Is it just me? There is sometimes such a big disconnect between how we feel about the fediverse and how it actually is.

Every poll I've seen about alt text suggests we all use it.

But then you look at results posted by @AltTextHealthCheck.

So many seem to agree that racism and mansplaining and gatekeeping are bad.

Can anyone say any of this has actually improved over the past few years?

Or have we collectively just driven enough marginalized people away that we don't see the complaints as often?

#fediverse #FediMeta

So my question is; why would we use ChatMail for messaging apps instead of XMPP or Matrix?

I'm not trying to dunk on DeltaChat or its developers here. On the contrary, I'm truly impressed by and grateful for the work they've put into it. I'm genuinely curious to know what the advantages are. What kinds of specific use cases folks think ChatMail can handle better, and why.

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this should be a great case study of how thoroughly opposition can be turned into controlled opposition if its belief system is incoherent and fails to incorporate analysis of power

And:

https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/115995510270880689

Anonymous, maybe? And not @xenotrope …

“If #TempleOS takes off I'll personally port #OpenZFS and #bhyve to it”

Calling on fediverse moderators: if you see a post that kind of, sort of borders on racism, but you're not really too sure: yep, you're definitely dealing with a racist.

Learn about dog whistles. And microaggressions. Get a Black person on your moderation team.

None of the redesigns and user experience tweaks will matter if we can't make this place welcoming to everyone.

#fediverse #FediMeta #FediAdmins #MastoAdmins #racism #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon

EAA + LLMs = "Dear Manuel, I built an accessibility testing tool...it's so much better than...it would be great if you could spare 10 minutes…" every week.

Je viens de me rappeler ce dessin de 2017 :

@hipsterelectron When half of these so-called libertarians stan Curtis Yarvin, you've gotta start wondering if it's "you played yourselves" or "your ideology is just proto-fascism and accordingly your actions will generally help the fascists."

Sécheresse en France: les oiseaux d'eau particulièrement vulnérables, la LPO veut un report de la chasse
(RFI)

https://www.rfi.fr/fr/environnement/20260820-s%C3%A9cheresse-en-france-les-oiseaux-d-eau-particuli%C3%A8rement-vuln%C3%A9rables-la-lpo-veut-un-report-de-la-chasse

I've used DeltaChat for about 7 years. I even managed to get a few family and friends to install it for a while, so we the built-in AutoCrypt would encrypt our emails. But none of them stuck with it.

Until recently DC continued to be a great mobile app for my personal email account. However, the devs are slowly moving away from supporting my use case, in favour of DC being a client for dedicated ChatMail servers. Which leaves me scratching my head as to its utility.

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#DeltaChat #ChatMail

Please pay attention because this is the most important #Skateboarding post I will make this year! MY CITY IS FINALLY GETTING A COMMUNITY SKATEPARK!!!

An actual home, place to call ours, to be safe, to exist!

As it stands Harare Skate Club is trying to raise $3000. I have got into touch with the organisers and I will be on the grounds with my moms car to help when construction starts! PLEASE SUPPORT US

https://tributejar.com/campaign/harare-s-first-skatepark

#MutualAid #Crowdfunding #BlackMutualAid #Zimbabwe #Africa

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@simon_brooke/117126454854489932

So does this mean Germany will stop being Israel’s #2 arms dealer?

No? Right, didn’t think so.

Remember folks, European Values™ are euros and cents.

@ferrix
Its like the developers got stuck up their own asses working on the engine instead of the game and its like sure everything is written using the same four core mechanics but there are still unpatched bugs like mirages billions of years after release

@jaredwhite Adobe Lightroom seems like it might be good. I'm not using it to edit Phone photos though, it's for photos taken with my Nikon 1 V3.

Droni russi su villaggio vicino a Kharkiv, due morti e due feriti - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2026/08/21/droni-russi-su-villaggio-vicino-a-kharkiv-due-morti-e-due-feriti_4c95177c-f4c2-46f2-b1f4-6857f999c4b2.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su ANSA Ultima ora @ansa-ultima-ora-AgenziaAnsa

I have a question for ***only*** people living in long term (one year or more) solo isolation ***without physical contact with humans or animals.***

How are you hanging in there? And specifically what helps you with the lack of physical touch?

Don't want replies from people not in solo iso, don't want conjecture, just the question as framed, thanks.

@LonelinessCorps

#LonelinessCorps