Ooh I am a big fan of the big ten's new review system. Everyone should do this

youth pastor voice you know who else was a local model?

Good news college football fans

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7654373/2026/10/02/barstool-fox-sports-dave-portnoy-big-noon-kickoff/?unlocked_article_code=1.F1E.5n_e.Ql5KXATofbSN&source=emp_shared_article&smid=url-share-ta

But, overall, I think it was more successful than they gave it credit for

My takeaways about #TheForkiverse are, I think, a little more optimistic

• They had a 10,000 user server and were paying $89/month. I think we can probably do better than that, but ideally we'd have better ways to fund communities (I dunno how, maybe if each user paid 10 cents a month for the privilege of forkiversing, that'd cover the bill with money to spare. So a patreon community might be well-suited for the fediverse). But one person spending $89/month isn't great.

• I'm surprised moderation wasn't a worse problem than it ended up being. But being able to host a community of 10,000 users with less moderation than a discord server for a year is rather impressive. Though, the fediverse (and atproto(verse?)) are still lacking in community moderation tools

• I think I've maintained as long as I've been here that algorithmic timelines aren't inherently bad and we still should push for pro-social algorithms or people are going to continue to bounce off of it.

• The community-centered approach worked very well. This was a community of very pro-AI people joining a fediverse of people who are notably anti-AI. And people tended to just block the forkiverse if they didn't care for it as far as I could tell.

• I think the "self-hosting" approach they took was probably wrong. If I were coming at this, I'd probably be seeking an entity that manages everything about the server, including moderation and the-like. And pay for that whole bundle of services.

• I don't think any of the hosts really explored the wider fediverse, which is unfortunate

why open social protocols are necessary episode 93

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/

"sometimes buildings have themes and the theme of this one is aquarium" - Mike Tomlin

He's got a building where every floor has an aquarium

Oh no it's really good

Do I need to watch Mike Tomlin demonstrating his Minecraft city to understand the steeler's gameplans?

I think you could've let this one slide

Convincing the america.gov chatbot to issue me a blanket pardon

it'd be nice if cloudflare stopped blocking access to RSS feeds instead of whatever it is they do now

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/03/yes-no-ai-is-now-a-feature/

I hate football

Made up for it at the end I guess

Bengals defense falling apart on this drive

Since when is Iowa undefeated and ranked #14

Managing to get out of that with only a field goal is pretty good

"Self-hosted quake in a web browser, perfect for impromptu LAN parties "

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"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!"

Cartographic Poster Engine that creates unique and customizable map posters

"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."