HarveyEsq (@HarveyEsq@mastodon.world)
"BREAKING: President #Trump has signed a directive for the Pentagon to use the military against cartels in Latin America" -NYT 8/8/2025
"This directive applies to cartels who were designated as terrorist organizations."
[Sure. This explains the #news report earlier today]
"U.S. warships to sail off Venezuela as tension soars between Trump and Maduro regime over cartel accusations" -CBS/AP
[So with the trade wars, we are quietly starting actual wars. Time to wake up]
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strypey (@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)
(2/2)
What made me start using third-party was when I first set up a #Mastodon account, and found myself in the overwhelming sensory nightmare of the original 3-column layout. I noticed almost immediately how grumpy it made my posting, and how many more flame wars I got into than when I was on quitter.se (GNU social + Qvitter). Because it was keeping me in relentless emotional activation.
I'm really glad the default Mastodon UI now is a more sane, minimalist one-column layout.
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D_cence (@D_cence@mastodon.top)
en préparation, il y aura bientôt la possibilité de mentionner un autre message, ici sur Mastodon
comme sur Bluesky, avec possibilité de détacher notre message de celui qui nous cite
https://oisaur.com/@renchap/115068739790243414
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dominic (@dominic@jasette.facil.services)
Quelle belle nouvelle ça ! Le serveur #Mastodon de @facil est pénible à utiliser depuis quelques mois déjà. J'imagine que @mathieugp sera l'investigateur de la migration... 🙏
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turbobob (@turbobob@mamot.fr)
😲 Brent Hinds (former Mastodon lead guitarist) is dead. Killed by a SUV.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/21/brent-hinds-mastodon-dies-motorcycle-crash
#BrentHinds #Music #Mastodon #Guitar #Progressive #Metal #SUV
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sergi (@sergi@floss.social)
Does anybody know of a Mastodon web client that allows using markdown or HTML to format posts?
I checked the list on https://joinmastodon.org/apps (web section), and they either have 0 documentation and just ask to make an account, or their docs don't cover this topic at all. An I don't feel like connection through each one of them to figure out.
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notes (@notes@bofh.social)
@phillycodehound@indieweb.social
Literally anything is better than #Mastodon. It is the most bloated and asinine achitectured piece of runny diarrhea on the planet. The fact it forces instance admins to cache every goddamn piece of media that flows through its server alone should make it a non-starter in any sane person's rule book.
Honestly I have no sympathies for server admins who install a new Mastodon instance and then cry at the exhorbitant server and storage costs they now have to pay for the privilege of doing so.
These problems with Mastodon have been very well documented. For a long time.
Mastodon fucking sucks.
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notes (@notes@bofh.social)
Something tells me if they were running on #Sharkey instead of #Mastodon they wouldn't have nearly the financial problems they appear to have. Hands down #Mastodon is the absolute worst architecture to host a #fedi server on. Full stop.
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RE: https://newsie.social/users/jeff/statuses/115068879469698336
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johan (@johan@cr8r.gg)
В #Mastodon 4.5 обещают завезти цитирование.
https://oisaur.com/@renchap/115068739790243414
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SuperMoosie (@SuperMoosie@mastodon.au)
Brent Hinds, Ex-Mastodon Singer-Guitarist, Killed in Motorcycle Accident
https://consequence.net/2025/08/brent-hinds-dead-motocycle-accident/
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stranded_output (@stranded_output@indieweb.social)
Wow pretty blindsided by this. I'm a long time fan of Mastodon (the band) and this is some sad news. I remember the last time I saw Brent do his thing in The Academy in Dublin years back. What a fucking musician.
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