Lads lads lads lads!

Here's the first release candidate for v0.20.0 of #GoToSocial! If you're feeling bold, you can try this release candidate and help us find any lingering bugs before we release v0.20.0 proper!

https://codeberg.org/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/releases/tag/v0.20.0-rc1

Please read the migration notes carefully for instructions on how to upgrade to this version.

The migrations in this release are quite long (can take several hours, even!), as we had to rethread the entire statuses table to handle the new way we cache status threads (and to improve timeline performance). Please plan downtime accordingly, and most importantly hang in there and don't be tempted to interrupt the migration process!

Please also pay particular attention to the metrics changes, as we've significantly changed the way that metrics exposure is configured, so you will likely have to adjust your setup if you use GtS Prometheus metrics. For more information on the new way of doing things, look through this document: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/advanced/metrics/

Release highlights

• Big refactor of timeline code to use less memory and be (hopefully!) more responsive and less error prone.
• Support for scheduled statuses!
• Support for the focal point property on the frontend + over federation, so you can set focal point on your media and have it work properly!
• Notifications when a status you've interacted with has been edited.
• ListenBrainz widget on the frontend, so you can show off the music you've been listening to (https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/user_guide/settings/#profile-fields)
• Instance info panel in the settings, so that non-admins on the instance can see which domains are blocked and explicitly allowed, and the reason why.
• Bunch of new themes for profile views!
• Config option to expose emoji endpoints without authentication -- useful for compatibility with some clients. Default value still requires authentication.
• Footnotes in markdown!
• Configurable thumbnail dimensions.
• Federation of avatar + header image descriptions is handled now, both in + out of GtS.
• The new hidesToPublicFromUnauthedWeb and hidesCcPublicFromUnauthedWeb are federated in and out now, allowing your instance and other instances that support these properties to transmit + respect preferences for the visibility of posts to render on the unauthenticated (public) web view of threads.
• Support for avif file format.
• JSON logging format, for easier log ingestion.
• Atom and JSON feed support for RSS (not just xml).
• Reworked metrics format, more + better metrics, and an importable example grafana dashboard.
• Domain permission subscription retractions are now handled properly.
• Probably a lot more! See below!

Thanks for reading!

Please read the post I linked to above. It is loaded with context and insight.

Then please decide to act. Support independent media. Do it now, and do it again tomorrow.

And then please work with your neighbors to support, and create, honest information where you live.

Please do it now.
8/8

Crucially, we need to rebuild journalism at the local level. Local newspapers are all but gone. Local TV is more and more under the thumb of Trumpists. "Pink slime" so-called news -- funded by extremists and dishonest in every way -- is growing.

We'll have to rebuild it all, collaboratively.
7/8

Kimmel and Colbert can start their own media operations and be hits from the first day. I'll be among the people who'll gladly pay to keep them -- and, this is key, their brilliant colleagues who do much if not most of the reporting and writing -- prominent in the emerging media ecosystem.
5/8

So we have to turn to what Josh calls "independent" media. (I question his belief that the extremist-normalizing machine called the New York Times belongs in that category, but it could still recover its honor if it chose to do so.)

We need to support it. And we need to create it.
4/8

Please read Josh Marshall's take on the Trump regime's escalating attacks on freedom of speech -- Kimmel's removal only the latest but probably most extreme example.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few-thoughts-on-kimmelgeddon/sharetoken/9b9c2c6c-bc94-4280-a74f-6fc8e2158cf8

The most important thing in this piece is its call to action in a way that we can actually achieve.
1/8

And my job (like everyone else in #infosec ) is cutting my hours (and even months... next year i'll only be paid for 11 months out of 12). At least I still have hours to be cut.

I have a job until December 31st. I'm hoping they'll reup the contract, such as it is. We'll see.

I need to spin up my LLC again and see if there's any meaningful side work available.

Might join with other testers and form a co-op.

I had a successful side business for a bit and then the pandemic wiped it out just as it was about to turn into my main business. And then my life completely flipped the lid, lol.

But I'm in a better places now... so. Let's see if I can do it again.

In this environment. Lol. Sob.

Gotta put food on the table, even as fascism seeks to destroy us. Yaaaay.....

Thank you Covering Climate Now for recognizing our
HCN and @ProPublica investigation into how solar developers can use for-profit archeologists to threaten or damage Indigenous cultures!

Full story: https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-2/energy-industry-washingtons-solar-permitting-leaves-tribal-resources-vulnerable-to-corporations/

Award winners: https://coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the-2025-ccnow-journalism-awards/

Netscape Navigator 2.0 was released 30 years ago today.

This version introduced a number of new features:

• Plugins! This was the first time a web page could make sound, via RealAudio.
• Incremental display of progressive JPEGs on slow dialup connections.
• Animated GIFs that were actually useful.
• HTML frames.
• JavaScript! That wasn't my fault, but you still have my apologies.
• And of course my baby, the first release of Netscape Mail and News:

https://jwz.org/b/ykvY

@babe On a similar note:

@babe On a similar note:

@babe *Stares at everyone with questioning eyes*

I continue to be a happy @Vivaldi user, and this is a big reason why: they've committed to keeping generative AI out of the browser. https://vivaldi.com/blog/keep-exploring/

Ran @siracusa 's Hyperspace utility on a volume that backs up my primary “online" video editing volume.

Reclaimed 1.64TB of space. Took a long while.

Yes it's a spinning drive with APFS. Don't @ me.

#postchat #VideoProduction #Apple #macOS

Yet another reason to stop using Chrome: Gemini is coming right into the browser, including the address bar ("Omni bar") by default. These features are computationally expensive at scale, privacy-destroying, and just plain annoying.

https://blog.google/products/chrome/chrome-reimagined-with-ai/

Prepare your Tails in advance, you might need it soon.

#Privacy #Safety

The amazing Flow producer brought the Oscar for everyone to share a moment of fame at Blender Conference photo booth!

De deadline voor Israëls terugtrekking uit bezet Palestina is verstreken. Wat nu?

Een jaar geleden stemde een grote meerderheid van VN-landen voor een motie die Israël opriep de bezetting van Palestina binnen een jaar op te heffen. Israël heeft dat genegeerd. Wat betekent dit voor het internationaal recht, en wat voor stappen kan de VN verder nemen?

Lees het volledige artikel op onze website:

https://rightsforum.org/de-deadline-voor-israels-terugtrekking-uit-bezet-palestina-is-verstreken-wat-nu/

We know that AI is slowly introducing tech debt, but it's also creating knowledge debt.

All those documents that looked about right but were actually just a little bit wrong... they add up too.