so I'm at work right now and can't exactly dedicate the time to researching it at the CURRENT moment but does anyone have any resources to explain how exactly the fediverse works and how to connect different instances together? im coming from bluesky which i have come to understand is not even a truly federalized network. anyways also some good instances for me to join? i wanna meet new people and get involved with communities but i wanted to ask the community here for some tips :3
Hashtags are really important here for visibility. Many mastodon apps will show you which hashtags are the most popular as you slowly type out the hashtag.
"We want musicians to keep making music, and for fans to have confidence that the music they find on Bandcamp was created by humans," the company said.
I asked someone else this when they posted on this subject: How will they know? Thousands of albums are added there every day. Some of those albums have 200 tracks. There is no way for BandCamp to check for AI music at scale. The tools donβt exist, and they donβt have the personnel to do it, if the tools did exist. I read the article, and it just takes BandCampβs word for it that theyβll police this. This seems performative.
We spent a lot of time last year calling out how dangerous it was that Elon Musk and his inexperienced 4chan-loving DOGE boys were gaining access to some of the most secure government systems. We aβ¦
Well, finally it's over. The USA fought for centuries against authoritarian regimes, broke free from one, and morphed into the very same they were so against in the past. Even embracing authoritarism now. And many would still vote for him. At least he'd get the money from his billionaire donors if he was allowed to run again. The USA has no friends anymore because it scared and taxed them all away. Maybe that's a thing to think about. "America first" in a multilateral world: my ass.
I'm reading a history of Rome, it's Republic, Empire, dictators, decline and fall. Trump isn't a dictator in the relatively good sense they and the Athenians used the word (before both were taken over by monarchies).
Oh, I'm sorry! I thought it was supposed to be "only on day one."
If this doesn't make you fucksticks sweat, why should I think of you as anything other than a nazi pig when y'all said "oh, no! Not like that! He doesn't *actually* mean it! He just means he's going to get a lot done on day one! And even then, he only said on day one! It's totally fine. You're just overreacting!"
Kindly stick it up your dick hole if you're *still* not doing a femtosecond of introspection after this.
ICE wrote a memo to get around warrantless entries into homes, and they knew it was so illegal they kept it secret until a whistleblower blew the scheme open.
And remember every republican and everyone who voted Republican voted for this. Every single one of them are pedo-post birth abortion-jackbooted deep state POTUS thugs
Make it harder to even try the "Nuremberg defence", if it's not in writing.
PS
Doing things verbally in something Heritage Foundation/Trump learnt from the Nazis. They did document this, with German efficiency. It was used as evidence at Nuremberg etc.
I wonder if local gun shops have had a run on 50mm rounds for Desert Eagles. I wonder what would happen if ICE decided to enter the home of the person that bought said ammo. I also wonder of their body armor can stand a 50mm round. If this sort of thing continues, I think there will be more dead ICE agents.
Meanwhile, I'll stick to the new stock of pins I got at the Voodoo Supply store.
how is it possible that the world can become so evil in so short a time? First the Israeli onslaught on Gaza then ICE. And it all seems so unrelated to the rape of young girls, but I suppose it stems from the same corruption of the soul, the same certainty that no one will call them out for immoral behaviour and unethical practice.
The memo succeeded because ICE agents believe it and do what they wnt regardless of people's Constitutional and legsl rights. Why next president should immediately fire everyone in ICE hired after January 20, 2025. No notice, no severance pay, nothing except threaten to arrest them.
This message goes out to all of the Fedi live streamers using #PeerTube ...
No one is watching the copy of your full 2 hour long live stream. You're only wasting the resources of the instance you are using. If it's your instance and that's what you want to do, then do it. But if you're using someone's instance, then at least upload large files that will actually be watched.
I'm just saying, PeerTube isn't YouTube. Instances aren't paying for storage with ads or user data.
Like mold... Wait, that'd not be a good thing, would it?
@Chuff is out there, but doesn't seem to Federate, this still needs be sorted, but as of today I'm also @Chuff
Why? Because the wonderful thing about being me, is that there's so many of me. No? I've always been crazy, but it keeps me from going insane?
Ok, in all seriousness, I'm very fond of Tumblr, I like the interface, and I've collected a great group of accounts to follow, isn't that what makes or breaks a social media experience? Obviously this is the great test, I don't think Wafrn offers the features that would make me leave Friendica, at least not yet, but we'll see if'n that comes around. Community can obviously be built by copying over everyone I follow here, and so that just leaves software, gotta figure out what works with Wafrn on Android, preferably Foss, because while I might be forced to use Android (or iOS), doesn't mean I can't keep my phone clean as possible. At the very least, it stands a good chance of replacing my Holos, and Mastodon accounts, with Loops possibly being replaced to, as I believe it does allow video files.
Rights aren't rights if someone can take them away. They're privileges. That's all we've ever had in this country, is a bill of temporary privileges. -- George Carlin
@TimWardCam and in 1948 most the nations of the world, after a particularly nasty world war, laid out the current version of human rights in the Univeral Declaration of Human Rights. This was regardless of economic or political system in a country. There had never been a human rights manifesto like that before for the non-elites of the world. So that's a baseline no matter what the oligarchs do next with their new world order. un.org/en/about-us/universal-dβ¦
Can anyone help me get them? IIRC their site is in Germany, and isn't set up for export sales, and I haven't seen them here in the FSA (Fascist States of America, that's what I'm calling if from now on).
Discover Canadian-made social media alternatives like Pixelfed and Loops. Privacy-focused, open-source platforms built by Canadians who prioritize community over profit.
are you the only canadian lead developer on the fediverse? if it's going to be about Canada, you should try and find out if there are other federated services with a large degree of canadian development
Can't believe I'm pointing this out to a Canadian, but don't let the USA claim the name of your continent! Pixelfed is American, but not from the USA. π And of course, I'm also falling into this trap from time to time...
I've got an unlocked phone, and I'm planning on leaving soon, just gotta see who's the best with around 15G of data per month on prepaid, preferably a priority company.
Last week we noted how the Trump FCC, at the direct request of wireless phone giants, destroyed popular rules making it easier and cheaper to switch wireless carriers. The rules, applied via spectrβ¦
It is very very very very very very very very very very very very very bad, because if they can enter immigrants' homes without a warrant, then they can enter anyone's home without a warrant. The idea that the Fourth Amendment can be overridden by an "administrative warrant" issued by an employee of the very agency that wants to fuck with you is ludicrous, and if we had a serious Supreme Court it would be shot down immediately.
Some scammers are pretending to be Mastodon admins and asking people to "verify" their accounts by clicking on a link, which then asks for their card details or other sensitive info.
DO NOT CLICK THE SCAM LINK!
GENUINE MASTODON ADMINS WILL NEVER ASK YOU TO VERIFY!
There is a real verification system on Mastodon, but it's entirely optional and does not involve credit cards. Genuine verification is voluntary and based on website ownership.
In some ways this is a sad development, but on the other hand the Fedi has clearly gained sufficient traction to make it worth while scammers targeting uses on it. I have boosted for reach.
No, I don't think so, but this way you can basically focus on updating the page and have it be evergreen. I was thinking of the new users that maybe don't federate with everyone yet so might not even see your account. Could be good for us old hats too to see what we missed if we're offline. @FediTips
Yes, there were several previous waves last year. But a lot of new people have joined since then so wanted to make sure they were aware of this being a scam π
Kyiv Independent's new documentary reveals how Russia prepared to seize #Crimea since the early 1990s
The #documentaryinvestigates how #Russia steadily expanded its presence in Crimea and, in #violation of #InternationalLaw, sought to seize control of the peninsula from the moment #Ukraine declared independence in 1991, through #military assaults, political schemes, and even #coup plots.
The documentary is available to watch on the Kyiv Independent's YouTube channel.
Playlist reverse, it lets you put the latest videos at the top of the list which is great for anything which involves recent developments (tech news etc).
Without the plugin, people have to scroll to the bottom of your playlist every time to see the latest additions.
33K likes, 879 comments - lawyer_oyer on January 20, 2026: "Some very disturbing news in the Renee Good case: Weβre now learning that the FBI actually opened a civil rights investigation into the shooter β ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
"But if it's 1000 years from now, why do they talk like people today? Why are there disabled people, and fat people, and why do they still listen to our music, andβ"
Stop. It's not a documentary about the future. It's a sci-fi/fantasy show about the present. It always has been.
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@FediTips
These two have resources for new users to get started. β€οΈ
Hashtags are really important here for visibility. Many mastodon apps will show you which hashtags are the most popular as you slowly type out the hashtag.
Fedi.Tips
in reply to kiyomi π • • •Hi Kiyomi, you might find help on the website at fedi.tips
This covers how to discover accounts to follow: fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounβ¦
This covers how to make your own account more discoverable: fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-foβ¦
There's a section at fedi.tips/what-is-mastodon-wha⦠which explains what the Fediverse is.
Feel free to ask if you want help with anything specific!
Fedi.Tips β An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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