In PieFed v1.4 it will be possible to label posts as having AI generated content. Labelled posts will get a little badge near their title, similar to how nsfw and nsfl content is labelled. Mods and authors can change this value on a post in the same way they do flair and nsfw, using the little tags button in the bottom right or in ‘More options’ when editing their post.

Ahead of Japan’s July 20 elections, a populist opposition party called Sanseito has garnered much confusion and criticism from Japanese people online over proposed political measures related to video games, anime and manga. While Sanseito is a minority party, based on current forecasts, it is expected to capture a significant number of seats in Japan’s House of Councillors.

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about PeerTube, Loops, Bandwagon, and other platforms in the Fediverse that are geared around artists. I might get flamed for this, and you’re welcome to disagree, but I think the network is in dire need of having support for commerce.

PieFed v1.4 will have Stack Overflow-like functionality: the person who posted a question will be able to choose which of the replies are the answer, by clicking the green tick icon in the bottom left. Chosen answer(s) then have a highlight and a green tick at the top of them.

It took a few days for instances to be upgraded and admins to fill in their profiles but it’s looking much healthier now!

So, if you’re online poisoned like me, you may have noticed that Bluesky CEO Jay Graber has been having sort of a slow motion, low-key public meltdown for the past several weeks. Most recently, in this interaction with a user. !> So, if you’re online poisoned like me, you may have noticed that Bluesky CEO Jay Graber has been having sort of a slow motion, low-key public meltdown for the past several weeks. Most recently, in this interaction with a user. […] Even with practical technical decentralization, the vast majority of Bluesky users are on, well, Bluesky. Bluesky was never really packaged as something that was relatively easy for someone to spin up on their own servers; the network has been historically extremely centralized, and only small minorities of users have broken off.

Looking back at a year of FOSS activism, spurred by political events.

https://ww17.lestat.org/

Recent reports have announced that Crunchyroll, the largest anime streaming service, will be replacing Aegisub with Israeli Software, OOONA, to produce subtitles more efficiently. Anime fans across the world are disappointed with this collaboration due to Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians (via a report by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry).

To upgrade from 1.2.x:

For those seeking out a federated and open alternative to Tumblr, Wafrn is looking extremely promising. It can speak both ActivityPub and AT Protocol, offers a ton of interesting features and customization, and focuses on making an incredibly fun experience.

The upcoming v1.2 release will include a built-in instance chooser, so every instance will be able to recommend every other instance, without a centralized site like https://joinmastodon.org or https://lemmyverse.net/instances. (except those instances that have opted out or closed registrations)

A Fediverse Enhancement Proposal (FEP) is a document that provides information to the Fediverse community. The goal of a FEP is to improve interoperability and well-being of diverse services, applications and communities that form the Fediverse.

They are also AI dubbing show that already have a dub: https://xcancel.com/Pikagreg/status/1994654475089555599

Bottom sticky menu on mobile Instance-chooser during registration, displaying info about all other instances 3D rotating tag cloud for communities with lots of hashtags Explore menu, with feeds and topics, separate from the Community menu Translation function for posts written in languages you can’t understand, uses any LibreTranslate server. Advanced search filters on /communities table Show poll results without voting Nicer formatting on quotes Consistent image thumbnail size in post teasers in compact mode Communities list shows number of active users not subscriber count PWA uses instance logo instead of default PieFed one Slideshow doesn’t bug out after a few dozen photos like it used to Improve search results by weighting post titles more than bodies Mods can set nsfw and nsfl the same way they set flair - with a popup menu in the post list Import saved posts & comments and user notes when importing settings NSFW-specific functionality, like R18 agreement upon first visit, video auto-play.

Mastodon next release features

Artist: Sooon | fediverse | bluesky | pixiv | twitter | danbooru

What resources, suggestions, and support can those of us who are already here provide to potential newcomers? And what can we do to prepare for – and encourage – a potential influx?

I remember signing up for the newsletter for this a while ago. They’ve come a good way since then, and I appreciate how much thought and planning they’ve put into this. There’s value to having a clear road map of how they intend to put it all together.

Must’ve been a recent change because somewhat frequently I’m using it on the go and just now it started appearing for me.

I absolutely adore the sunlight in Frieren and its medieval-inspired fantasy color palette, so I’m eager to experience something like that again. Are there any other anime with beautiful artwork that could move me? (Since I’m using DeepL, the English might sound unnatural…)

Mbin 1.9.0 stable is finally out! Upgrade your server now, if you didn’t do it already.

Artist: Rucarachi | pixiv | twitter | danbooru

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/138359432

PieFed is now supported by Summit as of release v1.67.1.

This version features a redesigned video player, an improved experience for importing videos and the ability to share channel management with other accounts!

It's been 6 weeks since 1.0 and we've merged in 80+ PRs and closed as many issues. A third of the issues originally intended for v1.2 are already completed and so they are included in 1.1 instead.

Services will shutdown on the following schedule.

https://xcancel.com/ZIJEvv/status/1999096839648461240

This announcement follows the airing of the finale of season 2. Check out the ANN article for additional information. Also, check out !dandadan@ani.social. Synopsis for the first season from AniList:

Today I discovered the Fediverse Software Database, and it’s a bit disheartening to see how many platforms have so few users. What are some ways we could help promote these smaller or newer Fediverse projects and give them more visibility?

Artist: Arc2Urus | pixiv | twitter | danbooru

Artist: Kottungyang | pixiv | twitter | deviantart | danbooru

Artist: Sciamano240 | pixiv | twitter | artstation | tumblr | deviantart | linktree | patreon | danbooru

Artist: Silvertsuki | pixiv | twitter | danbooru

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M_6jbcI3U0

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/137630144

Artist: Anagumasan | fediverse | pixiv | twitter | deviantart | danbooru

Artist: Kagematsuri | fediverse | pixiv | twitter | tumblr | danbooru

Example: - https://piefed.social/c/cat@lemmy.world - https://piefed.social/modlog?communities=264

Post by vickie Socials: Pixiv, Twitter

Artist: Nine | pixiv | twitter | danbooru

A Japanese anime series has achieved a Guinness World Records title for the longest monologue in a Japanese animation. ……

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/138492986

Artist: Kottungyang | pixiv | twitter | deviantart | danbooru

Artist: Kanchiyo | pixiv | twitter | danbooru

Post by 黒月ナイツ Socials: Pixiv, Twitter

Artist: Samukzz | bluesky | twitter | ko-fi | patreon | danbooru

I found this article from earlier this year: https://blog.discourse.org/2025/04/discourse-and-the-fediverse/

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/137578902

Artist: Samukzz | bluesky | twitter | ko-fi | patreon | danbooru

https://xcancel.com/torinokawori/status/1991466695098266102/photo/1