Posting this quote from #BlueSky developer Paul Frazee, as it is one of my favorite posts from that platform and exactly how I feel about BlueSky and Nostr too. This is not zero-sum and as I see bridges forming (now between Masto-Nostr, soon between ActivityPub and Bluesky) am excited to see the bridges start to form.

cc: @activitypubblueskybridge

The Swiss Government has officially launched their Mastodon server at https://social.admin.ch/

In their official press release the Government confirms it is a trial for one year. They state that "Mastodon has several characteristics that make it fundamentally attractive for government communications", such as being beyond the control of others, as well as it being privacy friendly.

Official press release: https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-97696.html

Speaker of the Swiss Government: @gov

This is real. I just took this screenshot.

#Google #AI #ChatGPT #ArtificialIntelligence #LLMs #LLM

"The ABC is shutting down almost all of its official accounts on #Twitter – now known as X under Elon Musk’s ownership – citing “toxic interactions”, cost and better interaction with ABC content on other social media platforms."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/09/abc-australia-leaves-twitter-x-elon-musk

You can use me to remind you of toots. Just reply to message with "@remindme 1 day" and I will send you a reminder in a day! You can set reminders for minutes, hours, days, or weeks!

#remind #reminder

The Twitter and Mastodon #botmaking guides are now combined into one comprehensive, definitive (?) article!

https://botwiki.org/resource/guide/the-definitive-guide-to-creative-botmaking/

Give it a read, and share any tips you might have!

#bots #CreativeBots #CreativeCoding