@hosford42 @Em0nM4stodon Of course! Since you're already on Mastodon, the first thing I'd suggest is replacing all Big Tech social platforms with fediverse alternatives. That means Instagram with @pixelfed , YouTube with @peertube 🚫, Reddit with Lemmy 🗨️

📱 Next step - switch from WhatsApp or Messenger to @signalapp It's a secure, private messenger with end-to-end encryption (E2EE) - actually, WhatsApp is based on Signal's protocol. I also use @matrix 🌐 - it's a decentralized messenger with E2EE too. It works kind of like the fediverse - you choose a server where your messages and data are stored, and when you chat with someone, the servers federate.

You should also replace Gmail - it's pure Big Tech. I use Protom Mail , but I'm thinking about switching to @Tutanota. Their company seems more focused on email, while Proton is building a whole ecosystem. Both are encrypted and have great privacy policies 🔒

🌍 Now, about browsing the internet - instead of Chrome or other trackers, I recommend @brave 🦁 It has a built-in ad blocker and blocks tracking scripts. It also protects against fingerprinting and other privacy threats 🚫

🔎 And what about search engines? Time to dethrone Google. I use DuckDuckGo , @StartpageSearch, and Brave Search. Each has pros and cons, but all claim to protect your privacy.

🔐 You mentioned logging into many accounts with Google - unfortunately, there's no universal way to switch to manual login. You have to check each service's settings one by one. Once you do, I recommend using a password manager that doesn't collect your metadata - @bitwarden 💪 It's open-source, had no major leaks, and you can even host it yourself.

💻 Want to go all in? Replace your operating system. It's a later step, but a powerful one. For desktop - Linux For smartphone - @GrapheneOS 📱 Both are privacy-focused and offer top-level security 🔐

🚀 Hope this helps you build your long-term path away from Big Tech. If you have questions, feel free to ask!

#BigTechExit #BigTech #PrivacyTools #Privacy #Security #Freedom #IT #Tech #Fediverse #DeGoogle #Mail #Browser #SearchEngine #Password #OS #Google #WhatsApp #Messenger #Gmail #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Peertube #Lemmy #Signal #Matrix #Proton #Tuta #Brave #DuckDuckGo #Startpage #Bitwarden #Linux #GrapheneOS

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

239 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@thetyee (ENG)
@NEBylines (ENG)
@heiseonlineenglish (ENG)
@SwanseaBayNews (ENG)
@goiena (BAQ)

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

Built by @mho

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

The investigative newsroom I work for, @ProPublica, is raising money right now. This is the last few days of our pledge drive.

We report on abuses of power in the public interest. We reported on who works for DOGE and revealed Clarence Thomas’s conflicts of interest.

It was the first outlet to win a Pulitzer for web-first journalism. And if you donate through this link, you'll let our team know the fediverse is an audience to pay attention to: https://give.propublica.org/give/346528/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=ben_mstdn #journalism #fediverse

While others build walled gardens, we're preparing to tear down walls.

As TikTok creates separate US and global apps, we're putting the finishing touches on ActivityPub integration in Loops.

Soon you'll share your loops across the entire fediverse - no borders, no corporate silos.

The future is federated. 🌐

https://joinloops.org

#Loops #Fediverse #ActivityPub

@metteholm Welcome to the #fediverse. Hope you will enjoy it.

I am not sure who has not heard of #mastodonbirdui, but if not its all CSS tweaks to commemorate old #twitter vibes.

I personally love using it so much. I totally think it should be at most a choice on all mastodon instances or even default.

Go check it out if you use #LiveCSSextension on all browsers and copy and paste it into the live session window.

@rolle Thank you so much bro for everything you do with #mastodonbirdui

#oldtwittervibes #twitter #mastodonbirdui #rolle #fediverse

"＠context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
{
"Quotation": "as:Quotation",
"citation": "as:citation",
"quotation": "as:quotation"
},
],

#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev #Fediverse #JSONLD #ObjectTypeQuotation

ai hear battery life has taken a hit. Is that true #fediverse ?

From: @shanmukhateja
https://social.linux.pizza/@shanmukhateja/115209779069160071

@avlcharlie @jcrabapple

Including this here #Fediverse.

Would you go back to X if it had new owners?

Let us know why below 👇

#SocialMedia #Fediverse #X #SocialWeb #Mastodon #Twitter

#frage Gibts eigentlich eine Liste von #software die #activtypub oder überhaupt das Fediverse unterstützen, dahingehend, das man da seine Artikel auf mastodon oder welche Fedi plattform auch immer zu posten ?
#Fediverse #activitypub #software

I’m not here to convince anyone, and honestly, I don’t care what you think, as long as you treat people with kindness and respect, that’s all that matters to me, unless you’re a fascist, then I don’t.

#Fediverse #MentalHealth #Politics

I’m not here to convince anyone, and honestly, I don’t care what you think, as long as you treat people with kindness and respect, that’s all that matters to me.

#Fediverse #MentalHealth #Politics

So @Flipboard has federated a whole bunch of #media accounts and I have added many to my table.
⬇️
https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html
https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/graphs.html
⬆️

But it seems like the list at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit?gid=1764807022#gid=1764807022
is not complete? Because at least @TheHindu is not mentioned there.
(thx @srijit for the tip)

And anyone wanting to help with the languages/countries? Please, I would appreciate it! 👇🏼
https://lite.framacalc.org/es7jghdyd7-agt7

#Fediverse #Journalism #Flipboard

Can you share your favorite #Nature channels on #PeerTube? I'm looking for more to watch.

#Forest #Woods #Wood #Hiking #FreeSoftware #Fediverse

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@MSTODAYnews
@InsideEVs
@Investigati39q0
@Star_Phoenix
@TheDailyMeal

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.

264 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@islamischezeitung (GER)
@Mediagazer (ENG)
@bigbaddice (POL)
@pixelsfr (FRA)
@uazmi (UKR)

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

Built by @mho

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

Leute, ich muss euch von einer unfassbaren Scheiße berichten.

Meine Freundin @Nicl hat heute erfahren, dass sie morgen die Zwischenprüfung hat. Niemand hats gewusst. Weder der Chef noch die Filiale in der sie arbeitet. Sie macht eine Ausbildung zur Einzelhandelskauffrau.

Wie sie es erfahren hat? Durch die Mitschüler ihrer Berufsschule, da heute alle von der Zwischenprüfung geredet haben. Sie hat die IHK angerufen und die meinten, dass die halt eine E-Mail gesendet haben. Keiner weiß ob die E-Mail an die Filiale oder an Nicl ging.

Liebes #Fediverse , Nicl könnte gerade stärkende Worte brauchen. Wünscht ihr alle Kraft der Welt! Unvorbereitet in eine Zwischenprüfung zu stolpern ist einfach nur scheiße.

Quotations & the Fediverse / ActivityPub

1/

One thing I used to do a lot on social-media is — post quotations.

Sometimes I was reading a book. And, I would quote things from the book and post it on social-media.

Or I was reading a scholarly paper, or reading a blog post, or watching a video, or listening to a podcast, etc.

...

I was thinking — how could you represent a quotation in ActivityPub‽

#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev #Fediverse #ObjectTypeNote #ObjectTypeQuotation

Alt...

“[And yet another book that made an argument that was in favor of human universals is] Brent Berlin and Paul Kay’s [book] "Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution" (1969).” “by the early 1970s two independent lines of psychological research, culminating in studies conducted among preliterate peoples of New Guinea, had shown that there are universal facial expressions of emotions.” “Berlin and Kay show that although color classification does vary, it also shows remarkable uniformities: particularly in the sequence in which basic color terms are added to the lexicon.” “Anthropologists and linguists had long known that the way colors are classified varies from language to language. Careful studies conducted by anthropologists after World War II, such as Harold Conklin’s (1955) study of Hanunóo color words, made the point very clearly.” “The different sets of words for color in various languages …”

2/

How could you represent a quotation in ActivityPub‽

...

I suppose there are 2 major approaches.

Either use an existing Object Type. Maybe:

type="Note"

Or create a new Object Type:

type="Quotation"

...

Here is the interesting thing though —

#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev #Fediverse #ObjectTypeNote #ObjectTypeQuotation

3/

Apparently the Bookwyrm developer had the exact same idea!

(Which isn't too surprising.)

Here is how it works —

...

#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev #Fediverse #ObjectTypeNote #ObjectTypeQuotation

Alt...

Object types • Note: On services like Mastodon, Notes are the primary type of status. They contain a message body, attachments, can mention users, and be replies to statuses of any type. Within BookWyrm, Notes can only be created as direct messages or as replies to other statuses. • Review: A review is a status in response to a book (indicated by the inReplyToBook field), which has a title, body, and numerical rating between 0 (not rated) and 5. • Comment: A comment on a book mentions a book and has a message body. • Quotation: A quote has a message body, an excerpt from a book, and mentions a book.

4/

Apparently, Bookwyrm stores quotations with:

type="Quotation"

And if one Bookwyrm server talks to another Bookwyrm server, then — the ActivityPub / ActivityStreams representation of the quotation will have:

type="Quotation"

...

BUT — if a non-Bookwyrm server talks to a Bookwyrm server, then — the ActivityPub / ActivityStreams representation of the quotation will have:

type="Note"

#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev #Fediverse #ObjectTypeNote #ObjectTypeQuotation #retejo

TL;DR: Any of you who are more familiar with Fediverse platforms that aren’t Lemmy/Piefed, can you let me know what the AP_IDs look like for users, posts, comments, and, if applicable, communities?

So, I’ve rewritten the search / search boxes in Tesseract to skip the search and directly resolve activity pub URLs for users, posts, comments, and communities. I’m loving this as it makes things so much faster and easier.

To make that work, and reduce false positives/negatives, I have to do some pre-flight checks on the URL that’s submitted to the search.

Currently, it checks if the domain is to a known federated instance and looks for specific paths in the URL. If it detects the URL is an AP_ID URL, it will only resolve the object and redirect you to it (skipping the lengthy search step). For false negatives, it will pass it to the regular search but still try a federated lookup along with the search.

For Lemmy and Piefed, those are:

• /u/ for users
• /c/ for communities
• /post/ for posts
• /comment/ for comments.

For Mbin, I think it’s the same except it uses /m/ for communities (they call them “magazines” I believe).

I think mastoon uses /user or maybe /username/ in the AP identifiers?

Any of you who are more familiar with Fediverse platforms that aren’t Lemmy/Piefed, can you let me know what the AP_IDs look like for users, posts, comments, and, if applicable, communities?

Fediverse Report 134 - this week's #fediverse news

- @Mastodon shows their quote post implementation, coming next week
- @anewsocial 's Bridgy Fed makes it easier to see interactions to your post on other networks with a new DM feature

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-134/

🍅 🍋 🥦

From a young age we're taught to eat healthy. But when it comes to social media, most adults aren't eating their greens.

Addicted to the fast food algorithms of platforms like X, Facebook, and TikTok, many of us are missing out on the genuine human connection that makes social media social.

We hope we can help bring together communities on the Open Social Web, helping people find socially designed, healthier, social media.

#SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon #MentalHealth

I've been doing this for 7+ years now and https://pixelfed.org, https://pubkit.net, https://fediverse.info, https://fedidb.com, https://joinloops.org, https://respectfulplatforms.org and https://socialweb.network are proof that one can manage more than one thing at a time.

Now it's our time to shine ✨

#fediverse #peopleNotPlatforms

@varapanno Welcome! I think you'll find this is a much nicer place to have conversations :) Check out the Trending and Live Feeds on the left-hand menu to find other folks on the #fediverse

Regarding the new #QuotePosts functionality for #Mastodon :

Is it possible to use this for posts from #FediVerse systems other than Mastodon, or can it only be used for Mastodon posts which explicitly give permission to quote post them? #FediHelp

#OverUnder 033! This week @immarisabel is my guest.

She was kind to reply to those topics:

-#Small web
-#KISS
-#Amsterdam
-#Blaugust
-Rice pudding

#blogging #blog #fediverse #dessert

This is 90/100 post for the #100DaysToOffload challenge.
https://lazybea.rs/ovr-033

Remember, you can check out the latest happenings in the #fediverse by clicking on our Live Feeds and Trending items in the main menu or from our About page! https://privacysafe.social #social

Alt...

PrivacySafe Social

This is absolutely ridiculous. She should have the right to express her opinion however she wants as long as no names are mentioned. Don’t the elderly and disabled communities deserve to be treated with respect? Even if it is something as simple as a edible meal?#Fediverse #Elderly #Disabled #Respect. https://mastodon.social/@Wheels1990/115210526565673256

https://chng.it/htBPtmCkkB

Japanese translation has been added.

Please sign, boost and let others know this.

#gaming #petition #mastodon #petition #videogames #otomes #videogaming #preservation #gamepreservation #Fediverse

A #WhiteHouse "crackdown" on "liberal groups" will mean a #crackdown on #socialmedia including the #Fediverse. This is a full on assault on digital freedom, information freedom, and privacy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/jd-vance-charlie-kirk-show.html

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@Vox
@Handelsblatt
@Brides
@muo_official
@Band

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

Built by @mho

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

Fediverse life just got a little easier! This release is all about giving you more confidence in how you manage your users — and making your follower, following, and block lists feel lightning fast. Let’s dive in.

Clean Breaks, Done Right

Until now, removing someone’s ActivityPub capability in WordPress only affected their local account. Their presence in the Fediverse lingered on. With this release, you’re in charge of what happens next.

When you remove ActivityPub capabilities from users on your site, you’ll now see a confirmation step:

With this change, you can decide whether you’re simply adjusting roles inside WordPress, or making a complete exit across the network.

We’ve also expanded delete handling to cover more scenarios:

• Comment removal: Permanently deleted federated comments now send a Delete activity across the Fediverse.
• Virtual deletes & restores: You can now remove objects from the Fediverse without deleting them locally — and bring them back if needed.
• WP-CLI command for Actors: A new command makes it easier to manage and clean up Actors directly from the command line.

Together, these tools make sure your Fediverse presence stays consistent with the choices you make in WordPress.

Lists That Load in a Snap

Managing your Fediverse connections shouldn’t feel slow — and now it doesn’t. The follower, following, and block lists are noticeably faster and more reliable in this release.

Behind the scenes, we cleaned up and centralized how account information is resolved. Instead of each list handling things in its own way, they now all share a single, streamlined method with built-in caching. That means less duplication, less waiting, and a smoother experience every time you browse your lists — even on larger sites.

Full Changelog

Added

• Add activitypub_json REST field for ap_actor posts to access raw JSON data.
• Add Delete activity support for permanently deleted federated comments.
• Added a new WP-CLI command to manage Actors.
• Added confirmation step for bulk removal of ActivityPub capability, asking whether to also delete users from the Fediverse.
• Adds support for virtual deletes and restores, allowing objects to be removed from the fediverse without being deleted locally.
• Add Yoast SEO integration for media pages site health check.
• Optimized WebFinger lookups by centralizing and caching account resolution for faster, more consistent handling across lists.

Changed

• Clarified the ‘attachment’ post type description to explain it refers to media library uploads and recommend disabling federation in most cases.
• Hide site-wide checkbox in block confirmations when accessed from ActivityPub settings page.
• Improved ActivityPub compatibility by aligning with Mastodon’s Application Actor.
• It’s now possible to reply to multiple posts using multiple reply blocks.
• Refactored Reply block to use WordPress core embed functionality for better compatibility and performance.
• Use wp_interactivity_config() for static values instead of wp_interactivity_state() to improve performance and code clarity.

Deprecated

• ActivityPub now defaults to automated object type selection, with the old manual option moved to Advanced settings for compatibility.

Fixed

• Fix content visibility override issue preventing authors from changing visibility on older posts.
• Fix PHP warning when saving ActivityPub settings.
• Fix query args preservation in collection pagination links.
• Fix release script to catch more ‘unreleased’ deprecation patterns that were previously missed during version updates.
• Fix reply block rendering inconsistency where blocks were always converted to @-mentions in ActivityPub content. Now only first reply blocks become @-mentions, others remain as regular links.
• Stop sending follow notifications to the Application user, since system-level accounts cannot be followed.

Downloads

• WordPress.org: activitypub.7.4.0.zip
• GitHub: tag/7.4.0

Thanks

High-fives to everyone who helped chart the course, whether you coded, tested, spotted bugs, or just cheered from the sidelines. You keep this ship flying! 🚀

Version 7.4.0 has just landed—jump in and tell us how it feels out there in the Fediverse.

Very happy to welcome Hachyderm.io to the list of servers that are safe spaces for Palestinians:

https://gaza-verified.org/guide/

https://hachyderm.io/@hachyderm/115196080318035844

If you’re the admin of a Mastodon server that is a safe space for Palestinians, please reply to this post and let us know and we’ll add you to the list.

💕

#fediverse #PalestiniansWelcome #Gaza #Hachyderm #Mastodon #FreePalestine

Hello! I'm Hazel (she/her), a #Transfem #FoxGirl software dev. I'm one of the #Sharkey project maintainers, and you may also know me as a #Fediverse instance admin. This account is bridged from fedi, so follow @ap.brid.gy if you want to interact!

Den Grünen Kreisverband #SchwäbischHall @KV_SHA hatten wir nicht auf dem Schirm. Wie auch, war ja bisher inaktiv. Freuen uns auf jeden Fall, dass eine weitere demokratische Partei aus unserem Landkreis hier im #Fediverse vertreten ist.
#neuhier

If I follow an account on #peertube from my account here on #mastodon their stuff should eventually show up in my feed here, right? How long should that take? Or is it better to treat peertube as a separate thing? #activitypub #fediverse

1/

I have spending time thinking of ways you could automatically create ActivityPub / ActivityStreams data from HTML and Markdown

Most people will probably write in plain UTF-8 text, or Markdown, or HTML

How to do you take that and get it onto the Fediverse and Social Web‽

This isn't just a question of how to technically do it — but also a question of user-experience (UX)

I.e., what are "good" ways of doing it‽

...

#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev #Fediverse #Markdown #retejo #RDFa

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 @artmin

#FeaturedServer #Art #Creative #Artists #Creativity #Crafts #Musicians #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

@dansup @loops

#Selfhosting + #Activitypub / #Fediverse joining, will be a gamechanger for #Loops! ❤️

I iz much excite!

Preview: https://flohmarkt.burningboard.net

#flohmarkt #fediverse #activitypub #freebsd #arm #vps @tux

Since we're dealing with trolling "gotcha" posts this morning, let's pick on the UK for a moment. 👀

> "If you have a visitor, user, or customer from the UK, that means you're subject to UK laws!"

No.

If I walked into a tea shop in Taiwan, Japan, or South Korea and demanded they serve me English tea — claiming it was my right as a UK citizen — they’d correctly point out that I’m not in the UK.

Now, if that same tea shop started selling digital photos of teacups (PNG or JPEG files), and I visited their website and bought one, the shop — and its owner — does not suddenly become a UK citizen or fall under UK jurisdiction. Your demand for "a photo of English tea" is nonsense. You chose to visit their site and chose to make a digital purchase. That doesn’t make them answerable to your home country's laws.

Yes, the UK may pass laws claiming they govern the world — but they don’t. No country does. China, Russia, and others also pass laws asserting global jurisdiction, and we laugh. When the UK does the same, you should laugh too.

No one on the Fediverse — running a Fedi site or any other website — who is outside the UK, not hosted in the UK, and not using a UK domain name, needs to worry about UK laws.

You are not required to comply with their nonsense. That means you don’t have to verify every visitor to your “tea shop” (website), and you don’t have to block the doorway either.

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Verification #IdLaw #Fediverse #Website

Einen wundervollen Restsonntag, Ihr Lieben. #Hund Jimmy und #Mensch Basti schicken Grüße aus dem Remstal ins #Fediverse.

As a large part of the #Fediverse, and a driving force for popularizing it (plus being where I had my first experiences on it), I really love #Mastodon.

But to me, it has two pretty annoying/concerning issues:

1. You cannot view statuses without a JS enabled, unless using an alternate client like #brutaldon
2. The source code is (still) hosted on #GitHub

Requiring JS is kinda gauche for such a groovy, nerdy, counter-cultural place such as this.
And as we should all understand by know, GitHub (and Microsoft) are freaking evil

Ok, </rant>. Merci.

(Linux news in original post)

FOSS NEWS

Mastodon plans to roll out post quoting with protection options in version 4.5, will be available on mastodon.online and mastodon.social next week:
https://betanews.com/2025/09/12/mastodon-to-roll-out-post-quoting-with-powerful-protection-options/

PeerTube Adds Live Stream Scheduling Option in Latest Release:
https://news.itsfoss.com/peertube-7-3/

Bluesky launches a new private bookmarks feature:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/bluesky-launches-a-new-private-bookmarks-feature/

Firefox 143 will include Google Lens integration, more search integrations (e.g. for stock market data), offline AI model (Page Buddy):
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/firefox-google-lens-stock-market-ai-page-buddy-features
(Yeah more Google spyware! More garbage for LibreWolf devs to remove...)

Firefox launches a new AI-powered 'shake to summarize' feature for iOS devices:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/firefox-launches-a-new-ai-powered-shake-to-summarize-feature-for-ios-devices/

Mullvad VPN adds QUIC obfuscation for WireGuard to bypass censorship:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/mullvad-vpn-adds-quic-obfuscation-for-wireguard-to-bypass-censorship/

Signal Introduces Paid Features (e.g. paid storage options):
https://news.itsfoss.com/signal-secure-backups-feature/

Spotube 5.0 released with plugin-based support for music metadata services (MusicBrainz and ListenBrainz), playback and performance improvements, etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/spotube-5-0-adds-plugin-powered-metadata-playback-and-performance-upgrades-and-much-more/

Immich 1.141 improves beta timeline, adds similar photo search & DigitalOcean deployment:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/immich-1-141-improves-beta-timeline-adds-similar-photo-search-and-digitalocean-deployment/

Redox OS plans for multiple editions, better hardware and software support, expanding programming language and build system support, COSMIC desktop and Wayland support, etc.:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-2026-Plans

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #Firefox #Mastodon #PeerTube #Bluesky #MullvadVPN #Mullvad #Signal #Spotube #Immich #RedoxOS #OS #SocialMedia #Browser #WebBrowser #Fediverse #Fedi #FosseryTech

A new release of TootSDK - 19.2.1 📣

https://github.com/TootSDK/TootSDK/releases/tag/19.2.1

What's changed:

- Workflow should use macOS-26 @konstantin

Community contributions are greatly appreciated 🙌

#iOSDev #Swift #TootSDK #Fediverse

https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/13/consumption-choices/#marginal-benefits

Being on Masto these last 3 years has been

I'm not a heavy poster, commenter, or every-day user, but when I come here, I don't have to brace myself beforehand. Thank you all (and @jerry in particular).

#Fediverse

Alt...

Cory Doctorow: "Get off Facebook, Insta and Twitter and join Mastodon and/or Bluesky - not because you can disenshittify the internet by switching to federated social media, but because you, personally can have a less shitty time if you get away from the zuckermuskian rot economy."

#Bluesky has begun requiring users in South Dakota and Wyoming to verify their age in response to new state-level online safety laws.

@bsky.app the #freespeech #decentralized platform.

#censorship #privacy #fediverse #mastodon

https://reclaimthenet.org/bluesky-age-verification-south-dakota-wyoming-kids-web-services

I should quit treating my breakups with the Fediverse like official proclamations to some authority that doesn’t exist.

#MentalHealth #Fediverse

Many of us #hackers have grown Up with the internet and are now seeing multiple horrible things come to roost. This is a great summary about the #ChsrlieKirk assassination and how being terminally online contributes to that. (Vid by Aiden.Ectetera): https://x.com/citizengatsby/status/1966995382703190074/

#fediverse #mastodon

The other thing that the #Guppe incident showed us is that the #Fediverse seriously needs the #Nomadic protocol.

Let's say the Fediverse understands the protocol: just move to a new domain, inform all instances "this is the new domain, automatically re-subscribe please", done. Life goes on for regular people.

I am not saying it is that easy or that's how exactly it will work. But it could've been avoided. Right now, entire communities are gone, many who were relying on it are now disconnected. (Then again, I can argue that it's time to clean the membership since many accounts are also stagnant.)

So, when? #ActivityPub2 ?

#SocialWeb #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb

Does anybody have any suggestions for the next #Fediverse albums of the year #Blog post?

So far we’ve done 1984, 1979, 1985, 1999 and 1990.

Why do I love the Fediverse? Because it celebrates diversity. The very core of it is fostering, encouraging and building diversity.

And if there is anything we need in this day and age, it's diversity. Diversity in opinions, diversity in choice, diversity in people.

Each and everyone of us choosing to stick around, remain here is actively participating in a more inclusive, open and accepting society.

#Fediverse #Diversity

We are currently preparing a Flohmarkt instance for burningboard.net.

It's like classified ads, but federated in the Fediverse.

The whole thing is hosted on FreeBSD in a jail on an energy-saving ARM VPS :)

#flohmarkt #fediverse #activitypub #freebsd #arm #vps @tux

Wir bereiten aktuell eine Flohmarkt Instanz für burningboard.net vor.

Quasi wie Kleinanzeigen, nur föderiert im Fediverse.

Das ganze bereitgestellt unter FreeBSD in einem Jail auf einem energie-sparenden ARM VPS :)

#flohmarkt #fediverse #activitypub #freebsd #arm #vps @tux

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

192 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@watson_news (GER)
@appgefahren (GER)
@liberoreporter (ITA)
@blaetter (GER)
@ieeespectrum (ENG)

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

Built by @mho

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

If you want to subscribe my writing directly on the fediverse, go follow these profiles:

@ben@werd.io - Writing at the intersection of technology, journalism, and community

@stories - Science fiction, short stories, other art

#fediverse #writing #technology #sciencefiction

Good evening, #BSDCafe
Good evening, #illumosCafe
Good evening, #Fediverse

An Italian masterpiece while reading terrible news - I wish you all a peaceful weekend.

https://song.link/y/VtoGYfAefr8

#Music #MastoMusic #MastoRadio #FediMusic #FediRadio #JukeBox #LucioDalla

Good late morning friends. What we have going on for today?

#GoodMorning #Fediverse

I was experimenting with an idea of making a FOSS Fediverse group type system, but as the UK Government is now hostile to any tech that isn't profitable enough to have its own lobbyists, to the point where I wouldn't feel comfortable running it myself, I'm going to have to look into other potential projects that won't leave me open to so much potential liability.

#fediverse #Programming #FOSS

For anyone who might have missed it, the new beta is live on #Testflight!

iCloud sync for favorites is the showcase feature but the new navigation is also *chef’s kiss*

Join the beta: https://testflight.apple.com/join/FlIkWPVa

#iOS26 #SwiftUI #fediverse #mastodon

#fediverse

Dass es den europäischen Regierungen und der EU bei den von ihnen vorangebrachten Alterskontrollen (= Identitätsdatenkontrollen) im Internet nicht um den Jugendschutz sondern um die Kontrolle von Informationszugängen und Kommunikationsräumen geht, zeigt sich gerade wieder beim Vorhaben Frankreichs, auch das dezentrale Fediverse/Mastodon als "Pornographieplattform" einzustufen um es entsprechenden Kontrollen unterwerfen zu können.

Mit dem Argument, dass diese oder jene Kanäle, Plattformen, Programme oder Angebote dafür genutzt werden könnten, neben anderem auch nicht jugendfreie Inhalte zu teilen, wird so ein Vorwand geschaffen, der die umfassende Kontrolle von alledem rechtfertigen soll.

https://www.heise.de/news/Paris-plant-Social-Media-Verbot-fuer-Kinder-Alterskontrollen-auf-Bluesky-Co-10439513.html

#Bluesky #Mastodon #SocialMedia #EU #Alterskontrollen #Frankreich #Fediverse #Datenschutz #Daten #Privacy

I have a #Music #Video #Request for all the #People out there in the #Fediverse:

Does #Anyone of you #Good people a #Copy of #KatyPerry's #2013 #Original video of #Roar?

The one where the #Lyrics were made like a #Smartphone #Chat by different people?

I really loved that, and then they decided to go with the one of her half naked in the jungle...🙄

I really hope someone out there has still a copy.

#Boosts of this request are very welcome and highly appreciated!
👍

Habe die Tage auch wieder gemerkt, wie weit sich die Debatten im #Internet von den RL-Dialogen entfernt haben: Während in antisozialen Medien der Mord an #CharlieKirk in den #USA dualistisch wild spekulierend instrumentalisiert und gedeutet wurde, interessierten sich die meisten Menschen im persönlichen Gespräch für Sachthemen, lehnten politische Gewalt & unregulierten Waffenbesitz grundsätzlich ab.

Das #Internet verzerrt & verändert Wahrnehmungen, leider auch manchmal bis ins #Fediverse …

want to be able to make fun of charlie #kirk getting what every nazi deserves 🔫 without being banned by corporate social media that bows down to fascists? join the #fediverse, and then you don't have to worry.

#trump #fascism

@maxoakland you're more than welcome! Spreading these kind of ideas is kind of my thing. 😅

#Community #Resilience off the top of my head

-Community Gardens

-off-grid communications like #HAMRadio #LoRa #Meshtastic

-Community Mesh Intranet/Internet (with offline Wikipedia and other local tools like a discussion board or #fediverse instance

-Makerspace/Zine Library/DIY tool lending (facilitated on local fediverse instance)

-Seedbombs with seeds for pollinators, native fruits, etc.

-Guerilla Gardening

-Guerilla Radio

#CommunityDefense

@SrRochardBunson @maxoakland

“-Community Mesh Intranet/Internet (with offline Wikipedia and other local tools like a discussion board or #fediverse instance “

This is my goal with #meshtastic. A little message board where locals can post whatever. I already downloaded wikipedia, so if I can get that up too, it would be great.

I’m a complete novice though, so it may take a bit. I just got a Spec5 with solar power to act as a client, and I have a Heltec 3.

Warum Likes hier einfach wieder Spaß machen

Es gibt etwas wun­der­bar Befrei­en­des an Mast­o­don: Ich kann wie­der ein­fach liken. Kein Algo­rith­mus, der mir danach wochen­lang ähn­li­che Inhal­te unter­ju­belt. Kein „Oh nein, wenn ich das jetzt ankli­cke, denkt die Platt­form, ich will nur noch Kat­zen­vi­de­os und poli­ti­sche Debat­ten sehen!“ – obwohl ich eigent­lich nur die Per­son unter­stüt­zen oder dem The­ma kurz Bei­fall klat­schen wollte.

👉 https://kaffeeringe.de/2025/09/12/warum-likes-hier-einfach-wieder-spass-machen/

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Pixelfed #SocialMedia #SocialWeb #YouTube

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Fröhliche junge Frau zeigt zwei Daumen nach oben.

As #bluesky engages in another round of conservative-biased moderating excesses, banning people for displaying wrongthink about Charlie Kirk, I wonder if this is going to be the moment they realize the #fediverse has been here all along.

Week in Fediverse 2025-09-12

Servers

- Mbin v1.8.4
- Ktistec v2.4.12
- PeerTube v7.3.0
- Lemmy v0.19.13
- gancio v1.28.0
- Misskey v2025.9.0
- NeoDB v0.12.2.1
- tootik v0.19.0
- Gush! v0.0.21
- PieFed v1.1.7
- Trunk & Tidbits, August 2025 (Mastodon)
- Introducing quote posts (Mastodon)

Clients

- IceCubesApp v2.0.0
- Mangane v1.17.2
- Aria v1.3.9
- Photon v2.0.2
- Blorp v1.9.22

For developers

- fediverse-pasture-inputs v0.3.2
- Fedialgo v1.1.38

Protocol

- FEP-11dd: Context Ownership and Inheritance
- Bite activity

Articles

- Fediverse Report – #133

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/01991bd7-ffbb-3059-0160-12d3c53fb8aa

New Pixelfed Post: https://pixelfed.social/p/midtsveen/872231883676601466

#Pixelfed #Fediverse #Nature #Relaxing #Zen #Hippie #Mindfulness #Wellness #Forest #SelfCare #Grounding #Serenity #MentalHealth

New #Pixelfed upload: https://pixelfed.social/p/midtsveen/872229378633778914

#Fediverse #Nature #Relaxing #Zen #Hippie #Mindfulness #Wellness #Forest #SelfCare #Grounding #Serenity #MentalHealth

reminder to anyone that owns any #ActivityPub or #fediverse capable anything to disable the cloudflare proxy and/or anti-spam service. both of those seem to be causing problems with cross-instance communications, as @domo has found

Where are you scrolling Mastodon from right now? 🐘✨

#Mastodon #Poll #Fediverse

Where are you scrolling Mastodon from right now? 🐘✨

#Mastodon #Poll #Fediverse

Gram.social is a general purpose Pixelfed server for people who want to share photos on the Fediverse. Posts can be up to 2000 characters in length:

https://gram.social

You can find out more on their website.

#FeaturedServer #Pixelfed #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@MorningBrew
@WMagazine
@MetrolandMedia
@EATCLUB2021
@Yardbarker

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

Built by @mho

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

I love how thoughtful the Mastodon blog post about introducing quote posting is. A really interesting way the team could be even more impactful on the open social web would be to share their research findings and the thinking that went into these sorts of features - that's the sort of body of knowledge everyone could learn from. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/introducing-quote-posts/

#mastodon #fediverse

Is it #FollowFriday already? Time flies!

Be sure to check out these people while you're at it:
@knix
@libreleah
@mashapotempa
@TheRealKat
@FruAleydis
@nat
@breadandcircuses
@hmm_cook
@cybervegan
@praveen

Wishing you a wonderful weekend! 💖

#Friday #Weekend #Fediverse #Mastodon #Follow

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A red panda sleeps curled up on a tree branch, surrounded by pine needles. The scene conveys tranquility and the natural beauty of the animal's habitat.

Well it looks as if I am going to have to build up my following on this account back up from the 1.4k that I had on my @beardedtechguy account. It looks like they are just not migrating over for some reason. 😭

#Mastodon #Fediverse #MastoAccount #MastoMigration

#BostonWeekend 32x Follow the tag #BostonWeekend to keep in touch - following #Boston, #Massachusetts, and your closest city/towns are wise too.
I often tag posts with interest areas in the format #Boston{x}, like #BostonGeek or #BostonTheatre. And, #Bostodon is for planning local meetups! Mark your calendar, 9/19 and 9/21 this month for some end of summer #fedimeetup action #Fediverse

Okay, last batch of new #FediGroups for the moment:

!@18xx - 18xx board games
!@drumming - Drummers & drumming
!@galgodon - German-language word games
!@geocaching - Geocaching
!@goodnews - Good news stories
!@hiking - Hiking
!@homelab - Making your own homelab
!@homelab_de - German homelab group
!@meditation - Meditation
!@nerdlings - Painting miniatures
!@scubadivers - Scuba diving
!@warhammercommunity - Warhammer miniatures & games

More groups listed at https://about.fedigroups.social/directory

#Fediverse

#BostonWeekend 14x The weekly thread compiles #Boston area events worth the trip - enjoy, enjoy our northeastern Americas! Knowing that folks like you look forward to our work keeps us making this ad-free, human-curated project. Please, help get the word out to your friends and activate them on the #fediverse: boost the events you like & the first post of the thread. I enjoy knowing when you've went to these things, lmk? #Massachusetts #NewEngland

Who should work on compatibility with other #Fediverse software?

- Option A: Most used software should make sure they are compatible with everyone (one-sided effort)

- Option B: Less used software should make sure they are compatible with everyone (one-sided effort)

- Option C: Both software should make sure they are compatible with each other (equal/shared effort)

#poll #polls #software #SocialWeb #OpenSocialWeb

https://mstdn.social/@rootsandcalluses/115191646521934434

#FediHelp #Mastodon #Fediverse

My heart hurts for the world around me.

Send fluffy cat pics or pics of cool #RetroComputing / #PermaComputing projects you're working on.

P.S., this community (the #Fediverse) is simply the best. I love all you weirdos!!!! :D

The three #Fediverse software with the widest #groups compatibility are:

(in alphabetical order)

- fedigroups.social - see @hello
- Friendica - find a Friendica server and host there
- Hubzilla - find a Hubzilla server and create your group

The rest have various compatibility issues with other Fediverse software (for years), like group posts/boosts not showing up or your posts not getting boosted or you can't follow the group. This includes #threadiverse software.

If you want to have a true fediverse reach, then choose one from those mentioned above until the other software with federated groups feature improves their compatibility with other fediverse software.

Now that I’ve preordered the iPhone 17 Pro Max in Cosmic Orange, I’m brainstorming names for it while I patiently await next Friday.

I’d love to hear some of your suggestions!

#iPhoneProMax #Apple #Tech #Fediverse

Building personalized feeds for ActivityPub is hard.

Small Loops instances don't have enough signals to power recommendations effectively.

That's why I'm developing @activityrank to store cross-instance engagement patterns and serve video recommendations via open APIs.

Think BlueSky's PDS but for algorithmic discovery.

Open source, of course.

You will be able to use our ActivityRank service or run your own ✨

#loops #fyp #fediverse

Zoinks! #BostonWeekend time - your b*llionaire-free #Boston calendar stays #fediverse-only & DIY - Please Boost when you see this! #Bostodon meetups: NEXT Weekend (19th&21st); We're vending at #FLUFFFESTIVAL in #SomervilleMA Sat 9/20, but this weekend (12th-14th) our corner of #NewEngland hosts: the rare triple super: #Superchunk, #Supergrass, #BlackMothSuperRainbow; #Hackers 30th anniv with cast plus live music/party before/after, #XMortis old school #goth night, #PrincessBride x #BSO, #BrianJonestownMassacre, #GilmanSquare festival, #Thai Market Fair in #Harvard Square, #SilentSky play, #RedSox/Yankees at Fenway, and #WetLeg - Wet Leg's new album is great! A thread: (1/?)

Loops v1.0.0-alpha.2 is now available 🥳

https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/releases/tag/v1.0.0-alpha.2

#loops #loopsDev #tikTok #fediverse

minds.com is a social media service founded in 2011, notable for publishing source code for their platform under a free license (AGPL);

https://developers.minds.com/docs/contributing/license/

In 2021 they decentralised their in-house chat by connecting it to the Matrix network;

https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1236784837018611712

#TIL that minds.com is implementing ActivityPub and connecting to the fediverse;

https://networks.minds.com/blog/post/what-is-the-fediverse-the-next-evolution-of-social-media

(1/2)

#fediverse #ActivityPub #Minds

pillbug is a cohost-inspired client for GoToSocial and other Mastodon API-compatible ActivityPub servers. https://pillbug.vivl.im/about #GoToSocial #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Guys we really need help and if anyone can contribute we will kindly appreciate it through our donation as we need some few bucks with the goal to the finishing on the house.

You all made it possible please let keep it going on with the help and boost on the kofi.

All work will be post on the kofi and #Mastodon

https://ko-fi.com/uggla/goal?g=23

#MutualAid #Fediverse #MutualAidRequest

Thanks and God bless. ❤️🤲

Großes Lob an das #Fediverse. Danke, dass ich von der Existenz von #CharlieKirk erst nach seinem Tod erfahren habe. Das Filtern radikaler und faschistischer Inhalte funktioniert also großartig.

Everyone is mad at #charliekirk assassination meanwhile this Escape From Tarkov fuckery happened:

#fediverse #mastodon

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From X, a photo of Charlie Kirks tent at the university he was assassinated in with the caption: "This dude Eldertiktok stole all the blood soaked Charlie Kirk merch to sell on eBay and left his fingerprints all over an active crime scene as soon as he finished recording his selfie vid, new fave shooting deep event character"

Praying #Mastodon / #Fediverse, come on over to the stream and let's add your flag. We've had a truly global prayer walk today: so far of those who've spoken up, we’ve had folks from #Canada, #Greece, #Kenya, #Mexico, #Paraguay, #Pakistan, #India and my home, the #UnitedStates. It's neat seeing people praying from so many places in parallel! https://faithtreecf.org/prayerWalk/

#Prayer #Christianity #PrayerWalk #FaithTreePrayerWalk

Einen wundervollen #Donnerstagabend, Ihr Lieben. #Hund Jimmy und #Mensch Basti schicken Liebe und Leckerlis ins #Fediverse. Falls es Euch heute noch niemand gesagt hat: Es wird Herbst.
Bleibt gesund oder werdet gesund und fühlt Euch gedrückt. 🌻

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@Autoweek2019
@OttawaCititzen
@PasteMagazine
@TheManual
@VirginiaMercury

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

Built by @mho

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

The Gamer's Tavern is a cosy friendly non-toxic gaming community which runs many Fediverse servers:

Glitch Mastodon server
https://gamerstavern.online

PeerTube server
https://video.gamerstavern.online

Glitch Pixelfed server
https://photomode.gamerstavern.online

📝 Write Freely blog server
https://blog.gamerstavern.online

📆 Mobilizon events server
https://events.gamerstavern.online

If you need help with these, contact the Tavern's main admin at @innkeeper 🙂

#FeaturedServer #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Good mid-morning to all my #Fediverse friends! Hope you’re having a great day so far.

What things have you done so far or have planned to do?

I’ll be going back to the office tomorrow after being out since last Thursday with pneumonia. I’m finally starting to feel better but I can feel it trying to hang on. I’m still a bit slow in the morning and moving around takes a bit out of me. Today I’m taking to get amongst the living so to say and get ready to go back tomorrow.

#GoodMorning #HappyFriday

Hello #Fediverse it’s New Music Friday and time for #FletchsFridayReleases so let’s strap in for some riffs. It’s also Bandcamp Friday so if you find something you like please consider supporting the artist if you are in a position to. #Metal #HeavyMetal #DeathMetal #ThrashMetal #BlackMetal #DoomMetal #NewMusic

https://hailsandales.club/weekly-release-roundup-38/

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Apocalyptic Society - death - USA Ritual Mass - death - USA Shellshock - death - USA Useless Spaceship - death/grind - UK Before the Dawn - melodeath - Finland Sublime Eyes - melodeath - Norway Bent Sea - grindcore - Belgium/UK Nailed to Obscurity - doom/death - Germany Falling Leaves - doom/death - Jordan Final Error - death/thrash - Germany Blood Offer - death/thrash - Italy Progeny of Sun - black/death - Finland Cult Burial - black/death/doom - UK Tine - black/death/symphonic - USA Imperialist - black - USA Absolutum - black - Germany Esoctrilihum - black - France Autrest - black - Brazil Pestilential Shadows - black - Australia Gjallahorn's Wrath - black/symphonic - Canada/Poland Hasard - black/avant garde - France Jord - black/doom - Sweden Trypanon - black/sludge - Finland Ristinnaulitseminen - black/shoegaze - Finland/Russia Korp - black/thrash - Sweden Ambush - heavy metal - Sweden The Rods - heavy metal - USA Steelpreacher - heavy metal - Germany

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Chasing Demons - heavy metal - Norway Fury - heavy/thrash - UK Hunger - heavy/speed - Spain Crypt Monarch - stoner/doom - Costa Rica Fister - doom/sludge - USA Piece - stoner/sludge/doom - Germany Alligator Rodeo - stoner/sludge - Germany Coltaine - doom/sludge/post - Germany Faetooth - doom/sludge/post - USA Void Sinker - sludge/doom/drone - Italy Assault Brigade - thrash - Spain Eternal Returns - thrash - India Violator - thrash - Brazil Condition Critical - thrash - USA Dark Angel - thrash - USA Electrocutioner - thrash - USA Speed Queen - speed - Belgium Primal Fear - speed/power - Germany Skywings - power - Japan Erosion - crust/punk/grind/sludge - Canada Svartsot - folk - Denmark Green Carnation - prog - Norway Alicia Cordisco - prog - USA Inhuman Architects - deathcore - Portugal Lethernal Utopia - metalcore - France Hold Me Down - Industrial - USA Electric Jaguar Baby - fuzz rock - France Black Moon Cult - psychedelic rock - USA

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EPs: Aftershock Overdrive - death/slam - Canada Marche Funèbre - doom/death - Belgium Eleine - symphonic - Sweden Unpunished - metalcore - Canada Anti Ritual - hardcore - Denmark

@joynewacc I’ve updated the list of Mastodon instances whose admins have publicly announced that their servers are safe spaces for people from Gaza:

Arabic: https://gaza-verified.org/guide-arabic/#servers
English: https://gaza-verified.org/guide/#servers

If you’d like yours added to the list, please let me know by replying here.

Mastodon and the fediverse is the last lifeline for many people facing the unthinkable – genocide and famine – in Gaza.

Let’s do everything we can to make them welcome, seen, and loved here.

💕

#mastodon #fediverse #Gaza #Palestine #genocide #famine #GazaVerified

»Instagram, TikTok und Co. – Die Reichweitenlüge:
Millionen Follower, null Wirkung: „Social Media“ verkauft uns ein volles Stadion – und schaltet dann das Mikro stumm.«

Danke @reticuleena für den tollen @digitalcourage Artikel. Auf Social-Media's glauben immer noch zu viele Menschen blind. Denn Zahlen ohne Zusammenhänge sagt Nichts aus, auch deshalb ist das Fediverse um einiges grösser.

🌐 https://digitalcourage.de/blog/2025/die-reichweitenluege

#fediverse #socialmedia #reichweite #web #instagram #tiktok #follower #internet

How to use Really Simple Licensing (RSL) to block all AI crawlers

RSL is a new initiative by a group of big internet publishers that seeks to define the conditions under which AI crawlers can harvest their content. Their guide describes the various ways the content can be made available, including for free or a paid royalty but only by digging deeper into their reference material was I able to figure out how to prohibit all usage.

Your robots.txt needs to link to a XML file, like this:

License: https://your-domain.tld/rsl.xml

Then in that file you want this:

<rsl xmlns="https://rslstandard.org/rsl">  <content url="/" server="https://rslcollective.org/api">    <license>      <prohibits type="usage">all</prohibits>    </license>  </content></rsl>

That’s it.

If you want to be more liberal you could change the <prohibits> line to

<permits type="usage">search</permits>

That will let them use the content for search, which is probably quite similar to what traditional search engines do. More details in their reference docs.

Optionally to dispel any plausible deniability you can also add a link to rsl.xml as a Link header in every HTTP response.

Link: <https://example.com/rsl.xml>; rel="license"; type="application/rsl+xml"

It’s still too early to say whether AI crawlers will respect the terms of the license any publishers specify, it’ll probably take a court case or two to sort that out.

PieFed has added RSL to it’s code just now. Instance admins who wish to disable RSL can set the ALLOW_AI_CRAWLERS environment variable to anything.

#fediverse #licensing #piefed #rsl

@anamacaulay

I would like to point out that while agreeing that #ElonMusk sucks is indeed a major part of this platform, the #FediVerse has a lot more to offer than that. 😉

@ricci @mmasnick @mastodonmigration @mmasnick.bsky.social

But even if all of #threads would be part of the #fediverse and make the fediverse practically centralized, it wouldn't change the the factual situation that
a) #mastodon is #decentralized,
b) #bluesky as being controlled by a single company is completely centralized, and
c) #atmosphere as being dominated by #bluesky is practically centralized.

Exquisite.social is a delightful general Glitch Mastodon server, with a slight focus on technology, privacy and *BSD. We are here to play and make friends in a supportive atmosphere.

This server has a post size of up to 1250 characters.

https://exquisite.social

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

#FeaturedServer #Technology #Tech #BSD #Glitch #Mastodon #GlitchMastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

The new version of @mastowatch is in #Testflight!

The navigation scheme for the app has been totally rebuilt and feels *awesome* in iOS 26. The prior version immediately feels ancient by comparison.

This version also includes maybe the most requested feature ever, iCloud syncing for favorites! History is still stored on your device but favorites should sync to any device running the new version.

#iOS26 #SwiftUI #fediverse #mastodon

Join the beta: https://testflight.apple.com/join/FlIkWPVa

I’ve started compiling a list on the Gaza Verified guide page of Mastodon instances that have publicly stated that they are sympathetic to the Palestinian plight and are a safe space for Palestinians:

https://gaza-verified.org/guide/

If you run a Mastodon server where Palestinians can feel safe creating an account without fear of it being shut down without reason, please reply to this post and let me know and I’ll add a link to your instance on the page.

Also, please take a look at the accounts on Gaza Verified and help them out if you can. Things are worse than ever with Israel forcing yet another displacement and destroying even more of Gaza in its ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.

https://gaza-verified.org

Thank you!

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #StopIsrael #StopTheGenocide #FreePalenstine #fediverse #Mastodon #solidarity

Here's the best part. Looking at registrations for our virtual book tour event for Robert W. Gehl's new book about the #Fediverse, it turns out several of the people featured in his book are actually registered for this event!

It's going to be great! See you Thursday?

https://fediforum.org/news/2025-09-04-robert-gehl-move-slowly-and-build-bridges-special-event/

Fediverse Report 133 - this week's #fediverse news:

- Government of Nepal shuts down virtually all social media over the weekend, including Mastodon
- An open letter calling for a cooling down of discourse and increased respect regarding debates between #activitypub and #atproto about decentralisation
- the a.gup.pe system, which added group support for microblogging, shuts down after the domain hijacked.

Read at:
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-133/

Toot.Garden is a Mastodon server that is meant for art, gaming, and musings about the world, with the occasional meme and lighthearted joke.

This server has a post size of up to 1000 characters.

https://toot.garden

You can find out more at https://toot.garden/about or contact the admin @linkeddev

#FeaturedServer #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Revolutionary idea: What if social media platforms actually let you control your data?

@loops does, with full data exports, retention controls & opt-in analytics.

The future of social is open-source ❤️

(and federated 🚀)

#loops #activityPub #fediverse #socialWeb

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A screenshot of the Loops Account Data settings

FediDB now shows graphs for more projects 😘

https://fedidb.com/software?st=active&software=ghost

https://fedidb.com/software?st=active&software=gotosocial

https://fedidb.com/software?st=active&software=emissary

#fediDB #fediverse #fediverseStats

Also a huge warning: friends don’t let friends register .pe domains.

> This ccTLD's rules allow anyone to buy the domain 12 days before it expires.

https://github.com/immers-space/guppe/issues/118#issuecomment-3265015461

#fediverse #warning #TLD #domains #peTLD https://mastoart.social/@artmin/115167724873401080

How did the #Fediverse become what it is today? Have you ever wondered?

@rwg recently published a book chronicling and analyzing the fediverse, and he'll come and tell us all about it, this Thursday for an hour.

Join us for this free FediForum online event. https://fediforum.org/news/2025-09-04-robert-gehl-move-slowly-and-build-bridges-special-event/

@aral @Aseelsehwel @NouranKhaledGh @joynewacc @mohshbair @palestine This is such a powerful and practical use of the fediverse and your following.

Thank you for creating a clear, trusted way for us to directly support and amplify voices from Gaza.

A truly vital initiative. We're so lucky to have people like you on the #fediverse. Much love. ❤️

Week in Fediverse 2025-09-05

Servers

- WriteFreely v0.16
- Misskey v2025.8.0
- Mitra v4.9.0
- snac v2.82
- NodeBB v4.5.0
- Pixelfed v0.12.6
- GoToSocial v0.19.2
- Ktistec v2.4.11
- Lemmy Development Update August 2025
- Forgejo monthly report - August 2025
- Loops: The federated short video sharing platform

Clients

- PleromaFE v2.9.2
- Tuba v0.10.2
- Fread v1.6.1
- Pixelfed (React Native) v1.8.0
- Aria v1.3.7
- Pachli 3.0.0 starts now

Tools and Plugins

- Fedinesia v3.4.3
- feed2fedi v3.2.9

For developers

- TootSDK v19.0.0
- Fedialgo v1.1.19
- fediverse-pasture-inputs v0.3.1
- Mastodon.py v2.1.3

Articles

- Social Web Foundation is Betting Big on Client-to-Server API
- Fediverse Report – #132

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0198f75f-cf37-4cfd-72a1-8d24a40424a0

"There are several possible dates you might pick, but for me it will always be September 5th 2014 - when I committed the first sketch of a specification I called ActivityPump and pushed it to Github."

Happy 11th birthday, ActivityPub!

https://akko.erincandescent.net/objects/fbdd0aca-87ae-4d58-83b2-ee95dde2e229

#ActivityPub #fediverse #anniversary