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stux⚡

Oh tihi!

Just noticed Washy’s Adventure is currently #5 in adventure games in the AppStore (NL)

Washy’s Adventure number 5 in App Store
stux⚡

Waiting for database migrations to finish always feels like this:

Yes. Even with tons of backups

Dismantling a thermo nuclear bomb that can blow up the universe
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Bernie the Wordsmith

@stux That was me when I had to migrate my WordPress. Nowadays I do not use either plugins or pictures in the blog posts for some mysterious reason

Sunflower Björnskalle 🌻

@stux That's what literally everything feels like to me. 😅

stux⚡

Pretty cool, we're hosting #Pixelfed for over 15K people already!

Also both are instances are listed below each other now :blobcatgiggle:

fedidb.org/software/pixelfed

Pixey.org and Gram.social on FediDB.org
Marco Maas

@stux Do your instances offer a cached timeline and the new push notifications? (Since @dansup leaves that to the site admins) ☺

stux⚡

After close consideration we have come to the decision to block Threads.net instance wide on all related instances

(mstdn.social, masto.ai, mastodon.coffee, pixey.org, gram.social)

The new Meta policy goes against much we stand for and we will not allow to let it spill over to the Fediverse

I just checked the numbers and it seems Threads is the biggest 'loser' here

On all instances combined we lose just under 100 followers spread across all instances

Threads will lose over 13K total

Screenshot from mstdn.social blocking Threads.net

Accounts profiles this would delete	13,784
Followers their users would lose	8,611
Followers our users would lose	44
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Darcy

@stux

Everyone needs to get off Facebook, Instagram, and threads.

Mark Zuckerberg announced these sites will no longer fact check. So now these sites are no different than Twitter/X. They will be full of lies and hate!!!

PS sell your stock in Meta. It's going to lose value as people leave the sites!!!

Aral Balkan

@stux Thank you. Better late than never.

Now let’s see what the biggest Mastodon instance does. Is this enough to tip them over the line? Amazing that this level of unabashed fascist policy is what it has to take for the so-called ethical alternatives to block an entity that has literally fueled a genocide and whose business model has always been based on exploiting people. Maybe next time folks will act sooner and deny them their social capital to begin with.

stux⚡

@zuck I hate to break it to you but uh...

..."AI users" are actually "bots"

"Social" media platforms are often about the "social" aspect that one has with other "humans"

There is some difference between those two:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedi

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human

stux⚡

@zuck But if it's just about the "money", please ignore me

stux⚡

The last few years I've seen a dramatic increase in ActivityPub adoption in open but also closed software

Often community made plugins that allow a self hosted blog, forum or whatever to be directly connected to the Fediverse

I've not seen this happening for Bluesky so far and one still has to create a "3rd party" account for connecting your site to the network

Something a lot of people on bluesky don't seem to notice

jack :clippy:

@stux ActivityPub was made in what, 2010?

atproto still doesn’t have an official V1.0

Venatio

@stux fwiw i did see a repo for hooking ur blog comments into bsky which i think is a gr8 idea for social networks. no one wants to make an account just to comment, and anon comments will always be nothing but viagra spam

Григорий Клюшников

The reason why it happens is simple. The architecture of Bluesky discourages this sort of thing (good luck hosting a node) while the architecture of the fediverse, on the contrary, encourages it (three simple endpoints, one database table, activity sender, and you're good).

stux⚡

That’s classic games kids!

No micro-transactions in sight

stux⚡

I cannot understand why this even has to be take into thought

techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/blue

Certain people are just not welcome because their "views" simply do not comply with the code of conduct

Sorry but people like Trump would not get the chance to even post on my instance before we smash him off

Don't offer hate spreaders or dictators a platform where they can spread even more hate

It's that simple

I cannot understand why this even has to be take into thought

techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/blue

Certain people are just not welcome because their "views" simply do not comply with the code of conduct

Sorry but people like Trump would not get the chance to even post on my instance before we smash him off

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Nazo

@stux Best guess, the big holdup on finding an answer is they really really want to try to find a way to both sides this thing.

My bet is since this got so big they'll ultimately do a performative gesture (eg ban/limit that one person) but in the long run do nothing to curb the actual problem.

winter

@stux If bsky can ban random queers for being "problematic" then they can ban this clown, too.

OvertonDoors

@stux Yep, that's what comes from wearing a corporate yoke. Law suits and legal entanglements with activist prosecutors.

BS's admins were shrewd to identify the incoming administrations machinations as being part of this shit-heal homophobe's reason for joining. It's a mess, for them now to clean up.

stux⚡

Nice!♥️ Got a reply and Hetzner just ignores the bullshit from the Kremlin

Wish it where that easy with the war in Ukraine..

информирует/the Roscomnadzor is informing Dear Sir or Madam, thank you for your statement. You do not have to do anything, as we are only forwarding these messages for your information. We do not act on reports like this and the ticket gets closed automatically. If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
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Danny :verified:

@stux Hetzner doing the right thing 😁 (they're my host as well)

Stefano Marinelli

@stux this is good news for a big part of the Fediverse. Hetzner is hosting much (most?) of the Fediverse, so their approach is reassuring.

Alexey Skobkin

@stux Seems like those morons are starting to block Hetzner in Russia. I can't access any resources there without censorship circumvention tools.
That includes my dedicated server and my Mastodon node 🤷
I did a survey and it looks like it's not deployed across an entire country's yet, but considering previous experience, I think it's a matter of time.
What a time to be alive 🙄

stux⚡

Holy shit.

The Russian gov send in an abuse request for the @Bellingcat to be removed from mstdn.social :amaze:

I am not gonna comply, and have replied to Hetzner

No way I'm gonna let the evils of the gremlin dictate stuff on anything I host

UPDATE: Hetzner ignores their requests and we're in the clear: mstdn.social/@stux/11366257336

We have received an abuse report from 398- fz@rkn.gov.ru for your IP address 49.13.236.103.
Notification is sent about a violation of the distribution of information posted at the following URLs (record ID: 1088855-HB): https://mstdn.social/@Bellingcat

The hosting provider or another person ensuring the placement of the specified information resource on the Internet is obliged:

1) immediately after receiving this notice, inform the owner of the information resource about the need to immediately delete the information disseminated in violation of the law;

2) in case of refusal or inaction of the owner of the information resource to delete the information disseminated in violation of the law, after 24 hours from the date of receipt of this notification, restrict access to the specified information resource.

The owner of the information resource is obliged to delete information disseminated in violation of the law within 24 hours from the date of receipt of the relevant notification from the hosting provider or another person.

Sincerely,

The Federal service for supervision of communications. information technology. and
cobalt

@stux Cute! Hope hooman already knows to clean up “droppings” very quickly!

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*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦

@stux
Holy shit that’s wholesome!

Clearly it’s not a Canada Goose. Those cobra-chickens would just straight-up murder you.

DragonFlame

@stux That is just perfect, started my day with happiness😊😊😊

stux⚡

:nkoWave: Hello and a good meowing everyone! :blobcathearts: :ablobcatheartsqueeze: :blobcathugyou: Have a most wonderful day and stay safe! ♥️🐈

Washy the proud little kitty
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@stux

Good meowning to you, from Tiger in Texas.

#cats #CatsOfMastodon

An orange tabby cat named Tiger sits on a window sill in a bedroom, studiously ignoring the camera.  It is morning outside and a large crepe myrtle tree is visible through the window.
stux⚡

:nkoWave: Hello and a good meowing everyone! :blobcathearts: :ablobcatheartsqueeze: :blobcathugyou: Have a most wonderful day and stay safe! ♥️🐈

George and Washy eating their foodies
stux⚡

:nkoWave: Hello and a good meowing on this #Caturday! :blobcathearts: :ablobcatheartsqueeze: Have a most wonderful day and stay safe!

George and washy doing a cat battle
myrmepropagandist

@stux

Looks like they are having some subtile cat argument. Such interesting body postures.

stux⚡

It’s not much but it’s honest snow

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