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

https://skastodon.com

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

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

It was great having a video call with @josschuurmans - nice to meet you! We chatted for almost two hours about open source.

Here are some of the tools we discussed that could also benefit our Mastodon community (I've mentioned them before, but here they are again):

FediAlgo, a fully customizable timeline algorithm that frees you from the tyranny of reverse chronological order
https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed

Fediway, a new recommendation engine for Mastodon that aims to replace the main feed for those who prefer a more algorithmic approach
https://github.com/fediway/fediway

Plausible, cookieless analytics
https://github.com/plausible/analytics

Sill, monitors your Bluesky and Mastodon feeds to find the most popular links in your network
https://github.com/TylerFisher/sill
https://sill.social

I'm always eager to try new apps, tools, and open source software - there's an app for everything!

#OpenSource #Community #Mastodon #SelfHosted #Algorithm

RE: https://theforkiverse.com/@pj/115888532620954856

#TheForkiverse is not yet a week old and was intended for a maximum of 2000 users. Before the week is over, it will be at 6000. That's all very impressive, and I can't wait to see others following this experiment.

#Mastodon #Fediverse

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pj » 🌐 2026-01-13
@pj@theforkiverse.com

decent growth rate on the forkiverse this week. if it continues at this rate (i think it almost certainly will) we should be at 213 million users by next year. although obviously this is an estimate, and it's possible that the growth rate increases.

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a screen shot of new users on the forkiverese (4,106) and the growth rate in a week +410,500%

Slowly getting all the stuff into the new #doghouse workspace. Starting to see signs it's a project space with #opensource leanings! An @oshwassociation poster, an @andypiper #Mastodon magnet on an unhung whiteboard - a cupboard slowly filling with #tools and parts!

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A nice screenprinted "Move Slow and Fix Stuff" poster from OSHWA.

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A large cupboard with shelves of tools and machines and projects.

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A whiteboard with a small magnetic Mastodon logo on it.

@thordis

That doesn't seem to be feature, but I agree that it should.

@FediTips @Mastodon #mastodon

https://fedi.tips/who-can-see-my-posts-in-mastodon-how-do-i-send-dms-in-mastodon/

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Screenshot from linked website

It would be good if Mastodon offered the option of placing hashtags in lists in the future. The @tag-
is one way to make it current somehow, but it doesn't work for me with the hashtag Fediverse.

#Mastodon #Hashtags

Mastodon Instanz aufräumen - richtig mit Skript und Cronjob

Seit 2020 betreibe ich die Instanz fulda.social. Ich stelle euch das Skript vor welches ich seit langem nutze, damit der Festplattenspeicher nicht ins unermessliche steigt.

#mastodon #Fediadmin #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/mastodon-instanz-aufräumen-richtig-mit-skript-und-cronjob

It's been a bit over 3 years since I've joined #Mastodon after the big Twitter meltdown. It took me a while to warm up to Mastodon (and to learn how to use it properly), but today it's probably my favourite social network.

For a while I was using Bsky a bit more, as it reminded me of the good old days of Twitter, but gradually my usage patterns shifted to Mastodon. I still use Bsky (mostly to rant about Bulgarian politics these days), but in my mind Mastodon is my "home" social network.

There are still some things that I find frustrating (e.g. things like likes and boosts always seem to be out of sync on various clients), but you can't have it all, right? On the bright side - at least I'm sure this network won't be flooded with ads one day…

Still, I often miss the simple days when everyone was using a single network…

¡Hola, gente de Mastodon! Esta es mi cuenta secundaria de @joker probando el nuevo servidor. La limitaron por posturas políticas, o eso creo yo. No tengo nada contra la instancia anterior, pero como defensor de la libertad de expresión no aceptaré un perfil donde se nos impida defenderla sin tapujos, sin importar el color político ni el “sabor de caramelos”. Si algo está mal, ¡no nos callaremos! 💥🗯️

#LibertadDeExpresión #Mastodon #DefensaDeDerechos #SinCensura #VocesLibres 🌟✊

Before (during data consistency check) and after. Sorry #Mastodon #MastodonAU #MastodonNZ

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'top' of one of the Database nodes, showing a load of 77 (This was during the data validation, aka zpool scrub)

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Database node showing a load of 0.3, after the data integrity check had completed.

¡Te doy la bienvenida a #Mastodon y al #Fediverso! Si es tu primera vez, aquí tienes un hilo 🧵 para guiarte en tus primeros pasos.

Lo primero antes de que comiences a seguir/interactuar es que rellenes tu perfil: rellena tu biografía y sube una foto de perfil. ¡La gente no suele seguir a perfiles vacíos!

Lo siguiente es que escribas una publicación de #presentación para que podamos compartirla. En Mastodon se pueden seguir #etiquetas, así que asegúrate de escribir tus intereses como #etiquetas para que puedan encontrarte fácilmente las personas interesadas.

Por último, apunta la dirección del servidor en el que te has registrado. ¿No sabes cuál es? Es la dirección que sale después de tu primer @ en tu perfil. Puede ser "mastodon.social" o "masto.es", entre otras. Esta dirección la necesitarás para iniciar sesión o recuperar tu contraseña.

¿Todavía no sabes qué es Mastodon y eso de los servidores? ¡Sigue leyendo! ⬇️

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Cabecera de mi perfil donde destaco el servidor al que pertenezco (masto.es).

Herzlichen Dank, @eleitehlb 🙏

Mir ist klar, dass einige auf #Mastodon die YouTube-Blase nicht mögen. Mir war es dennoch wichtig, auch dort #BeGood auszusprechen! #ReneeGood #SayHerName #USA #Europa #Demokratie https://youtube.com/shorts/JE38kXSiS_A

mastodon.sdf.org is using Mastodon 4.1.25 which was end of life April 2025. They are nearly a full year out of support. 4.2.x ended support this month, which means mastodon.sdf.org is even older.

The current branch of Mastodon is 4.5.4. The current branch of Misskey is 2025.12.2.

Please update your site before you and your nearly 2,000 users get hacked. @SDF@mastodon.sdf.org

#FediAdmin #Mastodon #Security #Fediverse

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A screenshot of a direct message I sent a week ago that reads: @SDF@mastodon.sdf.org You may want to update your copy of Mastodon, which was released almost a year ago and has a few exploits. The 4.2.x branch is also getting discontinued next month (no more updates). Your copy is from the 4.1.x branch, and it is already discontinued. That will also make upgrading harder afterward https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.1.25 The current branch is 4.5.4

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A screenshot of Mastodon's Repo from April 2025 which reads: Caution The 4.1.x branch will not receive any update—including security fixes—after 2025/04/08. Caution One of our dependencies has a known security vulnerability which Mastodon may be exposed to when using SAML for external authentication. If you are using SAML, we urge you to update to Mastodon 4.2 or 4.3.

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A screenshot which confirms that the site mastodon.sdf.org is using Mastodon 4.1.25 from April 2025. It is nearly 1 whole year past end of life.

Does anyone in the #Mastodon #books hivemind know where one might find a *complete* collection of the Barsoom novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs?

I only JUST figured it out.

You see, I'd been thinking that people from X could flood this place and ruin it. But without an algorithm, of the rest of us organically block or mute those folks, there's not much for them to read.

And if they engage with each other, their server gets defederated.

It's actually brilliant, and I only JUST figured it out.

#mastodon

Are there any good alternative mastodon-clients to mona and tweesecake, which are both screen-reader accessible and work on mac?
I know enafore is a thing, but I don't like that one very much, due to it being browser-based and very limited in its features.
#accessible #accessibility #blind #fediverse #mastodon #macos

@SeaFury @sortius

i've posted a few videos with the #pigeons & #doves i feed on this #substack. #mastodon is pretty limited on upload size, & i'm still looking for a #peertube instance to sign up & post to. so meanwhile...💙

https://worldtravelerall7.substack.com/p/i-dont-know-how-to-post-this-on-mastodon?r=56nrnz

Just a small reminder how significant an impact of personal kindness brings.
People of #Fediverse me again 👋🫂 A small favor i'll ask to everyone who can see this. Kindly boost my pinnedthread please, If you are in feels of supporting a little, I am truly grateful 4 your kindness & helping me.
Please Stay Safe and Take Care everyone🥺 Thank you for noticing me.. 💕

Yureii ~

#Mastodon #Mutualaid #Community #Support #Kindnessmatters #Health #pneumonia #help #quotes

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image with an illustration of four daisy-like flowers at the bottom. The text in the image reads: 'The world feels heavy lately, so please don't forget how much your kindness actually matters. Your smile, your words, your small good actions... they hit way deeper than you think.' Below the quote is '@fullspiritquotes / tinybuddha.com

If you're considering making your own Mastodon server, I've done a step-by-step guide for non-technical people on how to do it at:

🌱 https://growyourown.services/making-your-own-mastodon-server-in-10-steps

The guide linked above assumes you're using managed hosting. There are also a couple of other options listed here:

🌱 https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-create-my-own-server-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

#FediTips #Mastodon

Meine IT Datenschutz Liste für alle 2026 !!

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/zjE1-jSDj6HbZhvuXSig0euQ

( Transparenz: Ich arbeite nicht in der IT, dies ist ein kleines HobbyProjekt, wo Ich versuche Menschen ein paar nützlich Computer Tipps zu geben. )

#Datenschutz
#Privatsphäre
#Sicherheit
#Verschlüsselung
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Windows
#Windows10
#Endof10
#Windows11
#Betriebssystem
#Supportende
#Gaming
#Browser
#Fediverse
#Mastodon
#Suchmaschine
#Passwortmanager
#Informationssicherheit
#YouTube
#Werbeblocker
#2FA
#eMail
#Messenger
#UnplugTrump
#BigTech
#AI
#GraniteAct
#CloudAct
#Meta
#Facebook
#TikTok
#Instagram
#DID / #DUD
#unblugtrump

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Meine IT Datenschutz Liste für alle 2026 !!

Btw which are the most prolific and recommended #OSINT accounts on #Mastodon?

It might be interesting to see if the #US deploys an additional Carrier Group in the Western Atlantic as the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) is currently at Florida.

The normal operation tactics for an operation deployment of amphibious forces would be that their submarine forces (SSN and ASW) are already operating in the area.

1/2

What's up, boring version of Twitter?

#Mastodon

Back here after a 3.5 month hiatus lol.

What did I miss?

#mastodon

RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline/115892079872760079

#EU #Mastodon

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heise online » 🌐 2026-01-14
@heiseonline@social.heise.de

Trotz Kritik an X: EU-Spitzen weiterhin nicht bei Mastodon

Von der Leyen & Co. kritisieren X scharf, posten auf Elon Musks Plattform aber weiterhin politische Botschaften – nicht hingegen bei der deutschen Konkurrenz.

https://www.heise.de/news/Trotz-Kritik-an-X-EU-Spitzen-weiterhin-nicht-bei-Mastodon-11140102.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#ElonMusk #EU #IT #Mastodon #Mobiles #SocialMedia #X #news

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

https://mastoart.social

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

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

How to access OSINTukraine videos and News aggregation on #mastodon? ?

🇺🇦
#Telegram archive translated toots
@ua
Video only posts :
@uavideos

🇷🇺
#Telegram archive translated toots
@ru
Video only posts :
@ruvideos
#Ukraine #russia #osint #news

-- Russian Opposition Media feed
@protiv

Check out this Alaskan Landscape photograph available to purchase as a print or displayed on a variety of products that I uploaded to john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com!

Amazing Alaskan Landscape Scene.

#BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #PhotographicArtwork #photograph #Artwork #Mastodon #MastodonSocial #Mastoart #followers #Alaska #landscape

https://john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com/featured/alaskan-landscape-190-john-hughes.html

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Check out this Alaskan Landscape photograph available to purchase as a print or displayed on a variety of products that I uploaded to john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com! Amazing Alaskan Landscape Scene. #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #PhotographicArtwork #photograph #Artwork #Mastodon #MastodonSocial #Mastoart #followers #Alaska #landscape https://john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com/featured/alaskan-landscape-190-john-hughes.html

Top EU officials critical of X but almost none have #theforkiverse #mastodon accounts

Trotz Kritik an X: EU-Spitzen weiterhin nicht bei Mastodon | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Trotz-Kritik-an-X-EU-Spitzen-weiterhin-nicht-bei-Mastodon-11140102.html

Bonus #Jokes
A typo walks into a bar.
The bartender says, “What’ll it be?”
The typo replies, “A bear, please.”

An actor walks into a bar.
"Can I get a stagehand to put some glow-tape on this, please?" he yells.

A conspiracy theorist walks into a bar.
Or did he? That’s just what they want you to think.

Two conspiracy theorists walk into a bar.
There’s no way that’s just a coincidence.

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #DadJoke #BartenderJokes #WalksIntoABar

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Text-only meme. Me : What's the wifi password? Bartender : you need to buy a drink first. Me : Okay, I'll have a coke. Bartender : Is Pepsi okay? Me: Sure, How much is that? Bartender: three dollars. Me: There you go. So what's the wifi password? Bartender : you need to buy a drink first. No spaces, all lowercase.

I think I'll stick to the theme of bar humor for one more meme...

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Pun #Glue #Horses #TwoMenTalkingInATavern #JeanCharlesMeissonier #Artwork #Painting #InventionStory #Inventions

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Two panel meme entitled "The Invention of Glue", featuring a painting of "Two Men Talking in a Tavern" by artist Jean Charles Meissonier (1848 - 1917). Man #1: I bet if we melt a horse, we could use it to stick stuff to other stuff. Man #2: Dude... Is everything okay at home?

Some "off-color" humor...

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #DadJoke #Computers #Printers #Toner #Colors #PrinterCartridges #System32Comics

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Four panel comic strip, in which an anthropomorphized computer is speaking with a printer. PC: Hey, Printer, can you please print this document? Printer: Low on Cyan. PC (smiling): Don't worry. It's just a black and white text--" Printer: No. F-ck you. Low on cyan."

People may suggest that you use hashtags as a universal "tool" for getting things into your timeline.

This might give the impression that once you start following tags you will get ALL the content for this tag, across the entire federated entirety of instances.

That is NOT the case.

The instance you are on only knows what it knows, ie. it can only tell you about toots that it has seen.

What this means is that in order for a server to know about toots you, or someone else on the instance, has to be following someone so that there is a mechanism for toots to be sent to your instance.

There is also this thing called Relays, which is pretty much what it sounds like. A relay, once you are connected to one will forward all toots it has seen to your instance. (This is an admin/instance feature and cannot be configured by a regular user!)

Long story short. Hashtags are not magical wands that will make all the toots appear in your timeline. It will simply pull toots your instance knows about into your timeline.

There are pros and cons to this, but it is the essence of federation and an important topic to understand.

#Fediverse #Mastodon

Trotz Kritik an X: EU-Spitzen weiterhin nicht bei Mastodon

Von der Leyen & Co. kritisieren X scharf, posten auf Elon Musks Plattform aber weiterhin politische Botschaften – nicht hingegen bei der deutschen Konkurrenz.

https://www.heise.de/news/Trotz-Kritik-an-X-EU-Spitzen-weiterhin-nicht-bei-Mastodon-11140102.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#ElonMusk #EU #IT #Mastodon #Mobiles #SocialMedia #X #news

I did a poll here for a week. 141 people responded. I was interested in #mastodon users' preferred categorization of the term "neurodiverse." The results generally confirmed my a priori predictions but had some surprises. Some takeaways for me, right now:

• Autism was in a tie for top position, unsurprising as, in my experience, autism was the first condition to be labeled "neurodiverse" or "neuroatypical", and is, I suspect, something of a prototype for the category.
• ADHD was tied (given the sample) with autism. I was mildly surprised. I think a few years ago this would not have been the case; ADHD awareness, activism, and acceptance have increased dramatically over the past few years.
• Schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, and #bipolar disorders were the next group. The inclusion of anxiety disorders surprised me; I suspected it would be tied with depression disorders.
• Personality disorders being endorsed at the same rate as depression and intellectual disability was a mild surprise.
• Psychopathy being tied with depression and intellectual disability was a pretty big surprise for me. This poll was largely about opinions and preferences, so stigma is (IMO) a big part of it. "Being a psychohpath" seems to be less stigmatized (in a specific way) than I thought... it's also possible the results would change if I'd used the word "psychopath" instead of "psychopathy."
• Intellectual disabiity (until pretty recently labeled "mental retardation" but, you know, the euphemism treadmill) was a wild card for me; I didn't know where it would end up. I would like to do a different survey sometime, with a different response format, so I could see the variability in responses. I suspect this condition (and a few others) would result in a lot of variability.
• Pedophilia was of particular interest to me. The results confirmed my strong a priori hypothesis, and this (plus psychopathy) was a major reason for wording the poll as I did, prompoting for preferences instead of a more objective assessment of the research-based fitness of each condition for the "neurodiverse" category.

More about #pedophilia: a nice, big mountain of research strongly suggests that it is a condition of altered brain development; in fact, it is probably a sexual orientation. A better survey than this simple poll might assess participants' understanding of pedophilia in addition to the question I did ask. I suspect many people confuse pedophilia with child molestation/abuse (nb: pedophilia is a pattern of attraction, not a set of behaviors, though many pedophiles have also abused children).

Both the left and right political meta-groups in the USA have latched onto "pedophile" as a label for child molestation--usually of post-pubescent children, where pedophilia is very specifically a pattern of attraction to prepubescent children. There was flirtation during Trump's first term with the more correct(ish) labels "hebephilia" and "ephebephilia", but I think the need for a stronger, more dehumanizing label won in the end, and "pedophile" packs a bigger cultural/emotional punch than "child molester."

Anyway, thanks to everyone who participated. This is fascinating enough for me that I might even do a real survey sometime. If I can get my dean to stop giving me extra classes for calling him out on his anti-labor nonsense.

Notes:

1. I phrased the question as *Which of the following conditions do you personally think should be included under the #neurodiversity umbrella? * instead of asking which conditions would be classified as neurodiverse, etc. for reasons noted above.
2. I chose "neurodiverse" instead of "neuroatypical", believing that the latter would produce more restricted categorization.
3. This is not (I hope) research according to federal definitions. It's a demonstration of a concept and I won't be trying to disseminate these results in scientific journals or at science conferences.

#neurodiverse #neuroatypical #poll #adhd #autism #schizophrenia #anxiety #bipolar #PersonalityDisorder #psychopathy #depression #IntellectualDisability

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This is a graph, so it is difficult to summarize. The main findings are noted in the post, and here are the data as (I hope) a readable table. The first numerical column is the percentage of respondents who endorsed the condition in that row. The next two numerical columns are the lower and upper limits of the 95% confidence interval for that value. condition Percent I_lower CI_upper --------------------------------------------------- Pedophilia 3.7 0.6 6.8 Intellectual_Disability 40.7 32.6 48.8 Depression 40.7 32.6 48.8 Psychopath 40.7 32.6 48.8 Personality_Disorders 44.4 36.2 52.6 Bipolar_Disorders 51.9 43.7 60.1 Anxiety 55.6 47.4 63.8 Schizophrenia_Psychosis 55.6 47.4 63.8 Autism 92.6 88.3 96.9 ADHD 96.3 93.2 99.4

Dear everyone.

If you post in more than one language, please remember to set the language of your post correctly. It's the only way the language translator works properly.

Many thanks.

Please consider boosting to raise awareness of this issue.

#fediverse #mastodon #language #posting #settings #translation

CC: @keylimepie@masto.donte.com.br

Anyone have an #Android #Mastodon app they like? I'm currently using #Tusky, and it's fine, but it doesn't support quote toots, which is occasionally annoying. #Technology

Check out this Alaskan Landscape photograph available to purchase as a print or displayed on a variety of products that I uploaded to john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com!

Amazing Alaskan Landscape Scene.

#BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #PhotographicArtwork #photograph #Artwork #Mastodon #MastodonSocial #Mastoart #followers #Alaska #landscape

https://john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com/featured/alaskan-landscape-180-john-hughes.html

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Check out this Alaskan Landscape photograph available to purchase as a print or displayed on a variety of products that I uploaded to john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com! Amazing Alaskan Landscape Scene. #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #PhotographicArtwork #photograph #Artwork #Mastodon #MastodonSocial #Mastoart #followers #Alaska #landscape https://john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com/featured/alaskan-landscape-180-john-hughes.html

RE: https://mastodon.social/@hennavirkkunen/115888721732640894

Dear #Mastodon this is the Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy of the European Commission. Who joined today (Jan 13). Great to have someone from the commission here
🙌 🇪🇺 ✌️

AodeRelay boosted

Henna Virkkunen » 🌐 2026-01-13
@hennavirkkunen@mastodon.social

X offering the use of Grok to create and share pictures of undressed women and children is horrendous.

The EU Commission has already:
• taken investigative steps
• ordered the company to retain internal documents.

X now has to fix its AI tool in the EU - and they have to do it quickly.

If not, we will not hesitate to take additional measures under the DSA.

I found out about my neurodivergence only a year ago. A massive reality check.

I'm realizing I have almost zero social skills - just manual protocols.
Email is my asynchronous heaven.
Pure data, no pressure.

But 1-1/group meetings... Sensory torture. Calculating facial expressions and body language feels like a manual social engineering project that drains my "inner battery".
While others "sync up", my brain overloads just to look functional.

This is why Mastodon is my safe space - I can be myself here. I'm like at home here.

Have you noticed anything similar?

You're not alone.
You're normal! It's just harder, and you pay a much higher price for it.

#Neurodivergent #WorkLife #Mastodon #SensoryOverload #Accessibility #Autism #Neurodiversity #Email #Fediverse #Life #Work #Blog #Thoughts

@minmi @Huntn00

It's usually deplatforming. From white admins who defederate you without a sensible reason to the whole of their instance users (where you do have friends) to targeted blocks in common lists.

It does happen.

It's being silenced. Similar to shadow banning. If no one sees your toots you go away. There's no interaction.

I guarantee you even writing this toot will make some consider doing so to this account. And the only way I'd notice is months down the line when I wonder: how come I haven't seen a toot from my friend Haven in ages ?

The software as it is, protects the admins, not the user.

#racism #mastodon

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

GitHub Continuous Integration checks passed!

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

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

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

#Mastodon wish: In search results, show when an account was last active (a tiny activity graph would also be nice). There are now quite a few accounts who haven’t posted anything in 2025.

2/2 When we decide an exact date for the migration, we'll send a 3-day warning email to let you know about the details. We don't anticipate any more than 24 hours of downtime as the switch is made.

It's also our first birthday as a mastodon server!! 🎉🎂
So we launched our 2026 fundraiser!

Please Donate here to help us grow!: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?campaign_id=QLAVW3PLFM84N

Any Questions can go to me, @arbutus @trishalynn @dylanre @artbysarahsammis or @jrenken

Thank you #Fediverse and #Mastodon for all your love!

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

237 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@lupa (CZE)
@MelaNews (ITA)
@derStandard (GER)
@euobserver (ENG)
@untergrundblaettle (GER)

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

Built by @mho

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

There is a #mastodon instance who has come up with a novel way to make onboarding easier - release their own whitelabeled mastodon client that is hardwired to their instance.

This reduces friction by removing the step where the user must (know and) type in their server address.

I think this is an interesting idea, however, I don't see how this can scale while remaining helpful.

My instance federates with over 16K servers. That's a small fraction of the fedi. If even a quarter of those instances had their own app, that would be over 4,000 whitelabeled Mastodon apps for a new user to sift through on the app stores.

Nevermind all the overhead involved with keeping the app up-to-date, and jumping through google and apple hoops (and paying their fees). How many instances already struggling to stay current and keep the lights on can sustain this extra burden?

There has to be a better way.

#OverUnder 048 with @82mhz

You probably know his linkdumps, and his blog.

Today, he shares his thoughts about #Italy, #Asahi #Linux, #printers, #Darkmode, and Turkish #coffee.

#opensource #blog #fediverse #mastodon

https://lazybea.rs/ovr-048

What are some recommended desktop clients (Windows, MacOS, Linux) for managing multiple SoMe platforms (Mastodon, Bluesky)?

#some #socialmedia #mastodon #bluesky

oh ok so *here's* a neat feature of #Mastodon lists that I had hitherto been unaware of:

You can set them to include replies from list members to:
- No one
- Members of the List
- Any followed user

This is REALLY COOL. The 🤯 option for me personally is to be able to include only replies that members of the list sent to other members of the list. Great for "Local" lists, or lists for a busy topic bubble!

You can also change this setting later!

#Fediverse #mastodonMeta #fediHelp

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Screenshot of the Create list menu. Create list List name "Example" Include replies from list members to Members of the list Hide members in Home [toggle] If someone is on this list, hide them in your Home feed to avoid seeing their posts twice.

My top tip for getting into Mastodon is:

1) Make a post that says "hi, I'm interested in..." followed by like 10 hashtags about your interests.

2) Click and follow all the hashtags in your post.

3) People will boost your post and it'll go further because of the hashtags, due to the nature of the fediverse. Follow all the people who boost you; you can unfollow later if it's too many people.

Diagram source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mastodon_timelines.png

#Mastodon #MastoMeta #forkiverse #introduction #introductions

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Title: What makes up each timeline? Text: This flow chart might help explain. To look at it from the other direction: Your public toots will always be in your instance's local timeline. If even one person from example.instance follows you, your public toots will be visible in the federated timeline for everyone on example.instance. (Replies don't make it into the public or federated timelines.) Flow chart: Start: Public toot by @Foo. Am I following @Foo? Yes: Toot shows in Home timeline. No: Is @Foo on my instance? Yes: Toot shows in Local timeline. No: Does someone on my instance follow @Foo? Yes: Toot shows in Federated timeline. No: Did someone on my instance boost @Foo's toot or search for it with its URL? Yes: Toot shows in Federated timeline. No: @Foo's toot never reaches my instance. If you choose "unlisted" instead of "public", your toots will be seen by followers and be visible on your profile but they won't appear in the timelines.

Aus aktuellen Anlass. Man konnte auf #Mastodon doch auch #RSS feeds abonieren? Wie geht das nochmal? #lebensmittelwarnungen #verbraucherzentrale

RE: https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-1669-65bb-4dd5-a03947119310

#mastodon feel free to add to your blocklist:

My company’s Cybersecurity Awareness training is ON-POINT: (For everything except #mastodon ) #cybersecurity

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Hi everyone👋 hope you guys see & noticed my posts 😔😢😖 If anyone might able to lend a little hand of support.. Just for anyone that able to:cwy:🙏 Please your kindness & support will be lifesaving 4 me & my cat jury for couple days or even a week which I really appreciated alot. 🫂💚 Boost will be a big hand of help too 🙏🫶
Thank you guys very much.💚

omoshiroii.jj@gmail.com—PP📩

#fediverse #mastodon #mutualaid #silentSunday

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@LibertyOverGov
i'm glad you are building a movement there. personally, i've deleted #facebook #whatsapp & all #meta products bc i don't like funding the fascists who will turn around & use that $ against us. seems inefficient.
i prefer to #boycott fascists & take what they care about most - their $. that's the most effective way to change their behavior
but i understand you have to go where the people are when creating a movement. but i'll just follow you from here on #Mastodon 💙

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Top half is a blue sky, Below it a field of wheat, Symbolizing the Ukrainian flag. In the field is a tree whose trunk forms into a, the symbol of the BLM movement. The tree is symbol from the Green Party with a green earth and leaves. Text reads, Respect existence or expect resistance. The words RESPECT EXISTENCE are written in a curve along the top with RESPECT in the colors of the rainbow representing LGBTQ+, and EXISTENCE in yellow against the blue sky, again representing Ukraine. OR is a large 3D monument at the base of the tree painted in black, white and red in the manner of the Antifa flag. EXPECT RESISTANCE is written in a curve along the bottom with EXPECT in red and RESISTANCE in black, again to represent anti-fascist colors. Next to the OR is a mastodon to represent Mastodon. (it used to be a blue butterfly on top of the fist when i was on bluesky) Carved into the trunk of the tree is a heart with my signature WT7.

@LibertyOverGov i'm a big fan of #BlueCrew & its mission. i used the hashtag all the time on #bsky before they banned me for over-celebrating the death of a racist, fascist bigot (still happy😁)
i'd like to see it more here on #mastodon bc i think it could be a very effective tool for comms & calls to action
but i think #50501movement is doing that far more effectively right now.
but i'm proudly #bluecrew #antifascist #resistance 💙

RE: https://sciences.social/@alfiekohn/115883115132088165

When Facebook starts acting fascist, it’s definitely time to move to https://joinmastodon.org and message on https://signal.org.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Signal

AodeRelay boosted

Alfie Kohn » 🌐 2026-01-12
@alfiekohn@sciences.social

For anyone you know who's still using Facebook, Insta, Whatsapp, or Threads...

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

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

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

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

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

#Fediverse #Mastodon

Something is broken with my Mastodon app. For the past couple days when I check my feed here it's all posts from a day ago. Eventually the new messages show up, but it takes a long time and is unpredictable.

Also if I try to load older messages or look at certain hashtags, it errors out saying something about a missing account field.

I think the bug is with @megalodon and seemed to start after my instance updated to a newer version of the backend. The web view doesn't have an issue

#mastodon

This message is intended for Canadian #Mastodon admins who are running public instances large and small. If you are an admin, please share with your counterparts. If you are a member of a Canadian instance, please send this to your admin.
A small group of us (Note: really, really small) are in early discussions on how to encourage our government - individual politicians & federal, provincial, and municipal departments - to move their social media presence to Mastodon. This would involve an awareness campaign targeting politicians, party HQs, and departments/agencies.
We are asking for input from admins to help us create a future state vision for this project, and provide us with advice or ideas on how to bring it to a reality. I will set up a web call within the next 3 weeks and hopefully you can participate. We are not asking you to contribute beyond input. Please DM me and I will add you to the invitees.

#mastoadmin
#MastodonCanada
#MastoCanadaGOV (hashtag for this project)

CC: @ZebKing

#PleaseBoost

WELCOME to everyone new in the #Fediverse ! To find people, it's best to briefly introduce yourself. Just use the hashtag #introduction (english) and write a few lines.

If in french or german, you can also add the hashtags #introductionfr or #presentation or #nouvelleici (french), for German add #vorstellung or #neuhier

#tiktok #tiktokrefugee #tiktokrefugees #tiktokban #mastodon #pixelfed #lemmy #misskey #peertube

Daily reminder: Always use 2FA like security keys and/or TOTP to make your accounts more secure.

#tips #fediverse #socialmedia #Vebinet #Mastodon #security

Is there a way to make a #Mastodon post by sending an #email?

That would be really cool.

#tech #question #fediverse

Discover Fedi позволяет просматривать общедоступные ленты из инстансов fediverse без создания учетной записи. подумайте об этом как о просмотре витрин, прежде чем решите, к какому инстансу присоединиться!

функции:
* просматривайте общедоступные временные рамки из любого инстанса fediverse
* ищите инстансы по теме, местоположению или программному обеспечению
* фильтруйте только по изображениям (nsfw включен или выключен) или ищите по хэштегам
* сохраняйте понравившиеся инстансы для быстрого доступа
* посещайте инстансы напрямую, чтобы создать учетную запись

поддерживаемые платформы: mastodon, pleroma, akkoma, gotosocial, friendica, misskey

https://discoverfedi.app

F-Droid repository: https://fdroid.discoverfedi.app/repo

Разработчик: @cmdr_nova

#discoverfedi #fdroidrepo #fediverse #instance #fdroidrepo #fdroid #android #applications #программы #андроид #mastodon #pleroma #akkoma #gotosocial #friendica #misskey

@magdalenahai Millä perusteella valitsit tuon instanssin? Olen pikkuisen tutkinut noita, mutta just instanssin valinta vaikuttaa hankalalta.

Lisäksi siinä miten fediversessä nämä eri "formaatit" keskustelevat keskenään ei tunnu istuvan logiikkaani. Peertube-kanavan tai Pixelfed-tilin tilaaminen ei jotenkin olekaan niin yksinkertaista kuin luulisi.
#peertube #mastodon #pixelfed

#petition "Cesser d'utiliser X (anciennement Twitter) pour les communications officielles du gouvernement "

https://petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/i-2610

On la fait monter jusqu'à 1 million ?

Fais ta magie Twi...euh #Mastodon !

#twitter #HelloQuitteX #x

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@greenpartyni/115881150327768590

All social media platforms — Instagram, Facebook, Threads, X, and Bluesky — are partners in the genocide carried out by Israel and the United States against Gaza.

I say this honestly: I did not find any platform that truly embraces Palestinians and gives them safety to publish, except #Mastodon.

Welcome to the world of Mastodon — a place where there is no space for those who control and support genocide.

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Green Party NI » 🌐 2026-01-12
@greenpartyni@mastodon.ie

We’re leaving X.

Not for clicks.
Not for politics.
For safety, democracy and basic responsibility.

We won’t stay on a platform that fails children, enables deepfake abuse and fuels disinformation.

But this is not an exit from the conversation.
It’s a move to better spaces.

Come with us.

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Vielleicht erreiche ich hier jemand, Versuch ist es wert:
Das ist kein Facebook. Bilder von Texten sind keine "Memes", sondern faules Copy and Paste aus unbekannter Quelle. Screenreader werden davon u.U. verwirrt und Menschen im Darkmode mit einem Schlag glühend hell anstrahlt.
Wenn jemensch etwas zu sagen hat, lässt sich das (mit Angabe von Quellen wie News-Portale) auch schreiben, da haben alle was von.
#dud #dit #fediverse #mastodon #servicetoot

Millaisella esittelyllä houkuttelisitte kavereitanne, ystäviänne, tai ihmisiä ylipäänsä Metan someista tänne Mastodoniin? Tai millaisella olette saaneet itse houkuteltua väkeä tänne?

Kaikki eivät taatusti ymmärrä termiä 'Fediverse' eikä kaikilla riitä taatusti mielenkiinto sitä selvittääkään.

Oon yrittäny ite vähän pähkäillä, et saisin tuotua perässäni mahdollisimman monta, mutta en oikein keksi sellaista "kaiken kansan ymmärrettäväksi soveltuvaa" esittelyä.

#mastodon #fediverse #kysymastodonilta #maanantai #apua

Well, I hung on for a month.

Last paycheck = gone.
Cooking gas = gone.
Car = probably repo'd tomorrow, maybe Wednesday
Food = that last month of groceries went fast, with 3 kids
Sanity = ?

Not enthusiastic about doing this again after only a year of employment didn't even cover the debts from the last stint.

https://wise.com/pay/me/@justinrl
https://paypal.me/jralflenz

#mutualaidrequest #mutualaid #mastodon

@evanprodromou

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

A new Fediverse "service"?

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

Here: https://theforkiverse.com/about

#Forkiverse #Fediverse #Mastodon

i actually can see the MetLife building from my bathroom window. seeing a hole thru it is just weird.

#Mastodon #Godzilla1998

@LibertyOverGov i almost forgot there was a #BlueCrew presence on #Mastodon. i don't see that hashtag often here. on #bluesky i saw it all the time, but it was mostly just people trying to amass as many followers as possible. little engagement from them. i'm happy to see this💙

Я бы на месте разработчиков #Mastodon добавил бы поддержку LibreTranslete, потому что порой есть интересные посты интересных людей, а читать мешает языковой барьер. Ы.

Делать форк с рабочим LT?..

Sunday evenings are when you find out what you’ve built.
Not in a demo… in the quiet.
Logs scrolling, backups done, nothing on fire.

Self-hosting isn’t about being clever.
It’s about being calm… because you know where everything lives.

The light stays on. The systems stay steady.
That’s the whole point.”

#Lighthouselore #Selfhosting #devops #mastodon

#Mastodon is on fire today with great toots! I LOL several times more than normal

One weird thing about the default (incl #glitchsoc ) #mastodon interface's handling of @bsky.brid.gy content is that it doesn't display the links contained in quote posts, even though the data is clearly there, because it's displayed other clients.

Here's three screenshots of this post

1. default @Mastodon view, 2. @elk view, 3. @MonaApp view

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@SZ_de
@OndaCero
@quartz
@watson_de
@wweek

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

Built by @mho

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

Hallo #fediverse, bin jetzt seit ein paar Tagen #neuhier und nutze die #mastodon App. Aktuell bin ich noch dabei relativ viele neue Follows einzurichten und meine Listen zu sortieren. Von Zeit zu Zeit bekomme ich die #fehlermeldung #tomanyrequests und die App friert ein. Mache ich was falsch? Meistens muss ich die App dann schließen und neustarten. Bin für jeden Hinweis dankbar.

Have you checked your "Private Mentions" section in Mastodon?

It's easy to miss notifications about DMs as they are mixed in with all the other mentions and notifications.

You can check your DMs on your server's website by clicking "@ Private Mentions" on the right of the screen (or click ☰, then "@ Private Mentions" if you're on mobile).

Apps may have various different interfaces for DMs.

#FediTips #Mastodon

Pre-released Mastodon Bird UI 4.0.0-alpha.0-3: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui/releases/tag/4.0.0-alpha.0-3

tl;dr: It now includes a build system and is much lighter than the previous versions. Only compatible with Mastodon 4.6.0 alpha versions.

#MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI #OpenSource #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

We've successfully upgraded our Mastodon server to v4.6.0-alpha.2+mementomods-2026-01-11, along with Mastodon Bird UI 4.0.0-alpha.0-3.

This update includes today's latest daily build with 54 new commits from upstream.

What's new (Mastodon core):

🔒 Security
- Fixed SSRF protection bypass
- Fixed ownership check in severed relationships

🐛 Bug Fixes
- Custom emojis now render correctly in profile fields
- Video modals no longer pushed down on mobile
- Fixed custom emojis in CWs and notifications
- Fixed hashtag autocomplete issues
- Mentions of domain-blocked users no longer processed

✨ Improvements
- New emoji search functionality
- Better HTTP signature handling

Check out our fork source code:
https://github.com/mementomori-social

Mastodon Bird UI 4.0.0-alpha.0-3 is still a work in progress in the nightly branch. It's not 100% ready, but it's stable.

As always, if you notice anything unusual or buggy, please reach out to me or any of the admins. Enjoy your time here, and feel free to message me with any questions or thoughts.

#MementomoriSocial #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

One of the good use cases of AI. Didn’t know the new @MonaApp has this.

#Mastodon #Apps #Mona #iPhone #AI

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#Federation works once again:

@pj, @Casey & @kevin are already followed by many accounts, that are not at theforkiverse.com. And roughly 3 to 6 % of the followers are not even on #Mastodon.

#Fediverse #SearchEngine #HardFork

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Graph for Kevin, with two thirds not from theforkiverse.com

RE: https://vebinet.com/@Vebinet/115876563888725506

As a response to the growing concern regarding AI-generated sexual deepfakes, we are taking action by investing more in safety and trust

Vebinet will have more resources dedicated to combating harmful content, including sexual deepfakes, to ensure that the digital space remains safe and inclusive for everyone.

Safeguarding people is one of our priorities and core values.

#safety #trust #Vebinet #fediverse #Mastodon #socialmedia #deepfakes #AI

@visionaire

Right: it is a #Mastodon instance. So all #theforkiverse users are part of the #Fediverse with all the benefits and potential that the Fediverse has.

@aj

Ich hab ein Startpaket mit Profilen zusammengestellt, die hier ihre gezeichneten Kunstwerke präsentieren:
https://fedidevs.com/s/ODM1/

Wer fehlt?

#startpaket #Starterpaket #Starterpack #starterpacks #karikatur #comic #zeichnung #kunst #mastodon #mastoart

@marlinz @Rotherbaron

Ja, wir hatten das auch hier auf #Mastodon erst neulich unter dem Begriff des rechtslibertären #Deliverismus diskutiert: Bürgerinnen & Bürger werden nicht mehr als würdige Bürgerschaft, sondern als quengelnde Kundschaft gesehen.

Ich halte das für einen wirklich gefährlichen Irrweg, der dringend zu korrigieren wäre.

@Teh_Doc_Inan

I’ll spend today trying to finish the migration from #Hetzner back home. There are a lot of things to accomplish. Also, I think I’ll have another node in my #Proxmox cluster and investigate high availability for this #Mastodon instance and the #caddy container.
#homelab

Hallo #Fedivers - Verschneite Grüße aus dem #Winterwonderland #Drolshagen im #Sauerland - Wir sind nun auch #neuhier bei #Mastodon und nutzen die #NRW #Instanz von @nrwonline #kreisolpe #südwestfalen #nrwonline

Digital Independence Day: Selbst bestimmen wie wir kommunizieren, uns digital vernetzen und informieren sowie welche Infos wir über uns und unser Surfgewohnheiten preisgeben. Nutzen wir Software von Monopolen, diktieren uns diese immer mehr, was und wie wir digital Dinge tun können und wir begeben uns mehr und mehr in (oft teure) Abhängigkeiten.

Jeden ersten Sonntag im Monat ein Tool ausprobieren und wechseln.

Selbstversuch: Mastodon statt X - sehr unkompliziert und nett

Rezeptempfehlung: https://di.day/mastodon/ - einfache Schritt für Schritt-Anleitung und mehr Infos

#digitalIndependenceDay #DIDay #didit #mastodon #ccc #c3w #haecksen #wien #vienna

This is frankly genius, a clever denizen of #Mastodon has built a #guitar pedal that simply runs whatever #DAW #plugins you want. He’s a #guitarist and works in #electronics #engineering, and has come up with something that seems both obvious in hindsight, and incredibly smart.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/53206517

@FediTips

Wow wow wow wow.

Best thing ever. Awesome website.

Thank you very much.

Informative.

Very easy to read. Useful links. Well done.

#FediTips
#NewUsers
#Mastodon
#Fediverse
#Newbies
#HowTo
#GettingStarted

@Jens_van_der_Kreet

Danke 🙏 - ein guter & auch auf #Mastodon noch viel zu seltener Move! 👍

@husmannismus #Dialog #Falsifikation #Erkenntnistheorie

https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/blume-ince-dialog-zu-karl-popper-dem-kritischen-rationalismus-liberalismus/

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

167 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@theintercept (ENG)
@tugatech (POR)
@cretanews (GRE)
@TechCrunch (ENG)
@ZarautzGuka (BAQ)

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

Built by @mho

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

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@mymodernmet
@blogTO
@AgenziaAnsa
@ElleUK
@IlSole24Ore

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

Built by @mho

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

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

182 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@9to5linux (ENG)
@antzuolagoiena (BAQ)
@RetroGamer_offiziell (GER)
@TheConversationUK (ENG)
@freezenet (ENG)

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

Built by @mho

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

Morning fellow techtooters - I've set up an account for dedicated aggregation across Mastodon instances recently. TLDR - you should see better/ more content from other Fediverse servers over time.

A tip - to easily follow accounts on other servers I encourage folks to use extensions like Graze (https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/graze/epocinhmkcnjfjobnglchpbncndobblj) or others to make follows across instances a "one click" job.

#tips #tricks #mastodon #admin

@lataco.bsky.social I finally found you on #Mastodon, so i can follow you again. but i notice it's a "bird.makeup" automated feed, so people can't interact w/ you

have you checked out @bsky.brid.gy ? it's also automated, but people can interact

i guess we'll find out😁 #bridgyfed

So it seems that #Cloudflare’s “Bot fight mode” completely breaks federation. Best avoided on your #Pixelfed, #Mastodon and I assume other AP services.

#MastoAdmin

Mittlerweile bin ich jetzt schon über eine Woche auf fedia.social, es ist also Zeit für ein erstes Fazit: #iceshrimp macht mit voller Timeline sehr viel mehr Spaß als die mikrigen paar Accounts, die ich im Testbetrieb mal hinzugefügt habe. Und da ich social Media vor allem am PC betreibe, kommen auch die Widgets sehr schön zur Geltung, hauptsächlich das für die Benachrichtigungen, die ich so direkt lesen kann ohne erst auf eine Unterseite gehen zu müssen.

Viel mehr habe ich allerdings auch noch nicht ausprobiert, nur einmal habe ich neben einem Like auch ein "Herzchen" vergeben, und dies hier dürfte der erste längere Beitrag sein. Und ich genieße sehr, dass ich nicht ständig auf eine mikrige Nummer von Restzeichen blicken muss :-)

Ein paar Unterschiede/Nachteile gibts natürlich auch, vermissen tue ich etwas die Möglichkeit von #Mastodon, auch Hashtags folgen zu können. Stattdessen gibts bei den #Misskey/#Firefish Forks sogenannte "Antennen", das sind Listen mit Kriterien (Stichwörter, Hashtags), die einen eigenen Feed mit entsprechenden Posts erzeugen. Was im Prinzip funktioniert, allerdings spuckt der Feed immer nur ein paar Posts aus, die auch nie besonders lange zurückliegen. Möglicherweise eine Servereinstellung, klicke ich dann z.B. auf einen Hashtag, kriege ich eine eine ganz normale Ausgabe wie auch nach einer Suche, ohne irgend eine Begrenzung der Anzahl von Beiträgen.

Und dann fehlen gelegentlich unter Beiträgen ein paar Kommentare, dies wird aber immer auch durch einen entsprechenden Hinweis oben auf der Seite angezeigt, mit einem Link zur entsprechenden Instanz. Kenne ich auch von Mastodon, war dort aber wesentlich seltener.

Für mich jetzt alles keine großen Probleme, vor allem nicht im Hinblick darauf, dass gerade die #iceshrimp Codebase neu geschrieben und hoffentlich auch irgendwann mal freigegeben wird. Das entsprechende Repository auf iceshrimp.dev ist auf jeden Fall aktiv, und ich bin da guter Hoffnung, dass die überarbeitete Version noch vieeeel besser wird. :-)

good, #mastodon version updated. cheers!

🎷🦣 Mastoshare update — improved set instance page UX.

Now it shows buttons for popular instances and a drop-down for known instances (using @fedidb)

Set your home instance now, so mastoshare links will open seamlessly — https://mastoshare.link/set-instance?next=home

#mastodon #fediverse #mastoshare #opensource #buildinpublic #frontend #webdev

RE: https://sueden.social/@BlumeEvolution/115866917074527858

Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?

Erlebe, dass kluge Menschen hier auf #Mastodon & auch in der #Politik & #Journalismus den Begriff erneuerbarer #Friedensenergien verstehen.

Aber warum wurde es dann bisher in #Medien kaum aufgegriffen?

Ich beobachte, dass sog. #Massenmedien 1. ihre Kundschaft nicht „überfordern“ & 2. deren #Gewohnheiten nicht herausfordern möchten. Nenne die Folge von Floskel-Verfestigung nicht nur zu #Energie „mimetisches Einschlafen“.

Ginge auch so: https://energiewinde.orsted.de/koepfe-der-energiewende/michael-blume-antisemitismus-ressourcenfluch-oel-gas-konflikte-interview

toot.io relay service boosted

Michael Blume » 🌐 2026-01-09
@BlumeEvolution@sueden.social

Habe es übrigens letztes Jahr auch mal mit einer beruflichen #Pressemitteilung versucht, Titel:

Blume warnt: #Iran & #Russland nicht weiterhin fossil finanzieren!

Gab praktisch keine #Resonanz, auch nicht aus #Qualitätsmedien & #ÖRR. Aber spätestens ab #Venezuela merken doch langsam auch einige "Experten" aus den #Medien, das das Thema erneuerbare #Friedensenergien vielleicht doch was für sich hat... Hoffe ich! 🌞🖖

@balkonsolar @BrennpunktUA

https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/medien-2025-live-wird-eine-pm-ueber-erneuerbare-friedensenergien-aufgegriffen/

• #qualitatsmedien
• #orr

I don't post here about every book I read for a number of reasons:

-- On quite a few books I don't have anything of much value to share.

-- On some books, I have a great deal to say, but Mastodon is not the most suitable place to publish my opinions.

-- Other books cover topics or include themes which I do not feel comfortable discussing here.

-- Sometimes I cannot be bothered to apply my laborious hunt-and-peck keyboarding to the task of writing a post.

Having said all that, perhaps I ought to post more about my reading, because scrolling through my past posts this evening reminded me of all sorts of books that I had forgotten about.

Image: Pile of books -- freestocks.org from Olsztyn, Poland -- Public domain -- Wikimedia Commons

#Books #Bookstodon #SocialMedia #Mastodon

$ tootctl domains crawl

After 10 hours it's still running and not finished yet. Consumes RAM around 16-22GB.

#mastodon

My #Mastodon instance is going to be moved from #Hetzner to this beaty ^_^

#HomeLab #SelfHost #SelfHosted #SelfHosting #MiniPC #JetKVM

Alt...

An Asus mini PC with JetKVM connected to it

@leonavis

Paß bloß auf, auch hier auf #Mastodon verstehen nicht alle Linken Spaß! 😉🌞🖖 https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/kretschmann-zu-kritik-gegen-hagel-100.html

A Mastodon Sidekiq scheduled worker that deletes tagged garbage from your instance.

# frozen_string_literal: true

class Scheduler::NmMaintenanceWorker
include Sidekiq::Worker

sidekiq_options retry: 0, lock: :until_executed, lock_ttl: 1.day.to_i
sidekiq_options queue: :scheduler

DELETE_LIMIT = 100 # set to nil to delete everything

def perform
job_started_at = mono_time
log "[NM][jid=#{jid}] Job started"

# Fetch all banned tag patterns where usable = false
banned_tags = NmBannedTags.where(usable: false).pluck(:pattern)

if banned_tags.empty?
log "[NM][jid=#{jid}] No banned tags found, exiting."
return
end

# Convert to SQL LIKE patterns
tag_patterns = banned_tags.map { |t| "%#{t}%" }

total_processed = 0
query_started_at = mono_time

# Batch processing
statuses = Status
.joins(:tags)
.where('tags.name ILIKE ANY (array[?])', tag_patterns)
.order(created_at: :desc)
.distinct
.limit(DELETE_LIMIT)
statuses.each do |status|
break if DELETE_LIMIT && total_processed >= DELETE_LIMIT

status_started_at = mono_time
account = status.account

log "[NM][jid=#{jid}] Processing status=#{status.id} "\
"user=#{account.username}@#{account.domain}"

# Delete attached media first
status.media_attachments.each do |media|
log "[NM][jid=#{jid}] Deleting media id=#{media.id} "\
"file=#{media.file}"
media.destroy! # this should remove the file from storage
end

# Delete the status itself
log "[NM][jid=#{jid}] Deleting status id=#{status.id}"
status.destroy!

log "[NM][jid=#{jid}] Finished status=#{status.id} "\
"duration=#{elapsed_ms(status_started_at)}ms"

total_processed += 1
end

log "[NM][jid=#{jid}] Job finished "\
"processed=#{total_processed} "\
"total=#{elapsed_ms(job_started_at)}ms"
end

private

def log(message)
(Sidekiq.logger || Rails.logger).info(message)
end

def mono_time
Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
end

def elapsed_ms(start)
((mono_time - start) * 1000).round(2)
end
end

#Mastodon

I joined #mastodon last week, on a whim, with no idea what to expect

Minutes later, I was welcomed by @dillyd which has never happened on any other platform and was a wonderful introduction. So I posted a couple pictures of my #cats, and found, to my surprise, people reacting and interacting

Maybe it's because I'm not fighting an algorithm, or maybe I just found a place where folks truly appreciate cats. Either way, I'm very happy to be here, and I hope you're prepared for more cat pictures

Alt...

Close-up of face of a black and white cat, eyed closed and asleep, chin resting on a blue blanket

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

This server has a post size of up to 2500 characters.

https://exquisite.social

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

#FeaturedServer #Technology #Privacy #BSD #GlitchMastodon #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Does anyone know if mastodon broadcasts replies to posts?

I (possibly naively) assumed I'd catch an ActivityPub `Create` event on my server when someone replied to a post created on my server, but nothing's arriving 🤷

How are people learning about replies to their posts? What am I doing wrong?

#mastodon #activitypub

Im gonna do another steam inhalation later..or tomorrow..

Im starting to get cold again, and im wearing my longsleeve and a pj 🥲
2026 is good yeah.. ye

😭

#fediverse #mastodon

The EU, as well as every country in the world, should be taking seriously the importance of sovereign systems for communicating and disseminating information.

The ActivityPub protocol is proven and makes many platforms compatible and accessible to each other, allowing for effective information sharing and communication.

The only reason many people do not leave X is that many important services and public figures remain on that platform. Therefore, if countries truly care about digital sovereignty and resilience, they should adopt and promote the use of open source platforms and networks based on the ActivityPub protocol, whether it is Mastodon, Pleroma, Vebinet, or another platform.

#fediverse #ActivityPub #Vebinet #Mastodon #Pleroma #socialmedia #X #Twitter #DigitalSovereignty #EU #Europe #EUpol #OpenSource #technology

which mastodon client for Linux are you using?

I need multi account support.

I like the deck look but that's optional.

My biggest dream would be a possibility to make a list or filter a timeline to only see posts without boosts, without deactivating the boost function completely.

I tried Tuba but it is not working on my current setup. (Arch with Cosmic)

please boost :P

#linux #mastodon #fediverse

I wonder what the situation is with #Mastodon apps for #Android these days. At one point, the official app was very bare bones, and folks recommended using #Moshidon or #Megalodon for better access to the full Mastodon experience. Is it the same still?

I have been using Moshidon for a while now, and I used to run Tusky. Having checked the last update, Moshidon got updated last summer, the official app a few days ago, and Tusky in September.

900 Followerinnen im Fediverse. Enorm. (Auch enorm, dass ihr meine Hinundherumzüge alle mitmacht ;)

#fcsp
#Mastodon
#stpauli

@IreneMoews

Nach meinem #Xodus folgten mir einige hatende #X - er sogar auf #Mastodon & legten hier #Troll - Accounts an! 😅 Sind aber alle an der dezentralen, föderalen & ehrenamtlichen Struktur der #Instanzen gescheitert. Das #Fediverse war & ist einfach die bessere Wahl! 🤓🇩🇪🇪🇺🙌

Kuinka monta eri Mastodon- ja fediversumitiliä sinulla on yhteensä käytössä? Laske vain ne, joilla olet julkaissut, buustannut tai tykännyt jotain viimeisten 3kk aikana.

#kysely #mastodon #suomifedi

Gibt es hier eigentlich auch eine Möglichkeit, einem Thread zu folgen, d.h. alle Antworten auf den interessanten Post in die Timeline zu kriegen, ohne einem (meist unscharfen) Hashtag oder allen Posts des Accounts folgen zu müssen?

#FediHelp #AskFedi #Mastodon

My friends,
I feel like there’s an issue with my Mastodon account many of my posts aren’t reaching people, and the interaction has dropped a lot even though I’m still posting regularly.
Please, if you can see this post, share it or let me know.
I desperately need my voice to be heard and to receive support during these hard times.
#Gaza #Support #Appeal #Mastodon #PleaseShare
@fabio
@aral
https://chuffed.org/project/120774-urgent-help-for-imans-family-in-gaza

@angeldruckt

So ist es. Und auch, wenn es einige Selbstgerechte auch hier auf #Mastodon lautstark zu verdrängen versuchen: Sowohl #Maduro wie auch seine von #Trump protegierte Nachfolgerin verstehen sich als „links“, als Chavisten. Was rechte, linke, arabische Dualisten verbindet, ist der #Fossilismus.

Und mit ihm verbunden ist auch das #Petrodollar - System der #USA.

@IreneMoews @TD_Hahn https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/niedrige-oelpreise-fuehren-zu-weniger-feuern-des-hasses/

Here is my exchange with the then government representative Marc Gold, from 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1D7PlvSFTE #Twitter #X #Grok #Mastodon #cdnpoli

And here is my more recent exchange with CBC executives, wherein I called on them to set up a Mastodon instance! https://youtu.be/lJUeQZlvD-E?si=S7QniO7pES3s4Gtv #CBC #TRCM #Mastodon