Stefan Bohacek

Husband, father, side project enthusiast: https://stefanbohacek.com/projects

Big fan of the #fediverse: https://stefanbohacek.com/fediverse

If you enjoy my work, here's how you can pay me back: https://stefanbohacek.com/support-my-work/

He/him. 🗺️ Bratislava ➜ NYC ➜ NJ

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2026-08-20 14:13:04 UTC

Calling on fediverse moderators: if you see a post that kind of, sort of borders on racism, but you're not really too sure: yep, you're definitely dealing with a racist.
Learn about dog whistles. And microaggressions. Get a Black person on your moderation team.
None of the redesigns and user experience tweaks will matter if we can't make this place welcoming to everyone.
#fediverse #FediMeta #FediAdmins #MastoAdmins #racism #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon

2026-07-09 21:24:11 UTC

Asterism.
https://fediverse.stefanbohacek.com/08
#fediverse #typography #asterism #FediverseSymbol
https://sbonline.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/892/117/059/126/604/original/3b4f42f2d7c8dc7a.mp4

2026-05-10 14:48:47 UTC

I made a small update to the Join the Fediverse mini zine page.
https://jointhefediverse.net/zine
You can now customize the QR code on the last page using the Fediverse Invitation link builder: https://stefanbohacek.com/project/fediverse-invitation/#link-builder
I hope people will find these tools useful for promoting their communities!
#fediverse #JoinTheFediverse #FediverseZine #zine #FediverseInvitation

2026-05-04 22:25:33 UTC

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@nprofile…kkfs Not typos, but there have been one or maybe two occasions in recent memory where I didn't rewrite a sentence that I thought could be worded better, but I didn't want to appear to have used an LLM.
Interesting to see that some would deliberately make their writing worse though, I'm definitely not there yet.

2026-03-22 16:48:31 UTC

I have argued this point in the past, as I'm sure many others, but it's nice to have a term for this concept: hobbyless behavior.
https://www.tumblr.com/abbiistabbii/810110535568949248/the-germans-really-cooked-making-hobbyless
#hobbyless #hobbylos #HobbylessBehavior #HobbylosesVerhalten
https://sbonline.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/273/834/526/763/404/original/f3246c7ad5a982ab.png

2026-03-09 19:10:21 UTC

"As Bluesky matures, the company needs a seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution, while I return to what I do best: building new things."
https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-stepping-down/
#news #TechNews #technology #bsky #bluesky #JayGraber

2026-03-04 12:55:50 UTC

"A grassroots boycott called QuitGPT has been spreading across the US and beyond, asking people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions. More than a million people have answered the call."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/04/quit-chatgpt-subscription-boycott-silicon-valley
"We're organizing Americans and people around the world to quit ChatGPT."
https://quitgpt.org/
#QuitGPT #news #USNews #USPol #technology #TechNews #OpenAI #ChatGPT #AI #GenAI

2026-02-26 13:45:16 UTC

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@nprofile…3czr I mean it's all fairly valid criticism, but talking about this more doesn't seem to be doing much, other than cause fights.
While independent ATProto developers continue to put in the effort to actually make Atmosphere more decentralized.
I think it's best to move on and focus on the fediverse instead.

2026-02-26 13:38:12 UTC

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@nprofile…3czr My bigger point is, people will keep complaining about Bluesky not being centralized enough until that's no longer the case.
Time that would've been better spent on making the fediverse more safe and welcoming.

2026-02-26 13:28:42 UTC

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Well then.
https://arewedecentralizedyet.online
#fediverse #bluesky #atmosphere #bluesky #SocialMedia
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2026-02-24 15:24:26 UTC

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@nprofile…nekg Definitely taking notes, if I ever get interviewed!

2026-02-24 15:15:25 UTC

Love this guy.
via https://bsky.app/profile/moreperfectunion.bsky.social/post/3mfkjbik57c2b
#HedgeFunds #PrivateEquity #interview #NYC
https://sbonline.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/126/260/571/468/204/original/3621bb7b593ee549.mp4

2026-02-17 13:18:06 UTC

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@nprofile…acpk Yeah, that sounds about right! Definitely an interesting year ahead of us.

2026-02-17 13:08:54 UTC

Happy Lunar New Year to those who celebrate!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year
#LunarNewYear #YearOfTheHorse

2026-02-17 12:52:52 UTC

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@nprofile…h0ux Yeah, if I had the time and resources, I'd set up a server with GoToSocial and a Phanpy frontend, gave it a cool modern name, and try to lure in normies, without advertising the whole federation thing too much, just as an added bonus.
Alas, I really don't want to deal with content moderation.

2026-02-17 12:43:53 UTC

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@nprofile…h0ux Yep, said pretty much the same thing the other day.
To me, the one key feature we need is the ability to disable replies, and maybe also control who can reply, those are top 1 and 10 requests on Mastodon's GitHub, and both have been open for several years.
The team's response: it's too hard. Which, fair enough. But putting any effort into UX/UI polishing, as needed as that is, will be wasted as so many people already left because of the constant harassment and gatekeeping.
I also pointed out that by the time Bluesky's VC money runs out, there might already be enough independent communities running the full ATProto stack, so people will just be able to migrate without needing to ever look at the fediverse again.

2026-02-10 21:35:08 UTC

The proposed (and widely used) fediverse logo is now part of the Font Awesome library.
https://fontawesome.com/icons/fediverse?f=brands&s=solid
#fediverse #FontAwesome #logo #design

2026-02-09 14:33:20 UTC

Time to dust off those early 2000s forums!
"Discord announced on Monday that it’s rolling out age verification on its platform globally starting next month, when it will automatically set all users’ accounts to a “teen-appropriate” experience unless they demonstrate that they’re adults."
https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
#news #discord #AgeVerification #privacy

2026-02-05 18:52:36 UTC

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@nprofile…65q8 It truly is! Especially lately I've been feeling a bit defeated by this. I've put a lot of effort into advocating the fediverse, but it is really hard to ask people to join if they won't feel safe and welcome.
Beyond frustrating. And honestly just embarrassing that we can't, collectively, add like mature adults.

2026-02-05 17:31:00 UTC

People who are "just asking questions" and "just sharing their opinion" that nobody asked for are in the minority here.
But until reply controls are implemented by more fediverse platforms, they will continue to ruin the experience of people here, and contribute to our community's negative reputation.
Let's continue to call this stuff out, and when appropriate, also report it.
#fediverse #SocialMedia #culture #ToxicBehavior

2026-02-02 17:04:12 UTC

Happy #GroundHog day!
https://xkcd.com/3202/
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3202:_Groundhog_Day_Meaning
#XKCD
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2026-01-31 16:11:57 UTC

A popular YouTuber makes a video for his large 3M+ audience and devotes a section of it to encourage people to stand up to Trump's regime.
Fediverse bros: HaVE You HEarD of pEErtubE?
Come one, dudes.
#fediverse #BeCool

2026-01-31 16:06:16 UTC

"Folks, you need to wake up and smell the fascism."
#nevent1q…z7dw

2026-01-31 14:00:52 UTC

Love this advice!
#design #UXUI #SeinfeldTest
https://sbonline.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/990/068/499/385/730/original/7ceea76029a58611.png

2026-01-28 05:03:34 UTC

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@nprofile…ugp2 Have you heard/read about the Forkiverse? The Mastodon server started by three popular podcasters that has grown to almost 10k members in just about two weeks.
I actually put together https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-an-overview-for-community-organizers/ using it as a case study, hoping to maybe start reaching out to people who already have a following and could be interested in replicating this experiment.

2026-01-27 21:35:41 UTC

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The cracks continue to spread.
"Noem has complained to others that she feels she's being hung out to dry over the episode and has made sure to emphasize she took direction from Miller and the president, a source told Axios."
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/27/trump-stephen-miller-massacre-minnesota-shooting
Archived link: https://archive.is/ToKc1
#news #USNews #USPol

2026-01-26 15:12:46 UTC

Are there any "case studies" of whole communities moving to the fediverse, similar to the Forkiverse?
I'm thinking about writing a version of my article https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-an-overview-for-government-agencies/ and aim it at community organizers.
#fediverse #community

2026-01-21 18:33:47 UTC

"It’s the closest we have come in the U.S. in almost a century to a coordinated work stoppage across different sectors. No unions have yet said they’ve voted to strike, but the potential for disruption is real."
https://inthesetimes.com/article/ce-out-of-minnesota-minneapolis-strike-labor-unions-shut-down
#USPol #news #USnews #minnesota #GeneralStrike #ICE

2026-01-20 22:14:36 UTC

Considering how popular the fediverse already is with at least some of the public institutions, this is a puzzling move.
"European organizations are about to launch their own social media platform, W, amid rising tensions with the United States."
https://cybernews.com/tech/europe-social-media-w/
#news #TechNews #technology #SocialMedia #W

2026-01-13 17:44:12 UTC

Hey #FediMusicians, this might interest you!
"From now until Feb. 9 at 11:59 p.m. ET, unsigned artists can submit on the Tiny Desk Contest website. The winner will play a Tiny Desk concert at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., be paired with a music industry mentor, headline a 10-city tour and more."
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/13/g-s1-105862/2026-tiny-desk-concert-now-open
#music #musicians #TinyDeskConcert #NPR

2026-01-08 20:48:40 UTC

With the federal government threatening to send ICE "door to door", here's a reminder:
"If an officer knocks on your door: Do not open the door. Teach your children not to open the door. Officers must have a warrant signed by a judge to enter your home. ICE “warrants” are not signed by judges; they are ICE forms signed by ICE officers and they do not grant authority to enter a home without consent of the occupant(s)."
https://immigrantjustice.org/for-immigrants/know-your-rights/ice-encounter/
https://www.commondreams.org/news/vance-ice-door-to-door
#USPol #immigration #immigrants #ICE #KnowYourRights

2026-01-08 01:51:09 UTC

"I am grateful to the people of Minneapolis tonight. Their courage in the wake of this violence is a bright light for us to rally around. They have mobilized — just as we have mobilized — to protect one another, to love one another, and to tell ICE to get the fuck out of their communities."
https://organizingmythoughts.org/the-cost-of-staying-human/
#news #USNews #ICE #minneapolis

2025-10-15 12:46:37 UTC

The Black Panther Party was founded #OnThisDay in 1966.
From a 2016 article commemorating its 50th anniversary:
"The work of the Black Panthers remains important for several reasons. First, they remind us that the problem of police brutality has long been with us [...]
Second, the BPP offers a good model of grassroots activism and ideology in practice."
https://jacobin.com/2016/10/black-panther-party-fifty-year-anniversary-founding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party
#history #BlackHistory #BlackPanthers #BlackPantherParty

2025-10-13 12:19:21 UTC

Heads-up, New Jersey: Tomorrow is the deadline to register to vote in the upcoming NJ gubernatorial election.
You won't want to miss it.
https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/vote.shtml
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/nyregion/new-jersey-governors-race-issues.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n08.hAwU.sV4YRRncCxy6&smid=url-share
#NJ #NewJersey #election #USPol
https://sbonline.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/366/809/386/958/476/original/5896d15a7fb555cb.png

2025-10-12 13:31:10 UTC

"On [this] day in 1964, Dr. Robert Moog introduced the world to a completely new type of instrument that would go on to change the course of music history and influence decades of future instrument design."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7TJyPAyTiQ (Video from 2014, marking Moog's 50th anniversary.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moog_synthesizer
#moog #music #history #MusicHistory #anniversary #OTD #OnThisDay

2025-10-09 13:49:50 UTC

Hey fediverse, today is the World Sight Day!
How about, as a small gift for the blind and visually impaired folks on here, we step up our alt text game!
Visit https://alttexthalloffame.org to learn why this is important.
#AltText #ImageDescriptions #accessibility #WorldSightDay
https://sbonline.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/344/514/257/482/143/original/1e5551bf4feec107.png

2025-10-09 13:13:48 UTC

Very cool, @nprofile…803y, welcome to the #fediverse!
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/alternative-app-store-altstore-raises-6m-connects-with-the-fediverse/
https://sbonline.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/344/382/002/593/165/original/a0355d77dddd7375.png

2025-10-08 15:55:25 UTC

"By the end of 2000, the web had settled into a strange dual state: the financial euphoria of the dot-com boom was gone, yet the culture of the web had never felt more alive."
https://cybercultural.com/p/internet-2000/
#cyberculture #internet #TheWeb

2025-10-08 13:34:56 UTC

Really cool project by @nprofile…gqa7 that lets you create programmatic Mastodon lists!
https://list-bot.woodland.cafe
Examples from https://codeberg.org/untitaker/mastodon-list-bot include:
- mutuals
- all users who haven't posted yesterday, but sometime within the past three days
- all users who haven't posted in over three days
- all users you've interacted with in the past 7 days
#mastodon

2025-10-01 12:45:04 UTC

Boaty McBoatface is back!
https://stefanbohacek.online/@RRSSirDavidAttenborough/115298970793591947

2025-09-15 12:06:46 UTC

30 years of hacking the planet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)
#hackers #HackersDay #HackThePlanet #OTD #OnThisDay #film #FilmHistory #FilmAndTV
https://sbonline.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/208/216/448/804/563/original/33fe693917b0bbe2.mp4

2025-09-05 19:22:32 UTC

Neat. Find connections between two (famous) people through photographs.
https://networkoftime.com
#SixDegreesOfSeparation

2025-09-05 14:58:46 UTC

My music's always free, so you can try before you buy. Either way, I hope you'll enjoy!
https://stefanbohacek.bandcamp.com/album/goin-nowhere
https://stefanbohacek.bandcamp.com
#BandcampFriday #music #bandcamp

2025-09-05 12:30:03 UTC

"There are several possible dates you might pick, but for me it will always be September 5th 2014 - when I committed the first sketch of a specification I called ActivityPump and pushed it to Github."
Happy 11th birthday, ActivityPub!
https://akko.erincandescent.net/objects/fbdd0aca-87ae-4d58-83b2-ee95dde2e229
#ActivityPub #fediverse #anniversary

2025-08-25 18:26:17 UTC

Trying to do a bit of a research into the total cost of running your own ATProto architecture (not planning to do that, just curious), and came across this Bluesky network map. Interesting.
https://atp.fyi/network
#bluesky #SocialMedia

2025-08-25 15:53:23 UTC

"Honing your discernment, exercising your brain, wracking your vocabulary to find the right phrase to express your inner world. These are not things that are supposed to be easy."
https://www.theverge.com/analysis/764519/ai-gemini-pixel-journal-app
#writing #thinking #AI #technology

2025-08-25 14:35:43 UTC

Oh wow, Google is really sneaky with their AI Mode button on the new tab page in Chrome. Here's a very unintuitive way to disable it.
1. Open chrome://flags/ in your browser.
2. Look for "ntp-compose-entrypoint".
3. Switch to "disabled".
4. Restart your browser.
#chrome #GoogleChrome #AI #AIMode
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2025-08-23 18:41:46 UTC

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@nprofile…hyrk I'm not too sure about this Mississippi law, but I believe the UK one applied to services that have users located in the UK, hence geoblocking being utilized. If nobody from the UK can access your service, then you don't need to check their ID.

2025-08-23 18:28:49 UTC

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@nprofile…hyrk To be fair, people have already been able to host all the different parts of the Bluesky infrastructure themselves, but putting that aside, this response from Mastodon's CEO seems to suggest what I said earlier, that fediverse admins just assume that they can fly under the radar, regardless of how big or how well federated their community is.
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115074631868019158

2025-08-23 14:48:46 UTC

I'm a bit confused about some of the discourse around Bluesky having to comply with Mississippi laws.
Does it really matter to what degree they're "truly" decentralized?
Forums and fediverse servers have shut down/geo-blocked people in UK in response to UK's Online Safety Act.
https://onlinesafetyact.co.uk/in_memoriam/
I figured it's mostly fediverse servers being too small that helps them avoid having to comply. Anyone talking about how this affects mastodon.social?
#AgeVerification #Mississippi #MississippiAgeVerification #bluesky #fediverse

2025-08-13 15:03:27 UTC

I just updated my "People-powered technology" blog post from last year after reading through @nprofile…y0gs's list of sites where you can find good and free photos and art to use instead of uncanny AI slop.
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/people-powered-analogue-technology/
And here's Jenn's list: https://livelaugh.blog/posts/non-ai-images-for-blogs-websites/

2025-08-11 20:04:45 UTC

Just a periodic reminder that Forgejo, the software that powers the open-source GitHub alternative Codeberg, has been working towards implementing federation.
https://codeberg.org/forgejo-contrib/federation/
Might be worth contributing, if you have the time and skills!
#forgejo #codeberg #opensource #github

2025-08-08 21:53:52 UTC

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@nprofile…9a52 Definitely @nprofile…cpcg 's manifesto: https://nora.zone/manifesto.html
And you probably already know about https://projects.kwon.nyc/internet-is-fun/.

2025-08-08 19:56:14 UTC

"A new report from Common Sense Media says that 72 percent of teens surveyed have used AI companions, and 33 percent have relationships or friendships with these chatbots."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/teens-are-flocking-to-ai-chatbots-is-this-healthy/
#news #TechNews #technology #AI

2025-08-08 14:27:36 UTC

Neat. A "telephone newspaper" that provided news and entertainment to subscribers over telephone lines, in 1893.
"We greet the inhabitants of Budapest. We greet them in an unusual way from which telephone broadcasting all over the world will start its victorious journey."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefon_H%C3%ADrmond%C3%B3
#technology #history #telephone

2025-08-08 12:27:55 UTC

Happy #808day!
https://www.rolandcloud.com/news/it-s-808-day
"The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer [...] was one of the first drum machines to allow users to program rhythms instead of using preset patterns."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_TR-808
#music #history #MusicHistory #DrumMachine #EightOhEight

2025-08-07 00:07:20 UTC

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@nprofile…pj45 Nice! Must've been exciting times!

2025-08-06 12:05:36 UTC

"On August 6, 1991 [34 years ago], the first website was introduced to the world. [It] contained information about the World Wide Web Project. It launched at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, where it was created by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee."
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
Happy birthday, web!
Via https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025554426/a-look-back-at-the-very-first-website-ever-launched-30-years-later
#TheWeb #internet #WorldWideWeb #FirstWebsite #history #OTD
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2025-08-04 13:46:10 UTC

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Really good time to https://LeaveSubstack.com!

2025-08-04 13:45:17 UTC

Congratulations to @nprofile…tmk0 and the rest of the @nprofile…wj47 Ghost team for launching their 6.0 version!
"The social web turns your Ghost publication into a networked social profile that people can find, follow, like, reply, repost and interact with from anywhere —bringing network effects directly to decentralized publishing. Popular posts can be shared, re-posted, and discussed by millions of social web users."
https://ghost.org/changelog/6/
#ghost #fediverse #SocialWeb #OpenWeb #blogs #blogging

2025-08-02 16:09:14 UTC

Re-sharing for what would be James Baldwin's 101st birthday.
https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113439103442820640
#JamesBaldwin #BlackHistory #OnThisDay

2025-07-31 13:36:09 UTC

"356 hotel rooms, double-loaded corridors, precast plank and concrete walls, a glass-enclosed pool, sheetrock walls, ribbon glass windows. [...] Hundreds of formerly homeless residents will move in this fall."
https://citylimits.org/we-cracked-the-code-first-hotel-to-housing-conversion-using-state-program-to-open-in-queens/
via https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tkcgpvt5xlhlc3dqspm5xl62/post/3lvb7rcmhwc2b
#news #housing

2025-07-31 12:31:04 UTC

https://venturebeat.com/ai/stack-overflow-data-reveals-the-hidden-productivity-tax-of-almost-right-ai-code/
#new #TechNews #technology #AI #coding #VibeCoding #developers #DeveloperSurvey
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2025-07-23 15:42:45 UTC

Official Mastodon servers will make donations options more visible in their mobile apps, will extend this feature to other servers later.
"For too long, the internet has been shaped by platforms funded by venture capital and advertising. The Fediverse is testament to a different kind of social media: one built for its users, not corporate interests."
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/07/a-nudge-to-fund-our-future/
via https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/114903296713754087
#mastodon #fediverse

2025-07-23 14:07:15 UTC

Nice, the button to load new replies on Mastodon might be coming soon!
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/35210
via https://vmst.io/@mergebot/114902880772682826
#mastodon #fediverse

2025-07-17 17:59:46 UTC

"Published on Thursday by City Comptroller Brad Lander, the report finds that 44 office conversions initiated after the pandemic could transform 15.2 million square feet of office space into as many as 17,400 homes over the coming years."
https://www.6sqft.com/nycs-first-wave-of-office-to-residential-conversions-could-create-over-17000-new-homes-report-says/
As someone who's been working fully remotely for more than five years, --
#news #NYC #housing #RemoteWork #DoingMyPart
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2025-07-15 18:28:08 UTC

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@nprofile…jewr The Fediscovery link seems to require access to a Notion project, not sure if that was intentional.

2025-07-15 12:50:22 UTC

I wrote not one, but two blog posts to celebrate ten years of @nprofile…kqp7.
"A decade of Botwiki"
https://botwiki.org/blog/a-decade-of-botwiki/
"On celebrating small wins during autocracy"
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/on-celebrating-small-wins-during-autocracy/
#botwiki #CreativeBots #botmakers #botmaking #anniversary #TenYears

2025-07-12 21:02:48 UTC

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@nprofile…xt5t Very fair point! Sometimes it's nice to just throw an idea out into the world and see if someone can build upon it.
And I guess impersonation hasn't been a huge problem for the fediverse yet, but it's an interesting challenge to think about ahead of time.

2025-07-12 20:38:38 UTC

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@nprofile…xt5t Yes, I agree that the presentation I chose is not very clear.
Definitely an interesting design challenge given the limited space, but a hover/on-click popup would be a good idea!

2025-07-12 20:06:46 UTC

Someone has probably already thought of this, but I wonder if it would be helpful, at least in search, to show when a verified domain has been registered.
#fediverse #mastodon #verified #verification
https://sbonline.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/842/043/890/010/033/original/81a4f4e587dea646.png

2025-07-03 20:29:03 UTC

The @nprofile…mnev needs our help preserving American history.
"Real history is not just happy stories. But the Secretary of the Interior is asking Americans to report signs in the Parks that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.”
Join our effort to build a community archive of the signs, exhibits, and texts that could soon disappear from our national parks."
https://saveoursigns.org
#SaveOurSigns #NationalParks

2025-07-02 21:26:57 UTC

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@nprofile…jpfa @nprofile…hert Happy anniversary!!

2025-06-27 18:59:25 UTC

Any native Swedish speakers interested in helping review this translation of https://jointhefediverse.net?
https://github.com/jointhefediverse-net/jointhefediverse.net/pull/158
#fediverse #JoinTheFediverse #translation #localization #swedish

2025-06-27 14:32:44 UTC

"As Amazon pushes us harder, it creates organizing opportunities. People have already begun to fight back."
https://labornotes.org/2025/06/amazon-workers-defy-dictates-automation
#labor #WorkersRights #organizing #work #amazon

2025-06-27 12:58:18 UTC

Hi #fediverse, happy Friday!
Here's a little update to the Join the Fediverse website that I'm pretty excited about.
By now, you might've seen @nprofile…74c4's amazing fediverse promo video. And you might also know that she's working on translating it to more languages, with French and Italian versions already available, and subtitles for other languages also provided.
Well, when you visit jointhefediverse.net, the language and subtitles of the video will now match your locale, for example, here's a fully localized Italian version:
https://jointhefediverse.net/learn?lang=it
Pretty neat!

2025-06-22 19:43:41 UTC

#fediverse
https://sbonline.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/728/720/858/393/651/original/a209c2d610501231.mp4

2025-06-22 14:33:37 UTC

Hi, if you speak any of the following languages, I could really use your help translating a few words for https://jointhefediverse.net.
فارسی,العربية,Bahasa Indonesia, Български, Català, Čeština, 简体中文, 繁體中文, Deutsch (DE), Español (ES), Esperanto, Euskara, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, Português (BR), Русский, Slovenčina, Suomi, 臺灣正體中文
- https://github.com/jointhefediverse-net/jointhefediverse.net/issues/118
- https://github.com/jointhefediverse-net/jointhefediverse.net/issues/138
- https://github.com/jointhefediverse-net/jointhefediverse.net/issues/137
#translation #localization #opensource #HelpWanted #fediverse #JoinTheFediverse

2025-06-21 12:07:05 UTC

Happy Fête de la Musique!
Here are my favorite resources for learning how to make music.
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/resources-for-composers-and-music-producers/
More about the World Music Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%AAte_de_la_Musique
#FeteDeLaMusique #WorldMusicDay #music #musicians #LearningMusic

2025-06-17 20:06:25 UTC

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Greater customization for Mastodon servers does sound very nice. No more updating the source code to increase character limit/number of options in polls would be nice! 🤞

2025-06-17 20:05:10 UTC

Mastodon team's priorities for this year: Restructure the organization, grow the user base, reach financial sustainability.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/06/mastodon-2025/
via https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/114700481706646534
#mastodon #fediverse #SocialMedia
https://sbonline.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/700/490/801/563/105/original/754d0b895e8a1186.png

2025-06-17 18:42:00 UTC

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@nprofile…l25h Thank you so much for featuring my music! And a very nice write-up!

2025-06-17 03:01:44 UTC

The kids are alright.
"As protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts continue around the country, kids have begun creating their own protests online using the popular gaming site Roblox."
https://www.latintimes.com/ice-protests-pop-roblox-kids-organize-virtual-demonstrations-frick-ice-585090
#news #USNews #USpol #roblox #ICE #immigration

2025-06-17 01:49:58 UTC

"120 Years of Electronic Music* explores the history, design and development of electronic musical instruments from around 1880 onwards."
https://120years.net
via https://cosocial.ca/@cogdog/114695040933457469
#music #ElectronicMusic #history #archive

2025-06-15 13:12:57 UTC

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@nprofile…qj8a Just got the update. Looks great, but the real innovation?
Description of what's new so that I know what I'm actually installing on my phone. Hope this catches on!

2025-06-15 12:12:15 UTC

Hm. A "proof of concept" pull request that adds "preliminary ActivityPub support" to Bluesky.
https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/pull/3943
Screenshots via https://bsky.app/profile/distraction.engineer/post/3lql7jiqaac2a
#bluesky #fediverse #SocialMedia
https://sbonline.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/687/290/585/963/600/original/58d40e06a9aeb900.png

2025-06-06 23:21:33 UTC

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@nprofile…3nsk Yeah, probably explains why we keep fighting all the same exact fights. We've already figured out fascism is bad, and civil rights are good, what happened?

2025-06-06 23:03:30 UTC

Check in on your friends!
"Time spent alone among young people increased slowly in the second half of the 2010s and then rose sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic. It hasn’t fallen back to earlier levels since then."
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/who-americans-spend-their-time-with?country=~15-29+years
via https://werehere.beehiiv.com/p/trolls-and-time-alone
#MentalHealth #loneliness #stats #data

2025-06-04 12:33:51 UTC

Nice, the first Mastodon 4.4.0 beta is now available:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.0-beta.1
- "Followers you know" widget
- a "featured tab" on profile pages, with "endorsed accounts"
- reminders about missing alt text
- warning if the language of your post doesn't match the selected language
- "experimental support for verifying and displaying remote quote posts"
And plenty more.
"We expect 4.4.0 to be released by the first week of July, possibly sooner."
Official announcement: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/114625074809479231
#mastodon #MastodonBeta #fediverse

2025-06-02 13:27:25 UTC

Tiny Awards are back this year to celebrate "the best of the small, poetic, creative, handmade web".
https://tinyawards.net/nominations/
https://tinyawards.net
#TinyAwards #indieweb #PersonalWebsites #SmallWeb #PoeticWeb #HandmadeWeb

2025-05-27 13:11:02 UTC

A non-stress take on Tetris (made by Adam Tal), where you drag the pieces as if putting together a puzzle.
Pretty relaxing, and calmly addicting.
https://lazytetris.com
#games #WebGames #tetris #LazyTetris #relax

2025-05-26 13:59:38 UTC

An upcoming free zine on "digital grief" is seeking contributions.
"An invitation to art about deleting social media pages, abandoning convenient apps, and choosing to navigate the friction that resurfaces from using cash, calling, and in-person everything."
https://surveillanceresistancelab.org/resources/a-new-zine-on-digital-grief/
#zine #writing #art #contributions #grief #DigitalGrief

2025-05-26 12:54:42 UTC

I just learned, via a mutual, that cron, the job-scheduling command-line utility, is celebrating 50 years this month.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron
(In case anyone cares for this sort of thing on here.)
#cron #anniversary

2025-05-18 14:25:28 UTC

Happy 17th anniversary to the very first fediverse post, by @nprofile…6zhx
https://web.archive.org/web/20230601175229/https://identi.ca/evan/note/Y0QwGyc1QYilqqawkDrQlg
#fediverse #history #FediverseHistory #OnThisDay #OTD #identica #FirstPost #FirstFediversePost
https://sbonline.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/529/283/018/629/923/original/09ea0ea309949a67.png

2025-04-20 15:45:12 UTC

A "celebration of the handmade web", presented as scheduled daily programming across nine channels.
https://hypertext.tv
via https://waxy.org
#indieweb #PersonalWebsites

2025-04-05 14:11:43 UTC

"You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide. Stop using AI for genocide in our region. You have blood on your hands. All of Microsoft has blood on its hands. How dare you all celebrate when Microsoft is killing children. Shame on you all."
https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-employee-disrupts-50th-anniversary-over-israel-ai-contracts-2000585448
Solidarity with Ibtihal Aboussad, and everyone brave enough to speak up to those in power. ✊
#news #protest #IbtihalAboussad #microsoft #microsoft50thAnniversary #antiwar

2025-02-12 14:18:04 UTC

This is indeed awesome!
@nprofile…0txe's "award-winning graduate thesis project [...] explores the relationship, intersections, connections, and divergences of experiences between Black diasporic people".
https://www.candide.xyz/digitized-diasporic-memory/
h/t @nprofile…t9gy

2025-02-10 23:08:02 UTC

Ah, I did notice that Black History Month somehow disappeared from my calendar.
Now I know why. Incredible.
https://www.theverge.com/news/608858/google-calendar-missing-events-holidays
via https://mamot.fr/@Khrys/113982030692186300
#news #TechNews #technology #google #diversity #erasure

2025-01-24 16:42:11 UTC

Starting a new series of tutorials with @nprofile…dqwn and @nprofile…jpw4.
First up: making a fediverse-ready image gallery to show off your artwork, photography, or perhaps your favorite protest art.
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/making-static-sites-on-glitch-image-gallery/
More coming soon!
#PersonalWebsite #websites #indieweb #MakeWebsites #MakeTheWeb #MadeWithGlitch

2025-01-10 23:46:05 UTC

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@nprofile…3wy7 Great to see you taking action!