I’m tired. by crystal (chicky.blog)

I looked at my budget tonight. It’s what I do every two weeks, on pay day. I’m in an ok spot at the moment. My projected total is only about $75 less than what my spreadsheet predicted. I think most of that is due to the expenses of the new battery in the truck, the lawn mowed, and not factoring...

A little more than half a year has passed since I naively wrote this (here): As of 2 days ago, the “holdout” Google services on my phone are: Google Music (won’t go in the foreseeable future) Oh, t…

_________ 👋 Hey there! Sorry  about the radio silence. We’ve been busy building Okuna for the web and  profile visibility settings to make sure who wishes to go internet-wide-public on our launch, can do it at the tap of a button. Here’s a peek into into our progress. Please allow a couple seconds for the demo GIFs to load. 🏡 Communities One of the great things of Okuna are its communities. We’re making sure the web version does them justice in looks and functionality. 👨‍🎨 Theming What  was that? Will there be theming available too like on the mobile version? Yes. We’ve designed our interface to be completely theme-able by members. 👨‍🎤 Profiles Profiles are also shaping up great. We have some more things to build like link previews and multi-column posts but we’ll get there. 😍 Using that extra space. We’re  also making sure we can use all that extra desktop space when looking  at all the c/openphotography community gorgeous photos. 🛎 Notifications Of course, lets not forget about the core of all interactions in the platform, the simple yet trusty notifications section. 📱 Mobile-friendly The web version is also mobile friendly and mostly mirrors the native apps. 🙅‍♀️ Profile visibility settings Finally,  we’re releasing profile visibility settings to make sure who wishes to  go internet-wide-public on our launch, can do it at the tap of a button. 🌯 That’s a wrap. Thanks to all of our Patrons and backers that support the day-to-day development of Okuna. We hope you’re all safe and wishing you a great weekend ahead. Stay tuned on our Twitter or in the official c/okuna community for more updates. We're working as hard as possible given our previously communicated circumstances to launch as soon as possible.

Right Down the Middle by crystal (chicky.blog)

About 7 years ago, I started shaving my head. Not the whole head, mind you. I started with the sides. I was scared to do more than that. I wrote an entire post on Facebook and Google Plus about exactly why I did it. For the most part, it was fueled by a desire to take back some control over a proble...

What makes the Fediverse better than Twitter by Hypolite Petovan (blog.mrpetovan.com)

I read a Fediverse post simply stating that what makes Twitter bad is the people on Twitter. I do not believe in this oversimplification, even if I believe the Fediverse is a better place than Twitter. But it isn’t because of any people’s quality criterion, rather about general policy and empowering users and admins.

WIR STARTEN WIEDER!!! Gestern wurde entschieden, dass wir ab 29. Mai endlich in die Saison starten können, wir sind ÜBERGLÜCKLICH, dass es wieder los geht! Die Situation erlaubt uns aber momentan...

How threat modeling and pushing left help create a stable foundation for secure software.