Notices by bignose (bignose@fosstodon.org)

None of that justifies having him in any official position of influence today @jxself

Thanks @sethmlarson for committing to make #FreeSoftware #Python volunteer maintainers lives easier.

I'm sadly shocked, though, that PEP 761 lauds dependence on #platform providers out of our control (Google, GitHub, etc.) as some improvement? Have we not learned that we need #community control of our identity, not #corporation platforms?

#ProtocolsNotPlatforms is a necessary part of divesting centralised power over our #SoftwareFreedom. Vesting yet more control in Microsoft is not the way.

We desperately need the @mozilla that had a clear mission:

* Make the very best reference implementation web browser that respects privacy and freedom of all web users.

* Vigorously and fearlessly champion the #OpenWeb against all forces that threaten it. This entails not having those forces as sponsors.

The rot is deep. I hope it can be cut out and we get a better entity that can maintain #Firefox and stand firm for open, secure, privacy-respecting web technologies.

And there it is: @mozilla loses its Advocacy division, and the #OpenWeb loses what was once a champion.

“We’re revisiting how we pursue that work, not stopping it” says the Mozilla Foundation. Oh yeah, laying off workers is “revisiting” how to do the work, all right.

#MozillaCorp is nakedly a profit-seeking #SurveillanceCapitalism promotional body today.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/5/24289124/mozilla-foundation-layoffs-advocacy-global-programs

I identify as a gamer, because I'm really into board games

and I do it only in part because it tends to annoy video-game "gamers"

@drewdevault

@JetForMe

https://wikis.world/@anticomposite/112130743283159422

@JetForMe

The #FreeSoftware fork of #Redis is already up: https://codeberg.org/redict/redict

#Redict #Copyleft #NeverSignCLA

@clacke

The #FreeSoftware fork of #Redis is already up: https://codeberg.org/redict/redict

#Redict #Copyleft #NeverSignCLA

You run a #FreeSoftware project? This is your occasional reminder to move away from #Discord and #Slack and other #Platforms.

As convenient as they seem, every "platform" is a #WalledGarden. They can and will pull the rug from under you any time it's in their interest, without regard for yours.

Migrate your community to systems under community control. Before it becomes a crisis.

https://en.osm.town/@amapanda/111771768413699746

#ProtocolsNotPlatforms #DataSovereignty #SelfHosted

Thanks @evan.

Crucially, for the purpose of "the instance for this account already closed down, I want my posts to be preserved" is to figure out how a post can continue to have identity as the same post, even when the original instance is no longer responding.

Yep, I'm aware of that @devnull

@evan knows I love him, but he opened this up when he asserted what #Mastodon implements and doesn't. I'm asking for more detail of that assertion.

So then @evan what is #Mastodon telling me when it says

> The exported data will be in the ActivityPub format, readable by any compliant software.

What "compliant software" is it referring to?

A feature like "restore posts and media from archive" seems the most obvious use of an archive of posts and media.

Is this a case of "we have backup implemented, but not restore"? wtf

How do I apply an #ActivityPub archive of my posts from one account, and import them as posts on a different account?

The #Mastodon "export" feature (one of the account Preferences) says:

> You can request an archive of your posts and uploaded media. The exported data will be in the ActivityPub format, readable by any compliant software.

Okay, once we have this archive ("in ActivityPub format"), what is the "compliant software" to read it in as posts on my Mastodon account?

There is great momentum in a community that already knows a language and wants to *do work* with that. (i.e. that is not primarily programming, but merely *using* programming to achieve some other goal.)

So, those people will reach for what they already know, which in this case is #Python; and if it is good enough, then other niche special-purpose tools don't even get investigated.

A special property of Python is impressive support for so many use cases; people try it, it just works!

@array

@vaurora

One of my favourite recent Toots:

* journalist: Are you sentient?
* chatGPT: yes
* journalist: holy shit

Taking a break to read the #FSFBulletin at work.