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• MNT videos

  @mntmn Are MNT videos available on PeerTube or someplace other than Youtube? I just clicked on the video at the top of crowdsupply.com/mnt/mnt-reform… and it demanded that I log in to “prove that I am not a bot”. I do not, and will not, have a login for YT, but I would love to be able to see your videos!

• PeerTube instance with good reach?

  @FediVideo Hi, FediVideo. First, thanks much for all that you (and your alter egos) do here in the Fediverse! You are a treasure. :smile: I am wondering if you can recommend a PeerTube instance with good reach that I can join? My goal is simply to have an account that I can log into on the raspberry pi connected to my TV to view, subscribe to, and maybe occasionally leave comments on PeerTube videos. I have no need or desire to upload videos. A couple of weeks ago I visited your website, and s...

• Cognitive dissonance

  I would love to start learning Toki Pona by reading the official guide from the creator of the language, but there is no way that I will buy it (or anything) from Amazon. #TokiPona

• I agree

  This passage from Eleanor Arnason’s Ring of Swords (1993) seems remarkably apt in this moment: “I brought the computer,” Nicholas said. “It’s not a new model. We take what we can get. But the software is friendly. In my opinion it’s a little too friendly. I like more emotional distance in my software.”

• Yes

  This really speaks to me. The ukulele is one of the few things keeping me (moderately) sane at the moment. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

• Analog all the way

  It seems that governments are dead set on making computers, and computer adjacent tools, useless to anyone other than governments and large corporations. That sucks, and we should all resist to whatever degree we can. But you know what else? We can do things without computers. We can meet with other people in person. We can play acoustic musical instruments. We can write on paper, paint on canvases, shop at local stores, play board and card games, attend live plays and concerts, go for hikes....

• I agree,Larry

  Hardbacks have got to go. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

• Right you are

  pluralistic.net/2026/05/11/pos…