John Rowe @JohnTheKea@nitech.online

If you hate Windows, simply switch to Linux so you can hate Linux instead

Here's my day one progress of what is currently called "Sirin" (likely to change).

A lot of people have been asking for "Chirp but for Mastodon" and I'm exploring it but promising nothing haha.

If anything it's a fun distraction, but it may be my next app, depends how busy I am.

I'm a long way off a beta, but I'll keep everyone posted.

#buildinpubilc #iosdev #swift

“The thing we understand, which is proven in international research, is that providing housing for homeless persons is always more cost-effective for society than keeping people homeless…We did a study that showed when a former homeless person gets housing, even with support, the cost savings for society are at least €15,000/person per year.”

Canadian city learning from Finland.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-wants-to-eradicate-homelessness-here-s-how-finland-is-doing-it-1.6728398

Great things are happening in Michigan, with our new trifecta, and Governor Whitmer at the helm.

Dems are …

Repealing our extreme 1931 law banning abortions

Repealing outdated laws restricting who you can marry

Codifying LGBTQ rights

Passing the Elliott-Larson Civil Rights Act

Protecting election workers

Repealing right-to-work

Ensuring union wages in construction

Gov Whitmer also intends to provide preschool for all 4-year-olds, gun safety laws, tax cuts for seniors, & so much more!

🚨 BIG NEWS! 🚨

Updates about #GreatApe -- the Fediverse streaming audio / video service that I'm building with @reiver (and a team)!

1. We have successfully broadcast #GreatApe to 20 people distributed across North America. Some folks on the Fediverse were there to witness it!

2. We have wireframed a registration process for joining a #GreatApe instance

3. We have also wireframed a home feed and post UI/UX

4. We've developed an additional skin for #GreatApe video conferencing

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This is important — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid in Forbes. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople #cities #cars #streets #urbanism #Spain

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/03/08/closing-central-madrid-to-cars-resulted-in-9-5-boost-to-retail-spending-finds-bank-analysis/

Here’s a challenging question — What’s a REALLY SMART PUBLIC POLICY DECISION OR PROGRAM you’ve seen a city make, that actually resulted in a more livable, equitable, healthy and/or sustainable city for people? Share enough details for everyone to understand your choice. Repost if you can, to spread the question to more folks. Thanks!

What is your fav and/or recommended Authenticator App?

Looking for some data for a security article, please boost and vote, much appreciated!

#InfoSec #Tech #Identity

girls only want one thing

and it's walkable mixed use medium-density urbanism

@ctp @Drwave Having owned an EV for 4 years, I don’t think the idea of “the battery ages” outweighs the benefits of “things you simply don’t have to think about because it’s just not a problem at all” as a counterbalance. But it’s a journey for everyone.

I will staunchly say, once you go EV, you do *not* go back. I eagerly await more options for everyone (style, cost, price point, preferred manufacture, etc..).

It's almost Friday, stay safe out there.💚

The worst thing about this place is you're just not allowed to be negative.

Which is great!

I know a lot of you use @Vivaldi and would like to help us grow. Here are a few things you can do to help us grow. Thank you for your support!

1. Recommend @Vivaldi to your friends. Help them install and setup. Show them the features you think they would most like.
2. Follow @Vivaldi here and on other social networks you frequent.
3. Boost articles by @Vivaldi which have a broader appeal here and on other social networks.
4. Invite your friends to join Vivaldi Social.

Have a great weekend!

When I sneeze I like to really get behind it and make it known for several miles that I sneezed. None of this holding it in and rupturing a vein in my forehead stuff.

Boost if you sneeze loud. Favorite if you sneeze quietly.

Looking to connect socially and professionally with women and nonbinary folks in iOS! Especially if you’re brown, queer, genderqueer, or otherwise marginalized.

Please boost for reach 💜

Quite happy with the result. You can definitely feel it’s not macOS native… but as is Twitter for Mac, and it's an app I’m using all day everyday. So will see how I can improve it from there. Will probably make the font larger first.

Are you an admin of a Mastodon node instance in the Fediverse and feeling overwhelmed? There are some resources to help you! This one gives you a way to defederate servers that may not align with your terms mast.uxp.de/@markus/1093329052…

Another list freely shared with reasons is at wiki.tenforward.social/doku.ph…

Some Mastodon instances will list problem servers at the bottom of their about pages. So if your terms are similar to another that is well-managed, you may want to see their list.

FAQ: how to install Mona Beta on a Mac with Intel or Apple Silicon chip?
1. Install “Spring for Twitter” from Mac App Store;
2. Open Spring, then open the About Spring page;
3. Click “Download Mona for Mastodon (preview)”

If download link is not appear on the About Spring page, please click the upper-right Refresh button.

Both here and on Twitter, a very tiny percentage of my followers are women.

This is upsetting to me. How do I fix it? Do I need to post some man-hating material? Make it make sense.