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Melanie Blatt Marks 50th Birthday with Career Pivot into Pub Kitchen
From Pop Stardom to Culinary Role
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So I wrote a fairly long response to Eddy Burbek's latest video.

#response #youtube #fediverse #ethicaltech #socialmedia #mastodon #peertube #pixelfed

https://blog.gardinerbryant.com/what-eddy-got-wrong-about-his-phone/

"It feels like I am losing a really good friend. And that sucks," a TikTok creator said when the app went dark in the US for a few hours in January. Now, as President Trump’s decision to allow it to operate despite Saturday’s deadline for its sale, the prevailing vibe is more like a despondent shrug. @npr has more in the shift in emotion:

https://flip.it/BTLTZl

Meta ends fact-checking in the USA on Monday

Meta used the fact-checking program to combat misinformation on its platforms. US users now have to do it themselves.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Meta-ends-fact-checking-in-the-USA-on-Monday-10341683.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

German E-Commerce Association warns of warning traps with TikTok store

The e-commerce association believes that TikTok Shop offers enormous potential for many retailers. However, there are clear weaknesses with the Chinese platform

https://www.heise.de/en/news/German-E-Commerce-Association-warns-of-warning-traps-with-TikTok-store-10341533.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

sadly, no mention of #Mastodon in this post, but I suppose as far as social media goes, Mastodon itself is not super secure. It is better than #Facebook or the birdsite, and maybe there are other platforms on the #Fediverse that are more secure than #Mastodon. Security aside though, I am rather disappointed that they didn’t mention decentralized social media, or other forms of decentralization for services on the #Internet.
Be Safe In #Cyberspace | Canadian Journalist https://canadianjournalist.ca/be-safe-in-cyberspace/
#Internet #Privacy #Security #SocialMedia

Access any #MainstreamMedia ? Good. Good. They have their place in the world. But do us a favour. Go to their #ContactUs page. Do they show icons for #TheFormerBirdSite ? Fecesbook? Instacrap?

I mean, fair enough, these are the Big Players in #SocialMedia and it makes sense to give visitors such links. But if links to the likes of #Mastodon are missing, take some time out of your busy schedule to go ask them why.

Here's looking at you @BBC , for example.

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Britain's Got Talent viewers expressed bewilderment following the unconventional audition of Victor Tang. The 59-year-old Australian contestant...
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In the #Fediverse there are now
504 media accounts federated by @Flipboard.
356 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@SonyAlpha
@Allrecipes
@cnet
@DigitalCameraW
@MeteoredBR

Find the whole list on:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LrlAmMaC9Ve5mb82QR8jhkMCNkS0vVAVNws7f6IOBYM/edit?gid=876665327

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On #Mastodon there are now
378 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
116 instances.

186 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@wrexhamdotcom (ENG)
@slashdot (ENG)
@macandi (GER)
@mondiaalnieuws (NLD)
@mimikama (GER)

Find the whole list on:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327

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Meta Expands Community Notes Across US Platforms by April 7

#April7 #CommunityNotes #Meta #socialmedia #unitedstates
https://blazetrends.com/meta-expands-community-notes-across-us-platforms-by-april-7/?fsp_sid=7712

#Bluesky has a troubling problem with banning trustworthy Palestinian accounts as spam. But I see exponentially more skeets from Palestinians than I see toots from Palestinians over here. #Mastodon seems to have an absence of Palestinian voice altogether. That strikes me as a bigger problem.

Maybe you can point me in the direction of accounts I am missing on Masto?

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Charles Hanson Rejoins Antiques Road Trip for 2025 Tour
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Better late than never, but at the end of March of 2025, this media group is discovering the following: Europe needs its own social media platforms to safeguard sovereignty - Media Scope Group
https://mediascope.group/europe-needs-its-own-social-media-platforms-to-safeguard-sovereignty/

#Mastodon hat mich deradikalisiert im Vergleich zu #Twitter.

Auf eine andere Art hat es mich radikalisiert. Ich hab viele politische und kommerzielle #Influenzer stummgeschaltet oder geblockt. Also Accounts, die Bücher, Podcasts, Bilder, #Politik oder sonst etwas anpreisen, indem drölfzig Posts am Tag gesendet werden. Ich möchte _social_ media - kein "commercial" media.

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