The Fediverse is so cool. The interoperability of ActivityPub rewards you from browsing other instances, creating server-side and personal connections differently from how we were taught to browse the social web.
At the moment I'm trying to figure out the most optimal way share content around the Fediverse, from Peertube to Mastodon in particular. How it works is kind of weird.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Peertube #Mastodon #Interoperability #SocialWeb #Federation #Federated #FederatedSocialWeb

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Oura confirmed user health data is not end-to-end encrypted, allowing staff and governments with legal demands to access records stored on company servers. 💍
The wearable maker says requests are infrequent but still ha...”

https://mastodon.social/@knoppix95/116628359859409144

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RE: https://pnw.zone/@pseudonymsupreme/116631515752719106

Quick shout-out to #Mastodon and the #Fediverse for making it possible to easily catch cool posts like this about my hometown.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Five Echo Juliet is doing late Saturday afternoon things. https:// globe.airplanes.live/?icao=a50 e9f # Portland # Surveillance”

https://mastodon.world/@YakyuNightOwl/116626584150443389

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When I think about the fact that Babka Social suspends ~1.5-2 Fediverse accounts a day for antisemitism, the situation on the Fediverse becomes very stark.

We don't repeat report the same accounts, and we have many instances Suspended or Limited already. Limited servers are less likely to show up in our reports.

The overall Mastodon and Fediverse landscape shows an overall decrease in the userbase over time- there are less active accounts than there were in 2022/2023, and the numbers continue to shrink over time.

Babka does not Federate with either Threads, or with Bluesky bridges.

So if the number of active Fediverse accounts decreases and we still must Suspend 10-14 accounts a week, that means the number of antisemities on this platform is extremely severe.

#Fediverse #Antisemitism #Mastodon

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @evan@cosocial.ca

He/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca. Research Director, Social Web Foundation. Author of 'ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web' from O'Reilly Media. Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai. Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social. Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus. Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech. Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montréalais.

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 05/27/26 at 14:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

Don't miss out — follow all three! #firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

Eine Frage ins #Fediverse

Hat jemand eine aktuelle Übersicht aller Fediverse-Plattformen? Hier kursierte erst kürzlich wieder so ein schickes Bild. Leider finde ich es nicht.
Und alles was ich über die Suchmaschinen finde, ist definitiv nicht auf Stand, weil #Loops fehlt.

Ich brauche diese Übersicht für eine kleine Präsentation zum Fediverse bei den #DieGrünen ...

Bin für #repost sehr dankbar.

Schöne #Pfiingsten und einen schicken #SilentSunday

#Fedihelp #Boost

it looks like more and more companies "force' employees to use #AI.

What do you reply if you're against it?

Is that your case:

#mastodon #fediverse #opensource #FOSS #technology

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“# Oura says it gets # government demands for user data. Will it share how many? Oura users' data is not end-to-end # encrypted and can be handed to the government. Will the # wearable tech maker say how often...”

https://mas.to/@PrivacyDigest/116626305908122733

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🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse

“If you see something problematic which has potentially broken your server's rules, you can report it by clicking ⋯ on the post and then selecting "Report". It's really important to include a reason for the report and to...”

https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116631275715386688

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DJs.social is a Mastodon server for DJs of any kind, be it in the club, radio, mobile sound-systems, livestreaming etc. People from related fields also welcome.

https://djs.social

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

#FeaturedServer #DJ #DJs #DiscJockeys #ClubDJ #RadioDJ #SoundSystems #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“"For now, what are most alarming are not the outbreaks themselves but the slow and uncoordinated responses by the institutions that Americans rely on to keep them safe, including the U.S. government and the World Health ...”

https://apobangpo.space/@bich/116626115873520678

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@v_perjorative Not yet! That would be the most #fediverse reply possible (other than the inevitable reply NOT THAT distro!)

Doggy Chill-Mode am #silentsunday 🐶

Tierisch gute Grüße gehen raus in die Welt, gehen raus ins #fediverse

#photography #dogs #doglovers #dogsoffediverse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“The DOJ Is Demanding Apple And Google Identify Over 100,000 Users Of This Car App
# surveillance https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=Md1NcaHWqI0”

https://social.vivaldi.net/@rogerc2738/116625682288255565

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Hey Ho

Ich habe am Wochenende meinen eigenen Blog mit #ghost im Docker aufgesetzt!

Ich will hier eine verständliche Plattform rund um die Themen Linux Selfhosting und Privacy aufbauen.

Der erste Post ist live.
Als nächstes starten wir mit der Linux-Verzeichnisstruktur!
Schaut gerne mal vorbei, ich freue mich über Feedback & Besuch.

https://blog.ungruhe.info

#foss #docker #sysadmin #opensource #neuhier #fediverse #linux #selfhosting #privacy

Dear #fediverse, I need your help. For presentation slides, what presentation software are you using, e.g. when presenting at conferences, meetups but also at work? I'm looking for suggestions other than Keynote and PowerPoint.

I've just subscribed to the @gyptazy relay - https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com/actor

Let's see if it will work.

#Fediverse #Testing

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

““This week I discovered the same pattern, executed by Google. Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. The file is named weights.bin. It lives in O...”

https://mas.to/@fsinn/116624353840374370

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🍐 Fleur de Pear 🍐 Available Here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/fleur-de-pear-lisa-s-baker.html

#PearArt #FruitArt #BotanicalArt #WhimsicalArt #FloralArt #WallArt #HomeDecor #LisaSBaker #BuyIntoArt #pear #fruit #food #countryart #shabbychic #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creativeToots #spring #blooms #fruitblossoms #kitchenart #kitchendecor

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Decorative pear artwork featuring soft floral details painted onto a pear surrounded by pink blossoms, teal leaves, and ornate botanical patterns against a rich brown background.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“"This is what makes the matter more than an abstract privacy concern: it has direct and measurable economic consequences. If your insurance goes up without you having had any accidents, if your risk profile deteriorates ...”

https://tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/116624157416991477

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@U3000 Willkommen im #Fediverse. 👋

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Ebola risk in Congo now ‘very high’, WHO warns – POLITICO The situation remains stable in neighboring Uganda, where two confirmed cases and one death have been recorded. Anne…
# NewsBeep # News # US # USA ...”

https://newsbeep.org/@us/116623934882939479

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How fast-moving is this place, actually?
How often should I post?

I have enough material to fire something out every hour, but I also don’t want to annoy people or make a bad first impression. 😄

Still figuring out the rhythm here.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #NewHere #Blogging #OldWeb #SocialMedia

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Ebola risk in Congo now ‘very high’, WHO warns – POLITICO The situation remains stable in neighboring Uganda, where two confirmed cases and one death have been recorded. Anne…
# NewsBeep # News # Healthcare #...”

https://newsbeep.org/@au/116623934622763685

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Hach Sonntage in #Taiwan bedeuten fuer mich ja immer, dass ich mir alte Kinderserien anschaue. Auf @ZDF neo laeuft gerade Timm Thaler und ich feier das sehr!

Moin #Fediverse und euch einen gesunden Start in diesen Sonmtag. Alles wird gut 🖖

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​Foto eines Fernsehbildschirms mit einer Szene aus der Serie „Timm Thaler“ (1979) im 4:3-Format. Links steht Baron Lefuet (Horst Frank) im schwarzen Anzug und blickt lauernd zur Seite. Seine Hand liegt auf der Schulter des jungen Timm Thaler (Thomas Ohrner) rechts. Timm trägt einen grauen Anzug mit Krawatte und schaut ernst nach vorne. Oben links ist das „zdf_neo“-Logo zu sehen. ​Szenenbeschreibung ​Das Foto zeigt einen Moment aus der legendären ZDF-Weihnachtsserie Timm Thaler von 1979, aufgenommen von einem modernen Flachbildfernseher. Aufgrund des originalen 4:3-Formats der Serie ist das Bild von schwarzen Balken flankiert. ​Im Zentrum stehen die beiden Hauptfiguren, deren Dynamik hier perfekt eingefangen wird: ​Baron de Lefuet (Horst Frank): Der Antagonist wirkt in seinem schwarzen Anzug und mit den akkurat frisierten, blonden Haaren kühl und berechnend. Seine Hand auf Timms Schulter demonstriert Macht und die Kontrolle, die er über den Jungen hat, dem er das Lachen abgekauft hat. ​Timm Thaler (Thomas Ohrner): Der sichtlich junge Timm ist für die Welt des Barons elegant in Weste, Sakko und Krawatte gekleidet. Sein Blick ist ernst und geht ins Leere, was die Melancholie und die schwere Last seiner Figur ohne Lachen spürbar macht. ​Die minimalistische Kulisse im Hintergrund und die formelle Kleidung unterstreichen die distanzierte, fast bedrohliche Atmosphäre der Szene.

MastoBlaster build 95 is out, and I am getting close to declaring it stable.

Here is exactly how it works now:

• Tap Home from another tab: Switches back to the Home tab.
• Tap Home while already there: Scrolls the current timeline to the newest posts.
• Tap Home again while already at the top: Refreshes the timeline (with a 1.5-second cooldown to prevent accidental spamming).
• Long-press Home: Opens the timeline picker.

• Added a setting to completely disable Apple Intelligence.
• Redesigned the notification view to be larger and make much better use of screen space.
• Fixed the compose window layout for small devices like the iPhone mini.
• Profile and banner images can now be tapped to enlarge.
• Added support to approve or deny follower requests.
• Added per-instance and per-account connection timeouts.
• Added a visible Back button to the settings sheet.
• Updated the filtered notice UI: it now shows "Filtered Post ()" directly in the header and removes the separate "Matched:" line.

#MastoBlaster #MastoBlasterUpdate #Fediverse #iOS #Apple

@stefano Thank you very much! Let me know what you think of this #fediverse software once you try it out. I'm using it here on my server; it's a way to keep improving it and fixing bugs.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“https://www. europesays.com/ie/498962/ Ebola risk in Congo now ‘very high’, WHO warns – POLITICO # Ebola # Éire # GlobalHealth # Health # HealthCare # Healthcare # IE # Ireland # prevention ...”

https://pubeurope.com/@ie/116623666527627957

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Good Morning #fediverse #tzag

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“https://www. europesays.com/uk/979768/ Ebola risk in Congo now ‘very high’, WHO warns – POLITICO # Ebola # GlobalHealth # Health # Healthcare # Prevention # SouthSudan # Surveillance # TedrosAd...”

https://pubeurope.com/@uk/116623619011200325

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Global Privacy Surge: States target VPNs, EU enforces GDPR/DSA, Russia/China/ME curb tools.
• US: 65% open-source shift
• EU: 70% non-EU routing
• Russia: 80% underground surge
# PrivacyAlert # Surveillance # ...”

https://mastodon.social/@osintnewsroom/116623610837498279

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“https://www. europesays.com/us/816693/ Ebola risk in Congo now ‘very high’, WHO warns – POLITICO # Ebola # GlobalHealth # Health # HealthCare # Healthcare # Prevention # SouthSudan # Surveillan...”

https://pubeurope.com/@us/116623583978727019

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#HolosSocial isn't bringing something new to the #Fediverse, especially not to #ActivityPub. It builds on what exists, without mimicking any platform.
Every social network has been given its fediverse clone. Asking people to hold a separate account on each is taking the problem backwards.
If the fediverse keeps mirroring the GAFAM, it loses. The point was never to rebuild their world, but to offer something else: one identity across every content.
HolosSocial is simply a try. But we can do it.

🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse

“p.s Thank you to my PeerTube server's hosting company @ Cloud68 for updating the Fedi.Video version so quickly, I can recommend them to anyone who wants managed hosting of PeerTube and other server types 👍 p.p.s....”

https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116625116590585609

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A little old-world kitchen charm with rich colors, rustic textures, and an Italian-inspired touch 🍅🍝✨ Old World Pasta I: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/old-world-pasta-i-lisa-s-baker.html

#Pasta #ItalianKitchen #KitchenDecor #TuscanStyle #FarmhouseDecor #FoodArt #WallDecor #KitchenInspo #ItalianFood #BuyIntoArt #kitchenart #artprints #canvasprints #framedprints #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creativeToots

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Rustic kitchen mockup featuring vintage-style pasta artwork displayed on a wooden counter. The artwork shows a decorative collage with the word “PASTA,” a plate of spaghetti with marinara sauce, tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, and pasta motifs in warm red, cream, green, and gold tones. Surrounding décor includes wooden utensils, tomatoes, cookbooks, and ceramic kitchen accents for a cozy farmhouse feel.

@Wetendorf Willkommen im #Fediverse. 👋

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“If you're enjoying a naked dip in the hot tub, the cops are fapping furiously. https:// globe.airplanes.live/?icao=a50 e9f Isn't this just the most dandy place to live our lives? # Portland # Surveillance”

https://mastodon.world/@YakyuNightOwl/116622669517112923

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#nowplaying #bandcamp

Ritüel Kaçış (Ritual Escape)
par Stan Stewart (aka @muz4now)

https://muz4now.bandcamp.com/album/rit-el-ka-ritual-escape

#music #fevdimusic #fediverse
#chamber #darbuka #flute #handdrums #improvisational #neoromantic #oud #piano #riq #riqq #ritual #tribal #Ithaca

#Fediverse, I need your help.

I have a budget for a small contract to improve #Emissary, and am looking for a talented web designer to create a new default theme for the server.

Highlights:
* Probably ~60 hours of work
* Anywhere in the world
* Must be a good person

Details are here:
https://benpate.dev/20260601-html-designer

If you know someone who's great with HTML+CSS+Design, and is looking for a short gig, please share this with them :)

#FediHire #GetFediHired

@Teknevra i found this discussion & the comments below very interesting💙

i keep advocating to left media complaining about being shadowbanned on YT that they should do some risk mgmt & start posting on #PeerTube too

but i'm still waiting to get on PT. i have to find an instance that will allow posting of videos & request to join

we will not get the volume of people we need to start using PT & the #Fediverse like that. was just discussing it the other day

so i appreciate this discussion💙

Adding another #sketching / #drawing to #Mastodon / #Fediverse account

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Abstract black and white sketch with intersecting lines creating geometric shapes

DataSci.social is a Mastodon server for researchers & practitioners in human-centric data science, broadly defined. For example human-centric network science, social data science, computational social science, geospatial data science.

https://datasci.social

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

#FeaturedServer #DataScience #DataSci #NetworkScience #SocialScience #Geospatial #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

RE: https://s.dfaria.eu/@df/33898543700666368

This is interesting and the dev confirmed that #MastoBlaster works with #Starling

I'll create a test instance to try it.

#Fediverse

AodeRelay boosted

Domingos Faria » 🌐 2026-05-23
@df@s.dfaria.eu

#Starling is a lightweight #PHP #fediverse server you can install by just copying files over FTP to a shared host. No PostgreSQL, no workers, no DevOps. Owning your data with #ActivityPub can be much simpler than with #ATProtocol. Have you tried it?
https://github.com/dfaria-eu/Starling

I think the #Fediverse becomes a 100x cooler place, when I imagine it as being similar to Star Trek's "the Federation". The Star Trek future we might all hope for will never come to be, without the same sort of earnest efforts which predicated the formation of Star Trek's "Federation". #StarTrek

darkmode/lightmode added to #fediverse tui.

working out a bug with remote images from #mitra and #mastodon causing geometry skewing, but i think that's a jae problem.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Republican White House Approves $9 Billion for Spy Agencies to Catch Up on A.I. https://www. nytimes.com/2026/05/22/us/poli tics/spy-agencies-ai-chips-shortage.html # AI # surveillance # Trump # MAGA”

https://mastodon.social/@SteveThompson/116621890783645214

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🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse

“In case you missed it, there is a serious security vulnerability on PeerTube servers running server software older than v8.1.8. You can see a PeerTube server's version by going to its website, then clicking "More Info",...”

https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116625090914322439

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Suivez toustes @raphaellakay ! Rapha a passé la journée à faire des messages pour mettre en avant les cagnottes des palestinien.nes qui nont pas reçu de dons depuis longtemps. Soit une très grande majorité des presques 200 palestinien.nes présent.e.s sur le #Fediverse !!

No app store needed. Elefeed installs as a PWA directly from your browser.

📱 Android (Chrome): three-dot menu → "Add to Home Screen"
🍎 iPhone (Safari): Share → "Add to Home Screen"

You get a home screen icon, push notifications, offline caching, and a full-screen experience.

No download. No extra permissions.
👉 elefeed.app

#Elefeed #PWA #Mastodon #MobileApp #Fediverse

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Screenshot of Chrome adding Elefeed as a PWA

#Starling is a lightweight #PHP #fediverse server you can install by just copying files over FTP to a shared host. No PostgreSQL, no workers, no DevOps. Owning your data with #ActivityPub can be much simpler than with #ATProtocol. Have you tried it?
https://github.com/dfaria-eu/Starling

I have an idea that's either crazy or good but I'm going to poke at it a bit before I decide.

I'm envisioning a #Fediverse #DIY service - something like Ravelry or Instructables.

Project types and outlines should be extensible so you're not filling out an electronics-focused BoM for a knitting project and instances can choose to focus on a particular type.

I'm considering including project management hooks to help a project that's in-progress but still in the fence.

No PoC yet but...

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“How to bypass social media blocks and increased surveillance in 2026 | TechRadar
# surveillance # privacy https:// share.google/pu1Fb2GDKwl9sgiAd”

https://social.vivaldi.net/@rogerc2738/116621692110610602

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as the world turns, does does single-binary #fediverse frontends. just implemented background pollling for notifications with a subtle indicator. still sitting at ~14mb binary tested against #pleroma #mastodon #gotosocial #mitra

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Call your congressional reps to support this measure that could ban Flock and ALPRs nationwide!
https://www. wired.com/story/a-bipartisan-a mendment-would-end-police-license-plate-tracking-nationwide/ # Flock ...”

https://defcon.social/@fldigitalrights/116621318318062821

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“# surveillance”

https://nerdculture.de/@cyberman/116621067321097186

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experimenting with #markdown in the #golang #fediverse client i'm working on. i'm not sure all fediverse relays support markdown. let's find out

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Bluesky:

📱 DHS says ICE has “no relationship” with spyware company Paragon Solutions.

The documented contracts, oversight reviews, and congressional inquiries tell a very different story.

This wasn’t just spin....”

https://social.thedemocracyadvocate.com/notes/amkytuwabl

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This is a major release that merges several different development branches I've been working on, bringing together a lot of moving parts into a single build. A long, sleepless night…

Here is what changed:

• Full Drafts Support: A complete end-to-end draft flow. It includes auto-save, the ability to edit existing drafts, and a smart cancel confirmation that either discards a new draft or restores the original state if you were editing. It supports replies, quotes, polls, and media metadata.

• Trending Posts: Added a new trending timeline type with proper offset pagination support.

• Timeline Position Improvements: Added extra protection to stop SwiftUI from overwriting your saved scroll position when the view disappears or goes to the background. If a saved post can't be found in the cache, the app will now try a direct status fetch before giving up.

• UI & Navigation Fixes: Tapping Content Warnings (CW), "Show Filtered Post", or "Show More" now goes through an inline-action guard, fixing the bug where tapping them would accidentally trigger row navigation into the thread. Filtered posts also get proper bottom padding so the list separator doesn't sit on top of the button.

• Instance Compatibility & Tweaks: Added customizable timeout settings for slower instances (like snac on older hardware). I also fixed the 405 error when setting alt text on GoToSocial, and updated marker sync to strictly align with Mastodon’s documented form shape.

• Testing focus: I've implemented search fixes ensuring queries stay locked to the account you are searching from. If you are on GoToSocial, please test this thoroughly and let me know how it behaves. Since this build is the result of a massive merge, keep an eye out for any regressions.

Im Fediverse gibt es einige Retoot Bots doch so gut wie niemand folgt denen. Ich sehe das positiv — Hier ist das Medium (meistens) noch sozial 😉

#fediverse #mastodon #retoot #boost #bot #socialmedia #meinemeinung #meinung

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“https://www. europesays.com/news/31915/ Ebola risk in Congo now ‘very high’, WHO warns – POLITICO # Ebola # GlobalHealth # Headlines # News # Prevention # SouthSudan # surveillance # TedrosAdha...”

https://pubeurope.com/@news/116619734058127930

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Guten Morgen! ☕

Kleine Erinnerung an alle, die gerade neu hier sind: Im Fediverse gibt's keinen Algorithmus, der entscheidet, was du sehen "sollst". Deine Timeline ist genau das, wem du folgst. Chronologisch. Ehrlich. Manchmal langweilig, manchmal überraschend.

Klingt unspektakulär? Ist es auch. Und genau das ist der Punkt. 🐘

#Fediverse #Mastodon #DezentraleNetzwerke

Lustige Beobachtung: Wenn ich Leuten erkläre, dass es im Fediverse keinen Algorithmus gibt, der entscheidet was sie sehen, kommt erstmal ein irritiertes "Aber… woher weiß ich dann, was wichtig ist?"

Ähm. Du? Du entscheidest das? 😄

Das ist tatsächlich der größte Umgewöhnungseffekt. Nicht die Technik, nicht das Föderieren – sondern wieder selbst zu kuratieren, wem man folgt und was man lesen will.

Fühlt sich erstmal komisch an. Dann befreiend.

#Fediverse #Mastodon

Several social media management platforms are now including Mastodon in their channels, including AI composing and replies.

These management platforms include Buffer, $30 for 5 channels, Zoho Social, $15/mo, Social Pilot, $30/mo, and soon NameCheap's RelateSocial, at $10 per month, which will offer unlimited:

Personal AI Assistant
Smart Planner & Campaign Creator
AI-suggested posts and replies
AI-crafted images
Boosted posts
User-friendly analytics
Competitor insights
#Fediverse #Mastodon

Good Morning #fediverse #tzag

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Epidemiological # surveillance against the # Andes virus: have we learned anything after # COVID19 ?, https:// etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/0 5/epidemiological-surveillance-against.html”

https://mstdn.science/@GMIK69/116619288635323491

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“The government left the White House off a list of locations protected from data brokers selling your location to foreign governments.
But the bigger issue isn't the gaps in the list.
The rules restrict who can buy your...”

https://mastodon.social/@Phenarax_ui/116618846658395532

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@dansup@mastodon.social

Hmm, thinking of getting rid of my Loops account. Nothing against @dansup , Loops is great after all. However the two main reasons I tried it was one, a desire to TikTok but Federated, and the second was to provide me with a solution to one of the biggest problems with Friendica, it can't handle media, you can't upload video or audio files, but you can link or embed them. Now however, this is my home, although I am looking for someone hosting Wafrn instances, and it handles media just fine. Well, I do wish alt text was optional on videos, it doesn't make much sense on video, assuming there's audio, but I doubt you can make the alt text requirement change based on the kind of media.
So, since I can post short videos here, why bother with a short video service? I suppose it would make sense if'n it served as my primary social media, or at least a significant part of it, but its not, videos are just another way I express m'self depending on my mood and the subject. I will say I am considering a PeerTube, but not sure, I could see m'self doing some long form videos now and then, but likely that'd be around one a month at best if that.
I suppose that will be something for the future, for now, its a matter of making things a bit leaner, a bit more organized, I like things lean and organized when possible.

Happy birthday to the fediverse, which by my calculations turned 18 on May 22. That's yesterday here in Aotearoa, but maybe somewhere in the world I got in on the day?

(1/2)

#fediverse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“RE: https:// mastodon.social/@QuantumAspect /116617613115318795 “State Secretary Willemijn Aerdts for Digital Economy and Sovereignty has addressed the US ambassador regarding the public disclosure of names of Dut...”

https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/116618032565318749

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

““The New Scramble: How Trade Deals and AI Are Redrawing Africa’s Future” https://www. alai.info/en/the-new-scramble- how-trade-deals-and-ai-are-redrawing-africas-future/ # DIGITALSETTLERCOLONIALISM # DIGITALC...”

https://zirk.us/@JazzyKindaFella/116616925198581294

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If you believe in the #Fediverse :

- post here
- bring your friends and family here
- tell companies, governments and creators to be here
- pay for your instance
- pay for your software

Do one thing every day. The Fediverse is worth fighting for.

🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse

“Right, the sites should be working now 😅 Thank you to everyone who let me know about the problems 🙏 The hosting company's automatic updates for the sites' software wasn't working too well, so I had to manually upda...”

https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116619535217668108

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Week in Fediverse 2026-05-22

Servers

- Gush! v0.0.37
- Stegodon v1.8.5
- Iceshrimp.NET v2026.1.1-beta
- Iceshrimp v2026.5.1
- Hollo v0.9.0
- Mastodon v4.5.10
- PeerTube v8.1.6
- Sharkey v2025.4.7
- Hubzilla v11.2.1
- Friendica v2026.05
- Ktistec v3.3.9
- Smithereen v1.0.0
- Vernissage Server v1.38.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v8.3.0
- Misskey v2026.5.4
- tootik v0.22.2
- NeoDB v0.14.4
- Open beta testing for Lemmy 1.0.0
- Trunk & Tidbits, April 2026
- XMPP/ActivityPub Bridge: Chat between XMPP and the Fediverse
- Cookifed: A free and federated recipes management app and cooking social network

Clients

- Nicolium v0.3.0
- Fedilab v3.40.1
- Aria v1.5.1
- Blorp v1.14.0
- Impressia v3.2.0
- Holos v1.6.0

Tools and Plugins

- Analytodon: Analytics for Mastodon

For developers

- Fedify v2.2.3
- BotKit v0.4.2

Protocol

- Basic Profile for Social API Servers
- FEP-baf5: Administrator Collection

Articles

- the may 2026 fedi software vulnerability
- Never Lose a Toot Again: Full-Text Search for Your Mastodon Feed

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019e2d21-c15d-7653-a6d5-f476dcc0559d

Mountains.social is a Mastodon server focusing on hiking, mountaineering, climbing, backpacking and the outdoors.

This server has a post size of up to 2362 characters.

https://mountains.social

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

#FeaturedServer #Mountains #Hiking #Backpacking #Mountaineering #Climbing #Outdoors #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“The May blog post is up. FREE BRUCE JOFFE!!
#Privacy #Surveillance #CBDC #DigitalRights

Facebook Prison and the Shrink...”

https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xjwpyrr537kpmya7wjorm5ly/post/3mmfngvtelc2a

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🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse

“I'm aware the fedi.tips, fedi.garden and growyourown.services websites are broken, am trying to fix them now! Sorry for the inconvenience. (Basically my hosting company automatically updated the software, but the updat...”

https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116619143128331074

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If you believe in the #Fediverse :

- post here
- bring your friends and family here
- tell companies, governments and creators to post here
- pay for your instance
- pay for your software

Do one thing every day. The Fediverse is worth fighting for.

Technically Good continues a series: Alternatives Pt. II - Social Networking. https://technically-good.ca/blog/alternatives-pt-ii-social-networking/ #fediverse #atmosphere #ActivityPub #ATProto
A good one to share with a newbie or a friend you want to free from Techno Feudalism.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“@ igd_news https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m ay/21/ice-immigration-oregon-facial-recognition # ICEout # migrantWorkers # Oregon # solidarity # Surveillance # Trumpland”

https://mastodon.social/@peterjriley2024/116614882428864200

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#smithereen is on hacker news and could use some momentum from the #fediverse to get to the front page if you have an account over there
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48229518

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“# FBI seeks # US -wide access to # licenseplate cameras, wants “data in near real time”
FBI will pay vendors to help it track and search for vehicles nationwide.
The FBI said the winning bidder or bidders “must...”

https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHCCarr/116614240731628945

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Weil Autos frueher einfach so viel mehr Charakter hatten, sind Umbauten solcher Klassiker auch so zeitlos schoen!

Moin #Fediverse und euch einen gesunden Start in diesen Freitag. Alles wird gut 🙏

P.S. Den 2CV habe ich vor knapp 4 Jahren in Muenchen entdeckt. Liebe alles daran

Alt...

Kleiner grauer Oldtimer-Pick-up steht am Strassenrand in einem ruhigen Wohnviertel. Das Fahrzeug basiert auf einem klassischen Citroën 2CV und besitzt eine offene Ladeflaeche mit Holzverkleidung und Metallplatten. Die Karosserie ist in mattem Grau gehalten, mit runden Scheinwerfern und schmalen Reifen im Retro-Stil. Rechts daneben parkt ein roter Sportwagen. Im Hintergrund stehen helle Wohnhaeuser mit Gaerten, Baeumen und Hecken. Sonnenlicht faellt durch die Baumkronen und erzeugt starke Schattenmuster auf der Strasse. Rechts im Bild gehen mehrere Personen ueber den Gehweg. Die Szene wirkt ruhig und sommerlich, wie in einem gepflegten Wohngebiet.

Somewhere on the open web, someone just posted exactly what you needed.
FediFind will find it. Mastodon + Bluesky + Flipboard Social. One search. fedifind.com

https://fedifind.com

#Fediverse #Bluesky #Mastodon

@dazwischen @schmidthappens @Leonard @detektorfm @zeitstiftungbucerius @anne
Liebes Dazwischen-Team, danke für euren #Podcast 💚 - die Stiftungsfolge war auch wieder sehr hilfreich.

Themenvorschlag: mal einen Blick auf das erstaunlich starke #Bürgermedien -Netzwerk in #SachsenAnhalt werfen...ist hier deutlich vielfältiger und dichter als in vielen anderen Bundesländern und auch medienpolitisch wichtig (Rundfunkstaatsvertrag, #lokaljournalismus etc.).

Kontakt im #Fediverse:
@OffenerKanal_MQ

@vito Welcome to the #fediverse Vito. #nerdsOfTheWorldUnite

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“What is Bill C-22? Why is it Not Good ™️ for Canadian privacy? What can we do to stop it, or to have it be amended? ⌛️ Time is running out - only FIVE DAYS left! Take action now, my fellow Canadians 💪 🇨🇦 With link...”

https://techhub.social/@technically_good/116614091215755186

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#TrackoftheDay

Earth Message
https://mirlo.space/solar-phasing/release/relics/tracks/17689

#music #ambient #electronic #orchestral #electronicmusic #berlinschool #mirlo #fedimusic #fediverse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“https:// prismreports.org/2026/05/20/se attle-shield-private-companies-surveillance/ # Seattle
# SeattleShield
# surveillance”

https://kolektiva.social/@stefani/116614062814064249

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Introducing Jellybloom.

A desktop media client for Jellyfin that actually feels good to use. Connects straight to your server - no cloud, no subscriptions, no data collection at all.

Rich player with ASS/SSA subtitle rendering, bookmarks and A-B looping. TMDB discovery for finding new stuff, watch diary, Trakt sync, Sonarr/Radarr requests. Everything stays local.

#CC0 public domain.

https://apps.lashman.live/jellybloom/

#Jellyfin #OpenSource #IndieDev #MediaPlayer #FOSS #Fediverse #Privacy

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“deflock.org An open-source project mapping license plate readers. These systems continuously record your movements without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion. # deflock # flocksafety # alpr ...”

https://mastodon.social/@gtbarry/116614036926329264

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So , day 2 on the #fediverse.

Gonna play more with the #tag bot which I think may be overactivated if we put enough effort in this.

I got suggestion of #accounts to foolow ! Which it's great since yesterday was lackluster about building a feed.

I'm glad I found this random ass #instance with the over the top char limit, I mean 500 is good but I don't like sending bazillion messages to get my point so win/win I guess ?

Anyway #coffee time and maybe some voluntary abuse (#work)

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“🛡️ Your Boss's Software is Sending Your Data to Meta and Google A study reveals nine workplace monitoring apps share employee data with platforms like Meta and Google, raising privacy concerns. https://www. byte-pu...”

https://mastodon.social/@BytePulseNet/116613989046991841

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Good Morning #fediverse #tzag

Wir suchen immer noch dringend jemanden der wiesbaden.social übernehmen kann und das Hosting sowie die Updates gewissenhaft durchführt. Vorzugsweise natürlich ein Verein oder Personen aus #wiesbaden - gerne teilen und bitte gerne an entsprechende Personen mit dem passenden Know-How weiterleiten. Aufgrund von Jobwechsel ist hier eine gewisse Eile geboten. #mastodon #fediverse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“https:// prismreports.org/2026/05/20/se attle-shield-private-companies-surveillance/ # SeattleShield # GlobalShieldNetwork # InfraGard # Privacy # Surveillance # CivilLiberties # DigitalRights ...”

https://phpc.social/@ghostwriter/116613978356018538

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One of the few reasons I still remain on #Facebook is a group for independent authors named "20BooksTo50K". And it's full of posts discussing ad strategies - how to get #Meta or #Amazon or similar platforms to show your self-published books prominently so that readers will find and buy your books.

I've decided some time ago that I will do none of that. My marketing strategy remains focused on the #Fediverse . Yes, its user base is minuscule when compared to commercial platforms.

But discovery here is real and meaningful, without an algorithm that hates me unless I throw money at it. The #Enshittification process predicts that commercial social media platforms will get worse and worse over time, while the Fediverse will get better and better.

So I will stay here and market my books on my own terms. It _might: take me longer to find commercial success than if I paid for ads on other platforms, but I am not into this for the short term, anyway.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Amazon, Facebook, FBI have access to a private intelligence-sharing network https://prismreports.org/2026/05/20/seattle-shield-private-companies-surveillance/ # HackerNews # Tech # Surveillance”

https://prismreports.org/2026/05/20/seattle-shield-private-companies-surveillance/

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Good Start! # Fightback # Surveillance # SadiqKahn https://www. theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/m ay/21/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-blocks-met-police-deal-with-palantir”

https://mastodon.social/@Flowermob/116613765230181766

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#Trans #TransRights #Queer #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NonBinary #TransVisibility #QueerCommunity #Pride #QueerArt #TransArtist #QueerCreator #IndieMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon #LiveStream

@krisgoldsmith85 i look forward to you ditching #meta for the #fediverse 😁💙

you already have a @KrisGoldsmith account (unused for a few years)

we've got:
💙 #mastodon vs⛔ #threads
💙 #pixelfed vs⛔ #instagram

plus:
💙 #loops vs⛔ #tiktok
💙 #peertube vs⛔ #youtube

but as you mentioned in a yt vid, we need some "good" billionaires to invest in building the infrastructure we will need to start fighting fascists, especially to fight the tech-bro-chodes

#Resist #BreakTheOligarchy

4 of 4

Looking back at three years on the Fediverse, I have thought about why I came here, why I am still here, and even my personal struggles — both related to my choice to use the Fediverse and my grievances while using it. I've done a lot of reflecting on myself, my state of mind when I first joined, and how I've felt about it throughout.

But I want to close this by looking at the people who made it fun, entertaining, educational, useful, and sometimes even possible.

First, Planet.moe — Thank you for allowing me to exist and be me. I honestly was going to post these four posts there, but the standard 500-character limit would have likely turned this into a few dozen posts. Whenever I needed to express myself in a respectful manner — one that may not always have been popular, politically correct, or generally socially censored — you allowed me to be me.

Vivaldi Social — Thank you for being my de facto fallback position. Except for a single post which I suspect was taken out of context, you allowed me to voice my thoughts without generally being fearful of being attacked or experiencing my post from vanishing.

Honestly, if you want freedom of speech without hate speech, pick a site in either Asia or Iceland. You'll thank me later.

I wanted to tag every follower who has followed me for the past 3 years. I also wanted to thank you for accepting my follow requests whenever I had to relocate or felt the need to create another account. Some of us have laughed about that fact, together. But honestly, to prevent spam attacks, there is a limit to how many people I can tag — understandably so.

I also want to thank the people who stood up for me a few times in the past. I have a very good memory (a form of hyperthymesia), so I do recall everyone who did what they believed was the right thing, even if it wasn't always the popular thing. That is what I believe takes true character. Anyone can choose to stay quiet and go with the flow, but when you voice your thoughts against injustice and against what may be the social norm — even when every fiber of your being knows it's wrong — you are truly a person of character.

I want to thank everyone who shares the same belief that I do that freedom of speech does not include hate speech. But I always want to take it a step further and point out what should be obvious -- respectfully disagreeing with someone is not personal attack, nor a form of hate either. I absolutely adore people who speak out against false flags, and haters who just want to cause senseless drama.

I want to take a step back away from my self, as I also want to address the many people who go unnoticed on the Fediverse.

The people of Ukraine are still going through a horrible experience right now. While everyone is focused on gas prices and a senseless war with Iran, we must not forget the Ukrainian people who have been promised peace so many times. I think we should all hope Vladimir Putin suffers a stroke sooner rather than later.

Black Lives Matter, as do Asian lives. Even if Donald Trump vanished tomorrow, both groups would still be struggling with the everyday nonsense they are unfairly subjected to. I hope someday Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream becomes a true reality.

The people of Taiwan and the Philippines should not have to endlessly worry that China may one day storm in. It often seems no matter who I follow or where they live, everyone is talking about what is happening in North America and Europe. They are not the center of the universe.

I want to address those who truly are struggling right now — those who may occasionally ask for assistance on the Fediverse, but don't wrongfully make that their whole identity and full-time job by mindlessly sharing a GoFundMe link.

Times are hard right now, and I hope things turn around for you. I also sincerely hope you're able to receive the assistance you need, just as I hope the scammers who make things even harder on you are dealt with so that your voice can be heard more easily. That's something I wish more Fedi admins would address.

Lastly, I want to ask you — yes, you.

If you are truly happy on the Fediverse site you're on right now, and you've been there for four months, six months, or even a year or more, please consider making a donation to your instance if you are able. Also consider donating to the software developers who build it. But once again, only if you're financially able.

I think that's all I have to say concerning my three years on the Fediverse. I guess I should end my message with what we're all hoping for: Vote progressively, and get that no-good, racist, pedophile son of a bitch Donald Trump the fuck out of office! 🎤

4 of 4

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Misskey #Anniversary #Trump

4 of 4

Looking back at three years on the Fediverse, I have thought about why I came here, why I am still here, and even my personal struggles — both related to my choice to use the Fediverse and my grievances while using it. I've done a lot of reflecting on myself, my state of mind when I first joined, and how I've felt about it throughout.

But I want to close this by looking at the people who made it fun, entertaining, educational, useful, and sometimes even possible.

First, Planet.moe — Thank you for allowing me to exist and be me. I honestly was going to post these four posts there, but the standard 500-character limit would have likely turned this into a few dozen posts. Whenever I needed to express myself in a respectful manner—one that may not always have been popular, politically correct, or generally socially censored—you allowed me to be me.

Vivaldi Social — Thank you for being my de facto fallback position. Except for a single post which I suspect was taken out of context, you allowed me to voice my thoughts without generally being fearful of being attacked or experiencing my post from vanishing.

Honestly, if you want freedom of speech without hate speech, pick a site in either Asia or Iceland. You'll thank me later.

I wanted to tag every follower who has followed me for the past 3 years. I also wanted to thank you for accepting my follow requests whenever I had to relocate or felt the need to create another account. Some of us have laughed about that fact, together. But honestly, to prevent spam attacks, there is a limit to how many people I can tag — understandably so.

I also want to thank the people who stood up for me a few times in the past. I have a very good memory (a form of hyperthymesia), so I do recall everyone who did what they believed was the right thing, even if it wasn't always the popular thing. That is what I believe takes true character. Anyone can choose to stay quiet and go with the flow, but when you voice your thoughts against injustice and against what may be the social norm — even when every fiber of your being knows it's wrong — you are truly a person of character.

I want to thank everyone who shares the same belief that I do that freedom of speech does not include hate speech. But I always want to take it a step further and point out what should be obvious -- respectfully disagreeing with someone is not personal attack, nor a form of hate either. I absolutely adore people who speak out against false flags, and haters who just want to cause senseless drama.

I want to take a step back away from my self, as I also want to address the many people who go unnoticed on the Fediverse.

The people of Ukraine are still going through a horrible experience right now. While everyone is focused on gas prices and a senseless war with Iran, we must not forget the Ukrainian people who have been promised peace so many times. I think we should all hope Vladimir Putin suffers a stroke sooner rather than later.

Black Lives Matter, as do Asian lives. Even if Donald Trump vanished tomorrow, both groups would still be struggling with the everyday nonsense they are unfairly subjected to. I hope someday Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream becomes a true reality.

The people of Taiwan and the Philippines should not have to endlessly worry that China may one day storm in. It often seems no matter who I follow or where they live, everyone is talking about what is happening in North America and Europe. They are not the center of the universe.

I want to address those who truly are struggling right now — those who may occasionally ask for assistance on the Fediverse, but don't wrongfully make that their whole identity and full-time job by mindlessly sharing a GoFundMe link.

Times are hard right now, and I hope things turn around for you. I also sincerely hope you're able to receive the assistance you need, just as I hope the scammers who make things even harder on you are dealt with so that your voice can be heard more easily. That's something I wish more Fedi admins would address.

Lastly, I want to ask you — yes, you.

If you are truly happy on the Fediverse site you're on right now, and you've been there for four months, six months, or even a year or more, please consider making a donation to your instance if you are able. Also consider donating to the software developers who build it. But once again, only if you're financially able.

I think that's all I have to say concerning my three years on the Fediverse. I guess I should end my message with what we're all hoping for: Vote progressively, and get that no-good, racist, pedophile son of a bitch Donald Trump the fuck out of office! 🎤

4 of 4

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Misskey #Anniversary #Trump

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“FBI seeks US-wide access to license plate cameras, wants “data in near real time” The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced plans to buy nationwide access to a network of license plate readers, saying it will award ...”

https://mastodon.social/@gtbarry/116613636350161431

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3/?

Over a million followers.

As I have established, I joined the Fediverse on May 30, 2023, before the great Reddit or Twitter migrations. But I didn't give up my Twitter account right away.

However, I am a very progressive individual, so I suspect if I had remained on Twitter for much longer — especially with my following, which only grew as Elon Musk cracked down on progressives — voluntarily leaving Twitter (now called X, which is such a stupid name) was perhaps the only sensible thing to do.

At the time of my departure from Twitter, I had 1.9 million followers — which I think is impressive considering I wasn't a celebrity or a big YouTuber. For a random person like myself with an anonymous screen name, it was quite a feat. Even though, arguably, having a massive following isn't everything, I still feel that reaching 1.9 million was noteworthy.

Elon Musk nuked my account shortly after I left Twitter and recommended the Fediverse. However, because he didn't do it right away, I had the opportunity to build a following of over 40,000 here. But then I learned the hard way that the influx of traffic was supposedly far too much for the server. This required me to relocate, dropping my follower count to roughly half (about 20,000). That number quickly grew back to 26,000 before I learned that the Fediverse is far from perfect.

At 45 years old, I remember the era of web forums, which were popular before the modern social media landscape took over. Unfortunately, they share a common flaw with today's decentralized platforms. That common denominator is that the person willing to invest the time and money into hosting a community for strangers is often the exact wrong person to do so. The right type of person would understand and accept that we all have different thoughts, opinions, beliefs, and ideas. As long as someone isn't promoting spam, scams, intentional misinformation, or hate speech, it should be perfectly okay for them to have a different viewpoint. And by "okay," I mean you don't just make that person disappear — which, unfortunately, was all too common on community forums, and sadly, is not exclusive to them, as it happens here on the Fediverse too.

In my current profile, I have included the following line:

> I can tell you that I oppose genocide and believe in a free and independent Israel, Palestine, and Gaza, and that everyone has the right to exist.

You can see that simple, harmless, peaceful statement in my profile. I honestly do believe everyone has the right to exist, and that includes Israel, Palestine, and Gaza, and all the people within them. Unfortunately, that harmless, peaceful, positive, and uplifting viewpoint is not shared by everyone — and having it means your account may be deleted without warning or notice, just gone.

Off the top of my head, I can think of two administrators who will silently block my account. They prevent anyone on their site from even knowing I exist, simply because I hold a viewpoint of peace and love. One of them runs a very popular site, too, where thousands of users remain unaware of the silent oppression happening right under their noses.

That's the dark side of the Fediverse — a side that is no different from Elon Musk running Twitter.

It would be a completely different story if they personally blocked me, since that is a choice they are making for themselves. But the fact that they can arbitrarily decide for everyone without anyone knowing — leaving users without enough information to make their own choices — is an underlying problem. It's also a major contributing factor to why the Fediverse is so fragmented.

It is that same underlying problem that made it hard for me to maintain an account on the Fediverse for a while, largely because there was once an active movement to remove me from the platform entirely.

Why, you may ask?

"Joy" from Gaza Verified posted a video of herself walking around what she claimed was rubble in Gaza. However, in the far distance, a building-sized poster of the Supreme Leader of Iran was visible, proving she was actually in Iran and not Gaza. Anyone who re-uploaded that video, myself included, received a prompt DMCA copyright notice and saw their account attacked into oblivion.

Through my full-time job with Meta (Facebook), I also shared screenshots linking a few of those Fediverse users to known scammers. For example, one individual claimed to be a 36-year-old woman with two small children, yet on the Fediverse, they claimed to be 19 years old.

My favorite defense was when people claimed the scammer "would never do such a thing" simply because they claimed to know them. Plenty of people know Donald Trump, but that doesn't make him honest. On the news, neighbors constantly say they never expected a suspect to be capable of their crimes. Knowing someone doesn't make them innocent or guilty.

I digress. No place is perfect — not even the Fedi.

Continued...

3/?

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Misskey #Anniversary #Twitter

Mal was anderes: Ist es normal, dass es Wochen dauert bis Follower auftauchen, nachdem ich meinen Account migriert habe? Oder habe ich was falsch gemacht? #mastodon #fediverse #neuhier

3 years on the Fediverse.

I joined the Fediverse on May 30, 2023. I came here before Reddit announced they were making policy changes — changes I knew about in advance since I was a Reddit Admin intern. I was still working part-time for Google, and I also held my current job at Meta (Facebook).

My personal Reddit account, outside of work (the non-admin account), had successfully been trolled and even DOXED by racist white supremacists because I would not allow them to promote a white-only community within the r/Massachusetts subreddit, where I was a volunteer moderator during my free time. They finally got the better of me when they rejoined, claiming to want Asian-preferred communities, but being Asian myself (my grandmother was Japanese), I knew this too counted as a form of segregation.

The reality was that we were stopping people from promoting creating segregated communities based solely on race — and rightfully so. But that wasn’t the narrative that was adopted. It didn't help that the lead moderator of that subreddit threw me under the bus and denied any involvement when the narrative was moving away from reality.

Reddit had recently experienced a wave of new administrators or interns receiving bad press. And while no one had successfully linked my personal account with my work account, Reddit was internally trying to present a better image and didn't want yet another dramatic public relations event.

Outside of work and the online drama of the internet, I was also still mentally and emotionally recovering from the abuse I experienced from my ex-wife. That is why I had originally joined Reddit; while I was attending therapy, I still needed a place where I could vent both my frustration and the injustice I had experienced after being raped and beaten for years.

My ex-wife had told me that if I ever resisted, told anyone, or left her, she would wrongfully accuse me of sexually abusing her the same way she was abusing me. We live in a society where we are told women "must" always be believed, even without any proof, and that as the man, you "must" be the bad guy and "must" be mistaken if you ever think or express otherwise. I knew exactly how things would have played out, and I couldn't find a therapist or a lawyer who could honestly tell me with a straight face that my fears were not justified, or offer me a solution that would provide me the justice I rightfully deserved without risking myself in the process.

The only reason I was able to escape my ex-wife after years of abuse was that I had (and still have) evidence of her willful sexual relationship with her father. This caused a stalemate, but it never gave me a true sense of closure, since she continues to call me from either a random hospital or pharmacy, repeating the same five words: "I can still touch you."

If I am honest with myself, I think that is why I worked so hard to be a good employee (Facebook, Google, Reddit), and even volunteered extra time during my free time. I needed an outlet where life made more sense and where I could enact some sense of justice, even if it may have seemed trivial in the grand scheme of things.

Helping others escape abuse and hate, even in my digital world, was something as opposed to nothing. Over time, I learned that the digital world could even help physically save people, and that wasn't something I imagined when I first started. I imagined that all I would be doing was removing spam, trolls, and the occasional hateful comment. Yet during my career I helped bring to light human trafficking and even a terrorist plot for authorities to investigate.

And I will always remember the person who tried to live-stream their suicide, and how I broke protocol and started talking with them directly, when my job was only to shut down the stream and move on.

But I digress. Part of the reason I joined the Fediverse was that a large chapter of my life was coming to a bitter end. I was falling out with Reddit, and Google at the time was performing mass layoffs in waves, which I eventually got caught up in myself. Yet, I still felt I needed an outlet — someplace I could relatively safely be heard, without being silenced and denied a voice. This was especially important since my ex-wife would often say things like, “You may have the freedom to speak, but not the right to be heard.”

I think that feeling will always stay with me, because experiencing being raped and beaten for years never leaves you. That's something they don't tell you on the road to recovery. It isn't that living with the fact gets easier — because that fact is never easy — rather, it changes in a way I don't think I could express in words. And if you don't understand, be grateful you've never experienced it.

To be continued....

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They're all dead.

Every man, woman, and child I knew who was not related to me died during COVID-19. Imagine waking up in a world where everyone you know is gone.

For my grandfather, who lived to be 103 years old, this happened to him in his mid-90s. For myself, this started happening at the age of 39 and finally concluded just before I turned 40. In my small state of Massachusetts, over 60,000 people died from COVID. That is comparable to an entire city's population being wiped off the map. Meanwhile, in my country (USA), we led the world in recorded COVID deaths, with over 1,000,000 people dead.

And yet on social media, particularly on Facebook, we had waves of insufferable people trying to argue that COVID-19 was only a mild cold, that masks were a form of oppression, and even making nonsensical claims that vaccines contained secret 5G tracking chips or caused COVID. 6 years later, after the pandemic (2020), now the year 2026, there are still people who refuse to accept reality.

Just between you and me, I want to punch Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Facebook, square in the jaw with everything I've got. Watching our policies change to protect known misinformation, as opposed to fighting it as we once did, has been personally insufferable.

Internally, we were made aware of these policy changes before his famous video, where it was obvious he was kissing Donald John Trump's ass. And just before those policy changes, I technically deleted my personal account — knowing, unfortunately, that it would privately remain in the system for an unknown duration. However, for me, the move wasn't that dramatic since I had been slowly weaning myself away from Meta after learning how everything worked behind the scenes.

Facts usually — though unfortunately not always — matter on the Fediverse. The Fediverse is not perfect because it is run by people, and people are far from perfect. Having said that, at the very least, if you tried to claim COVID-19 was a hoax and that few or no people were ever harmed by it, you would find it very difficult to be accepted here.

But I digress. Being a highly factual person — as opposed to one of the many who seem content accepting so-called "known truths" — is a big deal to me. The fact that the Fediverse usually thrives on hard facts, alongside the occasional shared life experience, matters deeply to me.

I further digress. Everyone I knew, except for a few family members, is dead. And when you're in your 40s, it's not like childhood where you can just walk up to a complete stranger and ask to be friends. When everyone you once knew is gone, you no longer have a social network to introduce you to new people, either.

This fact is only compounded by working remotely; most of my coworkers are on the other side of the world, since I happen to work for a division that isn't located anywhere near me. Times have also changed. Even if you work face-to-face with the public, crossing that professional line at the workplace is a minefield — and asking for trouble that most people simply cannot afford.

My mindset and values are the opposite of someone who goes clubbing or sits at a bar. I drink only once or twice a year, and usually, it's just a glass of wine. My interests aren't completely exclusive, but they may as well be, since most social gatherings I've looked into happen in another state or a different part of the country. I joined a hiking group once, only to discover that they didn't really talk to anyone; they just wanted company so they wouldn't be in the woods alone. And my neighbors often keep to themselves — which I honestly prefer, since their outbursts among themselves, which thankfully don't involve me, usually end with needing to call the police.

I'm not alone, since I care for an aging family member and have other family members to speak with. But if I'm being perfectly honest, I think the engagements I have here can be beneficial.

The freedom to agree and respectfully disagree — and simply to know that others hold both similar and different views from my own — allows us to explore those differences. I think these exchanges have been both helpful and educational. If anything, it has prevented me from being trapped in a bubble.

To be continued....

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#Fediverse #Mastodon #Misskey #Anniversary #COVID #COVID19 #LongCovid

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Michael Geist: “…a scheme that retains everyone’s data is a reasonable and proportionate response to the need and “it would help us identify bystanders near a crime scene” surely does not meet the necessary standard.”
...”

https://cosocial.ca/@mike_vlasman/116613205918009441

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Lustige Erkenntnis nach zwei Jahren Fediverse: Ich scrolle weniger, lese mehr, und meine Timeline besteht nicht aus dem, was ein Algorithmus für mich emotional aufpeitschend findet, sondern aus Menschen, denen ich tatsächlich folgen wollte. Verrückte Idee eigentlich. 🐘

Dazu kommt: Wenn mir eine Instanz nicht passt, ziehe ich um – mit Followern im Gepäck. Versuch das mal woanders.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Dezentralisierung

Wenn man Fehlermeldungen so nett präsentiert bekommt, zaubert einem das ein Lächeln aufs Gesicht.

#Friendicade #Friendica #Fediverse #Fehlermeldung #Bunnys #404 @jools

Alt...

Ausschnitt aus der 404er Fehlerseite bei Friendica.de

Das #fediverse rockt ziemlich!

Vor einigen Tagen hier gelesen, das jemand sein Pixel 8 Pro mit GrapheneOS verkauft. Auf Nachfrage lag der Preis sogar unter dem aktuellen Marktwert.

Und dann schickt mir eine fremde Person einfach das Ding zur Ansicht zu. Ich habe also alles gescheckt, für gut befunden und das Geld überwiesen.

Das ist das Internet, das ich von früher kenne!

RE: https://digitalcourage.social/@BlumeEvolution/116611137276469427

Habe Lust, nach zwei starken Arbeitstagen in Konstanz und zum heutigen Schawuot - Abend eine gute #Solarpunk - Nachricht mit Euch zu teilen!

„Fraunhofer-Forscher haben untersucht, wie sich in Autos eingebaute Solarmodule auf deren Reichweite auswirken. Und sie haben dabei ermittelt, dass solche Fahrzeuge auch das Stromnetz deutlich entlasten können.“

#Solarboom #Energiewende #Photovoltaik #Elektroautos #Fraunhofer #Stromnetz #Konstanz #Schawuot #Mastodon #Fediverse

https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/nachrichten/forschungsprojekt-zeigt-solarfahrzeuge-koennen-das-stromnetz-deutlich-entlasten/

@indonesia catat ya, saya hanya mengajak kita speak up memberikan kritisi di #fediverse ini. Tidak mengajak untuk melakukan #anarchy. Yang cerdas ya kawan-kawan.

Yuk kita coba kenalin lagi #fediverse ke para kritikus-kritikus #indonesia. At least ajak mereka dual-posting lah.

Semakin mendesak dan sudah saatnya ini. Situasi sudah makin gak beres. Dikit-dikit pembungkaman. Orang kritik dibungkam dibilang antek asing dan tidak nasionalis. Padahal kita kritik justru karena cinta negara kita dan ingin mengingatkan dan memberikan masukan agar negara ini makin baik.

@indonesia

Na dann starten wir hier mal. Danke @mervelous für die Einladung ins #fediverse freu mich hier zu sein!

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“What a great set of resources. "[...] people around the world are mobilizing to resist the empires of AI and to nourish visions of the future that work for all of us. Amid an onslaught of negative news, this project cen...”

https://mastodon.social/@mstrlaw/116611357018937368

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It's the internet, people. It's OUR internet. Just because we decided to trust Google to not be evil doesn't mean that Google decides the future of the internet. We may very well have lost The Web, but we still can make the Internet of People. Decentralised. Unownable ;) Being here on the #Fediverse is part of that.

#AlwayswTheOptimist

Mastodon - bin unter Linux von Hyperspace auf Tokodon gewechselt und bisher sehr zufrieden. Benachrichtigungen / Erwähnungen sind besser gelöst, und die Suche funktioniert besser.

Leider wurde auf mastodon.social die globale timeline deaktiviert. Das finde ich etwas unglücklich. Um daran trotzdem "teilnehmen" zu können, habe ich auf nrw.social einen weiteren Account eingerichtet. Freiheit durch Optionen 😀

#mastodon #fediverse #sozialenetzwerke #tokodon #hyperspace #linux

In a few days — perhaps in about a week — you’ll hear how all these Mastodon sites were hacked.

Why?

Because they didn’t update.

Some of you are running copies of Mastodon from two years ago or more, and you’ll still wonder why. 🤦

#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“TAKE ACTION: The House Transportation committee will vote tomorrow morning on a bipartisan amendment that would limit usage of Flock and other ALPRs. https://www. wired.com/story/a-bipartisan-a mendment-would-end-...”

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Hollo announces: Hollo 0.9.0 is out. https://hollo.social/@hollo/019e451e-f368-70e2-b993-77d01a14a677 #hollo #fediverse #ActivityPub

This Saturday, I’m speaking at @vanlug about the #Fediverse.

It will be held at Burnaby Public Library during 2PM-4PM.

Want to attend? Here’s where to register:

https://luma.com/ahm1hi2s

#VanLUG

This is the kind of green tech innovation we love to see! 🍌👗📜

Did you know that tons of banana trunks are usually thrown away or left to rot as waste after every single harvest? Now, thanks to new mechanical extraction and controlled drying technologies, companies are turning this agricultural waste into premium raw materials for eco-friendly clothing and high-quality paper.

It’s a massive step forward for sustainable fashion and industrial recycling, turning what was once garbage into a valuable, renewable resource. Nature really doesn't waste anything when we use the right technology!

📖 Read the full breakdown of how it works here: https://www.ecoticias.com/en/the-tons-banana-trunks-left-over-after-the-harvest-are-being-turned-into-raw-materials-for-clothing-and-paper-while-mechanical-extraction-and-controlled-drying-are-accelerating-industrialization/27166/

#GreenTech #Sustainability #EcoFriendly #Innovation #Recycling #CircularEconomy #SustainableFashion #Science #Fediverse

Hallo Fediverse! 👋

Ich freue mich auf den Austausch hier. Als selbstständiger IT-Experte aus Köln stehe ich für IT-Dienstleistungen auf Augenhöhe und echtes Handwerk statt Massenabfertigung.

Hier werde ich Einblicke in meine Arbeit teilen – von Linux-Projekten bis zu sauber strukturierten Netzwerkschränken. 🐧🔌

#Neuvorstellung #Köln #ITDienstleistung #Linux #SysAdmin #Netzwerk #WLAN #Selbstständig #Support #Fediverse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“"In our line of work, you have to be lucky sometimes. In a previous post we explained how unsecured and forgotten dashboard and web pages can reveal a lot about China's security and surveillance system. Now, we can revea...”

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