Check out my series of images of scenes around Budapest, capital city of Hungary, available to purchase as a print or on a variety of products on my FAA / Pixels website.

https://john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com/collections/budapest

https://john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com/featured/the-hungarian-parliament-building-4-john-hughes.html

#BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #PhotographicArtwork #photograph #Artwork #Mastodon #MastodonSocial #Mastoart #followers #print

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Check out my series of images of scenes around Budapest, capital city of Hungary, available to purchase as a print or on a variety of products on my FAA / Pixels website. https://john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com/collections/budapest https://john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com/featured/the-hungarian-parliament-building-4-john-hughes.html

Mathstodon.xyz is a Mastodon server for people who love maths, and includes LaTeX rendering in the web interface. Maths chat is especially welcome, but any topic of conversation following the code of conduct is OK.

This server has a post size of up to 1729 characters.

https://mathstodon.xyz

You can find out more at https://mathstodon.xyz/about or contact the admin account @christianp

#FeaturedServer #Mathematics #Maths #Math #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

If you've participated or been tagged in a discussion thread but you don't want to take part or receive notifications about it any more, you can remove yourself from the discussion by using the "mute conversation" feature:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/muting-conversation-threads-in-mastodon

After you've done this, you won't get any more notifications about the thread.

Note that you need to go to your *notifications* to find the option to mute the conversation. This option may not be available in the thread itself.

#FediTips #Mastodon

Did you know you can get an ‘early preview’ on all upcoming features and changes in #Mastodon just by checking the commits on GitHub?

This goes for all open source Fediverse projects btw!

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commits/main/

I can post 3000 character toots

#FediVerse #Mastodon #field #database #AU #social #socialmedia #federated #network #protocol

I'm only asking this because I'm curious to know, but is there a Mastodon v5.0.0 remotely in the works right now?

#MastoAdmin #Mastodon

Hallo Krefeld! 👋

Wir freuen uns, jetzt auch hier auf Mastodon mit euch in den Austausch zu treten. 🎉 Hier informieren wir euch über aktuelle Themen, Projekte und Veranstaltungen aus unserer Stadt – und wir freuen uns auf einen respektvollen Dialog mit euch.

Bitte denkt bei euren Beiträgen an die Netiquette: Freundlichkeit, Respekt und konstruktive Diskussionen machen das Miteinander angenehmer für alle. 💬🤝

#Krefeld #Mastodon #DigitaleSouveränität #Netiquette #Fediverse

Find a Mastodon instance for your region on a map:
https://mastodon.fediverse.observer/map

#Mastodon #SocialMedia #instances #map

Mal ne #Mastodon-Frage an die Profis: ich folge mehreren Accounts auf einem anderen Server (hessen.social ➡️ mastodon.social) und sehe ganz oft deren Nachrichten nicht, nur dann, wenn ich deren Account direkt suche und öffne. Warum ist das so? Das ist auch unabhängig von der App (Offizielle Mastodon-App oder auch Fedilab)

Außerdem hab ich ganz oft, dass Nachrichten in der Timeline nicht nachgeladen werden und es entstehen riesige zeitliche Lücken.

cc: @eichkat3r @moomendemol

After quite some time, I’m finally ready to share this.

MastoBlaster is now available in public testing on TestFlight.

It is a lightweight, privacy-first Fediverse client for iOS, built around a simple idea: fast, small, predictable behavior, and first-class support for snac.

What makes it different:
• snac-first by design, not "compatible by accident"
• Works with all Mastodon API compatible software, including Mastodon, snac, GoToSocial, Akkoma, and others
• EXIF stripping on upload (HDR and orientation preserved)
• Optional on-device alt text generation via Apple Intelligence for your uploads and for images in your timeline
• Markdown posting for snac
• Granular notifications, grouping, multi-account
• Blocking and moderation tools
• Very small footprint, very low RAM usage

Alt text generation happens entirely on device via Apple APIs on supported hardware. Nothing is sent to external services.

It is built around my own workflow and priorities. It may not be for everyone, and that is perfectly fine.

Important note:
MastoBlaster will always be free for BSD Cafe users, illumos Cafe users, and for anyone connecting to a snac instance, including self-hosted ones.

The app is already usable, but this is still a test phase. I am looking for feedback, bug reports, and real-world usage insights.

TestFlight link:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/Pkxa5R1k

Stay tuned.

#MastoBlaster #iOS #Fediverse #Mastodon #snac #snac2 #Akkoma #GoToSocial #ActivityPub #OwnYourData

EDIT: Build 68 should also run on iOS 18.x but it currently crashes. I'll see if I can fix it.

After quite some time, I’m finally ready to share this.

MastoBlaster is now available in public testing on TestFlight.

It is a lightweight, privacy-first Fediverse client for iOS, built around a simple idea: fast, small, predictable behavior, and first-class support for snac.

What makes it different:
• snac-first by design, not "compatible by accident"
• Works with all Mastodon API compatible software, including Mastodon, snac, GoToSocial, Akkoma, and others
• EXIF stripping on upload (HDR and orientation preserved)
• Optional on-device alt text generation via Apple Intelligence for your uploads and for images in your timeline
• Markdown posting for snac
• Granular notifications, grouping, multi-account
• Blocking and moderation tools
• Very small footprint, very low RAM usage

Alt text generation happens entirely on device via Apple APIs on supported hardware. Nothing is sent to external services.

It is built around my own workflow and priorities. It may not be for everyone, and that is perfectly fine.

Important note:
MastoBlaster will always be free for BSD Cafe users, illumos Cafe users, and for anyone connecting to a snac instance, including self-hosted ones.

The app is already usable, but this is still a test phase. I am looking for feedback, bug reports, and real-world usage insights.

TestFlight link:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/Pkxa5R1k

Stay tuned.

#MastoBlaster #iOS #Fediverse #Mastodon #snac #snac2 #Akkoma #GoToSocial #ActivityPub #OwnYourData

Hi, we are new on #Mastodon, looking for some #Hardcore #Punk #DIY network off the well known corporate social networks. We are tired of their bullshit algorithms, ads and owners.

Give us a helping hand to start here. Follow us (and maybe share our profile), we follow back. Thank you!

#Fediverse

I've used the #Fediverse, mostly #Mastodon for over 8 years. Should #AgeVerification come to .social that will end my time here. Should Age Verification come to most other large instances, that will end my time on the Fediverse as it will no longer be a place that is safe or sane for #LGBTQIA folks, especially us #Transgender folks living in many places where governments are actively restricting our rights.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/connecting-the-world-through-thriving-online-communities/

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Network Health: Redefine what it means to be safe on Mastodon Everyone on today’s internet is directly exposed to regulations like GDPR, the Digital Services Act (DSA), the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and lately numerous age verification (or assurance) laws and related social media bans for minors. We will perform a regulatory audit to ensure full legal compliance of our own servers, and explore how this knowledge can be shared with the community. We are also forming an interdisciplinary age-verification working group, to help us navigate the complex nature of these international laws. Simultaneously, the team will draft and publish new community guidelines and moderation policies for the servers we operate. Additionally, we are updating the terms of service (we ran a community consultation on this in October 2025) and privacy policy for our own servers.

@crackhappy Well, the thing is, #Mastodon is not going to be exempt from local laws worldwide requiring it. How they do it is the issue to me.

If a user signs up from an IP address known to reside in a place that requires #AgeVerification, that's something all #Fedi instances are going to have to deal with at some point or risk legal issues. The sane way to do it imo is how NSFW Adult sites are handling it.

https://mastodon.social/@transicorn/116087118144339879

Also, thanks to: byte, dandelions, oxzi, davidrv00, ag-eitilt, pmjv, zen, daltux and anyone else I may have missed for contributing to this release!

I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.90 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/31230

1 of 3 GitHub Continuous Integration checks completed successfully.

Fingers crossed the other two go off without a hitch. If so, it's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.

#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces

Our IgniteRealtime Mastodon instance needs a new home! After years of generous sponsorship, we're now looking for hosting options. I'm new to Mastodon hosting. Any advice, recommendations, or offers to help would be greatly appreciated! Let's keep the community alive. #Mastodon #Fediverse #HostingHelp

Mastodon seems to be a very pro-privacy, anti-Gopgle place. So, be honest... How many Google apps and/or services are you (intentionally) using these days?

Additionally, are you trying to reduce that number?

#mastodon #privacy #google #tech

Been fiddling with #Sidekiq today to try and improve the performance of my Mastodon instance.

Beginning to suspect #Postgresql is the weak link, but not sure what else I can do with that (I know about PGTune)

#MastoAdmin #Mastodon

Here is a guide to how to make your posts accessible to blind, deaf and deafblind people:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-make-posts-more-accessible-to-blind-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

The guide also includes step-by-step instructions on how to add text descriptions to your image, video or audio attachments.

This guide was written in collaboration with the author and accessibility advocate @WeirdWriter . I'd highly recommend you support him at https://sightlessscribbles.com/support and check out his writing at https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts

#FediTips #Mastodon

Gestern 10cm schnee.... Heute Sonne und der ganze schnee weg.... Hm...war wohl nur ein bug der schnell gefixt wurde!

#wetter #schnee #winter #mastodon #bug #linux #windows #android

Wenn du nichts zu verbergen hast, warum hast du dann Vorhänge an deinen Fenstern?

Edward Snowden

#datenschutz #edwardsnowden #android #linux #opensource #foss #windows #google #meta #amazon #apple #ios #socialmedia #tiktok #instagram #mastodon #freedom #cybersecurity #infosec #bigtech

Hallo #Mastodon

Wir sind #neuhier im #Fediverse
und wir setzen uns für die Nutzung von #OpenSource-Software in #Bayern ein.

Für uns ist unverständlich, dass Bayern weiterhin auf eine Ausstattung der Behörden-Arbeitsplätze mit #Microsoft setzt.
Dadurch würde die technische Abhängigkeit Bayerns von #US #BigTech noch weiter verstärkt und Aussagen zur #digitalen #Souveränität blieben ein Lippenbekenntnis.

Wir freuen uns über jede Unterschrift unter unsere #Petition

https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/petition-gegen-die-ausstattung-bayerischer-behoerden-mit-microsoft-365

Thinking about moving my instance to docker. In your experience, are there any downsides besides the migration itself?

#mastodon #mastoadmin #docker #selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting #homelab

*Datenschutz ist kein Verbrechen, sondern ein Grundrecht."*

Jan Philipp Albrecht

#android #linux #windows #datenschutz #zitate #socialmedia #mastodon #grundrecht #app #apps #debian #ios #cybersecurity #NoBIGTech

I notice that the /people/ section of snac gives broken links to follower and followee profiles.

For instance entries for mastodon users are like this:

https://mastodon.social/ap/users/253190229248136435

Which appears to be an API endpoint rather than a web link. Links like this lead to a not found page.

#snac2 #mastodon #fediverse

Which also explains the strange AP endpoints that don't help us seeing context.
It is explained in this part a bit down the website here:
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/config/#disallow_unauthenticated_api_access

#snac2 #mastodon #federation #fediverse

If you're using a keyboard and accessing Mastodon through your server's website, you can type emoji without having to use the picker.

Just type a colon : and without any spaces start typing a keyword. It will then present you with five emoji that match the keyword, and you can choose the one you want with the arrow keys.

For example if you type :sun you will see five different emoji for "sun".

If the one you want isn't suggested, click on the 🙂 picker icon instead.

#FediTips #Mastodon

I love the #fediverse but I'm starting to consider the next alternative.
Do people in the #fediverse understand they are using #socialmedia where "hate the reply guy" and "don't quote my public statement" are unrealistic expectations for public posts?
#Mastodon
It seems some Fedi citizens what to put limits on social media in the Fediverse for their own secure comfort zone.
That's not how #socialmedia works. But go ahead and create your block bubble.

僧侶の神社参り

#tokyocameraclub
#東京カメラ部
#mastodon
#マストドン

Här kom beviset för att all den här hysterin kring åldersverifiering för att ”skydda barnen” bara är ett sätt att mata Palantir och uppnå total kontroll över dig och dina förehavanden.

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/oh-good-discords-age-verification-rollout-has-ties-to-palantir-co-founder-and-panopticon-architect-peter-thiel/

#palantir #technology #mastodon #discord #ageverification #PeterThiel #svpol #EUPOL

Zdzisław Beksiński would not put alt text for his paintings, if he were still alive and using Mastodon to share his paintings.

#mastodon

So, I built a new instance and you can find me at @mookie@weredreaming.com.

That doesn't mean that https://lifeiswoohoo.net is going away, it's staying for a while -- but lifeiswoohoo.net will be the instance that goes away if I ever want to change domains.

We're Dreaming (https://weredreaming.com) is an attempt at having an instance with permanence. It is where I plan to write and post without having posts disappear when I move instances, because it's obvious I'll always want to be building and destroying instances.

I'm still figuring out what I'll be posting here and what I'll be posting at We're Dreaming. But the initial thought is that more personal posts will go on We're Dreaming along with my movie posts.

I have already followed those of you that I interact with on a regular basis, if you wouldn't mind following back that would be awesome.

I am keeping the We're Dreaming account as one where I approve followers.

#fediverse #fediadmin #snac #snac2 #mastodon #mastoadmin #home

I <3 FOSS software. These are my daily drivers:
My PCs: #Arch, #kdelinux, #kde #plasma, #kmail, #librewolf, #darktable, #gwenview, #dolphin, #konsole, #okular, #kate, #kdeconnect ...

My phone: #e_os, lots and lots of #fossify lots of #Nextcloud #fdroid. And a phone running #postmarketos and #plasmamobile.

Maps and navigation: #openstreetmap, #comaps

Selfhosted: #yunohost with a few apps,, #nextcloud

SoMe: #fediverse, #mastodon, #pixelfed, #friendica

Thank you all you insanely nice and competent people making all that available for us all!

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Screnshot: My very simple KDE desktop with systemsettings displaying system information

I had the chance to rise in Senate QP this week, in the wake of the Grok deep fake scandal, to ask the government, yet again, why it is so committed to X, and so unwilling to try Mastodon or Bluesky. Here’s what I heard. What do you think? https://youtu.be/eVlQBnGqZ_U #cdnpoli #Grok #X #Canada #SenateofCanada #NewBrunswick #Fredericton #Mastodon #deepfakes

Am I remembering wrong? Didn't user accounts used to show up if they start to match what you are searching for in the drop bar here on Masto Web? I've noticed since upgrading to v4.5.6 it no longer works in the web (but still works on the main mobile app)

#mastodon #fediverse #selfhost

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Mastodon web search bar not showing a link to the actual user account being typed in

Instead of a WhatsApp group or whatever, my two oldest friends and me have a private non-federated Mastodon instance running on my laptop for some time now

It's all private and closed so only we 3 use it to communicate and share stories with each other!

You can just disable federation and set everything private so it becomes a little intranet for friends!

#Mastodon is really amazing

Nichts hinzuzufügen.

#mastodon #fediverse #hamburg

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Graffiti mit „Leb so dass die auf LinkedIn dich doof finden“

Recently, there was a question by @taylorlorenz about how you explain the Fediverse to someone who doesn't use it.

And usually, what we tend to do is we talk about servers and decentralisation and federation and ActivityPub and all these highly technical concepts.

I've been thinking about it, and all that technical stuff is really impressive work by people far more clever than I'll ever be.

But for me, that technology is a facilitating thing. It's like trying to describe how a bicycle works, rather than why you ride it.

Instead, what the Fediverse is, is a place to have conversations online without algorithms, AI, and ads getting in the way.

Which is increasingly a rare thing online.

Almost the entirety of the internet, from SEO on the web to YouTube to TikTok to Spotify to Instagram and X and Facebook, has been turned into a race to game an algorithm designed to sell ads.

What makes the Fedi unique is that it's not that.

And I suspect if you're trying to persuade someone to try Mastodon (or Lemmy, or Pixelfed, or GtS, etc), you'll get a lot further explaining it as algorithm-free, ad-free, AI-free conversations, rather than trying to describe a decentralised protocol.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #ActivityPub

In case you missed it, you don't need to use link shorteners on Mastodon.

All links in Mastodon posts count as 23 characters towards your post size limit, no matter how long or short they really are.

I've tried to answer all the common questions about this in a guide:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/you-dont-need-link-shorteners-on-mastodon

If I've missed something please feel free to ask in replies 🙂

#FediTips #Mastodon

The time is probably right.

Back in 2022, when I was still using iOS, I wasn’t completely happy with the Fediverse apps that were available. I was mostly using Akkoma, and the interface I liked the most was actually its web UI, even on mobile. So I started playing with Xcode and put together the foundations of an app tailored to my needs.

A lot has changed since then and today we have great alternatives like IceCubes, Mona, Ivory, etc. Each one has strengths and weaknesses though, so I picked up my old project again and kept pushing it forward.

So I’m happy to announce that my app will finally see the light: I’ve been using it for the past few days and, in my spare time, I’m fixing bugs and adding missing features. I’m building it around my own needs, so it doesn’t have to “appeal to everyone”. I wouldn’t call it opinionated, but it’s definitely targeted.

The app will have one key trait: #snac2 support will be a first-class feature, not an incidental one. Many apps, especially on iOS, support snac as a side effect, but the experience is often not optimal. In this case, the choice is deliberate and it strictly follows the Mastodon API support implemented by snac. So snac will work properly (within the limits of the platform, of course).

Among the features already implemented: the app is minimal and lightweight (under 10 MB, including debug code), easy on RAM, and privacy-first (for example it strips EXIF data from media before posting, so the server will never see it). On snac it also cleans up the "Boosted by Aoderelay" messages that appear when using a relay, removes the character limit, and supports posting in Markdown.

I also added support for Apple Intelligence to generate alt text, both for the media I post and for media posted by others that is missing alt text.

Everything is processed locally through Apple APIs and only on supported devices. The results aren't amazing, Apple Intelligence is extremely limited, but in my opinion it's the only privacy-friendly and ethical way to approach it. And of course, you can disable it.

On Mastodon it supports all the main features: lists, quote posts, granular notifications (you can choose what you want for each category), notification grouping, multi-account support, and it works.

It's still missing a few things (block, etc.) and has some bugs, which I’m spotting as I keep using it.
As soon as it's stable enough, I'll invite a few people to test it. I still haven't fully decided how I'll distribute it: an Apple Developer account has a yearly cost, and I hope to reuse it for other projects too. So this app might be paid, with a trial period, but if possible (I still need to check what’s feasible) I'd like it to be free if you connect to one of the BSD Cafe instances, illumos Cafe, or any snac instance, including your own.

I don't know how long it will take before it's ready... but I can already tell you what it will be called.
It already has a name, and it's... MastoBlaster.

This name was chosen for personal reasons, and also because of its similarity to Master Blaster by Stevie Wonder, which even today feels relevant and fitting for the Fediverse.

Stay tuned!

#MastoBlaster #Fediverse #Mastodon #iOS #FediverseApp #Announcement #Apple #snac #snac2 #BSDCafe #illumosCafe

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MastoBlaster, showing my profile on my phone

https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com is a tech related relay instance that connects over 100 instances, focussing on things like #FreeBSD, #BGP, #IPv6, #Proxmox, #Homelab, #Linux and many other things! You can easily add a really when using #snac / #snac2, #mastodon, #pleroma and many other ones!

#community #activitypub #socialmedia #fedi #fediwall #relay #opensource #tech #federated #social

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Overview of the fedi-relay gyptazy instance for the Fediverse

to all people running #Mastodon on #FreeBSD. After my Jail Update from 14.3 to 15 my mastodon instance stopped working with some strange ssl cert verification error in sidekick. I couldnt solve it so i rolled back the snapshot. Any one who saw similar stuff and could solve it? @stefano @Larvitz maybe?