For years now, we’ve been giving our 10yo a weekly allowance, and generally not buying her toys or video games etc, so that she has to buy them herself. Finally got some real world evidence that it might be working. [](image ) image
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systemd, but make it French [](image ) image
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[Learned just now]( ) that my name Ryan comes from Gaelic and supposedly, maybe apocryphally, [means “short king.”]( ) I am…neither of those things. 😆
Another stunning statistic: Google and Apple’s income from app store fees on games is likely higher than *all game publishers’ combined income*, both mobile and non-mobile. Holy crap. Talk about egregious rent-seeking. ([Matthew Ball]( )‘s *[The State of Video Gaming in 2025]( )*, page 42) image
Hi everyone! It’s been a while [since last time]( ), and we’ve been busy, so here’s another [Bridgy Fed]( ) status update. First, [we’ve made progress on cutting costs]( ). They’re down by half from their peak back in mid Nov, even though our user base and load has roughly doubled since then. [I still think I can get them lower]( ), but for now, I’m ok with where we are. We’re also still pushing [A New Social]( ) forward. Paperwork, people, and plans (ie roadmap), oh my. More when we know it! Other than that, I [wrote up a developer design doc]( ), and I managed to fix some bugs and add some features. Here are a few: <li><a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1406">New <code>block</code> and <code>unblock</code> DM commands to block/unblock accounts that aren’t bridged</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/39#issuecomment-2525113104">Improved PixelFed compatibility</a></li> <li>Improved UI and accessibility of <a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1043">finding user pages</a> <a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1666">and rendering them</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1571">Added aspect ratio for images in Bluesky</a></li> <li>Bug fixes for <a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1750">DM command parsing</a>, <a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1712">web site feed polling</a>, <a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/636">large objects</a></li> <li>Skip <a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1737">blank posts</a>, <a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1736">old backdated posts</a>, <a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1669">follow spam</a></li> <li>Store activities <a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1360">more</a> <a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1359">efficiently</a></li> <li>ATProto: <a href="https://github.com/snarfed/arroba/issues/33">finish <code>com.atproto.repo.describeRepo</code></a>, <a href="https://github.com/snarfed/lexrpc/issues/19">validate XRPC call parameters</a>, <a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1201">refresh DID docs more often</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1509">Add per-protocol user counts to nodeinfo</a></li> As usual, feel free to ping us with feedback, questions, and [bug reports]( ). You can follow the [*now* label on GitHub]( ) to see what we’re currently focusing on. See you on the bridge! [ ](image ) image
I’ve used [Emacs]( ) for the last 25 years or so. Over half my life! There are lots of other great editors, I try them now and then, but I realized a while back that I’ll probably use Emacs until I die. I’m ok with that.
Wrote up a [technical design doc on Bridgy Fed’s internals]( ), hopefully useful for anyone who wants to contribute or just see how it works. Feedback is welcome! []( ) []( )