Ethan Black @golemwire@librem.one

Now that I'm really cranking through this project, I had the fleeting thought "wow maybe it *would* be profitable to sell these" until I did the math. It will take 8 hours to weave the fabric and another 12 to finish it (tying fringe, washing, ironing) and sew it into a tote. I realized if I sold them for $350 I'd cover material costs and pay myself a $15/hr minimum wage.

So if you are wondering why I'm not opening up an Etsy store or something, that's why. #weaving

Hello Fediverse!

I'm sharing a thing that I hope can be the beginning for many conversations, and represents for me a statement that is the result of many years of conversation:

https://slocanstatement.org/

I call it the #slocanstatement, and I'm sharing it here first, in public, in the spirit of the Fediverse.

I hope you'll read it, share it if you think it's a valuable statement, and comment and revise it towards building consensus across the Fediverse.

Introducing the first alpha release of Mastodon 3.11 for Workgroups!

Available for Windows 95

FIRST BIG MASTODON ARTSHARE 🤪

🔥 Share your works!
🔥 Support others with likes, RTs or follows
🔥 RT this so more people can share their works!

#pixelart #artshare

I can't help but notice many toots from helpful newbies encouraging you to support the Mastodon Patreon.

It's fine to do that but understand it goes to just two big instances and the official Mastodon dev team.

It does NOT trickle down to YOUR instance. If you want to support your server, donate to it directly. Nearly all the costs of the explosive growth of the past few weeks is borne by local instances.

Mastodon is decentralized. There is no Mastodon Inc. This is not Twitter.

I don't want to just be posting about numbers like a clock, but the 2 million mark of monthly active users across the network is a pretty big deal. This is going big numbers! Shout out to all the server operators who are absorbing this wave.

Almost 180k new users joined #mastodon yesterday, a new record. This third #twitterMigration wave happened after Musk's Twitter 2.0 ultimatum to #Twitter workers. Each wave is stronger than the previous one. Here is my updated plot showing the three consecutive waves.

Have I mentioned I *really* enjoy working on shaders? Here's some volumetric lighting implemented in URP for Farewell North.

This was done a few months back and I'm still pretty thrilled with the result!

#GameDev #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieGames

In case you're interested in how the #Fediverse has grown since 2019, here's a cool resource.
https://fediverse.observer/stats

WASD is a videogame show, taking place at The Truman Brewery, London, from March 30th to April 1st. As part of it there's going to be a showcase of sixteen strange and new games projects. No charge to submit, no charge to exhibit if selected, PC hardware provided, and no obligation to attend. 🎮

You can submit your game here! 👇

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfleAammPAZ9CzCkql71ikKXjHPLVIX0DlbcOsRf-ao3tA90Q/viewform

#games #wasd #game #indiedev #indiegame #indie #gamedev

Which browser do you use?
Thanks for any boosts! I wanna know!

*sigh*

One day into it, and I've already unfollowed @georgetakei.

He's just being really negative and toxic (even if it's for a "good" reason), like on #BirdSite.

That isn't what this space is about, and I highly doubt anyone is going to be able to reach him and say, "Hey George, amigo, boss, awesome person; that's not the way we do it here."

Call me a #snowflake all you like. I just really enjoy the positivity here, and don't relish the idea of it turning into #BirdSite.

@janeayers @georgetakei Body shaming is wrong, and it's wrong regardless of who it's targeted at. Because it doesn't just affect the person it's directed at, but others who feel self-conscious about their appearance.

Whether it's due to age, weight, or other factors, our community is not interested in attacks on appearance here.

There are plenty of other ways to criticize Kari Lake without stooping to low blows.

I responded to them and now my responses do not show up on their site. Dang. So much for them asking what we think