Jon Leibowitz @jon@jonleibowitz.social

🎉 First release candidate for #Mastodon 3.1.0 is out for testing:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.1.0rc1

There are security-related fixes, improvements of admin functions like search by IP, announcements, bookmarks, and more.

we should probably be thinking about how fedi communities can defend themselves against corporations who can flood the network with thousands of servers now instead of waiting until it starts happening then trying to react at the last second

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Now releasing: FediverseCast episode 3!

In this episode I talk about how the Fediverse doesn't actually solve any of social media's problems... but how it might!

https://fediversecast.com/2020/01/13/fediversecast-the-fediverse-podcast-episode-3/

#podcast

Put your phone down. Step away from the computer. Not forever, just for a couple minutes.

#1yrago Minnesota AG's report reveals big telcos are literally letting their infrastructure rot https://boingboing.net/2019/01/10/we-cant-have-nice-things-2.html

It's okay to say no.

Now we're going to war and I'm still angry about those kids in cages.

I called my Representative this afternoon to lodge a request that she urge House Judiciary to introduce new articles of impeachment for Trump's catastrophic mishandling of the situation in Iraq and Iran. (I also took the opportunity to remind her that Flint still doesn't have potable water.)

If you live in the US, when you get the chance, I suggest you do the same. (Representatives also have email contact via their government website, if you're phone-anxious.)

In this first episode of Fediverse Friday, I talk about what the Fediverse is and and what it isn't.
https://10thstreet.media/2020/01/03/fediverse-friday-1-whats-the-fediverse/

US and Iran must protect cultural sites, says UNESCO https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/iran-protect-cultural-sites-unesco-200106183016546.html

Hello Fediverse! After FAR too long of a break, I'm happy to share FediverseCast Episode 2!

https://fediversecast.com/2020/01/06/fediversecast-episode-2/

I want to try for ~1 episode per week in 2020. In order to do that, the show is moving away from a primarily interview-style format to just me @kevinflo discussing topics solo

Hope you enjoy. Boosts appreciated! #podcast

In early 2017 I was tired, and disappointed, and about to leave federated networks. Then one amazing Fediverse user reminded me of the remedy:

"Learn to rest, not to quit".

Perhaps someone here needs this advice now.

30 years ago, Calvin worried about the Russians. The actors today are different but the script is the same. It’s like watching Groundhog Day, again and again and again… Bill taught Calvin the lesson in six panels. How many re-runs will it take us? https://t.co/tJM7RmiLxM

No War in Iran
No War in Iran
No War in Iran
No War in Iran
No War in Iran
#NoWar in #Iran

Dear Fediverse,

Soon, some venture capitalist will put $5 million into a startup that offers free fediverse accounts with unlimited storage, etc.

Unless every other instance instantly blocks such a service from Day 1, you can kiss your fediverse goodbye and say hello to a new Gmail. Once network effects kick in, they will make the rules.

It _can_ happen here but you have an opportunity to kill it before it does.

#centralisation #fediverse