RE: https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer/116210928508477743 🎉 ENORME OVERWINNING! Dankzij jullie protesten heeft het Europees Parlement vandaag gestemd voor het BEËINDIGEN van ongerichte massascans! 💪 Maar let op: de definitieve beslissing wordt nu genomen in de trialoog met de […]

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116165215922836572 Their makers also do not want you to be able to understand. It's about turning the means of understanding and sensemaking into externalized products to rent.

You didn't "vibe code" anything; you asked a computer to make a thing and it did. Did you fucking vibe brew your McDonald's coffee this morning? Idiot.

RE: https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/116086115016017602 #google #Android #keepandroidopen

RE: https://techhub.social/@keepandroidopen/116126023448256005 #google #Android #keepandroidopen

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fsfe/116131145887510612 As an avid user of free and open source software, this one is very important. We need to do everything we can to make Google rescind their decision and Keep Android Open. #floss #keepandroidopen #google #Android

Congresswoman who is an M.D. gained oversight access to Whipple dentention center, a Trump immigrant concentration camp in Minneapolis. She posted about it on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SxPn8n2Bfg In pictures is a rough transcript of her […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

"No doubt there is a great documentary to be made about Melania Knauss, the ambitious model from out of Slovenia who married a New York real-estate mogul and then found herself cast in the role of a latter-day Eva Braun, but the horrific Melania emphatically isn’t it." […]

We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #mastodon: Default Server Recommendations. Our intent for this experiment is to recommend the closest server geographically that is in the correct language during the sign-up flow. We will be running this […]

“They Arrested the Wrong Don”, Jane Fonda Warns of Authoritarianism After Don Lemon Arrest "Actor and activist Jane Fonda speaks outside a federal courthouse in Los Angeles after former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested while covering a protest at a church in Minnesota. Fonda calls the arrest […]

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-AvSY1Nw0I&si=XsSQzKqd65oEBnCH Leave it up to The Boss to write a protest song in 2026. ✊

This article is compulsory reading for everyone. Seriously. Read it. Now. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/115962701645642008 Want to replace TikTok? Great. Join @loops. Otherwise, the problem will just follow you to the next platform and keep resurfacing every time that next platform reaches critical mass. Unfortunately, this problem will never get solved, because […]

More than ever, we need tools for building diverse and resilient communities, away from Big Tech controlling our feeds, and investment companies hoping to get a big payout. https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-an-overview-for-community-organizers/ #fediverse #socialmedia #community

Only 17% of Austrian MPs are still on X. Compare that to Sweden, 66%, the Netherlands, 63%, and the EU average, 58%, that gap is striking. Finland is often cited as a leader in digital literacy and counter-disinformation. It makes me curious how Finnish politicians assess X today, as a neutral […]

Most boosted Fediverse posts of 2025: 1. @maxleibman: https://beige.party/@maxleibman/114441790730464541 (3815 boosts) 2. @stux: https://mstdn.social/@stux/113974665364673502 (3720 boosts) 3. @pixelfed: https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/113849098386232034 (3153 boosts) 4. @signalapp […]

Europe needs its own social media platforms to safeguard sovereignty Social media has emerged as the central nervous system of global communication, shaping politics, culture, and identity. Yet, Europe’s digital public square is not its own. Over 80% of the […] [Original post on vebinet.com]

[Gaza, starvation] People use passive language when talking about the genocide in Gaza. Israel and Netanyahu are "letting Gaza starve", as if starvation is the natural state for humans. It's not. Naturally, humans in Palestine eat and trade and thrive, as they have for 10000 years. This famine […]

This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.

Bemoedigend artikel van @ewoudkieft in @nrc_nl “Laat je niet ontmoedigen”

Listening to Pearl Jam's Wreckage again, to see if the impact it had on me a month or so ago was purely situational. Nope. Still brought tears to my eyes, before the first chorus even. This is a masterful piece of music. #pearljam

"I knew one day I'd have to watch powerful men burn the world down - I just didn't expect them to be such losers" The Guardian's Rebecca Shaw should be nominated for a Pullitzer price for writing this headline […]

@birb https://bsky.app/profile/chrisklomp.bsky.social

"Goedemorgen, ik ben wat later op kantoor" - "Geen probleem. Ook vast in de file na het ongeval op de A12?" "Nee, ik sta stil op de afrit. Moest eerst onder een rood kruis door, toen een pijlwagen ontwijken en nu staat er iemand met z'n auto dwars over de weg." - "#nietvoornix"

2024 wasn't the best year for social media... but it's 2025 now 🎉 That means it's time to move to greener pastures. Social media that's open, democratic, and controlled by the users. This year, we're looking forward to raising awareness for New Social and […] [Original post on newsmast.social]

Dear Americans. Elon is switching his focus to Europe. This means he thinks he’s conquered America. I hope this pisses you off because it should. Get loud and proud please.

I am here to announce that I have decreased #spam on my web contact form from 1 message every 15 minutes (for months straight) to 0 messages in the last week by adding a "I am a spam bot" radio button. I am not joking. No I am not using something like […] [Original post on social.avali.zone]

Announcing FediMeteo – Weather in the Fediverse! Weather has always influenced our lives: from agriculture to outdoor activities, to extreme events that, thanks to modern technology, can now be predicted with greater reliability. Personally, weather plays a significant role in my daily […]

On this day in 1983, the ARPANET network officially switched to using the TCP/IP protocol, effectively creating the Internet. "January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet. Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each […]

I have just unfollowed Bridgy Fed. I think it is better to appreciate both platforms in their own respect. While I still believe the long term future for Bluesky is dark, I do not want to approach 'them' with passive-aggressive negativity anymore. It is not good for my mental health. This […]

I don’t understand all this #bluesky hype. I guess I’m just really not that into metering services.

You don't actually have to stay on Twitter. - Laura Olin https://www.lauraolin.com/you-dont-actually-have-to-stay-on-twitter/ #twitter #xitter #fediverse #mastodon

Starter Packs are here! The talented team at Fedidevs has devised a Bluesky-like solution to recommend accounts to follow for those new to the Fediverse. We’ve also created a Health & Wellness Starter Pack for you: https://go.cosmicnation.co/HealthWellness-SP @consciousliving @meditation […]

#til that you can subscribe to a Mastodon feed using an RSS reader, or even a podcast listening app like AntennaPod. Although that only shows OPs to the feed, not replies or comments. I'm not up on RSS readers and whether they can display fediverse threads. Anyway, this is just another […]

Lemmer-Webber notes that even if a user wishes to switch away from #bluesky, it "probably has effective permanent control over that user's identity destiny, removing the reassurance that one need not trust Bluesky as a corporation in the long term." I'm not arguing (and I don't think […]

Your donation can save lives. If you can, please consider donating blood. #blood #bloodbank #donation

This.

Dit doet me weer denken aan het Ajax van vorig seizoen. #ajax #AjaxAmsterdam #ajapec

I grew up in the country with the highest number of murders of trans people, Brazil. Trying to remember the first time I thought about it, I was backpacking in the south of the country in 2005 and, during a round of mate, I heard a sad story about a trans person who had committed suicide […]

Boost this toot if you're planning on sticking around Mastodon whether or not it's more popular than Bluesky.

If I understand brid.gy correctly, I am now crossposting between Mastodon and Bluesky. Let's see if thos works. This is a post from Mastodon...

Ajax heeft zijn gezicht terug! 🤍❤️🤍 #ajax #AjaxAmsterdam