Mastodawn

Kit Ling Blackmore Aug 25, 2025

Mastodon Migration Aug 22, 2025

So, again today we get another crystal clear example of how #Bluesky is not decentralized. The company just blocked all users from an entire US state and those users are completely cut off. No other way to interact with the Bluesky network.

BECAUSE BLUESKY IS A CENTRALIZED PLATFORM.

Folks on Bluesky. There is a decentralized alternative. Just create an account on any decentralized Mastodon server. You will love it here. Promise.

https://joinmastodon.org/

Mastodon - Decentralized social media

Learn more about Mastodon, the radically different, free and open-source decentralized social media platform.

Kit Ling Blackmore Aug 16, 2025

Wulfy—Speaker to the machines Aug 16, 2025

AI petition.

https://greens.org.au/campaigns/protect-australians-ai

"Protect #Australians from #AI"

#Australian #Greens Petition.

Now is your chance to actually do something about AI rather than just posting silly memes.

Protect Australians From AI | The Australian Greens

The Australian Greens

Kit Ling Blackmore Jul 24, 2025

TWiT News Feed Jul 24, 2025

Trump, who promised to save TikTok, threatens to shut down TikTok - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/tiktok-will-shut-down-soon-if-china-wont-agree-to-trumps-deal-official-says/

“TikTok is going to go dark,” commerce secretary warns as negotiations falter.

#1042

Trump, who promised to save TikTok, threatens to shut down TikTok

“TikTok is going to go dark,” commerce secretary warns as negotiations falter.

Ars Technica

Kit Ling Blackmore Jul 24, 2025

Jonah Aragon

Jul 23, 2025

Buried in Proton's AI announcement today is a pretty shocking detail about their service 👀

Because of legal uncertainty around Swiss government proposals to introduce mass surveillance — proposals that have been outlawed in the EU — Proton is moving most of its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland. Lumo will be the first product to move.

#Proton #Switzerland #Privacy #EuroStack #ProtonMail

Introducing Lumo: AI where every conversation is confidential | Proton

Lumo gives you the power to solve problems big and small, while keeping your personal data confidential. Try it now.

Proton

Kit Ling Blackmore Jul 14, 2025

Fedi.Tips Jul 11, 2025

⚠️ If you see a post or DM saying "your account is currently suspended for verification purposes", do NOT click on the link. It is a scam.

Fediverse servers do not ask people to verify their identity. There is an optional self-verification system, but that's just for those who want to use it. No one is ever asked to do it.

If you are in ANY doubt about ANY official-looking message, contact your own server's admin directly using their public email address on your server's website's "About" page.

Kit Ling Blackmore Jul 11, 2025

Kevin Beaumont Jul 10, 2025

The new version of Mastodon server has an optional admin feature where referrers can be sent when people click links. Enable it for large servers.

Here’s it in action - when people on my Mastodon server click links to my blog, I can see they’re from Mastodon. Other publishers can too. It will drive the importance of Mastodon as a platform. Almost all my traffic is under “direct”, which I strongly suspect is Mastodon servers without the feature enabled.

Kit Ling Blackmore Jul 2, 2025

It’s time for us (and our phone) to find a way to escape from Meta…

https://mastodon.social/@Sarahp/114756970625617295

Kit Ling Blackmore Jul 2, 2025

JA Westenberg Jul 2, 2025

People are shocked to discover they need to fact-check ChatGPT and I'm having the uncomfortable realization that they never fact-checked their uncle's Facebook posts, their friend's medical advice, or literally anything Google's top result told them, and suddenly the last decade makes sense...

Kit Ling Blackmore Jun 12, 2025

Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂Jun 10, 2025

Dear Fedi friends,

I'm really proud to share with you a video I made: "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

In this 4-minute video I explain what the #fediverse is to people not familiar with it, mentioning some of its great features and benefits (interoperability, no ads, no surveillance...) and I set it in contrast to the world of Big Tech social platforms. I argue that, with the rise of Big Tech oligarchs and the current political climate, there has never been a better time to join the fediverse.

I hope you will enjoy this video and that you will find it useful (maybe as a tool to introduce your friends, family, colleagues, school administrators, local government officials to it).

The fediverse has truly changed my life, making me a better, more empowered digital citizen. I am endlessly grateful for it, so this is my contribution to the cause ❤️

I am also incredibly thankful for the work of @samaaberg and @patel.riyen who helped me bring my vision to life with their amazing cinematography skills and their assistance throughout the process, providing brilliant feedback to the script / edits from the POV of fedi newbies.

And I was also moved by the generous help of people of the Fediverse who volunteered to translate the script into many foreign languages: @jan @fritjof @erikkemp @sknob @severin @clabru @tarcisiosurdi @hongminhee @danielcasanueva @ainali @nacly

Lastly, I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to premiere the video last week at #FediForum - thank you @j12t and @anca

The video is up on my self-hosted PeerTube instance (thank you @yunohost) and for now it is unlisted as I have no idea how my VPS will hold up. I also included an alternate location in the blog post.

I hope you'll enjoy it! It's been a real labor of love (a month of full time work on it)... I see it as my love letter to the fediverse 💌

Edit/update: THANK YOU for all the people who volunteered to have their avatar show up in the last shot. There were 750+ submissions and only 135 spots - sorry I couldn't include everyone 🥲

#TheFutureIsFederated