I love how thoughtful the Mastodon blog post about introducing quote posting is. A really interesting way the team could be even more impactful on the open social web would be to share their research findings and the thinking that went into these sorts of features - that's the sort of body of knowledge everyone could learn from.

Mastodon Blog

Introducing quote posts

Over the years, we’ve learned just how essential quoting is to many of you. Here

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Charlie Kirk was a truly terrible human being, beloved by the sickest, dumbest people imaginable, but everybody should be able to live without the fear of gun violence. This is a troubled country for many reasons, but guns are a cancer. I wish we could come to our senses and ban them. Kirk famously said, “It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment.” No. One is too many. Even his.

In a world that faces unprecedented challenges, from a resurgence in global fascism to the fast-developing storm of the climate crisis, we need more technologists to focus on doing good work. Here's how to take the leap.

Ben Werdmuller

Using technology skills for positive change

Let's help build the world we want to see.

The investigative newsroom I work for, @npub1qmg7...s6k5, is raising money right now. We report on abuses of power in the public interest - stories like corruption on the Supreme Court or the police response to the Uvalde school shooting. It was the first outlet to win a Pulitzer for web-first journalism. And if you donate through this link, you'll let our team know that the fediverse is an audience to pay attention to.

ProPublica

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Let's all just be kind to each other and build collaboratively rather than competitively.

The world is splitting into nationalist / fascist movements and more progressive / humanist movements. It's weird to see tech do the same thing. Look at any job board and you can see the fascist-aligned startups and the progressive ones. The funding, unfortunately, is disproportionately choosing the nationalist path.

We're looking for a journalist with development chops (or a developer with journalism chops) to join our news apps team and build new web-based interactive stories, databases, and experiences. It's a remote role; candidates must be eligible to work in the US.

ProPublica

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Today my best buddy turned 3. We went to the zoo, he saw snakes and goats and fed a giraffe, we had his favorite tacos for dinner and a birthday cake, and he received many lovely gifts. And at the end of the day he just wanted to fall asleep in my arms. Could not have been more perfect.

“The world's biggest academic association of genocide scholars has passed a resolution saying the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday.” To say so is not to justify the Oct 7 attacks. But genocide is never justifiable. To those who wonder why Americans are concerned about this war over others: it’s because we’re deeply involved. Our money is paying for this. It’s a part of US foreign policy. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-is-committing-genocide-gaza-scholars-association-says-2025-09-01/

Can newsrooms become social platforms themselves? Should they? The future belongs to organizations that understand their communities, not just their analytics. In this post, I dig into a reader question that speaks to the future of social, newsrooms, and AI.

Ben Werdmuller

Can newsrooms become social platforms?

How community-first thinking can help newsrooms survive AI