Mastodawn

https://www.theverge.com/policy/697301/trump-supreme-court-founding-fathers-july-4

metaphorsandirony 9h ago

Some photos from the 4TH of July protest in Portland. These are the types of crowd control, munitions deployed, and the damage they caused. #pdx #Portland

ZephyrXero 19h ago

The Verge is out here spitting facts today.

#usPol #july4th #fourthOfJuly #independenceDay

The American system of democracy has crashed

The right-wing Supreme Court only believes in letting the strong trample weak. These originalists should probably read the Declaration of Independence.

The Verge

Conor Stokes 1d ago

We live in an age of miracle and wonder, but it's mostly owned by someone else with questionable judgment.

Low Quality Facts 1d ago

I know that Stephen Miller gets a lot of hate on here, but hear me out.

I think we could hate him more. We have the capacity, we all just need to put in a little more effort.

I wish I could say I'm shocked about today's budget news. But I'm not. I've known how horrible it was for weeks. And I've unfortunately assumed it would pass. None of the safe guards are working. The US as we knew it is over.

The question now is do we let the crazies define our new world as a dystopian hellscape, or will the people push back and say no? How much more do the American people need to see before they wake up from their jaded apathy?

Gabe Ortíz 1d ago

AOC: “I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-new-president-of-the-national-sheriffs-association-participated-in-the-jan-6-protests

It's Going Down 1d ago

"Chris West was sworn in as the president of the National Sheriffs’ Association on June 26. West is the sheriff of Canadian County, Oklahoma. He’s also an ardent supporter of President Trump who traveled to Washington D.C. to join the thousands who protested Trump’s election loss on Jan. 6, 2021."

The New President of the National Sheriffs’ Association Participated in the Jan. 6 Protests

Chris West was sworn in as the president of the National Sheriffs’...

TPM - Talking Points Memo

ZephyrXero 2d ago

Position Offset Gaming 2d ago

Sony only allows one PS5 per household? You can't have a second system? Find out more in today's video

https://youtu.be/fuZsfbnFFxo

#sony #playstation #ps5 #ps5pro #gaming #drm

Sony only allows one PS5 per household

YouTube

ZephyrXero 3d ago

JA Westenberg 3d ago

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...

ZephyrXero 3d ago

Zack Whittaker 3d ago

An iPhone app called ICEBlock, which allows anyone to lawfully and anonymously report ICE sightings and get notified about nearby ICE agents, went viral overnight after criticism from the US Attorney General.

FYI: The app doesn't collect or store user data. (I checked by doing a network traffic analysis of the app.)

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/iceblock-an-app-for-anonymously-reporting-ice-sightings-goes-viral-overnight-after-bondi-criticism/

ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings, goes viral overnight after Bondi criticism | TechCrunch

The citizen app for anonymously reporting ICE agents and raids went viral after criticism from the U.S. attorney general.

TechCrunch

Hello Fedi friends!

My decision to upload the Fedi promo video to YouTube 2 weeks ago was really controversial.

@randahl posted a nice message about the video & encouraged his followers to like / comment on it so the YouTube algorithm would serve it to more people. He was inundated by hostile comments for days. Sorry Randahl!

Well, exhibit A of why this was a good decision in hindsight (see pic).

How else are people going to hear about the Fediverse?

As always, thanks for the support ❤️

skribe 🇺🇦

Jun 26

@_elena @randahl it's no good preaching to the already converted. Where do these zealots believe non-fedi people are going to see the video?

#SMH

crazyeddie Jun 26

@skribe @_elena @randahl Some people seem to think that if another person wasn't just born having the same opinion as them then they're broken or something and there's no need to convince them, they should already know.

I figure they should already know that's stupid as hell and don't worry about it.

My Actual Brain Jun 26

@skribe @_elena @randahl it’s weird that people didn’t think this by default. I realized that since I’m not using nonfederated social media that I effectively have to way to reach everyone else.

Samantha Xavia Jun 26

@_elena @randahl I find it's great to post things on the central platforms as long as it's a few things;
1. A few days / hours late (and you say you can find it quicker on here)
2. It's pure promo content for the Fediverse and what we do on here, Like you said "How else are people meant to know about it"

There's probably a few other reasons such as being a business makes sense, but adopting the Fedi First Goal is a good idea for people who NEED to use these other platforms.

@sam @randahl absolutely. that's why I made the video premiere on my self-hosted PeerTube and only uploaded to YouTube 8 days (or more?) later... encouraged by my savvy interns

Rosbeef Andino 🐧Jun 26

@_elena @sam @randahl i dont know how works YouTube. But maybe an advertising video on YouTube promoting you full video on peertube/mastodon like a link "see more" could be great no? This could makes you visible on YouTube but "convert" only interested users by using instantly the new platform.

Robert Kingett Jun 26

This is what I do. I publish to open places first and use places like YouTube as just free backup storage I know will eventually go down or shut down, which is fine by me. I'm just syndicating my stuff to you! My main hub will always get it first. @sam @_elena @randahl

Scott M. Stolz Jun 26

@Samantha Xavia I would add one more use case. Use the centralized platforms to promote your content on the decentralized platform. You can post promotional videos or posts or short form content, but if they want to see your full length stuff, they need to visit your website or view it on PeerTube, for example.

This is similar to how many content creators post a shorter version of their videos on YouTube, but then tell them if they want to see the full length video, they need to go to their website, or Patreon, or Curiosity Stream. We can follow the same concept, but send them to PeerTube or our website that embeds PeerTube videos.

Jérôme Herbinet | FLOSS Jun 26

@_elena awesome vidéo, awesome work ❤️
Cc @randahl

wuppi Jun 26

@_elena @randahl sorry to hear that some people still don’t get it. Thanks for your fantastic work in promoting the Fediverse

leberschnitzel Jun 26

@_elena I wonder why this would be controversial... how else would you reach people outside of the Fediverse besides sharing it on Social Media platforms that aren't the Fediverse?
And YouTube is clearly one of them, just with the difference that you share videos there.
There should just be a link to the Peertube video or other ways to access the Fediverse in the description imho

@leberschnitzel thanks for the suggestion. Links don't work on my YouTube profile... Google is asking me to upload a photo ID for verification to make links work. WTF. I'm not doing that...

leberschnitzel Jun 26

@_elena even in the video description?

@leberschnitzel YUP.

And I just looked it up on YouTube and noticed there's a pre-roll ad for Disney WTFFFFFF. I am NOT monetizing this video

leberschnitzel Jun 26

@_elena google stopped giving you the choice to monetize some years ago, if you're not a partner or something.

Jorge Candeias Jun 26

@_elena You're not.

They are.

YT now sticks ads in every single video, pretty much.

Which is why one is always armed with an ad blocker.

@leberschnitzel

kasperd Jun 26

I agree you should say no to such a request.

Newsmast Foundation Jun 26

@_elena @randahl

That's so disappointing to hear. Sorry you had a bad experience.

No one should be attacking you for raising awareness for the open social web outside of its current shape. Like you said, how else would we grow this space?

We've experienced similar things in the past, so if you ever want advise (or to rant), the Newsmast team will always be a happy ear.

Now going to leave a positive comment on the video 🧡

@newsmast @randahl aw thank you! I didn't mind, I just felt bad for Randahl who was on the receiving end of so much vitriol.

The worst is that people kept saying "why isn't this video on PeerTube" and after 20 times of replying all in caps IT PREMIERED ON MY SELF-HOSTED PEERTUBE, I sort of gave up 😅

Randahl Fink Jun 26

@_elena don't worry about me. I got battle hardened by fighting the far right on immigration in the Danish media, so these Mastodon comments felt like a mild breeze.
I am just glad your video did so well — 19000 views is 19000 potential new users. You and your friends have every reason to celebrate such an awesome success.
@newsmast

@randahl aw thanks Randahl. I got all worked up while reading them because of how wrong they were (re: PeerTube). A mild breeze albeit annoying 😅

@newsmast

Jill ☁Jun 26

@_elena you should be able to "pin" a comment on YT. This way you could highlight your comment explaining something asked often or the one with the PeerTube-link.

Or is this feature also only available after verification?

@jill thank you Jill, I'll try.

I got a message from YouTube saying that in order to enable links I need to send them my picture ID. I didn't want to do that. But I'll try pinning some comments - didn't know about this 😅

Jill ☁Jun 26

@_elena Yeah, I read about the ID bs earlier. That`s why I suggested pinning. Hopefully it works, otherwise ppl just have to scroll a little. Shouldn't be that hard. 😁

Elena Rossini ⁂Jun 27

@jill @newsmast @randahl fun fact: if you want to pin comments to YouTube you need biometric / ID verification 😒

Jill ☁Jun 27

@_elena @newsmast @randahl this makes absolutely no sens! Next step they will force you to a subscription in order to have these basic features enabled. 😠

I am not against paying for services! Only if they still show you ads and keep using you/your content for making money/serving ads. That's just bs. imho

Elena Rossini ⁂Jun 27

@jill I'm really creeped out by the notion of giving them my facial biometrics for this. It makes ZERO sense.

I just want to enable hyperlinks and pin messages.

If they were serious about verification, they'd propose other ways (more privacy friendly)

sebulon Jun 26

@_elena @newsmast @randahl
Please excuse my ignorance but couldn't you just write the link to the PeerTube-video directly in the video description? I did look but saw only a link to your blog. Not saying it'll make people stop asking but, you know... 😄

@sebulon yeah sadly links don’t work on my YouTube because a government ID or biometrics are required to turn them on.

I included the link to my blog because the direct link to PeerTube is super long and filled with letters/numbers 😓

sebulon Jun 26

@_elena @newsmast @randahl
Yeah I read that, sucks! Well if you change your mind, people could just copy and paste it like I suspect most people do anyway with the address to your blog 🤷

Allanon 🇮🇹

Jun 26

@_elena @randahl I'm totally agree with you, we have to put our feet in the "enemy territory" to let people know about the fediverse, I don't see alternatives to wake up people.

Rasmus Sindum Jun 26

@_elena @randahl For sure. Leaving the users behind in the monoverse is not doing anyone any good.

As the fediverse grows the monoverse will fight back. The story of a better alternativ need to be toll. Everywhere.

Thank again for you brilliant video. This is the way!

Michel Patrice Jun 26

@sindum @_elena @randahl

I like the word Monoverse.

Michel Patrice Jun 26

@sindum @_elena @randahl

I like «monoverse», there would also be «oligoverse».

Internet Rando Jun 26

@sindum @_elena @randahl

/me appears in comments randomly, steals "monoverse", disappears back into bushes.

@mousey « monoverse » is such a great term!

@sindum 🏆🙌

@randahl

Rasmus Sindum Jun 26

@mousey @_elena @randahl steal all you like ❤️

Luca Sironi Jun 26

@_elena @randahl

how can we push it on youtube ?
just like and subscribe ?

@luca maybe like it and comment on it? https://youtu.be/YRJHIJy5Nno grazie Luca!

Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media

YouTube

Randahl Fink Jun 26

@luca and commenting and clicking the share button. @_elena

xinit ☕Jun 26

@_elena It's about OUTreach, after all.

@_elena The video was really well done :-)

The more the message spreads, the better the awareness. Even if people don’t flock to the Fediverse, the fact that they are aware of its existence is already a massive win!

@randahl

@EdwinG thanks! ☺️

bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Jun 26

@_elena @randahl Well done! I wrote a few words on this also: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/yeah-it-is-on-youtube-linkedin/

Yeah, it is on YouTube or LinkedIn and has cookies - Bert Hubert's writings

So as a bit of a followup to my earlier post “What we in the open world are messing up in trying to compete with big tech ”: please (mostly) stop harassing people doing the right thing from the wrong platforms. We often see journalists, politicians, writers, NGOs and even software developers writing good things on independence from (US) big tech proprietary platforms. But also quite often, their work is hosted or syndicated on the very platforms they decry.

Bert Hubert's writings

Matthias Jun 26

@_elena @randahl
It should go without saying that we should use the media that is right for us as users. There are no bans. Not even YT. We all have that much decision-making power.

veroandi Jun 26

@_elena @randahl

There are lots of intelligent people in the Fediverse. Unfortunately, they are not always socially smart. I wonder if being excluded (or self-excluded) from 'normal' society makes them unaware of how things work for 'normal' people. The lack of empathy, coupled with not receiving feedback from 'normal' people (because the Fediverse is a bubble), means they miss a lot of things.

I'm all for using bad platforms to talk about the good ones to bring more people here. 👍

Joel

Jun 26

@_elena @randahl you did nothing wrong

giuseppe Jun 26

@_elena @randahl is the option the makes most sense! Loved the video! Send it to my dad, now he’s also intrigued! 🤗 keep it up!

Cassandrich Jun 26

@_elena Uhg, how could this be in any way controversial? Sone people here can be so awful.

Coach Pāṇini ®Jun 26

@dalias @_elena

Puritans gonna puritan

I am not surprised. Unfortunately, the Fediverse can sometimes exhibit a pretty toxic "holier than you" attitude. ☹️

John 🎵Jun 26

@_elena @randahl Yeah I personally post on YouTube as part of a funnel that moves people to Mastodon, PeerTube, and my website.

I think that's the key here - make each video an opportunity for people to migrate :)

Adrian Tombu Jun 26

@_elena @randahl Haters gonna hate, whatever you do. The only sensible thing is to ignore them, always 🫡

Lily Star Jun 26

@_elena @randahl Of course the ad I saw displayed on the page is for FB. I've never seen an ad for FB before...

@starlily @randahl OMG 😱😵 this has got to be the worst ad placement I've ever seen.

Thanks for sharing, though ❤️

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!

Lily Star Jun 26

@_elena @randahl Oh, I am pretty sure it was deliberate on YTs part..

Jorge Candeias Jun 26

@starlily @_elena @randahl Guys guys guys...

ublock origin

It works wonders. Wonders, I tell you.

kasperd Jun 26

Intelligent viewers should realize how the presence of that ad simply supports the points you are making in the video.

Big Ducky Jun 26

@_elena @starlily @randahl I imagine that it’s very likely that Meta places ads on Google platforms using fediverse and fedi platform names as keywords. In other words, I suspect that this wasn’t a coincidence.