I can't wait for September
Cause that means that next month, it's going down like timber
Anke
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To all y’all #paddleboard#SUP folks, and frankly anyone on the water in Colorado:
mountain lakes and reservoirs, and reservoirs down low fed by snowmelt, are deadly cold. Weather here changes in minutes, sometimes without any warning. You cannot swim to safety if the water is so cold that your muscles lock up. Whitecaps will swamp you and fill your mouth with water.
Wear a PFD (life vest). Do it. We’ve had about 2 drownings a week all summer because people aren’t wearing flotation.
To all y’all #paddleboard#SUP folks, and frankly anyone on the water in Colorado:
mountain lakes and reservoirs, and reservoirs down low fed by snowmelt, are deadly cold. Weather here changes in minutes, sometimes without any warning. You cannot swim to safety if the water is so cold that your muscles lock up. Whitecaps will swamp you and fill your mouth with water.
Wear a PFD (life vest). Do it. We’ve had about 2 drownings a week all summer because people aren’t wearing flotation.
@blog
The thing is though, there are several projects for servers out there. As a decentralized FOSS project, you don't need to rely on one source for either servers nor clients.
I don't know anything about the protocol itself. I don't know if there's anything there that is fundamentally broken, but if it's an implementation issue, that can be fixed by others.
I use #FluffyChat for my client, and though I don't use it often, it is a fairly pleasant client to use I must say.
@blog
Will be interesting to see if #Sup is going to make any difference with this issue though, of finding a common way for the fediverse to communicate with instant messaging. But it'll still be years before we see the fruits of that initiative I think.
#Loops is still a broken mess, and they still need to maintain and expand Pixelfed. That's not a lot of time/resources for developing Sup.
dansup
boosted
Ordered more stickers that I'll be giving out at https://fedicon.ca 😎
Still growing and learning every day.
I know trust/respect is earned, not given - and I'm committed to earning yours by delivering on Pixelfed, Loops, Sup, and being the kind of maintainer our community deserves.
Together we're proving that ethics and humanity can win.
This is just the beginning. 🚀
wakest ⁂
and 1 other
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I'll be giving out stickers at https://fedicon.ca ✨
I'll be giving out stickers at https://fedicon.ca ✨
Ordered more stickers that I'll be giving out at https://fedicon.ca 😎
Tim Chambers
boosted
‘#OpenSource And #Ethical’ #TikTok, #WhatsApp And #Instagram Alternatives Could Transform #SocialMedia
from #Forbes
ByEsat Dedezade, Contributor.
Esat Dedezade is U.K.-based journalist who covers Big Tech for Forbes
Jan 25, 2025, 12:23pm EST
[a very well-written article with a favorable yet realistic angle on the #Fediverse]
"At the heart of these alternative apps lies the Fediverse platform — a portmanteau of "federated" and "universe" that represents a radical reimagining of how social media can work. Unlike traditional platforms where users are locked into isolated ecosystems, the Fediverse operates as an interconnected network of independent servers that communicate with each other through a standard protocol called #ActivityPub."
#Pixelfed#PeerTube#Mastodon#Loops#Sup#FreeSoftware#SocialWeb #technology #news #press
‘#OpenSource And #Ethical’ #TikTok, #WhatsApp And #Instagram Alternatives Could Transform #SocialMedia
from #Forbes
ByEsat Dedezade, Contributor.
Esat Dedezade is U.K.-based journalist who covers Big Tech for Forbes
Jan 25, 2025, 12:23pm EST
[a very well-written article with a favorable yet realistic angle on the #Fediverse]
"At the heart of these alternative apps lies the Fediverse platform — a portmanteau of "federated" and "universe" that represents a radical reimagining of how social media can work. Unlike traditional platforms where users are locked into isolated ecosystems, the Fediverse operates as an interconnected network of independent servers that communicate with each other through a standard protocol called #ActivityPub."
#Pixelfed#PeerTube#Mastodon#Loops#Sup#FreeSoftware#SocialWeb #technology #news #press