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We're thrilled to officially welcome @benparker to the Newsmast Foundation team!

Co-founder of The New Humanitarian and a former international aid worker, Ben joins us as Editor. He'll be helping keep our Channel experience looking good across the Social Web through careful curation 🧹

Please give him a warm welcome and keep an eye out for all the exciting things we're working on 👀

#SocialMedia #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon #Channels #Newsmast #Curation #Welcome

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Carlton Gibson

@carlton@chaos.social · 2 months ago

Hey @andros! Excited to see the update. I was only thinking of this project the other day. Let me check it out. 🤩

We'll have to get you on @djangochat in the new year so you can tell us all about it! 🎙️ #Django #Channels #LiveView

Newsmast Foundation

@newsmast@backend.newsmast.org · 2 months ago

We're thrilled to officially welcome @benparker to the Newsmast Foundation team!

Please give him a warm welcome and keep an eye out for all the exciting things we're working on 👀

#SocialMedia #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon #Channels #Newsmast #Curation #Welcome

andros

@andros@activity.andros.dev · 2 months ago

🚀 Django LiveView 2.0.0 is now available

I just released a major new version of Django LiveView, the framework that lets you build interactive, real-time web applications using only Python — no JavaScript required.

🎯 What is Django LiveView?

A radically simpler way to build dynamic interfaces with Django. Inspired by Phoenix LiveView and Laravel Livewire, it lets you create SPAs without APIs, without JavaScript frameworks, without splitting your logic between frontend and backend.

HTML over WebSockets — all interactivity works in real-time, logic lives in Python, and you use Django's template system.

🔧 Simplified configuration

pip install django-liveview

## 💪 What can you do with LiveView?

- ✅ Update the DOM in real-time without JavaScript
- ✅ Interactive forms with instant validation
- ✅ Infinite scroll and lazy loading
- ✅ Multi-user live notifications
- ✅ Real-time dashboards
- ✅ Search with instant results
- ✅ Everything with Python decorators and Django templates

📚 More information

https://github.com/Django-LiveView/liveview

If you're a Django developer and want to add real-time features without the complexity of a separate frontend, give LiveView a try.

#django #python #websockets #liveview #htmx

Carlton Gibson

@carlton@chaos.social replied · 2 months ago

Hey @andros! Excited to see the update. I was only thinking of this project the other day. Let me check it out. 🤩

We'll have to get you on @djangochat in the new year so you can tell us all about it! 🎙️ #Django #Channels #LiveView

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

Crossfire: High-performance lockless spsc/mpsc/mpmc channels for Rust

https://github.com/frostyplanet/crossfire-rs

#HackerNews #Crossfire #Rust #lockless #channels #performance #concurrency #programming

GitHub

GitHub - frostyplanet/crossfire-rs: A lockless mpmc/mpsc to support async base on crossbeam

A lockless mpmc/mpsc to support async base on crossbeam - GitHub - frostyplanet/crossfire-rs: A lockless mpmc/mpsc to support async base on crossbeam

Newsmast Foundation

@newsmast@newsmast.social · 5 months ago

Channel.org offers organisations an opportunity to stop renting from billionaires and start hosting their online community.

We believe that, because of our charity status, we can help organisations escape the traps of for-profit social media and understand the benefits of the Open Social Web. Joining in the way that works best for them, through our services or otherwise.

#SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon #Channels #Tech #SocialMedia

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Profit is killing social media.

The biggest social media companies make a staggering amount of money every year.

In 2024, X, previously Twitter, made $2.5 billion, Snapchat made $5.3 billion, TikTok made $23 billion, Instagram made $66.9 billion, Facebook made $164.5 billion*.

Combined, that’s $262.2 billion in a single year. Enough to buy 37,000 60m superyachts, launch 39,000 Falcon X rockets, stay in a Deluxe Suite at the Ritz for 213,000 years, or pay off all student debt in the UK 57.6 times.

Still, it isn’t enough. Big Tech platforms will squeeze as much money as they can from their users, even if it means sacrificing the social in social media.

*www.businessofapps.com — An image of a superyacht's hull, anchored in water. Below it, a paragraph of copy reads: Profit is killing social media. The biggest social media companies make a staggering amount of money every year. In 2024, X, previously Twitter, made $2.5 billion, Snapchat made $5.3 billion, TikTok made $23 billion, Instagram made $66.9 billion, Facebook made $164.5 billion*. Combined, that’s $262.2 billion in a single year. Enough to buy 37,000 60m superyachts, launch 39,000 Falcon X rockets, stay in a Deluxe Suite at the Ritz for 213,000 years, or pay off all student debt in the UK 57.6 times. Still, it isn’t enough. Big Tech platforms will squeeze as much money as they can from their users, even if it means sacrificing the social in social media. *www.businessofapps.com

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Charity led social media.

In an effort to give community its meaning back, alternatives to Big Tech social platforms are rising in popularity.

These efforts, like Channel.org, are backed by charities, funded by user donations, grants, and paid-for services. They don’t make ‘profit’, they grow as needed.

By being accountable, not to the pockets of the board, but to the morals and ethics of their users, these platforms offer a unique chance to try something new. Social social media.

In most cases, this means platforms are open-source, ad-free, and don’t steer content with algorithms to benefit certain stories or politics. They places for people to be with people, online. — An image of rubber ducks racing down a river. Below it, a paragraph of copy reads: Charity led social media. In an effort to give community its meaning back, alternatives to Big Tech social platforms are rising in popularity. These efforts, like Channel.org, are backed by charities, funded by user donations, grants, and paid-for services. They don’t make ‘profit’, they grow as needed. By being accountable, not to the pockets of the board, but to the morals and ethics of their users, these platforms offer a unique chance to try something new. Social social media. In most cases, this means platforms are open-source, ad-free, and don’t steer content with algorithms to benefit certain stories or politics. They places for people to be with people, online.

Newsmast Foundation

@newsmast@newsmast.social · 5 months ago

We made Channels for you, the people on the Open Social Web.

We know how hard it can be to find posts that you care about on the Social Web. But, after curating our topical Channels, we knew we had the tech to help you Channels on the things YOU care about.

Whether that's cats or astrophysics, you can now make your Channel.

#Channels #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialMedia

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Newsmast Foundation

@newsmast@newsmast.social · 6 months ago

Curating content isn't always simple.

Thankfully, we've already done it the hard way so now, you don't have to!

Using Channel.org, you can build your Channel around whatever you want whilst setting up parameters to ensure that only the content you care about is picked up.

That means 'Football' can mean whatever you want it to... ⚽🏈🏉

#Football #Fediverse #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #Channels #Community #Sport #Curate #Mastodon #Beta

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Newsmast Foundation

@newsmast@newsmast.social · 6 months ago

Curating content isn't always simple.

Thankfully, we've already done it the hard way so now, you don't have to!

Using Channel.org, you can build your Channel around whatever you want whilst setting up parameters to ensure that only the content you care about is picked up.

That means 'Football' can mean whatever you want it to... ⚽🏈🏉

#Football #Fediverse #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #Channels #Community #Sport #Curate #Mastodon #Beta

Newsmast Foundation

@newsmast@newsmast.social · 6 months ago

Ever wanted to try building a feed that answers to you?

With Channels on Channel.org, you can now build your own open social web Channel. A curated feed of posts from across the open social web.

It's simple 👇

🏗️ Build your Channel
#️⃣ Get your Channel hashtag
📲 Download the Channels app
📮 Start posting

Try the public beta now!

#SocialWeb #Channels #Fediverse #CustomFeed #Curated #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Tech

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Newsmast Foundation

@newsmast@backend.newsmast.org · 6 months ago

Today, https://Channel.org public beta goes live! 🎉

We're so excited to give you access to https://Channel.org Channels, your own curated feeds across the social web.

You can create a Channel on the https://Channel.org website now and then download the beta Channels app for easy management.

We'd love for you to try it out and let us know what you think!

#SocialMedia #Fediverse #SocialWeb #Mastodon #Channels #Newsmast #Beta #Technology #FediTech #FediApp #App