Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

Did you know that the European Union had an official Mastodon instance where only official EU institutions could open an account?

https://social.network.europa.eu/explore

No need to pay for a blue checkmark, accounts on this instance are, by definition, officials.

That’s Fediverse done right!

I set up #ActivityPub on my #WordPress website and it totally works, #AMA

#Blog #Writing

Time for an #introduction.

I'm a sociologist at UMich, and director of Organizational Studies.

I recently published a book, Thinking like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy.

I'm a cancer survivor trying to figure out life in a permanently changed body.

When I can, I'm looking to the past to think about what kind of intellectual movement could smash #neoliberalism.

#sociology #economics #histodons #sts #histsci #medsoc #chronicillness #highered #academic

It's so weird. As I've been spending more time on Mastodon, not once has someone mocked me and told me to "cry moar". I thought that's how social media works these days.

Hello #Fediverse!

So I've got my instance set up thanks to the awesome folks at MastoHost...

Does anyone know of a great service like this for #Pixelfed? I'd absolutely love to have one of my own, particularly as a personal portfolio type thing!

And then, my next step is writing... I want something like write.as, but my own little thing, even if it means paying someone to host it.

(Is #WriteFreely the right thing?)

For the record... Here's my #Pixelfed portfolio!

Still barren at the moment as I'm still starting out with posts.

https://portfolio.pixelfed.social/schykle

I read this elsewhere: If trusted news outlets would start offering #Mastodon instances to their staff, that would bring some sort of verification and visibility. Think social.nytimes.com, social.heise.de etc. I'd love to read more from trusted journalists on the #fediverse and this could greatly help. (Again, not my idea but couldn't find the original author.) Boosts for visibility would be great. Reminder: Favorites don't help as on this other platform.

A tip for those who haven't seen this yet. #Mastodon has its own "#verification" system. Adding a link to your Mastodon profile from your website using the rel="me" attribute will #verify that the owner of both the site and profile are the same, and you get this nifty green highlight to show it.

New day, new #sociologists on Mastodon:

Say hi to:

@jonathanhorowi1 (Jonathan Horowitz)
@Misinfo (Martin Rooke)
@dmw (Dana Williams)
@praxishabitus (Gerardo Martí)
@jonwynn (Jon Wynn)
@heidenernst (Mic Ernst-Heidenreich)
@epopp (Beth Popp Berman)

For the complete list and an option to follow multiple accounts at once visit: https://trutzig89182.github.io/Mastodon-Sociologists/

If you want to be in the list or be removed, just let me know.

@sociology #Sociology

⚠️ We are working to restore pixelfed.social, the influx of new users across the fediverse overloaded the server.

We apologize for the inconvenience!

This latest growth spurt has highlighted some opportunities for performance improvements that will be rolling out later this week. #pixelfed

No news from me today - getting ready to teach and visit Barcelona. No need to visit Twitter to check!

Did you know that AppCenter is powered by Flatpak, a decentralized technology much like the Fediverse! That means that elementary OS natively supports side loading, and configuring alt stores like Flathub is a breeze. No walled gardens here 😉

I had never even heard of the Fediverse until I was researching social media for a piece I'm writing on the spread of misinformation. Then an entire world, previously hidden, suddenly appeared like an oasis on the horizon.

OK, I'll admit, oasis might be a tad optimistic--but I'm optimistic by nature. 😉

I'm an old, retired academic who has turned towards writing as a last ditch effort to stave off senility. Please forgive my floundering until I figure out this space.

#introduction

Really liked this text by @doctorow
h/t @allartmarkets

"How to Leave Dying Social Media Platforms (without ditching your friends)"

https://doctorow.medium.com/how-to-leave-dying-social-media-platforms-9fc550fe5abf

"a lot of us have been unhappy with our social media platforms for a long time, but we hang in there ... because ... we love the people who use the platform ... we don’t want to lose them ... Collective action problems are hard problems"

Reposting this map from @ErinInTheMorn on Twitter. If you are a trans refugee fleeing from Florida after this morning’s news these are the safest states to go to. California, Massachusetts, and Connecticut have explicit refugee protections with no extradition. Be safe and good luck ❤️

The public square is not a billionaire

Want to work at Signal? Yes the same company as the end-to-end encrypted messaging app. Desktop Engineer position is open.

#signal #sql #css #flexbox #sass #javascript #career #job #employment #webpack #typescript #privacy #engineer

https://jobs.lever.co/signal/559d7829-e53d-4f73-88e9-c11a43b7bbad

so yeah they sorta hand-wave away how moderation works
https://atproto.com/guides/overview#speech-reach-and-moderation

wow #bluesky finally released something https://atproto.com

10,000 followers here on Mastodon/Fosstodon! Thanks to everyone who supports us 😊