Upgraded to #mastodon 4.5.7
One of the things I’ve disliked about social media in general (especially Mastodon since it’s supposed to be better) is keeping score on each post of how many replies and boosts it’s gotten. Score keeping this stuff doesn't incentivize community.
Well, it turns out there’s a client that mostly agrees with me. Phanpy hides all that stuff until you click into a post. I’m liking it way better than ice cubes.

Back up. running v4.5.7
#Mastodon #Fediverse #Upgrade #selfhost #footiMac
Update abgeschlossen. Auf der Instanz top-netz.de läuft seit 24.02.2026 18:30 Uhr die neuste Version von Mastodon v4.5.7
Danke an die Entwickler.
Updates sind notwendig und wichtig. Sie sollten immer zeitnah durchgeführt werden.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.7
@libreoffice the right decision. You only have to tweet a short message from time to time on #x that everbody can switch to #mastodon for real info on #libreoffice

I wish #Mastodon gave finer control over who can see a post, than just "followers". I want to let people follow me as they wish, without having to worry about very personal posts being world-visible. It would be very good to be able to manually add followers (or even non-followers?) into subgroups based on trust level, and make posts only visible to those.
I couldn't visit Joshua Tree Parks and NOT go to Mastodon Peak!
So here it is!
It's in a more arid part of the park so there isn't many Joshua tree there.
But it's quite a sight anyway!
I spent almost 1 hour on the peak, completely alone, enjoying the silence of the desert (yes, apart from the wind there's no sound, it's eerie and wonderful).
#park #wildlife #mastodon #nationalpark #nature #environment #desert #joshuatree

Today I posted a farewell message of sorts on #Facebook (feel free to plagiarize as you see fit):
"Hello, world! 👋 From now on, Mastodon is my preferred social media channel. It's an open source, decentralized platform – not controlled by tech giants. Search for me in there, to follow: @gtsadmin . I will very occasionally be checking this account, and you can trust I'll *never* be posting here - unless some extremely extenuating, unforeseen reason arises. The Facebook Marketplace, alas, is still a resource I can't *quite* close the door on, at this time (but want to). Should you see any further Facebook posts from me, sooner should you assume it's Meta impersonating me, using their new AI patent: https://cybernews.com/ai-news/digital-eternal-life-meta-patents-ai-that-can-post-after-you-die/
Please look in my Facebook profile links for other ways to contact me if necessary."
John Oliver discusses how an already flawed Twitter got worse under Elon #Musk, how it continues to impact us all, and what it has to do with the 30-40 trillion cells humans are composed of.
Or, wait, sorry, Twitter doesn’t have anything to do with the cells. It’s about our understanding of the universe. Maybe. You’ll just have to take that last part up with Elon directly.
Only wish he mentioned Mastodon as an option.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI
#twittetr #x #johnoliver #freespeech #mastodon