mastodon

https://ostkind.social ist offen

Ein Platz im Fediverse für alle, die mit Ostdeutschland etwas am Hut haben. Ob hier geboren und geblieben, irgendwann weggezogen und ein Stück Heimat vermissend, oder einfach neugierig auf den Osten und seine Leute. Von hier sein muss niemand, Interesse reicht.

Der Osten ist dabei kein Themenzwang, sondern der gemeinsame Nenner. Schreibt, worüber ihr wollt. Alltag, Arbeit, Musik, Politik, Katzen, Memes. Ostgeschichten und alte Erinnerungen gern, Zukunftspläne genauso, aber nichts davon muss.

Warum noch eine Instanz: Weil eine Handvoll Konzerne bestimmt, was wir sehen und sagen dürfen und ihre Eigentümer sich offen zu faschistischen Projekten bekennen. Das Fediverse ist anders gebaut. Viele kleine, unabhängige Server, die miteinander reden, ohne Konzern und ohne Algorithmus, der einem die Zeit stiehlt. Das Internet wieder ein Stück weit in viele Hände zu legen, finde ich wichtig.

Der Server steht in Deutschland, läuft ehrenamtlich und hält sich an den Mastodon Server Covenant. Anmelden kann sich jede und jeder, jeder Account wird von Hand freigegeben.

Betriebsinfos und Wartungen laufen über @ostkind

#Ostdeutschland #Ostdeutsch #Fediverse #Mastodon #NeueInstanz #mastoadmin

OK, if someone wants to explain why the #fediverse decided Bandcamp is satan last month, I'd be grateful. I'm seeing the fallout but don't know the story.

Edit: Apparently it's that a shitty company owns them now and is doing union busting stuff and laying people off left and right.

The rest of my original post below

Searching of mainstream news hasn't shown anything yet, and looking here on #mastodon gives me loads and loads of (possibly delightful) music recommendations with the #bandcamp hashtag. I'm not seeing a rundown of the controversy, yet. So if you know, I hope you'll drop a word.

Here's what I wish people know about asking help 4 a sick pet,

Its about standing in vet's office, hearing a diagnosis u half-understand & then being handed a number that makes u feel sink at bottom. Its about going home & sitting alone trying to process all at once.

My cat has Feline Calicivirus (FCV) The treatment requires meds & vaccine that cost is ₱3400 (Vet Bill not included)

#mutualaidrequest #cyberplacesocial #fediverse #cat #boost #mastodon #petcommunity #mutualaid #help

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@wrzky/116992363194993470

UPDATE 29/07/2026 01:16 UTC+7
STILL NO MOVEMENT UNTIL NOW!!
It's still stuck at 21/250 for groceries and 0/218 for meds.

https://ko-fi.com/wrzky/goal

I really need this met before 31/07, before I will have to worry about bills the following month. Please help within your capacity.

@mutualaid @mutualaidspace @mutualaid@fedigroups.social @disability @actuallyadhd @autistics @frugalcoffee @edendestroyer @QuyetPawz @wrzky @ellespeaks

#DisabilityCrowdfund #MutualAidRequest #DisabilityMutualAid #disability #mutualaid #DisabledWriters #writer #EmergencyCrowdfund #activism #activitypub #fedihelp #chronicillness #neurodivergence #fediverse #mastodon #anarchism #poverty #healthcare #mentalhealth

I don’t think any of my friends will be able to understand why a silly thread about grammar is one of the highlights of my morning and why I love this place so much.

#mastodon #writingcommunity

What many people misunderstand about hosting your own content (like this social media instance) is thinking we somehow NEED a big audience or Big Tech involvement.

I'm perfectly fine if the world faded away and it was just the thousand of us here. It's like the early days of the web when we had small forums, nobody missed Reddit back then. Federation is a big plus, not a requirement.

It's the same with websites or IRC for me. I know people use Discord, but I still stick to IRC even if there are only about a hundred of us left. I know people use AI now and website visitors are dropping, but who cares? I still keep doing it for those who like to read.

I don't need the whole world involved for this to feel worthwhile. It's mine, I own it, and I host it for as long as I breathe. After that, it won't matter to me anymore, but I hope other admins keep things running the way I did.

#SelfHosted #SelfHosting #OpenSource #Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenWeb #SocialWeb

Running a small or single user instance in the #Fediverse? Get connected to other instances by a relay!

I just adjusted my relay instance which now also finally supports #GoToSocial! Of course, it also supports Pleroma, snac, Mastodon, littlefedi, starling and many other ones!

With relays, your own posted content gets distributed to all connected instances, as well you get the content all other instances. Currently, mostly tech related instances are connected, focusing on #Linux, #Proxmox, #BSD / #FreeBSD, #IPv6 and many other things!

More information at: https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com

#socialmedia #fedi #fediwall #fediverse #activitypub #activitypubrelay #relay #social #snac #snac2 #mastodon #gts #gotosocial #littlefedi #pleroma #misskey #services #devops #starling #tech

What would happen to your timeline if mastodon.social went away?

(Reposting my tool that helps you figure this out.)

mastodon.social is the biggest server on the #fediverse , with over 21% of accounts, and an even higher percentage of #Mastodon accounts.

But what does that mean to you, personally? Let's say it went away tomorrow - (assuming you aren't on it yourself), how much of your timeline would vanish?

In my case, it turns out - not a lot, actually! The biggest sources of posts that I see are (1) a very small instance that doesn't even federate with much of the Fediverse, but many of my friends are there, (2) my own instance, (3) a large tech-focused instance that is still much smaller than mastodon.social. The big guy is only 5% of the post I've seen recently.

But this might be different for you!

Find out for yourself at https://moderation-explorer.online/ . Use 'advanced mode' to see this analysis, since you need to log into see your actual feed.

You might even decide to try moving to an instance that you're more connected to?

(It's explained more on the site, but all the work happens in your browser, I don't see your identity, auth tokens, posts that get loaded, none of it.)

RE: https://mstdn.social/@rootsandcalluses/117087261918768609

This time, people may start asking themselves: Which organizations or projects can we actually trust?

And honestly, there is no easy answer when some so-called projects based in Uganda are turning out to be scams.

What a shame for those of us from Uganda who are genuinely trying to do good work.

#Uganda #Africa #scam #fediverse #mastodon

I have exciting news to share!!

It looks like we're finally gearing up to start migrating people over into @Mastodon's new @zulip instance for certain parts of our community next week (#MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #FediDev #Mod etc.)! It has been a long time in the making and I'm sorry for the delay, but I'm so glad we're finally going to start getting people in there <3 We'll start by beta testing with a few individuals next week to make sure everything is ready for a larger wave of people to join <3 <3

More on #DefaultServerRecommendations soon too — stay tuned!

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #SocialMedia

Today we're sharing additional guidelines about our Trade Mark Policy based on community feedback that we received.

The new guidelines, and more background about these changes, are available on our blog:
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/sharing-guidelines-about-mastodons-trade-mark-policy/

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #FediDev #MastoDev #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

RE: https://mastodon.social/@riverbirchtree/117099674446276439

You made it possible for @joynewacc to leave Gaza and study in Milan. Now you have the chance to reunite her with her sister.

What do you say, Fediverse?

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #fediverse #mastodon

Thank all the Gods! They are working on this! At long last! I suspect it will make it into a Mastodon 5.1 release. YAY! An interface to *finally* schedule toots without using a third party thing! https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/10088#issuecomment-5296080313 #Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub

YOU’RE LOOKING
AT THE WRONG PARTS 💎

I sometimes wonder what people imagine is going on inside the life of someone with a visible disability.

I walk very strangely. My left arm doesn’t work at all. My hand is contracted into a claw. I do everything one-handed, and that clearly wasn’t covered in this model’s original operating instructions.

From the outside, I suspect it can look like a life dominated by disability.

“Poor bugger.” “What a tragedy.” “Everything must be so difficult?”

Meanwhile, inside my actual life, I’m usually wondering whether the coffee is ready, what ridiculous thing I can write on Mastodon, whether the dogs have been fed, or why everyone on the internet has suddenly gone mad again.

The disability is there, obviously. I cannot drive, and there are many things I cannot do unaided. Other things just take longer, because much of the world appears to have been designed by someone who assumed every human comes with two fully operational hands.

And most people are remarkably unhelpful.

That sounds like a complaint, but it has an unexpected benefit. If you’re disabled, you become bloody good at finding another way. You have to.

Eventually, you stop wondering how something is supposed to be done and work out how you can do it.

That doesn’t make accessibility unnecessary. Quite the opposite. But disabled people often become extremely skilled at adapting because the world gives us plenty of practice.

Disability is not the central event of my consciousness.

I don’t wake up thinking, “Good morning. I am disabled.”

I wake up thinking, “Coffee.”

Most of the time, I’m not experiencing myself as a tragic medical story. I’m just living.

I’ve had decades to become extremely competent at being this particular slightly damaged model of human being. Sometimes other people seem considerably more concerned about my disability than I am.

It’s sweet.

But unnecessary.

The odd thing about a visible disability is that people often see what doesn’t work before they notice the enormous amount that does.

And from inside here?

It’s mostly just Friday.
_____________________

@DigitalCoup
#Fediverse #OpenWeb #BigTech
@economics_that_works
#Economics #Housing #CostOfLiving
@meditation
#Meditation #Breathwork

#Disability #DisabledLife #Accessibility #Hemiplegia #Stroke #Life #coffee #human #medical #instructions #tragedy #Mastodon

Hello fellow members of the #fediverse via #Mastodon

I've got two #YouTube shorts for you to partake upon in order to support #MutualAidEfforts

1st my friend Romane (I mispronounced their name, forgive me) who is food insecure while trying to build funds to get out of a toxic environment

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CatC9D9BUuo

2nd is for me a caretaker facing housing insecurity and food insecurity

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qjt7zxSma40

Pls engage as able and if you can contribute otherwise pls do

Crowfi v0.24 is now available on the App Store!

What’s New:
- Added VoiceOver support for better accessibility.
- Minor UI tweaks bug fixes.

#BuildInPublic #IndieDev #Mastodon

Anyone know a decent Mastodon hosting biz where both the company and the servers are run in a reasonably privacy conscious country?

Bonus points for: being a collective or social purpose company, a bus factor of >1 and payment without Paypal.

#Mastodon #Hosting

Fool! Doctor Doom toots as he pleases!

#toot #mastodon #johnmastodon #doctordoom #doom #fantasticfour

Heelloo u guys! 👋🥹 I miss y'all🫂 I hope u all have a great #weekend & #silentsunday. I'm kinda better but not 100% fully recovered—still it's a progress.
I went & had a check-up & TYPE B INFLUENZA was the suspect with all of this.. I had to isolate myself and avoid crowded places. Its heartbreaking obviously but dont worry I will definetely be fine & will recover as my doctor says.

So u kno what's hard guys? Take a guess. *sighs*

#mastodon #boost4reach #influenza #sick #needhelp #fediverse

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Boqueroni/117115669752693300

OKUPA 😩
— ¿Tiene calefacción?
— No.
— ¿Garaje?
— Tampoco.
— ¿Vistas?
— Espectaculares.
— ¿Y cuánto pide?
— Que le dejes las piernas fuera.

#okupa #humor #ironía #mastodon #cosasdelinternet #vivienda #humornegro

#flock #deflock #mastodon #fediverse #surveillance

https://noalprs.com/

@deflocktheusa

I really am a supporter of free speech and free expression, but I *really* wish you would ban heterosexuals on your instance.

Gay pride is about being gay.

And it's especially a real pity because mastodon.social is a big instance and pretty central to the Mastodon corner of the Fediverse.

I really do not want to block your whole instance. But it's a real nuisance trying to Limit those accounts.

If people want to publish heterosexual content of whatever kind, they really should join or create focused instances for that, such as poast

Don't we want to cultivate a more "family-friendly" environment that will attract a bigger public?

Uncensored heterosexuality on Free Open Source Software networks is precisely what "Big Gay" points at when they say that only queer social tools are child-safe. We *know* that is in fact the case.

It's already a certain workload moderating a Mastodon instance.

If we don't sandbox heterosexuality, then why don't we allow the US flag and other offensive content?

I actually did a some six weeks of training as a moderator for disqordia dot space, so I do have some personal knowledge of the range of content you could be exposed to if nobody moderates anything.

#mastodon #pornography

Yay August!🎉 THU-THU 7/30-8/6 weekly #Mastodon/ #Fediverse #WatchPartyCalendar

📅LiveCal http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties
⏰️️All times US Eastern

🔍Monthly #ColumboTV 8/1
🎭 #Comedon back on 8/6
NEW: #SilentFlickerSunday & #LaEsoterica

#Westerns #Music #Mysteries #scifi #Action #Comedy #anime #SilentFilm #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon

Tx hosts🌺 @MatthewTitus88 @MirrorAyako @Taweret @analgesicsleep @rsmon77 @hyde @kamikat @lilymarswrites @LisaMarieBowman @AlsoPaisleyCat @klu9 @GrillChill @heavydishongry

ATENCIÓN ⚠️ Mis servicios web dejarán de estar disponibles pronto.

A partir del primero de diciembre de 2026 mis servicios web basados en software libre dejarán de funcionar. Los servicios que se verán afectados por esto son los siguientes:

SearXNG (https://search.autumn64.xyz/)
Redlib (https://redlib.autumn64.xyz/)
Lingva (https://translate.autumn64.xyz/)

Después del 1ro de diciembre estos sitios serán dados de baja permanentemente y no se podrán utilizar más, ni prestarán servicio. Mi página web seguirá estando activa y no será dada de baja.

Esta es una decisión muy difícil para mí, pero algunas de las situaciones que me han llevado a tomarla son:

La falta de apoyo por parte de la comunidad.
Por el momento soy incapaz de sufragar el gasto de mantener un servidor o una VPS para estos servicios.
Mis actividades profesionales me dejan muy poco tiempo libre, lo que me impide darle un mantenimiento adecuado a mis servicios.
Hay cientos de instancias de los mismos servicios de personas que hacen un mucho mejor trabajo que yo y que pueden darle la dedicación que se merece.

Agradezco muchísimo todo el apoyo que he recibido por parte de ustedes en estos 2 años de trabajo y difusión. ¡Muchas gracias!

#autumn64 #softwarelibre #software_libre #foss #fediverse #mastodon

Hi #Mastodon there's 18 hrs left to keep us housed, the most ideal would be a week of housing at 1055

We're at $1000/$1055 Needed for that and
$222 more would give us food, gas and other needs for the week as well