@tchambers@mastodon.social @Tchambers@mastodon.social

It takes about 3 weeks for us to forget about #massshootings. This is how far we have fallen if something doesn’t directly impact us. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/21/it-takes-about-three-weeks-americans-stop-paying-attention-after-mass-shooting/

One of the more cogent assessments of #Trump’s psyche, by former administration insider, Anthony #Scaramucci, plus analysis from strategists David Axelrod and Mike Murphy. https://overcast.fm/+Sg_PlCaew

Why Governments Use Mass Surveillance⁠—And What To Do About It

https://hackernoon.com/why-do-governments-indulge-in-the-mass-surveillance-of-citizens-5ecne3xxb

Codes of conduct don't just make IRL events more welcoming — they can help online communities thrive, too.

In our latest #internethealth Report, we explore codes of conduct in open source communities: https://t.co/HKPqikAdHr tweeted by @mozilla

We are preparing to rollout the new ComposeUI (v4).

The current UI (v3) will be supported until v5, like previous versions.

#pixelfed
ComposeUI v3
ComposeUI v4

@hatebunny Drag-n-drop will be supported in the next version!

Don't like Facebook? There are DIY alternatives.

Mozilla Fellow @tinysubversions spoke with @Mollywood & @Marketplace about building your own social media site.

https://t.co/QLv5vPtt5A tweeted by @mozilla

Big update today on #fedbox, the generic #activitypub service. Finally having proper processing for an Activity's local audience members: if they're local then save the activity's reference to their inboxes.

Sometime in the near future I need to add the logic for disseminating the Activity to the non local recipients using S2S. (Most of the required pieces are already there, I just need to add a bit of glue between them).

It's missing a play button, but is there something to this approach..? #mastodev

While we support the Chrome team's efforts to improve people's privacy, for any of it to be effective, they really have to make privacy protection the default.

https://t.co/uIoM36yzBv tweeted by @Firefox

https://gentle.town is a new, generalistic instance that is looking for friendly users willing to be part of a local-oriented community.

we run the lightweight masto fork Hometown that @darius mantains. hello, #mastoadmin and fediverse at large!

I'm pleased to announce the v1.0.0 release of Hometown, my Mastodon fork! It's up to date with Mastodon v2.9.3, and unique features include:

- Local only posting
- Full support for rendering incoming `Article` posts from federated blogs like Write.As
- "Exclusive" lists that let you follow someone without clogging up your home timeline

For more info, including rationale for each new feature, check out our wiki:

https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown/wiki

And the release itself is here:

https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown/releases/tag/v1.0.0%2B2.9.3

Today in @slate, Mozilla Fellow @Noupside writes about the need to focus on what's *really* wrong with social media:

"An advertising infrastructure masquerading as a communications infrastructure, and algorithms that incentivize misinformation."

https://t.co/YQfuwLcA4O tweeted by @mozilla

I was interviewed for Marketplace today about running your own social network site! You can catch me on NPR stations today or just listen/read here:

https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/diy-build-your-own-social-media-site-guide/

RT @kevinmarks@twitter.com

The case for #indieweb made by @doctorow@twitter.com at @EFF@twitter.com https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/08/interoperability-and-privacy-squaring-circle - how can we get http://brid.gy working again? https://snarfed.org/2018-06-07_turning-off-facebook-for-bridgy

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/kevinmarks/status/1162272459967479808

Worked on a way for mods to include relevant toots in the e-mail notifications about moderator actions

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/pull/11639 #mastodev

Popular Porn Site Breach Exposed 1.2 Million 'Anonymous' User Profiles

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/08/20/popular-porn-site-breach-exposed-12-million-anonymous-user-profiles/

I take immense pride in my work, and the latest beta of my iOS 13 notes app Allegory showcases some beautiful custom animations. I hope you enjoy using what I pour my heart into. 🐋 ✌️

https://testflight.apple.com/join/FsXXat52