Ambrose Andrews @znalo@librem.one

Hi folks! Some of you might be aware by now that a new Australian-run fedi instance is being put together.

https://theblower.au

This is a joint venture between @hugh and @s0 and myself! Our current instances are small and/or niche intentionally, so this is a more general space which we can open up to the public a little more confidently.

We're starting to drop invite codes so we can check our foundations before opening the doors fully.

Please follow @geton for those!

We're all gonna need this sooner than expected so here is my proposed APA 7 style citation format for citing a Mastodon post

Lastname, F.M. [@mastodon@handle.tld] (20XX, Month DD). Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut ... [Mastodon post]. Name of instance. [URL of post]

As with the format for citing a Twitter post, the correct reference list title is the first 20 words of the post, and the correct short title is the first 5, both using an ellipsis if necessary.

I wrote about how Purism helps transforming GNOME since over 3 years, and how it's all just the start!

https://puri.sm/posts/making-a-platform-adaptive-for-everyone/

Something I was proud that we did at Linux Journal was support customer privacy to the point we rejected the giant ecosystem of ad trackers dominating the industry.

It is hard (and costly) to do and I'm pleased to see The Markup take a similar stand:

https://themarkup.org/2020/02/25/president-letter-nabiha-syed