Reminder: if you mainly post retro or nostalgia-based content, consider joining our #Mastodon server https://Retro-Gaiden.com. It’s tailored for retro enthusiasts & has a unique visual flair! Check it out 🕹️ 
#RetroGaming #Retro #SocialMedia #Nostalgia #80s #90s
Hallelujah! The sun is finally setting ~5:30pm ET 🍎 Happy mid-February 📆 It's the weekly #Mastodon/ #Fediverse #WatchPartyCalendar screencap for Feb. 12-19 (Thu-Thu)
📅Details &🔗s ➡️ http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties
⏰️All times US Eastern
#Westerns #Music #Mysteries #Action #Comedy #anime #Movies #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon
Thank you hosts! 🌼🌸@MatthewTitus88 @MirrorAyako @Taweret @analgesicsleep @rsmon77 @hyde @GrillChill @greenpepper22 @kamikat @bunnyhero
+ @lilymarswrites (on hiatus till April)
This is still one of the best #Mastodon themes out there 
😆
Edit: it's a default Mastodon flavour in the Glitch-soc fork:
https://github.com/glitch-soc/mastodon/blob/main/app/javascript/styles/win95.scss
What's this?
The poster board section of a Target in #LosAngeles
They're all gone
Why are all the posters gone?
🤔
(bye for now #Mastodon, I leave soon myself to join my local #protest #demonstration)
实例升级到了 Mastodon 4.4.0 Glitch-Soc
Docker 部署的实例，大版本升级一定要注意阅读升级指南：
docker compose down
docker compose pull
docker compose run --rm -e SKIP_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MIGRATIONS=true web bundle exec rails db:migrate
docker compose up -d
docker-compose run --rm web bundle exec rails db:migrate
docker-compose run --rm web bin/tootctl search deploy --only-mapping --only=accounts
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.0
https://github.com/glitch-soc/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.0
Besides the dozens of #mastodon apps on the #AppStore I've found seven #lemmy apps, four #pixelfed apps, and two #neodb apps!
https://codeberg.org/technicat/lemmy-ios
https://codeberg.org/technicat/pixelfed-ios
https://codeberg.org/technicat/neodb-ios
✅ Só li ese post hoje e ele não está errado.
✅ Esse negócio de entrar num perfil e não ver os posts é muito comum aqui.
✅ Esse amadorismo dos administradores de instâncias acontece muito aqui no Brasil também.
✅ Falta de caixa de entrada para mensagens é mesmo um problema.
✅ A migração é realmente limitada. Também acho que deveria trazer o conteúdo.
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⭕ Entendo a decepção, mas não acho que o administrador da instância esteja errado em limitar os bots. Creio que ele deveria ter escolhido uma instância própria para isso.
⭕ E minha experiência no Bluesky foi tão ruim que já exclui minha conta (agora só tenho um clone do Mastodon lá).
🔗 Original: https://v.cx/2025/04/mastodon-exit-interview
🔗 Traduzido: https://manualdousuario.net/mastodon-comentarios-problemas/
We've released the second beta of #Mastodon 4.4 - including some UI fine tuning and new updates, additional integration for Fediverse Auxiliary Service Providers, and more progress on support for incoming quote posts. Please give it a try on your instance, if you can - we appreciate feedback. 🪧
Next up will be a Release Candidate, and then the full release itself 🤞🏻
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.0-beta.2
Fediverse is still the most lively social network I have ever used, since MySpace in 2003. It is better than Twitter or any commercial social media platform ever was. Absolutely love being here.
The most profound thing about it is the international coverage. After the first wave of enshittification in 2010, algorithms took over, and suddenly as a polyglot I was labeled as Finnish. No more visible international posts, people only saw the Finnish ones.
I've noticed the same effect in commercial AI. It ignores the fact that I use English online 99% of the time and still replies to me in Finnish despite all instructions. Algorithms and AI label you. They assign you a language, a status, a certain type of person. There's no changing that.
The Fediverse and Mastodon are delightfully mine, yours, and truly open source - respecting privacy. Nobody's machine can tell you, "You are this, and this is why we do that."
Fuck labelers and the fog machines. Let me be me. Here, on my own server, I can embrace my weirdness and post however I want, how often I want, whenever I want, in whatever language I choose - without constantly worrying about how my identity will be perceived by a machine.
Updating Mastodon: 20 minutes
Updating snac2: 2 minutes
Not that this will affect anyone but me and @elliot , but I have imported the GardenFence Mastodon blocklist for spammy servers - https://github.com/gardenfence/blocklist/blob/main/gardenfence-mastodon.csv bar some such as bird.makeup (Twitter accounts), mostr.pub (nostr bridge) and one that is just scanning ActivityPub instances
Musicians.today is a Mastodon server for musicians of all levels, instruments, regions, languages, and genres. You don’t have to be a professional musician to join, but you should at least play an instrument or sing as a hobby.
You can find out more at https://musicians.today/about or contact the admin @cambraca
#FeaturedServer #Music #Musicians #Bands #Instruments #Singers #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
My latest blog post: Migrating my Mastodon server to Masto.host
https://mikecoats.com/migrating-to-masto-host/
I migrated my Mastodon server from a self-hosted DigitalOcean droplet to an instance provided by Masto.host. The process was straightforward and took less than an hour.
Y’all. Mastodon has a new Terms of Service that’s problematic. I’m hoping and cautiously optimistic that they’ll sort it out. But for now it’s not good.
@mcc wrote one of the best GitHub issues I’ve ever seen. It explains everything in great detail. Check it out if you want a full picture on the situation.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/35086
🧵 1/2
(UPDATE: our crowd-sourced concern has them pausing on this. https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/114709820512537821)
Okay, sports fans, I've restored 4.3.9 on my private server. Yay!
The problem was that I had updated ruby. That caused local extensions to not be found. The solution was to do this:
gem pristine --all
and enjoy a cup of coffee. The errors stopped, everything was happy again, & I restarted the servers.
I'll pin this one on both servers for a while to spread the solution for "Source locally installed gems is ignoring [whatever] because it is missing extensions."
Raphus Social 🦤 is a better bird site, a safe and inclusive place for bringing together open minded people interested in technology, open source, games, and other general geekery. (In case you are wondering, "Raphus" is Latin for the dodo 🙂)
This server has an extended post size of 1024 characters and up to 8 poll options.
More info at https://raphus.social/about or contact the admin @raphus
#FeaturedServer #Tech #FOSS #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
👥 Já é possível seguir meu perfil do #Mastodon no #Bluesky e no #Threads
Apesar de testar outros serviços de microblog, é no Mastodon que está a conta que uso atualmente. Mas se você usa Bluesky ou Threads, consegue me seguir sem criar conta no Mastodon.
🔗 https://www.meutedio.com/2025/06/seguir-mastodon-em-threads-e-bluesky.html
Hello World!
I just spoke with a #US #Senator office about the #fediverse . They're asking for more information to help spread around #Capital #Hill in small bite sized easy to understand pieces. I'm obviously going to give them @elena beautiful #movie on the #fedi (with some light editing which she's agreed to).
I'll of course show them https://fediverse.info/ and https://fedi.tips/ which are great websites. I figured I'd give them examples of amazing #AP projects such as #mastodon , #pixelfed , #peertube , #bandwagon , and #bonfire ; even things like @admin .
I'd love to know from folks any EASY to understand projects that best encompass the Fediverse and explanations of it.
What are some projects you'd hand to your friends and family that would explain and display to them what we are?
I'll say this isn't going to happen over night. There's lot of questions around regulations, trust & safety, etc. But I feel it's pertinent to at least get the conversation going, especially considering the current state of disdain for big social media and the impending legislation around these things.
I'll finally state if there's anyone in this list that does NOT want to be involved with this, that's totally fine and I understand and I can exclude you from the materials I give to them.
#boost #boostplease #government #laws #activityPub
@benpate @peertube @bonfire
@stefano @dansup @Mastodon
📰 Perfis de notícias em português brasileiro para seguir no Mastodon
🔗 https://www.meutedio.com/2025/05/noticias-no-mastodon-pt-br.html
Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?
Möchte allen danken, die sich in den letzten Jahren im #Fediversum bloggend eingebracht haben. Ob #Mikroblogging auf #Mastodon oder Drukos zu #Blogposts, eigene #Blogs - die Zukunft gehört dem freien Netz statt irgendeinem Datenkonzern. Habe große Accounts auf #Facebook, #Insta, X hinter mir gelassen - und es nicht bereut. Danke, sehr! 🙏🤓📚🌈 #Wissenschaft #Dialog #Demokratie #KIFediversum https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/vom-bloggen-vloggen-das-ki-fediversum-durchbricht-auch-sprachgrenzen/
Kzoo.to is a community Mastodon server for the Kalamazoo area in Michigan, USA:
You can find out more at https://kzoo.to/about or contact the admin @notsle
#FeaturedServer #Kalamazoo #Michigan #USA #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
Beyond excited to announce that our trader status was approved and we are available to all of our European friends once more! It took way longer than any of us expected but it should be taken care of for good.
Updates are not far behind!
#fediverse #indieDev #AppStore #mastodon
Mastowatch: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mastowatch/id1662271463
Audracity: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/audracity/id6476069436
Mastodon.ie is a Mastodon server intended for people connected to Ireland, but open to all who respect the server rules.
Freastalaí atá dírithe ar dhaoine a bhfuil baint acu le hÉirinn, ach atá oscailte do gach duine a urramaíonn ár rialacha.
This server has been operating since 2019.
You can find out more at https://mastodon.ie/about or contact the admin @mastodonie
#FeaturedServer #Ireland #Eire #Irish #Gaeilge #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
