Hello, Everyone! Join us for Monday's theme: MUMMIES, COFFINS, TOMBS, AND GRAVES! Gives us your stories featuring a tomb, grave or burials and use the tag #MythologyMonday for boosts. If following from #BlueSky: activate the #Fediverse Bridge by following @ap.brid.gy so we will be able to follow back and interact with your posts too! ✨

📷Antoine Wiertz

#mythology @mythology @folklore @TarkabarkaHolgy @juergen_hubert @curiousordinary @wihtlore @FairytalesFood @bevanthomas @FinnFolklorist @Godyssey @GaymerGeek @starrytimepod @ljwrites

Auch der Meteorologe und Moderator Marcus Wadsak hat jetzt die Bridge aktiviert und man kann ihm aus dem #Fediverse folgen: @marcuswadsak.bsky.social

#Wetter #Meteorologie #Medien #News #Mastodon #eXit #Klimawandel #Journalist #ORF

Armin Wolf hat die Bridge aktiviert und man kann ihm jetzt auch im #Fediverse folgen: @arminwolf.at



#Mastodon #News #Journalist #ArminWolf #ORF #eXit

Gibt es hier Kolleg*innen die Erfahrung haben, ihre Zeitungswebsite mit #ghost zu erstellen und ins #fediverse zu verteilen?
Frage für einen Freund.
#journalism #medien #activitypub

TICK...TOCK...TICK...TOCK...

Is this the end for X?

Has the world had enough of the far-right billionaire Elon Musk?

A growing Musk-Trump relationship and growing rivals spell trouble for the fading platform

The former Twitter could fade away, or help shape a dark future hosting voices of a new authoritarian world
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews #Musk #Twitter #Mastodon #socialmedia #Fediverse #bluesky #Threads

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/17/bluesky-musk-trump-x-twitter-authoritarian-world

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

“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 ...

The lie of western diversity and inclusion doesn't work while committing genocide.

#west #usa #europe #genocide #fediverse #Palestine #Israel #FreePalestine

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

Coming out: I de-JetPackified my WordPress blog @network yesterday and damn if it's more performant now! I'm currently setting up the @buttondown newsletter as they're gradually improving their accessibility and after it's all set I have to gradually get rid of Facebook. Blog is already federated through activitypub and I might ask @_elena advices on how to improve it. #WordPress #fediverse #activitypub #blog

Edit: sorted out, thank you all! Wow that was fast.

Dear #News #Journalism #Fediverse!

I remember at some point an example of a news portal, or perhaps an official government website, that had a very light-weight version (no JS, very few images, no heavy external dependencies) *specifically* for the purpose of providing information during emergency situations – i.e. when network disruptions are likely.

But cannot for the life of me find it now.

Can anyone help out here?

Thanks!

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

The #Fediverse is a searchable hashtag.
The Fediverse, as I understand it, is an alternative zone not driven by advertisers or venture capitalists, where one can jump between servers, with no switching costs as opposed to the walled gardens of Facebook and or BlueSky.

This week, we’re spotlighting voices in tech and media in the Community tab on Flipboard.

@zackwhittaker
@oliverdarcy
@karaswisher
@joanwestenberg @_elena
@ben

Download the app and give them a follow to see posts from your favorite fediverse folks while catching up on headlines, recipes, tech news, film reviews and more.

https://about.flipboard.com/download-flipboard/

#Flipboard #Fediverse #Federation #ActivityPub #Technology #Media #Journalism #Journalist #Tech

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

#fediverse #journalism https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@itchio/113478108034234317

"A nonprofit continuing to post to X is not only unwelcome by the crowd growing there, but they are complicit in what is to come.

That's why 62% of nonprofits active on X have already begun building a presence on new and emerging platforms."

Read about why @saskia doesn't think nonprofits should be sticking to X in her latest blog post.

https://forbetter.ghost.io/x-makes-you-complicit-its-time-for-nonprofits-to-act/

#SocialMedia #Fediverse #X #Xodus #Twitter #Nonprofit #Charity

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

"I will never again devote my energies to building up an audience on a platform whose management can sever my relationship to that audience at will" — @pluralistic

Ful ack.

Reclaim your connections.
Start a #blog a #podcast a #newsletter — connect through the #fediverse — re-own your relationships.

#socialmedia #twitter #bluesky

#Peertube #Statistics 2024-11-14 05:00 CET
Number of active instances: 1 655
Number of users: 477 086
Number of videos: 1 091 843
Number of videoviews: 475 932 937
Number of users last 4h: 45
Number of videos last 4h: 269
Number of videoviews last 4h: 74565

#Fediverse

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

"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

Well done to the team at The Guardian for standing up against X.

Their statement: "The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse."

We look forward to helping the wave of journalists and publications that will no doubt follow.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x

#News #Journalism #Fediverse #SocialMedia #X #Guardian

So, you can follow wordpress blogs on the fediverse

Paste the blog link in the search bar and follow the blog as an account.

#Wordpress
#Fediverse
#Blog

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

New post on The Digital Renaissance: Well, Here We Go Again.

"Well, people are mad at another company again. Big surprise. Let's talk about people fleeing Threads and the Fediverse for Bluesky.”

https://blog.samclemente.me/well-here-we-go-again/

#SocialMedia #Fediverse #Technology #Business #VentureCapital #Blog #IndieWeb #OpenWeb

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

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?

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

You know, the #Fediverse was a lot different before the numerous influxes of ex-Twitter users.

I don't want to say it was better--

No, it totally was better

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

148 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@liberoreporter (ITA)
@indybay (ENG)
@thejapantimes (ENG)
@TechCrunch (ENG)
@Techmeme (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

In the US people get federal jobs and that's a lot of people passionate about the #Fediverse in my opinion.

"We ourselves have torn down the wall between editorial and business interests if as journalists, our calculation here is not values-based. To wit: “But I have a large following and neither BlueSky or Threads does.” That is the rationalization of a marketer, not a journalist who believes in the SPJ Code of Ethics dictate to “minimize harm.” h/t @ben

https://kiesow.net/journalists-is-twitter-actually-your-community/

#journalism #media #fediverse

🔔 Nobody cares about decentralization until they do

https://kyefox.com/nobody-cares-about-decentralization-until-they-do/

#socialmedia #media #computers #decentralization #fediverse #platforms #internet

Discover The Fediverse: Emotional Support

A reminder on the importance of emotional support and how this can be achieved in our community of free and open source software projects.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/discover-fediverse-emotional-support/

- Canaima GNU/Linux @canaimagnulinux
A GNU/Linux distribution.
- seL4 @sel4
A high-assurance, high-performance OS micro kernel.
- Wagtail @wagtail
A content management system.
- LibreQoS @LibreQoS
A QoE and SQM system.

#blog #FollowFriday #fediverse #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #foss