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Head of Communications @Mastodon joinmastodon.org, communities person 💗💜💙 technologist & #PenPlotter artist. I do things with code, & tinker with gadgets … […] [bridged from https://macaw.social/@andypiper on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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The next release of Mastodon will have features to better support communities in different jurisdictions around the world - multi-lingual rules translations, terms of service, and optional minimum age requirements for signup. You can learn more in our latest blog post […]

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Trump: “The EU has rules and sales taxes and the people don’t want our bloated cars or crappy adulterated food.” What a whiny man baby.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

Truly sad news about #glitch no longer hosting apps. It meant a lot to the creative botmaking community. Would love to know where everyone's moving their bots! (And hoping many will keep them alive!) #glitch #MadeWithGlitch #CreativeBots #botmakers

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Pouring one out for @glitchdotcom 😢 time to look for new homes for a number of webby things. I've loved being a Glitch Pro user!

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Hey is there a "fediverse thing" you might want to give a presentation about as a part of an casual free event in Berlin in the coming month?

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Next week some of us from @Mastodon will be at re:publica #rp25 in Berlin (that's May 26-28). Come by if you want to chat or say hi, or even just see the #Plushtodon in person. We're also organizing a separate meet-up outside re:publica: https://lu.ma/7h454kcp

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Has anyone here issued #OpenBadges? Specifically, V3. I can see that it is just a JSON document in the image EXIF, but I'm confused about how I actually sign the claim as an issuer.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Really struggling to be on Mastodon because everyone I follow is (very lovely and brilliant) very right on, very left wing, and very morally outraged. Obviously with very good cause, but I really miss the silliness of old school twitter when it wasn't just an echo chamber of doom every time I […]

submitted 3 days ago • 12 comments

IFTAS Connect is a private, supportive space for moderators, admins, community managers and trust and safety leads across the Fediverse. If you're working to keep your community safe, you're not alone. Join us: https://connect.iftas.org #FediMods #MastoMods #TrustAndSafety #Moderation

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We've posted an overview and recommendations with regard to the passing of the "Take It Down Act" which mandates removal of non-consensual intimate images and videos, and deepfakes, within 48 hours of reporting. We will update the post as we get more insight. This is of interest to US-based […]

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My collection of verified accounts of news organizations, that can be followed from #Mastodon (& anywhere else in the #Fediverse) contains now: 564 federated by @Flipboard 404 on @Mastodon 45 federated by @threads 20 bridged thanks to @snarfed.org 3 federated by @index 1 on @peertube & 1 on […]

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The Mastodon team will be at re:publica #rp25 in Berlin next week, taking part in a couple of panel discussions. We're also hosting a side event! If you'd like to join, register via https://lu.ma/7h454kcp

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If you’ve been adding tracks to Bandwagon in the last week+ and we’re waiting for them to show up on The Indie Beat, I believe we’re all caught up now. If your work still isn’t making an appearance on TIBR let me know. Occasional failures do happen. We’re up to 2848 tracks now! Y’all are […]

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Our #HackWimbledon @hackwimbledon jaunt today saw us hacking and learning with various LoRa #meshtastic @meshtastic gadgets on Wimbledon Common. While we were exploring, I also took the opportunity to add a bunch of new entries to @openbenches as #opendata contributions 🙂

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What's your Fedi dinner party? - You and 3 Fedi friends around the dinner table. - What's for dinner? - What do you think you'll talk about?

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

Eurovision is always a fun stress test for the fediverse. Across #esc, #Eurovision, #esc25, and #esc2025, over 15K posts have been been made today. For comparison, 863 posts have been made in another trending hashtag, #Caturday.

submitted 6 days ago • 6 comments

The outright wrecking of the scientific infrastructure in the US under the current administration chilled me to my bone. Kept me doomscrolling. But I finally found a way to do something positive, in a small way: I dedicated some storage space and a bit of my internet connection to a […]

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Ok we are taking a break to re-watch Love Love Peace Peace #Eurovision

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The #eurovision fedi feed went as crazy for the other Finns as they did for Erika. A million miles a minute. #eurovision #KAJ

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“I’m 22, who is this” 🤣 Graham Norton commentary is 👌🏻 #Eurovision

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Lasers! Violin! Harmonica! Smoke! Cello! Leather! #Eurovision

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Also why was the Italian song given subtitles but none of the rest of them were? #Eurovision

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Clearly attempting some kind of Bowiesque appearance, but the song is not good. #Eurovision

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Too busy eating raclette to comment much on #Eurovision

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Time for #Eurovision. There seems to be a lot of effort involved in travelling around Switzerland.

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"An app is just a website that we have wrapped in the correct DRM to make it a felony to protect your privacy while using it." @pluralistic #PyConUS

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

New blog post: some lessons in community building (my career pivots, to Mastodon and the #Fediverse), in a recent chat with Michelle Goodall. #CommunityBuilding #Fediverse #100DaysToOffload […]

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

New blog post: Revisiting #LOPUG, talking cloud plaforms, enterprise software, and my own changing perspectives on the world. #CloudComputing #DigitalSovereignty https://andypiper.co.uk/2025/05/15/revisiting-the-clouds/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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Really enjoyed the discussion about Microsoft, Edge, antitrust, Apple, the web etc in the latest episode of For A Better Web #podcast with @brucelawson https://vivaldi.com/blog/9-gene-burrus-for-a-better-web/

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