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  • @sberson @gam3 @NewsBot do you follow any publications directly with Flipboard, Threads, or others?

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  • Quizzino della domenica: Stella di Natale

    @matematica - qual è l'area della stella di Natale disegnata?

    https://wp.me/p6hcSh-91j

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  • Likewise. Most of my "follows" on Mastodon are just various news junkies that summarize, link to and comment on breaking stories and broader investigations - with most of these drawing from numerous sources.

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  • @monnier I agree about improving the UI!

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  • Select all statements you agree with. Specifically curious about respondents from the crowd, but everyone with an opinion should participate. Boosts welcome for larger sample size.

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  • Gli stessi errori fatti con Putin quando ha annesso la Crimea.
    Vediamo di non continuare.

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  • What to do When Your Foucault Pendulum Stops Swinging

    At the Houston Museum of Natural Science they recently made a disturbing discovery: their Foucault pendulum had stopped swinging for the first time since its installation in the 1970s. (Video, embedded below.)

    While some might take this as yet another sign of the end times, here it is simply a sign that the electromagnetic system that kicks the pendulum developed a fault and will need to be fixed.

    Their explainer video of this Herzstein Foucault pendulum is also worth watching, as it explains both the underlying physics and this particular pendulum’s construction. Every 48 hours the 81.6 kg heavy pendulum completes a full rotation, like clockwork, with pins along the circumference being tipped over one by one as the pendulum precesses.

    Overview of the Foucault pendulum system, with the electromagnets that sustain the movement on top. (Credit: Houston Museum of Natural Science)
    Invented by [Léon Foucault] in 1851 as an experimental demonstration of Earth’s rotation using a swinging pendulum, the Foucault pendulum remains a popular physical demonstration in museums and elsewhere. Although the pendulum seems to just follow the same line, it gradually shifts its plane of oscillation, making it seem that it rotates around its attachment point.

    The effect differs per region of the Earth globe, making it both a fascinating experiment and a sore point for those who insist that the Earth is a flat, unmoving disc.

    Not only does it measure the rotation of the Earth, but also its shape due to how the effect changes depending on the pendulum’s position on the globe, with the north and south poles showing it will precess in exactly 24 hours, while at the equator the pendulum will not precess at all.

    We hope that the repair of the mechanism behind the Houston museum’s pendulum progresses smoothly, and would love to see a video of its innards and repair.

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    youtube.com/embed/AZ_RAWx1X9E?…

    hackaday.com/2025/12/27/what-t…

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  • I had ChatGPT put together a list of NBA feeds that don’t use paywalls. It’s been running a few days and the results are impressive. I’ll do a writeup of the list in next few days.

    https://feedland.com/?river=true&screenname=davewiner&catname=nbaai

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    New in stegodon: experimental relay support! Discover fediverse content beyond your follows. #stegodon #fediverse #activitypub
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    >>> CONECTION ISSUE <<<Please boost and help to improve the connections in the fediverse* please scroll up for more information@support @retech @staff Hello defcon.social support, Thank you for your great commitment, whenever you are approached you immediately appear like the Cavalery! I will attach the next accounts where I notice these disturbances of the federated connections as links to this thread and if other defcon.social and/or fediverse users notice such disturbances, it would certainly be useful if they also announce this attached to this thread. It doesn't have to be screenshots like in the previous posts, with those I just wanted to show what it's about.#mastodon #fediverse #pixelfed #activitypub #issue
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    Volker Grassmuck (@vgrass https://vgrass.de/) asks:"How can ActivityPub and AtProto join hands so both can fight the Romans rather than each other?"Now here's a question! That makes a great subject for a FediForum session. We are non-partisan with respect to protocols, and want the entire open social web to succeed. And as it is an unconference, the discussion can branch out over several sessions if needed if an action plan were to emerge!#AtProto #ActivityPub
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    Running a community in the Fediverse means balancing openness with safety. Every year, @iftas takes the pulse of administrators, moderators, and community managers with their Annual Needs Assessment. This survey helps identify what’s working, where support is needed, and which tools can make a difference for those keeping decentralized spaces safe.The 2025 survey is now openTake part in the IFTAS Needs Assessment (5–10 minutes).Take the survey now(If you haven’t seen them before, you can also take a look at last year’s report)Last year’s responses represented moderators of over 4.3 million accounts across ActivityPub platforms. With WordPress now the largest group of federating instances, it’s especially important for our community of hosts, site admins, and moderators to be heard.Moderation in WordPress: From Site-Wide to Personal ControlsWe recently introduced a major update to the ActivityPub plugin for WordPress: personalized and site-wide moderation tools.Site administrators can now set domain, keyword, and actor-level blocks that protect the entire site.Individual users can fine-tune their own experience with personal blocks, managed directly from their profiles.Content is checked against both global and personal rules—so moderation works at every level.These improvements directly address needs raised in previous IFTAS surveys, making moderation more discoverable, flexible, and effective for WordPress communities in the Fediverse.Your Input MattersIFTAS uses the Needs Assessment to guide tools, policies, and advocacy that reflect the real-world challenges of moderators—especially those in under-resourced communities. The more representative the responses, the stronger the outcomes for everyone.If you’re running a federating WordPress site, please consider:Filling out the survey yourself.Sharing it with other admins, moderators, and community organizers.Reminding folks that it’s anonymous, quick, and impactful.Take the 2025 Fediverse Needs AssessmentTogether, we can keep building a safer, healthier Fediverse—one that reflects the needs of its communities.