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John Wq :us_distress:
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https://runtimeterror.dev
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I write code to make imaginary computers run code written by less imaginary developers.

Also: #autocross racer 🏎, #steamdeck gamer 🎮, #scifi fan 👾, #sandwich anarchist 🌮, #dog dad 🐕.

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Crucial Track for February 6, 2026: "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by The Browning

Which song would you use to introduce yourself to someone new?

✅ screaming
✅ breakdowns
✅ electronica
✅ 90s nostalgia
✅ sad and angry
✅ deeply unserious

View entry:
https://app.crucialtracks.org/profile/jwq/20260206

git commit -S -m "stop trying to make fetch happen" is probably the best bit of gitting that I'll do in my career.

 A change which deletes a CI job called "fetch" was committed with the message "stop trying to make fetch happen".

Hi! I'm John.

In no particular order, I'm a:
🐾 dog dad to a wild boston
🚀🇺🇸 rocket city denizen
☁️⌨️ platform architect
🔑 casual lock picker
🛠️ chronic tinkerer
🎮 steamdeck gamer
🏎️ autocross racer
🎵🤘 music lover
👾📺📚 scifi fan
🐬flipperer
💍spouse
🏳‍🌈 ally

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John Wq :us_distress: , @wq
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Boost of @stfn@fedi.stfn.pl

🌐 "I can't trust anything on the internet today!"

I've got some Bad News for you if you trust things on the internet any day.

Crucial Track for April 1, 2026: "Stranger" by Can't Swim

Reflecting on my latest concert reminded me of the last time I was at that venue. We were there to see The Amity Affliction, but were also treated to see posthardcore/emo band Can't Swim open for them.

The show was just weeks after Tennessee passed their drag ban, and the boys in Can't Swim played their set wearing dresses and wigs they'd picked up that afternoon.

Also their music was pretty good.

#CrucialTracks

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https://www.crucialtracks.org/profile/jwq/20260401

John Wq :us_distress: , @wq
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Boost of @delta@chaos.social
Delta Chat , @delta@chaos.social
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After three intense months of work from more than a dozen contributors, #deltachat 2.48 releases are rolling. Maybe the most feature-packed releases ever?

- "zero metadata" messaging

- native Audio/Video calls on Android and iOS, as well as UbuntuTouch

- Group and Channel descriptions

- A new background audio player

- Revamped Download-on-Demand

and, last but not least, the long-awaited next-generation of messaging resiliency through "multi-path" routing ....

delta.chat/en/2026-03-31-zero

John Wq :us_distress: , @wq
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Boost of @stephanie@ottawa.place
Stéphanie , @stephanie@ottawa.place
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There is a problem with men (tech men especially) on Mastodon.

It is not safe to be a woman. It's even less safe to be a POC woman. And to be a disabled POC woman? Watch out.

The guy accused of embezzling is "so nice, deserves to be protected at all cost". But the disabled woman trying to stay alive? She's the "crazy mask lady".

Check yourselves, and check your fellow men.

Because it's the same in society.

And that's why we choose the bear.

The Dark Divine show was a ton of fun!

It was the last show of their first-ever headline tour which made it a little extra special with some bonus hijinks.

Like a crew member giving another crew member a tattoo on stage.

More later, but first I should sleep.

Your name feels like needles in my skin

The stain underneath is permanent

 A dude getting a tattoo on stage during a Dark Divine show.