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Dear Europe: Germany has shown the way forward, by making the Open Document Format (ODF) mandatory within its sovereign digital infrastructure. Now it's time for other countries to do the same! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/23/dear-europe/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware #openstandards
Fireside Fedi** **81 - Stage & Stream: A Professional Clown's Online Life - Russ Sharek
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📅 10 years ago today, Double Fine's remaster of LucasArts' Day of the Tentacle was released!
In my opinion, this remaster sets the gold standard for how a quality remaster should be executed.
💾 Day of the Tentacle Remastered was released on March 22, 2016!
Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!
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@ozoned@btfree.social unrelated to the OP but since ur using bonfire, I'm curious can u use mastodon apps with it, or is there another client or web app u use?
@lps@holos.social some apps are Mastodon compatible, such as gotosocial, but I don't think Bonfire is one of them.
@JenJen Hey I've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty. Do you have a moment to chat?
@logan@social.logal.dev @JenJen@mastodon.art I've been trying to reach you about your cars extended warranty salesman.
@north Like a screenshot of what's hosted on that domain?
@logan@social.logal.dev @north@xn--8r9a.com logal enjoys creating bots.
Update on the Colorado Age Attestation bill: Everyone that participated in the meeting last week submitted proposed changes to the bill. They included good ideas to improve consumer protection and privacy and exempt open source software.
Sen. Ball responded this morning that they'll now draft potential amendments.
I think we're making good progress. I'm off for a ski weekend with the kids. Have a great weekend everyone!
BlueSky wants you to trust them, but they raised $100 million from a crypto fund almost a YEAR AGO and didn't tell anyone.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/bluesky-announces-100m-series-b-after-ceo-transition/
@ozoned I am familiar with it. When I first heard about it kinda reminded me of MP3Locker, which then became mp3tunes. Do you recall MP3tunes at all?
@lorenzosmusic@mastodon.social I don't know that one at all.. I shall look into them.
@lorenzosmusic@mastodon.social I don't know if you're familiar with #FunkWhale or not:
blog.funkwhale.audio/funkwha...
If you're not familiar, then it's a federated self hosting music platform.
Huge win for open standards and freedom from vendor lock-in! Germany’s Sovereign Digital Stack mandates ODF, the Open Document Format: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/19/germanys-sovereign-digital-stack-mandates-odf/
@mastodonmigration it’s the first time in the entire history of capitalism that a company wouldn’t publicly boast about raising 100 million dollars
@_elena@mastodon.social @mastodonmigration@mastodon.online
They JUST found it between the couch cushions.
This is an absurd and transparent lie, that reflects very badly on Mike Masnick.
We are talking about a $100M investment, and he is asking people to believe they were just "too busy." Hogwash.
@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online @_elena@mastodon.social
And you know who can never be used to make that money back?
US!
We're FREE.
Folks like BSKY, idk why. But they'll either stay or they'll leave. If they leave, they're not going back to Twitter. If they stay, maybe they don't know or maybe they don't know how good we are. Or maybe they have something we need.
How can we turn this into a strength to HELP people move over?
Bonfire is AMAZING imo. It's not Mastodon. We have so many options, we just need to convince folks that this way is better and we can suit them however they need.
@_elena Masnick has certainly revealed a previously hidden side of himself in all the BS BS ...
@colo_lee@mstdn.social @_elena@mastodon.social
I was at Red Hat when they were sold to IBM.
The CEO, Jim Whitehurst, that for some reason people saw as a god and didn't understand he didn't INVENT Linux or anything, was standing up there selling us the idea of the sale to IBM.
CEO's are only there to keep the business running. They're not there for the people, they're not there for the customers, they're there to make sure it just keeps humming along.
Even if they disagreed, they're not going to say it publicly. You know how much money that CEO job is making them? Say whatever, world be damned.
THIS is why they can't have this power.
They will ALWAYS convince themselves and anyone they can that this is BEST FOR ALL.
@_elena The whole 'gosh golly' thing ...
@geonz@mathstodon.xyz @_elena@mastodon.social those silly businesses would forget about the law if they weren't reminded! It happens to us ALL!
@_elena Next Space Karen buys Bluesky for $44 billion
@benjamimsilva@social.vivaldi.net @_elena@mastodon.social He's foolish, he's not THAT foolish. He'd pay no more than $40 billion this time.
@_elena
You'd scared me.
I really thought Mastodon did something sinister at the first glance XD
@Pouakai@mastodon.social @_elena@mastodon.social if they ever do we still have the rest of the Fediverse.
I'm on my own private #Bonfire for my business and I LOVE IT.
@_elena we could ask our founder and CEO John Mastodon about it, for sure. 😁
@greenWhale@dice.camp @_elena@mastodon.social
ALL HAIL The First of HIS name, Founder of the TOOT TOOT, Creator of the meme of the elephant wetting itself that we all find hillarious, the greatest person to ever live, for realsies, JOHN MASTODON!
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