Dr. Guillermo Power @gpowerf@qoto.org

#DerStandard, one of austria's largest newspapers is ("for the time being") shutting down the #Twitter-account for it's Web- and IT-news, despite it having 120.000 Followers, because "Traffic is too minimal" and the "expenditure is too big in relation to the ressources".
https://twitter.com/webstandardat/status/1646461860365967360

That's a different reasoning than #NPR, #PBS and #AmericanPublicMedia, but it fits to my experience. And @web is already on #Mastodon, even its own #instance.

#TwitterTakeover #SocialMedia #ElonMusk

Slowly but surely journalists are finding their way to the Fediverse. These tech & digital media reporters are already active on Mastodon:

@couts — Wired

@caseynewton — Platformer

@mimsical — WSJ

@pierce — The Verge

@drewharwell — Washington Post

@harrymccracken — Fast Company

@jank0 — Lowpass

@joannastern — WSJ

@jr — Computerworld

@mathewi — Columbia Journalism Review

@stshank — CNET

@taylorlorenz — Washington Post

@willoremus — Washington Post

#FollowFriday #Journalists #Tech

40 years after its #Atari2600 release, Activision's game Enduro has been ported to #Atari8bit computers https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350369-enduro-ported/ #atari #retrogaming

That moment when the DHL driver hands over your parcel with assembled PCBs from JLCPBC, and your heart sinks when you hear the tiny tiny components rattling around in the box :(

Then your sense of relief when you open it and discover it was just a rogue Silica Gel packet that has burst 😅​

@gpowerf Eh, it's not the first time I read in an article "Mastodon makes it easy to move your posts from one account to another".

It *barely* moves your follows and followers, and *sometimes* your bookmarks.

Source: I moved my Italian account once and my English one twice.

(While I can see the reason why posts don't get moved, it still makes you think three times if moving your account or not)

@film_girl even if the federal government bans Tik Tok. That’s not how software works. It will easily be circumvented. We really need to elect better idiots.

This is straight-up insanity. It never will survive appeals, fortunately, but I’m absolutely bothered that individual states think they can ban access to apps/websites. Also, the plan is to fine Apple/Google for offering the app in their state. Good luck with that, you absolute morons. https://www.wsj.com/articles/montana-lawmakers-approve-statewide-ban-on-tiktok-17dc0ea6

The real magic of the #fediverse is collaboration.

Many of the largest projects have worked together behind the scenes on compatibility.

It's not that common now that ActivityPub has matured, but you better believe the early days of 2018 had big players like Mastodon and Pleroma working closely on compat.

#ActivityPub = Community + Collaboration
The magic formula that sets us apart!

Today I chatted with someone that said “I generally don’t watch any movies made before I was born, except for Jurassic Park and Titanic.”

That cuts deep.

Cleown is an enigma. Enigma balls.
Thanks Sara for the idea!

All previous episodes are on
webtoons https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/cleown-musk/list?title_no=837788

If you like the comic then retweet/boost!
#elon #elonmusk #twitter #xcorp #ceo

Phoromatic from @phoronix is fantastic. We use it in our lab for automated performance testing.

#system76 #computertesting @phoronix

@mastodonusercount
Wahoo #11million

11,000,828 accounts
+1,395 in the last hour
+32,993 in the last day
+222,110 in the last week

I remember Max Keiser calling this the most revolutionary graph he'd ever seen:

@breadbin @gpowerf I can't find the big one in the US at all, but I did a project where I built my own from a dead C64. Here is the video I made.. This little machine has been a lot of fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbDLZCsr6vw

The much awaited, almost 100%, #travel #map record comes from #BecomingFilipino. He is a Canadian who migrated to the #Philippines and has been travelling the entire country while #vlogging.

I do not know if any local, or politicians, can come close to his record. True to his brand, “Becoming Filipino”, there is no doubt he is a true #Filipino.

Watch his videos and discover, not only the beauty of the Philippines, but our warm culture and always happy countrymen.

Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BecomingFilipino

Image source: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=773462017475193&set=p.773462017475193

#Pilipinas #Pilipino #Pinoy #Noypi #Filipinas

After every new million registered Mastodon accounts, John Mastodon gets another pair of wings.