Thanks to oxzi, matoken, Louis Merlin, dandelions, Bruno Cesar Rocha and any other contributors I may have missed as well!

I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.91 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/31777

GitHub Continuous Integration checks are running, hopefully they will complete without issues?

Regardless, it's up to someone else with commit access to merge it!

#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces

Quality posts over quantity? Why not have both?

Follow @ncgaa to augment your timeline with retro gaming and classic anime goodness!

#Gaming #Fediverse #Mastodon #RetroGaming #Anime

Quick vibe check on @elk usage.

👉 Have you been using #Elk web app (https://elk.zone)?

Please #boost for science :) We have been discussing the future of Elk and your input here matters a lot. 🙏

Feel free to elaborate on the comments as well!

#askmastodon #askfedi #askmasto #fediverse #mastodon #mastodev

@eff

don't even think about it once. instead think about leaving those fascist appeasing, data collecting, oligarchic meta apps

join #pixelfed instead of insta
#mastodon instead of threads
signal or some privacy respecting app instead of whatsapp

I still think we need to plan a day for a mass exodus from facebook to friendica so all of the good💙 people will be able to find each other again, w/o losing touch. leave the maga fascists on fb

More UI visual tweaks have been applied to Retro Gaiden. Nothing major, but now it’s a more unified look across all screens. Today I specifically worked on the appearance of:

Profile pages
Search results
About page

I’m always looking for ways to improve the look of the website. RG remains the most unique-looking #Mastodon instance on the #Fediverse

https://retro-gaiden.com

Some very good news. Just got a message from @aseelfromgz:

“…we spoke with the apartment owner a few days ago and went to clean it. We’re cleaning it now and might move in tomorrow…”

I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to hear this and it’s all thanks to the 17 patrons on the fediverse who pledged a monthly contribution towards paying Aseel and her family’s rent so they can move out of their tent.

Thank you all so much!

You’re making such a profound difference.

💕

#fediverse #mastodon #Gaza #mutualAid #GazaVerified

[1/2] So, i updated my #Mastodon server. I have been putting this off forever because it was so much messing around. I initially installed it on a #RaspberryPi with everything running natively. I wanted to install it and hold data on #DIgitalOcean spaces, but I had issues getting the S3 driver to resovle correctly.

I also wanted to run this on #docker, but once my server was running, I just let it run for years. it was a few minor versions behind, and every further minor version, i let it ride.

Mastodon is ten years old today!

https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/1

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v0.1.0

https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/110985808809440467

#mastodon #anniversary #fediverse #Mastodon10 Years #DecadeOfMastodon

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A screenshot of a post from Eugen Rochko (@gargron), the creator of Mastodon. The post is from March 16, 2016, 10:44, and it says: "Hello world".

There are a few key things that #Mastodon has that #GoToSocial doesn't (like keyword filters), but I still use GTS for this instance because I know things will develop over time. It is a vote of faith. I also want a #fediverse that includes more than just Mastodon.

You do not have to use Mastodon through its official mobile app!

There are many other ways of using your Mastodon account, and most people who try the alternatives tend to prefer them.

The most popular alternatives are third party apps and your server's own website. These tend to have more features and faster updates. You can find out more at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/which-apps-can-i-use-should-i-use-the-official-app-or-a-third-party-app

However you access Mastodon, it's still your same account and same server 🙂

#FediTips #Mastodon

"How corporate lobbying, think tank infrastructure, competing model legislation, and obscured funding networks are shaping age verification policy across 45 states and Congress."

https://tboteproject.com

#AgeVerification #Discord #Linux #SurveilanceCapitalism #Zuckerberg #FollowTheMoney #Privacy #Mastodon

If you want to transfer your Mastodon account to a different Mastodon server, there's a step-by-step non-technical guide at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server

There are a lot of steps, but each step is hopefully clear and easy to understand.

The guide also answers many questions people have about transferring their account. (If I've missed something please let me know!)

#FediTips #Mastodon

Social media sites don’t have to look dull and boring. X, BlueSky and Gab didn’t get the memo.

Retro Gaiden did 😎

https://retro-gaiden.com

#SocialMedia #Mastodon #RetroGaming #X #BlueSky

Austin Healy art! Perfect gifts for the car enthusiast!

Check it out now at:

(Art) https://pixels.com/featured/austin-healey-thom-zehrfeld.html

(Hat) https://www.redbubble.com/i/hat/Austin-Healey-by-TZehrfeldPhotos/178972291/fce2

(T-Shirt) https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/88514272-austin-healey?store_id=69864

#austinhealey #healey #classiccars #classiccar #MastoArt #Mastodon #BuyIntoArt #Classic #Cars #Car #Vintage #Retro

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Austin Healy art! Perfect gifts for the car enthusiast! Check it out at: (Art) https://pixels.com/featured/austin-healey-thom-zehrfeld.html (Hat) https://www.redbubble.com/i/hat/Austin-Healey-by-TZehrfeldPhotos/178972291/fce2 (T-Shirt) https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/88514272-austin-healey?store_id=69864 #austinhealey #healey #classiccars #classiccar #MastoArt #Mastodon #BuyIntoArt #Classic #Cars #Car #Vintage #Retro

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Austin Healy art! Perfect gifts for the car enthusiast! Check it out at: (Art) https://pixels.com/featured/austin-healey-thom-zehrfeld.html (Hat) https://www.redbubble.com/i/hat/Austin-Healey-by-TZehrfeldPhotos/178972291/fce2 (T-Shirt) https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/88514272-austin-healey?store_id=69864 #austinhealey #healey #classiccars #classiccar #MastoArt #Mastodon #BuyIntoArt #Classic #Cars #Car #Vintage #Retro

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Austin Healy art! Perfect gifts for the car enthusiast! Check it out at: (Art) https://pixels.com/featured/austin-healey-thom-zehrfeld.html (Hat) https://www.redbubble.com/i/hat/Austin-Healey-by-TZehrfeldPhotos/178972291/fce2 (T-Shirt) https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/88514272-austin-healey?store_id=69864 #austinhealey #healey #classiccars #classiccar #MastoArt #Mastodon #BuyIntoArt #Classic #Cars #Car #Vintage #Retro

Commercial social media is one of the biggest sources of data exploitation. By staying active there, we continue to indirectly support this invasion of privacy.

🌱 Learn more on how you can minimize your presence and slowly build better social networks.

🧰 Check our Privacy Activist Toolbox tip to Improve Your Social Media: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/activism/toolbox/tip-improve-your-social-media-and-build-resilient-communities/

#PrivacyGuides #Activism #PrivacyActivistToolbox #Privacy #Mastodon #Fediverse

More visual upgrades to Retro Gaiden have been deployed!

#Mastodon #Retro

@stefan @mastodonmigration @Kichae @baralheia

of course that doesn't mean we welcome bigoty and lies to #mastodon/ #fediverse if we welcome "normies" with ease of use

we keep right on pruning bigotry and lies

plenty of "normies" aren't bigots and disinfo trolls

and plenty of people who are at ease with the steeper tech curve of mastodon/ the fediverse are bigots and disinfo trolls

calling out "normies" just speaks of ugly elitism, and does not shield you from bigotry and lies

@stefan @mastodonmigration @Kichae @baralheia

agreed 1,000%

some people don't want alterations that make an easier intro to the fediverse because they don't want "normies" on #mastodon/ #fediverse

to me this is disgustingly elitist

but nevermind that:

so you want the great mass of your society at the mercy of plutocrat #socialMedia #algorithms and polluting so many minds with #bigotry and lies and driving your society off a cliff?

no, you don't

you want the "normies" on the fediverse

Blame this on @dougmerritt , @mousebot

Tootchaining utility that breaks at and trims whitespace:

https://codeberg.org/martianh/mastodon.el/issues/340#issuecomment-11390971

which as DM requested is incomprehensible cl-search .. :end2 .. :test-not .. :from-end

The version that does not attempt to play god with whitespace:

https://codeberg.org/martianh/mastodon.el/issues/340#issuecomment-11388562

Maybe you could patch it into #mastodonel.
#mastodon #programming #emacs #elisp #lisp

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ELISP> (whitespaced-toot-chaining eg-lim eg-str) ("I thought what I'd do was I'd 1/7" "pretend I was one of those 2/7" "deaf-mutes. That way people 3/7" "wouldn't bother me. They would 4/7" "just have to line up and put 5/7" "their pieces of paper on the 6/7" "pile with everybody else. 7/7") ELISP>

the only hashtag i follow is #SilentSunday and you should too, just to lower your BP in this age of stressful stuff and news. #mastodon

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport/116178002926045553

"The fediverse is only half built on an open standard."

Good read.

#fediverse #mastodon

Connected Places » 🌐 2026-03-05
@fediversereport@mastodon.social

new from me: FR#156 - Share Where?

on @Mastodon 's new Share button, the Mastodon API and protocol ownership

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr156-share-where/

The European Commission has registered a new Citizen Initiative, calling for a European social media platform.
In detail: The initiative invites the Commission to establish, through a legislative act, “a public social media platform at the European level”. That "would form an alternative to the current platforms and work as a service for the society, be funded by the society and be under its oversight”.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_522

#EU #SocialMedia #Mastodon #SocialMedia

Slightly more information about this #citizenInitiative here for a #European #SocialMedia here: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2026/000004_en

IF This reaches the required amount of signatures it will have to be examined by the European Commission. What conclusion the commission will come to I cannot predict, but it may consider the option of building on existing infrastructure *cough* #mastodon *cough* …
These processes take quite a long time, but I’ll keep updating here ;)

Cool Austin Healy! Check it out at:

https://www.redbubble.com/i/photographic-print/Austin-Healey-by-TZehrfeldPhotos/178972291.6Q0TX

https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/88514272-austin-healey

https://pixels.com/featured/austin-healey-thom-zehrfeld.html

#AustinHealey #Classic #Vintage #Car #Cars #MastoArt #Mastodon #Auto #Automobile #Vehicle #Retro

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Cool Austin Healy! Check it out at: https://www.redbubble.com/i/photographic-print/Austin-Healey-by-TZehrfeldPhotos/178972291.6Q0TX https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/88514272-austin-healey https://pixels.com/featured/austin-healey-thom-zehrfeld.html #AustinHealey #Classic #Vintage #Car #Cars #MastoArt #Mastodon #Auto #Automobile #Vehicle #Retro

⚠️ Scam warning: there are accounts posing as Mastodon admins claiming to offer "rewards" or "payments" or "partnerships".

These are scams. There are no reward or payment schemes on Mastodon. No genuine admin would ever send this kind of post or reply.

If you see scam posts like the ones in the screenshot below, report them by clicking ⋯ on the scam posts and then selecting "report".

#Mastodon

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Screenshot of two scam posts with the following texts and the word "SCAM" overlaid on top of the screenshots: The Mastodon team is excited to inform you that your content is capturing the audience's attention. We would like to offer you an opportunity for collaboration, where you can earn rewards for your posts. To begin this collaboration with the Mastodon team, we strongly recommend that you complete the verification process by using the link below: (LINK REMOVED) Thank you for choosing our platform. Best regards 𝗥𝗼-𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗿 @verifnoootiff@mastodon.world Dear Mastodon user, We’ve noticed your activity and would like to propose a partnership! For every post that gets 10 likes, you’ll receive a payment credited to your account. To start, please confirm you own this account and provide the details for payment. If you have questions, our support team is here to help. Verify now: (LINK REMOVED) Thank you! Best, The Mastodon team.

🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER. 🚨

Currently there are scammers who want you to click a link by acting like #Mastodon staff

Please REPORT these accounts so we can ban them across the #Fediverse

WE DO NOT VERIFY PEOPLE ON MASTODON

This is nice, but it feels like a missed opportunity to create something that works for all of the fediverse, not just Mastodon.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-new-share-button/

#mastodon #ShareButton

I've always wanted to be able to filter my #mastodon feeds by people I'm following or hashtags, instead of one huge noisy feed of both.

I've got enough working now I'd love for others to give it a shot, everything is stored in your browser, no tracking or servers collecting data.

if you have a few minutes I'd love others try it out or reshare

You can find it here: https://elefeed.app/

#client #foss #fediverse #mastodonapp #mastodonclient #webapp #indiedev #webapp #openweb #apps #app

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Screenshot of Elefeeds ability to filter by profiles or hashtags.