1. Introduction I have recently supported an eco activist movement group in Sweden called “Återställ våtmarker” [1] (“Rebuild wetlands”) by updating flyers and posters with new events. The problem turned out that the shared versions were based on the open-source LibreOffice/LibreWriter [2] (.odt) format and the proprietary Adobe InDesign [3] (.indd) format. Although I finally…
The following services allow (bi-directional) cross-posting between Mastodon (ActivityPub) and other social media platforms, esp Twitter: https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br (tested and works!) https://moa.party (tested and works!) https://beta.birdsite.live/ https://dlvrit.com https://ifttt.com References [¹] https://medium.com/@__fsnk/crossposting-selected-posts-from-mastodon-to-twitter-via-dlvr-it-23325c7f6286 [²] https://medium.com/@pimterry/sync-your-mastodon-back-to-twitter-3c72f2bc8626
Conspiracy theories are essential component for the stability of a democracy because it allows to detect an abuse of power, ie corruption. However, conspiracy theories should be evaluated based on empirical data to confirm or reject them. Therefore, transparency is another essential component for a democracy to be able to collect the required data to…
1. Introduction The federated microblogging software Mastodon [1] has recently received strong interest after Elon Musk bought Twitter (“the bird site”) [2]. However, in this post I do not want to discuss public Mastodon instances, which are connected in the Fediverse, but the alternative to run a private Mastodon instance, which is disconnected from the…
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