The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko (flipboard.video)
From the description:...
Flipboard Begins to Federate (medium.com)
Today we are beginning to open Flipboard to the Fediverse, a rapidly emerging part of the Web which includes social services like Mastodon, Threads, Pixelfed, Firefish and PeerTube all built on a revolutionary open protocol called ActivityPub....
Ideas for organizing the header (kbin.social)
While UI tweaks definitely aren't the top development priority as of now, the header currently feels a bit cluttered and unintuitive. When @ernest does get around to improving it, here are a few changes I suggest:...
Several hour delay on both incoming and outgoing federation (fedia.io)
Sorry to bother you again jerry 😅...
Neanderthal DNA may explain why some of us are morning people (www.theguardian.com) Polish
Scientists find genes inherited from our prehistoric cousins increase tendency to rise early – useful in regions with short winter days
reb00ted | Meta/Threads Interoperating in the Fediverse Data Dialogue Meeting yesterday (reb00ted.org)
Exploring stdClass in PHP (dev.to)
Request: pinned thread tracking instance defederation (fedia.io)
Looking at the (short!) list of defederated instances, I tried looking through this magazine to read about what caused some of the defederation actions -- unfortunately it looks like some of that information might've been lost in the mbin migration and subsequent cleanup?...
Anyone can edit our wiki now (wiki.startrek.website)
Original post...
Fedia.io downtime for maintenance (fedia.io)
Hi all. I am going to be taking fedia.io offline for a bit today to move to a new server, switch to a containerized version, and some other enhancements. Thanks for patience.
The Magazines page is a bit of mess (kbin.social)
I've thought the Magazines page has been messy for a while now, though with collections now also being on the same page (at least for the time being), it's starting to get very out of hand....
Symfony 7.0.0 released (Symfony Blog) (symfony.com)
Also released Symfony version 6.4.0 (LTS)...
Pixelfed.social removes all storage limits on accounts (pixelfed.social) Polish
[Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada, Nov 20, 2023] – Pixelfed.social, a leading player in the image sharing and social media sphere, is excited to announce a significant update that marks a new era for digital creativity and user experience. Effective immediately, Pixelfed.social has removed all storage limits on user accounts,...
Blocked accounts still showing in random posts/threads sections (kbin.social)
So I like the random posts and threads sections on the main page as they help me find new content, but all too often, they're filled with posts from accounts that I have already blocked. Could we modify these sections to filter out blocked users?
blahajzone unusable once again (kbin.social) German
performance issues on the *keys seemingly never stop
The Fourteenth Doctor is Here! | BBC Children in Need 2023 | Doctor Who (www.youtube.com)
Nala: a frontend for APT, so you can have prettier output, faster downloads of packages, and a history. (linuxiac.com)
Money pattern in PHP: the problem (dev.to)
Could there be a "subscribe to thread" option? (kbin.social)
A small thing here. The option for users to individually choose to subscribe to specific threads to get notifications for new posts. I often see threads of curiosity to me, that I personally have nothing to say in that moment, but might want to see what others say.
Pebble, a startup that tried and failed to take on Twitter, finds new life on Mastodon | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Pebble, a startup that took on Twitter and failed, has returned from the dead -- as a Mastodon instance, it seems. The company announced last month that
This psychedelics researcher approached his death with calm and curiosity (www.npr.org)
Roland Griffiths spent the later stage of his career exploring the ways that psychedelic drugs, specifically psilocybin, could help patients with depression, addiction issues and even terminal cancer.
SAG-AFTRA and Studios Achieve AI Breakthrough; More Negotiations Set For Later Tuesday (deadline.com)
Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version): A Perfect Masterpiece | vibewithher (vibewithher.com)
We're here to explain why Taylor Swift's 1989 (Taylor's Version) is a masterpiece. This album has some of Swift's best songwriting to date and is the ideal fusion of pop, rock, and synthwave. You should listen to 1989 (Taylor's Version) if you enjoy pop music in general or Taylor Swift in particular.
'Hide thread' feature (kbin.social)
Are there plans for a 'hide thread' feature, under 'more'? (next to comment and boost)...