My dopamine machine is broken.
It's producing cortisol.

#mastodon #fediverse

#Fosstodon Fascism has no place on the #Fediverse, not now, not ever! No gods, no masters!

Why most Venice guides fall short (and how mine on Rexby is different)
https://www.rexby.com/marcosecchi/venice
#Venice #Photography #TravelTips #Fediverse

Searching for #News in the #Fediverse? I have now collected 1043 official/verified accounts by media organizations and the number is still growing.
They are not only on #Mastodon or #Flipboard (although most of them are).

For example, I have now 6 that are federated via @index@activitypub.ghost.org (#Ghost)

They are:
@feed@404media.co
@index@urbanandcity.com
@feed@leicester.news
@index@thebrowser.com
@index@levernews.com
@team

Find them & more:
https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

Sadly #Platformer (by @caseynewton) or #TheAtlantic are still missing. Any more that I missed?

#SocialMedia

The Fediverse report has: Fediverse Report – #119. https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-119/ #fediverse

Juhu 🎉
Der #NABU hat nun seine eigene, offizielle Fediverse-Instanz. Als NABU-Jena hatten wir die Ehre, den Umzug zu testen. In Zukunft werdet ihr hoffentlich viele unserer Verbände hier wiederfinden.

Du hast ein Déjà-vu? Jupp diesen Tröt hatten wir gestern schon, aber heute mit dem richtigen Accountnamen. Wir haben euer Feedback beherzigt und einige Anpassungen vorgenommen. ❤️

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Jena #Unabhängikeit #OpenSource #neuhier

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Der Mastodon-Elefant und ein Storch begrüßen sich freundlich vor dem Icon von Mastodon.

@NABU_Jena
Wer hostet und administiert das denn?

#NABU #Mastodon #Fediverse #Jena #Unabhängikeit #OpenSource #neuhier

Weathered: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/weathered-lisa-s-baker.html

#abstract #abstractart #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #buyintoartn #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #colorful #bold #distressed #orange #blue #pink #artforsale #buyintoart #artprints #canvasprints #puzzles #stationary

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An art print of an abstract that has a worn and rustic look with block colors of teal, orange, pink, cream, and black. Art by Lisa S Baker.

Sad to see another #Fediverse instance disappear, this time a larger #Lemmy server with over 5.5K monthly active users. Bye Lemm.ee, and thanks for being pioneers!

Anyone who has an account on lemm.ee, you have less than a month to move or close it. Remember too, there are two other alternatives to Lemmy that you might consider. #Piefed (https://join.piefed.social/try/) and #MBIN (https://joinmbin.org/)

https://feddit.online/post/687735

#threadiverse

With #WWDC25 just around the corner, who’s planning on upgrading their iPhone?

Pls repost this to share across the #Fediverse and for larger set of results. 🙏🏼

#Apple #Tech #iPhone #Poll #KylePoll #POTD #QOTD

Good day everyone! Fireside Fedi Episode 22 starts NOW! Our guest today is the amazing @jerry ! I've never spoken to a llama before, so this will be incredibly fascinating!

Watch the show live:
#Owncast #Livestream - https://stream.firesidefedi.live

After the show:
#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live

All #Links - https://firesidefedi.live

#stream #owncast #live #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #fedicast #livestream #show #episode #peertube #vod #castopod #writefreely #lemmy #boostplease #fedizen #btfree #bigTechFree #nonprofit #signup #tubeFree

If you're enjoying the show, please consider supporting our new nonprofit btfree.org at https://givebutter.com/btfree. We're currently running https://tubefree.org which is a moderated peertube open for signups right now!

Gerade gibt's eine Umfrage zu Informationskanälen der Stadt #Taunusstein - vielleicht bringt es ja was, dort einen Kanael im #Fediverse anzuregen: https://gestalte.taunusstein.de/de-DE/projects/blitzumfrage-des-monats

Apparently, being an #anarchist with a crush on #syndicalism, while also being a #bisexual and #genderfluid person who uses #Debian #GNU / #Linux, makes me quite an interesting individual on the #fediverse.

Welcome, everyone! I'm #ActuallyAutistic!

@RickiTarr
When I drive I usually do some #fediverse things on my phone and never care about speed limits and all the things I pay the bus driver for.

Hey everyone! Just FYI, I am going to be changing my username on here to @ cyberseckyle. Of course, as y'all know, I am going to have to create a new account. 😒

Be on the lookout for this change and me refriending you during the upcoming days.

Thanks!

#Mastodon #Fediverse #FediFriends #SocialMedia #InfosecExchange #CybersecKyle

i’m slowly getting used to #mastodon and the #fediverse overall.

at first, i kinda missed the algorithms, they’re addictive for a reason. it felt weird not having content constantly pushed at me.

but now i see the upside. mastodon feels more natural, more intentional.
you actually explore, not just scroll.
it’s less about feeding the machine, more about following curiosity.

I’m working on a blog post “The 7 Deadly Sins of the (Current) Fediverse Web #UX” … a quick readable but thorough listing of the top 7 things many on the #Fediverse have been trying to fix for a long time, making some gains on - but that everyone knows needs to be fixed. Not specific to any one Fedi platform. Only abt Web UX. What would you add? cc: @scottjenson @cheeaun @elk @dimillian @MonaApp @dansup @mark @samhenrigold @fediversenews

Goodnight, #Fediverse!

You're beautiful! 💗 ​

02:26—Good Night #Fediverse! 😴💤

I just made myself a new banner using (mostly) open source software! The only exception was using a random website to add an outline to my Rudolf Rocker image. For everything else, I used this tool from GitHub: https://github.com/T8RIN/ImageToolbox

#RudolfRocker #Anarchism #Syndicalism #AnarchoSynsicalism

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A black and white portrait of Rudolf Rocker is centrally positioned within a circular frame on a diagonally-divided red and black background, symbolizing anarcho-syndicalist ideology.

Nowa funkcja wiadomości XChat w X jest już w fazie testów beta.

#PlatformaX #Twitter #Mastodon #Fediverse #Technology #XChat #Beta

https://www.perplexity.ai/page/x-s-new-xchat-messaging-featur-GGdONkjzQ2SAZwh4XHebAg

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@instyle
@MensHealth
@AssociatedPress
@RealSimple
@PopularScience

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

Built by @mho

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

My semi-annual Pro-Tip for Apologising:

1: It is not a show of weakness, rather it takes strength to admit we screwed up

2: There are no "ifs" when apologizing.
You were told you offended, admit your error

3: Show you are sincere by saying you realise your mistake and say something like "I will do better".

#Edit : Adding to #3 Ask: What can I do to make amends? Or What do you need from me to help us heal?

Thank you to @KimberlyN for the suggested edit 😀

Thank you for listening to my Pet Peeve

#PetPeeve
#Communication #Fediverse

A bit of tea art for this Sunday morning. Have a good one! https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/tea-no-01-lisa-s-baker.html

#tea #spotoftea #teatime #beverage #drink #hotdrink #breakfast #fun #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artprints #woodprints #canavsprints #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #buyintoart #pattern #kitchendecor #artforsale #puzzles #stationary #tealovers #cafe #bakery

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An art print of a steaming floral teacup on a saucer, set against a colorful patchwork of squares. The vertically arranged word “TEA” adds a playful touch, blending vintage charm with a cozy, inviting vibe. Art by Lisa S Baker

Thanks for playing our nightly 9 o'clock #HashTagGames game. This week has been a busy week of playing. Lots of game plays and some new players.

Keep Playing and feel free to browse the feed and play any of the past games.

We are approaching our 1000 nightly game on the #Fediverse since I setup my #Mastodon instance in the fall of 2022.

Thanks again. ~ @paul

🚀 IN-Senior Associate– Data Security (BigID)– Strategy & Governance – Advisory - PAN India
🏢 PwC
📍 Mumbai, India

🔗 Apply now: https://totalcyber.io/jobs/pwc/insenior-associate-data-security-bigid-strategy-governance-advisory-pan-india

#cyber #cybersecurity #job #mastodon #fediverse #fedihire #fedijobs #getfedhired #infosec #hiring #gethired #joboffer #flossjobs #jobhunt

Ctrl-ZINE is an independent smol web project, and its Issue 17 Vol. 2 happens to contain pieces by two of my favorite people on the fediverse. @rootcompute has a great piece here about his time on and thoughts about the fediverse, and @ttntm wrote a love letter to one of my own favorite games here, Diablo II.

Free PDF to read/download: https://ctrl-c.club/~singletona082/zine/2024/Ctrl-ZINE.Issue.17.pdf

#SmolWeb #fediverse #DiabloII #Diablo #zine #zines #FreeZine #FreeZines #TechZines #CtrlZINE #PDF #PDFs #decentralization #decentralized #fedi

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The Ctrl-ZINE (^Z) logo in a retro digital kind of font, and a payphone made with ASCII characters below it

@wjmaggos @villebooks @gabriel @robertwrighter @whitneywebb @caityjohnstone

IMHO, one of the values of the #Fediverse is humanism.

People who don't agree with humanism will find this environment inhospitable.

They can find their own space.

That’s a “them” problem 🤷🏻‍♂️

Einen wundervollen #Samstag Euch allen. #Hund Jimmy und ich schicken sonnige Grüße ins #Fediverse. Das Trinken nicht vergessen!🌻

I want to really help the Fediverse and started a few projects, including but not limited to a book, websites to help out, advertisements to help promote the Fediverse.

As I've had so many projects going on I really need to focus on one, What should I focus on first?

#Fediverse #Advertise #Fedi #TheFutureIsFederated #Federated #Help #Support #JoinTheFediverse #FediverseBook #FediverseInfo #FediverseApps #FediverseAdvertisements

Channel.org is more than just technology.

Last week, we opened Channel.org beta to a very small number of initial testers. But, as part of the Newsmast Foundation's mission, Channel.org was designed with education and community in mind - not technology.

Channel.org will help for-good organisations understand and build a home on the open social web, away from Big Tech control.

#SocialWeb #Fediverse #Channels #Mastodon #SocialMedia

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A graphic showing images of a person studying and a crowded street. Copy: Education & Communities. Channel.org

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A selection of images of people learning. Around them, copy reads: OSW onboarding, tech & culture support, nominated champions. The main body reads: Education. For most people, the open social web sounds like something from a sci-fi film. Only two years, ago this was true for us too. But we’ve learnt a lot, developing into the biggest UK social web focused charity. Our education programme, which will run as part of the Channel.org offering to organisations and groups, will share our learnings with those who are new to the open social web. Running over a number of months, we will help nominated champions become social web experts in their organisation.

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A selection of images of community. Around them, copy reads: Interest groups, local groups, organisations. The main body reads: Communities. At the Newsmast Foundation, we’ve always centered our mission around growing knowledge sharing communities. Now, this vision has grown. We’ve built the technology to bring people together in a space that suits them. Communities on Channel.org can be built by anyone, shaped by and for the needs of the people who populate it. We’re working to encourage groups and organisations to stop renting from Big Tech and build their home on the social web. With our Communities, they can quickly and easily begin this building process and set up for the future of social media.

What happened to the Fediverse Threads initiative? I haven't heard any updates in a year.

#Fediverse #Threads #FediverseThreads

btdubs i set up a #peertube instance, peertube.spv.sh
nothing on it yet, hope to get a vid out (short one) soon (next few days)

see you soon... :P

#fediverse #video

Which platform do you enjoy more?

#mastodon #fediverse #bluesky #fedipoll #poll

I posted some of this in a reply to a user last night but wanted to put it out again. If anyone is an expert in #uBlock Origin #filters or in how a web #browser works, maybe you could help. Whether I can get this to work may make all the difference in whether I stay on #Mastodon or not. As I have written previously, possibly my #1 annoyance with Mastodon is that it shows me duplicate posts, that is, posts I have already read and even ones I have previously boosted. Bluesky has the same problem to a lesser degree, and they will show you your own reposts, BUT someone figured out that if you use the uBlock Origin browser extension you can add a filter to hide them (apparently with a little editing you can also hide reposts from any other specific user). See https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/issues/1116 and scroll down to the post by user liamness on Dec 6, 2024 (about halfway down the page as I write this) which shows exactly how to set it up for Bluesky.

My question is whether you can do the same thing when using the Mastodon web client. If you looks at the filter line in that post...

bsky.app##div[data-testid^="feedItem-by-"]:has-text(/Reposted by you/i)

... I would guess that if you changed "bsky.app" to your Mastodon instance URL, and changed "Reposted by you" to "username boosted" (where "username" is replaced with your actual username) you would be 2/3 of the way there. The only thing I don't know is what "feedItem-by-" would need to be changed to (or if there even is a direct equivalent).

I'm not a programmer but I do know there is a way in #Firefox to look at the page source, however when you try that while using the Mastodon web client it doesn't seem to show the individual articles. This same hack MIGHT work with other #Fediverse web clients but again you would need to know how to construct the filter, and right now I don't know how to find the missing piece of the puzzle. Does anyone know?

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@TheStreet
@GQ_Germany
@AltaJournal
@WeDistribute
@Gothamist

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
406 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
121 instances.

251 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@web (GER)
@goiena (BAQ)
@Feuilletoene (GER)
@TransportOnline (NLD)
@awp_de (GER)

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

Built by @mho

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

🚀 Software Engineer II - Cyber Defense Vulnerability Platform
🏢 Uber
📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands

🔗 Apply now: https://totalcyber.io/jobs/uber/software-engineer-ii-cyber-defense-vulnerability-platform

#cyber #cybersecurity #job #mastodon #fediverse #fedihire #fedijobs #getfedhired #infosec #hiring #gethired #joboffer #flossjobs #jobhunt

Many consider #Bluesky a success, but in fact its activity has steadily declined since Trump's inauguration. The #Fediverse has had similar trends. Rapid growth caused by an external event is always followed by a slow decline back to a small base of loyal users. In a world full of dopamine addiction, it's hard to be a social network without dark patterns.

#SocialMedia

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A chart of daily posters that is slowly declining since since an uptick in January.

I was worried that maybe Sharkey.world had given up the ghost. I am very glad to see it was just an upgrade. Sharkey is, to me, the best of the Fediverse platforms. It's so rich with features.

#Fediverse #Sharkey

@moomendemol@hessen.social @bmi@social.bund.de Ich wusste es, Ämter / Behörden udgl. gehören einfach nicht ins #Fediverse ... wie gut, dass die bei uns in Österreich noch mit Schreibmaschine und Briefmarken arbeiten.

Trump's "Truth Social" is estimated to have 2X as many active users as the entirety of the #fediverse, all counties/languages combined.

Its sad, but that may be Mastodon's no.1 legacy to humanity.

Algunos hechos noticiosos de #elsalvador #ALERTA #mastodon #fediverse #fediverso #toot #viral #ESA #LATAM #hispanohablantes #latinoamerica #info

So a short infographic I've been working based on the talks I've had over the weekend and when the 5 cups of coffee finally left my body.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #infographic #resist

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An infographic titled "Why the Far-Right Fails on Mastodon" with a colorful vertical timeline design. It lists seven key reasons why Mastodon is resistant to right-wing influence. Each section has a distinct color and icon. Section 1, "Federated Structure," explains that Mastodon has no central authority, allowing individual servers to block harmful instances. Section 2, "Community-Driven Moderation," highlights that local moderation teams prevent hate speech. Section 3, "No Algorithmic Amplification," notes that Mastodon doesn’t boost content based on outrage, reducing the spread of extremist content. Section 4, "Cultural Barriers," points out Mastodon’s left-leaning, privacy-focused culture that is unwelcoming to far-right influencers. Section 5, "Defederation Power," explains that instances can block harmful servers like Gab. Section 6, "No Profit Motive," states that Mastodon doesn’t rely on ad revenue, reducing incentives for inflammatory content. Section 7, "Examples," lists Gab and Truth Social's failed attempts to integrate with Mastodon. The infographic ends with the Mastodon logo and links to join the platform.

05:49—Good Night #Fediverse! 😴💤

Before I drift off, I’ve uploaded some media to my activism channel on PeerTube. Feel free to check it out while I head off to dreamland.

- https://peertube.wtf/c/erik_politics/videos

Sleep well, and keep the spirit alive, see you on the other side of the night!

#Peertube #Activism #Anarchy #Anarchism #Syndicalism #AnarchoSyndicalism #RudolfRocker #Sleep #Night #Zzz

What is your absolute favorite Mastodon feature? 👀

#Mastodon #Fediverse

I'm just going to post this here so you all what know what happened if I pretty much disappear.

I have been using #Mastodon for at least a couple of years now and have been constantly frustrated by the user interface in the web client. When I first came onto Mastodon I read that boosts were encouraged because this help propagate posts to servers. Never understood why that didn't happen automatically but oh, well. So I started boosting and found that everything I boosted showed up again in my timeline. Not only that, I started to notice that I was seeing multiple duplicates of other people's posts, even the ones I had not boosted. Apparently Mastodon has no way to keep track of what you're already seen! Or if it does, it's not filtering those posts from the timeline. And then there is my other frustration, that in many cases as you move around in Mastodon you lose your place in the timeline, and getting back to where you left off reading would not be nearly as hard if you weren't scrolling though multiple messages you've already read.

Please note that I only read Mastodon posts on my #Linux desktop computer. I NEVER use a fucking phone to read anything, I HATE modern phones. I'm fine with computers but every phone I have ever used seems incredibly difficult for some reason, although I know part of it is the text size is usually too small for older people. And I only use the Mastodon web site; I have tried alternatives and just don't like any of them, and none of them solve the problems I mentioned above. So I am NOT looking for suggestions on alternative Mastodon readers (and especially not ones that require a payment). What I want is for the Mastodon developers to fix their damn web client so you don't see duplicate and repetitive posts. But I have been shouting about this for two years and I might as well be the proverbial old man shouting at clouds because they obviously either aren't listening or don't care.

So I decided to give #Bluesky a serious try. What actually put that idea in my head was someone on here wondering why people would use corporate social media with its inevitable enshittification when they could be using the Fediverse. And I had the immediate thought, that at least some people probably don't use the Fediverse because the usability sucks in ways that the corporate social media doesn't. I love the content of Mastodon, if only I could only see any given post just once and once only!!!

Anyway to my surprise I found that a good 80% to 90% of the people I follow on Mastodon are also on Bluesky, and in many cases they are posting the same content there as here. The difference was that I could scroll through the last 12 hours or so of Bluesky, seeing pretty much identical content to what I see here (as far as I could tell) in well under 30 minutes, while doing the same thing here would take considerably longer because of all the duplicate posts. And because MOST Bluesky users are using the same site, you don't find that messages fail to propagate in the way that happens in the #Fediverse. I have NOT got completely into Bluesky, and I have not yet tried to post or boost there (although since boosting, or whatever it is called there, isn't really necessary to help propagate posts among servers I probably won't do as much of that there) but unless the experience there turns out to be much worse than what you get in the Mastodon web client, I may just drift over there. And if I happen to find a free Bluesky client that I like that runs on desktop Linux (Ubuntu/Flatpak, no snaps or paid apps) that would be icing on the cake.

This is not yet a final "goodbye, I am leaving" post, I may never do one because there is always the chance I will get ticked off at something Bluesky does and start using Mastodon again (especially if they fix their usability issues). But I just can't spend sometimes as much as three or four hours of a day scrolling through multiple duplicates of the same damn posts, it's not good for my physical or my mental health. This may be a case of "the grass is always greener" but I guess it is time for me to seriously try Bluesky.

@Dimaxx Thanks. Unfortunately Bluesky will also show you your own reposts (their equivalent of boosts, more or less), BUT if you use the uBlock Origin browser extension you can add a filter to hide them (apparently with a little editing you can also hide reposts from any other specific user). See https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/issues/1116 and scroll down to the post by user liamness on Dec 6, 2024 (about halfway down the page as I write this) which shows exactly how to set it up.

In theory you MAYBE could use this for #Mastodon as well - I haven't attempted it but I would guess that if in the filter line you changed bsky.app to your Mastodon instance URL, and changed "Reposted by you" to "username boosted" (replace username with your username) you would be 2/3 of the way there, the only thing I don't know is what "feedItem-by-" would need to be changed to (or if there even is a direct equivalent). Maybe #Fediverse protocols are just too different? I'm not a programmer so have no idea.

When choosing a Mastodon instance (server),
what is most important to you?

(multiple choices allowed)

#Mastodon #Fediverse

Как же меня заколупал Erlang, ещё во времена админства jabber.org.by и ejabberd !