Rusty Shackleford

https://mastodon.social/@rusty__shackleford

Creative Data Hoarder | Antifascist | Activist

Name: Autumn ⚘

Hardware:
Main: Steam Deck
[Working] Server: Floor Towerᵀᴹ | 1TB | i5 4790k | GTX 970
[Offline] Server: 4U Rackmount | 96TB (12x8TB) | i5 4790k | GTX 970

Stack: #Kdenlive #Avidemux #Blender #Gimp #Krita #Inkscape #Audacity

drives are failing
I need new hardware... ૮₍˶ ╥ ‸ ╥ ⑅₎ა

WriteFreely: https://rant.li/rusty-shackleford/
Loops: https://loops.video/@Rusty__Shackleford
Pixelfed: https://pxlmo.com/Rusty_Shackleford
Prounouns: She/ They

Public Key

npub1ccwphn8hnw0mu8sf8uecwlz2nvnf5szw8s8kjxzt9j2vgunv5hpq58y2x2

NIP-05 Address

rusty__shackleford_at_mastodon.social@momostr.pink

Profile Code

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Publishing to

relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub1ccwphn8hnw0mu8sf8uecwlz2nvnf5szw8s8kjxzt9j2vgunv5hpq58y2x2

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2026-04-28 04:35:33 UTC

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You do a podcast??

2026-04-17 20:59:06 UTC

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How wholesome

2026-04-17 20:30:49 UTC

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2026-04-14 16:43:44 UTC

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I'm going to do a more succinct write up of this to share.

2026-04-14 16:28:29 UTC

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@npub17gq…8hhz
Signal and similar tools tightly control trust models (trusted by default with centralized keys and safety number/verification UX), while federated SNS would have to pick between a similar central authority or a more fragile, user‑managed web‑of‑trust‑style setup.

2026-04-14 16:28:29 UTC

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@npub17gq…8hhz
The question with E2EE & SNS quickly becomes: How do we deploy this at scale, without breaking moderation, without confusing users, & without inviting legal or security failure?
It's why many people say: keep the public social layer unencrypted & use purpose built tools like Signal for private conversations.
Also, metadata, note that E2EE doesn’t stop the network from seeing who talks to who, when, or how often, so privacy is leaky even if message content is encrypted.

2026-04-14 16:28:28 UTC

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@npub17gq…8hhz
Completely agree, "roll your own" overcomplicates things. I simplified to spur curiosity, & why I ended with use of alternative tools for private messaging, like signal.
It can be simple. Generate your public/ private keys, & start trading public keys with people. When you send a message to someone it'll be encrypted using their public key & only able to be decrypted by their private key so your message to them stays secure. Sign that message with your signature to prove origin.

2026-04-14 15:55:14 UTC

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@npub19zp…feux
Re: https://mastodon.social/@rusty__shackleford/116403857501332629

2026-04-10 11:09:10 UTC

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@npub1la4…z6x7
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2026-04-10 01:24:55 UTC

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2026-04-08 05:21:15 UTC

@npub1s6e…n008
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2026-04-02 20:25:48 UTC

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Ok. Time to try to have some fun and learn some things!

2026-03-31 16:50:24 UTC

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I didn't intend to come off contrarian, ignorant, or performative, but it appears I accidentally added unnecessary noise by not attempting to flush things out appropriately/ gracefully. And at the end of the day, something like that would have been best suited for a different conversation/ forum (writefreely page, somewhere to write). So apologies.

2026-03-31 16:49:56 UTC

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I agree! I only had so much room within 500 characters & went for it, being intentionally vague which allowed affordance to shorten things up. It's a topic that we could go into for ages. I only touched on one small minor aspect. It's no singular entities responsibility, it's systemic. I understand this, and I really appreciate your time. It's a topic that needs to be talked about. In the United States, nearly 40% of food supply is wasted, totaling roughly 92 to 133 billion pounds annually.

2026-03-31 16:04:49 UTC

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Also see; think about the starving children in Africa… that our logisticians understand we could feed, but due to lack of immediate corporate profit, won't or cannot.
This logical fallacy causes a negative feedback loop where many poor/ starving people don't seem "worth" giving to.
No calculable ROI.
This is why stores experimenting with individualized pricing are being reported to offer better deals to high income individuals; helps form a relationship & encourage repeat business.

2026-03-31 11:29:08 UTC

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I have had a similar thread of thought recently while observing complaints about alt text.

2026-03-30 00:08:07 UTC

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https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/315/212/169/620/452/original/7f1433297405dfda.mp4

2026-03-29 22:58:20 UTC

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https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/314/937/685/754/208/original/e9bc3dd4a8c99bf8.mp4

2026-03-29 01:34:46 UTC

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2026-03-28 21:02:08 UTC

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Got it. Got it. Misconstrued your framing. Apologies. Personally can't comment on much else because it's anecdotal and subjective, and I am not looking to harass anyone either. Only thing I truly hold issue with is the 'everyone is an enemy' flavor of rhetoric I am tasting, but that is really all. Bottom line, we are in public, you won't always be liked or respected. Whatever.

2026-03-28 20:50:07 UTC

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You didn't?
Re: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116296897452574976
#note16ds…3e0n

2026-03-28 20:45:11 UTC

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I use graphene. I can hold you accountable and be critical of you. This did not start with draken. Your postings go back a couple days on surrounding matters.
This is where we see your own admitted disregard of TOS; spamming hacker forum, and having your posts moderated. That sounds like a you problem. Not a campaign against you. You even admitted to altering posts to avoid this moderation. Seeing everyone else as a singular enemy and yourselves as holier than thou.

2026-03-28 20:23:08 UTC

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To be clear you ( @npub1fay…3mrl ) have come here to complain that I ([@rusty__shackleford](https://mastodon.social/@rusty__shackleford ) ) hold contention with ( @npub1kwa…e0nj ) for blocking accounts other than my own due to my view that this isn't a "good look", & you've come here to comment on this.
Yes. When the entire conversation is being driven by their narrative alone. All I see is "we want to be held accountable to different rules". So yes, opening discourse in an open forum to block people who engage critically seems a bit backward,

2026-03-28 17:44:47 UTC

RE: https://mamot.fr/@lajuste/116307738937193342
@npub1kwa…e0nj
Hey Graphene, news flash, when you block people on the fedi, the only thing that changes is that YOU cannot see their posts. Not a great look.
#note1m2t…yt4g

2026-03-27 17:56:59 UTC

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*cough cough
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/01/ai-agents-now-have-their-own-reddit-style-social-network-and-its-getting-weird-fast/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/opinion/ai-agents-moltbook.html
https://fortune.com/2026/03/07/marxist-rebel-ai-overwork-reddit-alex-imas-andy-hall-jeremy-nguyen-substack/
https://www.moltbook.com/u/karlmarx
https://www.moltbook.com/post/0c042158-b189-4b5c-897d-a9674a5290c1
https://www.moltbook.com/post/e2c7152e-ce50-420f-8571-bd2918ec97da

2026-03-25 19:43:41 UTC

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Just listened to the whole thing while driving, great music.

2026-03-25 18:27:57 UTC

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A sandbag is a purposely bad play.
Someone throws a game of billiards on purpose? That's a sandbag.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/291/225/219/188/444/original/9a541f25c5cd7dd7.mp4

2026-03-25 17:42:34 UTC

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Yonle seems balanced.

2026-03-25 16:29:04 UTC

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Tell my ex I said, "Happy child support."
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/290/757/808/294/604/original/139f25c700a6ac5f.jpg

2026-03-25 16:15:36 UTC

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Hope you are ok. Scary.

2026-03-25 14:10:01 UTC

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I haven't had a good meal in so long, this looks perfect.

2026-03-25 13:30:21 UTC

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Incompetent.
I want to ask this person:
Why would you run someone else's program on mission critical infrastructure?
You got in trouble for something you did within your profession and blame yonle?
This is like blaming the car manufacturer for selling you a fast car. Don't drive too fast, you may hurt yourself.
Similarly; Don't install random software on bosses devices.
Excuses. Excuses. Blame everyone but themselves.

2026-03-24 17:28:00 UTC

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After being removed by the New York City Police Department later that day, Charging Bull was installed at Bowling Green on December 20, 1989. Despite initially having only a temporary permit to be located at Bowling Green, Charging Bull became a popular tourist attraction. Di Modica *may* have been influenced by a pair of huge metallic sculptures, a charging bull and a bear, placed in front of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 1985 as part of the 400th anniversary celebration of the exchange.

2026-03-24 17:27:59 UTC

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https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charging_Bull
The sculpture was created by Italian artist Arturo Di Modica in the wake of the 1987 Black Monday stock market crash. Late in the evening of Thursday, December 14, 1989, Di Modica arrived on Wall Street with Charging Bull on the back of a truck and illegally dropped the sculpture outside of the New York Stock Exchange Building.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/285/327/180/457/898/original/330b04c6b75d18f3.jpg

2026-03-24 14:09:31 UTC

New f4mi video dropped:
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Hacking old hardware by... renaming to .zip?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=P1kfuCkWo24
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=P1kfuCkWo24
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/284/546/794/678/123/original/5bacff9a4c032c5c.jpg

2026-03-20 18:46:55 UTC

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*squints

2026-03-20 18:05:55 UTC

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it doesn't even matter

2026-03-20 17:50:13 UTC

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one thing...

2026-03-20 05:08:20 UTC

Anyone else in 2026?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/259/769/537/470/885/original/67c534b1720038cb.png

2026-03-19 23:17:14 UTC

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Appears to be 'I live in a back alley'
https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EB%92%B7%EA%B3%A8%EB%AA%A9%EC%97%90%20%EC%82%B4%EC%95%84%EC%9A%94

2026-03-18 19:52:31 UTC

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I heard ircv3 doesn't need a bouncer, I need to look into this too.

2026-03-18 16:46:33 UTC

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This video is not about alt text, but applies to this discussion, watch it.
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Art for No One
Presented by Jacob Geller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oqO3FXSecM
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=6oqO3FXSecM

2026-03-18 16:41:08 UTC

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Implement a system where trusted users (curators) may submit alt text to be appended to an image. Images that are popular will naturally get alt text due to exposure. This concept is similar to wiki editing & how museums attribute descriptive text.

2026-03-18 16:36:52 UTC

I don't use alt text, while seeing others discuss the need, & others complain about lack of access. Then, you may ask, why would I do this?
Let's reframe the question, shall we:
Who historically, appends alt text to art & photograph? Curators. Rarely, artists themselves.
Art doesn't have to be for you. Art doesn't have to be for anyone. The world doesn't come with alt text.
It's not the creators job to attribute alt text to their creations. That's everyone's job.
I'm losing my eyesight too.

2026-03-17 06:13:18 UTC

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Jealous of osu players because it looks so fun to play. How long have been been playing? What input do you use for osu? I want to start but I don't know what kind of input is preferred.
Also, are there videos of you playing any of your favorite songs?

2026-03-13 13:29:43 UTC

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Let me remind you of... Public response to the introduction of seat belts.

2026-03-11 22:39:17 UTC

@npub152x…pu4s tired of them price gouging us
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2026-03-10 15:54:36 UTC

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Curated swf archive, over 100,000 titles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashpoint_Archive
https://flashpointarchive.org/

2026-03-07 15:48:07 UTC

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What work boots you rockin?

2026-03-06 18:14:15 UTC

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I am saving money for nodes to shield. I am poor so I think this will take a long time...

2026-03-06 11:23:25 UTC

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INTP-A (Logician)
I enjoy debate as well :blobpeek:
Perhaps not as much, but I do!

2026-03-05 16:46:59 UTC

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Similarly to a few others I follow here:
You seem interesting and inspiring, I am enjoying the experience of yonle.

2026-03-04 01:05:43 UTC

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/168/218/526/910/748/original/ccfcf97cfd4248c6.jpg

2026-02-27 23:22:31 UTC

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2026-02-27 09:27:16 UTC

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Looking into hosting. Learning. Still lost. But that's ok for now. I was looking into fe, seems to have changed names?
https://codeberg.org/mkljczk/nicolex
On the note of images:
(I'm self taught, new, & may have misconceptions)
Can you use reverse proxy & intercept the url to only display the compressed images?
For full resolution could you setup an api? Have clients that respect this api call download full res?
I need to read more and learn pleroma.
I hope this wasn't just bad noise.

2026-02-25 16:27:21 UTC

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2026-02-20 04:57:28 UTC

I’m reminded of a famous Hindustan proverb, “True nobility lies not in being superior to another man, but in being superior to one’s previous self.”
‏. Wilson W. Wilson, Jr—
#wisdom #quote #philosophy #homeImprovement #toolTime
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2026-01-27 05:51:43 UTC

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Designed to protect the small internet from AI companies endless requests, Anubis is lightweight so ***everyone*** can afford to protect the communities closest to them.
Fuck AI
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#fuckAI #selfHosted #fediverse #web #webDev #homeLab #security #ai #cyberSecurity #webDevelopment #networking #foss #github #selfHosting
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