Jon Leibowitz @[email protected]

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Which #universities are on #Mastodon / Fediverse?
Welche #Universitäten sind im #Fediverse?

Official:
• @unihohenheim Uni #Hohenheim, #Germany
• @unijena Uni #Jena, Germany

Own server:
• https://mastodon.utwente.nl/about @utwente #UTwente, #Netherlands
• https://metu.life/about/ @Tuan #Metu, #Turkey
• https://mastodon.mit.edu/about @maxj @dukhovni #MIT, #USA
• https://mastodon.ocf.berkeley.edu/about @staff UC #Berkeley, USA

Students’ Committee:
• @astatu #AStA #TUBerlin #Berlin, Germany.

Any missing?

I am happy to reveal that a non-profit legal entity for Mastodon, Mastodon gGmbH, is in the process of being entered into the German company register.

For context, I have been operating as a sole proprietor so far.

It's been in the works for 8 months but I didn't want to announce anything until everything was finalized just in case it didn't work out. Yesterday, I paid in the starting capital.

It wouldn't be possible without the help and advice of @mellifluousbox. More to follow in blog form.

Thread 🧵 of 501(c)(3) public charities you can support instead of the FSF, if you care about its mission:

Twitter is a website. Fediverse is an ecosystem

The Soyuz rocket from @Roscosmos rolled out to its launch pad today in Kazakhstan. It will lift off Friday taking three Exp 65 crew members to the space station. More pix... flic.kr/s/aHsmUcoKF4 pic.twitter.com/MEgU5c8xWj https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1379492851738931200

The joinpeertube.org lists white supremacist #PeerTube instances. One instance actively describe themselves as "white nationalist". It's not subtle.

What the fuck? Were you aware of this, @Framasoft ? Do you run joinpeertube.org ? If so, why are you linking to and endorsing a site that is actively promoting Nazis?

You may see some people on the Fediverse use Twitter-style verification symbols such as next to their names.

These are NOT verfied users, it's just a custom emoji which anyone can add. Because the Fediverse is decentralised, there is no direct verification system and these symbols carry no meaning.

However, if you are on Mastodon and you own a website, you CAN verify yourself as the site's owner using this tip:

https://mstdn.social/@feditips/105255024033250854

#MastoTips #FediTips #Mastodon #Verification

Bluesky thinking of a "governance" body of the fedivers - If it does not have elephants running around throwing paper planes it's likely the wrong structure #bluesky thinking http://hamishcampbell.com/index.php/2021/03/13/bluesky-thinking-of-a-governance-body-of-the-fedivers/

Another fantastic @[email protected] piece. While I'm completely sympathetic to folks finding a place to write & get paid, he must know another corporate Silicon Valley silo isn't the real solution. I wish he'd talk about what's really needed too. #fediverse

https://t.co/NW0jPDXGHI

Literally the only real reason anyone cares about anything blockchain-related is because they think if they speculate, it'll make them rich. There's literally no other reason. And they're willing to risk the future of this world to become rich off of pure speculation. Ugh.