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Profile Code

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Last Notes

2026-10-17 13:49:54 GMT

Mastodon admins, if you're looking for a way to find/report accounts affected by the current spam wave, you can run the query below. There may be some false positives, but the results are largely accurate.
Drop into the DB first (sudo -u mastodon psql mastodon_production) and run:
WITH bounds AS (
SELECT ((extract(epoch FROM timestamptz '2026-10-15 00:00:00-04') * 1000)::bigint << 16) AS min_id
),
counts AS (
SELECT m.status_id, COUNT(*) AS mention_count
FROM mentions m, bounds b
WHERE m.status_id >= b.min_id
GROUP BY m.status_id
HAVING COUNT(*) >= 10
)
SELECT s.id,
s.created_at,
a.username || COALESCE('@' || a.domain, '') AS author,
c.mention_count,
COALESCE(s.url, s.uri) AS link
FROM counts c
JOIN statuses s ON s.id = c.status_id
JOIN accounts a ON a.id = s.account_id
WHERE s.deleted_at IS NULL
AND a.suspended_at IS NULL
AND (s.text ILIKE '%google%' OR s.spoiler_text ILIKE '%google%')
ORDER BY s.created_at DESC;
#mastoadmin #fediadmin

2026-09-27 05:18:32 GMT

Seeing the Unstory stuff unravel today made me realize that far too many bloggers ignore the prime directive of the internet: don't feed the trolls.
Having a blog with a clean design and witty writing doesn't make someone worth reading or engaging. And if they're anonymous, and mainly post ragebait? Do yourself and everyone else a favor by closing the tab and forgetting about them.

2026-09-11 15:46:08 GMT

An excellent resource by @nprofile…9v4s. https://stopomarchy.neocities.org

2026-09-11 14:27:57 GMT

This piece is essential reading, especially for anyone lazily dismissing Omarchy as insignificant or irrelevant, or for anyone who still doesn’t grasp the deeper problem.
The conclusion is critical. We need to start normalizing secondary sanctions. The network effect operates in reverse as well, and we can all play a role in influencing what thrives and what suffocates. So we should.
#nevent1q…7ngn

2026-09-08 23:47:32 GMT

Earlier today, the chief protocol guy at Bluesky wrote something nice about omg.lol. https://bsky.app/profile/bnewbold.net/post/3muzgzcgzyc2l
Then Manton Reece showed up to complain about "the owner's long-running personal attacks on me." I guess he couldn't pass up the opportunity to take a swing.
I spun up a Bluesky account to respond, and swapped a few replies with Manton. He responded to everything I said with "that didn't happen" or "that's a total distortion of the truth".
You can't have a productive conversation with someone who refuses to acknowledge real harm. And you definitely can't have a productive conversation with someone who chooses gaslighting over earnest discussion.
It was a waste of time and energy. I deleted my replies and my Bluesky account. If Manton ever wants to have a real conversation about this, I would welcome that. If he just wants to endlessly whine about my past requests to see him denounce bigotry in all of its forms (especially bigotry by another member of the Micro.blog team), which is what he's labeling "personal attacks", then that's his choice. If he wants to continue to play the victim instead of demonstrate accountability, that's his prerogative.

2026-08-25 14:13:25 GMT

Look at this bullshit commit message written by Claude: https://github.com/jimmitchell/indiewebispunk.net/commit/448cfe610e0bb752211ce742aa517e0e42d30717
And we're expected to believe that the manifesto itself wasn't written by Claude?
Oi.

2026-08-24 02:26:13 GMT

The omg.lol Code of Conduct has been updated! We’re now explicitly addressing “reply guys” and setting clearer expectations about accessibility.
You can read about the updates here: https://omglol.news/2026/08/24/code-of-conduct-updates-august-2026
And view the Code of Conduct here: https://home.omg.lol/info/code-of-conduct
:prami:

2026-08-22 23:50:09 GMT

(via @nprofile…t8ts)
https://s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com/social-lol-media/media_attachments/files/117/141/823/697/599/086/original/1738d86bed91cd6f.jpg

2026-08-19 03:19:29 GMT

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None of this goes away just because you're not thinking about it or choosing to ignore it. It's real regardless of how you feel about it. Elon Musk is objectively a terrible human being. You can participate in his platform and support him, or not. But there is no in-between. You have to choose.

2026-08-19 03:05:01 GMT

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When you post on X, you are directly supporting the man who:
- Fired 80% of Twitter's workforce
- Dismantled Twitter's trust-and-safety infrastructure
- Turned the blue check into a for-profit impersonation circus
- Reinstated previously banned extremists, serial harassers, and spreaders of misinformation
- Suspended journalists for reporting on his jet
- Amplified misinformation repeatedly, especially 2024 election misinformation
- Endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory
- Told advertisers who objected to hate speech to “go fuck yourself.”
- Sued CCDH, Media Matters and other critics/researchers after they reported on the rise in hate speech on X
- Used X as part of a strategy to provide major political support of Trump
- Architected DOGE's mass federal layoffs
- Gained personal access to sensitive federal employee information
- Dismantled USAID
- Fired thousands of government employees in error
- Encouraged the creation of sexualized deepfakes with Grok
- Laughed at people expressing concern for his Gigafactory's water consumption, despite global record low water levels
Every post supports this. Every post endorses this. Every post sustains this.

2026-08-19 02:52:37 GMT

Elon Musk owns X. Solely. There is no board of directors; there is no higher governance structure. X *is* Elon Musk.
When you "return to X", you're supporting Elon Musk, full stop. There's no way around it. When you post there, you're contributing to him. Directly.
So if you're not going into this with your eyes open, you're fooling yourself. But if you *are* going into it with your eyes open, you are the problem.

2026-08-06 19:48:07 GMT

If there are ten people in a room all writing alt text for the same image, the result will always be ten different versions of alt text. And that’s OK! There is no perfect or “correct” alt text. It’s an act of compassion, not an academic exercise. You can put more heart into it than thought, and it’ll still come out great. ❤️

2026-07-31 04:46:51 GMT

We're down to the final 24 hours of omg.lol legacy pricing, so this is your last chance to buy additional years of service at the current price.
Starting August 1, the membership price increases to $4/month, payable annually.

2026-07-24 01:57:42 GMT

CNN is going kinda hard these days
https://s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com/social-lol-media/media_attachments/files/116/972/470/747/502/292/original/79dbb7342f63bff4.jpeg

2026-07-21 19:36:51 GMT

All of this performative BS when he could have just held Vincent Ritter accountable for his abhorrent behavior. Instead he chose to defend bigotry and attack those who were seeking accountability.
This is what happens when you’ve spent so much time surrounding yourself with people who look and think just like yourself, and when you can’t bear the thought of being wrong.
https://www.manton.org/2026/07/21/i-dont-think-about-you.html

2026-07-21 16:02:45 GMT

“Hardcore IndieWeb” is a reminder that you don’t need to be dependent on any blogging service (or even any piece of software or workflow) to share your stuff on the web.
True independence is making a website and uploading the files to a web server, without anyone else’s stuff standing between you and your published HTML.
https://www.neatnik.net/hardcore-indieweb

2026-07-20 15:04:05 GMT

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@nprofile…zut6 It’s funny you mention an interview because that’s what @nprofile…9v4s wanted to do. He reached out to him and received a reply authored by an LLM, complete with placeholder text left untouched. No joke.
Another omg.lol member asked him to stop spamming and he responded to her with a wild remark about geoblocking all countries outside of the USA because he gets “nothing but garbage” from them.
After the third report of him spamming omg.lol members, I asked him to stop, and he replied with this: https://social.lol/@neatnik/116941015452167895
So, yeah, I’m not getting overly great vibes from this guy.

2026-07-18 21:41:00 GMT

Hardcore IndieWeb: https://www.neatnik.net/hardcore-indieweb
I spent some of my Saturday afternoon exploring a key aspect of the IndieWeb that I think has become increasingly diminished, and I suggest one approach that can restore it.

2026-07-18 02:35:18 GMT

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@nprofile…zut6 It might look cool and press the right nostalgia buttons, but unfortunately the guy who runs it has been spamming people in a desperate bid to get some engagement. Like actual email spam sent to Neocities and omg.lol members asking them to join his webring, with the link to his site wrapped in his CRM. Super lame. (Also fairly sure he built most of this with Claude.) ☹️

2026-07-17 17:35:06 GMT

If you’re still using anything made by 37signals, this is the shit you’re supporting. https://world.hey.com/dhh/three-sacred-cows-that-must-die-so-europe-can-live-1afb203d

2026-07-09 16:34:13 GMT

My blog is still kinda broken, and one of these days I'll dust it off and fix it up so I can share some more longer-form thoughts. But here's one that I'll share briefly here today.
The thing that makes me sad about seeing an obviously made-by-AI website isn't the use of AI itself. It's the complete lack of individuality in the result. I'd rather see a sloppy or funky-looking website than a meticulous one made by a machine. I want to see the author reflected on the page. I want to see a *soul*.

2026-06-24 16:27:12 GMT

:mastodon: social.lol has been updated to Mastodon v4.6.1+glitch.

2026-06-17 01:51:47 GMT

Doing a little email experiment, hopefully a fun one! If you send an email to [email protected], two things should happen:
You’ll receive a reply with the email that the previous person sent (the last email before yours).
The next person to send an email will receive the message that you sent.
Your identity isn’t shared (only the subject and body). Hopefully nobody will be a jerk and ruin this (the reply footer has instructions for reporting abuse).
Anyway, have fun!

2026-04-02 16:03:11 GMT

url.town has surpassed 800 entries! If you haven’t yet visited the omg.lol community’s little home-grown web directory, stop by and poke around! It’s a delight.
https://url.town

2026-04-01 06:20:37 GMT

Guess what! omg.lol turns 7 this month. :prami_contented:
Guess what else! We’re offering a super limited number of lifetime membership slots. If you’re interested, grab one while they last.
More info here: https://home.omg.lol/birthday
:prami_happy:

2026-02-08 21:09:20 GMT

The guide to setting up an IRC server is ready! This will take you from zero to a fully operational IRC server (including the Gamja web client, hosted on the same server).
https://www.neatnik.net/setting-up-an-irc-server/
I’ve gone out of my way to keep this super simple, even avoiding the need to open an editor and change any files. I hope you find it useful!

2026-01-19 04:03:42 GMT

Neato can wait a little longer, right?
https://neatstats.net

2026-01-17 16:09:24 GMT

omg.lol now has an intranet! :prami_happy:
https://192.168.0.128.wtf
It’s a private web space managed entirely by our members. We started goofing around with it last night on IRC, and so far it’s been a lot of fun!
You can read more about it here: https://home.omg.lol/info/intranet

2026-01-16 03:46:22 GMT

This is still super rough, but it should offer a decent idea of what I'm trying to do with DNS Kitchen's "easy mode". The goal is to configure DNS for common scenarios without having to subject people to traditional DNS UI (which can be confusing and intimidating). By focusing on specific situations and offering a "wizard"-like step-by-step process for collecting relevant data, we can try to make DNS a little less awkward for people. :chef_happy:
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/115/902/678/342/973/083/original/df83b7098cfdd248.png