very cute T-shirts. I particularly like the “Today I am a serious goose” and swimming ones… sellshirts.com/marketplace/birdface
Four T-shirts featuring cartoon geese in various poses and outfits
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 01/09/2026
Sweepstake on time before Kier Starmer gets installed as a VP for some AI company... anyone?
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 01/09/2026
Surprisingly the @1password support LLM doesn't know what to do with complaints about the resurgence of global fascism.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 01/09/2026
Having now checked out the terms of @1password; if you cancel your subscription, you can still use the service as before until that subscription runs out. I'm paid up until April, so I've cancelled *now*, and have a few months to change things around. That's good. Unfortunately the "why are you […]
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 01/09/2026
Now my mentions are full of information about eggs, astronomy, Soundgarden, along with a light garnish of antifascism. I love the Fediverse.
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026
@Floppy Black Hole Sun, won’t you come And wash away our previous misconceptions about the early phases of the existence of the universe
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