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Self-Host Weekly (13 February 2026)

My thoughts on the recent news, software updates and launches, a spotlight on -- a mobile-first tracker, and more in this week's recap!

https://selfh.st/weekly/2026-02-13

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@Swede1952@universeodon.com avatar Swede1952 , to random

Good morning. 🍂🍂🍂

18 October 2025

We went and got our annual flu shot yesterday. You can’t be too careful these days. It was a painless event, though my wife mentioned feeling a bit icky later in the evening. Since we were already dressed, we decided to eat at a Chinese buffet. That’s both good and bad. I can usually find the kinds of food I should be eating—but then there’s dessert. I love the apple pie and vanilla ice cream. That’s my downfall. I know it’s there, and all I have to do is get up and go get it.

Most of my success in avoiding things that aren’t good for me comes down to one strategy: don’t have it around. If ice cream is in the house and I know it, I’m going to raid it. If it’s not in the house, all I can do is complain about not having any—which I do, but not seriously.

Once upon a time, many years ago while I was in the Army, I smoked cigarettes. Not the smartest habit, but back then a lot more people smoked than do today. I was stationed in Germany and wanted to quit, but quitting is hard. We had ration cards for items that could fuel a black market, and cigarettes were among them. Each year we received a new card, and every time we bought cigarettes, the cashier would mark off a spot. To help myself quit, I marked off all the cigarette rations on my card so I couldn’t buy any. It didn’t stop me overnight, but it made a real dent in the habit.

“Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.” — Thucydides

“I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.” — Mae West

“Don’t get caught—get the shot!” — Flu Prevention Campaign

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@junesim63@mstdn.social avatar junesim63 , (edited ) to random

"The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?"

Robert Reich

kranzkrone ,
@kranzkrone@quasselkopf.de avatar

@junesim63
The real problem is that many people still naiv and stupid enough to use those platforms instead of other alternatives. 🙄😉

The most mentioned excuse for not using any alternative platform is the pseudo reason their friends aren't there yet and laziness.
@oliver

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@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

Are these chimps having a fruity booze-up in the wild?
New data suggests that the human inclination toward feasting in groups is part of our deep evolutionary history
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/are-these-chimps-having-a-fruity-booze-up-in-the-wild/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

TimeStitch ,
@TimeStitch@mastodon.social avatar

@arstechnica

group .. um .. eating .. long rooted in history perhaps .. but not in our DNA methinks .. so maybe due a rethink .. coz .. well .. itza nice to mix it up a bit dontchya fink ⁉ .. I mean a bit of a change once in a while creates new possibilities and perspectives .. it is .. ya know .. a fact, mate â‰ïžđŸ™đŸ‘ŒđŸ‘œ

towelie , (edited ) to Technology in Obsidian is now free for work - Obsidian
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The Dataview plugin is the most critical one. You can create queries with the metadata in your notes (YAML frontmatter and # hashtags). If that sounded like a bunch of non-sense I highly encourage you to dig into it, because I had no idea what those words meant either but it took my note taking to a new level. I think of my Obsidian vault as my second brain.

Below are some cool examples of vaults that you can click through. Also note that because the obsidian pages are in markdown format you can use the Jekyll engine to directly turn them into web pages without any coding (this is how GitHub Pages works)

https://forum.obsidian.md/t/14-example-vaults-from-around-the-web-kepano-nick-milo-the-sweet-setup-and-more/81788

If you know how to do a bit of coding (or use ChatGPT) you can incorporate APIs from other apps in your obsidian vault. Maybe you want to make a fancy home page that displays all your tasks from ToDoist, alongside the RSS feeds to your favorite podcasts and YouTube channels. Maybe you are tracking your habits and using DataView to compile all relevant instances of tags into one calendar for a birds eye view.