In the Netherlands, the trees were leaned against the houses to prevent them from falling down during the storm.

#Poly #storm

Photo credits: Storm damage in Harlem by Pieter Perquin

PS: Because I was asked a lot: No, they didn't really do that on purpose, but I was making a little fun about it because it looks as if they did ...

Are you wondering why this place is on so many servers?

There are really important reasons for this, to do with user safety, sustainability, and empowerment of users and grassroots communities. You can read all the reasons here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers/

On a centralised network like Twitter etc, if owners turn bad, users are stuck there, powerless to do anything. Owners can get away with terrible things.

On decentralised networks, users have real power, and bad owners suffer consequences.

A year ago if you told me that Instagram would be joining the fediverse, I'd think your crazy.

Let's not forget why they are doing this though, thanks to EU laws they have to make data portable, and with federation support they can portray their monopolistic practices in a different light.

Meta is an advertising company, we are their next market to break into. Remember this.

The view from the surface of a Comet, an alien landscape captured by the Rosetta spacecraft during its visit to Comet 67P.

Credit: ESA/Rosetta/ @Landru79
Further reading: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180426.html