Good morning #Fediverse.

How is everyone today? Any good plans for the day?

I had to take my youngest to school today because my other daughter is sick and couldn’t take her. So now I’m at work way earlier than usual.

I just have the regular work schedule today. I’m still working on moving the client into their own MSP stuff as I was doing yesterday. Not sure what may also come up but hope nothing crazy does.

After work I have church and then will just relax for the rest of the day.

#GoodMorning #KoffeeWithKyle #HappyThursday

@_elena Thank you for the shoutout, and for writing this, I have the same view of the #Fediverse which gives us the opportunity to all be active contributors - at our own scale - rather than passive consumers, I really appreciate how you put it in words with a experienced example and even practical suggestions for contributions.. Bravo! 🙌❤️

Vähän pöhkösti otsikoitu eikä ehkä sisältökään ole aivan timanttista yksityiskohtien osalta, mutta ... #Yle taisi just boostata #Mastodon'ia ja muita #fediverse palveluita!

Olispa keskitetty palvelu mistä tätä nousua vois seurata graafeilta... (vitsi vitsi, vaikka oliskin aika kiinnostava nähdä)

https://yle.fi/a/74-20140346

🚀 New on #TheFutureIsFederated 👩‍🚀

"Supporting the Fediverse, one small act at a time"

https://blog.elenarossini.com/supporting-the-fediverse-one-small-act-at-a-time/

with shout-outs to: @elduvelle @nacly @nclm @thek3nger @docpop @angie_marie2 @frank @dansup

#tech #Fediverse #activism #BigTech #SocialMedia #FOSS #FLOSS #blog

Hello everyone. I'm Stomata.
It's time for an #introduction .
I'm #linux and #android enthusiast (Mostly android).I'm a supporter of free and open source software. I do a yearly donation to different open source projects.
I'm coffee lover. I'm #degoogled person.
I also do little #photography (I'm not that good in it honestly).
I joined #fediverse in June 2024 . I just migrated.
I'm also on pixelfed 🙂
@Stomata@pixey.org
Thank you for reading.

🚀 Reverse Engineer, Threat Research Engineering (Remote)
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#cyber #cybersecurity #job #mastodon #fediverse #fedihire #fedijobs #getfedhired #infosec #hiring #gethired #joboffer #flossjobs #jobhunt

#Fediverse
12 POSTs on Fediverse ( 2025-01-30 07:46:07 - 2025-01-30 20:25:14 )
https://fplog.cyou/altarf/1738237505976236.html

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🏢 BlackRock
📍 Dublin, Ireland

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#cyber #cybersecurity #job #mastodon #fediverse #fedihire #fedijobs #getfedhired #infosec #hiring #gethired #joboffer #flossjobs #jobhunt

🚀 Managing Security Consultant
🏢 NCC Group
📍 Singapore

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#cyber #cybersecurity #job #mastodon #fediverse #fedihire #fedijobs #getfedhired #infosec #hiring #gethired #joboffer #flossjobs #jobhunt

#snac #selfhosting #fediverse

#GutenMorgen liebe #Mastodonier und #Fediverser,

es ist Donnerstag, der 30. Januar 2025. Die #Sternzeit beträgt -37919.6 (ab dem ersten Warp Flug von Zefran Cochrane, 2063), bzw. -297919.6 (ab TNG, 2323). Wir befinden uns auf der Plattform https://lsbt.me, im Internet des Planeten Erde, im System Sol, in der Milchstraße (Sagittarius A*), im Universum.

Wir haben aktuell 191 User. Diese haben bisher 34131 Tröts geschrieben. Das sind 178.70 Tröts pro Rüssel.

Es folgt die Weisheit des Tages:

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Nichts ist einfacher als sich schwierig auszudrücken, und nichts ist
schwieriger als sich einfach auszudrücken.
-- Karl Heinrich Waggerl
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#mastodon #fediverse #stats #statistics #lsbt #lgbt #weisheit #weisheiten #weisheitdestages #trans #gay #schwul #lesbian #lesbisch #homo #transsexualität #transsexuell #transgeschlecht #transgeschlechtlich #safeplace #adminpost #morningpost

@niksii

Kyllä se taitaa olla niin että #kahvi on Suomen suosituin, viraalein, ja aidoin #sosiaalinenmedia. Sorry #Fediverse.

Hmm... Saiskohan kahvin jotenkin kytkettyä tai uutettua #ActivityPub iin? 🤔

@piiabartos

Guten Morgen #fediverse.
Die Wut von gestern ist nicht verflogen. Irgendetwas muss ich tun, nur was?
Ich bin tatsächlich am überlegen einer Partei beizutreten..dachte nie, dass mir das mal passieren würde.
Naja, ich wünsche euch einen schönen Vizefreitag und lasst euch nicht ärgern
#gutenmorgen

why are the "trending posts" different on this server than other servers? for example, C.im has a ripping refresh rate, with amost entirely different content than my current server.
i thought the #fediverse was uniform.. #mastodon #howtomastodon
im new here so any feedback will likely be useful.

🚀 Security Architect CISO – security data & reporting
🏢 ING
📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands

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#cyber #cybersecurity #job #mastodon #fediverse #fedihire #fedijobs #getfedhired #infosec #hiring #gethired #joboffer #flossjobs #jobhunt

The Kickstarter campaign for #Pixelfed is going nicely, having reached twice its original funding goal after only one week.

I am supporting this campaign with non-trivial amounts of money, since I see this as yet another good opportunity to weaken the stranglehold of corporate social media. And this campaign had good timing - the "official app" was released just before #Meta revealed their new, pro-fascist policy changes and started to look for alternatives to #Instagram .

Furthermore, among those who have heard of the #Fediverse at all, most believe it to be identical with #Mastodon . Pixelfed is also an opportunity to change that perception - that we have a whole ecosystem of interconnected apps and services here which is greater than the sum of its parts.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixelfed/pixelfed-foundation-2024-real-ethical-social-networks/posts/4297871

🚀 IN_Associate _S&G_ Strategy & Governance _ Advisory _Chennai & Bangalore
🏢 PwC
📍 Chennai, India

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#cyber #cybersecurity #job #mastodon #fediverse #fedihire #fedijobs #getfedhired #infosec #hiring #gethired #joboffer #flossjobs #jobhunt

How often do you update your devices’ software?

Please BOOST for a wider audience and maximum results. 🙏🏼

#Polls #Poll #KylePoll #POTD #Question #QOTD #Software #Tech #Updates #Fediverse

Improving snac Performance with Nginx Proxy Cache

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/01/29/improving-snac-performance-with-nginx-proxy-cache/

#Data #Fediverse #FreeBSD #Hosting #ITNotes #Networking #Nginx #NoteHUB #OwnYourData #Server #Snac #Snac2 #Social #TipsAndTricks #Tutorial #Web

Hey #fediverse: does anyone know what channel.org actually is? Is it providing a useful service for someone, somewhere? The homepage makes it look like enterprise big-tech marketroid nonsense, but for nonprofits. It seems to boost random posts to random hashtags with bots. Is there a purpose other than fake engagement here? Or should I block it to save my notifications from random noise.

Today I'm sending Positive Energy channeled through Universal Love to all people on the Fediverse who have given me info on questions I asked, and taught me how to do certain things in more efficient manners.

In the short time I've been here (since 2K18 from my 1st account/instance) I've gone from dormant to active when I was forced out from Twitter, due to the Elon_Musk_Effect.

When people saw posts of mine with accompanying gfx and could not process them due to eyesight issues, one of those kind souls taught me about the existance of @altbot as built by @micr0 which gave me the power to let AI do something positve while generating Alt text on the fly, enabling those users to also fully read my posts as they are intended

At a certian point I started to see posts by @stefano after I read a few of his powerful & informative posts on providing solutions for small (company) users, companies and single individuals (many strangers on the Fediverse) using the power of OpenSource as a whole, not tying himself to one particular platform or hardware area. If the fix is best in freeBSD he'll teach you / implement that, if the fix is best in OpenDOS due to your hardware / VM / Emulator / jail used he'll go so far to give you that, using the KISS principle.

Stefano's philosophy synchronizes so close to mine, it's a natural progression for me to follow the work that he releases more closely and bring myself to higher modulation frequencies in the IT computer & networking spectrum.

Thanks to all of you I was linked to skilled network and hardware techs like @gyptazy who selflessly setup sophisticated platforms for individuals to teach themselves *BSD OS installation & configuration almost from scratch, by giving freeBSD & other VM's through load-balanced Proxmox systems.

Going on will take long and I will fill the 5k character width I have available here, thanks to the max available parameters setup on this FediVerse instance by the System Operator.
Instead I will pause with a
^Z

#GiveThanksAnyDay #GiveThanksDay #UniversalLove #ProxMox #SocialMedia #ElonMuskEffect #Elonmusk #Twitter #Fediverse #freeBSD #netBSD #openBSD #bash #csh #ksh #POSIX #OpenSource #programming

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dark-themed status page shows the BoxyBSD logo in ASCII art at the top. Below, it displays system information, including hypervisor status with locations (France, Canada, Germany, Netherlands), misc. online services (website, matrix bot, provisioning, gyptazy services), statistics (boxes provisioned, OS images, uptime), and contact information.  The bottom shows the URL boxybsd.com/status.

For this week's #ThankYouTuesday, I want to thank Elena Rossini - @_elena

Elena is an incredibly positive person, one of those people who bring optimism and passion to the Fediverse. She has been a strong supporter of free communication for a long time, detailing the main platforms of the Fediverse and currently working on a video (because yes, she’s also a very talented filmmaker) all about the Fediverse.

Thank you, Elena. You’re one of those people who radiate optimism, positivity, enthusiasm, and passion, and it’s thanks to people like you that free communication thrives.

People are tired of “influencers” driven solely by sponsorships.
Passion, dedication, and genuine belief in a cause make all the difference - and they always will.

#ThankYou #Fediverse #BeFree

@_elena @nclm Glad to see @nclm beat me to it! 😆 I just added a caption translation and extra info to the "Structured data" tab of the #Wikimedia photo so it can be (hopefully) more discoverable:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fediverse_smartphone_apps_(photo_by_Elena_Rossini).jpg

BTW @_elena if you want, you could include links to your Fediverse profiles, website, etc. to your Wikimedia account page!

Really happy to see the #Fediverse and Wikimedia-verse #multiverse coming together. 😅

And the photo is now on the #Wikipedia page for the #Fediverse! 🥳

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse

How did this happen?

Encouraged by @nacly I created a Wikimedia account and uploaded the photo here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fediverse_smartphone_apps_(photo_by_Elena_Rossini).jpg

And @nclm was super kind to add it to the Fediverse page (English and French). I can't thank you enough!!! ❤️

#FediLove

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a screenshot of the Fediverse page on Wikipedia, with my photo embedded in the Software section

I will be at #Fosdem and the Fosdem #pgday this weekend. A lot of #Postgres related content, for work, and a lot of #fediverse related content, for the hobby :-)

If you wanna meet, let me know!

I have some mastodon.world and lemmy.world stickers for those that can find me ...

Travel safely!

@_elena Thanks! Oh and speaking of #Wikipedia, a possible example of what you could do is to edit the Wikipedia article about the Fediverse:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse

By inserting your stock photo from #Wikimedia Commons! One place for it could be under the "Software" sub-heading of that article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse#Software

I like how different parts of the Wikimedia-verse ties together like the different platforms/apps of the #Fediverse. 😁

@_elena Excited to see this "stock" photo published, thank you for all that you have done (and are doing)! ❤️ 🙏

May I strongly suggest also publishing your images and (upcoming) videos to #Wikimedia Commons?

https://commons.wikimedia.org/

Unsplash may help with exposure, but the Wikimedia Commons is much more in line with the spirit of the #Fediverse and #opensource tech!

P.S. This is not the same as #Wikipedia, though you may want to post something there, too!

Good morning Fedi friends!

ICYMI yesterday I created a "stock" photo for flagship Fediverse apps* - so that writers could use it to illustrate articles about the #Fediverse.

(*Lemmy is a shortcut to the Lemmy.world website.)

I applied the KISS principle (Keep It Simple) because mainstream media does such a terrible job covering the Fediverse. I didn't want to add extra complexity.

For ease of use / maximum exposure I created an account on #Unsplash for it: https://unsplash.com/@elenarossini

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a screenshot of my Unsplash profile page showing my Fediverse apps pic

#HowTo install & run #snac on #FreeBSD - run your own #ActivityPub instance in the #Fediverse!

In the last days I often got asked about #snac / #snac2 as an alternative to #Mastodon and I can highly recommend it! I few months ago, I already wrote a HowTo about setting snac up on a FreeBSD instance - might be worth to share again :) if you’re using snac, you might also want to use my relay service at https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com to make your posts more visible in the Fediworld.

#opensource #fediverse #fediworld #alternatives #community #FreeBSD #RUNBSD #BoxyBSD #activitypub #mastodon #relay #community #federated

https://gyptazy.com/install-snac2-on-freebsd-an-activitypub-instance-for-the-fediverse/

My best shot at a stock photo for the #Fediverse, showing its most popular projects.

Please show some mercy, I am not a hand model (obvi) and my masking skills are a little rusty.

If some photographers would like to improve it, I could share my original photo and screenshot.

Hilariously, when I opened the tripod my bracelet got stuck in it and I semi-panicked for a few moments because I was home alone... with a tripod stuck to my wrist. Thankfully I managed to free myself 😂

#FediLove

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a photo of a hand holding up a smartphone. On screen you see the folder "Fediverse" and 5 app icons: Lemmy (actually a shortcut to the website), Loops, Mastodon, PeerTube and Pixelfed

This is your reminder that if your post is set to "Public", then anyone can and probably will, do anything they want with your posts.

With over 20,000 Fedi instances and 10m accounts, you have no way to tell who or what is consuming your posts and what they could be doing with them.

Consider your public posts as if you just threw them out on the sidewalk for all to see. There's no expectation of privacy on the sidewalk.

See: Awakari for an example of a service that has been on Fedi for over a year now that sells data based on topics discussed.

How do I know they sell it? There's an option on their site that says "Free first 30 days of access", implying that there's a fee after the 30 days.

Do yourself a favor and don't post publicly if you expect privacy.

#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Privacy

It just occurred to me that the Forbes article uses a stock photo of a hand holding up a smartphone with a bunch of apps from mainstream, for-profit social media... even if the piece is about the #Fediverse.

So on my to do list for today: recreating a similar photo showing Fediverse software instead. Like, how my actual phone looks like.

As a photographer, I feel it's my duty to do this.

I will give the pic a CC BY-ND license. Thoughts?

And fellow photographers will you join in?

And now, let's start!

#Fediverse #snac #snac2 #NewWeekNewInstance

Learning en orienting myself into the code of snac

Snac is fascinating

https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

🖋️ #bash #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #freeBSD #FediVerse #OpenRelay #openBSD #netBSD #ZFS #Filesystems #Linux #POSIX #Programming #snac

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screenshot of a Codeberg page showing the project "grunfink/snac2," described as "A simple, minimalistic ActivityPub instance written in portable C". The page displays statistics: 3201 commits, 69 tags, 1 branch, and a size of 9.2 MiB. There's a list of files and folders including "default," "artwork," "doc," "examples," ".gitignore," and "activitypub.c."

New #Fediverse Instance Home = new #Introduction Toot.
As per my profile I am a Scotsman in Kentucky. Born 1967 and moved to USA in 1999 to marry my wife Arianna.

Most of the details you need of my life are in my #HPR (Hacker Public Radio) shows: https://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents/0437.html
These include:
hpr4258 :: Introduction and History of Using Computers
hpr4288 :: God's Pantry Food Bank (my workplace)
#Linux #FoodBank

Today I joined https://polymaths.social
According to Wikipedia:
"A polymath or polyhistor is an individual whose knowledge spans many different subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems."
With my many years and experiences I believe I fit this description.

Please feel free to ask me anything. I shall attempt to answer.

¿This relay has been closed indefinitely due to user abuse right @gyptazy ?

I'm correcting myself, why leaving the error up. I see that I've convoluted two different services

It is a beautiful FediVerse relay service
Thank you for the time that you've taken to set it up for us all

https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com/

🖋️ #bash #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #freeBSD #FediVerse #OpenRelay #openBSD #netBSD #ZFS #Filesystems #Linux #POSIX #Programming

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Screen capture which shows the "AodeRelay" app information page. The top displays "AodeRelay v0.3.116-main-6ff7b597 on fedi-relay.gyptazy.com". Below, an "About" section details the app as a free Fediverse relay service supporting smaller instances, particularly single-user setups, by improving visibility and connectivity. It's powered by ActivityPub software and supports platforms like Mastodon, Pleroma, and GoToSocial. The bottom shows a website address "fedi-relay.gyptazy.com" and a "Rules" section. A number "16" and three icons are also visible at the bottom right.

I like to support my Fediverse Instance, so I have set up a monthly payment plan to assist Polymaths.social
https://polymaths.social/
I highly recommend, if you are able, to support your own Instance in such a way.
#Fediverse #Instance #Support

The comments with people running from one enshitifcated platform to the next platform ready for enshitifcation.

"Cool, cool, cool. I’ll be at Bluesky.”

"The cool kids are on Bluesky anyway.”

"T'is a great time to be on bsky.”

"I hope Bluesky can try something bold to generate revenue.”

And then there is the voice of reason:

"You know Mastodon has all of it, no ads, can be free or you can chip in a few bucks.”

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/24/24351141/meta-threads-ads-test

#mastodon #fediverse #bluesky #threads

As someone who is totally blind, the Fediverse is the only place where I have ever been able to follow people such as photographers, artists, or even those who post pictures of their cats or the food they ate. The reason is that most of them use alt text. They take the time to describe the images that my screen reader can't recognise. Some write the descriptions themselves, and others use tools such as altbot. Some worry that their descriptions aren't good enough, especially when they are new at this. Let me assure you, not only are they good enough, they are extremely appreciated! If the rest of the world thought as you did, it would be a much better place. Don't hesitate to ask if you're unsure of something, but never think that we don't notice your effort.

#appreciation #accessibility #altbot #alttext #blind #blindness #fediverse #gratitude #images #inclusivity #peoplewhocare #pictures #technology

Just a few days ago, I lunched my new relay service for the #Fediverse and I'm really happy to see that there're already many ones connected to - more than 50 instances in just a few days!

But what makes me even really happy is to see, that my service [2] also gets linked in the release notes of #snac [1] / #snac2 - and I can recommend the usage of relay services (it doesn't matter which one!) to everyone. It provides more content from connected instances to you, but also brings your posts - from your local instance - up to other ones within the federated network where it can get much easier distributed around other instances.

#snac is the perfect way to host an own fediverse instance. Using the #ActivityPub protocol allows you to connect to all other instances. With the integrated #Mastodon API, you can also use most of your usual clients or web clients. Snac is light, fast, does not require any database and follows the KISS way - which the most of us BSD people are living. With relay services, it's the perfect match for singe-user instances and @grunfink is always open for ideas and to help! It does not always need to be #Mastodon, #GoToSocial etc!

And if you're using any other software, you may still benefit by using relay services. And if you're still looking for a guide, howto setup snac2 on #FreeBSD, my howto [3] might help you out.

[1]: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
[2]: https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com
[3]: https://gyptazy.com/install-snac2-on-freebsd-an-activitypub-instance-for-the-fediverse/

#community #opensource #development #coding #c #clang #homelab #hosting #BSD #RUNBSD #Howto

Tiny Mastodon Poll 👀

Are you new here?
Or not?
Or just came back?

#Mastodon #Fediverse

Nah I'm good over on Lemmy. https://lemmy.world/c/emacs

@pizzatorque #Emacs #Fediverse

#CrazyFediverseAnalogies

🎥 officially entering pre-production for my video series about the #Fediverse 🎬

THANK YOU for encouraging me to do this. It feels really energizing ❤️

I’m often thinking about this brilliant quote by filmmaker Ava DuVernay: “If your dream is only about you, it’s too small.”

My dream / lofty goal: for everyone to know about the #Fediverse and why / how to join it.

Striving to create an easy to follow, persuasive video explainer.

P.S.: I changed my bio 👀 (I’m no longer a “filmmaker on hiatus”)

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A screenshot showing how my profile appears in the app Ivory. Under my name Elena Rossini, there is this bio: director of The Illusionists documentary. Soon: a Fediverse video series. And then a letter emoji followed by the hashtag The Future is Federated