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Cans are raining down from a Portland highrise...and nobody knows who is behind it ( www.independent.co.uk )

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15559886

Waterful Ring -Toss ( lemmy.world )

Lemmy has a severe calcium deficiency! ( media.kbin.social )

You Can Now Bridge Fediverse and Bluesky Accounts ( wedistribute.org )

Recently, Bridgy Fed launched a public-facing version of their integration between Bluesky and the Fediverse. The service is still in beta, and there are a few quirks, but bridged Bluesky and Fediverse accounts can now follow each other....

Federation ( blog.carstenboll.dk )

Ok – I figured out why I could not find this blog on #mastodon, and why my posts didn't seem to federate....

A quick guide to creating and moderating magazines ( kbin.social )

Hello kbin! Since there’s a lot of new users migrating to this platform, I decided to make a short guide to creating and moderating a magazine. This will be a quick and short guide since there will be a lot of new features coming soon. I might make a new guide when a few major tools come, but in the meantime, I will...

Well-aimed sling shots can topple giants ( lemmy.world )

Picture of A’ed Abu Ameo, captured by Mustafa Hassouna in October 2018, during a protest to lift the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip.

9 years ago this man went to a Magic the Gathering tournament and documented all of the buttcracks ( i.imgur.com )

Full album: imgur.com/gallery/SjcgE

Abortion is a human right ( media.kbin.social )

Change my mind ( lemmy.blahaj.zone )

Stolen from Mastodon. Original by @andrew

Calvin from "Calvin and Hobbes" sat down at a lemonade stand. The sign reads.

"stEvEN cRowdER
doEs Not dEsERvE
a mEmE foRmat
----------------
cHaNGE my MiNd"

Down with gender roles! ( media.kbin.social )

3 panel comic...

Huawei and OrangePi launch new dev board with mystery CPU and AI processor — Huawei again hides chip specs from prying eyes ( www.tomshardware.com )

Why the US Can NEVER Sanction China - YouTube ( www.youtube.com )

My grandma in the 1950s, USSR ( i.postimg.cc )

The Trouble with Forking Mastodon ( wedistribute.org )

In light of the announcement of Mastodon’s US-based 501c3 Non-Profit, and the reveal of that organization’s board members, there has been backlash from members of the Mastodon community. Some people are even saying that this is the last straw, it’s time for a hard fork of the project!...

A Crash Course Guide to Nostr ( wedistribute.org )

Nostr is a strange beast: in some ways, it resembles what the Fediverse built with ActivityPub. In other ways, it follows a bunch of totally different concepts. This guide is a best attempt to understand and explain what Nostr is, why it’s different, and how it works. We’ll also cover how to get started with using it....

FediVision 2024 Has Begun! ( wedistribute.org )

It’s that time of the year for something truly wonderful: FediVision, the Fediverse’s annual music contest, is back, and accepting submissions from May 5th to May 12th....

Jack Dorsey is No Longer on Bluesky’s Board of Directors ( wedistribute.org )

Former Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey briefly confirmed yesterday that he is no longer part of Bluesky’s board of directors. While he had distanced himself from the platform over the course of the last year, opting for Nostr instead, it was still a somewhat surprising announcement....

I've always believed in the phrase "don't knock it until you try it."

But then I was told about PILK

I am cuddling a cute furry girl :3 ( yiffit.net )

Acidic Sweat ( files.catbox.moe )

cross-posted from !curatedtumblr

Film Popularity over the Years ( reddthat.com )

Encrypted DMs Are Coming to ActivityPub ( wedistribute.org )

The prospect of making the Fediverse more secure is an ongoing topic, with a number of developers, privacy advocates, and user communities weighing in on how to do it. On Tuesday evening, ActivityPub spec co-author Evan Prodromou announced that he and Tom Coates have received a grant to develop end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for...