Nostr notes by Mike Stone

They do. A lot. Pretty stupid ones if I'm being honest. Stuff ...

2026-11-04T22:09:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…7yn7
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They do. A lot. Pretty stupid ones if I'm being honest. Stuff like, "I was talking to Richard at the gas station yesterday and he told me that Candidate Whatstheirname wants to sacrifice babies on the altar of Baal. Vote against that!!" Like, super exaggerated and fictional stuff. My example is a little bit hyperbolic, but only a little.

It was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor ...

2026-11-04T22:05:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…ldfp
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It was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning.

If it's an extinction, it's a self inflicted one.

2026-11-04T22:03:43Z

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If it's an extinction, it's a self inflicted one.

Very true. There's this superficial "space is cold" ...

2026-11-04T17:21:10Z

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Very true. There's this superficial "space is cold" idea that makes sense if your understanding of science comes from watching a lot of TV and movies. As usual, it's a lot more complicated than it appears on the surface.

I've got to be honest, I've never understood this whole ...

2026-11-04T17:16:20Z

I've got to be honest, I've never understood this whole "datacenters in space" thing. On the surface, it makes kinda sense. It's cold in space and you can power with solar without atmospheric interference or dealing with night time.

But, have you seen the size of these datacenters? Every ounce is accounted for going into space. Putting stuff there is EXPENSIVE. AND, even what you put up there will be rapidly obsolete and completely unrepairable.

This math just doesn't make sense to me.

Welcome aboard @npub18ju…k80u. Looking forward to seeing what ...

2026-11-04T05:16:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…29yw
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Welcome aboard v4siliy (npub18ju…k80u). Looking forward to seeing what you've got coming up!

I got 16 text messages today. 16. Sorry, but does either party ...

2026-11-04T05:12:05Z

I got 16 text messages today. 16. Sorry, but does either party think that a last minute text message is going to change my mind on who I'm going to vote for? Or, if I was a person that wasn't going to vote, a text message from a stranger would be enough to convince me? What a joke.

Today is the first day in a long time I've smiled when the ...

2026-11-04T04:41:13Z

Today is the first day in a long time I've smiled when the name Elon Musk comes across my screen. I know to him it's pocket change, but it puts a smile on my face to think he dropped almost $500 million dollars on this election and he's going home empty handed.

My guess? Because it makes it easier to exclude those on the ...

2026-11-03T23:42:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…7jup
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My guess? Because it makes it easier to exclude those on the lower end of the economic scale. Those jobs are harder to step away from for an hour in the middle of the day to go vote. People who can't afford to are being asked to take a pay cut to exercise their rights. Sometimes they can't afford to, and the more affluent get greater representation, even if it's just a little bit.

I solved today's #TiledWords puzzle! 🦶 “Foot” 🕒 2 ...

2026-11-03T21:20:18Z

I solved today's #TiledWords puzzle!

🦶 “Foot”
🕒 2 minutes, 34 seconds
💡 0/3 reveals used

https://tiledwords.com/puzzles/2026-11-03

Happy Tuesday... ...

2026-11-03T18:55:46Z

Happy Tuesday...

Yea, I've still got a bunch of 3s laying around. My Home ...

2026-11-03T15:44:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…ltx5
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Yea, I've still got a bunch of 3s laying around. My Home Assistant runs on a 5 I bought before things got really stupid. I don't see myself buying a new one anytime soon.

It really, REALLY does.

2026-11-03T15:43:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…3ntu
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It really, REALLY does.

Saving my spot for Sup, the social web messenger from the folks ...

2026-11-03T03:00:36Z

Saving my spot for Sup, the social web messenger from the folks behind Pixelfed. [@sup](https://getsup.net ) https://getsup.net/join?ref=WJ29B1JA

$385 for a Raspberry Pi?? I can't think of a single use that ...

2026-11-02T18:56:19Z

$385 for a Raspberry Pi?? I can't think of a single use that would warrant that kind of a price. You can get a pretty solid NEW mini PC for that, and probably an even better deal on something with a little seasoning to it. I know hardware is at a premium right now because of reasons, but come on now!

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/11/raspberry-pi-5-price-goes-up-and-up

I could see where it might be fun if there were some additional ...

2026-10-30T21:09:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…r3cf
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I could see where it might be fun if there were some additional features. Replies for example. Also, author support. All in all, it's really RSS with fancy profiles and a blogroll.

Agreed. Still, it wouldn't be too much effort to cobble ...

2026-10-30T18:25:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…g56g
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Agreed. Still, it wouldn't be too much effort to cobble together a script or something that followed the standard, and since it requires literally no additional resources over hosting your own site, it's not a horrible idea. I haven't spent any real time with it, so I don't know if there's any allowances for "Replies" or threads or anything like that. I think that would need to be included to make this really interesting. I'm on the fence right now.

I'm not sure. I think what it's doing is creating a ...

2026-10-30T16:53:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…5r85
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I'm not sure. I think what it's doing is creating a "social network" type UI for an RSS feed? If I'm reading this right (and there's no guarantee that I am), it's just making RSS act like Mastodon. The RSS feed itself wouldn't normally provide a list of blogs you follow, and without a standard other sites wouldn't necessarily know where to look. Same with a profile page. I can kinda see it. It's not really creating anything new, just using existing tech to mimic existing tech.

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2026-10-30T15:52:24Z

Friday. My eldest has discovered One-Punch Man is on Netflix.

Agreed.

2026-10-28T17:52:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…3r0j
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Agreed.

I don't necessarily mean government funded, but I think the ...

2026-10-28T03:46:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…sq6f
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I don't necessarily mean government funded, but I think the funding question is a good one. During a good and honest administration, conflict of interest probably wouldn't be a concern. During a dishonest and shitty administration (*cough* *cough*), it absolutely would be. A way to fund a comprehensive journalistic organization with actual integrity while they could still maintain their independence and open availability? I have no idea how to do that.

I don't care if Trump "bans" the name AI. I'm not ...

2026-10-27T23:16:54Z

I don't care if Trump "bans" the name AI. I'm not calling it "superintelligence". Fuck that.

Also: "The United States also totally rejects any attempt to construct a globality scheme to control for the artificial intelligence being spoken of so much now, hereinafter called super intelligence. Changing the name."

What the actual fuck does that gibberish mean? If one of my kids said that I'd have them checked for a head injury.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6175633-trump-bans-artificial-intelligence-term/

That adds some variety to my terminal! function clear ...

2026-10-27T22:42:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…njqg
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That adds some variety to my terminal!

function clear --description 'randomly run pyroclear or neoclear'
set -l cmd (random choice pyroclear neoclear)
$cmd $argv
end

This raises a very good point. It's not in dispute that ...

2026-10-27T21:39:38Z

This raises a very good point. It's not in dispute that authors and journalists should be paid for their work, but is it in the public interest to have facts and truth behind a paywall while lies and propaganda are freely distributed to every corner of the web? Maybe news SHOULD be a public service, but it's less likely for that to happen at the very times it's most needed.

https://leasticoulddo.com/paywalled-into-ignorance/

I feel like this is something that's going to come up more ...

2026-10-27T15:44:42Z

I feel like this is something that's going to come up more and more in the near future. So far the strategy for LLMs has been MOOAAARRR. That works to a point, but not forever. Sometimes it doesn't even work to a point.

https://j11g.com/the-mythical-man-month-in-the-age-of-ai

Sounds like a real shit...... uh..... house??

2026-10-27T15:27:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…nc8y
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Sounds like a real shit...... uh..... house??

Why? Is it a diesel?

2026-10-26T22:52:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…syha
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Why? Is it a diesel?

were developing this thing, it was the AI Control Tower, but now, ...

2026-10-26T22:52:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…jl8x
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were developing this thing, it was the AI Control Tower, but now, miraculously, it's the fucking Super Intelligence Control Tower?? Even if for no other reason at all, FUCK THAT. Fuck all that noise. Even if my company decides they need to implement this shit, I'm not touching it. No fucking way. 2/2

I'm complaining a lot about work today, but it is what it is. ...

2026-10-26T22:50:00Z

I'm complaining a lot about work today, but it is what it is. My company uses ServiceNow, which has recently announced Arc, which is a new AI agent for enterprises. My company, like many, is currently exploring AI in multiple ways, so I was doing some research on this new "Arc". In the description I find, "Arc is governed and secured by the ServiceNow Super Intelligence Control Tower." What is that you ask? I check some video material, and it all refers to AI Control Tower. So, when they 1/?

I was right in the middle of writing an email at work when my ...

2026-10-26T19:04:38Z

I was right in the middle of writing an email at work when my screen went black with "Restarting" in white text in the middle of the display. Last night I got a notification that said updates had been installed with two options. One, restart now. Two, restart in 5 minutes. I told it to restart now. It didn't. A few minutes later I was ready to sign off, and the pop-up reappeared. I told it to restart in 5 minutes. This morning it hadn't restarted. Now? Restarts with no warning. Windows is shit..

I'm not sure how much they want us talking about it ...

2026-10-22T16:59:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…5qc2
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I'm not sure how much they want us talking about it pre-release, but there is some really cool updates to the ad blocking. I think most of it is available in the snapshots, so if you're feeling adventurous. 😉

Just got a really fun preview of changes coming in #Vivaldi 8.3. ...

2026-10-22T16:00:39Z

Just got a really fun preview of changes coming in #Vivaldi 8.3. It looks like it's going to be a great update!

Just updated my home server from #Ubuntu 24.04 to 26.04.1. Went ...

2026-10-22T04:07:33Z

Just updated my home server from #Ubuntu 24.04 to 26.04.1. Went flawlessly. Everything back up and running in maybe 20 minutes. As close to perfect as I could want.

I don't think I agree with that. People love it when an ...

2026-10-21T16:57:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…92dq
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I don't think I agree with that. People love it when an underdog successfully fends off an aggressor.

An attempted, but failed, attack would garner just as much ...

2026-10-21T16:34:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…7hr9
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An attempted, but failed, attack would garner just as much publicity. Probably more because it would highlight the ineptitude of the attackers and the cleverness of the "victims".

Honestly, not only should they avoid any platform like Twitter or ...

2026-10-21T16:23:38Z

Honestly, not only should they avoid any platform like Twitter or Instagram or Facebook, they should make an effort to host everything offshore. Even if they host their own Mastodon instance, they're still vulnerable if they're using GoDaddy or Azure or GCP. Any US based service leaves you vulnerable.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/20/accident-or-not-the-no-kings-takedown-is-why-you-shouldnt-rent-your-megaphone-from-zuck/

A sneak peak. ...

2026-10-21T00:29:49Z

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A sneak peak.

I'm not a fan of this, but I'm hoping from the verbiage ...

2026-10-21T00:26:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…60gw
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I'm not a fan of this, but I'm hoping from the verbiage that this is a configurable option for instance admins, not something decided unilaterally by the Mastodon devs.

Also, and this feels almost sacrilegious, but I might actually ...

2026-10-20T23:30:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…cylt
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Also, and this feels almost sacrilegious, but I might actually like the light themes better than the dark themes?

Looking around at the new 5.0 release of #Mastodon that's ...

2026-10-20T23:09:09Z

Looking around at the new 5.0 release of #Mastodon that's coming here soon. I realize it's superficial of me, but the first thing that jumped out at me is I really like the new Orange theme. They've made some pretty significant changes to the UI. I expect there's going to be those that love and those that hate, but so far I'm in the former group. I've only been poking around for a couple minutes, but so far I'm really liking what I'm seeing.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/10/5.0-a-closer-look/

#Mastodon5

I haven't noticed anything dramatic. From the changelog it ...

2026-10-20T22:54:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…r0xf
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I haven't noticed anything dramatic. From the changelog it looks like primarily security and bug fixes. It's a point release on the 1.30 version, so I didn't expect anything crazy.

That's disappointing. I've never been since it's on ...

2026-10-20T21:45:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…ka8f
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That's disappointing. I've never been since it's on the other side of the planet, but I'm guessing it's in dire need of some diversification.

Gina (npub1z3w…c039) [@_elena](https://mastodon.social/@_elena )

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2026-10-20T21:30:09Z

Ahhh, updated version of #FreshRSS today.

I believe the consensus is "badly." 😉

2026-10-20T15:20:59Z

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I believe the consensus is "badly." 😉

Not going to have a lot of time for extras this week. Two labs to ...

2026-10-20T15:18:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…nywc
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Not going to have a lot of time for extras this week. Two labs to do for my class. My kids literally have extracurriculars every night this week, and three of the before school mornings. My wife is a college professor in her spare time (ha!), so she doesn't get off work until 7ish in the evening. Work for me of course where I'm rewriting some of our automated deploy pipeline. I get to catch a football game Friday night though (high school), so that'll kinda be fun?

I do that exact thing. I've got a backup over on .social. As ...

2026-10-20T14:47:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…ygkd
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I do that exact thing. I've got a backup over on .social. As for where to have the backup, I guess that really depends. Do you want to keep with the tech theme? hachyderm.io or infosec.exhange are good options for that. If you're more ambivalent, .social stack independent from Fosstodon. Unlikely to have concurrent outages.

I don't know, but I think they should be fired!

2026-10-19T16:15:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…e3ak
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I don't know, but I think they should be fired!

Oh, btw, did anybody notice it's Monday morning? I know, ...

2026-10-19T16:10:11Z

Oh, btw, did anybody notice it's Monday morning? I know, right?

Um, I might be the exception not the rule, but I've never ...

2026-10-19T16:09:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…vqv4
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Um, I might be the exception not the rule, but I've never gotten on a video call at work and thought to myself, "This isn't a serious person because of the color of their headphones." One of the ladies I work with uses the cat ear ones. Several of the people I work with seem to have full on gaming rigs with the works. I mean, I might look twice if they were florescent pink with flashing lights or something, but judging by the picture those are very subtle. I doubt it would have registered.

I wonder how long it's going to be before the golf course ...

2026-10-19T16:01:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…jguv
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I wonder how long it's going to be before the golf course "renovations" are required for national security, because they're going to put a military facility under it and store ammunition and of course have launching platforms for drones.

Hey! Welcome back!

2026-10-19T07:10:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…azrc
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Hey! Welcome back!

I'd show mine, but I'd need to clean up first, and ...

2026-10-18T22:40:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…p4k2
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I'd show mine, but I'd need to clean up first, and frankly, I just don't want to. It's been said that a messy desk is the sign of a creative mind. If that's true, then I'm a goddamned genius.

I know the US and Germany are two very different countries, but ...

2026-10-16T18:56:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…vcdn
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I know the US and Germany are two very different countries, but I've been passed by a cop when I was speeding that much. It's not even on the radar of most of our law enforcement. At least not here in Phoenix.

couple months? I haven't seen my brother in over two years, ...

2026-10-16T15:59:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…q547
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couple months? I haven't seen my brother in over two years, and it's been longer for my sisters. I don't really have time for games or books, and most nights I'm exhausted by the time I go to bed. I was up at 7:00 this morning and I won't even get home until after 10:00 tonight. I have my own college class I need to get a lab done for today and my usual work stuff. I'll be busy all day tomorrow too for my kids' extracurriculars. It would be nice to have some time for myself. 2/2

Is it weird, but I'm kinda jealous of your routine. I have a ...

2026-10-16T15:56:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…usrf
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Is it weird, but I'm kinda jealous of your routine. I have a routine too, and on the surface it's not super different than yours, but the drivers are different. I'm up usually at 7:00 to start getting my kids off to school. I have kids in elementary, middle, high school, and college now, so getting them to their various places takes time. Then work. Then retrieving kids. Then extracurriculars for the kids. Then homework. Then bed. I have no hobbies, and I see friends maybe once every 1/

Moving heavy things.

2026-10-16T15:04:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…v9n8
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Moving heavy things.

I haven't really noticed, but then I've considered email ...

2026-10-16T15:04:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…vunj
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I haven't really noticed, but then I've considered email to be a total loss for a while. I only check it once or twice a week, and then I usually just delete everything. The fastest way to never hear from me is to send me an email. I'll definitely not see it ever.

Ha! You'll feel that way until it's Sunday night here and ...

2026-10-15T22:19:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…nvcy
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Ha! You'll feel that way until it's Sunday night here and Monday morning for you!

My wife refers to Thursday as "Friday Eve". Not sure ...

2026-10-15T22:19:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…yzcq
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My wife refers to Thursday as "Friday Eve". Not sure I'm on board with that. Gives the impression Thursday is better than it actually is.

I doubt this is helpful, but it shows up the exact same way on my ...

2026-10-15T16:20:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…2jk3
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I doubt this is helpful, but it shows up the exact same way on my alt account on mastodon.social. No different than how it looks on Fosstodon.

Fosstodon (npub1j7t…kn6q)

I'm not an admin, but this is all I see on my side. Not sure ...

2026-10-15T16:08:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…0ysk
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I'm not an admin, but this is all I see on my side. Not sure where it's pointing?

Fosstodon (npub1j7t…kn6q)

Sorry about that.

2026-10-15T16:03:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…9u9j
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Sorry about that.

It's FRIDAY!!! Woohoo!!! Wait, what? It's Thursday? Shit.

2026-10-15T15:46:27Z

It's FRIDAY!!! Woohoo!!!

Wait, what? It's Thursday?

Shit.

Self-modifying code also isn't a new thing. Polymorphic ...

2026-10-13T19:38:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…u9ru
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Self-modifying code also isn't a new thing. Polymorphic malware already rewrites itself. And, of course, none of this considers real-world resource requirements, which is another thing entirely.

Current evidence doesn't support this. A recent study ...

2026-10-13T19:37:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…ethf
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Current evidence doesn't support this. A recent study (https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.27191) gave frontier AI agents six days and thousands of dollars of resources to do actual AI research. They did fine with the engineering part but failed miserably at the research. It showed poor judgment, weak backtracking, and instruction drift, probably due to interference. 1/2

I'm going to err on the side of I don't believe this for ...

2026-10-13T18:16:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…35n9
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I'm going to err on the side of I don't believe this for a second.

I assume you're coming at this with the idea that LLMs may, ...

2026-10-13T17:30:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…y6y0
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I assume you're coming at this with the idea that LLMs may, without our knowledge or approval, incorporate other types of AI? I suppose that's possible, but I think the distinction is still an important one. Of course this is my opinion, but I think too many people are conflating LLMs with AI. Is an LLM an AI? Sure. But an AI isn't necessarily an LLM, and unless the distinction is made the assumption becomes rampant. Just because a horse is a mammal doesn't make all mammals horses.

I quit Twitter after Musk bought it. Well, I left the accounts ...

2026-10-13T16:37:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…v4x5
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I quit Twitter after Musk bought it. Well, I left the accounts there and used them as pointers to my Mastodon profile for a while, but eventually just deleted them. Honestly, years later, I don't miss it a damn bit. I get all the social network I need from Mastodon, even though I agree it's sometimes difficult to have conversations about particular topics. Some people here are trying to turn the whole Fed into another outrage machine. It's still better than Twitter.