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Brown cardboard moving boxes on the floor, with a person beneath them whose feet are sticking out

The free fediverses should make it easier to move between (and create) instances

Part 5 of Strategies for the free fediverses

Concentric circles, each made up of multiple circles, in multiple bright colors

The free fediverses should support concentric federations of instances

Part 4 of Strategies for the free fediverses

A network diagram showing nodes connected by lines in multiple colors

The free fediverses should emphasize networked communities

Part 3 of Strategies for the free fediverses

A highway sign, in the shape of an arrow, with the word Consent.

The free fediverses should focus on consent (including consent-based federation), privacy, and safety

Part 2 of Strategies for the free fediverses

A chalkboard with the word Strategy. On the left, a book, a pen, and some glasses.

Strategies for the free fediverses (WORK IN PROGRESS)

How to leverage the free fediverses' many advantages?

2024, in mutliple colors

meta discussion

Happy 2024! A few updates, a few questions

2024 should be a very interesting year

ANTI-META FEDI PACT the following instance admins/mods have agreed to block the hell outta project92

Should the Fediverse welcome its new surveillance-capitalism overlords? Opinions differ! (UPDATED for 2024)

Block Meta or "trust but verify"?

Is bigger always better? The word "bigger" is all in caps and in a larger, heavier font than the other words

The (annotated) case for "Big Fedi"

As Johnny Rotten once said, "Two sides to every story"

Embrace, Extend, and Exploit: Meta's plan for ActivityPub, Mastodon and the Fediverse

What's Meta up to?

The words "Compare and contrast: in pink, turquoise, and purple

Compare and contrast: Fediseer, FIRES, and The Bad Space

Part 4 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse – and whatever comes next"

It's possible to talk about The Bad Space without being racist or anti-trans – but it's not as easy as it sounds

Part 3 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse – and whatever comes next"

the people's eva: If these blocklists didn't exist, my server wouldn't have lasted a month.

Blocklists in the ActivityPub fediverse

Part 2 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse – and whatever comes next"

A workshop, with a metal table that looks like it has rust on it. On the table, a white sign with the word 'unsafe' in red.

Mastodon and today's ActivityPub Fediverse are unsafe by design and unsafe by default

Part 1 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse – and whatever comes next"

July 20-28. Bad internet bills week of action. Take action. Badinternetbills.com. An orange background, with white text.

Can the Fediverse help stop Bad Internet Bills?

The July 20-28 Week of Action is a good time to experiment!

Privacy please - hands off my data!

Federal privacy legislation

The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act has a House Judiciary Committee markup tomorrow!

If all goes well, the committee will advance a (potentially-amended) version of the bill ... a huge step forward!

Alex Heath on Mastodon: Re: ActivityPub integration, it's still a priority for Threads but a "long" way out.

A clear victory for the free fediverse: Meta now says integrating with ActivityPub is "a long way out"

The results so far are certainly encouraging!

What should your instance do, and what would you do? 44%: Pre-emptively Block - will move if not. See text for full results.

"A clear victory for our cause"? Opinions continue to differ about Meta and Threads in the fediverse!

Including a polling update!

Six posts, a presentation, and a preview on privacy and prototyping: Fediverse update, July 3

There's a lot to write about, and I've been doing a lot of writing about it.

A screenshot. Filtered: Elmo. In blue, Show anyway. Filtered: disgraced former. In blue: Show anyway

How to use filtering and muting to hear less discussion of odious people on Mastodon

It's not a perfect solution, but it's helpful.

Question marks in multiple colors

How to choose the right Mastodon instance?

A daunting choice -- but not irrevocable!

We're here. We're queer. Get used to it.

We're here, we're queer, and we're federated: How queer, trans, and non-binary people helped create Mastodon and are shaping today's fediverse (REVISED DRAFT)

The word "draft", all in capital leters, written on a chalkboard.

Eight days later: Kbin, Lemmy, the landed gentry, and the rise of the "threadiverse" (DRAFT)

Draft! Work in Progress! Feedback welcome!