chris

chris, 10 months ago to mastodon

I'm gonna put this out there: If you are new to #Mastodon and have found people to be hostile, or nitpicky, and just generally unhelpful please @ me and say hi. I am happy to walk you through this place, get you comfortable, be non-judgy about helping you, and help make this place your new home. I'm gonna call this #MastoHelper If others want to help newbies, lets do it together!

We need to do more to make people feel welcome first, that's how you create a culture people want to be part of.

Forest Gump waving excitedly with the caption Hello

chris, 11 months ago to random

Suggestion: Reach out to your local government, emergency service provider, and/or news org. Let them know that Twitter has ended public access to content and that Mastodon is a working alternative today. I did this on the weekend with my local emergency folks and this morning I got a reply back saying they had noticed the embedded Twitter feed on their webpage was broken.

They didn't realize Twitter had cut that service. Now, hopefully, they are considering their options including Mastodon.

chris, 2 months ago to fediverse

🚨 BOOST CHALLENGE! 🚨Ok #Fediverse and #Mastodon. If I tell my Canadian Member of Parliament, Gord Johns, that he will get 2000 followers within one week of creating a Mastodon account, will you make that happen?

I want him to be able to say when he stands in the House and presents the #e4769 petition for an official Fediverse server that he himself is the first Canadian MP to be on the Fediverse!

Boost for yes! I am going to show him this post! I'm counting on you, literally! 🔥 🙏 2️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ 🙏

A gif of the lincoln pointing finger we want you 🫵

chris, 4 months ago to mastodon

It's a big day Canada!! How many signatures can we get in 90 days to get a Parliamentary #Mastodon #Fediverse server!? #CanPoli #CdnPoli

"We, the undersigned... call upon the Government of Canada to enact policy and dedicate budgetary resources to enable the Parliament of Canada to provide an open, trusted, federated, social media presence for use by all members, senators, officers and other employees of Parliament as appropriate for communication to all Canadians.”

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4769

Another screenshot of the text of the petition (please go to the site to read in full). There is also a picture of MP Gord Johns who is sponsoring the petition.

chris, 3 months ago to mastodon

Are you on Mastodon or the Fediverse? (well, duh? 🙂)

Are you Canadian?

Would it be great if the Canadian Parliament had its own Fediverse Server for Parliamentarians and officials to use instead of Corporate Social Media?

If you answered yes to these questions then you should sign and share this House of Commons Petition e-4769!

If not, hey, you can still share (and maybe sign!) :=)
#e4769 #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Mastodon #Fediverse #BCPoli #Politicians #SocialMedia
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4769

chris, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to selfhosted

— Updated with a Reply with Instances! -- OK Mastodon - I have a question about universities and #selfhosted instances. #PleaseBoost
Do you know of any Universities or other Educational Institutions that are hosting their own #Mastodon or other #Fediverse instances? Please leave a reply with the example if you do. I'm building the case for my University to do so.
Thanks!
#Fediverse #Education #PostSecondary #Independent

chris, 1 year ago to fediverse

Wow. Wordpress just announced they have to drop support for Twitter in their Jetpack post sharing plug-in as they haven’t been able to reach agreement with Twitter for access. They are committing to adding support for Mastodon!
The majority of the Web’s individually run websites are Wordpress! It’s ON!!

#TwitterMigration #TwitterBroken #Mastodon #activityPub #Fediverse

You will still be able to share your posts to Twitter manually by pasting the post link into the body of your tweet. In addition, you can still auto-share your posts to Tumblr, Facebook, and LinkedIn. In the near future, we are adding the ability to auto-share to Instagram and Mastodon. We are continuing to release new features in Jetpack Social, so keep an eye on the Jetpack blog for more updates. We’re truly sorry we can’t continue to support Twitter in Jetpack Social. Please feel free to contact us if you would like assistance.

chris, 2 months ago to climate

This is literal doom, but I actually find it mildly encouraging that our security and government services are being told the truth about the current state of the nation, society, and world. This is the kind of report that every single politician needs to not only read but really understand.

Quotes below:

"The situation will probably deteriorate further in the next five years, as the early effects of climate change and a global recession add their weight to the ongoing crises"

"accelerate the decline in living standards that the younger generations have already witnessed compared to earlier generations"

"the difference between the extremes of wealth is greater now in developed countries than it has been at any time in several generations"

"Law enforcement should expect continuing social and political polarization fueled by misinformation campaigns and an increasing mistrust for all democratic institutions"

"Access to [big data] will allow private entities to develop the means to exercise undue influence over individuals and populations at an unprecedented level"

"In the wake of COVID-19, Canada's governments have normalized operating during a respiratory pandemic... the damage to the economy and to the social fabric of the nation is ongoing"

#CdnPoli #CanPoli #ClimateEmergency #Housing #Recession #Affordability #Covid19bc #RussiaUkraine
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/secret-rcmp-report-forecasts-a-bleak-future-in-canada-1.6821642

chris, 7 months ago to food

Bank of Canada doing its best to act surprised that what Canadians have been saying since this inflation era started might be true. "Profit Led Inflation" aka PRICE GOUGING

"He cites data from Statistics Canada showing that at one point last year, the cost of a unit of labour had increased by a little more than 10 per cent since the start of the pandemic. The per-unit profit, meanwhile, was up by more than 70 per cent over that same time frame."

CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/inflation-profit-analysis-1.6909878

#inflation #cdnpoli #canpoli #food #corporations #capitalism

chris, 26 days ago to climate

My cup overflows with anger toward these lying, deceiving, murderous, oil and gas companies. So this morning, I did something I've never done before in hopes the people coming home from their long weekends in Tofino and Ucluelet get the message.

Please Boost.

#BCLNG #BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #OilandGas #LNG #Liars #bchwy4 #bcWildfire

https://bclngburns.ca

A large green billboard promoting BC LNG saying they “will reduce global emissions” has a large white tarp overtop the letters with “LIARS” in red and “BCLNGBURNS.CA”

chris, 6 months ago to Palestine

“The Spanish prime minister said the footage from Gaza of people dying, especially boys and girls, was "not acceptable" and he repeated his belief that a solution to the crisis required "recognition of the Palestinian state". He said it was in Europe's interest to address "out of moral conviction. Friendly countries also have to tell each other the truth," he insisted.“

Sanchez is right, and is justified in calling out Israel's war actions. I am proud to be a Spaniard!

Sánchez tiene razón y está justificado al denunciar las acciones bélicas de Israel. Yo soy orgulloso de ser español!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67575699

#IsraelHamasWar #Palestine #Israel #Spain #España

chris, 7 months ago to random

"I can't even think of not going," he said. "I don't have an option ... because if I don't go, this means I'm giving up on life. I took an oath as a physician and I will not betray that oath." And now this doctor at the Gaza hospital is dead.
#IsraelHamasWar #Genocide
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-hamman-alloh-killed-1.7027623

chris, 4 months ago to Canada

TGIF! We got 40 more signatures on #e4769 this week! We still need one from Nunavut. Any Nunavutiat Mastodonians out there!?

Keep Boosting and Sharing and Talking about an #OpenSocialWeb presence for all Canadians to communicate with their Parliamentarians!

644 and rising!

EN: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4769
FR: https://www.noscommunes.ca/petitions/fr/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4769

#Canada #Mastodom #CdnPoli #CanPoli #Fediverse #Government #PublicOwnership

chris, 1 year ago to random

We shouldn't call them "Billionnaries" like they won a lottery and we're all envious. We should call them Capitalist Extremists like the world killing terrorists they are.

#capitalist #extremists #CapitalistExtremists #capitalism

chris, 3 months ago to Israel

I watched the video of the Active Duty Serviceman, Aaron Bushnell, who self-immolated in front of the Israeli Embassy. The man was blurred/censored in the video I saw as soon as he lit himself on fire but you can see the flames obviously and the audio is clear.

I will not share the video here. You can find it yourself if you wish. But I will share his final words. Very few people in history have done this (most often buddhists, I wonder if he was buddhist) extreme act of self-sacrifice for a cause. Bushnell is the second I know of to attempt this about the current #IsraelGaza war. The first, I believe, to perish. Here are his words from the video:

"I am an active duty member of the United States Air Force and I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest but compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it's not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”

— He places his camera/tripod on the ground pointing towards the embassy fence, puts on his uniform cap, douses himself in fuel, takes a deep breath, says "Free Palestine”, and lights himself on fire. —

He screams Free Palestine a couple more times.

RIP sir.

I won't describe how the rest unfolds, his act should stand alone.

Sigh. What a world.
#Israel #Genocide #IsraelApartheid #Gaza #Hamas #AaronBushnell

chris, 4 months ago to random

1/ This is a Thread to include the entire text of petition #e4769 to have Parliament create a Fediverse server.

But first: Wow! This is the fastest House of Commons petition I've ever participated in! Almost 400 signatures in 24 hours! Canadian Fediversians want Parliament out of corporate social media and accessible to all!

Let's get #e4769 to the magic 500 today!

Share this thread or make a post to all your socials. Tell your MP!
EN: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4769
FR: https://www.noscommunes.ca/petitions/fr/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4769

chris, 1 month ago to Bloomscrolling

This azalea has gone bonkers. So thick with blossoms you can't see any leaves!
#bloomscrolling #pond #Gardening

chris, 16 days ago to fediverse

Today something happened for the #Fediverse!

Petition #e4769 was presented in Canada's House of Commons on behalf of over 1000 #opensocialweb supporters! The government must now respond!

It was a group effort including @Dragon @chad @Dunstable @bougiewonderland @LALegault @mike @stephanie @danamcfarland @bluefacedbeast and 1003 more!

In 🇨🇦? Write the Speaker and your MP! Send them this post! Outside 🇨🇦 ? Use this example!

We can make it happen!! 😊 👊
#TheMediumIstheMessage
#canpoli #mastodon

A video of the House of Commons routine proceedings presenting petitions. It starts with a view of the speakers chair and green seats in front of him with two large doors behind. Then it switches to View of MP Gordon John as he presents the petition.

chris, 4 months ago to fediverse

We've already crossed 100 signatures on #e4769! Blazing our way to that 500 minimum and beyond. The sky (#Fediverse?) is the limit! Also should soon have every Province and Territory. Only need PEI, Yukon, and Nunavut.
Sign below! And please do make your own posts about the petition and need for a Canadian Parliamentary Fediverse Server for all Parliamentarians to communicate with all Canadians!
EN: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4769
FR: https://www.noscommunes.ca/petitions/fr/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4769
#cdnPoli #CanPoli

chris, 8 months ago to mastodon

No offence to proponents of the Fediverse, but when I tell regular people about it, the name is a bit of a turn off. I'm sorry, it just is. It's not something to be upset about. It's just... people. So I have been trying to think of other words or terms and I think I have landed on the one I like best.

The Fediverse = The Open Social Web.
OSW for short.

Open Social Web

I'm using it... you're welcome to as well. :)

#Mastodon #OSW #OpenSocialWeb #SocialMedia

chris, 3 months ago to apple

Fascinating ... Apple joins Signal to provide the most secure end-to-end encrypted messaging protocols. Note: Apple engineers created their own “Levels” and magically theirs is the highest. ;) But regardless, this is obviously strong encryption.

"Support for PQ3 will start to roll out with the public releases of iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, macOS 14.4, and watchOS 10.4, and is already in the corresponding developer preview and beta releases.”

https://security.apple.com/blog/imessage-pq3/
#Apple #E2EE #Messaging #Signal

chris, 3 months ago to random

So former PM Brian Mulroney has died.

This is damning with faint praise, but it is a statement of just how far "Conservatism" has fallen when you consider he was the host for the signing of the Montreal Protocol which banned Ozone hole creating CFCs and he led Canada as an Environmental leader in the 90s.

Unthinkable for today's Conservatives....

He's also our Reagan... and corrupt... so there's that....

#CanPoli #CdnPoli

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Mulroney

chris, 30 days ago to spain

In the 1920s and 1930s, Unions were at the forefront of the battle against the rise and taking power of fascism.

In the 2020s and 2030s, Unions are and will be at the forefront of the battle against the rise and taking power of fascism.

(pictured -- I believe -- is my Spanish grandfather and his father 1940s)

#Fascism #Unionism #Democracy #Spain #Canada #USA #EU #world #UN #leftist

chris, 15 days ago to fediverse

Dear all Canadians and also all Fediverse Citizens!

Please boost and sign (name and place please) this open letter that will be sent to the Parliament of Canada. This is a followup to #e4769 petition which is now awaiting a formal response from Government. This Open letter will be sent on Monday June 3rd to the Speaker of the House of Commons and other critical officers and Ministers to encourage a positive response to the petition.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenSocialWeb
https://chrisalemany.ca/2024/05/31/open-letter-to-parliament-of-canada-adopt-open-services-for-social-communications/

chris, 12 days ago to fediverse

Last chance. If you want to have your signature on the real life letter that goes to Canada's House of Commons Speaker and others, you must tell me before 9AM PDT (about 40 minutes).

You do not have to be Canadian to sign.

Signatures received after 9AM will be on the web version.

I've made some updates to the letter including more supporting links and sources.

#Fediverse #CanPoli #CdnPoli #OpenLetter #Advocacy #OpenSocialWeb #Mastodon #Pixelfed #ActivityPub

https://chrisalemany.ca/2024/05/31/open-letter-to-parliament-of-canada-adopt-open-services-for-social-communications/