Brian Lawson

I live in Lebanon, #Indiana where I am a husband and father of 2. Loyal son of Wabash College (#WAF). CTO at Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE). Hobbies include #comicbooks, #audiobooks, #podcasts, and #weightlifting (although it doesn’t quite outpace my love of #food).

#MastoAdmin for #HoosierSocial

he/him

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2026-02-02
2026-01-31

@Emmeline

We were on campus of CU Boulder today and they had a HUGE protest this afternoon.

2026-01-31
2026-01-30

#flatirons in #Boulder #Colorado are pretty amazing

2026-01-30

@aaronmeyers

I can remember picking this up from my LCS

Brian Lawson boosted:
2026-01-28
2026-01-28

@emma

Theater? Art? Museums? Clubs/drinks? Events? Historic? Sports?

#HoosierMast

Brian Lawson boosted:
2026-01-28

q for #indiana what's the most fun a person can get up to in bloomington or indianapolis on a friday night.... [edit] i bet hanging out at the small town queer bar is it.

Brian Lawson boosted:
2026-01-28

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2026-01-28

@gregw

My wife is a 3rd grade teacher in Crawfordsville and they're closed for the 3rd straight day. Tomorrow looks to be the same temps.

2026-01-26

@endeavorance

I run a regional instance, so the first thing I do is check if the IP is in the state. While that isn’t foolproof (VPNs), it catches the sign-ups that come from foreign countries and require an additional level of skepticism.

2026-01-26

@moshimotsu @Nico @homegrown

There was an instance called mastoadmin.io for this express purpose, but I think it closed down last year.

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2026-01-26

One Open-source Project Daily

Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) source code for the command and lunar modules.

https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11

#1ospd #opensource #agc #apollo #hacktoberfest #nasa

2026-01-26

@iryna

+1 vote for Dinoduck! 😆

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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

2026-01-25

2nd driveway & sidewalk shoveling is done. An hour on the elliptical in between. I’m melting into the couch and watching football for the rest of the night!

2026-01-25

@enobacon @NefariousAryq @sam

Absolutely. Keeping every post pulled in from every follow for every user adds up after a while!

2026-01-25

@enobacon @NefariousAryq @sam

For these abandoned accounts, I first sent an email (included in the JSON output) saying "please come back, we miss you!"

Waited a few weeks. Ran the process again, and emailed saying that they would be Suspended if they remained inactive.

Waited a few weeks. Ran the process again and Suspended the accounts that were still inactive, which become deleted after 30 days.

TBH, I didn't see it move the needle a ton but maybe it slowed growth rate a little.

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