@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.
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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/
@_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!
@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.
@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.
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@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!
Can you imagine Mastodon raising 100 MILLION dollars from a crypto VC fund and failing to disclose it... for a full year? No I can't either.
And from their actual press release: "The Atmosphere currently contains about 20 billion public records—the posts, likes, comments and other interactions that bring the ecosystem to life. It's an astonishing collection of what open social infrastructure makes possible."
https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-19-2026-series-b
How I read it: data harvesting at its finest 💁♀️
@_elena@mastodon.social I mean, I won't use BSKY EVER. I'm happy it exists for those that choose to. But we're going to keep seeing this over and over and over again. But I'm also happy because more folks that choose to use other platforms takes power away from Big Tech.
I think things like this show folks that BSKY is NOT the same as Mastodon or the fediverse in general. But I think most won't care and for those that DO care, do they care enough to move AGAIN?
And if they do, we know they won't be going to Twitter. Maybe a few will run their own whatever in the Fediverse or some will be empowered to build something themselves and make it better and AP is the only way to go really imo.
No matter what, thank you ALL for joining us on the #Fediverse because the ABOVE is the ONLY alternative that Capitalism sees and I'm happy to have REAL choice.
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Can you imagine Mastodon raising 100 MILLION dollars from a crypto VC fund and failing to disclose it... for a full year? No I can't either.
And from their actual press release: "The Atmosphere currently contains about 20 billion public records—the posts, likes, comments and other interactions that bring the ecosystem to life. It's an astonishing collection of what open social infrastructure makes possible."
https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-19-2026-series-b
How I read it: data harvesting at its finest 💁♀️
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wow.
just fucking wow.
'pathetic' doesn't even -begin- to fucking describe this.
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@munin General, we need to open a hole in the blockade of Carthage, so they can sell us new sails!
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Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi! TODAY!
The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live
Special Guest: @rileytestut@mastodon.social of @altstore@fosstodon.org
Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io.
AltStore isaA home for apps that push the boundaries of iOS — no jailbreak required. By [@rileytestut](https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut "https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut") @shanegill.io@threads.net
Follow @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live so you don't miss a livestream!
Or @firesidefedi@tubefree.org to catch the #Vod right in your feed.
It will happen on 19 March 2026 at 15:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )
If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:
#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi #firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance
Watching the "Liability or Deniability" hearing on Section 230.
Ms. Farid Johnson keeps discussing how they shouldn't scrap 230, but amend it with user security and interoperability.
I'm enjoying this just watching that idea get public.
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Here's the announcement about MLS over AP: socialwebfoundation.org/2025...
The draft spec: swicg.github.io/activitypub-...
The discussion space: github.com/swicg/activitypub...
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I enjoy finding random stuff on #Peertube . There's so much interesting stuff if you're willing to do a bit of searching. 😊
FOR INSTANCE: tubefree.org/w/3BK8NMiLJXhxX...
You can just follow @scarpyro@makertube.net from your #Fediverse account and you'll get any new videos they make right in your #feed !
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Works On My Machine Upcoming Episode!
We'll be installing manyfold.app/ #Manyfold and talking with @Floppy@mastodon.me.uk .
March 29th 0900 UTC-4
Follow @ozoned@worksonmymachine.live to be alerted when we go live!
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Join us at womm.live and watch me prove to James that there's always a better idiot. LIVE! #software #fedi #fediverse #owncast #live
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We just released Bonfire 1.0.2, an update focused on giving you a more stable and reliable experience.
We're also heads-down working with several communities who are setting up their own Bonfire servers.
Plus updates on end to end encryption and federated groups.
More details: bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bo...
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