It is important to be thankful. This is not an image in and en upon itself.
This photograph was composed from a sample a food that was given to me, because I'm in dire need of assistance, to get projects within my IT Technology fields of expertise.

Due to the horrific situation in my country, the enormous amount of inflation, combined with very questionable political figures ruining the whole economic system and landscape for decades, Many businesses have collapsed, including those that I've given Open Source service and support to for decades.

So when one of those businesses, which luckily does not reside in my country but is remote, has a top level manager who is also friend, decides to jump in and help no questions asked, it is only fair to be thankful.

That energy of gratitude shall be reflected through the Universe to that Friend and everyone else who reads this toot.

@stefano was the one who started a thankful toot thread some days / weeks ago.
In light of that here's my Toot of Thanks for the Week

🦋💙❤️💋#Lobi 💙💕🌹💐💙🦋

#Thankful #Grace #Love #Universal #SR #SA #UniversalLove #FediVerse #ThankYou

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The photograph composed in 81A warm light, shows a box of Golden Bridge Choco-Caramel Crisps cereal. The box is predominantly red with a yellow splash indicating "41% Whole Wheat." The brand name "Golden Bridge" is prominently displayed in white text on a yellow background. The product name "Choco-Caramel Crisps" is written in large white and yellow letters. Below the product name, there is a bowl of cereal with milk, showcasing the star-shaped pieces in brown and yellow colors. The text "CRUNCHY, CARAMELLY, CHOCOLATEY, HAPPY" is written around the bowl. The Nutri-Score is shown as "C," indicating a relatively healthy option. The Fairtrade logo is visible in the top right corner. The box is placed on a textured gray fabric surface. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.205 Wh

Questions for #fediverse #SysAdmin folk who run #prometheus and #grafana on multiple #aws accounts:

Do you use a single Prometheus server or do you have one for each account?

How do you handle auto scaling EC2 servers which could change IPs at any time?

Is it possible for servers to push rather than get pulled from?

Please share any setups that could be relevant and boost far & wide!

Thanks in advance!! ❤️❤️❤️

Good morning Fedi friends!

My video "Introducing the #Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" now features subtitles in Hungarian... bringing the total number of subs to 18!

Special thanks to Benedek @whitecold for the new translation! 🙏

🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

#TheFutureIsFederated

At EuroBSDCon 2025 in Zagreb: "Liberating the social web using *BSD" by Jeroen - @h3artbl33d - and Stefano Marinelli, see https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/talk/PJJLFV/

Schedule at https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/schedule/

To register https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/registration.html

#EuroBSDCon #EBC25 #BSDCafe #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #Networking #BSDCafe #RunBSD #Mastodon #Fediverse #OwnYourData #Security #Networking #Community

Installing Mastodon inside a FreeBSD jail: A Comprehensive Guide

Updated for Mastodon 4.4

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2022/11/23/installing-mastodon-on-a-freebsd-jail/

#FreeBSD #Mastodon #Fediverse #OwnYourData #SelfHosting

Interesting, I never noticed #snac completely renders federated WordPress posts.
Another small marvel from truly excellent software.

#Fediverse #Wordpress #snac2

Friends of the #BSDCafe and the entire #Fediverse
Have a great week!

https://album.link/y/RDh81Ojd3d2rY

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

Oh, my goodness. I boosted @Em0nM4stodon’s post about this earlier. But I need to share it with some intention.

This piece she wrote on Mastodon privacy/security is intense. It’s long. SO much information. Read it anyway. Seriously.

And if y’all don’t follow Em, do yourself a solid and get on that. She’s smart af about InfoSec/privacy/security. And super friendly.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/07/15/mastodon-privacy-and-security/

#Fediverse #Mastodon #MastoTips #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #TheFutureIsFederated

Friends of the #BSDCafe and the entire #Fediverse
Have a wonderful Wednesday!

#SeaWednesday #MeerMittwoch #Photography #sunrise #Sea #Italy

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The golden sun casts a shimmering path across the calm sea, illuminating a peaceful beach dotted with straw umbrellas and loungers, framed by lush green trees and the silhouettes of lampposts as a new day dawns.

Evening Reflection: In just a few days, it will be BSD Cafe's second birthday. Two years ago, I never anticipated what would follow. What was once a dream - this kind of community - has transformed into a reality. I set the table, but the Cafe isn't just me; it's all of you.
It's the Fediverse, it's Matrix, it's a group of people who want to communicate, who want positivity, who want to grow, who have a passion and an interest. This morning, I announced the Journal, and the enthusiasm shown was comparable. And that, for me, was a gift.

Even though it's not yet Tuesday here, it already is in many places. While I might sound repetitive, I feel compelled to dedicate this #ThankYouTuesday to you all: friends of BSD Cafe (both in and outside the cafe), of the Fediverse, of Matrix, of every communication channel.
Because FREE communication channels are tools, and they are merely extensions of people.

Wonderful people, who make the world a little less bleak.

Thank you.

#ThankYou #BSDCafe #Fediverse #World

Dear friends of #BSDCafe and the entire #Fediverse, tomorrow I'll be announcing a new idea/service from BSD Cafe. In my opinion, it's something that can be extremely useful to the entire BSD and Open Source community in general - even to pique curiosity and attract new users.

I'm still finalizing a few details, mainly in the guidelines, which I'll lay out in the presentation post.

As with all services, I'll need your collaboration and help (I'm just the Barista, but the Cafe is interesting thanks to all of you!), this time more than ever.

Stay tuned!

#BSDCafeUpdates

Happy Sunday, #BSDCafe !
Happy Sunday, #Fediverse !

For today's #ThankYouTuesday, I'd like to thank everyone who supports the Fediverse. So, that means *you*. Yes, you, the one reading this.
Thank you!

The Fediverse truly is for everyone: if you don't have the skills or means to set up your own instance, you can join one of the public instances that aligns with your aspirations. If you can and want to, you can create your own instance, and thanks to lightweight (and interoperable) software, you can do it with spare hardware or very affordable VPS.
So thank you to all of you, friends of the Fediverse!

#Fediverse #Mastodon #snac #GoToSocial #Wordpress #Mitra #Akkoma #Pleroma #Honk #Peertube #Pixelfed #TooManyToEnumerateHere

I've just updated the blog post: Increasing or Modifying Character Limits and Poll Options in Mastodon 4.3 and 4.4

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/10/09/2024-modifying-limits-in-mastodon-4-3/

#Mastodon #Fediverse #OwnYourData

The best weather forecasts system!
Weather by the hour with temperature, wind, humidity and rain probability directly on the #fediverse

Many thanks to @stefano @admin for developing it!

#fedimeteo #weatherforecast

#snac2 #fediverse

Update: I just shared the Italian version of the Fedi promo video with my parents. (I hadn’t dared send them the English one because they would not have understood a thing).

My mamma had the most mom-like response (see screenshot). Now awaiting a bullet point rebuttal by dad 😆

I also plan to quiz them tomorrow: “so what is the Fediverse?”

#Italian #Fediverse #Italiani #EleFediVideos

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A screenshot of a message from my mom on Signal that reads “brava bravissima” and has a face with hearts emoji, pink vibrating heart emoji, and smiley

Dear Fedi friends,

You asked for it and here it is: an #Italian version of my Fedi promo video:

https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverso-video/

Or as I like to think about it: a video about the #Fediverse that even my non-techie mom would understand.

I hope you'll find this useful in spreading the word about the Fediverse with your Italian friends and family.

Alas these are all the languages I speak (Italian, French, English) but there are other foreign versions by volunteers coming soon.

#EleFediVideos

Thanks @grunfink@comam.es for the #snac server, @stefano@bsd.cafe for the blog posts that pointed me to it, @voron@snac.nya.pub for the theme and @manton@manton.org for motivating me with your book