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@illegal.trading

aka Loudar | 27, he/they | Making https://lyda.app

Lyda update: - Prepared a lot of work on the iOS app (mostly desktop/web parity) - Fixed a bug on desktop/web that made it possible to open multiple context menus

YouTube hasn't paid out music streaming earnings to Distrokid for almost two months with no communication, so my income has been cut in half just for fun. It's a startling reminder that the entire streaming ecosystem could just go away overnight because a tech company lets it. Buy albums if you can.

I was broken up with and will likely be kicked out of the only safe home I’ve had. I have no job, no stable place to stay, and very little support. I don’t usually ask for help, but I genuinely need it right now while I try to get back on my feet. Thank you, and much love. ♥️ ko-fi.com/supitszaire

Bandcamp friday haul: Dārin by Phil Berg NIGHTCASTER by Cynthoni Deep Deadly Dub by LMajor Bunny-Hopping by mance Jack Sermon EP by James Bangura ARE U OK by Salt Queen HARD43 by Sulphur Spirit Of House by S.A.M. Let Go Of This Acid by Artwork 24/7 Heaven by trickpony

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i keep thinking which parts of lyda i could make distributed or selfhostable but everytime it leads me back to thinking it's too impractical to be good UX for everyone i'd rather have good import/export of data and supporting some stuff like navidrome maybe

good heavens, she's BLOGGING now?? i've been playing around with migrating to independent, open-source social networks for a while now. the tech is really maturing! but the space is still awkward to discuss. i talk about this issue here, and how it applies across matrix, activitypub, and ATproto.

communicating open social networks to normies

(or, how communication is hard, most people aren't berry-tasters, and we are really bad at naming things)

spacegirl.pckt.blog

soundcloud doesn't let you download your own tracks if you don't have them enabled for others yes of course i wanna edit -> permissions -> enable download -> save -> reload page (they don't immediately update client state -> more -> download -> edit -> permissions -> disable download -> save

u can literally do anything u want to do. really. don't let anyone, including yourself, try to stop u from doing that thing because you'll be SO happy you didn't. i didn't believe in myself before but others else did and i'm so glad they did,, so if u don't believe in yourself, just know that i do 💜