This blog was once served with Wordpress and was a Mastodon/ActivityPub client (it still is!) thanks to Matthias Plefferlie’s AP plugin. I had a very tiny helping hand in filing a few Github issues for it, and talking to him about how it works so I could debug some stuff on my particular installation.

With all the popularity of ActivityPub raging, it seems Automattic, the codebearers for Wordpress have given the ultimate blessing to Matthias, in the form of “acquire-hire” magic": WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires an ActivityPub plugin so blogs can join the Fediverse

Congratulations Matthias! Even though this blog uses a different engine now, I owe a lot to that plugin for getting me started in thinking that my blog can also be a social media hub. And who knows. I still might wander back to Wordpress at some point I’m sure. There’s just too much that you can do in WP these days. 💫

How the heck am I supposed to walk around here when the sidewalk just gives up?! 🤷🏾‍♂️

If you ever need an example of good public transport engineering, come to Tokyo and let me show ya! #mbmar

One of the things I dislike about my house is this pebble-like tile in the shower. It’s hard to keep clean, but my kids do their best on it.

#mbmar

Here’s the zipper of a 3D printed dress I photographed at a maker space expo in Taipei, Taiwan. #mbmar

Well yeah, sure… But you’re looking in the wrong spot. Basement level ramen joints and 3F level yakitori joints are the shizzz. (if they still exist… Been almost 2 years since I’ve been there.)

The corner of 17th and State Streets in Atlanta is a place of solitude if you’re around here on a winter weekend day.

♻️ reposted from @brian@famichiki.jp

Another great organization that is running their own instance and taking control of their data are the great people at UNNerv providing disaster information to people in Japan: https://unnerv.jp/@UN_NERV

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This is a reply from my comment section to @starrwulfe@vivaldi.net and I had to do too much to respond from here… But I’ll fix this later.

Try doing a search for #followfriday as well. We still do that over here! 😉 Welcome! 🙋🏾‍♂️

Probably because somebody has been trying to spoof your account. Do you have 2-factor turned on?

I think you’ve perfectly nailed my exact reaction to stumbling upon this community myself in the waning days of 2022. The community, constant support and feedback plus the ease of taking suggestions from said community and implementing ones that line up with the overall goal of microblogging while maintaining privacy and nixing the gimmicks and addictive behaviors inherent in other social media platforms… this is the place to be!