Notices by Stefan Bohacek (stefan@stefanbohacek.online)

RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116510604283511719

Hey fediverse, happy Monday!

In case you missed this, over the weekend I made a mini zine version of https://jointhefediverse.net.

You can print it here: https://jointhefediverse.net/zine

It's available in almost 30 languages, just like the website.

But I need your help translating the zine page itself!

Would you be interested?

https://github.com/jointhefediverse-net/jointhefediverse.net/issues/179

#fediverse #zine #translation #localization #volunteer

RE: https://social.coop/@dajb/116510327736265131

Oh nice!

"Being recognized as a [Digital Public Good] increases the visibility, support for, and prominence of open projects that have the potential to tackle global challenges."

Congratulations, @index @john @johnonolan!

As a reminder, Ghost blogs are now part of the fediverse!

https://explore.ghost.org/social-web

More reasons to https://leavesubstack.com.

Happy #InternationalWorkersDay! ✊

#MayDay #workers #WorkingClass #WorkersRights #WorkerSolidarity #labor

Sharing this mainly as funding the work in the fediverse is a big challenge. It would be nice to see someone here to take a shot at this.

Also, nice to see so many familiar faces from our community on the jury board!

"Fossil fuel power generation — coal, oil, and gas combined — fell 0.2 percent in 2025, the first decline since the pandemic and only the fifth year this century that fossil generation didn’t rise."

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/486845/climate-change-coal-solar-renewable-power

#news #environment #renewables #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

Excited to welcome @inthesetimes to the fediverse!

"In These Times is an independent, nonprofit magazine dedicated to advancing democracy and economic justice, informing movements for a more humane world, and providing an accessible forum for debate about the policies that shape our future."

https://inthesetimes.com

Coming up in about 3 hours, @vantablack will be sharing lessons learned from nine years of being on the fediverse, both as a regular member and as an admin.

"It has helped me out in so many ways, and changed my life profoundly, and even enabled me to be the person I am today."

https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/schedule/

https://workadventure.lfnw.org/@/LFNW/office

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjDc7gDlIASThBDIH-XRSJB7XkwzwRW56

#fediverse #LinuxFestNortWwest #LFNW #LFNW2026

So there was an interesting conversation over on Bluesky the other day

TLDR is that a member of the Bluesky team who runs some popular feeds or labelers or whatever subscribed to an "Anti-AI" blocklist, and people who have been added to it got all blocked (300k of them, I think?) and lost access to those feeds/labelers/whatever.

Some have responded that this is all fair, nobody owes us free labor, etc. Definitely agree with that.

Some countered that these blocklists are problematic and people often end up on them without really belonging there.

Also a fair point.

Anyway.

This is just an opportunity for me to say that one perk of running a server full of bots that are followed by 10.7k+ people from 1.3k servers is that if you're eg. not cool with my trans homies, you can say goodbye to live views from the South Pole and such.

With me, you always have a choice!

RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116431502098968282

Really enjoyed this thread of people talking about their local libraries and listing things they offer to their communities.

And even though today's the last day of the National Library Week, let's celebrate, and support, libraries every day, all year around!

#libraries #NationalLibraryWeek #LibraryWeek #books #reading #bookstodon

As we all knew, of course.

"When Zohran Mamdani won the mayor's race, his critics predicted a mass exodus of wealth and business from New York City, cratering its tax base. It’s been nearly six months since he won, and market indicators suggest so far that the rich are staying put."

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/mamdani-nyc-wealthy-corporate-flight

#news #USPol #billionaires #mamdani #NYC

"For two decades, “social media” has been the master lens through which scholars have understood digital communication—an era defined by user-generated content, networked publics, and participatory culture.

That era is drawing to a close."

https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/6nue7_v1

#SocialMedia #research

On this day, 75 years ago, 16-year-old Barbara Rose Johns organized a 450-student strike that "helped lead to the Supreme Court’s decision outlawing segregated schools".

https://theconversation.com/75-years-after-she-led-a-student-strike-that-helped-end-school-segregation-barbara-rose-johns-now-stands-in-the-us-capitol-where-robert-e-lee-once-did-273531

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education

#OTD #OnThisDay #history #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #segregation #racism #BrownVBoard #BrownVBoardOfEducation

RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116450418047268670

In case you missed this yesterday!

I also added options for downloading your contacts, and opening profile links from your home server.

Share this with your friends looking to join the #fediverse!

And for more resources: https://stefanbohacek.com/fediverse

I just finished working on my first ATProto/Atmosphere/Bluesky app!

No, really. It helps you find your friends who have joined the fediverse.

Might be worth sharing with your friends!

https://friends.jointhefediverse.net

#fediverse

I was debating whether I should share this here, but I do like getting feedback/yelled at, so here it goes:

A super simple, "normie"-friendly "please come back to Mastodon" page.

https://mastodon.jointhefediverse.net

#fediverse #mastodon

Happy National Library Week!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_Week

#libraries #NationalLibraryWeek #LibraryWeek #books #reading #bookstodon