excellent! And on #Mastodon too. Thank you. I will defo be in touch

Use 'Bridgy Fed' to Connect Mastodon and Bluesky

The two social networks can come together thanks to this beta bridge that connects two protocols.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Mastodon #socialmedia #Fediverse #bluesky
https://lifehacker.com/tech/use-bridgy-feed-to-link-mastodon-and-bluesky

#media #Mastodon #fediverse #SocialMedia

"Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) has launched its own dedicated Mastodon server, social.freedom.press. This move consolidates our presence across the fediverse, uniting various existing FPF accounts under one umbrella. ... A dedicated instance allows us to maintain a stable and independent platform to engage with our supporters, ensuring continuity and resilience."

https://freedom.press/about/announcements/our-new-home-on-the-fediverse/

“I'm leaving Twitter. Tried to stay, but the atmosphere has just become too toxic.”
- Stephen King

"Even the Master of Horror can't stomach what has become of Twitter (X) since right-wing fascist Elon Musk bought the company."
- Aure

#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews #Musk #Twitter #Mastodon #bluesky #Threads #Fediverse

I'm not sure why, on the #Fediverse, crossposting between #Mastodon and #Bluesky would be necessary ...

https://t.me/liveukraine_media/26288
⚠️🇺🇸Donald Trump has nominated Doug Burgum for the positions of Chairman of the new U.S. National Energy Council and Secretary of the Interior. Burgum, the Governor of North Dakota, advocates for more stringent oversight of the funds allocated to Ukraine. He argues that China, rather than Russia, poses a greater threat to the U.S. However, he has noted that a Russian victory would lead to a strengthened China. #Ukraine #Press #News #Media #USA #US #UnitedStates #Mastodon

This is my fourth account on #mastodon after being banned four times for a specific post that doesn't break any rules!

I’m Nabil , a Computer Engineer from Gaza. Our home and business have been destroyed, and we are now refugees.

We #urgently need your #support to provide essentials and evacuate my family.

Please Donate & #Share 🔄🙏

Donate ▶ https://gofund.me/73675284
PayPal ▶ https://paypal.me/nabilzaqout

#Gaza #palestine #fyp #google #web #movies #steam #Help #palestina

Lot of extremists here, unfortunately.

"How dare you use Twitter to spread your message. How dare you maintain a crypto product. I'm disappointed in you."

"You're using Google's services and therefore you don't care about privacy. AI? The horror! You don't belong here."

We gotta understand:

• Firstly, it's none of our business
• Second, who are we to judge.

We don't know the context of that person's life. We don't know under what circumstances are they having to use those services.

I have faced this a lot of times. I receive blatant evisceration and harsh criticism and questions because I was asking for help or making a remark about my use of a big tech service. Well, it may not have been that bad, but in a situation where you're asking for and expecting help, and you I stead receive this, it definitely sucks.

There were times when I had to literally tell people that their comments are useless for me, because they really were.

We gotta understand that not all people can switch to Firefox, or daily drive GrapheneOS, or search in DuckDuckGo, or migrate to Proton Mail, or from Twitter to Mastodon.

And that should be okay with us. We can't force stuff onto people. We might instead respect individual choices while equipping them with the required information and reasons to switch to better alternatives.

No open source software (or proprietary, for that matter) is perfect. Better to acknowledge the shortcomings and collectively improve instead of vigorously fighting on them. BROWSER WARS ARE STUPID.

It would do us and the community at large a huge service if we took the time to understand the entire context before jumping in with free advice.

We are SO divided over silly things sometimes. We can do better by our people. Let's work to make this a more constructive and helpful space.

Peace.

#Privacy
#Mastodon
#Fediverse
#Technology
#Community
#Positivity
#FOSS

This can’t be true… I mean Meta are our friends, right?

https://www.platformer.news/mastodon-interview-eugen-rochko-meta-bluesky-threads-federation/

Meta are our partners, no?

https://socialwebfoundation.org

If Meta were this horrible, this irredeemably terrible, what would it say about Mastodon, gGmbH being friends and partners with them?

🤔

#Meta #Mastodon #fediverse https://infosec.exchange/@queserasera/113479436620842028

Found 39 new servers and 33 servers died off since 7 hours ago.

22,781 servers checked. 15,846,939 Total Users with 1,082,526 Active Users today. Check out the stats!

New #fediverse servers found:

icelandphotos.co.uk a #mastodon server from Portugal
net.snug.moe a #iceshrimpnet server from Austria
saturndust.net a #mastodon server from United States
shallsta.re a #gotosocial server from Germany
kida.ofsji.org a #wordpress server from Japan
bundesstadt.com a #wordpress server from Germany
bunkersnack.se a #wordpress server from Sweden
social.sharkbyte.cc a #sharkey server from United Kingdom
mastodon.paul42.de a #mastodon server from Germany
www.zohup.link a #peertube server from Private
life.djuber.name a #gotosocial server from United States
wp.littlebitstudios.com a #wordpress server from United States
dankworks.net a #mastodon server from United States
fd.rakov.cc a #firefish server from Private
social.kofo.com a #pleroma server from Private
mark.biek.org a #wordpress server from United States
snac.fedifolio.com a #snac server from United States
parksmycologist.ca a #wordpress server from United States
www.hoerbuchstimmen.de a #wordpress server from Germany
markusdietz.de a #wordpress server from France
mastodon.jianbaojia.synology.me a #mastodon server from United States
entichahoo.sh a #mastodon server from Portugal
sironi.homeip.net a #mastodon server from Romania
netribution.org a #wordpress server from United Kingdom
opinion.pub a #hubzilla server from United States
go.esquilax.uk a #gotosocial server from United Kingdom
jellyfish.quest a #misskey server from Japan
therealists.org a #wordpress server from United States
social.chrisco.me a #gotosocial server from United States
fedi.bakermatic.xyz a #mastodon server from United States
social.diamondtin.com a #mastodon server from United States
moo.chat a #mastodon server from Private
miss.pankeeki.art a #misskey server from Private
spaceman.engineer a #mastodon server from Portugal
c.izfk.org a #cherrypick server from Private
littletimemachine.com a #wordpress server from Private
social.datalust.co a #mastodon server from France
misskey.laruyan.moe a #misskey server from Private
fishandbits.es a #wordpress server from The Netherlands

Help others find a home, send them to fediverse.observer

idk. I think everyone's going to PooSky or something. They're not coming to #Mastodon because PooSky is corporate and better.

#PooSky

In this increasingly repressive climate, I'm surprised more activists haven't caught on to the fact that being able to have your #socialmedia server in any country you want can be a huge asset, and that the #fediverse is the only platform providing that ability.

But apparently that's the kind of galaxy-brain thinking that only I can come up with. 🙄

#mastodon #activism #infosec #opsec #tech #ActivityPub

No me busques en #birdsite, estoy en mi #blog (su #RSS incluye todos los tipos de publicaciones -posts, videopodcast, newsletter-), en Ghost, aquí en #Mastodon y en #Pixelfed. En #Bluesky, FB y Threads también estoy, de momento.

L'instance #Mastodon de Vivaldi.net fête 🥳 aujourd'hui ses deux ans de service !

https://social.vivaldi.net 2️⃣ 🎂

Elle fait partie des 15 #instances les plus utilisées (sur plus de 10 000 recensées) avec près de 58 000 #utilisateurs inscrits et 7 000 actifs par mois (source : https://fedidb.org/software/mastodon ).

Parmi les spécificités de cette instance :
- 1337 caractères par message
- plein d'émoji sympa
- une fonction de traduction intégrée

Si vous souhaitez vous exprimer ailleurs ou autrement, #Vivaldi offre aussi, et depuis plus de dix ans, un service de #mail, de #blogs personnels et des #forums de discussions tout à fait fiables et sympathiques !

Un grand Merci aux admins de l'équipe qui gèrent tout cela 🙏
https://vivaldi.com/fr/team/

A qualified hurrah....

The First Dog on the Moon cartoon in the Guardian, while exploring all sorts of offline activities that could replace Twitter/X, does at least include Mastodon as an online alternative..... which is something I guess

Even getting mentioned seem like a small triumph, even if the mention is really not up to much

#Mastodon

Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter stops publishing on X.
“Since Elon Musk took over, the platform has increasingly merged with his own and Donald Trump's political ambitions, while the climate on X has become more harsh and extreme. Therefore, as it stands, we will not publish anything there from our official accounts”, says editor-in-chief Peter Wolodarski.
#twittermigration #x #mastodon #bluesky
https://www.dn.se/kultur/svenska-medier-kluvna-till-att-fortsatta-anvanda-x-mer-hart-och-extremt/

I am on #Bluesky (but not the way you would think of)

https://axel.leroy.sh/blog/i-am-on-bluesky

#blog #TwitterMigration #CrossPosting #BridgyFed #Mastodon #Fediverse

Hi, #AcademicMastodon

📊First results from our #research project on the role of #Mastodon in #academia are in. n=346

1️⃣94.7% say they would increase their professional use of Mastodon if more academic peers from their field joined the platform

2️⃣71.4% report a lack of institutional support for using Mastodon

3️⃣66.1% indicate their professional Mastodon use would increase if their organizations were present on Mastodon

Stay tuned for more results.

#OpenScience #AcademicChatter #SocialMedia

Wenn du über aktuelle Beiträge informiert werden möchtest, kannst du dem Blog auf verschiedenen Kanälen folgen, dich mit uns austauschen und aktiv am Diskurs teilnehmen. 👇

• Folgen: https://www.kuketz-blog.de/bleib-aktuell/
• Forum: https://www.kuketz-forum.de/
• Chat: https://www.kuketz-blog.de/chat/

Bleib informiert und diskutiere mit!

#blog #sicherheit #security #datenschutz #privacy #mastodon #newsletter #rss #matrix #signal #discourse #forum

We're helping important organisations move away from Big Tech platforms and towards open New Social platforms - like Mastodon!

But, we can't do it alone. We'd love to hear which organisations you think should make the move and why, so we can show them that there is a community waiting here for them.

Better yet, if you have a connection to an important organisation, we'd love to be introduced!

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Help #SocialMedia #Tech #X #Twitter #Charity #Government #News #Academia

Looking for some new podcasts, any suggestions?

Something along the lines of JRE, Shaun Ryan Show, Mr Ballen etc...

I.e Funny, or down to earth (real world views/journalism), or true crime/conspiracies. 🧐

#mastodon #podcasts #pocast #entertainment #media #radio #YouTube #Spotify #journalism #politics #interesting

Just been asked a question by a mate that I cannot answer (not sure why she thought I would be able to!) - so help needed please #Mastodon

“What is the word for when you say something that is really obviously not true but references previous conversations with someone and is totally meant in humour because you can’t resist the opportunity to say it?”

Any help appreciated

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

203 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@islamischezeitung (GER)
@alamedapost (ENG)
@bastamedia (FRA)
@thejapantimes (ENG)
@honjp (JPN)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327

Built by @mho

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

Je vois pas mal de mastonautes inviter Le Monde à faire comme The Guardian et a se ramener sur Mastodon.
Euh, vous parlez bien de ces médias qui ne peuvent que légitimer et conforter les dominations en cours ? Genre c'est ce qui nous manque sur Mastodon ?
#Mastodon #Média #Presse

"The #Guardian has announced it will no longer post content on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, from its official accounts."

Does The Guardian already have an official #Mastodon account?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/the-guardian-no-longer-post-on-x-twitter-elon-musk

#journalism

So the #European #commission actually has received and will review my complaint against #meta, #instagram and #threads over the opt-in nature of threads’s #mastodon federation, their #scare #tactics to prevent users from enabling it, and the #mandatory Instagram account (that is deactivated upon creation and forces you to give your data to them).

Hope the #DMA hits them hard for the violation of their promise of #unrestricted #federation they have #violated.

"As socially responsible organisations and individuals we’ve all put a lot of thought into what our values are, and why we do what we do. It’s time to stand up for those same values in social media."

Our co-founder @michael has looked at five reasons charities should be cheerful when leaving X.

Check it out!

https://www.blog-pat.ch/charities-cheerfully-leave-x/

#SocialMedia #X #Twitter #Xodus #Nonprofit #Fediverse #Mastodon

#FranceCulture : #FrançoisSaltiel annonce "faire une croix sur #X" (*) et appelle de ses voeux un mouvement d'ensemble des #média. Il mentionne au passage #Mastodon, mais papillone plutôt du côté de #bluesky.

(*) Sur la transciption actuellement cela se conclut par "j'y travaille", en direct il semble avoir évolué pour un passage à l'acte... Ça tergiverse...!

#twiX #twitter #Musk #ElonMusk

https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/un-monde-connecte/le-reseau-social-bluesky-s-envole-peut-il-etre-un-refuge-perenne-a-la-toxicite-de-x-2316038

Eric Alterman is one of many journalists I wish were active on Mastodon.

Eric Alterman – The Forward

https://forward.com/authors/eric-alterman/

#EricAlterman #Journalism #Mastodon #SocialMedia

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

203 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@bz (GER)
@CQFDjournal (FRA)
@TheConversationUS (ENG)
@WesternWayneNews (ENG)
@t3n (GER)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327

Built by @mho

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

Video: traveLink: In eigener Sache – Heroes in the #Fediverse
Alex Barredo, our personal hero traveLink nutzt den externen Service #MastoFeed zur Veröffentlichung seiner neuen Inhalte (Content). MastoFeed “liest” neuen Content auf traveLink und publiziert diesen aus #Mastodon. Alex Barredo ist der Entwickler von MastoFeed. Er hat ein unglaubliches, einmaliges Tool kreiert, das er der Community zur Verfü…
https://brandnew.travelink.de/europa/video-travelink-in-eigener-sache-heroes-in-the-fediverse/

#AudioVideo #blog #traveLink

For the next 24 hours, I will donate 1 flash drive to flash drives for freedom, an organization that smuggles outside information into North Korea for every follower I get, up to 400 followers. (I’m not rich and that’s about what I can fit into my budget)
#northkorea #flashdrivesforfreedom #tech #linux #media #follow #boost #social #mastodon #peace #help #donate #cybersecurity #trending #freedom

bear with me for a second:

a million reasons, but a big reason the #democrats lost is because the center of gravity for #media has moved to #socialmedia

where the #trolls and #disinfo play. enough dum dums bought the lies

the democrats didn't play that game. because what game can they play in that shit?

it's literally owned by #plutocrats and #fascists

so... how do we fight?

we need our own

and what do we have

#mastodon and the #fediverse

we need to grow like a fucking weed

am i wrong?

I feel like we’re going to need each other here on Mastodon more than ever, given recent events.

If you have the means, consider supporting the development efforts:
https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors

And also consider supporting your instance. Many of these are run by unpaid volunteers, but running the servers costs money! For those on sfba.social, you can donate here, one-time or monthly:
https://ko-fi.com/sfba_fedi

#Mastodon #sfba

This is really a nice new (for me) feature of #Mastodon, the Author Attribution. I set it up on my blog after I got my new instance up and only just noticed what it did with my new post about Mission: Impossible.

To set it up, you'll add a meta tag to your HTML for content that you're generating. The information can be found on your Mastodon preferences here:

Public Profile -> Verification -> Author attribution

#blog #content #author

traveLink: In eigener Sache – The #MastoFeed Disaster is over – What A Wonderful World
MastoFeed ist wirklich wonderful traveLink nutzt den externen Dienstleister, #MastoFeed zur Veröffentlichung seiner neuen Inhalte (Content). MastoFeed “liest” neuen Content auf traveLink und publiziert diesen aus #Mastodon. Wenn MastoFeed nicht funktioniert, veröffentlichen wir nicht mehr – sind wir stummgeschaltet. Das war…
https://brandnew.travelink.de/europa/deutschland/travelink-in-eigener-sache-the-mastofeed-disaster-is-over-what-a-wonderful-world/

#AudioVideo #blog #traveLink

The Mastodon app search function has stopped working for me.

Anyone else having the same problem?

#Mastodon

Going back to the 500 character limit of #Mastodon is gently pushing me to actually capture my longer posts as #blog posts. This is nice because those longer posts are the ones that shouldn't be ephemeral.

You know #lists on #Mastodon ?

I have them - sort of - themed, but you could just have them numbered if you use web interface.

Then you can put people in different numbers according to how much you want to see their posts.

The web interface extends off screen to the right if you add more lists, so you can kind of have some users partly hidden.

It really works though to split your follows up a bit. You get to see stuff that otherwise might get buried.

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

131 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@serienjunkies (GER)
@verge (ENG)
@elpuntavui (CAT)
@pixelsfr (FRA)
@BylinesScotland (ENG)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327

Built by @mho

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