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Do you think we need more independent,
fact-checked news? I think so.
Follow if you agree - and you can say you were here right from the start.
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Hi all, excited to have entered the fediverse, here to provide any of your colonoscopic needs 😉 #introduction #newhere
@frankscott@theforkiverse.com welcome! I need a colonoscopy. Can I get that done over the internet?
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Our vision is crystal clear: social spaces should belong to the people, forever. 🏡💙
No ads, no manipulative algorithms, no hidden agendas: a platform governed by and for its community.
Support Mastodon. Keep the internet in the hands of the people: Donate #SupportMastodon
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Oh my. This is very fun, and just wonderful in a lot of ways. (It's much gentler and funnier than the preview makes it look)
The maker of this excellent video is also on Mastodon here: @bennjordan
@hollie@social.coop absolutely loved this video! Excited to see @bennjordan@mastodon.social here! VERY EXCITED! 😁 Such a great video. Thanks Benn! Keep up the amazing videos. If you ever wanna try Peertube, I have an instance, or I can recommend some or even help you set up your own. 😁
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What in the fresh hell is going on with the economic numbers?
@jerry@infosec.exchange something smells REALLY not right man. I've read from some economists that NVidia is proping up a lot of the economy. One stated that once he removed the outliers and the Government firing/hiring stuff that the economy grew at 0.8% not the 4%.
ChatGPT:
Why this hasn’t happened yet
Because we skipped step 2 and 3.
The fediverse tried to:
Educate users first
Sell ideology
Expose complexity early
Mass systems do the opposite.
@mapache@hachyderm.io absolutely agree with this. People don't care about the underlying tech. They care about tech that fits a need. At the moment I'm attempting to find communities of people that are interested in investing in their own social communities.
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First new listings for 2026 are up! Some old favourites, Greeblees! https://www.operationpuppet.com/ #puppets #puppetbuilding #smallbusiness #artist #handmade
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🎥 Have you thought of starting your own #PeerTube channel? 🎥
Are you looking to make original videos for other to watch and comment on? Are you looking to build a community around those videos?
Dudelike.wtf currently has 4 slots open for new account requests. Click on the link to learn more.
(please boost for visibility)
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I think it is detrimental to the foss ecosystem to allow state intervention, guidance, control or influence on something that by desing it is meant to have no borders, no nationalities, races, genders, ethnicities, and above all corporate fans.
Linus set a dangerous precedence to allow US boycott affect development, and defended his choice on pure nationalistic bias.
Now this, an EU attempt to make foss a tool, to set standards and guidelines.
It will not end well EU=bad
@yianiris@kafeneio.social I think the current system of proprietary big tech is a larger issue at the moment. With EU funding open source it'll push it event faster than it has been going. They will have alternatives to the US big Tech and they can make their own rules for themselves. Every country should be focused here and we can all build off each other.
I do agree that the EU could so bad things. They exist to govern the EU people and their morales might not be mine. But more competition is better IMO. Open standars are better for everyone compared to what we currently face.
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EU is calling for comments on open source strategies. MAKE YOURSELF HEARD!
Even non-EU citizens have a voice here.
NOW is a time to stand up and stand out! YOU want to help the Fediverse? Here's just one way today that YOU can REALLY make a difference:
The European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy will set out:
- a strategic approach to the open source sector in the EU that addresses the importance of open source as a crucial contribution to EU technological sovereignty, security and competitiveness
- a strategic and operational framework to strengthen the use, development and reuse of open digital assets within the Commission, building on the results achieved under the 2020-2023 Commission Open Source Software Strategy.
ec.europa.eu/info/law/better...
#EU #open #foss #openSource #source #linux #activitypub #AP #fedi #fediverse
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I wrote a few words yesterday about my new video and about @TIBtv in general, if you’re curious.
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ATTENTION lovelies!
If you've DMd me on here about an order or anything work related that hasn't gotten a reply yet - please poke me or email contact@jenniegyllblad.co.uk
My mentions had a penguin-shaped-confetti-bomb thrown into it and I only now think I've caught up - but if I've missed you, please glide into my DMs again or (preferably) email me!
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A few days ago, a client’s data center (well, actually a server room) "vanished" overnight. My monitoring showed that all devices were unreachable. Not even the ISP routers responded, so I assumed a sudden connectivity drop. The strange part? Not even via 4G.
I then suspected a power failure, but the UPS should have sent an alert.
The office was closed for the holidays, but I contacted the IT manager anyway. He was home sick with a serious family issue, but he got moving.
To make a long story short: the company deals in gold and precious metals. They have an underground bunker with two-meter thick walls. They were targeted by a professional gang. They used a tactic seen in similar hits: they identify the main power line, tamper with it at night, and send a massive voltage spike through it.
The goal is to fry all alarm and surveillance systems. Even if battery-backed, they rarely survive a surge like that. Thieves count on the fact that during holidays, owners are away and fried systems can't send alerts. Monitoring companies often have reduced staff and might not notice the "silence" immediately.
That is exactly what happened here. But there is a "but": they didn't account for my Uptime Kuma instance monitoring their MikroTik router, installed just weeks ago. Since it is an external check, it flagged the lack of response from all IPs without needing an internal alert to be triggered from the inside.
The team rushed to the site and found the mess. Luckily, they found an emergency electrical crew to bypass the damage and restore the cameras and alarms. They swapped the fried server UPS with a spare and everything came back up.
The police warned that the chances of the crew returning the next night to "finish" the job were high, though seeing the systems back online would likely make them move on. They also warned that thieves sometimes break in just to destroy servers to wipe any video evidence.
Nothing happened in the end. But in the meantime, I had to sync all their data off-site (thankfully they have dual 1Gbps FTTH), set up an emergency cluster, and ensure everything was redundant.
Never rely only on internal monitoring. Never.
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@_elena@mastodon.social @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe How do I say "I knew it! I'm surrounded by assholes!" in Italian?
@_elena@mastodon.social When you direct the movie, can I star as the legendary @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe ?
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@JenJen@mastodon.art THIS IS HOW HAPPENS!
Step 1 a friend says they'll give you something free-er, better, more open.
Step 2 HACKED THE WORLD IN 2 SECONDS!
Step 3 can't figure out how the hell to close the terminal.
We've ALL been there.
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By now I've been listening to https://theindiebeat.fm/ for a week or so. They're streaming music from artists across the Fediverse.
All human-made, no slop. I found some interesting tunes, and have generally been wonderfully entertained. Highly recommended!
Thanks @mizkirsten and everyone else behind this great project!
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