🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“HOW ABOUT SIMPLY NOT HANDING YOUR CHILD A SMARTPHONE, JESS?
https:// alecmuffett.com/article/159582
# JessPhillips # OnlineSafety # OnlineSafetyAct # SocialMediaBan # censorship # newsnight # ...”

https://mastodon.social/@alecmuffett/116651401066370051

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse

“You can control who sees your post or reply by choosing a visibility setting for it: "Public" - Everyone can see it
"Quiet Public (aka Unlisted)" - Everyone can see it, but it doesn't show up in searches, hashtag follo...”

https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116653431726488227

🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

I'm using #tusky on the phone. I just noticed that it doesn't seem to have a way to add alt-text to a shared image. Am I missing something?

#fediverse

Hey @Tusky #tusky #fediverse #mastodon

How am I supposed to quote a post in tusky? I tried long-pressing the boost button and checking the 3 dot menu. Is this something my server forbids or smth?

Wie würdet ihr zu einem beruflichen Netzwerk in Fediverse stehen? Ich würde es thematisch interessant finden eine extra Plattform zu haben die sich darauf konzentriert, inklusive Stellenanzeigen etc., jenseits vom BigTech Anspruch. LinkedIn/XING

#fediverse #activitypub #job #stellenausschreibung #beruflichesnetzwerk #business #linkedin #xing

Deutsche Freunde des #Fediverse
In diesen Tagen mit unsicherem Wetter könnte es nützlich sein, Wettervorhersagen direkt in eurer Timeline zu erhalten! 🌦️

#FediMeteo (https://fedimeteo.com) ist ein Projekt, das Daten von #OpenMeteo verarbeitet und sie land- und stadtweise im Fediverse, auf der Webseite der jeweiligen Stadt und über RSS veröffentlicht.

Alle 6 Stunden aktualisiert und veröffentlicht ein freundlicher Bot die Wetterdaten.

Wie funktioniert es?
➡️ Folgt der Seite eurer Stadt im Fediverse.
➡️ Wenn ihr noch keine Vorhersagen seht, folgt ihr wahrscheinlich noch niemand.
➡️ Beginnt, ihr zu folgen, und beim nächsten Zyklus erhaltet ihr die Updates!
🔗 Im Folgenden der Link für Deutschland und die Liste der derzeit unterstützten Städte.
🌍 Dezentralisierte, Open-Source-Wettervorhersage im Fediverse! 🌱

https://de.fedimeteo.com

@aachen (Aachen - FediMeteo)
@asendorf (Asendorf - FediMeteo)
@attendorn (Attendorn - FediMeteo)
@augsburg (Augsburg - FediMeteo)
@aurich (Aurich - FediMeteo)
@bad_homburg (Bad Homburg vor der Höhe - FediMeteo)
@bad_kreuznach (Bad_kreuznach - FediMeteo)
@bayreuth (Bayreuth - FediMeteo)
@bedburg (Bedburg - FediMeteo)
@bensheim (Bensheim - FediMeteo)
@bergisch_gladbach (Bergisch Gladbach - FediMeteo)
@berlin (Berlin - FediMeteo)
@bielefeld (Bielefeld - FediMeteo)
@bochum (Bochum - FediMeteo)
@bonn (Bonn - FediMeteo)
@bottrop (Bottrop - FediMeteo)
@braunschweig (Braunschweig - FediMeteo)
@bremen (Bremen - FediMeteo)
@bremerhaven (Bremerhaven - FediMeteo)
@brunsbuttel (Brunsbüttel - FediMeteo)
@buchholz (Buchholz - FediMeteo)
@buchholz_saxony (Buchholz (Niedersachsen) - FediMeteo)
@celle (Celle - FediMeteo)
@chemnitz (Chemnitz - FediMeteo)
@cottbus (Cottbus - FediMeteo)
@darmstadt (Darmstadt - FediMeteo)
@dessau (Dessau - FediMeteo)
@dortmund (Dortmund - FediMeteo)
@dresden (Dresden - FediMeteo)
@duisburg (Duisburg - FediMeteo)
@dusseldorf (Düsseldorf - FediMeteo)
@ebersberg (Ebersberg - FediMeteo)
@elmshorn (Elmshorn - FediMeteo)
@emden (Emden - FediMeteo)
@erfurt (Erfurt - FediMeteo)
@essen (Essen - FediMeteo)
@flensburg (Flensburg - FediMeteo)
@frankfurt (Frankfurt am Main - FediMeteo)
@freiburg (Freiburg - FediMeteo)
@freising (Freising - FediMeteo)
@furth (Fürth - FediMeteo)
@garmisch_partenkirchen (Garmisch_partenkirchen - FediMeteo)
@geesthacht (Geesthacht - FediMeteo)
@gelsenkirchen (Gelsenkirchen - FediMeteo)
@gladbeck (Gladbeck - FediMeteo)
@goslar (Goslar - FediMeteo)
@gottingen (Göttingen - FediMeteo)
@greifswald (Greifswald - FediMeteo)
@greiz (Greiz - FediMeteo)
@gutersloh (Gütersloh - FediMeteo)
@hagen (Hagen - FediMeteo)
@halle (Halle (Saale) - FediMeteo)
@hamburg (Hamburg - FediMeteo)
@hamm (Hamm - FediMeteo)
@hannover (Hannover - FediMeteo)
@hanstedt (Hanstedt - FediMeteo)
@heide (Heide - FediMeteo)
@heidelberg (Heidelberg - FediMeteo)
@heilbronn (Heilbronn - FediMeteo)
@herne (Herne - FediMeteo)
@hildesheim (Hildesheim - FediMeteo)
@hof (Hof - FediMeteo)
@husum (Husum - FediMeteo)
@ingolstadt (Ingolstadt - FediMeteo)
@itzehoe (Itzehoe - FediMeteo)
@jena (Jena - FediMeteo)
@jesteburg (Jesteburg - FediMeteo)
@karlsruhe (Karlsruhe - FediMeteo)
@kassel (Kassel - FediMeteo)
@kempten (Kempten - FediMeteo)
@kiel (Kiel - FediMeteo)
@koblenz (Koblenz - FediMeteo)
@koln (Köln - FediMeteo)
@krefeld (Krefeld - FediMeteo)
@landshut_bavaria (Landshut (Bavaria) - FediMeteo)
@leipzig (Leipzig - FediMeteo)
@leverkusen (Leverkusen - FediMeteo)
@lubeck (Lübeck - FediMeteo)
@ludwigshafen (Ludwigshafen am Rhein - FediMeteo)
@magdeburg (Magdeburg - FediMeteo)
@mainz (Mainz - FediMeteo)
@mannheim (Mannheim - FediMeteo)
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#FediMeteo #Wetter #Deutschland

MastoBlaster build 95 is out, and I am getting close to declaring it stable.

Here is exactly how it works now:

• Tap Home from another tab: Switches back to the Home tab.
• Tap Home while already there: Scrolls the current timeline to the newest posts.
• Tap Home again while already at the top: Refreshes the timeline (with a 1.5-second cooldown to prevent accidental spamming).
• Long-press Home: Opens the timeline picker.

• Added a setting to completely disable Apple Intelligence.
• Redesigned the notification view to be larger and make much better use of screen space.
• Fixed the compose window layout for small devices like the iPhone mini.
• Profile and banner images can now be tapped to enlarge.
• Added support to approve or deny follower requests.
• Added per-instance and per-account connection timeouts.
• Added a visible Back button to the settings sheet.
• Updated the filtered notice UI: it now shows "Filtered Post ()" directly in the header and removes the separate "Matched:" line.

#MastoBlaster #MastoBlasterUpdate #Fediverse #iOS #Apple

@stefano Thank you very much! Let me know what you think of this #fediverse software once you try it out. I'm using it here on my server; it's a way to keep improving it and fixing bugs.

RE: https://s.dfaria.eu/@df/33898543700666368

This is interesting and the dev confirmed that #MastoBlaster works with #Starling

I'll create a test instance to try it.

#Fediverse

#Starling is a lightweight #PHP #fediverse server you can install by just copying files over FTP to a shared host. No PostgreSQL, no workers, no DevOps. Owning your data with #ActivityPub can be much simpler than with #ATProtocol. Have you tried it?
https://github.com/dfaria-eu/Starling

This is a major release that merges several different development branches I've been working on, bringing together a lot of moving parts into a single build. A long, sleepless night…

Here is what changed:

• Full Drafts Support: A complete end-to-end draft flow. It includes auto-save, the ability to edit existing drafts, and a smart cancel confirmation that either discards a new draft or restores the original state if you were editing. It supports replies, quotes, polls, and media metadata.

• Trending Posts: Added a new trending timeline type with proper offset pagination support.

• Timeline Position Improvements: Added extra protection to stop SwiftUI from overwriting your saved scroll position when the view disappears or goes to the background. If a saved post can't be found in the cache, the app will now try a direct status fetch before giving up.

• UI & Navigation Fixes: Tapping Content Warnings (CW), "Show Filtered Post", or "Show More" now goes through an inline-action guard, fixing the bug where tapping them would accidentally trigger row navigation into the thread. Filtered posts also get proper bottom padding so the list separator doesn't sit on top of the button.

• Instance Compatibility & Tweaks: Added customizable timeout settings for slower instances (like snac on older hardware). I also fixed the 405 error when setting alt text on GoToSocial, and updated marker sync to strictly align with Mastodon’s documented form shape.

• Testing focus: I've implemented search fixes ensuring queries stay locked to the account you are searching from. If you are on GoToSocial, please test this thoroughly and let me know how it behaves. Since this build is the result of a massive merge, keep an eye out for any regressions.

Week in Fediverse 2026-05-22

Servers

- Gush! v0.0.37
- Stegodon v1.8.5
- Iceshrimp.NET v2026.1.1-beta
- Iceshrimp v2026.5.1
- Hollo v0.9.0
- Mastodon v4.5.10
- PeerTube v8.1.6
- Sharkey v2025.4.7
- Hubzilla v11.2.1
- Friendica v2026.05
- Ktistec v3.3.9
- Smithereen v1.0.0
- Vernissage Server v1.38.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v8.3.0
- Misskey v2026.5.4
- tootik v0.22.2
- NeoDB v0.14.4
- Open beta testing for Lemmy 1.0.0
- Trunk & Tidbits, April 2026
- XMPP/ActivityPub Bridge: Chat between XMPP and the Fediverse
- Cookifed: A free and federated recipes management app and cooking social network

Clients

- Nicolium v0.3.0
- Fedilab v3.40.1
- Aria v1.5.1
- Blorp v1.14.0
- Impressia v3.2.0
- Holos v1.6.0

Tools and Plugins

- Analytodon: Analytics for Mastodon

For developers

- Fedify v2.2.3
- BotKit v0.4.2

Protocol

- Basic Profile for Social API Servers
- FEP-baf5: Administrator Collection

Articles

- the may 2026 fedi software vulnerability
- Never Lose a Toot Again: Full-Text Search for Your Mastodon Feed

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019e2d21-c15d-7653-a6d5-f476dcc0559d

It's the internet, people. It's OUR internet. Just because we decided to trust Google to not be evil doesn't mean that Google decides the future of the internet. We may very well have lost The Web, but we still can make the Internet of People. Decentralised. Unownable ;) Being here on the #Fediverse is part of that.

#AlwayswTheOptimist

Sing us s a song, you're the Barista man!

Good morning, #BSDCafe
Good morning, #illumosCafe
Good morning, #Fediverse

https://song.link/y/gxEPV4kolz0

#Music #JukeBox #MastoMusic #MastoRadio #FediMusic #FediRadio

Announcing FediMeteo – Weather in the Fediverse!

UPDATE: I have created an account for updates and other information on FediMeteo - follow the account @admin to stay updated!

UPDATE: Ireland, Poland, Portugal and Switzerland have just been added

Weather has always influenced our lives: from agriculture to outdoor activities, to extreme events that, thanks to modern technology, can now be predicted with greater reliability. Personally, weather plays a significant role in my daily decisions, which is why I decided to create a service tailored for the Fediverse.

FediMeteo uses Open-Meteo data to publish updates every 6 hours, including current weather conditions, forecasts for the next 12 hours, and predictions for the upcoming days. Each country is served by its own dedicated instance (e.g., it.fedimeteo.com for Italy), managed through snac to ensure simplicity and efficiency in publishing.

You can follow FediMeteo directly in the Fediverse (on Mastodon and compatible platforms), via RSS, or by visiting the dedicated page for your city (e.g., fr.fedimeteo.com/paris).

Currently supported countries include:
Austria, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, – with many more regions coming soon!

FediMeteo is hosted on a FreeBSD-based VPS, with each country isolated in its own jail to ensure security and scalability.

Visit the main site to explore the national instances and start following your local weather updates today:
https://fedimeteo.com

Happy weather monitoring to all! 🌦️

FediMeteo is dedicated to my grandfather, who every evening would give me the weather forecast based on TV, radio, and his personal experience. He would convince me that the weather would be bad, so he had an excuse to accompany me to school instead of me going alone.

#FediMeteo #Announcements #FreeBSD #FediMeteo #WeatherForecasts #Weather #Meteo #snac #Fediverse #Mastodon

#snac2 #fediverse #frugalfediverse

RE: https://poliversity.it/@devconf/116549350437622576

La DevConf sarà un evento davvero interessante, ricco di interventi stimolanti.

Il programma prevede argomenti a tutto tondo, con una particolare attenzione al Fediverse e alle tecnologie di comunicazione libera.

Personalmente presenterò #FediMeteo, raccontando come è nato, perché, come è fatto, a chi è rivolto, alla libertà dietro il progetto stesso. E ad una truffa.

Stay tuned!

https://devconf.it/2026/programma.html

#DevConf #DevConfItalia #IT #SysAdmin #Fediverso #Fediverse #OwnYourData

Happy Sunday, #BSDCafe
Happy Sunday, #illumosCafe
Happy Sunday, #Fediverse

I'm dismantling a small Kubernetes cluster and converting everything into FreeBSD jails. From 3 VMs to 1 smaller one, better performance, easier maintenance.

Do we really need a truck to carry a single pizza?

#RunBSD #FreeBSD

Good morning, #BSDCafe
Good morning, #illumosCafe
Good morning, #Fediverse

It's raining. I'm at my desk, just doing the usual. So many things to catch up on.

It all feels a bit like a dream.

Hope you have a great day, too!

#GoodMorning

I sincerely love you weirdos. <3

#Fediverse #Mastodon #GoToSocial #snac #snac2 #honk #meme #AVIF

Alt...

A combination of two "X all the Ys!" memes with a "Pawn Stars best we can do" meme in the middle: "X all the Y" guy: I want an amazing community of noble-minded people to study ethics with and change the world!! Pawn Stars with the faces of the fediverse logo, the mastodon logo, and the logos for snac2 GoToSocial, and Honk in the background: Best we can do is a bunch of cool weirdos with similar nerdy interests "X all the Y" guy's reply: I'll take it!!!

Even on my darkest days (like the last couple, today is better), I find so many amazing things and cool people here on Mastodon. I just wanted to thank you all for that. You're all part of that. I love the fedi.

#fediverse #decentralized #Mastodon

For how long have you been on the #Fediverse? Feel free to boost and quote and use the result after the poll has closed!

I don't mind what platform I use, I just want a way to discover like-minded people from all over the world, and it turns out the #fediverse is the platform that does this most efficiently.

#mastoblaster #snac #fediverse

Anyway, it's Monday morning and it's windy.
This song came back to my mind.

Happy week, #BSDCafe
Happy week, #illumosCafe
Happy week, #Fediverse

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=2vRsEC65NTA

#Music #MastoMusic #MastoRadio #FediMusic #FediRadio #JukeBix

Dear #Fediverse

https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/11/obvious-terrible-ideas/

You all probably already know all about @pluralistic but I have just realized I'm a #tronpilled #normie.

Happy Sunday, #BSDCafe
Happy Sunday, #illumosCafe
Happy Sunday, #Fediverse

Let’s keep looking forward, always forward, without forgetting where we come from but without looking back.

#SilentSunday #Photography #Photo #Countryside #Relax #Silence #Peace

Alt...

A quiet country road stretches straight toward the horizon, flanked by sunlit green fields and tall trees glowing in warm golden-hour light, beneath a vast, clear blue sky.

Tar fediverse

tar -cvfz fediverse.raw  fediverse.tgz`
ls -lh

fediverse.raw 2.048 PiB

fediverse.tgz 1.36 TiB

According to my version of tar(1) it's entirely doable

/me grins 😁

sources
man tar(1)
man gnu

@stefano @justine

corrected for syntax

#tar #GNU #gnutar #cvfz #gzip #compression #fediverse #mathematics #technology #OpenSource #Linux #BSD

Week in Fediverse 2026-04-10

Servers

- PeerTube v8.1.5
- diaspora* v0.9.1.0
- Stegodon v1.8.3
- Mitra v5.1.0
- Catodon v26.4.0
- Gush! v0.0.35
- NeoDB v0.13.9
- flohmarkt v0.18.0
- Vernissage Server v.1.33.0
- NodeBB v4.10.2
- PieFed v1.6.18
- Wafrn v2026.04.01
- Designing Collections (Mastodon)
- Trunk & Tidbits, March 2026 (Mastodon)

Clients

- toot v0.52.0
- Coho v0.9
- Summit v1.81.2
- Pixelix v4.3.3
- Mitra Mini v0.2.0
- Holos v1.3.0
- Aria v1.4.9
- SmolFedi: A lightweight, no-JavaScript Fediverse client written in PHP

Tools and Plugins

- Enable Mastodon Apps v1.6.0 (WordPress plugin)

For developers

- Fedify v2.1.3

Protocol

- FEP-9f9f: Collections

Articles

- FR#158 – What is Mastodon for?
- Grassroots fediverse evolution

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019d54b3-fd82-7233-1375-436f54d83aff

Hmm, I went to check on Pebble, originally a Twitter clone that was reborn as a Mastodon server.

It looks like they're no longer around? Bummer.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/13/pebble-a-startup-that-tried-and-failed-to-take-on-twitter-finds-new-life-on-mastodon/

Can't really find anything about the server shutting down, any chance someone on here knows more?

#mastodon #fediverse #pebble #PebbleSocial

Hey #Fediverse, have a great #Caturday

Your Barista.

Alt...

A white mug with a simple cartoon of a smiling cat wearing a red checkered apron, holding a spoon with coffee beans next to a yellow coffee bag. The text "Coffee time" is written below the illustration.

"The State is being ripped off and hollowed out."

Listen to ORG's Exec Director @jim discuss the need for UK digital sovereignty to break from our dependence on foreign-owned Big Tech and how to escape the enshittification of social media.

Check out the @openDemocracy podcast ⬇️

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/in-solidarity-podcast/ai-panopticon-surveillance-jim-killock-open-rights/

#digitalsovereignty #interoperability #enshittification #socialmedia #bigtech #digitalrights #fediverse

I’m Just the Barista

The spirit of the BSD Cafe is to try to create a serene, open, friendly, positive, and welcoming environment for all who want to be a part of it.
I am just the Barista.
I can't solve the world's problems, but I can try to keep the counter clean, keep the machines running, serve a good BSD coffee, and ensure that, at least here, friends can find a moment of peace and constructive sharing.

We need more bars and fewer shopping malls.

https://journal.bsd.cafe/2026/03/31/im-just-the-barista/

#BSDCafe #RunBSD #EuroBSDCon #BSDCon #Community #Fediverse #OwnYourData

Good morning, #BSDCafe
Good morning, #illumosCafe
Good morning, #Fediverse

Tonight, for the first time after many weeks, I slept really well. I had positive dreams and I'm full of energy. Is everything okay? Of course not. But I see the sun, and I hope you can see it too.

Have a great week!

Good morning world!

It's Monday Morning, quite early here. And I feel positive and ready to do a lot of things today.

Have a great week, #BSDCafe
Have a great week, #illumosCafe
Have a great week, #Fediverse

Your reader, your couch, your rules.

Starting today, both my-notes.dragas.net and it-notes.dragas.net are changing the way they distribute content - on RSS and on the Fediverse alike.

No more excerpts. No more "read more" links. Full posts, delivered directly to you, wherever you choose to read them.

Here's why:
I don't run ads. I don't have paywalls. I don't sell attention, or measure success in page views. I never have, and I have no intention of starting. My blogs exist because I enjoy writing, and because
some of what I write might be useful - or simply enjoyable - to someone else.
That's the whole business model. There isn't one.

When that's the case, there's no reason to keep content behind a click.
Sending you a teaser and asking you to visit my site would only make sense if I needed you *on my site* - for an impression, for a conversion, for something. I don't. So why would I make you leave your reader, your client, your comfortable corner of the internet, just to come to mine?

What I want instead is simple: that you can read what I write the way you'd read a book on a cold winter evening, wrapped in a warm blanket. Privately.
Quietly. On your own terms, in your own space, without anything tracking your eyes or nudging you toward something else.

Your RSS reader is yours. Your Fediverse instance is yours. The content should be yours too.

If you're on the Fediverse, you can follow both accounts directly:

- my-notes → @mynotes

- it-notes → @itnotes

These are low-traffic accounts. If you don't want them to get lost in your timeline, feel free to hit the notification bell. I promise it won't make much noise.

So from now on, it will be.

#ITNotes #MyNotes #Blogging #Fediverse

Friends of the #BSDCafe, #illumosCafe and the #Fediverse,
Good morning and have a great Tuesday!

#Photography #Photo #Sunrise #Picture #Pic #Sea

Alt...

This image depicts a serene sunrise over a calm sea, with the sun casting a warm glow on the clouds and the water. In the foreground, silhouettes of palm trees and street lamps line a quiet esplanade, adding to the peaceful ambiance of the dawn. The light from the sun reflects off the wet sand of the beach and a road, enhancing the golden hues of the morning.

📝 New post 🚀

"Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse"

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/openness-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse/

mentioning @europeanspodcast @haubles @aral @Gargron @tferrer @rstockm @samvie @EUCommission

#SocialMedia #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #SocialSovereignty #policy #BigTech #Fediverse #TheFutureIsFederated #RSS #SocialWeb