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“This Is What Happens When 1,000 People Bury Their Underwear for Science nautil․us/this-is-what-happens-when-1000-people-bury-their-underwear-for-science-1284574/ ⌗Science ⌗Environment ⌗Research”

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“Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Caught on Camera Destroying Flock Polea grand jury in Ohio refused to bring felony charges against a Clermont County man accused of destroying a Flock automatic license plate reader (AL…”

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#bostonWeekend Sun TOOTUP #boston #fediverse - let's meet up Sunday afternoon at 4 in #brighton at Notch. check @rednikki for deets, and rsvp so we can get a table headcount, yeah? We hope to join if our saturday night isnt *too* crazy :) https://toot.boston/@rednikki/117173661870890002

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rednikki [She/her] » 🌐 2026-08-28
@rednikki@toot.boston

RE: https://toot.boston/@rednikki/117168102466783896

This Sunday, August 30 at 4pm, #Boston #tootup at Notch Brewing in Brighton! Will we see you there? (Trying to get a sense of how many tables we need to lock down.)

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rednikki [She/her] » 🌐 2026-08-27
@rednikki@toot.boston

Hey #bostodon ! How about a Tootup this Sunday at Notch Brewing in Brighton? Starting around 4pm? Special guest from the West @skinnylatte will be here!

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“Well, a cup of hot coffee ☕ and some mundane activity ⌗life ⌗coffee ⌗music ⌗linux ⌗research”

https://mastodon.social/@unixbhaskar/117169675526966370

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“nobody-wants-this․ghost․io/a-day-in-the-life/․ ⌗tech ⌗surveillance ⌗surveillancecapitalism”

https://mastodon.world/@lutzfernandez/117173519139102335

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#Mastodon #Fediverse

Alt...

Bender from Futurama. WE'LL MAKE OUR OWN TWITTER WITH BLACKJACK AND FEDERATION AND FORGET THE BLACKJACK

#Fediverse
11 POSTs on Fediverse ( 2026-08-28 23:45:40 - 2026-08-29 00:31:06 )
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#Fediverse
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“europesays․com/3218939/ Don’t let the Iran war distract the United States from Africa ⌗África ⌗AfricaGrowthInitiative ⌗article ⌗conflict ⌗Conflicts ⌗Crisis &ConflictManagement ⌗Defense &Secur…”

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“Show HN: We built open OpenRouter that distills usage into a better model
Link: github․com/experientiallabs/experiential
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49471407”

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[Eye to the sky]

#fediverse #fediart #pixelfed
#colorphotography
#photographie #streetphotography #photography #fotografie #photographie
#architecturelovers #architecture #architecturephotography #abstractphotography
#photogrqphy_channel
#staircase
#spiralstaircase
#写真 #マストドン写真部

Alt...

The hotel with clear sky background viewed from the ground level of the spiral staircase which connected its podium.

#Fediverse
14 POSTs on Fediverse ( 2026-08-28 21:45:20 - 2026-08-28 23:34:41 )
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These are the times I’m afraid: Apple TV Streaming Service Receives Price Increase - MacRumors https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/28/apple-tv-price-increase/ #Mastodon #Entertainment #Movies #Streaming #BlackMastodon #Apple #BlackEntertainment #Fediverse

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“'The system is now vastly more complex․ Aside from the ubiquitous cameras, it is not possible to move around a city on any form of transport or pay for anything without the apps, and they always know who and where you a…”

https://tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/117169726457683397

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“Canada Hires U․S․ Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities nytimes․com/2026/08/27/world/canada/canada-universities-hire-us-researchers․html ⌗Education ⌗Research ⌗Global”

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AND THEN THERE
IS EVERYBODY ELSE 💎

Today I'm thinking about AI, LOL, again, and I think there are actually three quite distinct groups forming around Artificial Intelligence.

There is a small group so frightened by it that they have decided they want nothing at all to do with it. And an even smaller group that has gone further and decided that anyone who uses AI is somehow morally suspect, deserving of abuse and bullying for their choice to use the technology.

AND THEN THERE IS EVERYBODY ELSE.

Most of us are not marching around waving AI banners.

WE’RE WATCHING.

We are trying things. We’re asking where it helps and where it doesn’t. We’re learning what it can do for disability, accessibility, education, writing, research, communication, creativity, work and ordinary daily life.

Some of us will use AI a lot. Some will barely use it at all. Some will remain deeply sceptical, and that seems perfectly healthy to me.

WHAT'S NOT HEALTHY IS FEAR OF A TECHNOLOGY TURNING INTO HOSTILITY TOWARD THOSE WHO USE IT.

AI is still very new. None of us knows exactly where this is going. But I suspect the future will not belong to the people shouting loudest either for it or against it.

It will belong to the much larger group quietly discovering where it adds value to human life. And where it doesn’t.

@3goodthings
@DigitalCoup
@meditation
@economics_that_works
@startrek

#AI #Accessibility #Technology #Fediverse #ArtificialIntelligence #value #human #healthy #research #education #communication #creativity #work #WAR #EVERYBODY #life

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A warm, futuristic scene showing a diverse group of people using AI and digital technology in everyday life. People of different ages and abilities are talking, learning, working and exploring on phones, tablets and computers, while glowing digital interfaces connect around them. The atmosphere is calm, curious and optimistic, suggesting people quietly discovering how technology can add value to their lives.

Thank you, friends!

The instance held up perfectly, without flinching! I also took advantage of the surge to identify a few areas for improvement, and they've been pinned down. New patches will be rolled out over the next few days.

The release is getting closer and closer...

#littleFedi #Fediverse #OwnYourData

Here's another neat Bonfire feature: organisation profiles.

You can create a shared profile for your co-op, collective, project, or any other organisation or team, and invite trusted people to manage it with you.

Each team member signs in with their usual Bonfire account, with no insecure sharing of passwords, and together they can post as the organisation, access its feeds and private messages, manage its settings, and add or remove other members.

It’s similar to managing a Facebook Page, but built for the #fediverse: one shared public identity, securely managed by multiple people.

#Fediverse
12 POSTs on Fediverse ( 2026-08-28 20:45:08 - 2026-08-28 21:18:51 )
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Oh wow. I just enabled the "Roost" theme for LittleFedi. This looks sooo familiar now!
#LittleFedi #SocialMedia #Fediverse

#Fediverse
16 POSTs on Fediverse ( 2026-08-28 19:45:07 - 2026-08-28 20:36:13 )
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“So, let me get this straight․ The 'punishment' for the 'big tech company' is…to insert ⌗surveillance cameras into the homes of hundreds of millions of people, most of whom are not big tech companies?That's not punis…”

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“⌗minab ⌗US - Israeli ⌗warcrimes in ⌗iran - Investigation: The team of Forensic Architecture (FA) reconstructed the school building and its surroundings as a digital ⌗3D environment using photographs an…”

https://mastodon.social/@villebooks/117168491610180237

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“Mastodon has an optional translation system to translate posts in languages that you don't speak․ To use it, just click on 'Translate' below a post (on some apps the translate option may be in the post's ⋯ menu)․I've tr…”

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What are the most important issues and discussions about the Open Social Web we need to have this late summer and fall?

#FediForum #FediForumFriday #ActivityPub #ATProtocol #Fediverse #atproto

#fediverse zeig mal was du kannst:
Wir suchen dringend eine neue #kita Leitung für Harthausen #Filderstadt

Wer Erzieherinnen kennt darf den Tipp gerne weitergeben.

https://filder-kitas.de/kindergartenleitung-100-unbefristet-in-harthausen-filderstadt/
#fedikita

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KITA LEITUNG , GESUCHT FUR DIE EV. KITA HARTHAUSEN FILDERSTADT

#Fediverse
11 POSTs on Fediverse ( 2026-08-28 08:45:07 - 2026-08-28 19:05:08 )
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@Lamal @JamesBont @altpapier

Dementsprechend würden wir uns freuen, wenn möglichst viele Menschen an der Umfrage teilnehmen.

Teilt also gerne den Ausgangspost mit dem #Fediverse!

#JuraBubble #Juriverse #FediJur

@Lamal @JamesBont @altpapier

Frage zwei möchten wir an der Stelle nicht beantworten. Zum einen sind wir keine Richter, die diese Frage besser beantworten könnten. Zum anderen wollen wir die Umfrage nicht durch unsere Ansicht framen.

Vielleicht haben aber Gerichte und Richter aus dem #Fediverse Lust ihre Sicht darauf zu teilen?

@gerichteSH @olgkarlsruhe @bundesarbeitsgericht @Bundessozialgericht @bundesfinanzhof @BGH_Bund @praesolgka

Does anyone know if anyone is building products or doing research on the #Fediverse (incl. #Mastodon etc.) for #children ? I'm basically wondering about what it would take for it to be considered by the general public to be a safe alternative to commercial social media, possibly via a specialist client application. I'm UK based, but happy to hear about any jurisdiction and am really thinking in terms of products rather than legal / policy factors.

Boosts appreciated for this one, thanks!

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“How Design Systems Talk to Machines, by ﹫kaelig․fr: state-of-ai-in-design-systems․netlify․app/?ref=frontenddogma․com ⌗studies ⌗research ⌗designsystems ⌗ai ⌗mcp ⌗llmstxt ⌗storybook ⌗tooling”

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“Small Models Have Arrived
Link: calv․info/small-models-have-arrived
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49466917”

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MOBILIZE WITHOUT MONOPOLIES: Federated Event Organizing Beyond Big Tech — Mobilizon — E97

Special thank you to @mobilizon@framapiaf.org

🚀 #VOD tubefree.org/w/dgzcoWWwtaCqt...

Never miss an episode!

🔎 #Follow @ozoned@tubefree.org

📡 #RSS tubefree.org/feeds/videos.xml?videoChannelId=5934

🎧 #Podcast tubefree.org/feeds/podcast/videos.xml?videoChannelId=5934 #FiresideFedi #FiresideChat #Podcast #VideoPodcast #Fediverse #Fedi #ActivityPub #DecentralizedSocial #OpenSocialWeb #Community #VodCast

Hallo Mastodon! 👋 Wir sind #neuhier

Wissenschaft lebt von Vernetzung und Dialog – deshalb ist die Hochschule Furtwangen jetzt Teil des #Fediverse.

Wir teilen Einblicke in unsere Forschung, berichten aus der Lehre, stellen spannende Projekte vor und zeigen, woran unsere Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler arbeiten.

Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch!

#HFU #HochschuleFurtwangen #Wissenschaft #Forschung #Innovation #Transfer #WissKomm

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“A Georgia Cop Used Flock to Track 2 Other Cops: His Ex and Her Friend

web․brid․gy/r/wired․com/story/a-georgia-cop-used-flock-to-track-2-other-cops-his-ex-and-her-friend/”

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“Cognitive Entrenchment is a common problem for specialists․ You do one thing, you do it well, and you can't see outside the hole you dug yourself into․ It's a trade-off, and it's why we need generalists․ Link: journal…”

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“If you're wondering why some posts have got rich text formatting like bold, underlining, italic etc, it's because many customised Mastodon and non-Mastodon servers include support for creating rich text․Standard Mastodo…”

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So. The #Fediverse symbol is:

1. ​​

2. ⁂

#boost for the reach

...and this is how it's doing, while many of you are boosting, replying, etc:

  PID USERNAME PRI NICE   SIZE   RES STATE       TIME   WCPU    CPU COMMAND
 7745 little    35    0   620M  152M RUN       140:14 57.71% 57.71% littlefedi-armv6

Crazy, isn't it?

#littleFedi #Fediverse #OwnYourData

RE: https://mastodon.social/@broodcoffee/116454754564011275

Still stalled😞
Have to raise the remaining $400 ASAP to clear my August MA goal 💸💕
This covers my food, laundry, hygiene needs & other dues I have to pay...
Please help🙇‍♀️

https://ko-fi.com/broodcoffee

@MutualAidBot
@mutualaid@a.gup.pe @mutualaid@fedigroups.social @mutualaid@ovo.st @mutual_aid @disability @mutualaidspace

#MutualAidRequest #crowdfund #FediAid #HelpFolksLive2026 #mutualaid #FediHelp #fediverse #BIPOCMA #MutualAidSavesLives #maboost #spoonie #kofi #helpneeded #directaid #SignalBoost

@joyoftech

JUSTICE: HOW TO KILL META!
========================

The legal math on media is broken. The punitive measures are not effective deterrents.

If you look at the numbers, Meta does harmful things, apologizes, pays a pittance, and still comes out ahead financially.

Zuckerberg sold out his users data to Cambridge Analytica, influencing the US election. Then he appeared before Congress like a contrite little schoolboy - "Oops! I didn't mean to accidentally cut multibillion dollar deals and sell out Facebook users. Honest mistake. I promise not to do it again ( unless the price is right! )"
Because of the math, he still came out ahead.

I left Meta's platforms a long time ago.

People who are not savvy, are locked into the Facebook walled garden, because of the Network Effect. ( "I can't leave Facebook. All my friends are on Facebook!" )

Having liberated ourselves, it is our duty to liberate others, who are still trapped, to give them their right to privacy.

Here's a plan of action:

1) Place ads on Facebook, explaining the benefits of #Mastodon
( https://joinmastodon.org/ )

1.1) Freedom from Meta's censorship and algorithms.

1.2) A community owned, open social media platform.

2) When a user clicks, guide them through exporting their data from Facebook, and deleting their Facebook account.

3) Give them an optional questionnaire, asking about their interests, and match them with the right Mastodon instance.

4) If they skip the optional questionnaire, pick a random Mastodon instance for them.

5) Give them an option to enter into a Facebook migration registry.

6) Help them set up a Mastodon account and import their data.

7) If they opted into the migrant registry, reconnect them with their former Facebook connections, who also joined the registry. Like a reunion in Heaven with your loved ones. ☺️

#FaceBook #Meta #instagram #WhatsApp #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon #Technology #Tech #Justice
#FuckZuck #FOSS #Linux #OpenSource #Freedom #Liberty
#Law #USA

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“«Simon Weckert creates Digital Camouflage to avoid AI surveillance:
Designer Simon Weckert has created a colourful camouflage shirt that cannot be detected using AI video systems․»This is the most beautiful ugly design,…”

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Good Morning #fediverse #tzag time for some #coffee

"The S is for surveillance": fighting KOSA and bad internet bills in the ATmosphere and the fediverses

https://thenexusofprivacy.net/the-s-in-kosa-is-for-surveillance/

The first post in this series was at a fairly high level.  Now, let's shift from theory to practice.

Thanks to Anthony Moser for the framing help!

UPDATE: Activism makes a difference: the SCREEN Act unexpectedly fails in committee!

@general @fediverse

#KOSA #ageVerification #fediverse #USpol

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“Imma need me one of these…Designer Creates World's Most Hideous Hawaiian Shirt to Hide From AI Surveillance Cameras - the irony is the designer used ⌗AI to create a pattern that confounds and confuses AI ⌗Surveill…”

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“⌗Florida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used ⌗Flock to ⌗Stalk Ex, Held ⌗Gun in Her Mouth, Did a ⌗Nazi Salute
⌗alpr ⌗privacy ⌗surveillance 404media․co/florida-deputy-of-the-year-used-flock-to-stalk-…”

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“⚠️ Are you on the server toot․community? If you are, you need to move your account to a different server ASAP as toot․community is closing down on 28th October 2026․There's an easy-to-understand step-by-step guide to mo…”

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“New ⌗Paper published in Quantum: Non-Gaussian Noise Magnetometry Using Local Spin Qubits quantum-journal․org/papers/q-2026-08-27-2197/ ⌗OpenScience ⌗Quantum ⌗Research”

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“Emacs 31: An unofficial guide to Markdown-ts-mode
Link: rahuljuliato․com/posts/markdown-ts-mode-emacs-31
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49464543”

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