It was the dawn of the third age of federation, ten years after the Diaspora war. The ostatus project was a dream given form - it's goal: to give a place where people could work out their differences peacefully. It's a port of call, a home away from home, for shitposters, furries, developers, activists, and wanders. All wrapped together in over five hundred thirty-eight machines of silicon and steel, all alone in the internet. It can be a dangerous place, but it is our last, best hope for peace. This is the story of the last of the ostatus networks. The year is 2017. The name of the place is GNU social.

⁂ · Apr 29, 2017, 19:11

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**KevinCarson1** @KevinCarson1@octodon.social · Apr 29, 2017, 19:11

Adding my voice to the call to block social.tchnics.de for tolerating harassment of women (@milan, who doesn''t see what @isaur said as demeaning, is the administrator). I guess it's easy not to "take anything too serious," as he says, if it's not happening to him. But y'all might not to be the next ones whose harassment he doesn't take seriously. https://octodon.social/media/RdI98bnMixZul7qZaTk https://octodon.social/media/MjbFyvUvTCEBXjfPDZM https://octodon.social/media/JKFXvWxgnXiQjOakCLE

⁂ @diffalot · Apr 29, 2017, 17:44

⁂ @diffalot · Apr 29, 2017, 17:44

Oh wow, I am not following nearly enough people on this instance, I should fix that

(and it's good to see all of you today!)

⁂ · Apr 25, 2017, 17:27

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**git commit --atomic** @diff@cybre.space · Apr 25, 2017, 17:27

Hello #CybreSpace

You probably don't know me as @diffalot

But, I have long admired the pings I've seen originating from this instance, so, here I am! Nice to meet y'all!

⁂ · Apr 23, 2017, 02:58

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**ceej gives a 👊🏻 of approval** @ceejbot@rafting.io · Apr 23, 2017, 02:58

Want to learn how to write a modern javascript app in a web browser?

choo + glitch + this walkthrough == yes you can!

https://handbook.choo.io/your-first-choo-app/

⁂ · Apr 21, 2017, 14:34

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**æon** @aeonofdiscord@icosahedron.website · Apr 21, 2017, 14:34

@polymerwitch https://icosahedron.website/media/bgGf29RmPiwvFrHpApg

⁂ @diffalot · Apr 21, 2017, 15:07

⁂ @diffalot · Apr 21, 2017, 15:07

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⁂ · Apr 20, 2017, 06:40

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**Tully, son of Hans** @tully@oulipo.social · Apr 20, 2017, 06:40

⁂ @diffalot · Apr 21, 2017, 03:51

⁂ @diffalot · Apr 21, 2017, 03:51

Mmmm, maybe the whiskey is telling me to log off before I become completely incoherent.

Goodnight sweet tooters!

⁂ · Apr 21, 2017, 00:30

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**ɔnɹʇs∀ ʎpu∀** @andyAstruc · Apr 21, 2017, 00:30

Give me your tired, your hungry, your dopey, your grumpy, your bashful, your sneezy, your doc.

⁂ · Apr 20, 2017, 02:58

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**yan 🐇** @bcrypt · Apr 20, 2017, 02:58

The W3C EME github issues tracker sure has a lot of formal objections. https://github.com/w3c/encrypted-media/issues

⁂ @diffalot · Apr 20, 2017, 02:49

⁂ @diffalot · Apr 20, 2017, 02:49

it's cheeseburger town

⁂ · Apr 17, 2017, 18:08

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**Parker Higgins** @xor@mastodon.xyz · Apr 17, 2017, 18:08

The final remaining patent on the MP3 format — "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING DIGITAL SIGNALS EMPLOYING BIT ALLOCATION USING COMBINATIONS OF DIFFERENT THRESHOLD MODELS TO ACHIEVE DESIRED BIT RATES" — has expired today.

⁂ @diffalot · Apr 16, 2017, 22:49

⁂ @diffalot · Apr 16, 2017, 22:49

@Gargron whoa! That is beautiful onboarding. It really puts the federation into context, and begins to show people where they've landed in the federation. Nice!

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