gmc

https://friends.chasmcity.net/profile/gmc

Retired #hacker, retired #software architect, soon to be electricien, #scifi #author, #software architect, #pinball wizard, #OpenSource lover, #ITIdealist, #migraine warrior, lives in #Sweden, does #domotica, likes #cats, #dogs and #RetroComputing (mainly of the #8bit and #16bit variants).

I'm politically active and have strong opinions on injustice but I try to keep them out of my posts because that's not why I'm on the fediverse.

No alt = no boost.

#nobot #noindex

Retro computer videos: [video.chasmcity.net/c/scandina…](https://video.chasmcity.net/c/scandinavianretro/videos )
Gemini capsule: gemini://gemini.metro.cx/

Public Key

npub1jmv9qhggzdjh9yvsjxt2xj9hdffgl0a7gg0jxkv0rky2af9x7x5q6ul7za

NIP-05 Address

gmc_at_friends.chasmcity.net@momostr.pink

Profile Code

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relay.momostr.pink

saltivka.org

relay.damus.io

Author Public Key

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2026-05-30 09:12:41 UTC

Just a reminder that Usenet, the original de-centralised, federated internet discussion forum without companies or governments deciding who gets to post what, is still alive 45+ years after its inception.
It's very light-weight too and a breeze to peruse, unencumbered by malicious surveillance tech and ad optimisation, especially with a text-based UI like tin.
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Usenet]Usenet[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=decentralised]decentralised[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=RetroComputing]RetroComputing[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=PermaComputing]PermaComputing[/url]

2026-05-17 13:13:48 UTC

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I mean, I know there's https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/, but every single one I tried so far from that list is just a minimally modified basic install of whatever software it is using, with 2 users in the last year, one of which is the sysop.

2026-05-17 13:05:51 UTC

So, what are some good (*) BBSes (**) these days?
(*) for any definition of good
(**) of the online variant that is (telnet/ssh)
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=BBS]BBS[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=RetroComputing]RetroComputing[/url]

2026-05-07 14:54:09 UTC

Amazed that the `tin` usenet news reader is still around and updated and how it is a thousand times better than any GUI I've used over the past year since I'm running my own news server again.
http://www.tin.org/
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Usenet]Usenet[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=RetroComputing]RetroComputing[/url]
[attachment type='link' url='http://www.tin.org/' title='tin.org - TIN newsreader development headquarters' publisher_name='www.tin.org' publisher_url='http://www.tin.org'][/attachment]

2026-05-07 12:27:02 UTC

Passed by a second hand store yesterday. Picked up two boxes of 3.5" disks and a small TV with AV, VGA, Scart, S-Video and RF inputs. As one does.
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=RetroComputing]RetroComputing[/url]
[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/photos/gmc/image/126962226969fc84672aa5d064975118][img=https://friends.chasmcity.net/photo/126962226969fc84672aa5d064975118-1.jpeg]A small grey LCD TV and two transparent boxes of 3.5" floppy disks on a desk. [/img][/url]
https://friends.chasmcity.net/photo/126962226969fc84672aa5d064975118-0.jpeg

2026-05-07 07:18:23 UTC

Hey all / hej allihoppa!
Vi i kamratdataföreningen köpte en 1U server som vi vill använda för att hosta våra tjänster (t.ex. vår mastodon instans https://social.spejset.org/) för allmän njut. Vi letar efter ett ställe i Stockholm att ställa den. Vi är en ideell förening och letar efter gratis eller billigt. Har ni tips för oss? Kanske har du ett serverrum på jobbet där man kan tänka hosta vårt server? Eller kanske jobbar du för ett hostingföretag som kan tänka hjälpa oss? Hör av dig!
We in the comrade data association Konstellationen bought a 1U server that we want to use to host our services (for example our mastodon instance https://social.spejset.org/) for the greater good. We're looking for a place in Stockholm to rackmount the thing and connect it to the internet. We're a non-profit and are looking for free or cheap. Do you have tips? Maybe you have a server room at work that you can think offering a unit in, or perhaps you're working at a hosting company that might consider helping us out? Let us know!
Om os / about us: https://konstellationen.org/
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=SelfHosting]SelfHosting[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=NonProfit]NonProfit[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Hosting]Hosting[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=DataCenter]DataCenter[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Stockholm]Stockholm[/url]

2026-04-15 13:12:40 UTC

Well, I guess this is a thing now:
https://modstation.scandinavianretro.eu/index.html
A web radio stream with the best of the best of four channel tracker music (and some Rotterdam terror).
Let's call it a 'public beta' for now. Enjoy!
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=mod]mod[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=retrocomputing]retrocomputing[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=chiptune]chiptune[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=TrackerMusic]TrackerMusic[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=DemoScene]DemoScene[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=amiga]amiga[/url]

2026-04-02 13:31:40 UTC

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Hehe, that's the one I also agreed with and that got me 6%, for exactly the same reasons :)

2026-03-16 16:49:06 UTC

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Lycka till! Funkar det, att skicka manus rund? Jag har aldrig jobbat med ett förlag, alltid gjort allt själv.

2026-03-04 16:39:03 UTC

I mean, I love @[url=https://fosstodon.org/users/libreoffice]LibreOffice[/url] and all, but why is it always such a fucking struggle to get spell checking to work. I'm sick and tired of that shit.

2026-03-02 07:52:58 UTC

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Kul! Grattis. Det står på min önskelistan att göra, men listan är långt :)
Var det svårt att göra?

2026-02-20 08:46:57 UTC

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OK, dummy question here, but what is peer 4 peer?

2026-02-09 16:41:59 UTC

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I'll check those out. Or are they in the mod archive already?

2026-02-09 15:35:02 UTC

I've made it my mission to listen to all mod files (original 4 channel ones) in the mod archive, so I can create a curated playlist for a 24/7 amiga module web radio stream.
And boy, there's a lot of crap in there. I mean, this should not come as a surprise. I myself imagined myself being the next great demo scene musician as a teen, but I wasn't particularly talented in that regard so I am partly responsible for the crap.
But in between the mediocre attempts that litter the archive there's some real gems as well! And that's why I'm going through them all :)
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=mod]mod[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=amiga]amiga[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=RetroComputing]RetroComputing[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=RetroMusic]RetroMusic[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=WebRadio]WebRadio[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=ProTracker]ProTracker[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=DemoScene]DemoScene[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=ModArchive]ModArchive[/url]

2026-01-20 13:54:00 UTC

While thinking about what to do after my current contract ends, I keep coming back to the fact that I'd really like a EU-based alternative for lets encrypt. Don't get me wrong, let's encrypt is fantastic, but it's US based and thus subject to US laws, which might pose a problem for the continuity of the usage of their services outside of the US.
Let's say I were to start a project to do this, write a plan, get initial funding, maybe a few (paid) people to help out with this, would there be interest? Would it be worth it?
Would you want to use it? Could you even think of donating, or maybe know of some companies or organisations who would be inclined to go into a sponsorship relation?
I think it might be very welcome, and it is worth trying, but I'd like a reality check please :)
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=LetsEncrypt]LetsEncrypt[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=WebSecurity]WebSecurity[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=https]https[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=CertificateAuthority]CertificateAuthority[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=ITSec]ITSec[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Security]Security[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Europe]Europe[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=DigitalSovereignity]DigitalSovereignity[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=DigitalSovereign]DigitalSovereign[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=SelfHosting]SelfHosting[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Self]Self[/url]

2026-01-19 12:12:21 UTC

I think I got there in time! The Varta battery on this 486 motherboard I recently added to the collection already started foaming, but I don't think any of it got on the PCB yet.
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=RetroComputing]RetroComputing[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=BatteryDamage]BatteryDamage[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=486]486[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Motherboard]Motherboard[/url]
[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/photos/gmc/image/6135718845696e1edc8f709370922456][img=https://friends.chasmcity.net/photo/6135718845696e1edc8f709370922456-1.png]
Close-up of the corner of a 486 motherboard with a blue Varta battery soldered down next to the keyboard connector. White froth is forming on one end of the battery.
[/img][/url]
[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/photos/gmc/image/1194846650696e1f0e56cf3710853082][img=https://friends.chasmcity.net/photo/1194846650696e1f0e56cf3710853082-1.png]Close-up of the corner of a 486 motherboard with a blue Varta battery lying at the side, not connected to the motherboard. White froth is forming on one side, which has rubbed off on the pair of snip cutters lying beside it.[/img][/url]
https://friends.chasmcity.net/photo/6135718845696e1edc8f709370922456-0.png
https://friends.chasmcity.net/photo/1194846650696e1f0e56cf3710853082-0.png

2026-01-04 09:57:27 UTC

Been writing some #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=BASIC]BASIC[/url] again, on the Philips #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=P2000T]P2000T[/url] and liking it. Surprisingly, you have to be a much better programmer than these days with powerful IDEs. On those early machines you had to really plan out your program, because you can't easily refactor to a great extent. Especially not on the P2000, which has no renumber command.
Oddly, it's the first time in a very long time that I enjoyed coding again.
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=RetroComputing]RetroComputing[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=SoftwareEngineering]SoftwareEngineering[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=SoftwareDevelopment]SoftwareDevelopment[/url]
[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/photos/gmc/image/1996478954695a38afd770c396301162][img=https://friends.chasmcity.net/photo/1996478954695a38afd770c396301162-1.png]Screenshot of a 40 characters by 25 lines screen, showing a load command and a snippet of a BASIC program, each line numbered, starting at 10000 and incrementing by 20. The text alternates between white, yellow and light blue.[/img][/url]
https://friends.chasmcity.net/photo/1996478954695a38afd770c396301162-0.png

2026-01-03 06:58:08 UTC

Hey @[url=https://social.anoxinon.de/users/Codeberg]Codeberg[/url]. I'm a "corporate member" (this sounds so dirty, it's just me, myself and I), and I was wondering if there will be a reminder that I need to renew or whether the responsibility to remember this is entirely on me. I think a year has passed since I joined, but not quite sure.

2025-11-17 06:25:10 UTC

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The pinball community at large is unfortunately not a very inclusive community. I've seen plenty of racism, sexism and queerphobia at pinball events, including within the Dutch Pinball Association, where I was a very active member. I remember one meeting / brainstorm about the future of the association where one of the subjects was 'attracting a more diverse audience'. When I brought up diversity, it turned out they were mostly interested in bringing in younger players, not poc, queer or women. I was laughed away by board members.
Mind you, there's a lot of exceptions and a lot of good people in the community as well. I've worked with many of them organising big tournaments. Still, in the community at large, all the isms are, if not encouraged, at least tolerated.
Personally, I just stopped going to events, the fun to be had wasn't outweighed by constantly having to be prepared for abusive language and derogatory comments. I'm still a somewhat active member of the Dutch Pinball Association (even though I don't live in The Netherlands anymore), but I've become wary of gatherings.
The fact that in reply to your post you got a 'don't take away my points, it's not worth it' from @mattlqx shows you where the community's priorities are. Instead of making a stand against intolerance, they are more interested in their personal standings.

2025-10-24 09:03:55 UTC

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Those are not professional programmers.

2025-09-27 15:38:57 UTC

Another beautiful sunny day and another pride! We took a break from cleaning our old rental house for the last time to join the pride parade in Skövde today.
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Pride]Pride[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=GayPride]GayPride[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=lgbtqia]lgbtqia[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=lgbtqia%2B]lgbtqia+[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Sk%C3%B6vde]Skövde[/url]
[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/photos/gmc/image/131527461268d80433d2ed3336712004][img=https://friends.chasmcity.net/photo/131527461268d80433d2ed3336712004-1.jpeg]People on the sunlit streets of downtown Skövde in Sweden carrying banners and pride flags.[/img][/url]
https://friends.chasmcity.net/photo/131527461268d80433d2ed3336712004-0.jpeg

2025-08-22 11:32:10 UTC

I'll be going to my first ever #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=pride]pride[/url] tomorrow. Bit scary, as I'll be going all alone and I've never been, and it's in a new town where I don't know anyone yet.
At least my pride flag arrived in the mail in time so I can wear it as a cape, since I don't own any colourful clothing.

2025-08-21 11:32:58 UTC

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Glöm inte att den andra sidan har nazis. Riktiga nazis. Snälla glöm inte det, för alla oss som ska bli deporterade, mordat och så vidare när SD blir storsta. Bara för att du känner inte igen dig i V. För fan, tänk. Du ska hellre låta nazis ta makten? Bara för att några Stockholmare bråkar?

2025-08-21 08:45:09 UTC

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Denna Lars Ohly bry sig inte om vänsterpartiet, det är tydligt i bilden. Se hur han njutter av ha pressens upmärksamhet. Det här handler bara om honoms ego. Förskräckliga människor, sånna. Allt för att blåsa upp sina ego, även om det betyder försvagga partiet.

2025-08-21 08:20:02 UTC

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Får han betalt från SD för att öka oro eller hur?
Jävla idioter som tycker det är bra at bråka internt. Stockholms-jävla bullshit. Jag hatar sonna personer som kan inte låta bli att gå till media och uphetsa sacker. Jävla Stockholm bullshit.

2025-08-21 08:14:19 UTC

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Jag tror vi har viktiga saker att bekymra oss om kommande året.

2025-08-03 20:21:49 UTC

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Nyfiken: varför aurora store? Bankid, freja och bank appar finns ju i app lounge, som kommer vid /e/ os själva.

2025-07-30 07:19:52 UTC

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Vi har redan haft mejlkontakt, men jag ska skicka en mejl igen...

2025-07-30 07:08:49 UTC

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Jo, vi borde fortfarande organisera webseminarum vi pratade om för @[url=https://social.spejset.org/users/vansterpartiet_skaraborg]Vänsterpartiet Skaraborg[/url] !

2025-06-13 04:52:20 UTC

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Exactly my thoughts last year, when I decided to reduce my work week to four days, making Fridays part of the weekend :)

2025-04-23 11:40:58 UTC

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Min egna :) Self-hosted.

2025-04-23 10:57:31 UTC

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Också listmonk. Skulle aldrig använda nån US-baserad tjänst, de är alla knä-djup i surveillance capitalism. Jag har för mycket respekt för de som prenumererar på min newsletter.

2025-04-23 10:21:16 UTC

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Listmonk här, self-hosted. Det funkar smidigt. Kanske något för konstellationen att erbjuda, hjälper gärna med det om önskat.

2025-03-18 14:44:10 UTC

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I'm no graphics artist, but I find Krita nice to use for when I do need to do graphics. No clue if it can do the fancy stuff, but I hear lots of people who do have a clue about these things say lots of nice things about Krita. Just give it a go, I'd say.

2025-03-14 10:03:14 UTC

Having lots of fun using Delta Chat. I've set up two accounts on my mail server, one for myself and one for my husband. We're both surprised at how fast it is compared to more traditional centralised chat apps like Signal. It's so cool to be able to self-host this and not rely on centralised infrastructure that is outside of my control.
Now I just need to convince everyone I know it's really cool :)
@[url=https://chaos.social/users/delta]Delta Chat[/url]
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=DeltaChat]DeltaChat[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Signal]Signal[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=SelfHosted]SelfHosted[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=SelfHosting]SelfHosting[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Decentralization]Decentralization[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Decentralisation]Decentralisation[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Decentralized]Decentralized[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Decantralised]Decantralised[/url]

2025-03-11 11:05:47 UTC

[abstract]se pol, rädda högkostnadsskyddet[/abstract]
Kära vänner,
Jag skrev just under namninsamlingen: Försämra inte högkostnadsskyddet för läkemedel
Det skulle betyda oerhört mycket för mig om du också skrev under kampanjen för denna viktiga fråga. Varje namn som läggs till listan skapar momentum och gör det troligare att vårt mål blir verklighet.
Kommer du stå med mig och skriva under på denna kampanj?
https://www.mittskifte.org/petitions/forsamra-inte-hogkostnadsskyddet-for-lakemedel
Tack!

2025-03-06 09:33:49 UTC

The fediverse is awesome. I ask the fediverse to reshare/boost a post in an ill-conceived plan to increase the federation reach of my newly setup friendica server, and boy did the fediverse deliver. 983 reshares and counting.
Of course, resharing/boosting doesn't increase the federation, I know that know thanks to the polite and helpful tips I got in response.
And I did get a bunch of followers as well, which *does* help federation. I'm sorry I can't follow all of you back, if there's non-CW-ed images of world leaders and front-page news on your timeline, I have to decline to protect my mental health.
And on top of it all, only one single reply-guy with a snarky comment that I'm doing it all wrong and am an idiot. Easily blocked.
You're awesome fediverse!
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=fediverse]fediverse[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=friendica]friendica[/url]

2025-03-05 19:21:58 UTC

It's about time I started to learn to grow my own food. Starting small, and early with some crops that need to sprout in indoor conditions. Hope they'll do well!
[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/photos/gmc/image/845611515567c8a2ee38ddd417701028][img=https://friends.chasmcity.net/photo/845611515567c8a2ee38ddd417701028-1.jpeg]Series of small containers in 2 by 6 trays combined in two 2 by 18 containers, filled with earth and little bags of seeds in front. The bags have images of strawberries, peppers and various sorts of cabbage.[/img][/url]
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=gardening]gardening[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=GrowItYourself]GrowItYourself[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=GrowingFood]GrowingFood[/url]
https://friends.chasmcity.net/photo/845611515567c8a2ee38ddd417701028-0.jpeg

2025-03-05 10:25:27 UTC

Would you help a poor single-user Friendica server admin out and boost this post?
Boosting will increase the number of servers my server federates with.
Thanks!
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=fediverse]fediverse[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=friendica]friendica[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=SelfHosting]SelfHosting[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=SelfHosted]SelfHosted[/url]

2025-02-23 16:02:27 UTC

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Ah, doing a bit of searching online, there's quite a number of them available, from cheap to super-expensive :)

2025-02-23 08:40:32 UTC

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Is that one of the two prototypes with the mountains and the house over the ball lock area or did you add those yourself? I have the game, the production version without those decorations of course, and have been thinking of pimping it.

2025-02-21 10:18:10 UTC

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@[url=https://fosstodon.org/users/libreoffice]LibreOffice[/url] is the best! I'd love to donate. Am I correct that if I donate, the money goes to the Open Document Foundation which is seated in Germany? I can't donate to organisations from the USA, so double checking to make sure.

2025-02-19 08:27:56 UTC

Here we go, a very quick-and-dirty userscript for greasemonkey to hide posts in friendica that are filtered...
```
// ==UserScript==
// @name Friendica hide filtered items
// @version 1
// @grant none
// @include https://friends.chasmcity.net/*
// ==/UserScript==
var snapResults = document.evaluate("//div[contains(@class, 'media')]/div/div/p[starts-with(normalize-space(.),'Filtered by rule: ')]/../../..",
document, null, XPathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null);
for (var i = snapResults.snapshotLength - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
var elm = snapResults.snapshotItem(i);
// do stuff with elm
elm.style.display = "none";
}
```
#[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=GreaseMonkey]GreaseMonkey[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=Friendica]Friendica[/url] #[url=https://friends.chasmcity.net/search?tag=MentalHealth]MentalHealth[/url]