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Mastodon wrote:

Thank you to all of the contributors to Mastodon 4.5! As always, we also appreciate your donations and support as we continue to build a better social web for everyone.

https://joinmastodon.org/donate

Mastodon wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/115503006012708370

We recommend that server owners update their Mastodon installations to bring these improvements to their communities as soon as they can. There are a lot of great updates, now ready for everyone.

Mastodon wrote:

Among many tweaks, and some polishing of the web interface, Mastodon 4.5 also now supports the use of native emoji 🎁

Mastodon wrote:

Server owners can do more to manage and showcase their community. Mastodon 4.5 has settings to define the visibility of different feeds (timelines), and also the ability to set the default landing page to the local feed. There are also new tools for restricting problematic usernames, and improvements in the moderation interface.

Mastodon wrote:

The Fediverse feels more vibrant when conversations are buzzing! Mastodon 4.5 fetches replies from other servers to show you more complete conversation threads - another much-anticipated feature.

Mastodon wrote:

Mastodon 4.5 brings Quote Post authoring features to everyone. Note that you can manage whether or how your posts are quoted by others, both globally on the new Posting Defaults page, and individually on specific posts. You can also revoke the use of a post. We wrote about this in more detail a few weeks ago: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/introducing-quote-posts/

Mastodon wrote:

We’re excited to release Mastodon 4.5 into the world! Arriving just a few months after the last release, this version brings the long-awaited Quote Posts feature, along with many other goodies. Here’s a quick look (you should read our blog post for more!)

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-4.5

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Note to Ben Shapiro: Eugene Debs was not a villain, but please do spread his message more widely.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/06/i-get-emailfrom-the-daily-wire/

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:

what percent of "FAQs" are actually *frequently* asked questions?

I feel like 90% of the FAQs I style are literally never asked before totally made up content for a new website.

The other 10% are lorem ipsum.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

‘Even in the seven-to-eight-seat scenario, Democrats might need to win the popular vote by five percentage points to merely have a 50-50 shot to win the House.

In recent decades, five-point victories in the House popular vote have generally happened during “wave” elections, like in 1994, 2006, 2010 and 2018, when one party ends up winning a large majority. And only once in the past 30 years has it happened during a presidential election year: Barack Obama’s win in 2008.’

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

"… it would not be surprising to see Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Louisiana and Tennessee attempt to eliminate every Democratic district. Additionally, without Section 2, North Carolina’s current plan to dismantle its First District would pass legal muster. And Florida Republicans might be tempted to target the state’s Ninth District in its coming redistricting push.

After those seven or eight seats, things get a little fuzzier."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/upshot/supreme-court-voting-rights-gerrymander.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=highlightShare

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
tante@tldr.nettime.org wrote:

"This is not some grand heel turn, or some brainwashing that DHH suffered. This is straight up a midlife crisis turned fash speedrun."

(Original title: Jordan Petridis: DHH and Omarchy: Midlife crisis)

https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/11/06/dhh-and-omarchy-midlife-crisis/

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

an important distinction for future races:

“… the available data generally suggests that Democratic gains were driven slightly more by flipping Mr. Trump’s supporters than by benefiting from a superior turnout, at least for Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/upshot/election-turnout-trump-hispanics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
ianbetteridge@vivaldi.net ("Ian Betteridge") wrote:

I remain absolutely amazed how, nearly two years down the line, this post on adapting to the new reality of search in the era of AI holds up incredibly well.

https://www.ianbetteridge.com/adapting-to-the-new-reality-of-search/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
davey_cakes@mastodon.ie ("Davey") wrote:

I find myself thinking about the difference between non-profit projects and community-owned projects, in relation to LLM adoption which doesn't show apparent sympathy for community and volunteers.

Wikipedia and Mozilla seem hell-bent on shoehorning LLMs into their systems, in the latter case blowing away community labour. There's no sense in it beyond groupthink.

Are tech non-profits separate from industry, or a section of it that doesn't make money?

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
moodywarlock@social.lol ("Moody Warlock") wrote:

I like to maintain a list of cool #smallweb #retroweb ##indieweb #smolweb services on a links page at my photo blog. Any suggestions of nice community oriented services you've come across?

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
alatiera ("Jordan Petridis") wrote:

I wrote a post about DHH fash speedrun and crashout.

DHH and Omarchy: Midlife crisis

https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/11/06/dhh-and-omarchy-midlife-crisis/

Crush Fascism.

#linux #framework #omarchy #ruby

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
fugueish@wandering.shop ("Chris Palmer") wrote:

> “It will be safer for you with this digital ID,” a government might say. “You can use it to make purchases or get healthcare, and as a fun bonus, nobody will ever mistake you for an immigrant and throw you in a detainment centre without proper food, sanitation or medication for weeks.” Oops, sorry – that got oddly specific for no particular reason. — @annaleen

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835650-100-digital-id-cards-could-be-a-disaster-in-the-uk-and-beyond/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

I quite like the look of corrugated iron, even when it's rusty.#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #countryside #rural #abandoned #decay

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
mcc wrote:

So, I wanted to verify something about how Bluesky handles adult content. So as seemed reasonable for doing a test, I logged in my test account. I immediately found my test account was banned from seeing nudity.

On investigation, I found my test account is permanently flagged as *mandatorily* region-locked for: Brazil; Russia; Turkey; India; and Germany. I cannot turn the moderation for any of those five countries off. Not even using Blacksky, not even with a self-hosted PDS.

What in the fuck?

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
Kuniti_shino@pounced-on.me ("inamruzui") wrote:

"How do you do fellow federated servers" - bluesky "federation"washing

Re: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/115499769678000202

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Here, have something nice on your timeline.

https://youtu.be/sxkzqIekMXE

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

#Meme #Humour

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
annie@social.lol wrote:

More and more of my job is becoming "just use the AI" and I am so sad and frustrated about it.

I managed to avoid this for longer than most but it is now firmly the directive and it sucks as much as I anticipated.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

Zohran Mamdani won young men 18-29 by 40 points.

40 POINTS!

And he did so by standing FOR economic justice, FOR Trans rights, FOR immigrant rights, FOR labor rights, FOR Palestinian rights, & FOR diversity.

All the Corporate Democrats who said Dems can only win by by "running to the center," or "siding with Israel on Gaza" or "not being distracted by the Trans issue," should shut up & have the humility to listen.

Zohran is what happens when you run FOR justice rather than just against Trump.

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

I have had a MacBook Pro M5 and a CalDigit Thunderbolt 4 dock in my online Apple Store bag for the last week without pulling the trigger. Argument against: the M1 actually still feels fast! Argument for: I don't think I want to pay for the rumored M6 model changes.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
Luanti@floss.social ("Luanti (formerly Minetest)") wrote:

Excited to announce that we now have a non-profit collective to grow and support #Luanti !

https://blog.luanti.org/2025/11/05/non-profit/

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
inlinestyle ("Inlinestyle") wrote:

We’ve traded conversations for reactions.
Feeds for dialogue.
Algorithms for curiosity.

The Fediverse brings back what the web was meant to be — slow, human, decentralized.
No ads, no dopamine traps, just people thinking before writing.

Own your data, don’t rent it.
👉 Try InlineStyle: https://www.inlinestyle.it
#Privacy #Fediverse #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource #DeGoogle

Boosted by jwz:
angiebaby@mas.to ("Angie") wrote:

Mamdani, already solving NYC's housing crisis on day one.

Boosted by jwz:
aisling@critters.gay ("Aisling but critters.gay") wrote:

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" well i asked my tarot deck and it suggested i stick ten swords in your back