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# No AI, cuz we don't do that around here. hiya! You might've seen @alexia talking about this a bit already, but we're publishing a list of tech (software, hardware, anything we know of!) that activel

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Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm. Currently building @ manyfold and site admin @ https:// mastodon.me.uk Previously: https:// dxw.com , https:// somethingnew.org.uk , https:// openpolitics.org.uk , https:// apolitical.co , https:// theodi.org , https://www. amee.com and more. Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy. # OpenSource # Ruby # Rails # Python

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Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm. Currently building @ manyfold and site admin @ https:// mastodon.me.uk Previously: https:// dxw.com , https:// somethingnew.org.uk , https:// openpolitics.org.uk , https:// apolitical.co , https:// theodi.org , https://www. amee.com and more. Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy. # OpenSource # Ruby # Rails # Python

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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk · Mar 11, 2026

@the love this! I'll have to send in the details to get @manyfold added :)

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Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm. Currently building @ manyfold and site admin @ https:// mastodon.me.uk Previously: https:// dxw.com , https:// somethingnew.org.uk , https:// openpolitics.org.uk , https:// apolitical.co , https:// theodi.org , https://www. amee.com and more. Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy. # OpenSource # Ruby # Rails # Python

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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk

Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm. Currently building @ manyfold and site admin @ https:// mastodon.me.uk Previously: https:// dxw.com , https:// somethingnew.org.uk , https:// openpolitics.org.uk , https:// apolitical.co , https:// theodi.org , https://www. amee.com and more. Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy. # OpenSource # Ruby # Rails # Python

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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk · Feb 27, 2026

Over the bloody moon about the Green victory in the by-election. Amazing work Hannah!

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Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm. Currently building @ manyfold and site admin @ https:// mastodon.me.uk Previously: https:// dxw.com , https:// somethingnew.org.uk , https:// openpolitics.org.uk , https:// apolitical.co , https:// theodi.org , https://www. amee.com and more. Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy. # OpenSource # Ruby # Rails # Python

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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk

Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm. Currently building @ manyfold and site admin @ https:// mastodon.me.uk Previously: https:// dxw.com , https:// somethingnew.org.uk , https:// openpolitics.org.uk , https:// apolitical.co , https:// theodi.org , https://www. amee.com and more. Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy. # OpenSource # Ruby # Rails # Python

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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk · Jan 31, 2026

Great news from @Mastodon@mastodon.social at #FOSDEM: they're going to change the default server recommendation away from mastodon.social, to a geographically and linguistically appropriate instance for all new users. It'll be opt-in for server admins, too, which is great. ❤️

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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk

Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm. Currently building @ manyfold and site admin @ https:// mastodon.me.uk Previously: https:// dxw.com , https:// somethingnew.org.uk , https:// openpolitics.org.uk , https:// apolitical.co , https:// theodi.org , https://www. amee.com and more. Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy. # OpenSource # Ruby # Rails # Python

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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk

Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm. Currently building @ manyfold and site admin @ https:// mastodon.me.uk Previously: https:// dxw.com , https:// somethingnew.org.uk , https:// openpolitics.org.uk , https:// apolitical.co , https:// theodi.org , https://www. amee.com and more. Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy. # OpenSource # Ruby # Rails # Python

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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk · Jan 20, 2026

Having complained about Matrix the other day, I'm very pleased to have (a) discovered @cinnyapp@fosstodon.org, which is a vast improvement over Element on macOS, and (b) reset my WhatsApp bridge. Between those two, I think I've solved *most* of the problems.

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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk

Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm. Currently building @ manyfold and site admin @ https:// mastodon.me.uk Previously: https:// dxw.com , https:// somethingnew.org.uk , https:// openpolitics.org.uk , https:// apolitical.co , https:// theodi.org , https://www. amee.com and more. Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy. # OpenSource # Ruby # Rails # Python

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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk

Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm. Currently building @ manyfold and site admin @ https:// mastodon.me.uk Previously: https:// dxw.com , https:// somethingnew.org.uk , https:// openpolitics.org.uk , https:// apolitical.co , https:// theodi.org , https://www. amee.com and more. Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy. # OpenSource # Ruby # Rails # Python

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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk · Dec 31, 2025

My sister and @pauljrobinson@mastodon.me.uk have these coasters, and I find it *so hard* to put things on them. Something in my lizard brain rebels.

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Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #Mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, a

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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk

Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm. Currently building @ manyfold and site admin @ https:// mastodon.me.uk Previously: https:// dxw.com , https:// somethingnew.org.uk , https:// openpolitics.org.uk , https:// apolitical.co , https:// theodi.org , https://www. amee.com and more. Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy. # OpenSource # Ruby # Rails # Python

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James Smith 💾

@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk

Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm. Currently building @ manyfold and site admin @ https:// mastodon.me.uk Previously: https:// dxw.com , https:// somethingnew.org.uk , https:// openpolitics.org.uk , https:// apolitical.co , https:// theodi.org , https://www. amee.com and more. Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy. # OpenSource # Ruby # Rails # Python

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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk · Nov 18, 2025

@Gargron@mastodon.social well done Eugen, first for everything mastodon, but also for being brave enough to take that step aside and let the team take it forward. It’s one of the hardest things for founders to do. ❤️

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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk

Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm. Currently building @ manyfold and site admin @ https:// mastodon.me.uk Previously: https:// dxw.com , https:// somethingnew.org.uk , https:// openpolitics.org.uk , https:// apolitical.co , https:// theodi.org , https://www. amee.com and more. Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy. # OpenSource # Ruby # Rails # Python

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James Smith 💾

@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk

Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm. Currently building @ manyfold and site admin @ https:// mastodon.me.uk Previously: https:// dxw.com , https:// somethingnew.org.uk , https:// openpolitics.org.uk , https:// apolitical.co , https:// theodi.org , https://www. amee.com and more. Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy. # OpenSource # Ruby # Rails # Python

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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk · Oct 03, 2025

This analysis from @jakelazaroff@mastodon.social is an *excellent* point-by-point breakdown of all the dogwhistles in DHHs “As I Remember London”, and is what I’d have written had I had the time and brain space (though I’m sure mine wouldn’t have been this good).

So, if you were one of the *many* people last week saying “show me exactly where he’s being racist”, this is what you were looking for. Maybe have a read and a think.

https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thought/

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