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2026-02-22 11:07:11 GMT

Don't forget.... there is ALWAYS an appropriate cartoon
#cartoon
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2026-02-16 13:00:35 GMT

If you publish journalism, this is worth your time.
The Journalism Code of Practice puts some backbone behind the basics: tell the truth, show your work, serve your community.
It covers accuracy, independence, accountability, harm minimization, and even how AI should be used (supporting humans, not replacing them).
Ethical journalism isn’t a vibe. It’s a discipline.
https://journalismcodeofpractice.org/
#News #journalism #ethics

2026-02-04 13:52:24 GMT

RE: https://mstdn.social/@stux/116002476574325878
It’s absurd that instance owners have to beg for support like it’s a favor.
If you rely on a service, do the grown-up thing and help pay for it.
Servers, storage, moderation, and uptime aren’t powered by vibes.
Even $5 / €5 helps.
Check your server’s About page. If you can afford a coffee, you can afford to contribute.
Parting shot: if Mastodon really cared about growing the ecosystem, funding tools would already be built in for #Mastoadmin use. Looking at you, @npub1vl7…f6g0 👀
#note1ac3…2zxf

2026-01-13 11:08:57 GMT

Thought of the day:
If you can’t tell who’s who without the label, something’s wrong.
#Democracy #RuleOfLaw #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #QuestionPower #PublicConversation
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2025-10-23 11:26:04 GMT

Me: Quietly humming "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”
The White House once had a rose garden... a space built for reflection, diplomacy, and care.
Now it’s stripped bare naked and paved.
Maybe it’s just landscaping. Or maybe it’s a mirror.
#trump #DonaldTrump #whitehouse #Democracy
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2025-10-09 17:34:19 GMT

Just remember that you're standing
On a planet that's evolving
And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour
That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second
So it's reckoned
The sun that is the source of all our power

2025-08-02 13:36:48 GMT

This is the boat my favorite #1 daughter is skippering in today's Eggemoggin Reach Regatta.
Meet 'Wizard' a 1930 Herreshoff Fisher Island 31.
https://mainemaritime.edu/giving/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2022/08/1930-Fisher-Island-31-—-Herreshoff-Yacht-Sales.pdf
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The ERR is the largest wooden sailboat regatta in the world.
For more info including race results (on the info menu)
https://www.eggemogginreachregatta.com
I"ll be out in our skiff this afternoon for some pics.
#sailing #sail #maine
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2025-07-01 19:27:26 GMT

We're living in a fever nightmare.
RFK Jr. Says AI Will Approve New Drugs at FDA ‘Very, Very Quickly’
"We need to stop trusting the experts," Kennedy told Tucker Carlson.
https://gizmodo.com/rfk-jr-says-ai-will-approve-new-drugs-at-fda-very-very-quickly-2000622778

2025-06-11 11:33:54 GMT

This post by @npub1s20…twmm is concerning but not surprising. He is €660 ($754) short this month. That will come out of his pocket.
https://newsie.social/@npub1s20…twmm/114664464888072855
Reality check for the fediverse.
Most #MastoAdmin folks are paying for bandwidth, storage, security and systems management out of their own pockets. 
Community contributions have cratered.
If you value the open, ad‑free social web, now’s the moment to chip in before your favorite server has to turn out the lights.

2025-05-08 11:07:49 GMT

Trump’s Birthday Parade to Cost Eyewatering Amount—and Could Get Worse
https://newrepublic.com/post/194977/donald-trump-birthday-military-parade-cost
The price tag for Donald Trump’s birthday parade keeps going up.
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2025-04-23 10:38:51 GMT

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2025-04-15 16:07:07 GMT

Life is full of unintended and unanticipated consequences.
The consequences of Trump stripping Harvard of its tax-exempt status would be opening every church and non-profit to being stripped of their statuses if they become political, or "stray from their stated purposes"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz01y9gkdm3o

2025-04-06 21:40:45 GMT

Of course they did.
National Park Service removes references to Harriet Tubman from ‘Underground Railroad’ webpage
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/us/national-parks-underground-railroad-harriet-tubman/index.html

2025-03-16 13:34:07 GMT

For the car lovers out there.
One of my neighbors is selling his entire collection of classic micro-cars. I'm groovin' on the Isetta and the Meschersmitt
Here the link for those so inclined.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/568882979216885/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Ac0021ae1-a5d3-4ae6-b669-9020a94fcd59
#Mastocars #Cars #classiccar
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2025-03-09 21:08:45 GMT

So many zingers in this piece
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“Steak ‘n Shake has gone Nazi” isn’t a sentence I ever expected to see,
The Supreme Court notoriously decided in 2010 that in certain circumstances, corporations should be considered people. If that’s true, Steak ‘n Shake wears a brown shirt and swastika armband.
https://www.rogerebert.com/mzs/red-meat-steak-n-shake-goes-nazi

2025-03-06 07:05:31 GMT

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2025-03-05 03:39:10 GMT

Pretty sure that Trump just declared war on Panama.

2025-03-01 12:38:17 GMT

Just some #mastoadmin thoughts
As BlueSky continues to gain traction, it’s getting harder to ignore how many journalists and news organizations (our core base) are shifting over.
I’m feeling more and more uncertain about what lies ahead for Newsie.social and Journa.host— where do you think we should go from here?

2025-02-27 11:25:44 GMT

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While distasteful this isn't something new. Many countries have programs that allow residency to be expedited for investors, etc..

2025-02-17 19:49:53 GMT

There is ALWAYS a cartoon
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2025-02-17 19:14:31 GMT

No One elected Elon Musk to any office.
Learn More at FireMusk.org
#Musk #Trump
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2025-02-17 13:41:11 GMT

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2025-02-05 13:39:02 GMT

There is always a cartoon
#Musk #Trump #Nazi
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2025-02-02 14:32:22 GMT

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About 20 years ago our business took over an old bank building and there were about a dozen of these that they left behind.
I still have a couple somewhere in the attic that we make into coffee tables.
these are 10MB and weighed around 20 lbs / 13 kilo
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2025-01-23 18:08:00 GMT

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it did work on a reload. so. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2025-01-23 18:06:09 GMT

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2025-01-22 12:31:37 GMT

Quote of the day:
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." — Sinclair Lewis
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Jeff's note: I can't believe we're having to go down this road yet again. #Resist
#Fascism #Trump #UnitedStates

2025-01-10 22:40:58 GMT

No ‘water system in the world’ could have handled the LA fires.
Yet that won't stop the most entitled of us from blaming it.

2025-01-06 22:57:10 GMT

This cartoon by Lalo Alcaraz
Pulitzer-winning cartoonist, Ann Telnaes, resigned from The Washington Post after her critical cartoon was killed.
Shoutout to Lalo Alcaraz for using cartoons to hold the powerful accountable with fearless artistry!
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2024-12-23 12:05:55 GMT

🚨 IT’S FESTIVUS, AND I’VE GOT GRIEVANCES. 🚨
2024 has been A LOT, and I’m done holding back. The planet’s on fire, billionaires are racing to Mars while we can’t afford rent, and politicians are treating democracy like a suggestion.
I’ve made my list of complaints—it’s long, it’s salty, & it’s all true. Scroll through, feel the rage, and add your own grievances. Because honestly? This year needs to hear it.
The aluminum pole is up, and I’m ready.
#Festivus #Grievances #2024 #TooMuchIsTooMuch
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2024-12-11 21:51:29 GMT

WordPress Matt has a tantrum
WordPress CEO Rage Quits Community Slack After Court Injunction
https://www.404media.co/wordpress-wp-engine-preliminary-injunction/
#WordPress

2024-11-29 09:39:10 GMT

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NOT the mall.

2024-11-19 23:02:37 GMT

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Partially. You can host a Personal Data Server
https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
We've create a script that makes the setup easier.
https://github.com/Honeytree-Technologies/BlueSky-PDS-auto-installer

2024-11-14 23:12:45 GMT

Sigh. I'm sure this will go perfectly smoothly and won’t get corrupted or abused at all.
#Doge #trump #Musk
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2024-11-04 21:11:08 GMT

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2024-10-28 22:53:59 GMT

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Anytime.

2024-10-28 22:48:57 GMT

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https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/10/mastodon-4.3/
About halfway down the page under "Onboarding and Discovery"

2024-10-25 08:05:38 GMT

From the Holocaust Museum
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2024-10-24 21:38:06 GMT

20+ Years in news and journalism I don't trust polls.
Polls are be misleading—it's about who was asked, how questions were framed, and the timing. They often turn real issues into a numbers game, fueling horserace journalism that focuses on winners and losers instead of the deeper story.
Always question the data—headlines don’t always show the truth.
#Journalism #Polls #HorseraceJournalism #QuestionEverything

2024-10-18 07:53:42 GMT

Just an astonishing quote from a judge:
“To keep it simple for the State of Florida: it’s the First Amendment, stupid.”
https://health.wusf.usf.edu/health-news-florida/2024-10-18/judge-orders-state-to-end-threats-against-tv-stations-its-the-first-amendment-stupid
Read the order:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flnd.527759/gov.uscourts.flnd.527759.25.0.pdf
#1A #Freespeech #Florida #News #Desantis
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2024-10-17 16:46:51 GMT

There's No One Coming to Save You!
It's All Up to You!
#Democracy #vote
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2024-10-13 20:02:27 GMT

Define "Terrorism"
Arizona Democrats closed their field office in Tempe, Ariz., after three shooting incidents.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4929899-arizona-democrats-office-closed-after-shooting/
#news #politics #arizona #Democracy

2024-10-13 12:21:36 GMT

Reddit user:
"It seems to me that Bluesky is currently the new Twitter, while Mastodon is the new Usenet."
#Bluesky #X #Twitter
#Mastodon #Usenet
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2024-10-11 19:22:33 GMT

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But sadly too many voters are single issue.

2024-10-10 09:10:02 GMT

Across the street from a friend's house right up the road right after yesterday's tornados.
That's not their dumpster.
#Wellington #Floirida #Torndado #Milton
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2024-10-08 11:22:55 GMT

Something to bring us all happiness and joy today.
#infowars #freespeechmedia #AlexJones
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2024-10-01 15:25:03 GMT

CNN hasn't committed journalism enough for me to pay $4/m
CNN starts paywalling news articles.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/media/cnn-launch-digital-subscription-paywall/index.html

2024-09-25 19:41:26 GMT

It's called "Dead Tree" press. Not "Dead People" press.
London Newspaper Plans to Revive Dead Art Critic With AI, Lays Off Real Writers
https://gizmodo.com/london-newspaper-plans-to-revive-dead-art-critic-with-ai-lays-off-real-writers-2000502912
#AI #News #Newspapers #ethics #deadpeople

2024-09-10 20:41:58 GMT

Today is #SuicidePreventionDay – a reminder that every conversation matters. Every soul matters.
A simple check-in can make a world of difference.
Let’s work together to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and remind those struggling that help is always available. 💚
You are not alone!!!
#YouMatter #EndTheStigma #MentalHealthMatters

2024-09-10 14:47:08 GMT

Australia plans to introduce a minimum age for social media use, requiring parental consent for anyone under 16.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/australia-plans-minimum-age-social-media-use-rcna170357
As more jurisdictions follow suit, Mastodon still isn’t equipped to manage these age restrictions and it doesn't look like it's even on their radar.
#Mastodon #mastoadmin

2024-09-02 16:05:13 GMT

Increasingly believe that news orgs in the not too distant future might be staffed mainly by technical editors who train AI "reporters" to produce journalism.
#FutureOfNews #AI #Journalism

2024-08-31 11:31:17 GMT

One of our customers who runs a instance is facing an accessibility complaint and is being threatened with litigation if they don't comply.
Given the poor accessibility score of the web app, this concern seems valid.
You can check the Accessibility Score for Mastodon.social at: https://userway.org/accessibility-checker/?url=mastodon.social
I’d appreciate input from the #mastoadmin community on a couple of questions:
Are there any accessible UI alternatives available?
How do the client apps measure up in terms of accessibility?
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2024-08-29 20:13:52 GMT

Steve Silberman, 65, acclaimed author & advocate, has died.
https://newsie.social/@stevesilberman
Known for his book NeuroTribes, which won the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize, Steve was a key voice in the neurodiversity movement.
His Wired article "The Geek Syndrome" highlighted the rise of autism in Silicon Valley. A devoted Grateful Dead fan, Silberman celebrated the band's culture and its sense of community.
He is survived by his husband, Keith, he leaves behind a legacy of empathy & understanding.

2024-07-31 20:07:14 GMT

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2024-07-26 21:03:25 GMT

France selecting to highiight and honor Zinedine Zidane in the #Olympics2024 opening ceremony is a bit of a head scratcher.
In my mind he's the perpetrator of one of the most unsportsmanlike moments in modern sports history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I351INkIZw
#sports #news #Zidane #France #olympics #paris2024 #ParisOlympics
zidane head butt
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2024-07-20 14:19:20 GMT

On Tyranny
"Do Not Obey in Advance."
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Author: Timothy Snyder
Get the book*: https://amzn.to/46aJwfh
#tyranny
#fascism
#Trump
#Politics
#democracy #authoritarianism
#DefendDemocracy
#Freedom
#PoliticalAwareness
#LearnFromHistory
#DemocracyMatters
*note: associate link for Amazon. Proceeds directly benefit Newsie and Journa.host hosting and management costs
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2024-07-03 20:00:05 GMT

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Stop with all that Canadian reasonableness!!!!!

2024-07-03 11:18:18 GMT

The way to save news and democracy is to burn the news down and start fresh.
We need to abandon or dismantle media conglomerates, re-establish editorial independence, and combat misinformation with new standards.
Embrace tech innovation, revitalize and emphasize local journalism, and enhance media literacy to create a trustworthy, diverse, and reliable press.
It’s time for radical reform to restore integrity in news & journalism.
#Journalism #MediaReform #IntegrityInNews #news #media

2024-07-02 14:36:30 GMT

Just Insane....
Convicted Criminal and Former President Donald Trump amplified posts on social media calling for a televised military tribunal for former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and the jailing of top elected officials, including President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/02/politics/trump-liz-cheney-military-tribunal/index.html
#trump #America #democracy #fascism #crime

2024-06-21 16:49:25 GMT

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Such a feature could actually make Yahoo! relevant again.

2024-06-21 12:38:39 GMT

This stat deeply saddens me:
80% of the top 10 most popular #fediverse accounts are on #threads
https://fedidb.org/popular-fediverse-accounts
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2024-06-19 21:03:27 GMT

Let's be honest. The moderator tools in #Mastodon suck.
#Mastoadmin is painful.
However this #reddit post is interesting.
it's offering a bounty for Mastodon automoderator tools
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/1at226x/bounty_thread_for_mastodon_automoderator/
While you're there give me a follow.
https://www.reddit.com/user/Technical-Jeff/

2024-06-10 16:42:23 GMT

Today's semi-unpopular thought:
Creators and maintainers of federated platforms should focus on driving development, adoption, and growth of their ecosystems, rather than managing the largest instances. Let’s empower communities to thrive and decentralize the web! 🚀
#OpenWeb #Decentralization #Mastodon
Sub-thought: You can't champion decentralization while steering users to your branded instance.

2024-06-08 13:17:28 GMT

🗳️ Time for your input!
Is it the right moment to launch community #Pixelfed servers for #Cartoonists and #PhotoJournalists? 🤔
We dipped our toes a couple of years ago, but it was still too early, bit do you feel the timing is right now?
Share your thoughts by casting your vote..
#Pixelfed
#Cartoonists
#PhotoJournalists
#News
#fediverse
Oh!!! please #share and #repost

2024-05-21 13:26:55 GMT

Just a reminder that the whole point of federated social media shouldn't be that you need to be on #Mastodon, AND #Bluesky, AND #Threads, AND whatever other platform
The point is it should be OR...