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I saw Frank Chu carrying his sign in Oakland’s Chinatown! This is gonna be a great weekend!

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Sectigo, who signs about 25% of all SSL certificates, updated their root certificate in December 2025. Old versions of Android don’t have the new cert. This is making Mastodon apps running on those devices fail to connect to servers that have updated their SSL certs recently.

Update your phone or client to fix the connection. For instance, Tusky is working to bundle the new root cert directly into the app.

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I saw a little hummingbird this morning and it reminded me of how much Mom loved them. I thought about texting her about it, even though she wouldn’t receive the message anymore. Then I thought about getting an “undeliverable message” reply, and I don’t think I could bear that.

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My Animal Crossing island tune is the intro to Depeche Mode’s “Black Celebration”.

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I’VE HEARD that you can load your Flipper Zero up with Amiibo so that you can invite any visitor you want to your Animal Crossing island.

You should not do this, because you would not download a car.

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After being hit by a car, she was saved by a lavender bunny : NPR

Just then, a young man approached her. He was wearing a furry lavender bunny suit and riding an electric unicycle.

“Are you OK? Can I help you?” she recalled the young man asking.

“Stunned by the impact, I thought to myself, ‘Wow, when you die in San Francisco, you’re greeted by a spirit animal,’” Moschella said.

This is my favorite place on earth.

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Sam and Dean are growing up, and they’re still best friends.

An orange and white kitty and a black and white kitty are laying on the back of a couch. They’re facing toward each other and resting their paws together. They’re both fuzzy with long whiskers and ear hair.
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Call me suspicious, but I bet that’s not my real year end bonus notification.

Screenshot of an email from "strauser HR Support Desk/OU=EXCHANGE ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP [...]", titled "Important: strauser End-of-Year Compensation", to me, with an attachment named "strauser_Year_End_Bonus_Form_[...].pdf". Zooming in on the sender's info show it was sent by "anthony@boobie-brands.com".
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My wife and I have been spending a lot of time with the new version of “Animal Crossing”. As it was during COVID, it may again be nearly the perfect respite from a challenging outside world.

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It’s been a long time since I’ve worn a watch that didn’t involve electricity.

Closeup of someone wearing a Seiko SSK003 watch. The sun is shining on its face and reflecting the deep blue of the bezel.The same watch in a very dark room. Its hands and markings are glowing almost radioactively, brightly enough to read the numbers near them.