Pleased to announce that my book, Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media, is now available online, and will be out in print in a couple weeks!
https://moveslowlybuildbridges.com
That site has more stuff, too -- links to related articles, some notes about how I researched it, and a contact form in case you want to talk about the fediverse with me! (I'd be happy to chat with journalists about it!)
#academicChatter #bookstodon #fediverse #mastodon

Are you looking for accounts to follow on here?

You can browse thousands of hand-picked accounts organised into hundreds of categories at:

https://fedi.directory

You can follow the account that accompanies the website at:

@FediFollows

On #Mastodon there are now
410 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
122 instances.

241 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@dagen (SWE)
@goiena (BAQ)
@heisec (GER)
@derStandard (GER)
@awp_de (GER)

Find the whole list on:
https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

Built by @mho

am following now more government accounts from #France #España #UK #Brasil #Portugal #Canada ―on this here #fediverse― than i ever did for federal & local USA agencies, in my 17 years on Twitter.

#NASA was the only USA federal agency that had the most accounts on the now #Xitter nazi bar.

the future is federated and it’s here, on the fediverse.

if you are not following @FediFollows and checking their timeline for new people, communities and organizations to follow, you are not doing the bare minimum of #fediversing

yes, i verbbed #fediverse

if y’all have the coins, throw some their way, BUT! if y’all are part of the sundry organizations giving money to #FOSS initiatives, i urge you to think outside of the software development box. please fund the work of people and groups like FediFollows. without it, FOSS is just lines of code.

Come see @atomicpoet host his panel at FediCon

"AllYourBases IRL (Panel)"

...

https://lu.ma/p4bbb941

FediCon
Vancouver, Canada
August 1–2

https://fedicon.ca

Color Me Lion - a bright way to start a Tuesday! Have a good one: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/color-me-lion-lisa-s-baker.html

Ich wollte heute auf dem Stückle (so sagen wir im schwäbischen zu Gartengrundstück) arbeiten und jetzt regnet es richtig stark und ich glaube heute ist ChatGPT Tag. Bin total angefixt. Einen wundervollen #Dienstag liebes #Fediverse

Was machen Universitäten im Fediverse, wie zufrieden sind sie und wer fehlt? Das habe ich recherchiert und die 42 (sic!) größten deutschen Universitäten befragt.

Das Ergebnis als #Longread:
https://www.riffreporter.de/de/technik/hochschulen-fediverse-mastodon-wissenschaftskommunikation-social-media

Kurzform zum Hören im DLF:
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/x-frei-wie-hochschulen-ihre-social-media-praesenz-neu-organisieren-100.html

Das wichtigste hier im 1/13.

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Watercolor Owl - newly added to my collection: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/watercolor-owl-lisa-s-baker.html

The Bird and the Bear - fun new art added to my collection: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/the-bird-and-the-bear-lisa-s-baker.html

On #Mastodon there are now
410 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
122 instances.

248 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@mf_magazine (ENG)
@fof (SWE)
@FTM_eu (ENG)
@techreview_de (GER)
@valigiablu (ITA)

Find the whole list on:
https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

Built by @mho

Hey #musicproducers I have some things I want to release but I feel concerned about LLM's scraping my voice for their training. Does any one know of something I could use to overlay with my voice that would create dirty data for LLM's but that would keep the listening clear for human ears?

Please boost for visibility #music #producer #MusicProducer #musicproduction #dirtydata #mastodon #fediverse #help

#Old #Outdoor #Tap - #Black and #White by Kaye Menner #Photography Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:

https://kaye-menner.pixels.com/featured/old-outdoor-tap-black-and-white-kaye-menner.html

おやすみ #Fediverse ⁂

I am willing to create a custom #FediCard - business-card flyers promoting the #FediVerse - for specific instances and events.

The rules are:

- They should be for specific instances, and these instances should be actively maintained.
- Ideally, these instances should have a specific theme or focus (such as the two #TTRPG instances and the political instance which I am showcasing below).
- You should specify the business card format you need (such as 3.5x2 inches for US business cards, or 85x55mm for most of the EU).
- You should have some intention of printing them out and distributing them at real life events.

https://kai.nl.tab.digital/s/fc9rHL6wxfxP8Rp

We're experimenting with federated geosocial features in Bonfire, free from surveillance capitalism.
Check into your local community garden. Add location to mutual aid requests. Find tools nearby.
Imagine your local fablab or community center sharing check-ins, calendars, events, opening hours - all federated. A living hub for what's happening there.
https://github.com/bonfire-networks/bonfire-app/issues/1444

This unlocks new possibilities for local organizing, let's explore together

TIL about Fedi-Search, an open sourced frontend to easily search the Fediverse with a lot of mainstream engines

https://lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/post/6540895