Nfld.me is a Mastodon server for Newfoundland and Labrador. Come join and connect with other Newfoundlanders and Labradorians today!

https://nfld.me

You can find out more at https://nfld.me/about or contact the admin account @wilson

#FeaturedServer #Newfoundland #Labrador #Newfoundlanders #Labradorians #Canada #Canadians #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

I've gone live!

Fireside Fedi - Episode 64 - Jo Blakely - Artist (Oil, Acrylic, Digital)

#owncast #streaming #interview #fediverse #fedi #people #show #firesidefedi #FsF

https://stream.firesidefedi.live

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💬 Die VORTEILE vom #FEDIVERSE werden oft verkannt❗

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"DAS ALLERSCHÖNSTE AM FEDIVERSE IST, MUSK UND ANDERE SPINNER KÖNNEN ES NICHT KAUFEN!"

In the Fediverse track at SFSCon, Joan Pla spoke about:

Decentralised Social Media Initiatives Within European Public Service Media

https://fediforum.org/2025-11-sfscon/

#fediforum #sfscon #fediverse #socialweb #research

Out of the following operating systems, which one do you use the most, not at work, but in your free personal time?

Please consider boosting for a larger sample size. Thank you.

#poll #os #computing #fediverse

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115689198997943088

I’m proud to share my first blog as @Mastodon’s Community Director. Well the first one posted under my name at least 😉

Digital social networking is one of the most important threads in the fabric of our societies. Right now, we’re letting that thread be controlled by social media platforms that let advertisements for scams stay up because they’re profitable, and that use their algorithms to run human research experiments on us without our consent. That’s not the society I want.

“By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay. If we allow these conditions to continue, we will leave behind the voices that truly matter; the people and their public institutions. It is critical that those voices not be silenced forever. The promise of the #fediverse is the promise of a better way forward: free from ads and manipulative algorithms, a place built by and for people like you, where #SocialSovereignty is a right and not a privilege.”

In this thread, we asked folks to crowdsource a list of resources so you can find your local representative. Find them, contact them, and tell them this: if you care about a free and just future, and if you care about #DigitalSovereignty, you must leave X and join the fediverse.

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Mastodon » 🌐 2025-12-09
@Mastodon@mastodon.social

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/

@juliette Teens will just move to decentralised open source encrypted apps where they can't be policed. And I'm not talking about fediverse where individual instance owners can potentially be held accountable I mean stuff like SimpleX Cwtch or Briar

#SimpleX #Cwtch #Briar #FLOSS #E2EE #Fediverse #SocialMediaBan #YouthLiberation

We ban ads from the #Fediverse because we have standards

Elon bans ads from X because he is a little bitch against @EUCommission

If you care about digital sovereignty and want to see your government join the #fediverse, contact them to say that #ItsTimeToAbolishX.

Help us make a list of how to get in touch with a representative in your area under this post, and don’t forget to #hashtag so your neighbours can find it 👇🏽 we’ll start:
#EU: https://commission.europa.eu/about/contact/representations-member-states_en
#USA: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials

@tante 👀 they did? #Mozilla was here and left the #fediverse?!

If you post your content to twitch/youtube/instagram before you even consider posting to the fediverse (or equivalent FLOSS network (bluesky doesn't count)) then you probably care more about your personal success and fame than you do about growing a robust anticapitalist resistance.

Someone whos posting on a platform owned by amazon or google etc and relies on them for their income (income coming from ads which are propped up by a global surveillance network used to quash revolutionary action btw) can never truly become a threat to those companies

The revolution will not be streamed

#Anarchism #Youtube #Twitch #Amazon #Google #Surveillance #Capitalism #Anticapitalism #CreatorEconomy #Revolution #Fediverse #Bluesky #FLOSS

I have just rolled out a configuration change across the entire FediMeteo network.

I've enabled remote purge propagation. Since weather forecasts have a short shelf life, there is no need for old reports to take up space on your servers.

From now on, when FediMeteo deletes local posts (usually after 3 days), we will also send a deletion signal to the rest of the Fediverse. This helps keep your timelines clean and your storage usage low.

#FediMeteo #Fediverse #MastoAdmin #Weather #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoUpdates

A Tuesday that looks like a Monday.

Good morning, #BSDCafe
Good morning, #illumosCafe
Good morning, #Fediverse

Guten Morgen ins #Fediverse!
Ich brauche mal Security Advice. Ich habe zwei Laptops mit Linux Mint und ein Android-Mobile Phone (Version 13). Irgendwo ist eine Sicherheitslücke, sodass mein Email-Account gehackt und nun zum zweiten mal blockiert werden musste - was extrem unpraktisch ist - und langfristig tatsächlich auch problematisch wäre!
Seit dem ersten Crash nutze ich jetzt Keepass auf allen Geräten.
Habt ihr andere Empfehlungen für die Sicherheit?

#datenschutz #linux #android #sicherheit

📍Social media can —and must— change. It’s important to flex our imagination and think about the future we want, rather than follow the existing dominant patterns. #fediverse #ATproto

📍Fascism is not an opinion. Journalists must be careful to not fuel autocratic agendas by creating false “two-side-ism” narratives.

And we are FEDERATED! This is awesome!
Follow @WelcomeHome for all your Linux For Everyone videos, podcasts, news, and notes.

#Fediverse #Linux

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Profile card showing a penguin against a mountainous sunrise, a circular logo with hands holding a device, the title "Linux For Everyone," platform availability text, and a contact handle at the bottom.

23:07—Good night #Fediverse! 😴💤

Logging off for the night… just curling up with #FreeTube on my laptop in bed, off to Matt Rose’s jokes.

https://www.youtube.com/@Matt_Rose

Good night #fediverse

If you're recommending Mastodon and the wider Fediverse to organisations, friends, family or colleagues, don't worry if they say no. You have done something really important simply by making them aware of it as an option.

Most people and organisations don't immediately try stuff they hear about. Usually they need to hear it mentioned by a few different sources before they actually try it.

By being one of those sources, you're nudging them closer to actually trying it 👍

#Fediverse #Mastodon

Ich nutze #Mastodon seit 2017 (!) und habe heute (2025) mitbekommen, dass man in der Suchmaske "from:me" eingeben kann, um die Suche auf eigenen Beiträge einzuschränken! 🤩

Ich finde das jetzt schon super hilfreich, um längerfristig an Themen dranzubleiben und nach einer Weile nochmal in ältere Threads reinzuschauen und ggf. nachzuhaken.

Ist das ein alter Hut oder ein nützliches Geheimfeature?

#SaveSocial #fedihelp #fediverse

Dann versuche ich das auch einmal: Ich verschenke zwei 32-Zoll-Fernseher über das #fediverse. Abzuholen in #Heidelberg. Kein Versand.

Hier kannst Du sie Dir ansehen:
LG https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/lg-flachbildfernseher-32-zoll/3122734252-175-9180

Samsung: https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/samsung-32-zoll-fernseher-bildschirm/3072859894-225-9180

#fedigive #wish2hand #zuverschenken #Fernseher #TV

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Schwarzer Samsung Flachbildschirm mit Fernbedienung.

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi! TOMORROW

The #livestream will be on: https://stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @JoBlakelyArt
#Artist working in #oils, #acrylic, #digital, etc. Creating #portaits of people & pets in oil for commissions. Political and symoblic personal work. Social justice and compassion. Non Binary disabled, AuDHD, intersectional feminist artist.

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 09 December 2025 at 14:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:
#PeerTube ( #VOD ): https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast ( Audio ): https://audio.firesidefedi.live

Or, even on #YouTube: https://youtube.com/@btfree_org

#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

When @heidilifeldman learned that food benefits were to be withheld in the U.S., she wanted to do something about it — and so she turned to the fediverse. She talked to Grapevine, the platform she used to facilitate a Giving Circle that has so far raised $14,000 for food banks, about mobilizing her @Mastodon community to help communities IRL.

https://flip.it/DusXut

#Community #Fundraising #SNAP #Mastodon #Fediverse #FoodBank

In the Fediverse track at SFSCon, Jaz-Michael King spoke about:

Hiraeth and Hashtags: Building a Bilingual Community on the Fediverse

https://fediforum.org/2025-11-sfscon/

#fediforum #sfscon #fediverse #socialweb #iftas #tootwales

A friendly reminder that the #Fediverse is run by volenteers, if you like to support the server you are on check in with your admin or check the /about page that could have some more info❤️

If you would like to support the services I host you can do so via:

https://paypal.me/stuxOS
https://patreon.com/mstdn
https://ko-fi.com/mstdn
https://bunq.me/stuxhost
https://stux.me/donate
https://liberapay.com/mstdn

It means the world

Do you see sport content on the Social Web?

Sport is one of the biggest industries in the world. Not only does it provide entertainment, it builds communities.

But, we're wondering, how much sport content do you see here and what kind? Is it sports content that is relevant to you? What other sport content would you like to see?

Please feel free to share your thoughts in the replies and boost for more to get involved! ⚾

#SocialWeb #Sport #Poll #Fediverse #Mastodon #Sports #Football #F1 #Hockey #Rugby #Athletics #Chess #Running #Tennis

Hey #Fediverse
Kann ich euch dafuer begeistern, dass ihr diese wichtige Petition unterzeichnet und wir endlich mehr offizielle Konten vom sozialen #Hetzwerk Twitter/X wegbekommen?

https://weact.campact.de/petitions/keine-macht-fur-oligarchen-bundesregierung-endlich-runter-von-x

Gerne boosten, liken und auch in andere Netzwerke/Messenger teilen. Tausend Dank 🙏

#runtervonx

RE: https://mastodon.online/@iode/115627516384696071

Exciting news European #fediverse friends! Here is an exciting " #innovation " that will be coming soon to us in the #EU that the visionaries and thought leaders in the @EUCommission correctly identified we are missing out on. Due to their incredible acts of courage and amazing vision in accepting quality/reputable US companies like #blackrock , #amazon, et al, as well as the #US administration, they made the brave choice in proposing rolling back important safeguards in the #gdpr in the latest #digitalomnibus. Soon all these predatory #bigtech scams that define life in the #USA will arrive in #Europe so we can get a taste of that #AmericanDream everyone seems to think is is great.

/s

#omnibus #europeanunion #EuropeanCommission #enshittification #ursulavonderleyen #digitalsovereignty

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iodé » 🌐 2025-11-28
@iode@mastodon.online

The next time someone says "Privacy doesn't matter to me, I've got nothing to hide", show them this video.

HELLIONS has been running the mastodon fork known as glitch-soc for a week now...

• rationale? markdown support
• other perks like configurable limits I was hand-jamming before
  • max toot size
  • max bio size
  • max # pinned toots
  • max # poll options
  • max size of poll option
• zero downsides detected
• switched after the v4.5.2 upgrade
• no migration required
• could easily switch back
• infosec.exchange runs it too

#MastoAdmin #glitchsoc #fediverse #fedi

https://hellions.cloud/@dannotdaniel/115637191155550237

Sunset Mustang: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/sunset-mustang-lisa-s-baker.html

#mustang #horse #horses #wildhorse #painting #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoart #artprints #canvasprints #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #fedigiftshop #southwest #western #sunset #sunrise #plains #portrait #colorful #vibrant #expressive #puzzles #horseart #spirit #westerndecor #southwestdecor #southwestdesign

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Sunset Mustang by Lisa S Baker. A gentle mustang stands bathed in the colors of a fading day, its coat glowing with rich strokes of gold, coral, violet, and deep blue. The expressive eye draws you in, offering a quiet moment of strength, spirit, and silent connection. Painted with a soft, dreamy texture and a warm, sunset-washed palette, this piece brings both energy and serenity into any space - perfect for horse lovers, Western décor, or anyone who loves art that feels alive

Yay! My #Mastodon trifecta is now complete! My blue & orange (is it orange‽) #Plushtodon came in last night, & I opened it yesterday, but I was too tired to post about it as I just got off work.

But yes, I am excited that the two smaller Plushes arrived! Thanks @Mastodon for creating these!

Also…we need more #ActivityPub apps to create real world wearables or plushies, as they are great conversation starters for folks who are not familiar with the #Fediverse.

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Three Mastodon plushies! Bigger one is in the middle while the two smaller ones are on either side.

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Three Mastodon plushies in front of an iPad Pro, the latter which is showing the Mastodon app.

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Two smaller plushies next to the iPad Pro in the center. iPad Pro is displaying the Mastodon app.

Dear #Fediverse,

Is there anything similar to #NeoDB that returns English results, or allows for translated English results? I love the idea, but I can’t always understand 😅

I've improved federation support for Lemmy and other servers that support FEP-1b12 Group Federation.

I had to increase the number of available file descriptors on my personal server 4x because of the resultant inbound volume of ActivityPub activities! I liked a federated post and DOSed my server.

#ktistec #activitypub #fediverse

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@HBUK
@wrestleinc
@CourrierInter
@Motor1Brasil
@DPReview

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

Built by @mho

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

Reboot Politics: Ganz ganz groß und ganz ganz böse

Anlasslose #Drohnen für #Sachsen, #Linux Cafés und #Fediverse-Vorlesungen,“Familienunternehmen”, #PRÜF, furchtbare #Reformen, (digitale) #Omnibusse, COP 30, Wechsel in der Chefetage von #Mastodon, Fehlverhalten der #Polizei und Schüsse auf eine 12-jährige Gehörlose, eine #Palantir-Mitarbeiterin beim Souveränitätsgipfel und vieles vieles mehr,

gibt es in dieser neuen Folge Reboot Politics.

Webseite der Episode: https://podcasts.homes/@rebootpolitics/episodes/ganz-ganz-gros-und-ganz-ganz-bose

Mediendatei: https://podcasts.homes/audio/@rebootpolitics/ganz-ganz-gros-und-ganz-ganz-bose.mp3?_from=antennapod.org

@rebootpolitics

Dear #WatchParty hosts & viewers,

I'm still gradually building up watch party info on @joinfediversewiki

1.
a) Added another type of watch party: "Playlist"
b) Made separate pages for each type of watch party
See https://joinfediverse.wiki/Watch_party for links to all
c) Now .WebP images are allowed, so started adding screenshots (took me a while to work out why none of my screenshots were uploading 😂 )

2.
Re the big list
https://joinfediverse.wiki/List_of_fediverse_watch_parties

Added these to the table:

#AfterHoursAtTheVideoStore
#BaroqueSun
#Catitstu
#ChrimboKino
#FridayThrillerClub
#ILikeToWatch
#KungFuSat
#LHThanksgiving
#SundayFunnies
#SymSat
@vcr
#WestWed

Any info to change or add? Feedback welcome!

3.
Redid "Media Genre" column, so that it's sortable by films, TV or music.

Also still building watch party collections on #NeoDB (#Fediverse media catalogue / alternative to #Letterboxd)

#FridayThrillerClub collection
https://eggplant.place/collection/0GucpByyRr4oSccNXROVYr

• Added films & watch dates back to start of 2025

I recently found out about #funkwhale, which is the #fediverse equivalent to SoundCloud. Once I figure out how to make an account there, I’ll switch out the link.
(I’m still learning how this all works, it gets overwhelming for me at times)

Happy Silent Sunday, #Fediverse
Happy Silent Sunday, #BSDCafe
Happy Silent Sunday, #illumosCafe

#Photography #Photo #SilentSunday #NaturePhotography

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Golden light spreads across a quiet field as the sun sinks toward the horizon, warming the tall grass and outlining the bare trees in soft orange. Wisps of clouds stretch across the sky while the landscape rests in complete stillness.

Com a grana das multas do governo brasileiro ao x, bem que poderia usar pra rodar por anos um servidor de Mastodon pelo menos pros comunicados das instituições oficiais. Poderia rodar por anos.

P. S. E a conta do Lula (@lula@threads.net) ainda não está aberta pra gente. Impressionante a incompetência do time de comunicação.

#x #Brasil #activitypub #governo #lula #descentralização #Mastodon #Fediverso #fediverse #stf

"We're also going to put our full attention to supporting ActivityPub where possible."

-- https://roadmap.libre.fm

#LibreFM #Fediverse #Fedi #Privacy #Security #Freedom #Decentralization

Update ‼️

Greetings #fediverse

We have concrete most of the pillars and now remaining with the concrete lintel.

Here’s some new pictures after clearing some part of the grass. That’s truly a wonderful progress guys. Thank you all and more blessings!

Greetings #fediverse
As we are continuing to complete the house wall we haven’t received any help yet and we are facing some small expense like sand I don’t know if anyone can bought a truck of sand which’s 200€ which we can use and complete the remaining work. Workers been paid and some materials available for the work but no sand.

And we want to continue this Monday coming if anyone can help as nothing is small.

Here’s our kofi.

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

Or pls boost our post.🙏 🥹

Should posts with images without alt text be excluded from Trending Posts?

#Polls #AskFedi #Mastodon #PixelFed #Fediverse #Trending #Images #Photos #NoAltText #Survey #Poll

Something I actually love about the Fediverse—and I'm not being sarcastic at all right now, btw—is all of the unsolicited advice I get from random people who already know way more than I do about whatever incredibly niche topic.

There have been so many times I've posted something bizarrely specific, not even asking for advice, and had replies from people who'd already gone there before me, giving me their takes on what to do or not to do. One reason I not only don't mind this but, again, welcome it is because most of the advice I've been given in that context has been helpful. I say "most" and not "all," and "helpful" and not "correct," not because most of it's incorrect. Most of it's not incorrect. I say that because of me more so than anyone/anything else: not all reasonable advice applies, at least all the time, to me and whatever I'm trying to do, and again, that's usually because I'm already out on the fringe anyway. That doesn't mean the advice is bad in its own right, though, and it's usually not. It's usually still helpful, even, or perhaps especially in that case. People here are in one way or another, on average, about as fringe as I am by my own estimate, so fair enough. This is exactly what I mean when I say that I welcome any and all reasonable advice.

I'm not saying that Reply Guys don't exist, or that RTFM is always an unreasonable response; I'm saying that the Fediverse is, in my experience, particularly useful for troubleshooting whenever RTFM is impractical, either because the FM doesn't even exist or, again, may not be fully relevant if it does. The reality that rational people would be willing to pay for that kind support makes it both hilarious and amazing that random people on the Fediverse give it away for free when no one even asked for it. If you do that, and if you also identify as a guy, that still doesn't make you a Reply Guy if you're asking me; that makes you, to me, some guy who replies, and replies with something that doesn't waste everyone's time at that, which is unfortunately rare on the Internet (however ironically).

Reply Guys can be found anywhere on the Internet, not just here. The way I look at it is that the more helpful a community is, the fewer Reply Guys there are proportionally, and the more people actually reply. So the Fediverse is quite helpful according to my own logic.

Just so we're clear, I do block people who piss me me off, immediately. It's just that that doesn't happen here very often, especially as compared to the rest of the Internet I'm familiar with. If I had to ballpark it, I'd say that for every one person I block here specifically because of their interactions with me on my own posts, I become mutuals with—and this is conservative, frankly—five more, and that's not an exaggeration.

This is what I love about most of you:
most of you are unapologetically weird.

This is how it's supposed to be.
Thanks.

#Fediverse #Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving2025 #RTFM #ReplyGuy #ReplyGuys

#Fediverse #bridge knowledge question: Since my account gets propagated to #Bluesky, sometimes people from there try to interact with me. I assume they have no clue I'm outside of that network. I would like to interact with them *in any way possible* that will not force me to create bsky account. So my question is: Can I post from Fedi to Bsky somehow without having an account?

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Hi! Here are your recent interactions from people who arent bridged into the fediverse: • bsky.app/profile/did:pl.

Loops belongs to you, the people.

That means being transparent about where we're going and what we stand for.

Check out our manifesto + roadmap:

https://joinloops.org/our-mission#manifesto

https://joinloops.org/roadmap

#Loops #TikTok #Reels #Fediverse

Today I saw a perfect illustration of the saying:

"Either you haven’t started doing backups yet, or you’re already doing backups."

PS. It was just a simple parking spot — but perfectly ironic.

#Backups #Humor #TechLife #DevOps #Infosec #Joke #Irony #Fediverse #Fun

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Parking spot with damage

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auch als PDF:

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/8-jvNDcdo1vQQ5Z03CPV3K+u/

#Datenschutz
#Privatsphäre
#sicherheit
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Endof10
#UnplugTrump
#Windows
#AI
#Fediverse
#Mastodon
#TransparenzGesetz
#Informationssicherheit
#Informationsfreiheit

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聯邦宇宙非常地有趣，可以看到其他站點(如mastodon.social)甚至不同系統(misskey)的站點，希望台灣人可以來體驗一下聯邦宇宙的樂趣。

#聯邦宇宙 #fediverse #去中心化 #decentralized

On my Linktree, I’ve kept the link to @nsf_iaa, and the video on revolutionary syndicalism, and thus have moved all my recommended reading to my new document titled "Entry to Left-Wing Anarchist Reading".

📚 Entry to Left-Wing Anarchist Reading: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WuGnU7O_0eyjf9caYJXJn-KbXfsQi3uHE5EYYzQcbD8/edit?tab=t.0

🔗 My Linktree:https://linktr.ee/p.marg

As always, my Linktree has all my social links, so if you want to find me elsewhere on the web, that’s the place to go.

#Introduction #Anarchism #Syndicalism #Activism #Linktree #Socialism #Fediverse

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@WausauPilot
@GQItalia
@CosmopolitanIta
@LeHuffpost
@GQ_Germany

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

Built by @mho

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

Let’s be clear:

Yes, people are busy, and maintaining software isn’t always enjoyable. No one is saying you need to run the absolute latest, bleeding-edge updates every single day.

However, if you let your server fall behind for six (6) months or more, even because of a busy schedule, you’re effectively putting your users and your instance at risk. At that point, it’s more responsible to participate as a user rather than as a system administrator.

System administration isn’t just about enthusiasm — it requires consistent upkeep, attention to security, and a willingness to stay reasonably current with updates. If your lifestyle doesn’t allow for that, it’s completely okay. It’s better to recognize your limits than to run a server that could become a liability to the wider Fediverse.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #PixelFed #PeerTube #Sharkey #Loops #Akkoma #Pleroma #Mbin #Lemmy #InfoSec #Security #Hack #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux #BSD #FreeBSD

5 Fediverse sites have been hacked due to running outdated software.

Please take a moment to ensure that your instance of Mastodon, Misskey, PeerTube, PixelFed, or any other Fediverse platform is fully up-to-date.

It may also be wise to log into your server and update your operating system.

Debian / Ubuntu servers:

sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo reboot

Fedora / CentOS / Red Hat / Alma Linux:

sudo dnf update --refresh
sudo dnf upgrade
sudo reboot

If you update your OS, your server will be briefly offline during the reboot. If you have not configured your web services — including your Fediverse service — to start automatically on boot, you may need to start them manually afterward.

Always make a backup before performing upgrades.

If any of this is confusing or feels overwhelming, you should reconsider whether you want to be a server administrator. This is not meant as an insult. It’s great that you wanted to contribute to the Fediverse, but you may be better off participating as a user rather than an admin. People depend on you to keep services running smoothly, and that requires knowing how to maintain your system safely and correctly.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #PixelFed #PeerTube #Sharkey #Loops #Akkoma #Pleroma #Mbin #Lemmy #InfoSec #Security #Hack #Foss #OpenSource #Linux

The percentage of guys on mastodon .social who have the word "honest" or "family" in their profile who follow almost only women and/or porn profiles is astonishing ... so -

1. Follower approval is your friend.
2. Blockity-block-block 🚫 🔨

(I block far more follower requests especially from that server than I approve as followers, often recent joiners - so many pervs. No other word)

#Fediverse #Mastodon

@maiathecyberwitch
nu har jeg lige lyttet til #mellemfolkeligsamvirke's nye #podcast om #klima og #bæredygtighed i #fødevaresystemet.

i stedet for at spise #okser og #kalve, så anbefaler de som #klimavenlige alternative proteinkilder at spise #grise og #kyllinger og #fisk.

kan ikke se hvad ideen er i at anbefale folk at gå fra en lort til den næste. hvor fantasiløse er vi lige? eller "realistiske" måske?

hvorfor ikke bare anbefale de ting der er nice, som #plantepølser og #fediverse?

Brauche mal die #fediverse Power und Schwarmintelligenz: Frank Gotthardt verdient ja mit CGM und medizinischer Software erhebliche Geldsummen, die dann wieder in NIUS fließen. Wollte für unseren medizinischen Qualitätszirkel aufbereiten, wie und wo genau und wie es sich vermeiden lässt, jemanden wie Julian Reichelt zu unterstützen. Habe per Suchmaschine nicht viel gefunden, hat mir jemand einen Tipp?

#nius #cgm #reichelt #gotthardt

When you “favourite” a toot, the only people who are notified are the author and anyone tagged in it. I tap that “favourite” on anything I’m tagged in as a way to basically say to the author “You tagged me and I saw this.” What do you do for toots that tag you?

Boost for more votes

#fediverse #mastodon

Ich habe ein kleines Nikolaus-Geschenk für Euch. Ein kleines Bash-Skript, mit dem man ein "normalen" Mastodon-Account zu einem Gruppen-Account macht. Es funktioniert folgendermaßen: Ach, schaut einfach mal selber ...
https://codeberg.org/CarstenHa/toot2grp
#mastodon #fediverse #linux #programming #coding #Nikolaus

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@NetscapeNavigator/115671312844470695

A small reminder that keeping software updated is important for security and fixing bugs.

If you have very busy schedule, you can consider automating updates (it's actually quite easy), including server software updates, or hire a reliable company to take care of your server.

#fediverse #security #fedi #software #Mastodon

AodeRelay boosted

Netscape Navigator » 🌐 2025-12-06
@NetscapeNavigator@social.vivaldi.net

5 Fediverse sites have been hacked due to running outdated software.

Please take a moment to ensure that your instance of Mastodon, Misskey, PeerTube, PixelFed, or any other Fediverse platform is fully up-to-date.

It may also be wise to log into your server and update your operating system.

Debian / Ubuntu servers:

sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo reboot

Fedora / CentOS / Red Hat / Alma Linux:

sudo dnf update --refresh
sudo dnf upgrade
sudo reboot

If you update your OS, your server will be briefly offline during the reboot. If you have not configured your web services — including your Fediverse service — to start automatically on boot, you may need to start them manually afterward.

Always make a backup before performing upgrades.

If any of this is confusing or feels overwhelming, you should reconsider whether you want to be a server administrator. This is not meant as an insult. It’s great that you wanted to contribute to the Fediverse, but you may be better off participating as a user rather than an admin. People depend on you to keep services running smoothly, and that requires knowing how to maintain your system safely and correctly.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #PixelFed #PeerTube #Sharkey #Loops #Akkoma #Pleroma #Mbin #Lemmy #InfoSec #Security #Hack #Foss #OpenSource #Linux

00:00—Good night #Fediverse! 😴💤

#Night #Sleep #Zzz

Whatever you do, just never try to fucking play a video that is hosted on another server in the #fediverse - just ain’t worth the try. 🤦‍♂️
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115668984609616080

Europas #Souveränität muss wachsen! Während wir uns hier bei den größten Faktoren auf die Regierungen verlassen müssen, gibt es besonders im digitalen Bereich zahlreiche Stellen, an der wir als einzelne Bürger viel beitragen können.

z.B. die Nutzung europäischer Dienste und Anbieter (#Suchmaschine, #Browser, #OSM, …) oder der Wechsel zu #OpenSource und offenen Protokollen/Standards (#ODT stadt DOCX, #Fediverse, …).

Je mehr von uns das nutzen, desto interessanter ein Wechsel auch für Behörden.

Week in Fediverse 2025-12-05

Servers

- stegodon v1.3.0
- Ktistec v3.2.2
- ActivityPub for WordPress v7.7.0
- snac v2.85
- tootik v0.20.3
- shops v0.1.6
- PieFed v1.3.6
- Forgejo monthly report - November 2025
- Lemmy Development Update November 2025

Clients

- Pachli v3.2.0
- Mastodon for iOS v2025.08
- Tusker v2025.3
- Voyager v2.41.0

Tools and Plugins

- Poduptime v5.6.1
- FIRES Server v0.8.0

Articles

- Mastodon creator shares what went wrong with Threads and ponders the future of the fediverse
- Why the #OMN works with #ActivityPub – And why we need a bridge to #p2p
- The Fediverse and Content Creation: Monetization
- Alt Text Health Check image accessibility report #3
- Is Pixelfed sawing off the branch that the Fediverse is sitting on?
- #OurFedi2025 - Fediverse Year in Review
- A review of Exit coolness I overlooked from the world of ActivityPub
- Fediverse Report – #145

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019acbca-9a56-6825-a6da-5469fd8a40fd

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@FamilyHandyman
@HomesGardens
@cosmopolitan
@Numerama
@blogTO

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

Built by @mho

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

Thought: if #open, #federated, and #distributed solutions were the most #accessible solutions, people with disabilities would be some of the biggest allies in pushing adoption. I already constantly have to get my friends, co-workers, etc, to switch tools for me. If we're working or playing together, the tool needs to be accessible if I'm involved. But unfortunately, that's almost never the case, and I find myself having to force my friends to switch away from open tools and into closed ones:
* Jitsi meet doesn't offer captions or transcripts, and still had an unlabeled button or two last I checked. So I usually have to force people working with me to switch to Zoom.
* github is still more accessible than Forgejo and codeberg, even with the recent regressions. So I won't contribute to projects that aren't on github.
* None of the existing Matrix clients offer good accessibility; they either lag, have unlabeled controls, the message list won't scroll, messages won't read as they come in, etc. So I have to force people onto Slack or Discord.
* Neither Only Office or Next Cloud offer a web interface that works for collaboration with screen readers, so I have to force people to use Google Docs.
* Linux accessibility remains a joke compared to Windows or mac.

And on and on it goes. #opensource #fediverse #federation

In the Fediverse track at SFSCon, Tobias Diekershoff spoke about:

Fediverse: Beyond text in the stream: An expedition into the Fediverse to discover uncharted services

https://fediforum.org/2025-11-sfscon/

#fediforum #sfscon #fediverse #socialweb

In case you missed it, I've reformatted the Fedi.Garden website so that it is as simple and easy as possible to sign up on a server that is well-run and reliable. If you know someone interested in the Fediverse, this might be a good way for them to sign up:

➡️ https://fedi.garden

(Sorry to repeat this announcement, but last time I posted about it my hosting company decided to unexpectedly update its software and totally break the site 😖 Fedi.Garden is now working properly!)

#Fediverse

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Screenshot of the Fedi.Garden website's front page menu showing some text and some buttons as options below that. Text on the page is as follows: Mastodon (and the wider Fediverse it is part of) is a non-corporate social network owned and operated by ordinary people and grassroots community groups. Here are the basics: To join Mastodon and the Fediverse, you need to sign up on a server. Whichever server you sign up on, you can follow people from other servers and they can follow you. If you change your mind later, you can move your account to a different server while keeping your follows and followers. To get started, pick the option that suits you best: - I want to sign up, please suggest a good server - I want to choose from the full list of good servers - I have questions I need answered before I sign up - I’ve signed up for an account, what do I do next?

Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️

Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in.

Read about why this matters and how it can empower communities: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/why-community-matters-groups-as-the-next-step-for-the-fediverse/

Support the campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=tBIbwXI4dU25KvW4HBM0hQ

#Fediverse #FederatedGroups #CommunitySpaces #ActivityPub

🫂 It’s #FollowFriday! 🫂

Here are a few accounts you should check out:

@RandamuMaki
@SrRochardBunson
@hmm_cook
@syphilia
@BigTittyBimbo
@FruAleydis
@alipunk
@Lydie
@amici

Hope you have an amazing weekend ahead!

#Weekend #Friday #FollowerPower #Follow #Boost #Fediverse #Fedi

Hey everyone,

@casey and @aseelfromgz had the honour of speaking to two families from Gaza today and we’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified.

They are:

• Aral Balkan (@aral)
• Aral Balkan (@aral)

Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).

Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):

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

Thank you for making Mastodon and the fediverse a safe space for our friends in Gaza and for your support.

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #Mastodon #fediverse #newMembers #verification

Fediverse Report #145 - this week's #fediverse news:

- @holos is a project currently in development that allows you to run an #activitypub server on your phone
- More on Threads' user statistics, which do indicate the platform's popularity in Asia

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-145/

After reading about a major #Funkwhale instance shutting down, I'm wondering whether I should keep my podcast on open.audio.

https://blog.liberta.vip/libertadmin/its-over-for-liberta-audio

However, the idea of an audio app that uses #ActivityPub to be part of the #Fediverse is excellent.

Any suggestions on where to host a #podcast?

P. S. I just discovered @Castopod , an alternative to @funkwhale

I want to inspect which one is more stable, and if there are good servers as well. Feedback welcome!

Liebe Stadt @mainz_de,

schön, dass Ihr dabei bleibt. Das ist garantiert die richtige Entscheidung. 😉
Und vielen Dank für die guten Worte. Von #Solidarität ist viel zu selten die Rede.

Wir nehmen die Gelegenheit wahr und weisen nochmal auf die bereits auf #Mastodon aktiven #Städte und #Gemeinden hin. Das gezeigt Bild kann von hier
👉 https://cloud.wechange.de/s/G3Q262oPBeG9tQt
herunter geladen und gerne auf anderen Plattformen geteilt werden.
Die Mast-Accounts sind als Links in das pdf eingebaut. Alternativ ist die Liste von @sabrinkmann zu nutzen
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/?liste=staedte-und-gemeinden-DE
Oben rechts auf der Seite könnt Ihr auch von „Accounts folgen Importieren“ Gebrauch machen.

Der Stadt #Mainz wünschen wir viel Erfolg im #Fediverse weiterhin!

#sozialeMedien #AlleInsFediverse

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Das Bild zeigt die Logos von deutschen Städten und Gemeinden, die einen Account auf Mastodon betreiben. Unten links ist noch das Mastodon-Maskottchen gezeigt und unten rechts der QR-Code des Aktionsbündnis neue soziale Medien, das das Bild in Kooperation mit dem Forschungswerk Dresden erstellt hat.

#blog #fediverse #blorbosocial #onblorbing

Hello! I was wondering if anyone could help me with a problem I'm having (it has to do with fediverse/blorbo.social)

I can't figure out how to block tags? I have a lot of key words blocked and I have them also blocked like [Hashtag][InsertThingHere] but this does not seem to work? I keep seeing posts with the tags I have blocked It's really quite distressing since most often the keywords I have blocked are topics that are extremely distressing or upsetting to me.

If anyone could please tell me what I need to do to be able to block tags so I do not have to see toots that upset me when I open this website, I would really appreciate it.

A new release of TootSDK - 21.3.0 📣

https://github.com/TootSDK/TootSDK/releases/tag/21.3.0

What's changed:

- Support mastodon experimental async refresh API @dale_price

Community contributions are greatly appreciated 🙌

#iOSDev #Swift #TootSDK #Fediverse

Hallo Fediverse, ich bin Lars / Boxcarrace und neu hier. Ich lebe vegan Straight Edge, mag Linux, Filme, PS5 und Vinyl. Dazu NHL, besonders die Toronto Maple Leafs – durchwachsen, aber spannend. Ich lerne das Fediverse kennen und freue mich über Austausch hier im Alltag
#Fediverse #NeuHier #Austausch #Linux #Vegan #PS5 #Vinyl #NHL #Mastodon #FediverseCommunity #Intro #NewHere #OpenToChat #TechAndCulture

Happy Friday, #BSDCafe
Happy Friday, #illumosCafe
Happy Friday, #Fediverse

I hope the sun I see from my window right now can light up and cheer up your day.

https://song.link/s/4IhTXiZLKATmwhMZIb1GQN

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

RE: https://freiburg.social/@JoKi/115665476982320669

Was @JoKi zum #Fediverse & konkret hier zu #Mastodon sagt, darin finde ich mich wieder.

Danke.

#Linux statt Windows
#fediverse statt meta und Twitter
e/OS oder andere statt Android
#Signal statt WhatsApp
YouTube schauen geht auch mit Tubular - und macht sogar mehr Spaß
Und man ist digital unabhängiger, kein elender Dreckskonzern liest per Default auf dem eigenen Gerät mit
Und das geht auch als IT noob.
Meine Lehre aus den letzten Wochen.

@bernab

Danke, hier ist freilich das Gegenteil von #Dualismus gemeint: Ich mache mir & uns bewusst, dass es Menschen gibt, die das #Fediverse anders empfinden als ich. Konkret dachte ich dabei z.B. an @heinerme.

Dies dient jedoch nicht der Konstruktion eines Feindbildes, nicht dem #Thymos oder #RageBait - sondern der Einladung zur #Reflektion und zum #Dialog.

Menschheit ist immer auch #Vielfalt. Und das ist gut so.

#DialogischerMonismus

Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?

Es gibt Menschen, die das #Fediverse „zu ruhig“ oder gar „langweilig“ finden.

Habe selbst das algorithmische #Neurohacking & die #Empörungssucht der antisozialen #Konzernmedien „durchgespielt“. Und bin sehr dankbar, dass es hier mehr #Ruhe & also #Freiheit & #Dialog gibt… https://www.newsroom.de/news/aktuelle-meldungen/multimedia-9/medienethiker-blume-monopole-von-google-meta-und-x-werden-enden-975689/

Destroying Autocracy – December 04, 2025

Welcome to this week’s “Destroying Autocracy”.

It’s your source for curated news affecting democracy in the cyber arena with a focus on protecting it. That necessitates an opinionated Butlerian jihad against big tech as well as evangelizing for open-source and the Fediverse. Since big media’s journalism wing is flailing and failing in its core duty to democracy, this is also a collection of alternative reporting on the eternal battle between autocracy and democracy. We also cover the cybersecurity world. You can’t be free without safety and privacy.

FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck ’em.

The Programmer’s Fulcrum is the future (and smaller) home for a fusion of Symfony Station and Battalion. Its tagline is Devs Defending Democracy, Developing the OMN.

You can sign up now and for 2025 get an email with links to each week’s Symfony Station Communiqué and Battalion “Destroying Autocracy” post along with their featured articles. And you’ll be set with TPF after the fusing in January.

We are posting on the Fediverse now at @thefulcrum @thefulcrum.dev and original website content will start next month.

Featured Item(s)

Hamish Campbell writes:

ActivityPub is a shared vocabulary, a public language for moving meaning and connection across the open web. It gives you nouns and verbs, and the community defines the grammar through lived use.

This is why the OMN works with ActivityPub, a metadata and meaning layer, not a platform, flows, not silos. ActivityPub is the widely deployed 4 Opens protocol that treats publishing as a flow, a conversation.

Unlike the more vertical stacks (ATProto is a good example), ActivityPub doesn’t force a worldview. It doesn’t tell you, “this is how your network must be structured.” It doesn’t enforce hierarchy or lock you into one interpretation of identity, authority, or workflow. It’s a KISS path – here’s a shared language, verbs for publishing and receiving, express objects, updates, relationships. The rest is up to the commons.

This flexibility is exactly why the OMN can become a part of this flow.

Why the OMN works with ActivityPub – And why we need a bridge to p2p

We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable.

The response to Russia’s War Crimes, Techno Feudalism, and other douchebaggery

DDEV has:

Power Through Blackouts: How DDEV Community Helped Me in Ukraine

TechPolicy Press shares:

How to Test New York’s Algorithmic Pricing Law

The EU’s Digital Omnibus Must Be Rejected by Lawmakers. Here is Why.

Singapore announced an:

Issuance of Implementation Directives to Apple and Google Under the Online Criminal Harms Act

The MIT Press Reader has:

The Secret History of Tor: How a Military Project Became a Lifeline for Privacy

The Guardian reports:

Irish authorities asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by IDF

Neutral

TechPolicy Press reports:

What the European Commission and Civil Society Both Get Wrong on the Digital Omnibus

Why Platforms Don’t Catch Climate Misinformation — and How to Change That

EuroNews asks:

Which European countries are building their own sovereign AI to compete in the tech race?

Numerama reports:

Mistral AI dévoile Mistral 3 et Ministral : des modèles qui replacent la France sur la scène open source

TechCrunch reports:

Mistral closes in on Big AI rivals with new open-weight frontier and small models

Wired reports:

The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the states. Activists Are Fighting Back.

The Evil Empire (AKA Autocracy) Strikes Back

The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:

Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They’re Doing

EDRi has:

Promises unkept: The EU-US Data Privacy Framework under fire

404 Media reports:

Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build its Surveillance AI

Pariah States

DarkReading reports:

Tomiris Unleashes ‘Havoc’ With New Tools, Tactics

DPRK’s ‘Contagious Interview’ Spawns Malicious Npm Package Factory

Student Sells Gov’t, University Sites to Chinese Actors

TechPolicy Press reports:

The Gulf’s AI Rise and the Risk of Entrenching Authoritarianism

The Register reports:

Stealthy browser extensions waited years before infecting 4.3M Chrome, Edge users with backdoors and spyware

China using AI as ‘precision instrument’ of censorship and repression, at home and abroad

Big Media

Axios reports:

Fox News hires Palantir to build AI newsroom tools

Big surprise.

Big Tech

The Guardian reports:

How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’

More than 1,000 Amazon workers warn rapid AI rollout threatens jobs and climate

Anti-immigrant material among AI-generated content getting billions of views on TikTok

BleepingComputer reports:

Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out

Big surprise here. But, if you’re amoral enough to use it, you deserve all the privacy invading ads you get.

Google deletes X post after getting caught using a ‘stolen’ AI recipe infographic

Nature reports:

Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI

Wow.

The Guardian reports:

The question isn’t whether the AI bubble will burst – but what the fallout will be

National Review reports:

Meta Researchers Privately Compared Instagram to Addictive Drug, Bombshell Court Filing Shows

Wanna-be Big Tech

OMG Unbuntu has:

Mozilla’s ‘Rewiring’ to AI – Saving the Web or Saving Itself?

Cybersecurity/Privacy

TechCrunch reports:

European cops shut down crypto mixing website that helped launder 1.3B euros

DarkReading reports:

New Raptor Framework Uses Agentic Workflows to Create Patches

Bleeping Computer reports:

Fake Calendly invites spoof top brands to hijack ad manager accounts

The Register reports:

Microsoft quietly shuts down Windows shortcut flaw after years of espionage abuse

Fediverse

Coywolf has:

Mastodon creator shares what went wrong with Threads and ponders the future of the fediverse

Ben Werdmuller shares:

Introducing Roundabout

Sean Coates explores:

The Fediverse and Content Creation: Monetization

Great and important stuff.

Ploum asks:

Is Pixelfed sawing off the branch that the Fediverse is sitting on?

Wouldn’t the fix to this would be to show a larger version of a user’s profile image with text posts?

RSS

Planet Codigo has:

Mi solución RSS con software libre y autogestionado

Slightly Decentralized Social Media

TBD

CTAs (aka show us some free love)

• That’s it for this week. Please share this edition of Destroying Autocracy.
• Follow me on the Fediverse. Or this site via the button in the footer. Or via RSS. Or even our future home in 2026, if you want a head start.

Keep fighting!

Ringleader, Battalion
Reuben Walker
Follow me on the Fediverse

#ActivityPub #AI #Autocracy #BigJournalism #BigTech #Democracy #Fascism #Fediverse #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Roundabout #RSS #StopChina #StopIsrael #StopRedAmerica #StopRussia #SupportUkraine #TechnoAnarchism #TechnoFeudalism #Threads

https://battalion.mobileatom.net/?p=4147

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Spaceship at the site of a battle

Lighthouse lore vi
Post 1/5

The night the Lighthouse server woke up was the night the wind stopped whispering and started preaching over Peel. Fans hummed like monks, LEDs blinking like something with opinions. Caroline swore she heard it sigh. The machine wasn’t rebooting — it was becoming.

#LighthouseLore #Fediverse #SysadminLife

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@EuronewsCulture
@Hipertextual
@GoodNewsDE
@BBCNews
@RollingStoneIta

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

Built by @mho

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

Hello, $MASTO_USER!

It's December, which means the end of the year is fast approaching. Here's a quick overview of what you accomplished in the Fediverse this year:

I have no idea. We don't track what you do.

#surveillance #privacy #wrapup #annual #stats #Mastodon #Fediverse

In the Fediverse track at SFSCon, Mayel de Borniol and Ivan Minutillo spoke about:

Bonfire: Public Interest Social Networks

https://fediforum.org/2025-11-sfscon/

#fediforum #sfscon #fediverse #socialweb #bonfire

Are you tech savvy and planning to migrate away from mastodon.social to help to prevent the Fediverse becoming centralized ?

#mastodon #fediverse #decentralise

#snac2 #fediverse #frugalfediverse

Via @ploum - Is Pixelfed sawing off the branch that the Fediverse is sitting on? https://ploum.net/2025-12-04-pixelfed-against-fediverse.html

#fedi #fediverse #decentralization #decentralized #Pixelfed #ActivityPub #federation

🏀 🏑 ⚽ 🏓 ⚾ 🤿 🏐 🛹 Das sind die Sportvereine mit Fediverse -Präsenz (die mir bislang begegnet sind). Gibt es noch mehr?

@psvhd@rheinneckar.social @Tauchclub@troet.cafe @BSV_Wedding_Reinickendorf@troet.cafe @tsvbordesholm@social.schleswig-holstein.de @tsgoberradtt@mastodon.social @mtvlecktt@mastodon.social @floorball@uhc-elster.de @unihockeyclub_elster@tube.tchncs.de @golf@crossgolf.uhc-elster.de @greenbears@norden.social @skatehub@troet.cafe
neu: @SVArminia@mastodon.social @tvmettenheim@mastodon.social
neu2: @tsvmodau@mastodon.social

Sportarten u.a. : #Tauchen #Tischtennis #Floorball #Unihockey #Crossgolf #Baseball #Breitensport #Inklusionssport #Skateboard #Fußball

Davon sind aber m.W. noch keine Accounts bei #Friendica oder #Pixelfed , sondern v.a. #Mastodon #Peertube #Sharkey .
Pixelfed wäre sicher für Vereine interessant, die in erster Linie Fotos posten möchten, Friendica könnte noch ein paar weitere Funktionen abdecken wie Terminkalender, interne Gruppen, Fotogalerie, Pinnwand usw.

Wäre schön, wenn die Vereine sich bei Interesse untereinander vernetzen und austauschen!

Für regionale Vernetzung und Auffindbarkeit vielleicht auch noch interessant: Tragt Euch doch auch auf der Fedikarte ein

@sport@feddit.org #Fediverse #Sport

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Ich bin im Sportverein. Bitte folgen! Quelle: https://www.vereins-a.de/

Tervetuloa kotiin!

#plushtodon
#mastodon
#fediverse

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Plushtodon-pehmolelu, mastodon-maskotti.

Das Fediverse stirbt langsam

Wir können in den letzten Monaten einen deutlichen Rückgang der aktiven Nutzenden feststellen. Doch was genau sind die Gründe dafür und was können wir dagegen tun?

#Fediverse #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/das-fediverse-stirbt-langsam

Sometimes I find it ironic that people used to be more social before social media. Now we can reach anyone in a second, yet most feel lonelier than ever.

Constant notifications replaced genuine connection. So many chasing likes, so few real conversations (or friends).

And with an endless stream of AI bots pretending to be human, the internet itself feels like a "slowly cooling universe". I personally find it spooky.

#Fediverse #Thoughts #Reflection #Social #Human #AI

What would you prefer?

Having more followers and reach on Bluesky, but being tied to their bsky.app platform - or having less visibility for your posts, but full independence on your own Mastodon instance?

#Mastodon #Bluesky #Fediverse #Decentralization #SelfHosting #OpenSource

Annoin tänään joululahjan. Anna sinäkin!

https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors#donate

#mastodon
#fediverse

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Kiitossivu lahjoituksen jälkeen

I am waiting for ActivityPub and the Fediverse to make an appearance. I would suspect that the "expensive and annoying game of whack-a-mole" will start to get very hard to manage.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-04/when-is-the-teen-social-media-ban-what-apps-are-banned/106086152

#auspol #activitypub #mastodon #pixelfed #fediverse #socialmedia

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@FrommersMag
@USAToday
@FinancialPost
@ntv2019
@bravo

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

Built by @mho

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

In the Fediverse track at SFSCon, Tommi Marmo spoke about:

What is the Fediverse? Defining Values and Key Challenges.

https://fediforum.org/2025-11-sfscon/

#fediforum #sfscon #fediverse #socialweb

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mainz_de/115656922648428867

Die Stadt #Mainz bleibt doch hier vorerst im #Fediverse. Gute Entscheidung ✌️ #Mastodon

AodeRelay boosted

Landeshauptstadt Mainz » 🌐 2025-12-03
@mainz_de@mastodon.social

Liebe Community, ihr habt uns überzeugt: Die Stadt Mainz bleibt auf Mastodon. Für die vielen, konstruktiven Reaktionen vielen Dank! Offen gesagt: Wir haben nicht damit gerechnet. Denn wir hatten in den letzten Jahren hier wenig Resonanz erfahren. Daher wollten wir uns auf die Plattformen konzentrieren, auf denen wir zigmal mehr Follower und Reaktionen haben. Ihr macht uns jetzt Mut, dass Mastodon lebt. Lasst uns hier geMAINZam austauschen: lebendig, vielfältig, solidarisch. 🙂

CupOfTea.social is a general Glitch Mastodon server for casual chit-chat and good wholesome content, based in the UK.

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

https://cupoftea.social

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

#FeaturedServer #Mastodon #GlitchMastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

This is the Fediverse at its absolute best.

https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/115645813940637553

#Fediverse #CowRidingThread

“Butterfly Landing” — a whimsical reminder that magic shows up in the smallest moments. https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/butterfly-landing-lisa-s-baker.html

#art #dogart #butterfly #whimsical #animalart #mastodonart #artshare #lisabaker #lisasbaker #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoart #artprints #canvasprints #dog #dogs #pup #doglovers #insect #cuteanimals #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #fedigiftshop #puzzles #artforkids #mammal #painting #whimsical

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A close-up view of a dog’s nose and eyes captures a butterfly delicately perched on its snout. The vivid contrast between the dog's black and white fur and the butterfly's colorful wings creates a striking visual. Art by Lisa S Baker.

Weiter sagen : Es gibt eine Alternative, die heisst #Fediverse*

"Für viele Menschen ist ein Verzicht auf Plattformen wie #Instagram keine Alternative, weil sie ansonsten auf gesellschaftliche Teilhabe verzichten müssten" https://netzpolitik.org/2024/abonnieren-oder-akzeptieren-eu-datenschuetzerinnen-watschen-abo-modelle-ab

* "...hat die Instagram-Alternative Pixelfed starken Zulauf erhalten" https://www.heise.de/news/Anbindung-an-Mastodon-Co-Forensoftware-NodeBB-ans-Fediverse-angeschlossen-10251690.html

#Mastodon #PeerTube #Pixelfed #Friendica #Mobilizon #ActivityPub #SocialMedia

"Vous Revoir" is now available in a more international form as SocialBand.
The whole project aims to provide a platform that allows artists and their audiences to publish events without relying on gafams. The software acts as a bridge to the Fediverse by linking Mastodon accounts to promote Fediverse adoption within the cultural sector.

The server is maintained by a non-profit Belgian organization.

Welcome to all!
https://socialband.eu

#fediverse #music #scene #artists #software #mastodon

Hey everyone,

@joynewacc, @aseelfromgz, and I had the honour of speaking to one family from Gaza today and we’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified.

They are:

• Ameen.Gaza (@ameengaza)

Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their account, and donate to their fundraiser if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).

Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):

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

Thank you for making Mastodon and the fediverse a safe space for our friends in Gaza and for your support.

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #Mastodon #fediverse #newMembers #verification

Okay, I have to ask: What is it with #Fediverse developers running lousy #crowdfunding campaign?

I mean, I thought that the one for #Pixelfed wasn't great, but the one for #Bonfire is truly appalling. The Indiegogo campaign has been going on for what, almost a month? And yet there has not been a SINGLE update on their campaign page!

Look, if you want support, you need to actually talk to your supporters repeatedly, especially during an active crowdfunding campaign! How else are they going to be enthusiastic enough to spread the word about what you are doing? Give us some extra details about your plans beyond your initial description, or _something_! Make us _care_!

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community/updates

They're so close. Support @bonfire today and give the #fediverse an early Christmas present 🎁 🔥
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community

Im Vergleich zur shit show, die @heiseonline durch ihren Besitzer abliefert, wirkt #Golem geradezu angenehm.
Ich konnte bisher nichts finden, was irgendwie Grund zur Kritik liefern würde.
(Einzig das fehlende Engagement im #Fediverse kann ich ihnen ankreiden.)

Entsprechend werden zukünftige Abogelder in deren Richtung fließen.

there might be another account surge coming up on the #Fediverse

https://www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/industry-regulation/social-media-age-restrictions/which-platforms-are-age-restricted

#Australia #socialmediaban #SocialMediaMinimumAge #SMMA

@Heliograph we're not even on the radar #Mastodon #fediverse

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Services that Australia eSafety considers will be age-restricted social media platforms: Facebook Instagram Kick Reddit Snapchat Threads TikTok Twitch X (formerly Twitter) YouTube Services that eSafety considers will not be age-restricted social media platforms: Discord GitHub Google Classroom LEGO Play Messenger Pinterest Roblox Steam and Steam Chat WhatsApp YouTube Kids

I think I have identified a fairly significant flaw in how the #Fediverse currently operates. Hear me out.

The Fediverse currently consists of all sorts of different systems - #Mastodon, #Friendica , #Pixelfed , #PeerTube, #BookWyrm , and so forth. And while they are all connected via the #ActivityPub protocol, they all have different functionalities and different ways of presenting themselves. Which is as it should be, because Diversity Is Our Strength(TM).

However, it is here that the ActivityPub-based interactivity hits its limits - for usually, you can either experience the relevant system as it was intended, or you can interact with it, but not both - _unless_ you have an account on the same system (though not necessarily on the same instance).

Let's say that you are a Mastodon user who looks at another person's BookWyrm page. You scroll through their books, posts, and comments. Then you see some comment you want to comment on yourself, but can you do so?

Not directly. You need to figure out the URL of their comment, and then copy and paste that comment into the search bar of your Mastodon instance. Then it will show up in the same format as a Mastodon post, and you can interact with it - boost it, like it, comment on it.

Sure, it works, but it's a whole lot of tedious effort.

Or you can search for the user account in Mastodon and scroll through all their posts and comments as if they were a Mastodon user - and thus, you will miss out on all the unique user interface features of BookWyrm.

So what is missing?

Well, Mastodon already has an "Open original page" feature when looking at someone's post. What we need is an "Open original page AND AUTHENTICATE" feature. This way, the target instance (whatever software they are using) could acknowledge the viewer as an external user who could nevertheless fully interact with the local user interface, including the ability to boost, like, and make comments.

This is something that should be theoretically possible to implement, right? #FediHelp

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A Mastodon menu that pops up when clicking on another user's post, showing the options: "Expand this post Open original page Copy link to post"

Was würdet ihr tun?

Wenn ihr in einer Welt leben könntet,
wo ihr nicht arbeiten müsst.
Was würdet ihr tun?

Wie z.B. bei Star Trek, niemand muss arbeiten da alle Güter "repliziert" werden

Bitte teilen, viele Meinungen wären toll
Danke 🙏 ❤️

Liebend gerne auch Kommentare, eine Diskussion wäre super

#mastodon #fediverse #umfrage #boost #welt #menschen #arbeit #leben #meinung #politik #philosophie #gedanken #freiheit #recht

What would you do?

If you could live in a world
where you didn't have to work.
What would you do?

Like in Star Trek, for example, where no one has to work because all goods are “replicated.”

Please share, lots of opinions would be great.
Thanks 🙏 ❤️

Comments are also very welcome, a discussion would be great.

#mastodon #fediverse #survey #boost #world #people #work #life #opinion #politics #philosophy #thoughts #freedom #rights #poll #share #comments #human

Huh. Just chatted in person with someone who's been on #mastodon for a while, now, who honestly thought that all the Mastodon domains were run by Mastodon. And having a different domain was, like, just a vanity thing to look cool. It only came up because they were complaining about an issue they were having, and they were on a smaller server (not naming it for anonymity), so I suggested contacting their server admin about the problem. I was surprised when they answered "Dude nobody at big companies reads those reports. It just all goes to AI or whatever." It took some actual convincing to get them to believe that the server they're on does, in fact, have a living breathing human admin who can be talked to.

Anyway, folks, support your #fediverse server admins and moderators. With money, where you can. They're almost certainly getting messages from users who think that reporting things to an admin here is exactly like reporting stuff to Facebook or Google. IE: screaming at a giant faceless entity who's never going to care or do anything about whatever your problem is.

It's our birthday today. 🎉

Two years ago today, we filed the paperwork for Mirlo to officially become a legal entity. We're so grateful and humbled by everyone who has contributed to the experiment since then. Here's to many more years making music together on the internet! 🐦‍⬛🐸🎺

#Music #Musicians #OpenSource #Mirlo #Fediverse #FediMusic #Birthday

#Eventbrite to be acquired by #BendingSpoons, following their acquisition of #Meetup.com which caused many users to migrate to Eventbrite in the first place. I think at this point it becomes very obvious that the #Fediverse is the best place to coordinate your meetups, and you have many options to choose from: #Mobilizon, #Gancio and even #Wordpress with the #ActivityPub Event Bridge plugin. Everyone knows Bending Spoon's playbook, enshittification is inevitable.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251202408560/en/Eventbrite-Enters-into-Definitive-Agreement-to-Be-Acquired-by-Bending-Spoons-for-Roughly-%24500-Million-to-Accelerate-Eventbrites-Next-Phase-of-Growth

Spectra.video is an important PeerTube instance for the fediverse. Home to @fediforum @fedicon @decentered_podcast to name a few.
Costs are building up, and funding is needed. Let’s do this!
https://opencollective.com/spectra-video
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #fundraiser

Alaskan.Social is an independent Mastodon server created, moderated and owned by Alaskans.

https://alaskan.social

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

#FeaturedServer #Alaska #Alaskan #Anchorage #Juneau #USA #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

The five largest verified accounts of #news organisations in the #Fediverse are:
@arstechnica
@mediapart
@tazgetroete
@heiseonline
@tagesschau

Interested in where the followers are? Have a look 👇🏼

And find a larger table over at:
https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

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Follower-Breakdown by software

Three are from germany, they have an overlap of roughly 30k followers. But the rest not so much, for example just a couple of hundred between the french and the german ones.

And did you see? Three of the five are on their own instance, having much more control about their presence in the #Fediverse.

#SocialMedia #Media #Mastodon