Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Oh hell yeah. @mozilla is launching a Mastodon instance in early 2023! I’m very excited for this. Mozilla is really good at what they do. Firefox has over 200M monthly active users, and with any luck they’ll build better support for the fediverse into Firefox itself. Mastodon will greatly benefit from easy to use professionally run instances that can handle massive scaling https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/

@blaine @zleap not sure which team you’re referring to, but he’s been here all along :) It’s the rest of us who have joined him.

#Linux 6.1.1, 6.0.15, 5.15.85, and 5.10.161 kernels are now available for download at https://kernel.org #OpenSource

My interview with @blaine, who was there at the very beginning of Twitter; now he's focused on building #fediverse infrastructure that will help #Mastodon scale. https://thenewstack.io/why-a-twitter-founding-engineer-is-now-all-in-on-mastodon/

@pfefferle
Big love for the fediverse plugins for WordPress

They are very, very, very cool

Links:
https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-activitypub/
https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-hum
https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-nodeinfo/
https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-webfinger
https://github.com/akirk/friends

If you're alone over the holidays or finding this season difficult for any reason, and companionship might help, follow the #JoinIn hashtag!

In case you haven't discovered the magic of hashtag-following on mastodon, here is a quick how-to:

https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-basic-tips/#HowDoIFollowHashtags

Today’s social media status quo isn’t cutting it, so Mozilla is exploring an alternative here on Mastodon. In early 2023, Mozilla will be testing a publicly accessible instance in the Fediverse at Mozilla.Social. We will keep you updated, but for now learn more here: mzl.la/3BNXQMQ

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It's been 300 days since start of the war in #Ukraine, and its people are far from buckling 🇺🇦🤝🇵🇱

#СлаваУкраїні!

This #artwork was created for charity, helping evacuate queer Mariupol youth & creatives. We collected close to £1k pounds.

Hello! This seems to be the place where all the cool kids are going and I'm excited to be here. My name is Rebecca Dart and my day job is an animation art director here in Vancouver, British Columbia, but my side hustle is paleoart. I also have a passion for plants, particularly plants of prey.

#introduction

1/ A few thoughts on the 'artists promoting their work' discussion: most creators you follow are not wealthy people. Writing a book does not make you rich. Being a talented painter does not make you rich. A lot of us are scrambling to pay our bills and we HATE it. We hate the hustle & posting links to storefronts. But we are also busy AF trying to survive doing 12 different jobs. If you don't like "ads" know that we hate them too - but otherwise the work doesn't get made. It's that simple.