Chris Alemany
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Small town Canadian newspapers at risk from anti-democratic Carpenter Media ownership group

Dear Editor, I am deeply concerned that the new American owner of this newspaper, Carpenter Media, has crossed a bright red line in journalism ethics that calls into question the independence and […]
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Apologies I won't be able to participate in #fediforum! Things are crazy around here! Looking forward to see what comes of it all!
#mastodon #fediverse
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Calling all #socialbc users!

You will have just received an email announcement to your registered email (hooray! the new feature works!). You can also see the announcement on our home page. Click the megaphone. 📢

We're having our first AGM of the Society of […]

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@chris @ErickaSimone And be aware that the nature of ActivityPub makes it more difficult to see instances of this. Not all content is propagated everywhere; sometimes you have to view the original post's link to see the full extent of things.

So "I don't see it, therefore, it doesn't exist" is […]
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Kudos to the Mastodon devs who implemented the email-users notification in the announcements. It's really well done. I especially like that you can send a preview/test message before sending them announcement to everyone's email!

An improvement would be for the […]

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A screenshot of the email banner when an announcement is created on the mastodon server.
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Seems like pretty simple, common sense, good advice.

If racism is happening here, call it out and stop it.

If discrimination is happening here, call it out and stop it.

Mastodon has a problem with defensiveness. Let's be better than that. Moderation is everyone's responsibility on the […]
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Looks like Bamfield residents are getting ready to revolt!

Transport Ministry dragging its feet on reactivating the road to #portalberni :portalberni: and passing the buck on Mosaic using a bypass for more than a month without telling anyone!!

Brutal […]
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Hey @cageyratfish.bsky.social could you confirm that you get this on bluesky?

I’d like to start putting out SocialBC encouragement posts and just want to be sure people on Bluesky can see this account. :)
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Fall is the best for sunbeams.
#catsodon #atlas #catsofmastodon #fensterfreitag #caturday #silentsunday
a fluffy tabby cat sits on a white linoleum floor at the edge of the outline of a double pane window so that his show projects into the window frame
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So I hear Jay is a real piece of work these days.

Why are CEOs of Social Media companies invariably jerks?

This is why Bluesky is no better than Twitter/X.

This is why the way forward for digitally connected humanity is small interconnected […]

[Original post on mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]
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Maybe I am just out of the #bcferry loop and they've been doing this for awhile but I don't remember seeing the Queen of Alberni on the Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay route this year.

I haven't taken it on that run probably since before Duke Point terminal was […]

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A screenshot of scheduled and actual departures and arrivals for the various ferries from Horseshoe Bay today.

FERRY
Queen of Oak
Bay
Queen of
Cowichan
Queen of Oak
Bay
Queen of
Alberni
Queen of
Cowichan
Queen of Oak
Bay
Queen of
Cowichan
Queen of
Alberni
DEPARTURES
SCHEDULED: 6:15 am
ACTUAL: 6:14 am
ARRIVAL: 8:01 am
STATUS
SCHEDULED: 8:35 am
ACTUAL: 8:34 am
ARRIVAL: 10:16 am
SCHEDULED: 11:05 am
ACTUAL: 11:09 am
ARRIVAL: 12:47 pm
SCHEDULED: 12:35 pm
ACTUAL: 12:40pm
ETA: 2:20 pm
SCHEDULED: 1:25 pm
SCHEDULED: 4:00 pm
SCHEDULED: 6:20 pm
SCHEDULED: 7:25 pm
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@leanderlindahl @dansup yep. I was doing the same until last month :)
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@leanderlindahl me neither. or at least morally. The other thing that FB has monopolized in my region is private buy/sell listings. Everyone uses Marketplace. I have an FB account solely for that purpose. Is that similar in Sweden?

Unfortunately, I think an entirely new kind of platform would […]
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@leanderlindahl I would also love to see the same. Facebook is the default here in Canada particularly in smaller communities. FB Groups are the norm for communication.
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Is there any fediverse software to create groups that are findable for anyone, but can only be read by members? I have a bunch of use cases where I'd like to try and offer an alternative to FB groups, which has become the staple go to solution here in Sweden even among people who intuitively […]
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This is amazing news! Fedify has received a substantial grant for further development, including portability for fediverse objects and enhanced dev kits for ActivityPub. 🎉🎉🎉

https://hollo.social/@fedify/0199a579-adb3-7bf5-a8ea-970c8fa91f09

#activitypub #fediverse #fedify
We're excited to announce that #Fedify has been awarded a service agreement by the @sovtechfund! The Sovereign Tech Fund is investing €192,000 in Fedify's development over 2025–2026 to strengthen the fediverse ecosystem. This investment will enable us to significantly expand Fedify's capabilities and make it easier for developers to build federated applications. The commissioned work focuses on improving developer experience, adding comprehensive debugging tools, and ensuring Fedify remains at the forefront of #ActivityPub innovation. Here are the key milestones we'll be delivering: * _Web framework integrations_ : Official adapters for Next.js, Elysia, Fastify, and Koa, making it seamless to add federation to existing applications * _ActivityPub debug & development tools_: Real-time debug dashboard with WebSocket monitoring, federation lifecycle hooks, and implementation checklist CLI to make federation interactions transparent and debuggable * _Storage & infrastructure enhancements_: `SQLiteKvStore` for robust file-based storage across Node.js, Deno, and Bun, plus performance optimizations for production deployments * _Comprehensive documentation & examples_: Specialized tutorials for building federated blogs, social networks, and content platforms, with complete working examples and migration guides * _Observability & monitoring_: Full OpenTelemetry metrics, performance benchmarking tools, and federation health dashboards for production environments * _Advanced features & standards_: FEP-ef61 (Portable Objects) support and implementation of emerging Fediverse Enhancement Proposals to keep Fedify at the cutting edge All developments will be open source and available for the entire #fediverse community to use, contribute to, and build upon. https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/fedify #opensource #SovereignTechFund #STF
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@stephanie the biggest thing motivating me to finish our pond is so it can start attracting more birbs!!

We currently have Stellar’s Jays, seemingly thousands of crows, ravens, chickadees, hummingbirds, and starlings.
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When you get fired for posting offensive stuff the next thing you should always do is release an audio tape of you being fired and then complain loudly about it.

This always helps your situation and never backfires or solidifies people's already dim-view of your behaviour […]
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Happy to see this racist turfed out but as the MLA said
“"Far-right extremism is tolerated and even welcomed in the B.C. Conservatives - until it becomes public," she said in a statement.”

#bcpoli #canpoli #cdnpoli #racism #residentialschools #denialism […]
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