Dave Lane 
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FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always.
I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas.
SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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5d ago
@davemosk yes. It's an important narrative that demonstrates both that cooperation, and how one can deal with some of the other forces sure to emerge... and perhaps head them off in gracious, constructive ways, e.g. a carbon coin. @heyrochelle @Niall @phil_stevens
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@heyrochelle I watched the 'water quality' episode of This is how it ends earlier today. Quite well done. Thanks for the other tips.
To add one - if any of you haven't yet read Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry fro the Future, I think it's a very powerful narrative and speculative case study. Great common language. I fear one of its main plot points might happen this year. I read it shortly after reading Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics, also essential reading.
@Niall @davemosk @phil_stevens
To add one - if any of you haven't yet read Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry fro the Future, I think it's a very powerful narrative and speculative case study. Great common language. I fear one of its main plot points might happen this year. I read it shortly after reading Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics, also essential reading.
@Niall @davemosk @phil_stevens
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@Niall @davemosk @phil_stevens yup, been following Stephenson's stuff for a couple years now. He's another important, committed progressive voice, with a compelling narrative. And I think that his influence has helped the Green's cause in the UK. It's explained, in plain language, the implications of social inequity.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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5d ago
@phil_stevens you've got the moral high ground. And that means credibility. That should never be underestimated when you're sharing a narrative.
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@davemosk @Niall @phil_stevens it seems clear, given Mamdani's almost inconceivable victory (given the power aligned against him), as well as Hungary's recent power shift, and also the success Polanski & the Greens in the UK, that the time for a substantial authentic change is right about now. We just need the right messenger with the right narrative. I don't even think it's that sensitive to the messenger.
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@davemosk @Niall @phil_stevens why not alter the locus of power in Aotearoa? It's happened over and over again in human history. We need to stop accepting the 'softly' and 'gradually' approach. It demonstrably, over the course of our lifetimes, doesn't work. We need a *major* shift in political message and policy - something like what's just happened in New York City. The message has changed *abruptly*. The transition on the ground is happening in a human timeframe. But the status quo is gone.
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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5d ago
@phil_stevens bingo. We're just having a parallel conversation right here: https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight/116434528298605151
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Ok. What if we - the voters of Aotearoa - aligned ourselves to elect a Government that is committed to achieving the best possible outcome for all NZers. As table ante, any parties wanting to be in such a Gov't would need to first publicly acknowledge that 'Trickle Down Economics' is a nonsensical farce, and that 'neoliberalism' has failed the vast majority of people upon whom it's been imposed.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 17, 2026
@leighelse @billbennett @xurizaemon @stephen they sometimes get a bit stroppy (shirty?) when, asked for my emails, I look at the branding on their shirt and say (for example) 'noelleeming@catchall.domain'
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 17, 2026
@billbennett @xurizaemon @stephen it's been really interesting having a catchall email domain which I use for dodgy web-related accounts (and even the not-yet-dodgy ones) with the name of the service, e.g. service@catchall.domain. I've seen a lot of spam coming through over the years clearly labelled with the folks whose systems have been compromised, or who've been acquired and asset-stripped.
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 17, 2026
@JulianOliver Done.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 17, 2026
@JulianOliver ok - will set that up for outgoing.nz and unbreak.nz both of which I acquired for possible initiatives I no longer remember.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 16, 2026
@JulianOliver I've got a few underutilised domains that I'd happily loan to such a cause...
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 16, 2026
Quite a few folks - a couple credible developers - are trying to convince me that 'AI' code generation is great. They fail to realise that my issue isn't whether it's good at writing working ('pretty'?) code. It could be both (it isn't) but that misses my concern: to me conferring power to those without the understanding to the implications of different uses of that power creates a system inevitably prone to disaster - whether smallish now or colossal later. Another contemporaneous example: 1/2
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 14, 2026
This is gut-wrenching. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/592410/devastating-scenes-as-wildlife-lay-dead-on-dry-lakebed-in-manawatu Our water allocation and farming practices are not sustainable, and it's a horrible tragedy for all of the life that's destroyed as a result of our hubris and vile indifference.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 14, 2026
To other Mastodon Admins - I just got a couple posts telling me that my instance is the source of dodgy content from a couple identical looking but differently named accounts on mastodon.cloud. I believe it's a phishing scam targeting Mastodon admins... be careful out there.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 13, 2026
You'd think that, with that $400k per farmer windfall... that they could afford to pay for their carbon pollution like other industries.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 08, 2026
@quinn perhaps not, but knowing me, I'd've needed another batch of braces (or even a couple of 'em).
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FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Apr 08, 2026
@quinn They would've been handy on the elbows, I reckon. @ethanschoonover
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Apr 08, 2026
@quinn @ethanschoonover I totally always needed more teeth when growing up there in the 70s. Sadly, I was too soon.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Apr 01, 2026
Thanks to the hard work of @rimu and the rest of the PieFed community, and the infrastructure sponsored by https://prodigi.nz there's now a community PieFed for Aotearoa - https://piefed.iridescent.nz
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Mar 29, 2026
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Mar 20, 2026
This is an auspicious development - mandating ODF formats for all government generated documents: https://linuxiac.com/germany-mandates-odf-for-public-administration/ - the UK did this, too, quite a long time ago - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/open-document-formats-selected-to-meet-user-needs - like 2014 - but then reversed its decision due to being corrup-... er, I mean due to lobbying.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Mar 18, 2026
Hey - whatdayaknow!? Peter Beck sells out entirely: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/590037/rocket-lab-wins-record-contract-with-us-department-of-war If I was the kaumatua of Mahia Peninsula, I'd be telling RocketLab to hit the road. Not sure what I mean? See this: https://northandsouth.co.nz/2021/03/14/rocket-lab-military/ I'm sensing an ethical vacuum. RocketLab is no triumph for Aotearoa NZ, it's a shame.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Mar 09, 2026
It's that time again - tomorrow, Tues 10 March, 20:00 NZDT is when the next Aotearoa NZ #FOSS #OpenSource #Libre meetup starts. You can find us at https://meeting.iridescent.nz - all are welcome.
Thanks as always to https://prodigi.nz for their generous sponsorship of our NZ-based infrastructure!
Thanks as always to https://prodigi.nz for their generous sponsorship of our NZ-based infrastructure!
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Mar 02, 2026
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 28, 2026
Wonder why anyone in Aotearoa NZ is celebrating RocketLab's US launch in aid of the US military. For his own gain and glory, Peter Beck (I don't see justification for his honourific) betrayed the trust of the kaumātua of Mahia Peninsula and sold us all out to perhaps the least honourable country in the world these days. Here's the story if you haven't already seen it: https://northandsouth.co.nz/2021/03/14/rocket-lab-military/
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 25, 2026
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 25, 2026
@bflipp in my experience of getting people away from shitty proprietary platforms and onto community-run ones, you're never going to have an 'easier' experience getting them onboard - the Discords of the world have too much $ to invest in smoothing the on ramp (they have no off ramp, though, of course). But the trick is to make the community space (your Matrix) the one in which the most interesting and dynamic folks in the community are active. The rest will follow soon enough. @strypey
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 25, 2026
@bflipp Yes, the 'easy onboarding' for mobile users is offered by integrating MAS, but for the moment, the Synapse-Admin capabilities are more important from my perspective. Hoping the community will work out a way to have the best of both worlds. That might already be the case, I have to review recent releases of both projects. @strypey
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 25, 2026
@strypey @bflipp I use a very handy admin capability called Synapse-Admin that, for example, allows for better signup management. Last time I tried, though, it was incompatible with MAS, which was relatively new at the time. MAS seems to be undergoing very active dev so I decided to wait until a) it worked with Synapse-Admin, and b) it's a bit more of a known quantity to implement.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 18, 2026
Our schools are completely dependent on cloud services for, well, everything. And there's no backup connectivity. https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360940414/christchurchs-largest-school-forced-shut-after-contractor-mistakenly-cuts-internet Sadly, almost all of those services are proprietary, almost all are foreign, and many happily exploit students privacy to add shareholder value.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 17, 2026
@DrCuriosity superb!
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 17, 2026
@DrCuriosity huh, don't know them... pleased, though, that they're ok!
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 17, 2026
Wow, bugger. Folks out on Banks Peninsula (esp Little River) are in a bad way - check this out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27ak-At7EKA Yikes!
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 08, 2026
Tomorrow (Tues 10 Feb, 20:00 NZDT) is our next monthly #Libre / #FOSS / #OpenSource meeting. All welcome! Find us at https://meeting.iridescent.nz - we talk about whatever interests those in attendance! No questions/topics too basic or too hard. We'll also discuss developments in digital sovereignty & democracy. Great place to learn why you might want to ditch Windows (or MacOS) and liberate your digital life! I'm gather even the gamers are doing it these days!
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