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Evan Prodromou

@evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy

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He/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca. Research Director, Social Web Foundation. Director of Open Technology at Open Earth Foundation (OEF). Author of "ActivityPub […] [bridged from https://cosocial.ca/@evan on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11h

@steve Beauty!

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Stephen Sekula @steve.mastodon.cooleysekula.net.ap.brid.gy · 11h

Really pleased we got to show my mother-in-law our electric Mustang. Here is a model of her original blue Mustang for comparison. :-)

A model of a late 60s/early 70s blue Mustang in foreground, an all-electric Mustang in background.

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Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13h

Thinking about Nerva and Trajan, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerva

Nerva - Wikipedia

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Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 1d

I really want Trump to pay attention to Gaza long enough to force all parties to come to a ceasefire deal.

Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Poutine with @ryan at #labanquise !

My Panoramix with smoked meat, mushrooms and sour cream 😋

@maj@cosocial.ca with her healthy veggie poutine

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Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@liaizon @pfefferle what did you think?

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Mike McCue @mike.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Hello fediverse,

The AltStore is federating! It’s time to give developers and users an open platform to directly connect with each other while drastically improving app discovery. I believe so much in this mission that I joined their board to help.

More here from @rileytestut […]

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Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 1d

This was a really powerful session. People really brought a lot of empathy and open hearts to it. Thanks to everyone who was there.

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

FediForum begins later today!

We're so excited to see all the cool things happening in the Fediverse and the wider Social Web.

If you're going to be showing off what you're working on, we wish you the best of luck. If not, we hope you have fun 🕺

#fediforum #fediverse #socialweb #mastodon

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Erin Kissane @kissane.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Vital, highly condensed, very well prioritized stuff on why the open social web matters so much—and how it can help people do the necessary work of society in our very rough moment—from @ben at #fediforum. The keynote is being recorded and I'm so glad, because I will be recommending it widely.

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Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Mind-blowing fact from @ben during #fediforum : in an fundraising experiment, he was able to raise more donations for #propublica on the Fediverse than on any other social channel. 🤯

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Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@davep were you on a Viking raid?

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Andy Piper @andypiper.org · 1d

Great comments from @csarven about permissionless publishing being a key element of the open web 👏🏻 excellent session #empoderalive

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Matthias Pfefferle @pfefferle.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

RE: https://openchannels.fm/how-decentralized-social-platforms-grew-from-identica-to-modern-day-mastodon/

I chatted with @evan about the good old days of the #fediverse ☺️

#ostatus #activitypub #statusnet #identica #openmicroblogging #wordpress

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Is #fediforum only for geeks?

Not at all! Users have come. Moderators. Artists. Public policy people. Media people. Creators. And many more, because the Open Social Web matters to all of them, and to all of us, around the world.

So join us online in just a bit! https://fediforum.org

FediForum

FediForum: moving the Open Social Web forward

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Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Today is October 7, two years since the Hamas attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians, with ~1200 people dead.

In the ensuing war, military attacks in Gaza have killed 67,000 people, with possibly thousands more beneath the rubble. Others have died from starvation and lack of clean water or […]

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Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@Gargron nice shot!

Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 2d

#ceasefirenow #endtheblockade #freepalestine

Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@j12t thanks for the hard work you do!

Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@trwnh have you had a look at the ActivityPub API task force user stories?

https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-api/issues

swicg/activitypub-api

ActivityPub API Task Force repository. Contribute to swicg/activitypub-api development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@Gargron You're not at all the only source, don't worry!

Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@Gargron I took each of the items listed in your comment and made it a separate user story.

https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-api/issues/20

ActivityPub API comment by Gargron · Issue #20 · swicg/activitypub-api

I'm going to include some user stories from Gargron: mastodon/mastodon#10520 (comment) The ActivityPub C2S spec is incredibly barebones. No notifications (as separate from home feed -- it's all mix...

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Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@Gargron The objective of the task force is to improve the ActivityPub API and make it more usable for general-purpose social clients. I'm mining your comment for features you noted that are missing from the API, like search and autocomplete.

https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-api/issues

swicg/activitypub-api

ActivityPub API Task Force repository. Contribute to swicg/activitypub-api development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@Gargron I want to check with you: we're using your comment about the ActivityPub API as a source for user stories for the ActivityPub API Task Force. I hope that's OK!

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/10520#issuecomment-481104943

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Apparently theres a new wave of people joining mastodon, and with them a new wave of self-appointed cops "welcoming" them with long lists of mostly fictitious "rules" they need to follow.

This is a social media platform, with many of different ways to use it. It's fine. Mostly, just try to be […]

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