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2026-04-05 08:56:31 UTC

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This video sums up Peter Thiel pretty nicely. It comes with English subtitles https://youtube.com/watch?v=SKY5pOcEn4U
And on surveillance capitalism in general: https://small-tech.org/videos/the-camera-panopticon/

2026-04-02 18:27:46 UTC

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Rubber ducks are also doing their bit for science https://saveocean.net/2025/08/10/rubber-ducks-vs-the-pacific-the-accidental-science-experiment-that-wouldnt-die/

2026-03-26 05:49:34 UTC

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Maybe it's because I was an early adopt-out-er and they changed how the settings work in the meantime 🤷
That's one thing Mozilla definitely finally did right (aside from the topic whether they should offer an AI bot chat panel in the first place): An AI off-switch that includes all possible future features. Set it and forget it, reliably.

2026-03-25 20:41:22 UTC

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I just double-checked my account and I was opted in. I'm pretty sure I opted out when they first introduced it.

2026-03-17 18:16:20 UTC

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Have a 🤗 too
BTW Tusky App allows the scheduling of posts, but the phone needs to be online at the time you want the post to go through.
Few people use it though, it's a cultural thing I guess plus no pressure to feed the algorithm 🤔
I do use it sometimes when I'm travelling and want to post pictures, so that posts that identify my location only go out after I have already left. That will give me some locational privacy.
@npub16ys…sjae

2026-03-02 10:30:36 UTC

@npub1k2c…kndv here's how you can find the grassroots software switching efforts:
#UnplugTrump https://www.kuketz-blog.de/unplugtrump-free-yourself-digitally-from-trump-and-big-tech/
#DIDay https://di.day
We have a theme tune https://punktube.net/w/1FRFKE4BSjJuLhxhj1A6kS

2026-02-23 11:22:38 UTC

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There seems to be no facility for just wending a simple feedback message about the website. Not going to start a Citizens Initiative or suchlike for that, that would be completely over the top. So, I'll just hope that @npub1cu7…4j9j knows somebody who knows somebody behind the scenes and I trust her that she will try.
@npub1w0v…09fj

2026-02-22 12:24:43 UTC

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That's OK. Maybe you can do something behind the scenes without telling us about it.
@npub1w0v…09fj

2026-02-22 09:11:46 UTC

RE: https://social.folkdata.se/@leanderlindahl/116098960920139847
@npub1cu7…4j9j Do you have any influence on that?
#note17w0…y9fz

2026-02-15 14:58:54 UTC

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It's authentically shit then

2026-02-06 08:26:08 UTC

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Making note of the changes is a good idea. Put it in endnotes rather than footnotes maybe?

2026-02-03 17:06:46 UTC

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Facebook users might also be more comfortable with Friendica rather than Mastodon.
Maybe collaborate with Friendica developers to get a good beginner's guide for Facebook users going?
When working on such a guide, it's always good to have the view of somebody completely new to the software like yourself.

2026-02-03 16:24:25 UTC

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For Non-Gazans who want to help, I suggest following [@gaza_verified_campaigns](https://mastodon.social/@gaza_verified_campaigns )
They post a list of the accounts who have received the least donations in ascending order. I find it helpful in deciding who to donate to.

2026-01-27 10:59:41 UTC

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Since you're talking to Alpha, is this problem on your radar? https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html

2026-01-21 08:46:51 UTC

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Super Analyse, danke!
Du könntest vielleicht da, wo editieren von Posts geht, eine Notiz zum Post hinzufügen, während du denn Originaltext uns die Bilder drin lässt?

2025-12-05 20:55:54 UTC

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You can't help everybody every time, but you can help somebody some of the time

2025-10-08 15:46:52 UTC

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The friend that I told you about that needs every mouse click explained 3 times, write it down and practice?
She uses Firefox & Thunderbird on Windows.
There are people out there who want to some security & software freedom but have absolutely no idea how it all works really.

2025-10-08 12:05:06 UTC

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You and I are comfortable with the command line, but most people will be scared out of their minds if you ask them to do this.

2025-10-08 12:04:31 UTC

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Maybe this will mane my point clearer: The first browser I have ever used was Netscape Navigator 4, and I did know that data was stored in a profile subdirectory named with a hex string when I researched how to create backups and migrate machines.
I had no clue that there's a feature to have multiple profiles, becauseI never actively researched the topic.
Now, how is my friend who needs every mouse click explained 3 times supposed to research the commands and run them?

2025-10-08 11:52:05 UTC

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fromm the command line only though. The point here is the GUI to make the feature accessible to normies.

2025-10-08 11:47:51 UTC

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I guess the innovation here is then that you don't need to relaunch to switch profile. I still remember the days where you had to do a restart if you wanted to switch the UI language... so still some progress I guess.

2025-10-08 11:41:22 UTC

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If it's not in the GUI, it's unknown and/or unusable to most people
@npub14ps…pcuh

2025-10-06 07:21:12 UTC

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There's a website that makes it easy to let them know what you think of it: https://fightchatcontrol.de/

2025-10-04 17:20:34 UTC

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Alle auswählen ist einfach, alle abwählen nicht.

2025-10-03 20:58:24 UTC

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Wenn ich einen Verbesserungsvorschlag für die Seite machen darf: Adressaten per Partei toggeln können. Mit der AfD wollte ich dann doch nichts zu tun haben und das war etwas anstrengend, die alle einzeln aus der Auswahl rauszunehmen.

2025-10-03 20:31:01 UTC

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Das @npub1prv…5px6 ist auf Jeden Fall schonmal dagegen: https://social.bund.de/@bsi/115311313901943003

2025-10-03 18:04:10 UTC

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I follow verified Gazans and have stuck them in a list. This way, I can occasionally look at the list and boost random posts so that hopefully everybody gets a share of donations to keep at least some hope

2025-10-02 20:44:12 UTC

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The site works for me with Firefox on Linux Mint.
Maybe your bank doesn't like it?

2025-09-30 06:24:19 UTC

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That's good news 🙂
I don't have the spoons for another project, but I wish you good luck.
One technical hint: If you want to allow synchronization to YouTube, make sure to add a cron job that will update yt-dlp frequently. It's an arms race. You will also need to use it with a JavaScript engine: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14404

2025-09-29 21:49:38 UTC

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Does it need to stay at 3 people after incorporation?
Just something to think about in case one of you will need to drop out one day because real life happens.

2025-09-23 17:02:22 UTC

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No problem. You and Joy are doing the real work.

2025-09-23 11:23:27 UTC

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I know. I only mentioned it because new Palestinians can accidentally tag the wrong account when they are trying to get in touch with you, which has happened here.

2025-09-23 10:39:22 UTC

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The donation links are identical, so no harm done unless they're scamming and will change the info later.

2025-09-23 08:10:35 UTC

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here's another one to verify: @npub1m2q…kr4h

2025-09-23 07:46:15 UTC

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Also, don't forget to let @npub1p09…m5vl know when you've moved so that he can update your verification

2025-09-23 07:09:56 UTC

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Aral has moved to @npub1p09…m5vl
Aral, how about deleting your old account, to avoid confusion? It's almost empty anyway.

2025-09-22 06:51:27 UTC

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There's a new account to verify at @npub14pg…gva4

2025-09-21 19:59:47 UTC

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PCI! 😁

2025-09-12 09:35:27 UTC

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Also, please don't harass Palestinians about missing AltText. Make an exception and boost it anyway.

2025-09-11 16:53:38 UTC

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What you should be doing instead is to make it both easy and legal to report CSAM. For example, people moderating Mastodon instances hosted out of Germany must immediately delete any CSAM the find without reporting, because if you report, it's proving "possession" which comes which a 11 year minimum prison sentence.
What you need to build up is easy reporting like the USA has, and fund sufficient staff to actually deal with the reports.

2025-09-10 11:06:50 UTC

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I can confirm. https://mas.to/@lolorenad works, https://mastodon.social/@npub1e8r…aq0r doesn't.

2025-08-31 08:17:24 UTC

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If you look at the whole Fediverse and not just Mastodon, it doesn't look that bad - just look at the active users dip last October: https://fediverse.observer/stats&months=48
We probably lost a lot of people to Threads & BlueSky, but the Fediverse has been around since 2008, so it's not going to die any time soon.

2025-08-31 08:01:00 UTC

I am still getting posts in my timeline about people being unsure whether the mastodon "verification" scam is a genuine message.
I have just used the announcement function on my server to notify my user in addition to a post to hopefully reach and warn more users about these fakes.
#MastoAdmin

2025-08-30 08:32:54 UTC

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Not that I know of. You can get underwater photography from @npub1h56…jgrg though.

2025-08-30 08:22:24 UTC

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As bots go, I'm also rather fond of @npub13la…tpdp

2025-08-05 06:09:58 UTC

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You could look into using Lemmmy, Kbin or Piefed for threading
@npub163h…mv0n @npub1d2v…0l89

2025-06-13 09:58:11 UTC

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Merci!
I have stared translating and I noticed that the plural form support hasn't been used at all. Where's the issue tracker for this project?

2025-05-14 07:25:46 UTC

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You don't need to be in the EU, you have to be an EU citizen, no matter where you actually live 😉
Signed from Brexitannia for Germany ✊

2024-12-10 12:49:04 UTC

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He's the admin, so you can just #fediblock the whole domain
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/628/598/022/175/246/original/0c3a35138ad63960.png
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/628/600/423/613/835/original/86bb5f4a40255278.png
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/628/603/706/673/635/original/53540ae3a628d1ac.png
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/628/605/087/361/510/original/7cf999fc763e7550.png

2024-11-30 11:26:16 UTC

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There's also this talk by @npub1p09…m5vl if they prefer watching a video https://ind.ie/the-camera-panopticon/
And a short article if they prefer to read: https://ar.al/2021/05/10/hell-site/
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/571/653/463/978/353/original/81107da2dc2a1e2e.png

2024-11-30 11:03:50 UTC

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Maybe reductio ad hitlerum will do the trick: 6 million Jews also had nothing to hide.
Also, a good example for targeted political ads: https://www.404media.co/this-is-exactly-how-an-elon-musk-funded-pac-is-microtargeting-muslims-and-jews-with-opposing-messages/

2024-11-27 09:11:56 UTC

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Technically, you can do the same the the Fedi's public time lines.

2024-11-23 08:28:58 UTC

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The documentation is very well done, so your daughter can probably do this without any help - just be there to share in the fun 🙂

2024-11-17 23:10:59 UTC

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They probably never heard of Uñicode 🙄

2024-11-15 23:19:48 UTC

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There are some initiatives around
https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/newsroom/2024/mastodon-for-all-university-employees/
https://social.edu.nl/about
https://openbiblio.social/@stabi_berlin
https://mastodon.scot/@npub19tf…ahrh

2024-11-13 12:41:28 UTC

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If you don't want to wait for the new tool, you can try this one: https://mastodon.scot/@gunchleoc/113465941012526518
You'll need to download your Twitter archive first.

2024-11-10 06:38:25 UTC

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No detailed reviews of cultural items, please! 🙄

2024-11-02 19:25:19 UTC

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Noch ein Klassiker...
#TrumpIsACunt
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/414/993/516/033/677/original/4e1882096463b642.png

2024-11-02 10:52:20 UTC

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Don't expect the posh England First club to know any of those dirty foreign languages spoken by subhumans

2024-10-18 19:04:39 UTC

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An initiative called Progress 2028 that purports to be Kamala Harris’ liberal counter to the conservative Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 is actually run by a dark money network supporting former President Donald Trump.
Building America's Future, the dark money group at the helm of the network, has steered money to a constellation of groups and initiatives boosting Trump's agenda and spreading messaging aimed at chipping away voters from Harris.
[@Luis_Fierro](https://mastodon.online/@Luis_Fierro )
#ALT4you

2024-10-16 10:33:15 UTC

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I guess I'm lucky that I have received spam only from 2 instances so far.

2024-10-16 10:29:49 UTC

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This should help: https://mastodon.scot/@gunchleoc/113272716123367111

2024-10-14 17:36:15 UTC

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You should be able reach more Jews with the hashtag #Mazeldon

2024-10-10 08:40:58 UTC

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Es gibt eine Liste, gehostet von IFTAS https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13sskOdKraYo2hSMK353Ijm0_K8WCp-JHs6cyruffedA/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Ich manage das auf meinem Server mit einem Skript: https://mastodon.scot/@gunchleoc/113272716123367111
Das Programm macht auch aus einem Block stattdessen ein Stummschalten, wenn sich Leute zwischen den 2 Servern folgen.

2024-10-08 21:23:16 UTC

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Try this: https://pleroma.envs.net/objects/a98a016a-0378-4620-bcf5-e0e6632a48f7

2024-10-08 20:31:15 UTC

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It's a Python script that I run from my laptop. You'll need to create a token with admin:read admin:write:domain_blocks permissions in the Mastodon software, but no direct server root access.

2024-10-08 20:13:15 UTC

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I wrote a little something after the previous spam wave https://mastodon.scot/@gunchleoc/113272716123367111

2024-10-08 16:21:21 UTC

If you want to use a retractable block list for the current spam wave, use this script: https://mastodon.scot/@gunchleoc/111974599296575736
I'll provide the configuration in follow-up posts
#MastoAdmin #MastoMod #FediAdmin #Spam

2024-09-28 11:12:23 UTC

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If it doesn't have the feature and you have a GitHub account, you could make a feature request https://github.com/Scrabble3D/4.0/issues

2024-09-28 11:09:42 UTC

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I don't know - I helped with developing the Scottish Gaelic translation & dictionary a few year ago and haven't played it since.
It does also have a bot though if nobody's available.

2024-09-28 11:03:12 UTC

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If you want to play against humans online, three's https://github.com/Scrabble3D/Binaries

2024-09-27 03:37:48 UTC

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In Scotland, you get regular nagging letters/e-mails from the local council asking you to update who's voting from your address.
In Germany, everybody has to register their palace of residence and if you're voting age, you get a national ID card and you're automatically registered to vote too. You only need to register manually if you're homeless or living abroad - yes, homeless people can actually vote!
The way the US organizes its electoral roll is f-ing nuts.
#uspol

2024-09-18 09:36:09 UTC

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Thanks!
Is there a way to trigger re-transcoding of all old videos to split out the audio stream & save disk space?

2024-09-03 20:21:22 UTC

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WTF https://invidious.privacydev.net/watch?v=lUVQz6_-vxc

2024-05-16 06:23:03 UTC

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BTW I originally didn't get what calling the main branch in git "master" was a problem, because in my mind it meant "skillful person", as in "master journeyman".
I have since learned to listen to the victims and change my mind - what it means to them takes priority, because it's harmful and rubbing their nose in it should be avoided.

2024-05-16 05:57:20 UTC

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OK, somebody has now given me the context.
You did unintentionally cross the line and after being called out on it, refused to admit fault, on a very traumatizing subject.
Apologize, edit or delete your post and move on, and the dogpile will go away.

2024-05-15 20:37:12 UTC

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WTF 😱

2023-09-24 15:22:09 UTC

To speakers of underrepresented languages: If your language isn't available in Mastodon's posting window and you'd like me to add it, please let me know.
I will need:
1. Locale code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes 2-letter ISO 639-1 codes are preferred, and if not available, we can use a 639-3 code instead
2. English name
3. Native name
If your language is small, try not to be too granular re. dialect so that you will get more posts when filtering.
Boosts welcome.
#i18n #Indigenous #BlackMastodon