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USPS City Carrier, Louisville, KY. 4K movie collector, music lover, technologist, and disc golfer. Celebrate diversity! He/them. This is my primary Mastodon account.

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Does anyone know any websites or blogs that review movies from around the world? I found some that review movies from Western Europe and some from East Asia, but I can't find a place that reviews movies from all over the world.

#films #movies

Many thanks to folks using the content warning (CW) feature on posts as needed (especially violent photos or videos). Thanks also for adding hashtags, helpful for filtering / searching / following ❤️

FYI, a CW does not hide information, it adds information. It only takes one click to reveal the body of the post. It gives folks with PTSD or other issues a chance to prepare.

Anyone who finds CWs annoying can set an option to expand all CW posts - see attached image.

#CW #FediTips #ContentWarning

Wow. Bluesky has just welcomed and verified ICE.

For anyone still thinking Bsky is a real alternative to Twitter: No, it's not.

Mastodon is. Bsky is just X at its infancy.

#ICE #Bsky #Bluesky #fascism

Friendly reminder that there is a Dutch-based website called #ICEList that is building a handy database of #ICE agents.

Bookmark it for your reference: https://icelist.is

#ICEWatch

Sleep is going to be elusive so am starting a thread with info about ICE protests, vigils, and demonstrations being held from 1/8 onward all around the U.S.

8 am, 1/8, #SantaFe #NewMexico ABOLISH ICE banner drop, Rodeo at St. Francis. 1/

🎬 Filmmakers! The Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Day Remix Contest is open!

🎥 Create a 2–3 minute short film using at least 1 piece of public domain material from 1930. 🎼🎶🎭📚

📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details 👉 https://blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2026-public-domain-day-remix-contest

#publicdomain #contest #filmmaking

This morning I read up on new leaders at @Mastodon and their plans. I then took advantage of the option to make a tax-deductible donation. This can be done from the U.S. by donating to the Mastodon 501c3 entity via GiveButter. I look forward to the future of Mastodon! https://givebutter.com/nAk74p
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I took some encouragement from the Waterfox "no AI* here" post that's doing the rounds after Mozilla's latest commitment to bad choices.

Particularly encouraged to see the author talk about Waterfox's governance. IIUC it's still a one person project at this point, but for any of these forks to ever grow past their current stage then they'll need some kind of organisation & governance beyond "PRs welcome".

That said... can anyone point me to Waterfox's governance or organisational structure? All I can find is a few blog posts mentioning that it exists.

https://www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-here-response-to-mozilla/

PS You're welcome to take this toot as an invitation to point out the governance and organisational structures of competing Firefox forks, if there are any good examples.

#firefox #waterfox

No AI* Here - A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter - Waterfox Blog

Mozilla's pivot to AI first browsing raises fundamental questions about what a browser should be.

Waterfox

What was your first-ever Nextcloud experience?

Share your story in comments!

Joined as a user
14.9%
Set it up myself
80.8%
Received a share link
2.2%
Other (please comment)
2.2%
Poll ended at .

"If you're not on board with AI you're going to get left behind"

Boost if you'd like to be left behind and would consider paying extra for a life without this bullshit.

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3k boost edit: everyone who said a variant of "why should I pay" is right, but the world is wrong.