sb arms & legs

basically the finn

the earth is on fire
eat the rich

I work in #audio, formerly #software & #electronics

I do #opensource #development #selfhosting

#anarchist #antiFascist #antiOligarch #antiBillionaire #musician #punk

#2slgbtqAlly #mutualAid

#LongCovid #MECFS #wearAMask
#union #IATSE680

#LANDBACK #FREEPALESTINE

admin metroholografix.ca
formerly sb@fed.sbcloud.cc

#Wabanaki #SaintJohn #NewBrunswick #Canada

#noAltNoBoost

Public Key

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sb@metroholografix-ca.mostr.pub

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relay.nostr.band

relay.primal.net

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2025-06-01 22:05:38

Are there any clients for #mastodon (or the #fedi at large) that will translate #alttext - preferably automatically when translating a post?

2025-04-29 22:56:56

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@nprofile…20qw
I wonder if a choke at one end would do it...

2025-04-15 16:15:12

Boy oh boy... Its 2025 but I sure am seeing a lot of #URLShortener links here.
A lot of people refuse to click shortened links.
Why?
Because most link shortening services are commercial. They are not free. You pay in data.
They can also be misused, captured and redirected.
The good news is, you don't need them on the #fedi! Put any URL of any length in your post and it will count as 25 characters - no shortener required!

2025-03-27 21:27:29

Sometimes I open a link to an article I had no intention of reading, just because it has some tracking flag in the URL showing the site the traffic came from #mastodon.

2025-03-24 20:28:57

If anyone would like to *borrow* my epub copy of #CarelessPeople - the tell-all tale from #facebook whistleblower #SarahWynnWilliams... Hit me up. I'm almost done.

2025-03-10 15:04:12

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@nprofile…xu2n
#LibreWolf and #Mullvad are both excellent #firefox forks which are still actually privacy respecting, along with #IronFox for #android.

2025-02-17 16:25:22

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@nprofile…5z04
I've been using a selfhosted #opengist server for years and love it!
https://github.com/thomiceli/opengist

2025-02-17 16:19:58

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@nprofile…5fn0 @nprofile…vlvm
You get used to it.
(You never really do but that's ok! They make up for it with bagels and cheese and the people.)

2025-02-15 19:01:56

Since my #covid infection in 2022 and subsequent #LongCovid that followed, I have almost completely lost my ability to be social.
I went from being in 6 busy #bands, playing and attending/working shows 6 nights a week, always at parties and never without a gaggle of friends, to recoiling in horror to most interactions, and avoiding them at all costs.
It's a deeply subconscious thing - it's feels physiological... a strong repulsion. My mind & body will find ANYTHING to do or think about rather than reply to that text, or go over and shake that hand.
The exceptions seem to be biased toward individuals who have demonstrated they have a reasonable understanding of the *real world*, opposed to the hyper-normalised *fake world* that exists only in the imagination of non-discerning mainstream media consumers.
This is largely what #mastodon is for me: a way to surround myself with safe people who base their worldview on science and facts and are deeply informed of historical context. These - you - are my people, and I very much look forward to continuing to re-learn how to social, with you.
Thank you all for being here. It's awesome.

2025-02-08 04:49:25

Remember how #twitter forced #musk to buy it after he chickened out, even though they knew what he was planning on doing with it?
Remember how you trust #bluesky?

2025-01-20 23:07:00

Be free, my friends, and be safe. Get yo asses off ALL #corporate services. Now. Yesterday! Do it! There's a world of great #FOSS #alternatives out there!
Check out https://alternativeto.net for suggestions on replacement software & services.
Check out https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted for a MASSIVE list of services you can host yourself! You can run almost anything on an old #pc with #linux.
We don't NEED #apple, #google, #microsoft, #x, #facebook, etc. We can do it all, without any of them!
#selfHosting #safety #harmReduction

2025-01-19 21:28:10

Has anyone modded their #mastodon instance to require #altText to be present in order to post?
#mastoAdmin #mastoDev

2025-01-18 19:34:41

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@nprofile…0x7p
Just laughing at the joke with a reference to the movie 'Hackers'.

2025-01-18 19:07:22

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@nprofile…0x7p
Lol - the password is 'god'.

2025-01-15 19:56:39

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@nprofile…cl5w
I'm really excited to find out all the horrors about the place I've just moved my email to.

2025-01-14 21:25:46

You *know* it's bad when even the scummy lawyer can't look the other way...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marklemley_i-have-struggled-with-how-to-respond-to-mark-activity-7284685204676362241-7h9r
#facebookIsANaziBar #fuckZuck #fediPact
https://metroholografix.ca/system/media_attachments/files/113/828/805/743/129/319/original/e7fdd4a1f2561dec.jpg

2025-01-10 21:45:52

I just found out about #OpenSwitcher, a free and opensource #Linux based software for controlling Blackmagic ATEM switchers!
It works flawlessly with my Studio 4K.
https://openswitcher.org
#BlackMagic #BMD #ATEM #FOSS #broadcast #theatre

2025-01-10 03:29:50

This #mastodon #instance, metroholografix.com has been running for about 2 weeks.
Thanks to 2 relays, and a post that got boosted 520 times in 5 days, my server has federated with over 5,500 other instances!
I'm rather impressed! Thank you to everyone who #boosted!
By contrast, .social has about 80,000 connections.
You can see how many instances your instance is federated with by visiting your instance URL with this pasted at the end: /api/v1/instance/peers
#fediAdmin #mastoAdmin

2025-01-08 02:58:54

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@nprofile…dc6s
Indeed. I recently re-read #NoLogo for the first time since 2000. She was right about the direction, but her worst-case scenarios seem quaint compared to the actual present/inevitable future.

2025-01-08 02:15:32

Haven't deleted your #facebook or #instagram account yet? How about your friends and family?
Here are some easy-to-follow tutorials to walk you through the maze.
Delete your facebook:
https://www.techlicious.com/how-to/how-to-delete-your-facebook-account-permanently/
Delete your instagram:
https://www.techlicious.com/tip/how-to-delete-your-instagram-account/
Delete your threads:
https://www.techlicious.com/blog/ditch-your-threads-profile-without-losting-your-instagram-account/
Delete your whatsapp:
1. In whatsapp, open settings
2. Click 'Account'
3. Click 'Delete Account'
#DitchMeta #FuckZuck

2025-01-07 05:06:41

Before #COVID19 began, there were ZERO #companies with $1 TRILLION dollars.
There are now 7.
SEVEN.
Combined value: $14.3 trillion.

2025-01-02 00:13:21

I wonder if it's possible to put a #mastodon instance behind a subdomain like mastodon.mydomain.com have the instance THINK it is behind mydomain.com by re-routing requests for .well-known to the subdomain.
The reason for this would be so users could have @myUser@mydomain.com instead of @myUser@mastodon.mydomain.com
You can do this with #matrix, as explained here:
https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/blob/master/docs/configuring-well-known.md

2025-01-01 00:25:15

Tonight I'm coding some #audio #plugins and #baking soft Bavarian pretzels.

2024-12-31 18:58:09

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@nprofile…87q7
Back at the turn of the millennium I was 15 and on LSD at a house party where a friend and I decided to synchronize our watches, each camping out in a washroom, so that at the stroke of midnight, we would both begin eliminating.
Why? Well... Why not? It certainly was a portend to the first quarter, at least.

2024-12-31 18:52:51

A friend of mine with severe #dementia possibly had their #iPhone and #iPad compromised by a #scammer. I've offered to do some basic #forensics on it, and ensure there is no rouge software, change passwords, etc.
I am not, however, an #apple person, so I'm not really sure what the best tools will be to do so.
Please, if you know of resources for tools and processes, please comment below! Please #boost for reach!

2024-12-28 02:56:18

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@nprofile…87q7 @nprofile…h3fr
Hmmm! I'll have a look!

2024-12-27 18:24:36

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@nprofile…wuyc
I refuse to believe this broccoli does not possess hallucinogenic properties.
This is the coolest looking food I have ever seen.

2024-12-27 06:07:35

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@nprofile…lwgl
The other thing that's a big pain is comments - you see almost NONE on a fresh instance. Unless you wanna be *that* person who comments the same super-cool thing as someone earlier, you have to open the original post (on their server) and check the comments.
Even with a well federated instance you won't always see all comments, but you get enough to get the flavour.

2024-12-27 06:07:35

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2024-12-27 05:55:50

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@nprofile…lwgl
A fair question - my situation is not exactly typical of the average user. Were this a more typical situation, or had I have even once done a backup of my individual account - then yes, it would be trivial to restore.
However, in my case my system and backup drives both sustained damage, and I'm still holding out on recovery.
The reason boosting helps is because this is a brand new instance which doesn't know of any servers. When a toot gets boosted, it typically interacts with (hopefully) many other servers, which MY server then knows about.
On a fresh and young server, search is nearly useless unless you interact with all the other servers you might hope to make contact with.
Relays help enormously with this, however they are few and far between and lacking in coverage. At this point in the game, grass roots are where it's at.
Also, I should mention that I've already reconnected with several of my old favourites because of everyone's boosts directly.

2024-12-23 21:08:13

It would appear that the vast majority of #mastodon and #fediverse #relays which are publicly listed are no longer online.
In fact, I've only found ONE that works currently - one my former instance used as well.
Relays are critical for new instances, as an out-of-the-box instance doesn't "know" about ANY instances. This means that you see ZERO posts. A user on the instance must manually follow a remote account by finding the URL for the user, pasting it into search, and then following.
Then, the instance the user belongs to is known by you instance.
There are THOUSANDS of instances. This is where relays come in. Relays provide a gateway to small instances that "teaches" it about other instances.
If you know of any active relays, hook a fella up!

2024-12-22 22:26:13

Hoooooly it is a drag to find/add people on a fresh #mastodon instance!
If you see this post, kindly boost it up so I can find my peeps again!