7 Iyyar 5783 (April 2023) – Page 63

Incredibly happy that after months of delay, Microsoft Edge now has dark/light/high contrast, blurred vision and colour deficiencies emulation as part of the Device Emulation toolbar! Test the accessibility of your product whilst emulating mobiles and testing responsive designs

—@codepo8

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Amanda CAARSON

· 7 Iyyar 5783 (Friday 28 April 2023) · 0 minutes to read

The Wall Street Journal’s Double Standards by Mona Charen

The once-estimable editorial page demonstrates its own partisan blindness.

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Amanda CAARSON

· 7 Iyyar 5783 (Friday 28 April 2023) · 1 minute to read

In reply to @katmmoss.

@katmmoss I'll gladly follow you over there. Apps that actually federate and can communicate with each other are OK with me.

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Amanda CAARSON

· 7 Iyyar 5783 (Friday 28 April 2023) · 1 minute to read

Week in Fediverse 2023-04-28

Servers

– snac v2.29
– Smithereen v0.5
– Friendica v2023.04
– Mitra v1.22.0
– Bookwyrm v0.6.1
– Upcoming Owncast features
– ActivityPub Beta on Xibalba BBS

Clients

– Sengi v1.3.0
– Sengi Electron v1.6.0
– Jerboa v0.0.30
– Fedistar v1.3.0
– Vernissage v1.7.0

Tools

– PeerTube livechat plugin v6.3.0
– buzzrelay: A follow-only ActivityPub relay that connects to Mastodon’s Streaming API
– Substitoot: A transparent toot fetcher

Protocol

– FEP-5bf0: Collection sorting and filtering (rewrite)

Articles

– A next generation of follow-finders
– The Fediverse Report: The Roundup – episode 15
– The future of collaboration is federated
– How I wrote an Activitypub Server in OCaml: Lessons Learnt, Weekends Lost
– Activity Streams/Primer/Extensions

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0187a446-5793-9743-0b43-7cb789606469

—@weekinfediverse

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Amanda CAARSON

· 7 Iyyar 5783 (Friday 28 April 2023) · 1 minute to read

In reply to @katmmoss.

@katmmoss Sorry that was a veiled reference to Bluesky, which keeps promising federation but still doesn't federate.

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Amanda CAARSON

· 7 Iyyar 5783 (Friday 28 April 2023) · 1 minute to read

In reply to @katmmoss.

@katmmoss It's not that they're not allowed, it's that links of any kind get a set character count. You can use shortlinks if you really want to do that.

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Amanda CAARSON

· 7 Iyyar 5783 (Friday 28 April 2023) · 0 minutes to read

The Ultimate Witness by Jay Kuo

Former vice president Mike Pence testified yesterday before a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. Because it has been two years and four months since the events of January 6, 2021, you understandably might have missed or shrugged off the moment. But it’s actually a very big deal. Yuge, in fact.

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Amanda CAARSON

· 7 Iyyar 5783 (Friday 28 April 2023) · 1 minute to read

In reply to @katmmoss.

@katmmoss Yes he's still working on it. I don't think there's been a post-acquisition update yet.

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Amanda CAARSON

· 7 Iyyar 5783 (Friday 28 April 2023) · 1 minute to read

In reply to @katmmoss.

@katmmoss Yes, and I finally got it configured so that it does most things the way I want it.