There's a renewed conversation around the lack of options for migrating post history when you move to a new Mastodon server. And seeing a few people mentioning how this can be a reason for folks to give up on the fediverse when their server shuts down, I hope the Mastodon team will prioritize this.

GitHub

Support Post Migration · Issue #12423 · mastodon/mastodon

#177 – Support Account Migration – was closed after implementing follower migration, but this is only one small part of a true migration. To re...

#mastodon #MastodonDev #fediverse #SocialMedia

"The internet emoticon truly traces its lineage directly to Fahlman, who says he came up with the idea after reading "lengthy diatribes" from people on the message board who failed to get the joke or the sarcasm in a particular post -- which is probably what "given current trends" refers to in his own, now-famous missive."

WIRED

Sept. 19, 1982: Can't You Take a Joke? :-)

Scott Fahlman posts an electronic message proposing :-) as a character sequence for joke markers. He's the acknowledged originator of the ASCII-bas...

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WIRED

Sept. 19, 1982: Can

Scott Fahlman posts an electronic message proposing :-) as a character sequence for joke markers. He

#OnThisDay #OTD #internet #history #InternetHistory #emoticons #emoji #smiley

My #FollowFriday for this week, or rather #DonateFriday would be folks listed on @npub1p095...m5vl's

Gaza Verified

We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we veri...

. #gaza #palestine

"Only ten percent [of over 5,000 US adults] said they were "more excited than concerned," indicating that most Americans simply do not share the extremely optimistic views of tech leaders selling AI products."

Futurism

New Poll Finds That Americans Loathe AI

A new Pew Research Center poll has found that Americans are getting incredibly fed up with artificial intelligence in their daily lives.

#news #technology #TechNews #AI #survey

If you find yourself in Brooklyn in September/October, check out some of these courses taught by immigrant scholars, including on meditation, flower arrangement, and the poetry of bird flight.

University Open Air | Brooklyn Public Library

University Open Air's (UOA) Fall 2025 classes will take place on September 25, 27 and 28, and October 2, 4 and 5 on the grounds around the Pro...

#nyc #brooklyn #BrooklynPublicLibrary #BPL #libraries #UniversityOpenAir

"soooo what else do we need to do to make this Blacktwitter, because I think we should do more of that"

fire.asta.lgbt

Asta [AMP] (@aud)

@blogdiva@mastodon.social huuuuuuh soooo what else do we need to do to make this Blacktwitter, because I think we should do more of that RE: BUT ...

I'd say: follow Black folks who are active in the fediverse, lift up their voices, report any harassment you see in their replies. Make the people who are already here feel welcome, they'll do the rest. #BlackFedi #BlackFediverse #BlackMastodon #blacksky #fediverse