Notices by Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social), page 5

#Admin #IndiewebSocial - FYI everyone this server is now running #Mastodon 4.3.4

Some important security updates here: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.4

THANK YOU to everyone who took action during this congressional recess! Whether you helped turn up the pressure on a Republican or push your Democratic representative to use their leverage, we could not be more thankful for all you’re doing to fight back against the Trump-Musk coup. 👏

"In Oregon’s 2nd district, Rep. Cliff Bentz (R) got a rude awakening in four town halls he held in this past week. At one point in his town hall in La Grande he chided the audience, saying a lot of representatives had refused to even hold town halls. So they should be grateful he decided to show up.

Note that this is an R+15 district — basically the eastern two-thirds of the state."

~ Josh Marshall

#Musk #Trump #TaxCuts #billionaires #EconomicElites #Oregon
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/another-town-halls-goes-off-the-rails-oregon-2nd-district-edition

@mellifluousbox @Mastodon @rightscon @andypiper cool! Any sessions you're hosting? I'm also attending

@sarahjamielewis Frankly loosing faith in Mozilla (sadly) is why i moved over to @Vivaldi browser.

@dansup so So sad for your loss…sending love your way as you mourn and heal from this…

TODAY: The Senate will vote on Kash Patel’s nomination for FBI director. This MAGA extremist has salivated about prosecuting journalists, government officials, nonprofits, and ordinary Americans.

Call your senators: https://indivisible.org/resource/call-your-senators-and-tell-them-oppose-kash-patels-nomination-fbi-director?source=mastodon&medium=directpost

Or send an email: https://act.indivisible.org/sign/demand-senate-block-kash-patel-becoming-director-fbi?source=mastodon&medium=directpost

@etp You may be right.

Watching Netflix consider getting into exclusive video podcasts in part due to the success of YouTube as the largest "video podcat" provider. Think it is crucial that we don't lose "podcasts" as a term, or as a crucial open web standard.

I don't care if it is behind a paywall or not: but If you don't use an standard RSS feed to download and it doesn't use standard open media formats, it may be something, but we shouldn't call it a #podcast.

@js My one other note to this is that after two or three migrations of new users, the 'Counterculture subset' is just one part of the fediverse population - mostly ones that joined very early. And maybe it one one counter culture subset that is less prevelent on Bluesky, etc, but there are many other new subsets that have joined since with different priorities too.

‘What the fediverse currently _is_, is a countercultural network with little interest in mainstream pop culture. This is an absolutely fine identity to have!’

1/2 I made a bot! I’ve created an internet history themed Mastodon bot: @cybercultural. It posts screenshots of classic tech news websites and tech blogs from Dot-Com, Web 2.0 and the 2010s. There’s one post per hour, so it’s not too noisy. I’ve attached an example toot, and I invite you all to follow the bot if you want some tech blogging memories in your feed.

Note: it’s still ‘under construction’, as we used to say in the ‘90s, but otherwise good to go!

Question: do I update my #Fediverse stock photo with this screenshot (it has the shortcut to #Friendica too)?

Disclaimer: Friendica & #Lemmy do not have official apps, so these are iOS shortcuts to URLs (of instances).

A reminder that this stock photo is for articles about the Fediverse, so it’s the most vanilla, KISS (Keep It Simple) version imaginable for people not familiar with the Fediverse. My *real* Fediverse folder has Ivory, Mona, Phanpy, Surf and Voyager.

Let me know your thoughts!

When I look at the US at the moment, it's like that bit over here when Truss was in charge and decided to just set fire to the economy for the lulz. Only in the US, there's no one to stop King Donald I from doing what he wants now.

Join us at our next virtual DWeb Meetup: Bluesky & Beyond!

We'll discuss Bluesky, AT Protocol, and efforts to build an open, interoperable ecosystem of social networks.

WHEN: February 19 11:30AM PT

Register here >>>
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-meetup-bluesky-beyond-tickets-1236616175269

Haven't really had a chance to watch any of the relevant #fossdem talks, have there been any major updates? Does the project have a public timeline anywhere?

Last commit seems to be from three months ago.

https://github.com/mastodon/fediverse_discovery_providers

#fediscovery #fediverse #mastodon #fossdem

BlueSky Crossposter™©® worked (after plenty of troubleshooting and some recoding): https://nerdculture.de/@ByrdNick/113454337286905203

@dansup Congrats!