@stefan Happy Fediversary Stefan! 🥳 The Fediverse is a better place with you in it. Thank you for everything you do.

P.S.: I hope you will find a new server for your bots and the move will be smooth and painless

Awww! In a case of PERFECT TIMING - to distract me from today’s events - I just received in the mail the stickers I ordered from @molly0xfff - with the sweetest handwritten note. Thank you Molly!!! 🥰️

P.S.: Molly’s online store is here: https://store.mollywhite.net/ (I need to buy the t-shirt “Leader of the Luddites” before Fosdem)

#gratitude

High anxiety this week for our friends across the Atlantic, but all over the world, really.

Whenever my close friends are facing a tough situation, I offer my support but also encourage them to think: “What is the BEST that could happen?”

I need to heed this advice and focus on best case scenarios for the next 24 hours. Visualizing a gentle blue wave washing over a beach (and listening to relaxing beach sounds for the rest of the day)

Solidarity from an Italian in Paris

@stefan Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks is a masterclass in storytelling, with many memorable anecdotes

@shollyethan awwwwwww this is SOOO COOL I hadn’t gotten around to reading their latest newsletter yet because it’s been a super busy weekend with my extended family. I’m now smiling from ear to ear

3-year-old: “Mom what are you doing?”

Me: “I’m building a computer. This is called a Raspberry Pi”

3-year-old grabs the Pi box and smells it: “Is there soap inside?”

When I reply “No” she completely loses interest and goes to play with her toy coffee machine

#EleLearnsLinux #adventuresincomputing #RaspberryPi

@dansup you’re doing incredible work on here Dan! As I said before, I can’t believe people complain over amazing free platforms you are giving us as gifts

@dansup Awesome! I can't wait to get the invite 🥳

@stefan thank you for the kind words Stefan! You've done so many incredible things in the Fediverse, I can't believe it's only been two years for you too.

I'll definitely get in touch in a couple of weeks for an interview re: your bots

On the two year anniversary of joining #Mastodon I'm super proud to share:

The Future is Federated - issue no.13

"The #Fediverse has empowered me to take back control from Big Tech. Now I want to help others do the same."

The Fediverse has empowered me to take back control from Big Tech. Now I want to help others do the same.

The Fediverse has helped me regain control from the behavior modification empires of Big Tech. Now I want to help other people do the same.

Elena Rossini (blog.elenarossini.com)

with mentions of @forgeandcraft (who made this awesome Fediverse t-shirt) @phanpy @ivory @Tusky @nimi @Roneyb @davidoclubb

#FOSS #FLOSS #Matrix #TheFutureIsFederated #blog #tech #activism #BigTech #socialmedia #education

@stefan @ricmac This is such a phenomenal resource, thank you Stefan!!!

@stefan @ricmac This reminds me that I need to interview you for my blog about your bots… and maybe have you do a little tutorial about how to create one (I’m so eager to make one and this interoperability sounds amazing)

@ricmac pinging @stefan

If you harbored any doubts regarding #Bluesky and their claims of decentralization, you HAVE TO read this brilliant, insightful toot by @jonny about the impossibility of multiple relays and what would happen if one tried to split off from #Bsky the corporation: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/113365406995624763

I actually recommend you read the whole thread - and follow Jonny! (Thank you for the recommendation @oblomov!)

#socialmedia #ATProto

@oblomov@sociale thank you for sharing these insightful toots!

And thank you @jonny for taking the time to write in such detail about Bluesky. Illuminating stuff

@pfefferle @opendna ah yes! I had installed / activated Open Graph but Yoast SEO gave me a warning about interference, so I had to deactivate it 🥲

I’m about to horrify my Italian mamma by going outside with wet hair… but hey I don’t have time to blow dry it today and it may rain anyway.

Would I ever let my 3-year-old go outside with wet hair? Of course not!

@opendna thank you for the heads-up! I see that @pfefferle is a contributor to this plugin. I’ll definitely add it to my site

@rwg I so wish I could be teleported there… both lectures sound amazing.

Do you know if they will be recorded in some way?

@liaizon I'm watching @laurenshof 's presentation now, it's SOOO GOOD. Thank you for sharing!