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Cake day: January 26th, 2025

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  • Could someone explain the criticism of BlueSky to me, i.e. that it’s less decentralised? Isn’t the AT Protocol set up in such a way that you could build your own social network using it, meaning you can interact with BlueSky users without being one yourself?

    As I understand it, the critical flaw with Mastodon and Lemmy etc is that if I delete something on my profile it isn’t guaranteed to be deleted on other servers - that is unfortunately unacceptable in the long run for most people. And account portability isn’t clean, and you are at the whim of your server operator. How is it better?



  • I’ve been searching for the same thing - a PFA/PFC free shell to go over my regular trousers. I’ve tried these three and haven’t had any luck with any of them:

    • Patagonia Torrentshell: I could hardly take a full stride in these, and sizing up was like wearing oversized parachute pants

    • Marmot equivalent: Much more mobility, but just not enough for me to pedal on a bike without the pants becoming very taut. I fear they’d rip after a while.

    • Outdoor Research equivalent: Satisfactory mobility, but for some reason the ankle cuffs are really wide - water would definitely splash up inside these if you were walking through puddles, so it feels like they miss the mark a little especially considering these are a bit more expensive than the others.

    I’m still looking, open to recommendations!