This weeks fedi news is about how the Nepali government shut down virtually all social media over the weekend, leading to massive protests. Included in the list was mastodon, leading to [mastodon.social](
Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social
Mastodon
The original server operated by the Mastodon gGmbH non-profit
 ) becoming unavailable. Bluesky was not included. [connectedplaces.online/reports/fedi...](
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Fediverse Report – #133
The government of Nepal blocked most social media, including Mastodon. A statement on discourse and collaboration between the ActivityPub and ATPro...
 ) [Fediverse Report โ€“ #133](
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Fediverse Report – #133
The government of Nepal blocked most social media, including Mastodon. A statement on discourse and collaboration between the ActivityPub and ATPro...
 )
whats interesting this is happening while kpop still functions on assumptions of the old world order, and it is actively pandering towards america see apple+ new kpopped documentary which has kpop idols in duets with western pop idols, or aespa's visuals for rich man RE:
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uhhhhh these geopolitical alignment shifts are happening crazy fast RE:
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Maria Farrell (@mariafarrell.bsky.social)
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so why did bluesky even bother with making bookmarks private then? - private bookmarks are still accessible by bsky pbc in case of t&s stuff - bookmarking is still are displayed with public engagement statistics RE:
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juliet (@juli.ee)
oh god oh no they made the bookmark count public
a new platform to make introductions for other people to potentially follow. Takes a much more personal and intimate direction to solve for user discoverability, in contrast with starter packs RE:
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so asano (@so-asano.com)
ๆ–ฐใ‚ตใƒผใƒ“ใ‚นใฎใƒชใƒชใƒผใ‚นใฎใŠ็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใ›ใงใ™ใ€‚AT Protocol ใ‚ขใƒ—ใƒช "SkyBeMoreBlue" ใ‚’ๅ…ฌ้–‹ใ—ใพใ—ใŸ๏ผ ใ“ใฎใ‚ตใƒผใƒ“ใ‚นใงใฏใ€ๅฅฝ...
me every time im playing league RE:
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Joshua Erlich (@joshuaerlich.bsky.social)
incredible work. become uncarryable. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
the atproto tech news of the last two weeks, with the first small steps towards atproto becoming an ietf spec and a lot of cool new tech stuff [atproto tech news - ATmosphere...](
atproto tech news - ATmosphere Report 132 - Connected Places
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the atproto tech news of the last two weeks, with the first small steps towards atproto becoming an ietf spec and a lot of cool new tech stuff [atproto tech news - ATmosphere...](
atproto tech news - ATmosphere Report 132 - Connected Places
 )
the tradition of clients implementing bluesky's own new features before bluesky has them continues the TOKIMEKI client has implemented bookmarks via bluesky's new api before the bluesky-social client has them RE:
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๐ŸŒˆ TOKIMEKI Bluesky (@tokimeki.blue)
๐ŸŒˆ TOKIMEKI UPDATE!!! (Web) ๐Ÿ†• ๅ…ฌๅผใ‚ขใƒ—ใƒชใฎใƒ–ใƒƒใ‚ฏใƒžใƒผใ‚ฏๆฉŸ่ƒฝใซๅฏพๅฟœ - ๅ…ฌๅผใ‚ขใƒ—ใƒชใซใพใ‚‚ใชใๅฎŸ่ฃ…ใ•ใ‚Œใ‚‹ใงใ‚ใ‚ใ...
i think the actual optimal outcome here is that we end up with 2 text-based atproto platforms: - one with a character limit of 300 (or even lower) and no media - one with a high/no character limit and media RE:
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Kuba Suder ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ (@mackuba.eu)
Possibly controversial take (I'm on a roll today), butโ€ฆ I don't want Bluesky to have support for 500-character posts. Mastodon threads have 500-c...
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