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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 10h

maam we most certainly do discuss DNS and IANN fraud on the this here wire

wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 11h

I'm at .st and have no connection to São Tomé and Príncipe, I dont think anyone is checking on that shit. If they ask for an address look up a post office in the country who's domain ur using and add a random number to it.

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 14h

.ie?

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Eric Carl @ericcarl.merveilles.town.ap.brid.gy · 3d

This weekend I published a page outlining a concept for a speculative vector graphics editing tool focused on geometric shapes. I had put this together a few years back as a hack sprint project at the day job, but never got around to sharing it elsewhere […]

[Original post on merveilles.town]

Screenshot of the interface of a desktop vector graphics editing tool. A toolbar is on the left, property panels on the right, and some geometric vector artwork is placed on the canvas in the middle.

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 15h

Or weird what was the domain if you don't mind sharing

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 15h

And Latin which is sorta a bullshit exuse for security anyway cause thats super normal behaviour for languages

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 15h

They should all allow those now, as long as the registrar doesnt have any stupid checks in place. Usually you just convert to punycode first and then the registrar accepts. Their security checks are mostly about using characters from "different languages" so like your not suppose to mix Cyrillic

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 15h

The registrars dont usually enforce their own list of supported Unicode, I used to own a bunch of domains that were technically not allowed but worked anyway.

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Spooky Sarah Perez 🎃 @sarahp.bsky.social · 15h

Bounce introduces a tool to move your Mastodon account to Bluesky

Bounce introduces a tool to move your Mastodon account to Bluesky | TechCrunch

Moving accounts between Mastodon and Bluesky is about to get much easier, thanks to Bounce 2.

techcrunch.com

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 17h

@quillmatiq.com I was listening to your interview on @wedistribute.org and you were raving about Phanpy and wishing to see Chee Aun's take on a Bluesky client and was surprised you hadn't seen swablu.pages.dev yet!

Swablu

swablu.pages.dev

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 22h

Opps not sure how that link got clipped
rileytestut.com/blog/2025/10...

Mastodon gets 300k not 500. Mastodons code is open source. Not public domain. Those two terms mean something quite different.

Evolving AltStore PAL

In April of last year, we launched AltStore PAL in the European Union as one of the first official alternative app marketplaces on iOS thanks to the Digital Markets Act. We launched with just 2 apps —...

rileytestut.com

wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 22h

Amazing summery of events right here

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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AT Protocol Community @atprotocol.dev · 2d

Here’s another release today. @flutterby.blue helps you make ATProto widgets for your iOS device.

Goosetopher’s latest is looking pretty sweet!

Available on TestFlight now testflight.apple.com/join/DDDtbtMr

Home page screenshot of Flutterby.blue for iOS on TestFlight

Screenshot of Flutterby.blue, setting up a large widget of this account

The finished ATProtocol.dev account showing the latest post.

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 1d

Also how the fuck am I the first follower of @alt.store here, I would assume @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy would have at least followed it already :)

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 1d

I noticed @epicgames.alt.store.ap.brid.gy et al have don't have the custom handles like @name.alt.store set up, will those be turned on by default going forward?

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 1d

Hey @quillmatiq.com, just read the amazing news about your partnership with @alt.store, couldn't be more excited to hear about this.

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Riley Testut @riley.social · 1d

Yes it's true, AltStore is joining the Fediverse 🥳

Developers can now federate apps, updates, and news alerts to the open social web via our custom Mastodon server!

We plan to release this natively in AltStore soon — but you can check out a beta version TODAY at explore.alt.store

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 1d

This is was a much more interesting press release after I read it is using @veilid.com and @iroh.computer

Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web @ffdweb.org · 2d

💡Huge project partner milestone!

@openarchive.bsky.social and @hypha.coop just shipped a privacy-first, decentralized storage backend for the Save mobile app.

Communities can now preserve and verify mobile media without relying on centralized platforms.

www.open-archive.org/news/oa-hyph...

New White Paper - Implementing Secure, Decentralized Storage to Protect Mobile Media

Learn about the research, development, and deployment processes we implemented with Hypha Co-Operative to co-create the first secure, decentralized mobile media storage backend.

www.open-archive.org

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 2d

Last time I checked there was only Bluesksy’s central lookup service for getting the DID for custom domain handles.

Has that changed?

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 1d

This makes everything that much harder to comprehend lol

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 2d

Video of a protester in London being assaulted by multiple police officers in a police van at the anti-genocide protest. The police charged with “assaulting an officer”.

The woman left a comment under the video here www.instagram.com/reel/DPXEorw...

Hi yall this is me, I was arrested and charged with "assaulting an officer" the irony is that they had to send me to hospital before I was put in my cell because my arm looked like it had been broken by the arresting officer. I was bailed out a few hours ago but must appear in court in December.
Stay loud, stay safe, and stay focused on Palestine

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 2d

Do you have the blacksky app?

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 2d

Mostly just follow rabble and a few others and test how things work. The best app I have tried is YakiHonne but I have like 20 installed

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 2d

This is link saying "it says my account has been suspended. How would be post that then?

pdsls.dev/at://did:plc...

PDSls

Browse the public data on atproto

pdsls.dev

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Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 2d

Unfortunate update: Link reached out to BlueSky and got email back now on reason.

His appeal is denied. He will remain permanently banned on BlueSky’s side.

Here are the screenshots he just sent me as of 8:22 AM EST(my time)

A screenshot of an email from the Bluesky Moderation Team with the subject line “Bluesky Account Behavior” sent at 22:15. The email states that a Bluesky account controlled by the recipient, with the handle @spacelawshitpost.me, posted a reply with an image where the alt text reads: Charlie Kirk sitting in a white T-shirt that says “Freedom.” A negative consequence follows. The email indicates this post violates Community Guidelines regarding violent or threatening speech, specifically listing threats of violence or physical harm against individuals, groups, institutions, or the general public, and incitement of self-harm or suicide.

A screenshot of an email continuation from the Bluesky Moderation Team displaying a bulleted list of Community Guidelines violations. The first bullet point describes threats of violence or physical harm as including threats or encouragement of violence against individuals, groups, institutions, or the general public. The second bullet point defines incitement of self-harm or suicide as content that encourages self-harm or suicide. The third bullet point explains wishes of harm as expressions of a desire for harm directed at a specific person or group. Below the bullets, a paragraph states that users may not use Bluesky to break the law or cause harm to others and that all users must be treated with respect. The next paragraph informs the recipient that as a result of these violations, your account has been taken down. A closing paragraph thanks the user for doing their part to keep Bluesky a welcoming and empowering place for all users and instructs them to email moderation@blueskyweb.xyz if they have questions or wish to appeal the decision. The email ends with the signature Bluesky Moderation Team.

A screenshot of an email from the Bluesky Moderation Team sent at 08:11 with the subject line Re: Bluesky Account Behavior addressed To: Hide My Email. The email reads:

Hi there,

Thank you for reaching out to appeal the takedown of your account on Bluesky. We have carefully reviewed your case, including the information you provided and the activity that led to the suspension of your account.

After investigating, we have determined that your account activity was in violation of our community guidelines, specifically promoting hateful content or being disruptive to other users. We take these guidelines seriously to ensure a safe and respectful environment for all our users.

As a result, we regret to inform you that your appeal has been denied, and your account will remain suspended. This decision is final and cannot be reversed. We understand that this may be disappointing news, but we must prioritize the well-being of our community and maintain a consistent enforcement of our policies. We encourage you to review our community guidelines to better understand the expectations we have for user behavior on our platform. Please do not create new accounts, since those will be taken down for ban evasion.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

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