my backup is staring longingly at LTO drives and wishing they would magically be affordable.

Doesn’t understand or doesn’t care. The ones using it like this are government bureaucracies and monopolistic mega corporations we can’t avoid. Nobody who matters has any real “choice” in the matter.

Didn’t bsky turn on federation last year?

Adding in yt-dlp. Not a platform but a useful tool to download youtube videos for archival or redistribution.