About 1.5 years ago my dad passed suddenly. The family has been digging through a ton of saved stuff. Lots of it are reference books for fairly old applications. solidworks from 2009 windows 95 books, similar stuff similar vintage. Any value to these things or straight to the trash/recycle?
#fediverse #obsolete #homelab

In the #Fediverse there are now
716 media accounts federated by @Flipboard.
499 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@directopaladar
@Esquireitalia2
@AgenziaAnsa
@clevelandnews
@StartupItalia

Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

Built by @mho

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon

On #Mastodon there are now
412 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
122 instances.

174 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@mf_magazine (ENG)
@NDR (GER)
@aramaiogoiena (BAQ)
@nintendoconnect (GER)
@AzkoitiaGuka (BAQ)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

Built by @mho

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon

#fediverse is in wiktionary

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fediverse

my favorite part of the #fediverse is the #fedideveloperverse

Three years ago today, we opened the doors to our corner of the Fediverse. 💙

What started as an idea has grown into a friendly space for good conversations, smart humor, and authentic interactions. It’s been amazing watching this community grow with all of you.

Thank you to everyone who’s shared, posted, and made Vivaldi Social part of their online space. You’ve helped shape this community into what it is today.

Here’s to everyone who’s been part of it, and to all the new voices we’ll meet along the way.

Happy 3rd birthday, Vivaldi Social! 🎉

- Team Vivaldi

#VivaldiSocial #Fediverse #Mastodon #Community

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Illustration of the Vivaldi Social mascot Tony and a cheerful yellow Mastodon mascot celebrating three years. They stand beside a large golden number three with a red banner that reads Vivaldi Social Anniversary. Confetti and stars fill the background.

Thank you again to @quillmatiq & @snarfed.org from @anewsocial for joining me on this episode!

#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/3qQznQ68cTadBCCm7FJ1ys
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefedi/episodes/a-new-social-anuj-and-ryan

#Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@btfree_org

All #Links - https://firesidefedi.live

#stream #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #show #episode #peertube #vod #castopod #writefreely #lemmy #boostplease #fedizen #btfree #bigTechFree #nonprofit #signup #tubeFree

Week in Fediverse 2025-11-14

Servers

- PieFed v1.3.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v7.6.0
- Ktistec v3.2.0
- Mastodon v4.5.1
- Mitra v4.13.0
- tootik v0.19.9
- Merp Relay v0.4.0
- shops v0.1.4
- Trunk & Tidbits, October 2025 (Mastodon)

Clients

- Tangerine UI for Mastodon v2.5.2
- Voyager v2.40.3
- Phanpy changelog
- NeoComment: NeoDB Client

Tools and Plugins

- Event Bridge for ActivityPub v1.2.0 (WordPress plugin)
- FIRES Server v0.5.0

For developers

- Schemas one can use to validate objects used in the Fediverse

Protocol

- FEP-22b6: Linking an ActivityPub Object to a HTML page and back

Articles

- Fediverse Report – #142

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019a6010-28f6-7425-c378-064738e621a6

Fediverse Report 142 - this week's #fediverse news

- More on @bonfire's crowdfunding and why software maintenance matters
- But which communities are the ones that are going to start new fediverse servers?
- @Mastodon updates their roadmap, with starter packs, new landing pages for mastodon servers and improved onboarding tools coming for 4.6

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-142/

In which, on the occasion of my 3-year migration anniversary and the release of Mastodon 4.5, I assemble all my arguments as to why Mastodon is great and why anyone else on a service that’s becoming less fun/safe/useful should migrate to Mastodon and do it now, in late 2025: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/11/03/Time-to-Migrate

#fediverse #migration

Retro.pizza is a nerd culture Mastodon server where we strive to uphold the values of the fictional heroes we admire: to value diversity like the X-Men, to be as kind as the Doctor, to defend the weak like Optimus Prime and fight against fascism like Princess Leia.

https://retro.pizza

You can find out more at https://retro.pizza/about or contact the admin account @trixter

#FeaturedServer #Nerds #Geeks #NerdCulture #GeekCulture #Fandom #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

✨ New blog post: "Growing My Own Little Fediverse: The Joy of Going Further Down the Rabbit Hole"
Turns out, the future of the internet might just be federated. 💜
https://laurahargreaves.com/growing-my-fediverse/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=autopost

#Fediverse #OpenWeb #SelfHosting #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty

Hello NeoComment! 🎉

The first release of NeoComment (1.0.0-alpha.1) is now available on GitHub.

NeoComment is an Android NeoDB client. You can sign up for an account on a NeoDB instance using your Fediverse account and start writing and reading reviews, as well as rating items such as movies, games, music, podcasts or even performances.

I will publish it soon on F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid.

https://github.com/mohammadrafigh/NeoComment/releases/tag/1.0.0-alpha.1

#NeoDB #NeoComment #Fediverse

Urbanists.video is a PeerTube video server for anyone interested in walkable, livable places and wanting to publish videos about them:

https://urbanists.video

You can find out more at https://urbanists.video/about/instance or contact the admin accounts @mattcaff & @alex

#FeaturedServer #Urbanism #Cities #Urbanists #UrbanPlanning #PublicTransport #WalkableCities #PeerTube #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

As I posted recently, the continued growth of mastodon.social is putting the #Fediverse in danger (here's why: https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server/).

The quickest, easiest and most effective way to solve this would be if the official apps stopped promoting mastodon.social, and instead promoted a rotating selection from a pool of reliable servers with solid track records.

If you're comfortable using Github, please give thumbs up to both these issues:
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-android/issues/568
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/issues/1023

Would you like to make your PeerTube accounts and videos more visible? Do you want to reach more viewers and more followers?

I've done a guide to promoting your PeerTube accounts, channels and videos at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-promote-your-peertube-videos-account-and-channels

I've tried to list everything I could think of, let me know if I've missed anything! 🙂

#FediTips #PeerTube #Fediverse

Kind.Social is a Mastodon server with a broad community - queer, disabled, neurodivergent, crafters, techies, friends of all sorts. Our aim is to foster a genuinely enjoyable shared social experience.

This server has been online since 2018.

https://kind.social

You can find out more at https://kind.social/about or contact the admin account @Texan_Reverend

#FeaturedServer #Queer #Disabled #Neurodivergent #Crafters #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Dear Fedi friends,

I'm really proud to share with you a video I made: "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

In this 4-minute video I explain what the #fediverse is to people not familiar with it, mentioning some of its great features and benefits (interoperability, no ads, no surveillance...) and I set it in contrast to the world of Big Tech social platforms. I argue that, with the rise of Big Tech oligarchs and the current political climate, there has never been a better time to join the fediverse.

I hope you will enjoy this video and that you will find it useful (maybe as a tool to introduce your friends, family, colleagues, school administrators, local government officials to it).

The fediverse has truly changed my life, making me a better, more empowered digital citizen. I am endlessly grateful for it, so this is my contribution to the cause ❤️

I am also incredibly thankful for the work of @samaaberg and @patel.riyen who helped me bring my vision to life with their amazing cinematography skills and their assistance throughout the process, providing brilliant feedback to the script / edits from the POV of fedi newbies.

And I was also moved by the generous help of people of the Fediverse who volunteered to translate the script into many foreign languages: @jan @fritjof @erikkemp @sknob @severin @clabru @tarcisiosurdi @hongminhee @danielcasanueva @ainali @nacly

Lastly, I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to premiere the video last week at #FediForum - thank you @j12t and @anca

The video is up on my self-hosted PeerTube instance (thank you @yunohost) and for now it is unlisted as I have no idea how my VPS will hold up. I also included an alternate location in the blog post.

I hope you'll enjoy it! It's been a real labor of love (a month of full time work on it)... I see it as my love letter to the fediverse 💌

#TheFutureIsFederated

Just a little bit frustrating to read people saying "the Fediverse should have starter packs" when I've spent the last four+ years hand-curating recommended accounts to follow on @FediFollows and https://fedi.directory

I'm not the only person doing this kind of initiative, the Trunk directory (https://communitywiki.org/trunk) was the first, and the Fediverse.info directory by @dansup (https://fediverse.info/explore/people) is an automated way for people to add themselves to suggested lists.

We already have these things on the Fedi, people just need to ask around and discover them, and let their friends know about them.

#Fediverse

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 91

This week's news:
- @loops has launched and is now available for everyone!
- @radiofreefedi will shut down early next year
- Bridgy Fed talks about potential governance directions

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-91/