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To Mute for a few hours, in the default Mastodon UI, click my profile, and in the options menu, choose "Mute" - there is an advanced options section there, and that gives you the ability to mute me for a few hours - 6 should suffice!
Silly, but I didn't make the connection that MTL was Montreal. Duh. We're starting! Getting a dual French/English introduction to the event as it should be.
@FediHost was behind this get together. If you have some fediverse hosting needs (GoToSocial, too!) check them out.
It was also sponsored by @socialwebfdn and @qlub , the latter of which I am not familiar with! Note to self, check them out later.
@pluralistic up first, talking Canada's 馃挬 attempts at regulating USA's tech industry.
Literal shit heads. I love it.
If you want to see the schedule for today, check this out, about halfway down.
Cory's visuals are a real treat. Loving it.
We must start moving away from enshittified social networks now. Let's hack out emergency exits from those networks to open social alternatives.
Meaning, ways to make some interoperability (bridging) to ease the transition.