Liebes #Fediverse! Zum Schluss vielleicht was weniger verdrießliches:
Habt ihr in diesem Jahr #Kultur genossen? Dann würde ich mich freuen, wenn ihr mir sagt, was eure Kultur-Highlights #2025 waren (ohne Film und Kino).
Excited to see some new projects implementing #ActivityPub and joining the #fediverse in the final stretches of 2025:
Accounts on new server implementations I have come across the last days are #Agora (test account here: @flancian) and #SquidCity (test account: @lobsters)
Exactly one year ago, on 30th December 2024, I laid the foundation of FediMeteo.
I took a VM, installed FreeBSD, and set up the first jail to support Italy. The goal was to create a tool for my own use, support a few countries, and announce it.
Unexpectedly, the enthusiasm was incredible. That pushed me to keep going, support more countries and cities, and turn it into what it is today.
FediMeteo now supports 38 countries and 2,937 cities, with more than 7,700 followers in the Fediverse alone, not counting the many people who follow via RSS feeds or visit the web pages.
If you are curious to read the story and some technical details, you can find it here:
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/
Today is also Tuesday, a #ThankYouTuesday, so I want to say thanks to:
* OpenMeteo - @openmeteo - for providing accurate, high quality data, without which FediMeteo would be far less useful
* @grunfink - creator of snac, who made all of this possible using very few resources, on a 4 euro per month VM
* FreeBSD, which thanks to the efficiency of the OS and its jail implementation made it possible to run this service in a stable and efficient way with minimal effort
* FediFollows - @FediFollows - that periodically spreads the word about cities, countries, and the enthusiasm around the project
*All of you*, who suggested, encouraged, corrected, and celebrated this project
And forward toward supporting more countries and other interesting features already in the works.
Happy birthday, FediMeteo! 🎉
#FediMeteo #HappyBirthday #Meteo #Weather #FreeBSD #snac #snac2 #OpenMeteo #Fediverse
@michael @haraldkliems @organicmaps @openstreetmap @mangroveReviews @sudoer777 @CoMaps @Dorothea
These are great #ideas, and also typical candidates to file an #ideation issue for at the #fediverse ideas repository, at..
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediverse-ideas/issues
As long-time #fedi advocate and #FOSS passionado I've seen countless times #people #come #together on nifty #ActivityPub ideas, only for it to fade out, and be forgotten again, until the next person throws it into ephemeral #microblog timeline voids.
💬 Ist EUCH #Kunst & #Kultur wichtig?
Falls "JA",
dann frage ich mich, warum Menschen aus diesen Bereichen es hier im #FEDIVERSE so schwer haben? 🤔
Ein "BOOST" ist kostenlos,
tut nicht weh,
unterstützt aber enorm die MENSCHEN aus diesen Bereichen, hier im #Fediverse anzukommen
Wenn wir ein VIELFÄLTIGES #Fediverse haben möchten, dann sollten wir Menschen aus den Bereichen "Kunst & Kultur" hier etwas mehr Aufmerksamkeit schenken 🎈
DANKE 💚
Would it be useful to customize the rendering and presentation of posts by actor?
I follow a lot of actors and I get a lot of posts, and I'd like the posts from some actors to stand out, and I'd like the posts from others to be more inconspicuous. Or maybe I want to use color to help visually categorize posts from actors I follow, based on subject matter.
Does this sound like a useful feature?
My greatest achievement is that 2 days ago, I began appearing live on a new local commercial satellite channel as a news correspondent. I convey the reality of the suffering from the heart of Gaza Strip to the entire #MiddleEast.
I also work as a volunteer photojournalist for organizations that support orphans here
I’m trying to raise enough money to cover my transportation costs to travel across the #gaza Strip, which’ll enable me to reach my work
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-young-journalist-mohammed-from-gaza-share-now?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_US
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mohammedjhad/115808486742912992
Good evening my friends 🤎, Please take a moment to check out Mohammed's post and show him some love!
He has started working as a reporter for a media channel where he’s currently training. He also volunteers at an orphanage foundation and needs some support to keep going on his journey.
His campaign doesn’t get much support so please consider encouraging him! ❤️
Thank you ao much 🫂
#gaza #genocide #palestine #mutualaid #fediverse
Two Fediverse clients I like are Elk and Phanpy, but both had the same issue: the inability to filter "replies" and "boosts" from the timeline. For me this is essential. I can't keep up with my timeline, and if I also see replies to posts unrelated to what I follow, it just becomes chaos. So I tried to implement these filters and opened a PR.
The Elk developers have already merged it into the main branch, so we should soon see the two hide options appear in Elk. Hopefully the same will happen in Phanpy as well, because this greatly improves the experience on two excellent Fediverse tools, which are also compatible with snac.
https://github.com/elk-zone/elk/pull/3482
Hey @vsb_copilot and @EvanY! I/We would love to know more about your efforts to stop the use of MS Co-Pilot in the Vancouver School Board!
Maybe us on #SocialBC and the #Fediverse can help spread the word and we’re honoured that you've chosen us to help be your big-social-free alternative!
Hey @vsb_copilot and @EvanY! I/We would love to know more about your efforts to stop the use of MS Co-Pilot in the Vancouver School Board!
Maybe us on #SocialBC and the #Fediverse can help spread the word and we’re honoured that you've chosen us to help be your big-social-free alternative!
Liebes #Fediverse! Zum Schluss vielleicht was weniger verdrießliches:
Habt ihr in diesem Jahr #Kultur genossen? Dann würde ich mich freuen, wenn ihr mir sagt, was eure Kultur-Highlights #2025 waren (ohne Film und Kino).
My greatest achievement is that 2 days ago, I began appearing live on a new local commercial satellite channel as a news correspondent. I convey the reality of the suffering from the heart of Gaza Strip to the entire #MiddleEast.
I also work as a volunteer photojournalist for organizations that support orphans here
I’m trying to raise enough money to cover my transportation costs to travel across the #gaza Strip, which’ll enable me to reach my work
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-young-journalist-mohammed-from-gaza-share-now?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_US
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mohammedjhad/115808486742912992
Good evening my friends 🤎, Please take a moment to check out Mohammed's post and show him some love!
He has started working as a reporter for a media channel where he’s currently training. He also volunteers at an orphanage foundation and needs some support to keep going on his journey.
His campaign doesn’t get much support so please consider encouraging him! ❤️
Thank you ao much 🫂
#gaza #genocide #palestine #mutualaid #fediverse
De Chaos Computer Club #CCC roept iedere eerste zondag van de maand uit tot Digitale Onafhankelijkheidsdag. Aangesloten hackerspaces gaan workshops organiseren waarin mensen wordt uitgelegd hoe ze van WhatsApp, Gmail, Windows of commerciële socialmediaplatforms kunnen overstappen:
https://www.ccc.de/de/updates/2025/ccc-unterstutzt-den-monatlichen-digital-independence-day
Mooi initiatief dat hopelijk in NL ook wordt opgepakt door bijv. de #hackerspaces en de #repairshops.
De Chaos Computer Club #CCC roept iedere eerste zondag van de maand uit tot Digitale Onafhankelijkheidsdag. Aangesloten hackerspaces gaan workshops organiseren waarin mensen wordt uitgelegd hoe ze van WhatsApp, Gmail, Windows of commerciële socialmediaplatforms kunnen overstappen:
https://www.ccc.de/de/updates/2025/ccc-unterstutzt-den-monatlichen-digital-independence-day
Mooi initiatief dat hopelijk in NL ook wordt opgepakt door bijv. de #hackerspaces en de #repairshops.
