Anisa @p_maureen@mastodon.social

I read the same news item from two websites, BBC and The Guardian. Same story, same facts, but totally different headlines and interpretations. I just realized how big the effect of political news agencies can be.

From now on, I am a proud paid supporter of The Guardian. 🙂

#Guardian #BBC

Holy shit, the idea that using an eraser or Ctrl-Z "encourages bad drawing habits" is the most toxic garbage I've ever seen.

FUCK THAT NOISE.

Erase, Ctrl-Z, make the drawing YOU want to make. Don't let anyone tell you you're Less Than because you correct your fucking mistakes. #inktober

Currently (at the very present) I'm adding the build data for Tusky to F-Droid and submitting that as soon as I can. I've received a lot of requests to resubmit the app to their store and inquiries about it.

It could take a while to be approved and hit their next build & release cycle. So it will likely be a couple of days before it can appear on F-Droid.

Tusky 1.1.3 is currently rolling out on Google Play and will be available on the Amazon app store tomorrow! It includes direct messages, profile editing, and viewing your mute list and follow requests.

Also, *many* new translations contributed by generous people: Japanese, Polish, Dutch, Turkish, and Arabic.

I wrote a thing on how to automatically crosspost specific posts from Mastodon to Twitter:

https://medium.com/@__fsnk/crossposting-selected-posts-from-mastodon-to-twitter-via-dlvr-it-23325c7f6286

If you have any problems with the directions let me know. :)

#Mastodon #Twitter #crossposting #howto

Everything You Need to Know About Mastodon's New Privacy Settings https://marrus-sh.github.io/mastodon-info/everything-you-need-to-know-about-privacy-v1.3-020170427.html

ANYWAY, for those who haven't heard, Mastodon recently changed how private posts work. I wrote up a quick overview of the changes, which you can read HERE: >>>> https://marrus-sh.github.io/mastodon-info/everything-you-need-to-know-about-privacy-v1.3-020150428.html

#MastoWiki Announcement:

We now have everything ready to set up an English wiki under mstdn.wiki! (I do not know about the French or other languages; if you think you can help with any of those, please send an _email_ to neetshin@neetsh.in)

That means it's time to get moving with the project, and transfer information from: https://wiki.nofftopia.com/ to our new permanent home at https://en.mstdn.wiki/Main_Page

Thank you @Admin for helping us in the first iteration.

Due to technical difficulties, it is nearly impossible for me to go back longer than a week to help you guys with your questions!

Remember when asking for help you can use the Hashtag #NeedHelp as a first line, and just tag us in longer down the line when we are really needed to answer something impossible.

Hopefully we'll have a better system to stay in touch with you all soon™

/ @maloki
Signing off.

April post-mortem: The rise and rise of Mastodon https://medium.com/@Gargron/april-post-mortem-12e3d141878c

A small creek flows over moss covered rocks.
https://mastodon.network/media/ejQ2aU9_kjnBbXFL5uc

Feel free to give feedback on the latest Medium post by Gargron, or you can reply to this thread. Feedback doesn't have to be further ideas, but just any reactions you feel regarding the issues brought up.

https://medium.com/@Gargron/april-post-mortem-12e3d141878c

I'll be collecting it over the next few days.

So, interesting notion, probably some of you already know: boosts ("re-toots") can be deleted by clicking on the 🔄 symbol. However, if the boost has crossed the border to another instance, it cannot be deleted from there!
You can only delete boosts from your own instance. They will still appear to your followers who follow you from different instances!

Instances by number of toots: https://vrac.grunblatt.org/instances_by_toots.html https://mastodon.social/media/vChRYUSZUpfikos218I

die lokale SPD MdB hat sich den Slogan "mehr Gerechtigkeit wagen" zu eigen gemacht. ich denke jetzt schon lange und hart nach aber ich komme partout nicht drauf: worin genau besteht das Wagnis?

Tonight, I made really quick stats on Mastodon instances and where they are located in terms of network.
Top 5 hosting/networks :
- Amazon
- Online
- OVH
- Cloudflare
- DigitalOcean

Full results here (although not completely accurate): https://flexiden.org/zerobin/?63ca2d50c017ed12#LJLvug1rnvU4lumQUDsNcKSzod4KU6v4MGsOzKwI3Hg= https://mstdn.fr/media/CI7B200hu0FG83xLVEw