Did you know that the 2nd largest investor in X is the prince Alwaeed Bn Talal of Saudi Arabia who leads the Kingdom Holding Company.
This is a remarkable backing from a state that restricts freedom of expression and one that should raise significant concerns for a company and a country that purport to champion fee speech - for now
My friends say that I’ve become less cynical with age. I tell them that they can thank Mastodon for that.
Mastodon is where I dump 99% of the cynicism that I hold about politics or anything else going on in the world.
Just used @stefan's tool to see how I'm connected to the fediverse and it's cool!
Surprised to learn my connections are a bit more brittle (I believe that is the social networking [pre internet] term: Out of the 737 servers I am are connected to, 461 of them have only one connection to me) than I would have guessed.
On #Mastodon there are now
383 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
117 instances.
172 were active today.
Some accounts, that were active today are
@mondoweiss (ENG)
@KnowableMag (ENG)
@apache_be (NLD)
@OrioGuka (BAQ)
@igd_news (ENG)
Find the whole list on:
https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html
Built by @mho
Michel Abdollahi und das "deep und deutlich"-Team haben gemeinsam mit dem Psychologen Marcel Moses Schulen besucht. Dort erlebten sie, dass es vielen Jugendlichen nicht gut geht - das hat unter anderem mit Social Media zu tun.
Dies ist kein seltenes Phänomen - eine DAK-Studie zeigt, dass mehr als 25 Prozent der Kinder und Jugendlichen soziale Medien riskant oder krankhaft nutzen.
Bella Ramsey Quits Social Media After Online Hate Over Ellie Role in 'The Last of Us'.
Bella Ramsey quits social media after relentless cyberbullying over their portrayal of Ellie in ‘The Last of Us’ series.
“Why did you choose Mastodon and not Bluesky?” This is my answer to that question. It begins with a law from the turn of the millennium that was initially described as a failure, takes a path through domain names I've owned for nearly three decades, a need to test the winds, and ultimately lands on the fact that right now, I prioritize “decentralized” over “decentralizable” as a matter of principle.
#mastodon #bluesky #fediverse #decentralized #socialmedia
https://anders.thoresson.se/post/2025/04/decentralized-is-more-important-than-being-decentralizable/
»»» I wouldn't say that anybody on Mastodon should ever flee to Bluesky, but it's hard to find any starter-kit for Mastodon that's as convenient as this"
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/bruces.bsky.social/3kvw63rm75w2v «««
https://mastodon.social/@bruces/114388399864226146
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Unfortunate but Bluesky could end up like eX-Twitter, while about Mastodon it....
— This information speaks for itself
https://techstory.in/the-founder-of-mastodon-steps-down-ceding-control
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#Mastodon #bluesky #twitter #socialmedia #freespeech #freedom #Fediverse
On #Mastodon there are now
383 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
117 instances.
174 were active today.
Some accounts, that were active today are
@mikrobitti (FIN)
@NationCymru (ENG)
@unusual_whales (ENG)
@SwanseaBayNews (ENG)
@NDR (GER)
Find the whole list on: https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html
Built by @mho
Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts
#SocialMedia posts about #PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies NOT to support – the opposite of what the site was set up for.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/publicsquare-trump-critics-boycott-businesses_n_680900d2e4b00850c6839b0b
"PublicSquare’s website... pulls up businesses near you that want to be publicly associated with #Trump... Its board of directors includes Donald Trump Jr., who also is an investor."
Special reminder to bluesky users following this account, make sure you follow @ap.brid.gy Otherwise, I can not see your replies, follows, posts, etc!
Boost/repost this so more #bluesky users can see this!
Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps … yet
Earlier this month, Bluesky restricted access to 72 accounts in Turkey at the request of Turkish governmental authorities.
Simply put, if you’re on the official Bluesky app and Bluesky (the company) agrees to censor something in your region, there’s no way to opt out.
#Universities with #Mastodon accounts have steadily increased their follower numbers. 
The image shown here can be downloaded as PDF from
https://tubcloud.tu-berlin.de/s/X4Yb4sXs9Mj7zRj
with logos directly linking to the Mastodon accounts.
The #fediverse 
already is a cornerstone of 
#SciComm.
We just need to use it to establish our #digital #sovereignity. 
If your into #SocialMedia and #data check out the test code I wrote using go-mastodon and the mastodon api. This #golang program outputs 3 lists (Followers, Following, Mutuals). #WIP Feedback Welcomed 
Explainer about Rule IX.
This gives the details of how a single member of Congress can force the entire House of Representatives to take an up or down vote by introducing impeachment articles.
Speaker Johnson can NOT stop a vote from being forced.
Question for all you #SocialMedia boffins here: Just checking, but I don't think #Mastodon has a schedule posts function, right?
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#EU #SocialMedia #TikTok #BodyImage #MentalHealth #SkinnyTok
'On TikTok, there are thousands of videos that offer advice for viewers who want to slim down. That archive raises some complex moral questions, and regulators in the European Union are looking for answers.'
https://www.tubefilter.com/2025/04/23/skinnytok-tiktok-trend-regulator-pressure-european-union-eu/
