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fraying

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I used to make websites. I wrote “Design for Community.” I designed the original Blogger. I created JPG Magazine, Fray, Kvetch, Cute-Fight, and more.

Now I grow flowers and turn them into CBD products for https://milkbarn.farm. I take care of 30-something chickens, 13 goats, 3 dogs, 2 cats, and my wife and myself in Boring, Oregon.

Nazis, TERFs, and Republicans can fuck off. Do not explain capitalism to me.

He/him.

#fedi22 #community #goats #communitydesign #farmlife #design

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fraying, to random
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Need help sleeping or soothing muscles or just a little extra chill during the day? CBD can help, and the best way to get it is straight from the farm.

We're having a 20% off sale at Milk Barn Farm for the rest of this month. Enter 20PERCENT at checkout or click this link: https://milkbarn.farm/discount/20PERCENT

fraying, to random
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Pretty cold, wet spring so far. Projected to still be in the low 40s overnight even 10 days from now in early June. I’m looking at hundreds of hemp starts in the garage that need lows above 50 to be planted out and wondering when I’m going to be able to do that.

fraying,
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The issue is that if they can’t be planted out and they spend too much time in their 3” pots, they get root-bound, which can impair them even after they’re out. I could pot them up to 5” pots, but then they need a lot more light coverage, so I have to hang more lights. It’s a lot of work, which I can do, but it would be a whole lot easier to just plant them outside. Next year maybe I’ll start them a week later. In previous years, it’s been warmer by now. Farming is so much about timing.

fraying,
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@kevbob it’s weird, right? Or, at least, weird in a different way.

fraying,
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@kevbob Oh yeah. There was a huge rainstorm in early June in 2022 that took out some plants I’d put out already. I’m much more cautious now.

fraying,
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These are the things I think about now.

It’s nice.

fraying,
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@lemay oh no! My peppers look okay - some leaf discoloration from the cold, but they're still blooming, which is amazing. And, yeah, the toms seem fine. They're tough.

Hemp really likes heat and light, tho, and we ain't got that yet (and it's not coming soon, which is what's worrying me).

fraying,
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@lemay I've decided to start everything later next year.

mulegirl, to random
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Visit the chicks on https://chicken.pics!

fraying,
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@mulegirl oh that’s a lovely one.

kissane, to random
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Man, the Open Collective Foundation dissolution emails continue to be the worst and most needlessly hostile vibes. Pulling the rug out from under hundreds of great tiny vulnerable projects while speaking to them like a power-tripping schoolteacher is really something.

fraying,
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@kissane Too many software projects are run by people who were good at computers and bad at humans.

fraying,
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@darius @kissane oh, my mistake.

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Social media communication thought of the morning: don't ask rhetorical questions, because people will answer them.

fraying,
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@jewishreader I’ve genuinely stopped using question marks altogether.

fraying, to random
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I was part of the first generation to take to the web and fill it with my hopes and dreams, my stories and music, seeking connection and building community.

Watching assholes like Sam Altman treat all that collected humanity as a strip mine makes me indescribably sad.

It also makes me want to punch him in his smug fucking face.

fraying,
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@phoutz it’s a quieter life, but a more healthy one.

Lonely tho.

fraying, to random
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FEDERAL BILLIONAIRE TAX NOW
https://archive.is/feepm

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I couldn't stop thinking about the Meta AI chatbot that made up a human experience in a parenting Facebook group - so I wrote about why online communities are for people, not chatbots. Decades of social computing research tells us that information seeking in online communities is as much about shared experiences and human connection as it is about getting an answer. Maybe generative AI shouldn't be everywhere doing everything. https://theconversation.com/ai-chatbots-are-intruding-into-online-communities-where-people-are-trying-to-connect-with-other-humans-229473

fraying,
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@cfiesler THANK YOU.

fraying, to random
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Everything about OpenAI is a scam.

EVERYTHING.

fraying,
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@gavinisdie OpenAI is one specific company.

fraying,
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@gavinisdie yes, I agree

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