It is a little funny, since Bluesky's status page incorrectly stated it was a 3rd party provider that caused the outage, that not only were all the bad takes about the outage wrong. But, also, most of the good takes were wrong as well.

https://pckt.blog/b/jcalabro/april-2026-outage-post-mortem-219ebg2

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/116374923553276051

I wonder if starter pack bridging would be considered by @anewsocial

At any given moment, there are seven (7) Ocarina of Time remakes being developed

https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing

Software named after Lord of the Rings thing: evil

Software named after random onomatopoeia: good

A bar in Columbus should know better than to send an email that says this

I have one (1) March Madness bracket of the like 35 I made that has both UConn and Michigan in the championship game (I have UConn taking it). I call that a win

https://xkcd.com/2501/

"Co-Optimus is a website dedicated to Co-Op games. Every game listed on our site has some form of cooperative gameplay element. Our job is to bring you the most comprehensive list of games that support co-op play, and let you know what that experience is like!"

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116330031438532782

wow, wingo's writing 'Wastrelly Wabbits' about wastrel, WASM, and Whippet

Seeing the atproto-edition of fedi drama through the lens of bridged posts to my mastodon instance as god intended

The Reds have a winning record. By my calculations they will never drop below 0.500 ever again this season

We're back in business, after many hours of work

Content warning:Photo of disgusting water

Should hopefully have this pumped out in the next few hours

My basement flooded, but on the bright side my mastodon server is still quietly running on a table right above the flood pretending nothing is wrong.

Cartographic Poster Engine that creates unique and customizable map posters

Big hail storm in columbus rn

I got to see Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg though

We're really out here federating everything now

#ActivityPub #fediverse

Wild that you still need an account on twitter in order to get a notification like this. Should've had an RSS feed for these over a decade ago

"The game is not playable from start to finish. You can play deathmatch and other odd modes."

Netflix for public domain movies

A 3D game engine for GameCube, Wii, 3DS, Windows, Linux, and Android.

Found via https://youtu.be/d6ZWdIPaNPQ?si=yRpJhYLn6cVRKG58, "Learn how to create 3D levels for GameCube"

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"Research has linked the ability to visualize to a bewildering variety of human traits—how we experience trauma, hold grudges, and, above all, remember our lives."

Archive Link: https://archive.ph/MdOjw

"Enjoy over 90 minutes of soothing lofi hip hop remixes of songs from 17 Game Boy games, great for background music while you work or study.

Gorgeous city skyline visuals that change over time and with each song (look out for cameos from the games!) Use the 90's style LoFi-Amp with functioning visualizer. Queue up songs and look them their games using in-game QR codes. Fully DMG compatible, put this on your Super Gameboy while you work! New remixes from Gb Compo 25 games never before released on other LoFi albums. "

"This is a single PHP file - and an .htaccess file - which acts as an extremely basic ActivityPub server for running automated accounts. This bot can do the following:

🔍 Be discovered on the Fediverse

👉 Be followed by other accounts

🚫 Be unfollowed by accounts

📩 Send messages to the Fediverse

💌 Send direct messages to users

🖼️ Attach an image & alt text to a message

🕸️ Autolink URls, hashtags, and @ mentions

👈 Follow, Unfollow, Block, and Unblock other accounts

🦋 Bridge to BlueSky with your domain name via Bridgy Fed

🚚 Move followers from an old account

🗨️ Allow quote posts

👀 Show followers

🔏 Verify cryptographic signatures

🪵 Log sent messages and errors

🚮 Clear logs when there are too many"

"Watch MLB games from the comfort of your own terminal"

https://github.com/paaatrick/playball

Self hosted YouTube media server

https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist

"This is an attempt to recreate the game 'Balatro' as accurately as possible, including all of the visual effects that make Balatro feel satisfying to play."

"For more than a decade, NOAA’s Climate.gov website has been the U.S. government’s premier platform for climate information for the public. In the first half of 2025, NOAA terminated Climate.gov’s full-time federal and contractor staff, shutting down the site's daily operations.

Now, former members of the Climate.gov team have joined together with nonprofit partners to launch Climate.us: a successor to Climate.gov outside the federal domain"

Privacy focused browser with fediverse integration

"Bridge Browser makes history as the first web browser to natively integrate Mastodon and Lemmy, bringing decentralized social media directly into the browsing experience. Bridge also revives RSS reading as a first-class browser feature for the first time since the early 2000s, fundamentally changing how users discover and engage with content online."

"Eden is an experimental open-source emulator for the Nintendo Switch, built with performance and stability in mind. It is written in C++ with cross-platform support for Windows, Linux and Android."

"Find the perfect emulator for your device with community-driven compatibility reports that help you make informed decisions."

Meshtastic Dashboard

"A powerful, intuitive web-based panel offering live monitoring, advanced automation, comprehensive node management, and robust communication tools. "

"The XY problem is a communication problem encountered in help desk, technical support, software engineering, or customer service situations where the question is about an end user's attempted solution (X) rather than the root problem itself (Y or Why?).

The XY problem obscures the real issues and may even introduce secondary problems that lead to miscommunication, resource mismanagement, and sub-par solutions. The solution for the support personnel is to ask probing questions as to why the information is needed in order to identify the root problem Y and redirect the end user away from an unproductive path of inquiry."

Economic analysis of the AI industry

"OMOTE is an ESP32 based open source universal remote. Its capacitive 2.8” touchscreen provides an intuitive and snappy user interface for switching devices and settings. No hub or docking station is required as the remote features infrared, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. With its well optimized power consumption, OMOTE can run for months on a charge. And since the design files are open source, you can fully customize them to your devices and needs."