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I stand with #Zelenskyy 🇺🇦 Screw you dictator #Trump

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Z for the win. Trump: You don’t have the cards Zelenskyy: I’m not playing cards Trump: You’re playing cards Zelenskyy: What are you talking about?

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Turns out Zelenskyy is good at standing up against dictators.

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Let's de-Musk social media. Posted in the centre of Berlin. Thanks to #savesocial @bjoernsta and @hnnng More at https://savesocial.eu/en/

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Three weeks ago we were getting ready to go to #FOSDEM. We didn’t realise just how good the experience would be. Now we’re energised, excited, and getting started on a whole range of ideas that came out of the event. More on that soon 👀 For now, enjoy […] [Original post on newsmast.social]

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Superb letter by Emma Thompson, read by Felicity Jones, about misogyny in Hollywood https://youtu.be/SgMWDdV7Tio?si=ntZ1xzagi_SPpCWM #misogyny #hollywood #EmmaThompson

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In the UK, 26 million kilograms of CO₂e emissions are caused by the top social media platforms ☁️ Setting up a presence on decentralised social media means organisations can better track the environmental impact their social presence is having. By […] [Original post on newsmast.social]

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How you can help keep IFTAS going: 1. Spread the word: Raising awareness about our funding challenges can help us connect with potential funders, partners, and supporters. Share our fundraising overview ( […] [Original post on mastodon.iftas.org]

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Totally agree with this…can we just stop with the wall-to-wall toots about politics, ex-Twitter, etc. Let’s instead build the social web (and world) we want to live in. “We don’t need any more irony-poisoned hot takes or cathartic, irreverent snark. We need to collectively decide what kind of […]

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

It was an honour and pleasure to close out the #SocialWebFOSDEM programming last night with #FediverseForFreedom, based on my blog post of the same title last year. Let’s build together this year, and return to share our progress at #FOSDEM in 2026 🙌🏻#fediverse

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

This boggles my mind: In the 1980s and 90s, universities just pulled thousands of kilometers of cables, installed routers and software - just so they could have web servers and give everyone at their institution an email account. Today, the best most of them can do is find some arbitrary […]

submitted 33 days ago • 3 comments

#SocialWebFOSDEM early crowd building up in the SWF dev room! #Fediverse

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Let’s celebrate some of the great work being done on federated platforms: The #Mastodon team is spearheading the Federated Auxiliary Service Provider (https://github.com/mastodon/fediverse_auxiliary_service_provider_specifications) specification, which is focussed on search and discovery for […]

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

2024 saw great things on the Fediverse. Growth, new projects, and lots of work on trust & safety. We’ve shared an overview of the successes and amazing collaborations we’ve seen over the last year because it’s always good to celebrate the wins […]

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

New: Fediverse Report #101 This week's news: - @pixelfed continues to grow, adding 100k active users in a week. The platform now has grown from 20k active users a month ago to almost 300k active accounts currently - The Pixelfed Kickstarter smashed its goals, raising over 100k CAD in funding - […]

submitted 35 days ago • 3 comments

Why I think that #NodeBB's latest release can be a game changer for the #Fediverse For years, before social media came along, forums were the main place to discuss with others on the internet. Communities were built, thrived, a few survived, most were swallowed by Reddit and Facebook groups […]

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

The Fediverse - the network of decentralised social network apps - has grown almost 40% over the last few weeks in terms of active users (almost all of which are new user accounts), and the increase currently shows no sign of slowing down.

submitted 40 days ago • 9 comments

Social media has changed. The town square is no longer a place for everyone. That's why we've posted physical 'X-scape' kits to leading voices at charities, media orgs and universities. Early adoption of New Social is a great opportunity for the UK's […] [Original post on newsmast.social]

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Today's the day! :tada: After nearly a full year in development, NodeBB v4.0.0 has landed, bringing federation between NodeBB instances (and a connection to the wider fediverse of social media) to forum software. ## Fedi-what? Fediverse! Here's a TechCrunch primer about it, but at the end of […]

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

#NodeBB: "We're not alone in this journey to interoperate with other decentralized services. #Discourse has a working plugin. #Ghost is building out in the open. It's always been a bit of an informal competition between us, and we always checked in on what the others were doing. The funny […]

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

The SkyTok feed with Bluesky’s new video rendering mode looks AMAZING! bsky.app/profile/mmcc... We’ve managed to build a significant % of #tiktok as a custom feed on the social web in under a week using surf.social and this work from @pfrazee.com and team. More to come. bsky.app/profile/mmcc...

submitted 43 days ago • 45 comments

#SilentSunday #photography

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Van 'Twin peaks' tot 'Mulholland Drive': het unieke oeuvre van #DavidLynch in 5 markante producties https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/01/16/david-lynch-5-producties/

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

So excited to see @swf endorse further decentralization of the AT protocol! The open social web is bigger and better if we build bridges, not walls. https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/01/13/free-our-feeds-and-algorithmic-pluralism/

submitted 50 days ago • 2 comments

Today Mastodon is taking another step towards its founding ideals: independence and non-profit ownership. We're transferring ownership of key assets to a new, European not-for-profit entity, ensuring our mission remains true to a decentralised social web, not corporate control […]

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#SilentSunday #photography

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Respondents to our 2024 Needs Assessment host a collective 4,301,355 accounts - roughly one third of all known accounts (ActivityPub only). 42% of respondents host 100 accounts or fewer; 6 respondents host over 100,000 accounts. Let’s hear it for the amazing people who area helping create […]

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

“A common response to the things I've been posting is ‘Okay, but what will work, then?’ I think there are hints at answers in the very chunky fediverse governance research I worked on last year, in online and offline cooperatives, in Rudy Fraser's Blacksky, and in the kinds of projects Nathan […]

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2024 wasn't the best year for social media... but it's 2025 now 🎉 That means it's time to move to greener pastures. Social media that's open, democratic, and controlled by the users. This year, we're looking forward to raising awareness for New Social and […] [Original post on newsmast.social]

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

I wrote a piece about books, and life, and responsibility. https://werd.io/2025/46-books

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New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 98 This week's news: - @Mastodon's annual report for 2023 (!) gives more insight into the operation and finances of the organisation - Surf is a new app by @Flipboard that allows you to create custom feeds across the open social web - I take a closer look at […]

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

The Meta stuff was the very first thing I saw this morning (deeply cursed) but I’m grinding on a related thing already so all I will say is that “relocating” the T&S workforce to a state where it’s illegal to get an abortion is equal parts expedient fawning and robust fascist acceleration. (If […]

submitted 56 days ago • 3 comments

New Year, New Social 💡 So, what does New Social mean? To us, it's a vision of open social media - free from the control of a single person. It's not a single platform (or protocol) but a new way of thinking. A place where you can post, build community […] [Original post on newsmast.social]

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Only 12 signatures needed to reach 2k signatures urging univeristies to leave X: https://openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon Only four days left to sign! Help us reach this milestone by spreading the word! #academicchatter #academis

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#SilentSunday #photography

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Our team are back at our desks and getting ready to kick off 2025 🎉 It's a year with a lot on the horizon, especially for social media as more and more people turn from Big Tech towards better alternatives. For organisations, it's a chance to grasp a […] [Original post on newsmast.social]

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

What @mike and team at @Flipboard are doing with https://surf.social/ is really interesting. I'm checking out their beta and it's intriguing. It's social media, for sure, but IMHO different and better: it goes far beyond the monotony of the linear feed into far more focused experiences. It's […]

submitted 73 days ago • 2 comments

A great read! "Middleware holds transformative potential to foundationally reshape the social media landscape. By decentralizing control...this shift has the potential to not only enhance user agency but also spark innovation, paving the way for more inclusive and engaging online spaces." […]

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

I have been testing out this app for a while and could not be more excited for its beta launch! You can sign up for it at the link in the post here... Anyone who cares about the open social web should immediately sign up. In the comments I'll post some of the Feeds I have been curating from […]

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

🆕 Global app platform for everyone ✅ https://HelloQuitX.com 🚀 Let's migrate millions from 𝕏 and reconnect automatically on #Mastodon 🦣 / #BlueSky 🦋 📢 Online Press Conference 19 Dec 2024 | 18h Paris Time […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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This weeks news for #bluesky and the ATmosphere - A new 1M USD fund for atproto with Skyseed - A New Social is a governance org for the fediverse bridge - Continued tension around moderation - Recipe sharing with recipe.exchange and much more! Read at […]

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Very excited about the beta launch of @surf, a brand new way to experience the open social web from @Flipboard . I've been using it for the last few weeks, and it's such a fresh take on custom feeds - spanning across multiple platforms, including Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, Flipboard, and so […]

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