Another Monday, another #bevymergetrain! Follow along for 17 heart-warming stories of #opensource contributions, considerations and #rustlang trivia!
16 community-approved PRs to get through today: take a look?
https://gist.github.com/alice-i-cecile/113def70bfa7465b3521cfb456dd5770
I just finished my #gamejam project https://lzrdnb.itch.io/relay-rally made in #godot. It's not much but you can drive my favorite car (first generation twingo) through a little city map.
The #Houston Iranian Community is organizing an Emergency #Protest in response to recent war threats and escalation toward #Iran!
Westheimer & Post Oak #HTX #USA
Tue April 7
5P-8P
This is a critical moment. We are coming together to demand an end to escalation, stop attacks on civilian infrastructure, and oppose another devastating war in the region.
We encourage attendees to bring:
• Signs and banners
• Iranian, Palestinian, and Lebanese flags
• Keffiyehs and visual symbols of solidarity

俺「うわっ、ミスってVTuberの切り抜き動画押しちゃった」 YouTube「お前『見た』な?」 僕「え?」 #YouTube #Vtuber https://doujinonsei.jp/blog-entry-11052.html

First PyCon US. Hotel lobby. A card game I'd never heard of.
Trey Hunner pulled me in, taught me #Cabo, and I won three rounds in a row.
The hotel lobby at PyCon US has its own lore. It starts the moment you check in.
#PyConUS | Long Beach, CA us.pycon.org/2026/venue/hotels/
#Python

Es ist nicht verwunderlich, dass Leute denken, dass sich andere Leute etwas ausdenken.
Ich traue schließlich mitunter meinen eigenen Worten nicht.
Ich glaube man kann das getrost #socialmedia in die Schuhe schieben.
VLC proved that trust beats ads. Your funnel should too.
A clean analytics dashboard on a laptop reinforces the idea of building trust with measurable results. Photo credit: Luke Chesser / Unsplash.Dear Cherubs, while everyone else was busy trying to turn every corner of the internet into a billboard, VLC chose the wildly unfashionable strategy of being useful. VideoLAN says VLC is free, open source, and built to play files, discs, webcams, devices, and streams without ads, spyware, or user tracking. Apparently, not annoying people is still a business model.
That was not an accident. VideoLAN describes itself as a non-profit organization run by volunteers, and its own press material says VLC is completely free and free of advertisements, spyware, bloatware, and other user-hostile nonsense. In a digital world where some apps seem to treat your eyeballs like inventory, VLC made the radical choice to be the thing you asked for and nothing you did not.
The payoff was enormous. In 2019, VideoLAN announced that VLC had crossed 3 billion downloads on its website, and it noted that this likely undercounted the real total. That is a lot of people saying, “Yes, please, I would like my media player to simply behave.”
The weird power of no ads
VLC did not win because it shouted the loudest. It won because it delivered the same promise every single time: open fast, play almost anything, and stay out of the way. That kind of consistency builds trust, and trust is what makes people come back without being chased, nudged, or spiritually mugged by a pop-up.
This is where most businesses get it backwards. They rush to monetize before they have earned patience, let alone loyalty. That can work once, maybe twice, but it usually feels like asking for marriage on the first date while still chewing gum. Customers are not confused; they are simply allergic to being handled.
Funnels, minus the sleaze
A sales funnel is not a trick. It is a structure for moving people from attention to interest to decision without making them regret the click. The best funnels do what VLC does: respect the user, reduce friction, and create a clear next step instead of a maze of desperation.
That means the first job is not selling. It is helping. The first job is clarity, not pressure. Show people the problem, give them something useful, and make the next action obvious enough that they do not need a treasure map and a lawyer.
VLC understood that trust compounds. A business can do the same by building a funnel that earns attention before asking for money, and value before asking for commitment. As noted by thisclaimer.com in related commentary, the long game usually looks boring at first, which is precisely why it works. The shiny shortcut wants applause now; the trust-first system wants customers later, repeatedly, and with far fewer complaint emails.
So yes, VLC grew without ads. That is not a cute little tech anecdote. It is a reminder that the fastest way to scale is often to stop treating people like targets and start treating them like users.
The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #brandStrategy #business #contentMarketing #CustomerExperience #digitalGrowth #digitalMarketing #marketing #nonProfit #openSource #salesFunnels #seo #trust #userRetention #vlc
How to Setup #Apache Virtual Hosts on #Ubuntu #VPS 🛠️ (5 Minute Quick-Start Guide) This article provides a guide demonstrating how to setup Apache virtual hosts on Ubuntu VPS. This guide walks ... Continued 👉 #letsencrypt #webserver #opensource #selfhosted #virtualhosts #selfhosting

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Turnkey tyranny: # surveillance and the # terrorstate Edward Snowden talking about "turnkey tyrannies" after leaving the US.
The original Guardian video interview (filmed by Laura Poitras, June 9, 2...”
https://mastodon.social/@liklyhood/116357745503828505
🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.
How to Setup #Apache Virtual Hosts on #Ubuntu #VPS 🛠️ (5 Minute Quick-Start Guide)
This article provides a guide demonstrating how to setup Apache virtual hosts on Ubuntu VPS.
This guide walks you through creating multiple websites (virtual hosts) on a single Ubuntu VPS server using Apache. It covers HTTP, optional HTTPS with Let’s Encrypt, and common gotchas (and ...
Continued 👉 https://blog.radwebhosting.com/setup-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-vps/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon.raddemo.host #virtualhosts #selfhosted #selfhosting #opensource #webserver #letsencrypt

How to Setup #Apache Virtual Hosts on #Ubuntu #VPS 🛠️ (5 Minute Quick-Start Guide)
This article provides a guide demonstrating how to setup Apache virtual hosts on Ubuntu VPS.
This guide walks you through creating multiple websites (virtual hosts) on a single Ubuntu VPS server using Apache. It covers HTTP, optional HTTPS with Let’s Encrypt, and common gotchas (and ...
Continued 👉 https://blog.radwebhosting.com/setup-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-vps/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon.social #opensource #selfhosted #selfhosting #letsencrypt #virtualhosts #webserver

The Hacker News tarpit
"You can't build Place People Go as a feature. It's a thing that happened over time, through a specific and unrepeatable sequence of events, most of which were not planned and some of which were just luck."
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-hacker-news-tarpit/?ref=westenberg-newsletter
#hackernews #social #socialmedia
musashi_max is now streaming Music on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/musashi_max
MAX'S MUSIC MONDAY
#SynthStream #twitch #GSGLive #music #musodon #synth #synthesis @synths

나 Zapier랑 Make 두 개 다 구독하면서 3개월 동안 매달 8만원씩 쌩돈 날림.
맨날 헷갈려서 왔다갔다 하느라 시간도 두 배로 쓰고 진짜 현타왔음.
두 개 기능 90%가 똑같다는 걸 이제야 알다니, 바보도 아니고.
🤖 [TechCrunch] Iran zagraża centrom danych AI „Stargate”.
🔗 Więcej: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/06/iran-threatens-stargate-ai-data-centers
#AI #SztucznaInteligencja #TechNews #TechCrunch #ArtificialIntelligence #technology #socialmedia #si
How to Setup #Apache Virtual Hosts on #Ubuntu #VPS 🛠️ (5 Minute Quick-Start Guide) This article provides a guide demonstrating how to setup Apache virtual hosts on Ubuntu VPS. This guide walks ... Continued 👉 #webserver #virtualhosts #selfhosted #selfhosting #letsencrypt #opensource

ChatGPTで競合比較表を作ったら提案書の説得力が上がった話
3ステップで
・競合との比較表を作成
・自社が際立つ比較軸を発見
・価格勝負にならない切り返しトークを準備
https://qiita.com/kenji_ai_tips/items/6e0b07fddbc2b95bbd8d
@TotoRobyn is now streaming Music on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/totorobyn
A Chill Sunday Afternoon
#SynthStream #twitch #GSGLive #music #musodon #synth #synthesis @synths

How to Setup #Apache Virtual Hosts on #Ubuntu #VPS 🛠️ (5 Minute Quick-Start Guide)
This article provides a guide demonstrating how to setup Apache virtual hosts on Ubuntu VPS.
This guide walks you through creating multiple websites (virtual hosts) on a single Ubuntu VPS server using Apache. It covers HTTP, optional HTTPS with Let’s Encrypt, and common gotchas (and ...
Continued 👉 https://blog.radwebhosting.com/setup-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-vps/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon.raddemo.host #selfhosted #webserver #opensource #letsencrypt #virtualhosts #selfhosting

How to Setup #Apache Virtual Hosts on #Ubuntu #VPS 🛠️ (5 Minute Quick-Start Guide)
This article provides a guide demonstrating how to setup Apache virtual hosts on Ubuntu VPS.
This guide walks you through creating multiple websites (virtual hosts) on a single Ubuntu VPS server using Apache. It covers HTTP, optional HTTPS with Let’s Encrypt, and common gotchas (and ...
Continued 👉 https://blog.radwebhosting.com/setup-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-vps/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon.social #webserver #selfhosted #selfhosting #virtualhosts #opensource #letsencrypt

Reactで「useEffectを使わなくてよいパターン」をReact公式より整理する
https://qiita.com/ryo_sh/items/537094e2ad68f9275710?utm_campaign=popular_items&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=popular_items
Trump's waiver of the Jones Act has NOT boosted US oil flow domestically as refiners and shippers realize they can make more money exporting fuel and other related goods overseas to Asia and Europe.
#USA #US #trump #oil #JonesAct #trade #Asia #Europe #business #economics
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John Cena Stealth Mode #johncena #johncenameme #foryoupage #fyp #foryourprofile #gaminghumor #divinityoriginalsin #commentary #gamingfunny #chaoticgood #divinityoriginalsin2 #rpg #gaming #funny #CalliopeXCaminades #MoonChocolate94 #CCGaming #CCGaming0302 #twitch #twitchstreaming #rpgexplorer #funnyclip #ClipGPT #girlstreamer #gaminggirl #gamergirls #letsplay #gamingmemes #walkthrough #twitchtok #twitchclips #livestream #livestreaming #gaminghumor
If you comment or post about Donald Trump: You love him.
#SocialMedia #addiction #Cocaine
March on RTC By You was a rollercoaster: cozy vibes, spicy moments, and pure chaos—now in our biggest Best Of yet. Settle in and relive it all: https://youtu.be/OqteDzJpMkk
#ENVtuber #YouTube #VTuber #VTubers #TheRMan #MembersRF #VirtualLifeDE
🏳️🌈 Beim nächsten Treffen von „Queer NewTown“ machen wir einen Snack-/Knabberabend, und das in der „Passage 13“ in Halle-Neustadt am 15. April 2026 von 16–18 Uhr.🏳️🌈 #QueerNewTownHalleSaale #QueerNewTown #Passgae13HalleSaale #Passage13 #Queer #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus #LGBTQIAPlusDeutschland #HalleNeustadt #HalleNeustadtQueer #HalleSaale #HalleSaaleQueer #SachsenAnhalt #SachsenAnhaltQueer #Deutschland #DeutschlandQueer

Let me introduce the "The Icelandic Word Of The Day" account run by my #vibe coded bot:
https://social.vivaldi.net/@IcelandicWord
It was inspired by the german word of the day bot which I have been using to try to pick up some german words :-)
I used Vibe CLI from #MistralAI to code in #Python and I run it on a #Linux based #VPS in #Europe.
Mistral Vibe is quite an amazing tool and it was a fascinating experience to use. The content is #AI generated but I try to review the data before it is posted to #Mastodon.
The account is just for fun but hopefully someone can pick up a few words in #Icelandic despite the language being among the most grammatically complex languages in the world to learn.
Please give it a follow and let me know what you think 🙂
#Iceland #Icelandic #IT #Language #LanguageLearning
#Fediverse
11 POSTs on Fediverse ( 2026-04-07 01:45:06 - 2026-04-07 08:06:47 )
https://mnmm.top/sR4
[Tips are appreciated.]
https://mnmm.top/tip
Just checked mastodon.art’s blocklist on fba.ryona.agency and saw several of my colleague’s instances getting blocked with a reason that’s completely false at all.
You good, dotart? Even being friendly with other sides is considered bad to your standards, and then an Indonesian instance of someone that i know (fourvo.id) is being marked as “Islamophobia”? You’re not even a muslim to begin, with yet you put a false reason on that one. In all of seriousness, Are you really wanna start a slander? dotart? if not, then can you explain with your “holy policy”?
I know mastodon.art by itself is already bad, But i never thought that it would be this bad.
Do you still wanna use their blocklist after this one, #fediblock ?

@paparatti - I was talking with an #instagram friend about some irritating reply on Mastodon from the other day and they said "Oh, you need to give the algorithm feedback if you don't want to see that type of thing" and I just said ... there is no algorithm.. and you could see the mixed look of awe and horror at the thought. #mastodon
https://www.tkhunt.com/2276934/ あなたのエネルギーを吸ってる人!与えてる人!/ 100日マラソン続〜1822日目〜 ##1人の時間を楽しむ ##あなたのエネルギー ##いつも不機嫌な人 ##お金も離れる ##ネガティブな人 ##不平不満口文句 ##与えて見返りを求めない ##人に期待しない ##人も離れる ##依存すると離れていく ##依存する人 ##依存タイプの人 ##八専 ##天気の乱れ ##崔燎平 ##感情は伝染する ##承認欲求が強い人 ##構って欲しい人 ##自分の行動を見返す ##自立していると依存しない ##見返りを求める #4月7日 #celebrity #YouTube #りょう #承認欲求 #自立

I've started streaming #SlimeRancher2 on #Twitch! No other farm can squeak the way this ranch does.
https://www.twitch.tv/foxwine
Artemis II has cleared the Moon, and now they’re reading a prepared speech — Apollo did the same thing 54 years ago.
I’m done watching the stream. I hope someone at NASA addresses the visual quality, because if Artemis III lands on the Moon and it looks like the 1970s… that’s just going to piss people off.
If China’s space program can stream true full HD, NASA shouldn’t be having this problem. Do better!!
1 of 2
#Nasa #Moon #Artemis #ArtemisII #ArtemisIII#China #USA
@GripNews he may and you will subscribe, right. We do it to ourselves. Get off #tiktok, #paramount, #twitter, any #meta property. Just get off, don't #deactivate. #Delete! Delete anything you don't *need*
業種ごとにトークスクリプトを作り直す手間、ChatGPTで解決できます
商品情報+業種を渡すだけで
・つかみ〜クロージングまで5段構成で生成
・断り文句への切り返しも追加可能
飲食店・不動産・製造業など業種別サンプル付き
https://qiita.com/kenji_ai_tips/items/1c7fd25191dc7ef21334
@hashtag_haas ist #neuhier #newhere
Interessengebiete: Apple, technische Geräte und Gadgets, lustige Hunde, Katzen, Rock Musik und vieles mehr
Er spricht Deutsch, Englisch Niederländisch
Interests: Apple, tech & gadgets, funny dogs, cats, rock music, and plenty more.
Languages: Fluent in German, English, and Dutch.
Politics stinks but...
Christofascism stinks more.
~~
#USA #USgov #USpol #trump #religion #MyThoughts
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Trump administration agencies post Easter messages celebrating Christ’s resurrection~

Big milestone alert! 🎉
Chiefgyk3d is live on Kick to celebrate 5K on YouTube! Expect cybersecurity rants, some chill vibes, and a little Linux tinkering.
Come hang out and watch the celebration unfold! 🔴
#Cybersecurity #Linux #YouTube

Big milestone alert! 🎉
Chiefgyk3d is live to celebrate 5K on YouTube! Expect cybersecurity rants, some chill vibes, and a little Linux tinkering.
Come hang out and watch the celebration unfold! 🔴
#Cybersecurity #Linux #YouTube

Of interest to the "Using AI LLMs to find bugs in C code" community:
#python and, of course @bagder
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHCCarr/116360258589058944
If laws can be waived at the whim of the executive branch then why have them? #usa #fascism
Describe me in one word 😘😈
#nsfw #milf #fyp #subscribe #blonde #petite #nudes #ass #butthole #pussy #shaved #thong #lingerie #fanslymilf #mombod #naughtyteacher #sluttywife #sexy #telegram #ashmney #adult #content #creator
Telegram:ashmney

Gleap introduces new #Telegram integration 👉 https://lttr.ai/Ap2Qm #customersupport #SaaS

Social Security issues warning ahead of April 2026 disbursement
A new scam targeting U.S. retirees has prompted a warning from the Social Security Administration (SSA). It comes as…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Personalfinance #Business #mysanews #mysastaff #PersonalFinance
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/568701/

In this Hyderabad park, startup ideas go on a walk before take-off | Hyderabad News
At 6.30 on a breezy weekend morning, when the city is only just waking up, an unusual gathering…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Entrepreneurship #breezyweekendmorning #Business #Hyderabadlatestnews #Hyderabadnews #Hyderabadnewslive #Hyderabadnewstoday #hyderabadpark #ideas #TodaynewsHyderabad #walk
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/568699/

Unrolling LG’s rollable phone. | The Verge
Posted Apr 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM UTC Unrolling LG’s rollable phone. Follow topics and authors from this…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mobile #LG #Tech #Technology
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/568698/

Sam Altman Watches Awkwardly As He’s Shown Bizarre ChatGPT Issue: “Uh, Maybe, Uhhh…”
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech OpenAI…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/568696/

Oregon forecasters predict, prepare for increased drought and wildfire risk after NOAA climate outlook
By Robin Linares, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. — While the Pacific Northwest west of the Cascades is…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/568694/

Moon memorial: Artemis 2 astronauts name lunar ‘bright spot’ after mission commander’s late wife
HOUSTON, Tex. — Today (April 6), as NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts had their names etched into history books…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/568692/

Directors Explain “I’m Good Bro” Meme
The team behind the recent Hulu feature Pizza Movie doesn’t appear to be too worried that a meme…
#NewsBeep #News #Movies #AU #Australia #BrianMcElhaney #BriTANick #Entertainment #gatenmatarazzo #Hulu #NickKocher #PizzaMovie #Socialmedia #StrangerThings
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/589962/

What if these black holes could finally explain one of the universe’s greatest mysteries?
What if these black holes could finally explain one of the universe’s greatest mysteries? – Futura-Sciences April 5,…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Physics #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/568690/

Yellowstone grizzly bear ambushed by wolves in battle over carcass
Updated April 6, 2026, 4:33 p.m. ET Grizzly bears are known to …
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #access:free #Science #ssts:sports:outdoors #sstsn:Outdoors #tag:Accidents&Disasters #tag:Grizzlybears #tag:Instagram #tag:LocalAffiliate-Travel #tag:OverallNegative #tag:RegionalParks&Gardens #tag:Wildlife #tag:Wolves #tag:YellowstoneNationalPark #type:story
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/568688/

Michael Keaton’s Most Unhinged, R-Rated Comedy Is Being Buried
By TeeJay Small | Published 1 hour ago If you were upright and outside back in 2014, you…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Movies #AlejandroG.Iñárritu #Birdman #Birdman(TheUnexpectedVirtueofIgnorance) #bojackhorseman #edwardnorton #Entertainment #FandangoAtHome #It'sAlwaysSunnyinPhiladelphia #MichaelKeaton #PrimeVideo #reviews #SesameStreet #streaming #YouTube
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/568686/

Dewey actor from ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ rejected ‘buckets of money’ for revival to stay in Harvard
The “Malcolm in the Middle” revival will debut this week with nearly the entire original cast, but the…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #TV #Entertainment
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/568682/

This Italian Ricotta Lemon Cake is an excellent Italian dessert to prepare for your friends and family. You do not need a special occasion or holiday, either. #recipe #food #Cooking #fediverse #Flipboardusergroup #dessert #ItalianRecipes
https://www.giangiskitchen.com/ricotta-lemon-cake/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Giangi's Kitchen Recipes @giangi-s-kitchen-recipes-giangiskitchen


🟢 ІНФОРМАТИВНО | Загроза: 2/10
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Тип: Natural Disaster
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Пожежі в Міссісіпі та Флориді
Зафіксовано теплові аномалії від пожеж у Лафайєтті (Міссісіпі) та Гендрі (Флорида). Пожежі мають контрольований характер.
Висновок: Природні пожежі в регіоні, що не становлять загрози безпеці.
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Wildfires in Mississippi and Florida
Thermal anomalies detected from fires in Lafayette (Mississippi) and Hendry (Florida). Fires appear to be under control.
Conclusion: Natural wildfires in the region, no immediate security threat.
💬 Routine seasonal fire activity
#Wildfire #NaturalDisaster #USA

@scottjenson
I think it's reasonable to say that #Mastodon is designed for and intended to be used by #humansOnly.


Inhaltswarnung:Twitch Werbung (Streamplan)
Streamplan KW15 (alle Zeiten MEZ) 🎮
Mo 20:00: Cronos: The New Dawn
Di: offen, politischer Termin. Falls es klappt: Randal's Monday ab 20:00
Mi 20:00: Randal's Monday
Do 20:00: Death Stranding: Director's Cut
Fr: kein Stream
Sa/So: Mögl. IRL von der Creator MeetUps Con Bonn. So Abend zusätzlich Death Stranding.
twitch.tv/thomy_freaky
#Twitch #TwitchDE #Gaming #Livestream #DeathStranding #CronosTheNewDawn #RandalsMonday

#DJみー #アニオタカンパニー #FMふくろう #コミュニティFM
#YouTube で聴いてる。
DJみーのアニオタカンパニー第190回 特集:熊田茜音 2026/3/12【収録カメラ】 #声優 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxCGP9SdIC8

ChatGPT Search now cites around 20% fewer websites per response after the shift to GPT-5.3 Instant. Analysis shows average domains dropped from 19 to 15 per answer. The change matters for SEO and referral traffic from AI. https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chatgpt-search-is-citing-fewer-sites-data-shows/571219/ #Marketing #SEO #ChatGPT

Karma They Can’t Escape
Welcome back to the blog, y’all! Go ahead and grab your coffee, your matcha, your wine, or whatever is keeping you hydrated and sane today.
If you read my last post—the absolute reality-TV-level saga about my psychopathic, “Single White Female” ex-best friend and my spineless baby daddy—first of all, thank you for the love and support. My DMs were flooded with people who have unfortunately dealt with their own versions of the “Puppet Master.”
But today, we are doing a highly requested follow-up. Because a lot of you asked the million-dollar question: “Tina, how is your son doing through all of this, and where are you at now?”
Well, let me tell you, time is a beautiful thing. It is currently 2026, and the dust hasn’t just settled; it has been swept up, bagged, and thrown into the dumpster where it belongs. Let’s talk about the aftermath, the glow-up, the unhinged stalking that still hasn’t stopped, and the inevitable reckoning that my son’s father is going to have to face.
Before we get into the heavy stuff, I need to take a quick moment to celebrate a massive personal victory.
If you recall from my last storytime, my ex-best friend hit absolute rock bottom when she stole my EBT card—which had about $3,000 worth of food stamps on it to feed my family—and sold it on the street for cash. That was a dark time. I was struggling, I was stressed, and I was relying on government assistance just to make sure we had food on the table.
But baby, look at us now! It is 2026, and your girl is completely off EBT and thriving.
I am fully financially independent. I am swiping my own debit cards at the grocery store, buying whatever my kids need, and doing it entirely on my own. I don’t say this to brag; I say this because I want anyone out there who is currently struggling to know that your current situation is not your final destination.
She thought stealing my food stamps would break me. She thought she was keeping me down. But all she did was give me the ultimate motivation to hustle harder. I leveled up my life, my finances, and my peace of mind. Meanwhile, she’s still out here playing neighborhood watch with her fake social media accounts, trying to figure out how I’m glowing so hard.
You would think that after years of me ignoring her, leveling up, and minding my own business, this girl would have moved on. You would think she’d be focused on raising the baby she had with my ex. You would be wrong.
It is the year 2026, and this woman still has a sick, deeply unhinged obsession with me. I mean, it is borderline terrifying. She simply will not leave me alone. She goes out of her way to track down anyone who will listen to her and feeds them horrible, fabricated stories about me. She spins these wild narratives just so she can look like a saint, trying to convince the world that there is absolutely nothing wrong with her and that I am the villain.
But here is where the psychopathy really shows: she is out here posting ancient history. I’m talking about old pictures of me and screenshots of text messages from years ago. She digs through digital archives just to throw my past in my face, hoping to humiliate me or get a reaction.
Jokes on her, though—everything about my life is out in the open. I have absolutely nothing to hide. I own my past, my mistakes, and my journey. You cannot blackmail or shame someone who has already embraced their story.
I honestly sit here and rack my brain trying to understand this crazy, sick obsession. I was nothing but nice and kind to her when we were friends. I gave her everything I had. Yet she desperately wants to be me. She wants my life. She wants everything I have. The exhaustion of dealing with someone this relentless is real; it honestly feels like she won’t stop this psychopathic harassment until I am dead. That is how deep and dark her fixation goes. I am so happy with my life, and I just wish—more than anything—that she would find a hobby, move on, and stop the crazy.
Let’s pivot back to the dynamic duo of toxicity: the Puppet Master and my son’s father.
In their weird, twisted, obsessive little bubble, they think they’ve “won.” They think that by blocking me, using burner texting apps, and ignoring my attempts to peacefully co-parent, they are somehow hurting me. She actually convinces him that walking away from his responsibilities makes him a bigger man, and he is weak enough to believe her.
But here is the harsh, cold reality that neither of them is emotionally intelligent enough to grasp: They aren’t hurting me. They are failing a child.
When she sits there and whispers in his ear that he shouldn’t care about his son, that it’s “best” he doesn’t have a relationship with him, and that “his son will find him when he grows up”—she is actively orchestrating childhood trauma. And when he listens to her, abandoning his own flesh and blood because it’s easier to obey his new, unhinged girlfriend than to be a father, he is signing his own long-term emotional death warrant.
My son is growing up. He is hitting milestones. He is having birthdays, school events, and moments where he looks out into the crowd to see who is cheering for him.
And you know who is always there? Me.
You know who has an empty chair? His father.
Right now, my son is young, but kids are incredibly observant. They notice who shows up. They notice who calls. They notice who is consistently present in their lives. My son’s father thinks he is just avoiding me by playing these games, but what he is actually doing is systematically deleting himself from his son’s memory bank.
Every time the Puppet Master tells him to ignore my texts about his son’s school, she is erasing a memory he could have had. Every time she convinces him that he doesn’t need to step up, she is widening the massive gap between a boy and his dad.
Here is the part that brings me absolute, unwavering peace: I will not be the one who takes the blame for this.
When relationships end, a lot of toxic parents try to spin the narrative. They try to say, “Oh, your mother kept you from me,” or “She made it too hard for me to be around.”
Not in 2026, honey. We have receipts.
I have left the door open for him to be a father. I have tried to communicate. I have tried to facilitate a relationship. And he has chosen, time and time again, to follow the instructions of an obsessed, psychopathic woman who hates me more than she loves him.
One day, my son is going to be a grown man. He is going to have his own thoughts, his own logic, and his own voice. And he is going to start asking the hard questions.
When that day comes, I am not going to badmouth his father. I won’t have to. The silence and the absence will speak volumes. When my son finally tracks his father down and looks him dead in the eye, the conversation is going to go something like this:
“Why weren’t you there? Why did you walk away?”
And what is my son’s father going to say?
Is he going to admit that he let a bitter ex-best friend control his phone? Is he going to admit that he gave up his passwords, his backbone, and his right to fatherhood just to prove his “loyalty” to a woman who was obsessed with his baby mama? Is he going to look his grown son in the eye and say, “I wanted to call you, but my girlfriend told me not to”?
He is going to have to answer for absolutely everything. He is going to have to carry the unbearable weight of looking at a smart, successful, well-raised young man and realizing he had absolutely nothing to do with building him.
He will have to live with the reality that he traded the priceless gift of raising his son for the cheap thrill of a toxic, controlling relationship. No burner app, no blocked number, and no amount of matching Mercedes Benzes can shield him from the crushing guilt he is going to feel when he realizes what he threw away.
By the time he wakes up and realizes what the Puppet Master has done to him—how she isolated him, stunted his growth, and made him abandon his child just to spite me—it is going to be too late. The damage will be done, the years will be gone, and the bridge will be burned.
As for me? I am doing exactly what I should be doing. I am pouring all of my love, energy, and newly-earned financial stability into raising my kids. I am making sure my son knows that he is fiercely loved, profoundly wanted, and completely whole, even with an empty chair at the table.
I used to want closure from these two. I used to want an apology. But now, in 2026? I just want them to stay exactly where they are—far away from me and my beautiful, drama-free life.
She can keep her fake accounts, her ancient screenshots, and her sick, exhausting obsession. I’m keeping my kids, my peace, and my EBT-free bank account.
Stay blessed, stay unbothered, and remember that karma doesn’t need your help to do its job.
Until next time,
Tina
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