RE: https://infosec.exchange/@seven_708/115918033421946886

Fair shout from @steg I forgot to say what I replace all this with:

I forgot to mention as well that I replaced Edge browser (at work) with #vivaldi browser. Never looked back 🙃

- Amazon: this one is complicated, but I simply made a step back and realized that I am not supporting local businesses. I will now try to purchase local first, and if that is not possible, I will be looking for the stuff I want on the net via #ecosia (search engine, which I forgot to mention that I replaced google with), so that I purchase directly from small business (if possible)
- this one is simple, I revered curse and started purchasing blue rays again (movies), mp3 for music (no subscription)
- digital cloud and AWS where problematic, you get addicted to the ease of clouds: replacement’s: I de-centralized 1. #infomaniak_com (domain registrations) 2. #MythicalBeasts (cloud servers) from the UK 3. #BunnyVPN (this one is still in progress, but this will fully replace CloudFlare CDN)
- social media has been completely replaces with #mastodon
- MS Office on my private machines has been replaced with two packages: 1. #protonmail (email, calendar, and cloud drive) 2. #libreoffice for documents

This was not easy, but baby steps and we can get there!

Hope this helps whom ever wants to join the move #boycottusa

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@seven_708@infosec.exchange

I do not use any more:
- Amazon
- Apple subscriptions (Apple Music, TV etc.)
- digital cloud
- AWS
- CloudFlare as domain register
- American big tech social media (all deleted)
- MS Office on my private machines (still forced at work, but am working on that)

All big American tech. NO MORE! We will never trust you again!

I am moving forward with removing US big tech companies from my life.
#EU don’t want to do sanctions against US, we the people will!!!!!

#boycottusa

Voy a dejar de usar #mastodon y poner esta instancia https://github.com/jointakahe/takahe a ver como va, nos leemos por https://social.manalejandro.com

Please Boost!

Many are probably familiar with how unfriendly the #Fediverse / #Mastodon is to non-white cultures.

In my opinion, if you really care about wiping out Fediverse white supremacy with actions and not just empty words... you should be following ALL https://TurtleIsland.social moderators and admins.

@ashley (Cree)
@amandamakepeace (Tsalagi)
@dillyd (Great Ally)
@Tzipporah (Mvskoke)
@Yehuda (Mvskoke)

#Native #Indigenous #Allies #AntiRacism

Question for my fellow #Fediverse #Tech enthusiasts:

Imagine your friend is on the fence about joining #Mastodon, and they ask:

"What is an instance, anyways?"

What is your go-to answer?

The email provider comparison is common, but maybe over-used, or too technical?

What other metaphors/explanations do you have up your sleeves?

Überlege im #Fediverse hauptsächlich auf #Friendica zu wechseln.
Die Steurerung der Sichtbarkeit über Accountkreise gefällt mir gut. So können verschiedene Posts verschiedenen Personengruppen sichtbar sein. Es ist auch sowohl von #Pixelfed als auch von #Mastodon gut folgbar.

Spricht da wohl was gegen, was mir gerade nicht auffällt?

@MDT @NYYANKEES Si te soy sincero, la mayoría dice que son anticapitalistas, eviten la suspensión 🤷‍♂️. Reglas tontas: no criticar líderes de izquierda 🙅‍♂️, suspender por cuestionar políticas 🤔, permitir violencia contra derechas pero no izquierdas 🚫. Prohíben términos "de derecha" 📚 y suspenden por no seguir la narrativa 📰. Te digo que hay muchas instancias en las que las reglas dan risa 😂. Es como si quisieran imponer su ideología 💪. #Mastodon #Izquierda #Censura #Hipocresía #libertad #today #hoy

#SarlaccPit is a word #game similar to the classic #Hangman & also inspired by #HangTrek as played here on #Mastodon. One user hosts by choosing a word or phrase from #StarWars & then runs polls with choices of letters. The winner of each poll is used as a collective guess from those playing. The results are revealed & then a new poll is run until someone guesses the result.

Suppose the host chooses “The Force” as the answer to the puzzle. The puzzle would initially start as:

_ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _

Choices might be:

A as in Alderaan
E as in Endor
O as in Onderon
U as in Utapau

If E wins the poll, the result would be:

_ _ E / _ _ _ _ E

Then a new poll would run. This repeats until someone guesses. Then that person runs the next puzzle.

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Y-Wings with a ringed planet in the background

Recuperamos una sección del blog personal para que lo tengas a mano 🫱🏾 y pasa al blog principal.

Te esperamos en el blog de El Rincón de Keren.

elrincondekeren.com

#recordatorio #elrincondekeren #mastodon

Hello people of #Mastodon and #Fediverse👋Sharing a quick note to the community, I admit I underestimated Pneumonia & How serious it is💔Its like a 0 to 10 real quick. A difficult period both health-wise & financially. [Antibiotics that's 800mg is crazy]

If you’re able to help boosting my posts or extend a hand of support in any way, Thank u💛I’d be very grateful.. may reply slowly but Im here & appreciate your kind messages & concern.🥺

#HealthUpdate #AskingForSupport #MutualAid #SilentSunday

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@Jupp_Schmitz @isAutonomous Ääähm, sorry. Was hat #mastodon mit #grapheneos zu tun. Versteh ich gerade nicht. Ich bin auch noch nicht lange hier und hab auch #grapheneos auf einem #pixel7a
Aber das hängt doch nicht zusammen? Ernstgemeinde Frage!

I’ve made a back-up account, just in case my VPN doesn’t work for some reason, or if I don’t have access to it.
I’m in the UK and need a VPN to use this instance.

Don’t want it to be confusing, but my back-up is @saxifraga1

#BackUp #Mastodon #Vivaldi

An idea for #Mastodon. No idea if it's technically feasible or really helpful. Many people want better ways to follow specific communities. Generally this relies on a) following them, b) following hashtags. Not everyone remembers to hashtag posts, and if you follow 1,000 people it's hard to find posts from your beer-makers crowd.
We have 3 sections we can follow: Home (all accounts you follow), Trending (posts from all over), and Live Feeds (posts from our instance).
What if we could add to this with our own additional , personalized categories of what we an follow? Say, allow everyone to label up to 10 categories and list the accounts they follow in those categories. They could still see post in the Mastodon default categories too.
My own categories might include: Writers. Tech. Humour. People in my city. Other Pippas. Canadians. News. Tufters.
Just an idea....

Let's assume that I follow these #hashtags: #unix, #bsd, #netbsd etc. Then for the sake of argument I filter #freebsd. Now if a #toot contains the hashtags #netbsd and #freebsd should I see it in my timeline or not see it? Is there a #mastodon rule or is it a #client-rule?

💬 Eine Symbiose aus @Tuba und @tokodon wäre fein - Dann würde fast nix fehlen 🎈

#Linux #Fediverse #FediverseClient #Mastodon

If you just left Bluesky today to join or come back to Mastodon, welcome (back)!

We are glad you are here with us

#Bluesky #Mastodon #Fediverse

O que mais uso é #Fedilab, cheio de recursos especialmente para quem tem mais de uma conta, inclusive em sistemas fediversais diferentes. Talvez seja um tanto confuso se for o primeiro que vai utilizar. Outros bem avaliados, por exemplo, podem ser #Pachli, #Tusky, #Moshidon, #Mastodon, entre outros.

Todos se encontram no , repositório especializado em software livre que o aplicativo pronto, oferecido para instalação, é o resultado da compilação do código-fonte apresentado: https://f-droid.org/

CC: @mauriciobc@ursal.zone

Questions for the community, first a little background...

I left #WordPress for reasons familiar to many of you.

I wrote my own #blogging #software based on static web pages.

I wanted to at least highlight/point to content on #Mastodon I find compelling, important, or just beautiful.

I have a corner of my main #blog page carved out for this purpose.

I populate it with the full Masto handle of the author, the first image from the post (if it has one), and the first few 100 characters of the text.

Images are full links back to the original sources. I do not retain them on my server.

This entire summary (approx 320x640 pixels) is one big button that leads back to the specific posting on the specific server.

I avoid "private" posts, DMs, etc. and try to keep the politics light.

👉 I do not wish to exploit anyone's ideas or work, just amplify them.👈

Now my questions...

Is this an okay thing to do?

Is there a better way to do it?

Thank You #Fediverse !

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Terminal Tilt is exactly 58 subscribers away from the 1K milestone and monetization.

In case you are new to my channel, welcome! As a disabled queer creator, I know how often our voices are drowned out by corporate "ai" sludge. Terminal Tilt is a space where I can speak authentically, fight for digital sovereignty, and show that there is a place for us in the technical world.

I started it because I like to watch YouTube and I often search for Linux videos. I find it infuriating that 90% of the videos have "ai" generated voices, graphics, and scripts. I want to learn new things, not have unoriginal ideas regurgitated to me by bots. Terminal Tilt is a strictly Non-AI channel focused on ethical computing, promoting #FOSS, and providing a direct alternative to the Big Tech surveillance machine. I respect your time and your sovereignty. Lets build a community together!

If you believe in a web where the user is in control and their privacy respected, and our technology does not have to destroy the planet, help me cross the finish line today.

I have some great stuff in the pipeline, such as reviews for security hardware, quick looks and installations of GNU/Linux distributions , and discussions on the state of computing.

I am also improving quickly. Every video has been a learning experience and I am very open to constructive criticism.

My newest video from earlier today: 5 Extensions for Real Digital Independence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA9FjlZMJBQ

My most popular video (90k+ views): The Windows Exodus Has Begun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLzdTgCXyRU

I also post videos to PeerTube here: https://gnulinux.tube/c/terminaltilt/videos

Every boost helps us show that independent, human created tech content has a place in 2026.

#TerminalTilt #NoAI #GNULinux #GNU #Linux #EthicalComputing #Privacy #Security #HumanMade #SmallCreator #AntiBigTech #DigitalSovereignty #SelfHosted #Homelab #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #DeGoogle #Technology #SoftwareFreedom #OpenSource #FOSS #DigitalRights #Fediverse #Mastodon #PeerTube #YouTube #Google #QueerMutualAid #QueerCreator #Disability #Disabled #DisabledCreator #DisabledMutualAid #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT

Mastodon has almost every feature you could think of, but one thing I'd love to see in the future is the ability to attach a video and an image to the same post.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/23605

#Mastodon #MastoAdmin

It would be so cool if I could use my current Mastodon instance "identity" to join other Mastodon instances.

Why?

Well, my thinking is this. Some instances, like infosec.exchange is "more" aiming for a community around Information Security.

But as a person I'm not just one thing, I'm many things.

Currently I'm more or less forced to either make my home in one place, or create multiple accounts.

But if instances instead were considered communities I could say "Oh... I would like to join this and that community", but still have my "home" somewhere.

Perhaps the solution is not necessarily to make Instances communities but rather extend ActivityPub with some sort of "community" based actor or something.

Let's say there is a Community around Photography in Sweden that I would like to join.

How do I do that today? I don't really see a way for me to integrate "naturally" with that community.

Have other people thought about this? What's your thoughts concerning Community groups, or circles etc?

#Fediverse #Groups #Community #Circles #Mastodon

Als meistens sehr spontaner Mensch habe ich für mich den digitalen Unabhängigkeitstag "Februar 2026" auf heute vorverlegt und mein Bluesky-Konto gelöscht.
In Sachen Social Media bin ich jetzt nur noch im Fediverse aktiv.

#DigitalIndependenceDay #DiDay #DDay #DidIt #DudGemacht #UnplugBigTech #OpenSource #Linux #Fediverse #Mastodon

https://termine.di.day/

Mega, meine Mastodon-App hat jetzt eine praktische Auto-Hashtag-Funktion.

#mastodon #app

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115812058723304135

bring on ENSHIRTIFICATION 🔥

#fediverse #mastodon

#Mastodon desperately needs end-to-end encryption on Direct Messages. Period.

#HallOfShame takes on #mastodon

A user (probably Black or POC and a woman) says: "Mastodon has a problem with racism and lacks effective moderation tools"

Dumb takes:

1. "why don't you fix it" blaming the user for a platform problem is wrong

2. "why don't you switch servers" this is again putting work on the user and doesn't even fix the problem

3. "I don't see it" this is part of the large platform problem. It is a built in flaw that bad actors can silently brigade people 🧵

if ICE follows you on #BluSkibidi you have to follow them back

it's right there in the Clout-Chaser Guidebook - it came with your "Starter Packs"

#FEDIorBUST #mastodon #fediverse

Had several questions about how the main "Home" feed works on Mastodon. Here's what it shows:

1. All posts from all accounts you follow in chronological order, newest at top
2. All posts shared by accounts or groups you follow
3. Posts that use hashtags you follow in chronological order, newest at top

...and that's it, there's nothing else on your Home feed. It doesn't push anything else at you, it doesn't hide anything from you unless you ask it to. No algorithms, no ads.

#FediTips #Mastodon

Mastodon.Radio is a Mastodon server for radio enthusiasts including the Amateur (Ham) Radio community, anyone interested in Shortwave Listening (SWL), etc. Come join us and talk radio, technology, and more!

https://mastodon.radio

You can find out more at https://mastodon.radio/about or contact the admin account @M0YNG

#FeaturedServer #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #Radio #SWL #Shortwave #ShortwaveRadio #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

#followerpower kann mir jemand in 10 Minuten sagen dass ich die Pizza aus dem Ofen holen soll? #mastodon #doyourmagic #fediverse #fediwonderland

#Mastodon
Eu queria que o Mastodon exibe-se as Threads similar ao Bluesky e WAFRN

#Fediverse #forkiverse #mastodon

I have a question for you.

Who is your personal mortal enemy?

How many Mastodon accounts do you have?
#AskFedi #Poll #Polls #Mastodon #AskMastodon #LetsAskMastodon #ask_mastodon

Seeing the profiles of others around the world is something one is less likely to experience on social media platforms other than Mastodon or the Fediverse. I wish that I could personally meet everyone here and engage with them, over tea or coffee, in conversations to cover the universe of discovered and undiscovered knowledge and perspectives. I know it is an impossible dream, but I still wish for it.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Education #Learning

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@mymodernmet
@Zett
@Jalopnik
@bloomberg
@TorontoLife2019

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

Built by @mho

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

Yo folks! I've partnered with a legal team who has asked me for assistance. Please share if you can

The US has implemented policies targeting non-citizens working in content moderation through deportations and visa denials. The org I'm working with is pursuing litigation to invalidate these policies.

We are looking for US-based, non-citizen Mastodon mods to be a (named or unnamed) plaintiff in the fight to protect the first amendment. Please dm me if interested!

#mastoadmin #mastodon #uspol

I've been wondering about Bluesky's decentralization again. I can't think of any reason why I'd want to self-host Bluesky in its current form. I cannot 100% self host "my own Bluesky".

Their main selling points for building their own protocol were easier migration and better discoverability, but right now there's no simple way to migrate my Bluesky account to my own instance. And hosting the centralized parts yourself isn't really possible, or if it were, not affordable, they haven't made that feasible, by design, it seems.

Even if you self-host a PDS, Bluesky's Relay only indexes up to 10 accounts from it. You can run more, but they won't federate, the central infrastructure decides what gets seen. They control this (source: https://docs.bsky.app/blog/self-host-federation#:~:text=For%20a%20smooth%20transition%20into,for%20everyone%20in%20the%20ecosystem.). You can self-host a PDS (Personal Data Server), but you still depend on Bluesky's centralized Relay and AppView. There's no production-ready alternative infrastructure from what I gather.

It feels like I'd be renting a room in a hotel that someone else is running anyway, when I want my own hotel.

If Mastodon gGmbH vanishes tomorrow, my instance keeps running and federating with everyone else. If Bluesky PBC vanishes, the ecosystem would need to scramble to stand up replacement infrastructure that doesn't really exist yet.

ATProto keeps getting evaluated on its promises while other systems get evaluated on their merits. The "portability" selling point depends on infrastructure that isn't mature enough to actually catch you if Bluesky falls.

I trust W3C, the builders and fathers of the World Wide Web, ActivityPub and the Fediverse.

#Decentralization #SelfHosting #SelfHosted #Mastodon #Fediverse #Bluesky #Servers

Lgbtqia.space is a cute Mastodon server for all LGBTQIA ppl out there that want a caring and safe environment. If you are part of the LGBTQIA community you are very cordially invited to join this server.

https://lgbtqia.space

You can find out more at https://lgbtqia.space/about or contact the admin account @mcp

#FeaturedServer #LGBTQIA #LGBT #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

But if I switch, I want to keep the cool address like @SOMEONE@uninformation.org and not change to something like @SOMEONE@nano.uninformation.org. Adventurous!

• Feed gerado pelo @podtest@snac.daltux.net é apenas texto.
• Feed do @podtest@organica.social entrega o áudio, que e conseguem tocar, mas, aparentemente, o formato ainda não é totalmente conforme: Podcast Index sequer reconhece o conteúdo.
• Podcast Feed do canal @podtest@fediverse.tv é devidamente reconhecido em todos os testes. Inclusive, perfeitamente incluído no Podcast Index. O problema é que, embora o episódio tenha sido criado com base no envio de um arquivo áudio (Ogg/Opus), o PeerTube fez, obrigatoriamente, sua conversão para vídeo. Torna-se videocast, então. É possível usá-lo assim mesmo, porém não fica exatamente como alguém esperaria um podcast de áudio.
• Feed da comunidade @podtest@forum.ayom.media é reconhecido por agregadores. O grande porém é que o Lemmy não permite envio de arquivo de áudio, apenas imagem. Fiz o teste simplesmente inserindo a URL do áudio que eu já tinha enviado para outro servidor, com o discurso completo da Promulgação da Constituição por Ulysses Guimarães. Funcionou assim, mas fica inviável.

De imediato, ainda pode ser menos frustrante hospedar podcast em um sistema já preparado para isso, como 🐳 Funkwhale ou CastoPod.

⚠️ Só pra não perder o costume de avisar: não façam isso em plataformas privativas de liberdade e/ou candidatas a Big Tech, por favor. 🫸

CC: @marte@bolha.one @kika@ursal.zone @mingueo@bolha.one @lffontenelle@mastodon.social @oigreslima@fed.sfl.pro.br

#podcast #podcasts #podtest #testes #feed #RSS #ActivityPub #Funkwhale #Castopod

Running Mastodon on FreeBSD? Stop using wrapper scripts that break service status.

I've refactored the init scripts for Sidekiq, Puma, and Streaming to be fully production-grade:

- Clean privilege dropping (no su wrappers)
- Native signal handling for log rotation
- Correct PID tracking & status reporting.

I published the scripts and the reasoning behind them in my Codeberg gists:

https://codeberg.org/Larvitz/gists/src/branch/main/2026/20250115-FreeBSD_Mastodon_rc.d.md

I use those to run a Mastodon instance and they're working great so far!

❤️ 🦣

#FreeBSD #Mastodon #SelfHosting #mastoadmin #runbsd #OpenSource

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Skastodon.com is a Mastodon server for ska musicians, artists, fans, and anyone else in the ska community. We welcome everyone from the ska, punk, reggae, rocksteady, new wave, or other related music fandoms. We are also proud proponents of the Ska Goth Alliance.

https://skastodon.com

Find out more at https://skastodon.com/about or contact the admin account @skastodon

#FeaturedServer #Ska #SkaMusic #Music #Punk #Reggae #Rocksteady #NewWave #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Mastoart.social is a friendly international creative Mastodon server that welcomes all skill levels of visual art, crafts, music, writing and more. (AI is not allowed.)

https://mastoart.social

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

#FeaturedServer #Art #Creative #Artists #Creatives #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/30745

GitHub Continuous Integration checks passed!

It's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.

Thank you and aov, byte, violette and of course @stesnac@snac.bsd.cafe for all the contributions and improvements to this version!

#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces #FrugalFediverse

I've had requests for accounts to follow on here for specific countries/regions. There are many listed at:

➡️ https://fedi.directory/local-and-regional

This has accounts from most European countries, all US states, all Canadian provinces etc. (Some have fewer accounts than others though.)

To follow an account listed on the site, copy-paste its Fediverse address into the search box in Mastodon, then click follow.

To find out more about an account on the site, click its Fediverse address.

#Fediverse #Mastodon

@evanprodromou

"...have started a new Fediverse service called The Forkiverse (that's "Fork" + "Fediverse")."

A new Fediverse "service"?

It's a Mastodon instance, currently running the current version, v4.5.4

Here: https://theforkiverse.com/about

#Forkiverse #Fediverse #Mastodon