One of my favourite features of the #fediverse is seeing people *learning things*. There are so many folks here discovering dying arts and trades. People learning how the things we take for granted work, and endeavouring to implement them themselves!People getting their #HAMradio licenses, #selfhosting, making clothing, blacksmithing, gardening, repairing their own things, backporting modern software to run on windows 3.11... Y'all are my people. Never stop learning, and never stop sharing what you've learned.

If you follow me, you have a sense of humour. If you're reading this, you're a reader. I’ve put this story online, free, gratis and for nothing, it's a twelve minute read. If you like it, maybe you’ll be curious enough to risk 99p for one of my short story collections. Maybe you’ll be smart enough to save some money by buying a compilation. Maybe you’ll be brave enough to buy my novel. Whatever happens, I hope you enjoy ‘Vincent'. http://aarondavid.co.uk/Vincent.html #freeread #shortstory #funny #pleaseboost

Edit: I previously stated that masto9 doesn't work with Snac. That is absolutely not true, and the only thing not working is my reading comprehension. Thanks to @julien@nein.club for pointing it out!The saddest part about switching to #snac so far—besides not being able to search the wider #fediverse by hashtags—is that the wonderful #masto9 client by @julien@nein.club isn’t compatible. Since snac supports some basic Mastodon API endpoints, it could be a fun winter project to try making a snac-compatible client for #plan9front, inspired by masto9.

I have fallen in love with DJ sets for ‘classic’ dance, City pop and just something chill that I can throw on in the background. This thread is going to be media heavy, as you can imagine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pu5ZGFWZ98

Amazing video from @dw_innovation about a couple living on an island off the coast of #Kerry #Ireland #mastodaoine https://youtu.be/qJTI6MfF48c

Just upgraded this instance to GoToSocial 0.20.0: https://codeberg.org/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/releases/tag/v0.20.0So far, so good.#Fediverse #GoToSocial #SelfHosted

To the people that are coming from #Bluesky Welcome to the #Fediverse - Make yourselves at home.This thread will be updated with some tips and tricks to get started.#noxp

NEW: #Bluesky is having a banning controversy that revealed the limitations of its federation capabilities. No one is running a fully independent AT Protocol stack because it's so complex, not even the Blacksky community. My full exclusive report with quotes from Bluesky and the banned user plus detailed technical analysis of the state of AT Protocol federation: https://plus.flux.community/p/banning-controversy-reveals-blueskys#fediverse #mastodon

Folks, big ask for @joynewacc from Gaza (and my partner at Gaza Verified) who wants to study abroad:Do you have any connections at Trinity College Dublin and/or UCD?Joy’s already applied at UCD and we’re awaiting a decision. We also already have a contact there but more wouldn’t hurt.We can’t seem to reach anyone at Trinity for help in having her apply. Ideally English/English Literature.Please feel free to direct message me if you like.And thank you!#Gaza #Palestine #academia #Ireland #Dublin #TrinityCollege #UCD #GazaVerified

SHITPOSTERS OF THE FEDIVERSE Following up on my tag-happy post from the other day, I have created a starter pack with fedidevs which will allow you to bulk-add everyone in the starter pack, which should be much more convenient. Please note that you will need to (at least temporarily) allow it access to your account, but rest assured that this is trusted resource in the fediverse. You can revoke access after the adds. As always, if you’d like to be removed, please just let me know.This SP is chock-full of poasters that my friends and I follow, many of which have come from bluesky and are looking to reconnect with friends. If you’d like to be added to this pack, please feel free to private message me and The Council will review. Hopefully this will help connect fun, friendly people.Users in the pack are tagged in private replies of 10 at a time to cut down on reply-all noise.The Starter Pack:https://fedidevs.com/s/NjQ5/Update: It sounds like fuckaas.space is having some performance issues with the load. If you get an error, please try again later!#fuckaas #shitposting #shitposters #funny

It’s kind of a special day. Me and my alts are celebrating 7 years on fedi. I created my very first mastodon account on 08/10/2018 and it’s been quite the adventure.#fediverse #fediversary

Asking for a friend … I ended up “officially” publishing my first track the other day. I’ve recorded and uploaded stuff in the past but this is the first time I actually said what the hell lets try and get it onto Spotify (and all the other platforms) The song is called Erasing Grace … and I’ve got limitations in that I can’t really play anything (even if I mess about with things). https://open.spotify.com/artist/05Ta7c11Jyb9jnYQnwhxeR I know it’s not for everybody as well … it’s probably a bit of a depressing track but such was my state of mind when I wrote it and recorded it shortly after. I’m also aware I won’t make anything with this but it wasn’t why I published it. I was in the throes of a midlife crisis (again) on my birthday the other day Self promotion not allowed? I won’t be offended if the post gets nuked

Hello! It’s time for an updated #Introduction because I’ve just moved instances to beige.party (I was formerly @brianlavelle) - any boosts would be most welcome! I’m Brian, and I’ve been a #Fediverse dweller since April 2022. This is my only social media…er, medium. In no particular order, I quite like:#ImprovisedMusic & #ExperimentalMusic #FieldRecording#Cats (I have two)#TTRPG (I have too many)#Tea#Meditation#Books #Poetry & #SpeculativeFiction#Trees & #Walking (but not #WalkingTrees)#Modernism & #Brutalism#SelfHosting & #FOSS#AltText & #PascalCase / #CamelCase& lots moreMy website: https://brianlavelle.scotMy music: https://brianlavelle.bandcamp.com#TransRightsAreHumanRights#Introductions

Alrighty, it looks like I tossed my name into the hat to assist here. We'll see where this goes.https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/issues/89#issuecomment-7587883#DNS #FEP #ActivityPub #Fediverse

For those of you who are new and looking to fill up their feed:This account automatically boosts trending posts from from multiple instances. It is a great way to find new posts and people to follow and can help get you going quickly!Also for those of you running on smaller instances is great way for your instance to discover more servers!#Welcome #Introduction #Trending #MastodonMigration #Bluesky #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #Fediverse