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I am a very happy #Microblog customer – and if you look on #FediDb, they are one of the top Fediverse-enabled platforms (in the top 6) and just launched the ability to post to both Mastodon/Fedi and #Bluesky.
They are having a virtual yearly event online #MicroCamp and it's about to kick off. And @Onmyom will be one of the keynote speakers.
cc: @manton
Go see it here: https://micro.camp/
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Afternoon fedizens, we’ve made it to Friday, and we’re a good chunk of the way through it on top of that.
Not much has gone right today. I’ll have to find a way to get in touch with a human at Audible because somehow my Audible account is no longer merged with my Amazon account, and when I attempt to re-merge, I can’t complete the second step. So as a result, Audible thinks I’m not a member, although I can see my library if I log into Audible with my username instead of… https://acarson.wtf/?p=255744 -
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Afternoon fedizens, we’ve made it to Friday, and we’re a good chunk of the way through it on top of that.
Not much has gone right today. I’ll have to find a way to get in touch with a human at Audible because somehow my Audible account is no longer merged with my Amazon account, and when I attempt to re-merge, I can’t complete the second step. So as a result, Audible thinks I’m not a member, although I can see my library if I log into Audible with my username instead of my email address.
I found out all this when I was attempting to pre-order the new Stone Barrington book that’s due to arrive on 6 June, and the new book from John Grisham which will be a sequel to The Firm coming out on 17 October. So hopefully I’ll get this sorted.
I’m definitely going to make time for a drink later on this evening since today’s been such a not good one.
In sportsball news, my Vegas Golden Knights play game one of t he conference finals tonight, the Florida Panthers won last night’s game in quadrupal overtime with a score of 3 to 2, and both the Tampa Bay Rays and Atlanta Braves play baseball tonight.
Oh, and the weather’s great again so we have the windows open.
State College70 °F Scattered Clouds
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#Barcelona, #Meta‘s Twitter competitor, will be ready by summer.
And lest you believe #ActivityPub integration was just some rumour, think again. In a slide, Meta confirms that Barcelona will indeed be decentralized and will be compatible with Mastodon.
Everyone who thought that AT protocol would easily win over ActivityPub, and that #Bluesky would kill Mastodon just because a few influencers joined doesn’t understand the sheer marketing power and pull that Meta has at its disposal.
But believe me, I’m not exactly cheering on Meta here. Generally, where Meta goes, shenanigans happen. I simply don’t think Meta is capable of releasing a product without dark patterns.
Nevertheless, I don’t think the Fediverse is even close to preparing for what will happen once Barcelona starts federating.
We should all be taking Barcelona very seriously.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/19/23730070/instagram-twitter-app-competitor-leak
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Public Notice
Lots of reports of crypto spam attacks coming in from multiple instances today.
Seems like the bad guys are getting kinda worried about Mastodon.
Instance admins are taking this very seriously and working hard to fend off the attacks.
What can you do? If you see a crypto scam post, don’t engage with it. It’s just a bot anyway. If you block and report the post it will help administrators isolate the attacker account.
We got this!
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@aardrian Yeah, at this point I think a certification fact sheet might be useful. Especially for the IAAP stuff.
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So you missed last night’s fantastic webinar on Audio gaming? that’s okay. The archive is now available on Youtube! https://youtu.be/Pjk8YI_4kkw
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On this #GAAD of 2023, spare a though for all the accessibility specialists at large companies who have spent the day doing the same basic exercises as they did last year, mostly for the same people at a stand in the company lobby. Because nothing ever changes. 🥴
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In an exclusive interview, I sat down with Libo Cao Meyers, a top engineering executive at Apple, and talked with her all about her having polio, immigrating to America from China, working in tech, her new memoir, and giving back to the disability community.
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@luvlabguidedogs Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches rule.
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Closing the email subscription pop up
so I can dismiss the browser cookie settings
so I can close the autoplaying video
so I can hide the social media sharing widget
so I can see that the page
doesn’t have any of the information the search engine said it would.
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What’s good fedizens, we’re doing Thursday, which is one day closer to Friday.
I got a late start again today. I really need to quit doing that, mostly because I feel guilty for sleeping in so damn late. I’ll make sure to set an alarm for tomorrow. Or maybe I should work on less guilt over it. I’m not sure.
John and I ended up ordering lunch from Wendy’s today, and will probably at least cook the chicken that’s in the fridge later on.
We’re keeping up with the baseball scores, but because I have stuff to do, we’ve just left the book on.
State College61 °F Clear Sky
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#Google just announced that going forward, any account not logged into for two years gets deleted.
This means huge amounts of rare or unique #video is about to disappear from #YouTube as accounts get flagged as inactive, such as when the user dies. Families’ #HomeMovies (often posted by an older relative for their family’s benefit), historical footage, rare #television clips, etc. What an incalculable loss to human #history and culture!
If there are videos important to you on someone else’s video channel, find a way to download them. And if you have rare #media of historical importance, consider leaving it to institutional #archives or lending it to archives for digital preservation.