2025 is the year of consciously uncoupling from Big Tech.

@trbutler not sure what the backend is for most journo outlets but I'd hope we could have a new AP server someday that competes with it. AP projects have been mostly decentralized versions of the corporate platforms but we could have a very different model here. designed around type of user instead of type of content.

When one of us comes up, we all come up — that's not just a motto, it's literally how federation works. When Pixelfed blooms, Mastodon grows and PeerTube thrives. No walled gardens, just shared roots. #buildingTogether

Number of times posted in 2025: 1Stencil spotted in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

Calling anyone who considers themself an #indiemusician, an #indieband or an #unsignedartist !We are #NewHere and confusingly, not an actual record label. We're just two musicians who are passionate about the indie music scene. Located in the US and Germany, we're interested in indie music of all genres from across the globe.Our hopes are that this account will amplify great indie music and connect musicians worldwide!#supportindiemusic #introduction

@keefmarshall @moonshinebrigade @axwax @mirlo a great, thoughtful, educational read! Thanks for sharing the draft, happy to amplify when you’re ready to mark it as published.

#Fediverse music service #Bandwagon, an ActivityPub-enabled alternative to #Bandcamp, is testing out a #music discovery search engine. I welcome this development, especially early in the development cycle. One of the key stumbling blocks with the Fediverse is social discovery. So to see this happening is fantastic! https://bandwagon.fm/2025-01-22-Search-Engine

anyway, don't mind me, I'm just re-re-re-redoing some shit that is downstream from the fact that in activitypub, anything can be anything. And also collection addressing.

I have long used the #HackersCoffee playlist on #spotify as a focusing tool for studies and work. But now that I've said goodbye to spotify I need to find an alternative. https://bonkwave.org looks like a very promising candidate. In my opinion it sounds like film music from the 90s. Reminds me of the music in Ghost in the Shell or maybe the film Hackers.#bonkwave #MusicRecommendation

@blainsmith what's this project about? Is this some sort of @Castopod? the repo lacks an introduction

@Unfoldedmemory000 I'm sorry that's happening though! I wonder what went wrong, as I can stream the music from here...

Finally found some energy/motivation.8 bugs found and fixed in Dungeons of Freeport and counting. One more to go then some more play testing.New beta should be ready by end of this afternoon I think...

This was made possible by some great innovations.First, @benpate 's federated music service https://bandwagon.fm allowed us to upload the albums.Then, an integration between #Bandwagon and #TheIndieBeat FM radio station meant the tracks could be shared directly to the station.Finally, @mizkirsten created a new channel specifically for us, managed by me, and now curated by the #BonkWave contributors.This type of collaboration feels like a big step into the future!

I’ve been strongly considering said “gzip shenanigans” on my sites, to deal with hackers scanning for vulnerabilities. Anyone have suggestions on how to get started?@whvholst @aaron

Merci à @mizkirsten pour la radio, à @benpate pour bandwagon et à @keefmarshall pour la chaîne thématique.#indieMusic #bonkWave #notBonkWave

if you need to shorten the word "cryptocurrency" (I get it, it's five syllables) I invite you to consider that "coinscam" is the same number of syllables as "crypto" and a hell of a lot more unambiguous

For previous threads on Fediverse Labelers see:https://mastodon.social/@reiver/113825206793984884And:https://mastodon.social/@reiver/113822862806430217.#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #ActivityPubProfile #DeSo #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FediverseLabeler #FediverseLabelers #FediverseLabels #JSONLD #OpenWeb #OpenSocial #SocialWeb

It’s going to be truly wild if ActivityPub hits critical mass because of #pixelfed, which I enthusiastically hope occurs.Many more people use Instagram than ever have or will Twitter, so the upside of an effective alternative that runs AP is massive. https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/113828840557663821

@soph I mean, why even bother 4 puny little Celsius degrees when you could have 40 awesome, freedom-loving Fahrenheits?You can have my thermometer when you pry it from my 40 degree, dead hands.