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Brittany

@sameoldstory.co

and it’s so hot, cause we’re in hell.

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same old blog

same old blogAug 20, 2026

ATP & IndieWeb Criticism: "People don't care about owning their data."

I'm actually not sure this is true?

atprotosocial media

sameoldstory coAug 20, 2026

ATP & IndieWeb Criticism: "People don't care about owning their data."

same old blog

same old blogAug 18, 2026

My ATmosphere Accounts

Same handle everywhere, obviously!

same old blog

same old blogAug 18, 2026

I'm feeling some pressure to optimize™ my social media presence.

There are so many cool platforms to try out!

social mediaatproto

same old blog

same old blogAug 15, 2026

What smartphones replaced

This is something watching Columbo makes me think about.

lowtechsocial media

same old blog

same old blogAug 5, 2026

In the age of LLMs it is desperately important to be able to mute blogs and filter websites.

And that's rare.

same old blog

same old blogAug 3, 2026

A list of products that are sort of like my EDC, I suppose.

same old blog

same old blogJul 31, 2026

I’m a fortysomething government analyst living in Sacramento, California with my husband and two small children. sameoldstory was my Twitter handle long ago and it has stuck with me as an online name. I also use devilenvogue some places. My real name is Brittany. The things I post about are: parenting, politics, chess, knitting, crochet, self-hosted software, books I’ve read, movies I’m watching, and I’ve recently gotten into film photography.

same old blog

same old blogJul 28, 2026

I bought my four-year-old her own phone.

It's not what it sounds like!

knit-worthy

knit-worthyJun 27, 2026

The eternal Musselburgh hat.

This took me aaaaaaages omg.

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same old blog

same old blogJun 1, 2026

I'm definitely a homelabber now.

I've recently learned that my husband was impressed by my hard drive replacement the other weekend, which is pretty cool. It was not a difficult thing to do, except for the screw placement thing I already complained about (and at length, offline), but it did take me a number or hours and it seems to be fairly wizardy to non-computer people. Personally it's more that I always felt like kind of an idiot for not knowing more about this stuff since computers impact us all so much, every day, so I'm ...

same old blog

same old blogMay 19, 2026

Practicing not fighting on the Internet.

It doesn't happen often, but sometimes somebody makes a post here on Bear Blog that I totally hate. Maybe I think their analysis of politics is not very good, or they're making some harsh judgements about a field of work or study they (in my estimation) don't really understand. Maybe they're painting with a very broad brush and their worldview is just too limited or depressed to really back up their statements (in my opinion). Since this is a social network of a sort, it is very tempting to make...