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Welcome to the Wii Cafe!

This instance is running #snac2 under #NetBSD on a Nintendo Wii. My DMs are open, let me know if you'd like an account here.

UPDATE: https://hub.vocalcat.com is open for public registration.

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I’m building a new tool and looking for volunteers to test it! A #fediverse linktree.

It’s designed for two types of people:

Normies / newcomers – Think of it like a free, privacy-respecting Linktree. No trackers, no ads. But here's the cool part: it's a Trojan horse for the fediverse. Your profile link is itself an ActivityPub actor. That means people can interact with it directly in the fediverse, and it encourages exploration of open platforms.

Fediverse users, If you have multiple accounts (#Mastodon, #Pixelfed, Loops, a federated blog…), you know the struggle: sometimes you just want one persona to follow. This tool gives you that. It doesn’t post on its own (read-only), but it boosts all your other accounts and even has its own #ActivityPub inbox. PLUS it can receive and show your badges issued by @badgefed !

Interested in testing? Right now it only supports mastodon/gotosocial authentication, so if you have a mastodon or gotosocial account register a new account.

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UPDATE: I am doing load testing at this point, if many people sign-up expect some unavailability moments. Thanks for your patience, I want to discover the limits of the stack.

I am an unpaid volunteer running 5 websites and 5 accounts helping people use Mastodon and the wider Fediverse. I pay their bills every month.

If you want to help these sites & accounts keep going, you can buy me a coffee:

➡️ https://ko-fi.com/fedithing

(No registration, choose any amount, all currencies work, one-off or monthly donations)

Alternatively become a patron:

➡️ https://liberapay.com/FediThing

All support greatly appreciated! 🙂

❤️ @FediTips, @FediFollows, @FediVideo, @FediGarden & @homegrown

Museums and Galleries to follow (continued):

🇪🇺 EUROPE (continued)
@muzej - Computing history museum in Slovenia (in English & Slovenian)
@3rz - Vintage computing centre in Germany
@womeinesonnescheint - Helping exhibit new artists in Netherlands & Germany (in English, Dutch, German)
@AdamStuartSmith - Curator at Nottingham Natural History Museum, UK
@dr_norb - Plant curator at Natural History Museum in London
@lusoteca - Highlighting Portuguese art & culture in museums

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By request, #Museum and #Gallery accounts to follow:

🇪🇺 EUROPE
@smk - National Gallery of Denmark
@auschwitzmuseum - Memorial & museum at Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp
@index - Watermill museum in Sutton Coldfield, UK
@vagina_museum - World's first museum of gynae anatomy, based in London
@namip - Computing history museum in Belgium
@ikob - Contemporary art museum in Belgium
@EICAS - Contemporary art museum in Netherlands (in Dutch & English)

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@PalePimp@poa.st @boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud I could definitely see a path there. That scares the hell out of me and I hope you're wrong. But definitely possible. Thank you for sharing.​

@boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud ​it'll be interesting to see how that's supposed to work. I'm not in NY so I don't fall under those laws. But I can just grab a new OS from somewhere else as I run Linux and GrapheneOS. Any third party that houses that info will be a MASSIVE target for hackers. I think these things are years away from being implemented and practical. Just because a law exists, doesn't mean it's enforceable. It'll definitely be interesting to watch. And states will be sued and it'll take years to move through courts as this is entirely new ground. So we'll have to see how they're classifying the internet and how they justify it.

I'll say this though, I'm against this kind of thing personally, but I think all of these people are attempting g to do anything they can to dig us out of the current pit we're in. The road to hell is paved with good intentions though.

@PalePimp@poa.st @boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud definitely is a slippery slope. But if I run my own and you run your own, plus with the end to end encryption for DMs in the works​, they'd need more than just these laws to get access to either of our servers. And anything public In post, well it's public.

@boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud ​potentially. I'm an idealist and I'm very biased in favor of the Fediverse, but I have a difficult time believing they'd want to enforce this against my running my own for my own family, let alone them actually being able to enforce this. It absolutely could impact big open platforms like mastodon.social or even my own tubefree.org. but this is a reaction to big tech getting us into this position and finding ways to reduce their power.

@boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud ​yes, but that's with everything. Can you expand?

So, I've been seeing news about all of the age verification laws, and I see a LOT of scared people.

Here's the way I see it, and I'd like to honestly get people's opinion, I think they're dumb, HOWEVER, I think the laws give ud a HUGE opportunity. YOU can run your own platform and you can verify your own age. Same with your family, same with your community. This gives us power.

Are people just going to hand over their IDs to Facebook? Probably, but it won't be me. And there will be massive fraud and issues and this will force legal degradation of centralized platforms.

Thoughts?

@liaizon@social.wake.st @theraccoonbytes@theforkiverse.com @_elena@mastodon.social @pj@theforkiverse.com @Casey@theforkiverse.com @Curry@theforkiverse.com ​I reached out.

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @lich_silvae@masto.fediverse.games

Passionate about Ethnomusicology, Occultism, Nature, Cooking, and Social Welfare. Topics commonly include subjects not suitable for people under 18. Minors do not follow.

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 06 March 2026 at 15:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

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#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

On the #Fediforum #GrowingTheOpenSocialWeb #unconference right now. And the diversity, the experiences in just the first 30 minutes is incredible. We have so many folks from all types of different backgrounds learning and SHARING with everyone else.

This is absolutely incredible being on this ride with you. Thank you all so much.

#GTOSWFediForum

@_elena@mastodon.social @logan@social.logal.dev @dnpdame@mastodon.social ​It was nice. We all just hung out and had a drink, talked, then walked to an Italian restaurant and had dinner. Just 4 of us. But lots of fun getting out to talk with folks. 😊

@logan@social.logal.dev @dnpdame@mastodon.social and I are at Sir Walter Coffee in downtown #Raleigh for anyone interested in joining us for a #Fediverse #MeetUp .

Back corner.

Just a reminder to anyone in the #Raleigh #NC area TODAY, Feb 28th 2026, we're having a #Fediverse #MeetUp at Sir Walter Coffee, E. Davies St. Meeting there around 1800 until whenever folks care to wrap up.

Just a reminder to anyone in the #Raleigh #NC area tomorrow, Feb 28th 2026, we're having a #Fediverse #MeetUp at Sir Walter Coffee, E. Davies St. Meeting there around 1800 until whenever folks care to wrap up.

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