Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

When weaving point draft twill patterns, the pattern reverses on itself. If you read the introduction to that section in Handweaver's Pattern Directory it will inform you that because of the reversal, these patterns require a floating selvedge.

If you don't read this section or already know this fact, a few inches into weaving you will discover the problem, unpick all your work, and improvise a weighted floating selvedge. Ask me how I know.

In the warp zone again. This time I'm making a black linen (warp) and black wool (weft) scarf. I'm using a standard "Ms and Ws" point draft twill pattern from Handweaver's Pattern Directory pg 90. #weaving

"PootPoot to the Toots!" he was grinchishly humming.
"They're finding out now that my instance is coming!"
"They're just waking up! I know just what they'll do!"
"Their mouths will hang open a minute or two,
Then the Toots down in Tootville will all post BooHoo!"
"That's a sight," grinned the Grinch, "That MUST simply be seen!"
So he paused. And the Grinch aimed his eye at his screen.

@Wildbill Here you go https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/only-mac-i-use

@kop316 Ahh. Yeah I would be nervous using a magnetic phone mount on a bicycle.

@kop316 Since I added a metal sticker on the back of my phone to mount it to my laptop docks, I added strong magnetic phone mounts to my car as well. They seem to hold things pretty well.

Then he did the same thing to whole federation
Leaving horrible posts and with no moderation!
It was quarter past dawn... All the Toots, still a-bed,
All the Toots, still asnooze when he posted and fled,
Flooded all of their timelines! The trolling! The hating!
The tags! And the teasing! The terror! The baiting!
Three thousand posts up! All were from his new server
He looked at his mentions with maniac fervor!

@roland @purism We have been open and very public in our thought processes to determine if it were possible to do marketing in the modern age in an ethical way:

https://puri.sm/posts/is-ethical-advertising-possible/

After much thought (and community feedback) we codified some ethical marketing principles we follow (including how we use UTMs).

https://puri.sm/posts/purisms-ethical-marketing-principles/

How we use UTM is not much different from HTTP referrer, it just makes it a bit easier for us to organize data in Matomo. Remove it if you want.

@gardiner_bryant Based on what I know of royalties, purchasing physical media (along with attending shows and buying merch) is a much better way to support artists (and authors btw) than streaming or digital media.

You would think the extra costs behind physical media would result in lower royalties to creators but at least in my experience the opposite is true.

The Brewer's Advent calendar from Costco is a personal treat every holiday season. Each day there's a new obscure German beer I can't find locally. 23 more days of this! #beer #advent

My 3D printer has been busy making things small enough to fit in my son's advent calendar. For starters I went with tiny articulated snakes. #3dprinting

@yaelwrites @sbourne I keep meaning to pitch when I see CfP and then it slips my mind! I have enjoyed it when I was there.

@yaelwrites @sbourne I've felt that way in the past too. These days I just try my best to accept generosity when it comes my way, and use it as motivation/inspiration to up my own generosity game.

@roland @purism Our UTM codes are only so we know which *platform* incoming traffic comes from (like referral links in web server logs). If you inspect them you can see there are no random strings or attempts to identify/track individuals.

@Texou @purism I agree that accessibility still needs a lot of work on free software, especially on mobile. It is something we think is important and want to continue to improve as we can!

@Wildbill @socallinuxexpo I guess it will depend on what talk (if any) they accept! Maybe after last year they are (rightly) concerned about explosions.