Ethan Black @golemwire@librem.one

Me, standing atop a cherry-blossom-swept bridge, re-sheathing my katana

One nice thing about Mastodon is if you see something interesting just as you're refreshing your timeline and it pops out of view, you can just scroll back to it instead of it vanishing into the algorithmic ether forever.

Godot 4.0 was so good, we made a sequel!

Thanks to 300+ contributors and four months of improvements and polish, #GodotEngine 4.1 is ready for your projects.

Read more in our announcement: https://godotengine.org/article/godot-4-1-is-here/

There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads/

Privilege escalation with Python...

It's probably obvious to move of you, but a big difference between the commercial social media platforms and the fediverse is that as those commercial platform grow, they get additional revenue from ads, from selling personal information, and otherwise monetizing their users. While that is turning out to not actually pay the bills for them, in the fediverse, just about every instance is run by volunteers and funded by donations or out of the volunteers' pockets. It's a labor of love and a hope for a better future. When traffic grows, we need to expand our capacity.

That is why I am asking, if you are able, please consider donating to the instance you on to help keep the fediverse ecosystem going. Typically the /about web page will have details on how to donate.

Note: I am well aware that many of you are not in a financial position to donate - and that is OK. We are here to serve you as well. Donations are completely optional.

So, weekend tally: The number of active users across Mastodon rose by 294K, and posting activity roughly tripled. Lots of new sign-ups, but also many returning users. Fun times!