@losttourist I had a tinker with the Mastodon and Pixelfed plugins and have them on mine (metrics mostly), as well as some comic strips. It's pretty nice to configure.

RE: https://macaw.social/@andypiper/115864851606201165

I think I found a way to keep within the same framing as the original, but to not veer to nihilism at the end.

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So why choose any of this, when it’s easier not to?

Because caring is the point.
Because building together beats shouting alone.
Because the best places don’t trap you - they let you choose.

So there's a #Mastodon instance for people that are into #math called mathstodon… and that instance allows users to use #LaTeX.

The #Fediverse is amazing on so many levels.
Ah, and also you might read about #Erdos problem 728 which was kinda solved with the help of #AI: 😉

https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/115855840223258103

The December edition of Trunk & Tidbits is posted.

It was a quieter month in terms of commits due to the holiday period, but some solid progress was made. Plus, the latest stable releases, end-of-life for Mastodon 4.2, and news about #fosdem

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/01/trunk-tidbits-december-2025/

spotted on ravelry: the pattern to knit the sock pictured on the Wikipedia article for "sock"

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/as-seen-on-wikipedia-socks

Hello Minnesota!

This is a new server for people who live in Minnesota. We hope to connect people in the state and the greater fediverse.

#Minnesota #MN #MNastodon

@shalf @brucelawson *shakes fist at WordPress*

/cc @pfefferle have we figured how how/why this happens yet?

Unloading some ideas, into a post about hope and joy.

https://andypiper.co.uk/2026/01/09/choose-the-fediverse/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social