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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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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 22/09/2026

@bruces it took me quite a few listens before I could handle it while working. It's... highly distracting, to say the least.

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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.

@zzt I wonder if any papers have only been authorsed by "al"

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.

@DamonHD could have been that then! Weird noises are normally foxes, in my experience.

I'll automate your protocol deliverability probe right into the fucking sea, my son

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still, good time to debug some ActivityPub, right, I'm sure that'll be fine

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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 19/09/2026

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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Oh, YES. Been meaning to do this for years, and finally found which old box the disks were in.

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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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YEEES!! Last Train to Trancentral! WOO WOOOO #TheKLF #6Music #TShirtDay

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@dansup @gargron is this done as an interactionPolicy, like quote permissions?

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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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@pikesley I’ll pump your bubble right into the sea, my son

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Appropriately, I am both Justified *and* Ancient #6music #TShirtDay

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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 16/09/2026

@pikesley what the fuck was the point of that news item exactly?

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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?

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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@evan yeah, I expect that’s what I’ll be doing tomorrow.

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@evan given that this is a library, it *might* be possible to write a validator app once I know this one works. But no promises, my todo list is very long!

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@evan righto, then I guess we're testing in production!!

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@evan RFC9421 code on @fedipub complete! Just need to test it a bit then it'll be ready to release. Do you know any ways to test that signatures are compliant, and that things can communicate properly? (Other than just trying to talk to a production Mastodon server and hoping for the best)

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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 13/09/2026

"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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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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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 11/09/2026

@davidgerard the apostrophe here leaves me wholly unsurprised.

A stream screenshot with the text “SEE GAME’S THAT USED AI TO CREATE ARTWORK”

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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.