土耳其军工企业Baykar的所有者、总统埃尔多安的女婿 Selçuk Bayraktar 基于 Mastodon 开发了社交媒体平台 Next Sosyal，埃尔多安本人和多个政府部门已经入驻。Next Sosyal 已经在 Google Play 上取得了超过100万次下载。平台起初未提及 Mastodon 的开源代码，但在接到 Mastodon 组织的请求后，已遵守 AGPL 许可，并在其“关于”页面声明其基于 Mastodon 且为开源平台。周报作者认为，像埃尔多安和特朗普这样的领导者更懂得如何利用社交媒体直接与支持者沟通并控制信息传播，而民主国家领导人在这方面却表现得缺乏兴趣。 （注：这里提到特朗普，很可能是因为其 Truth Social 也是基于 Mastodon 开发的）
Next Sosyal is a new Turkish social media platform that is based on Mastodon. The platform has not enabled federation, and is thus not accessible from the fediverse. Next Sosyal is endorsed by Turkish ruling party AKP, and president Erdogan recently made his first post on the platform. Erdoğan quoted a poem from a prominent Turkish poet, and posted “Are you ready?”, with the hashtag “We’re starting,” along with emojis of the Turkish flag, the Earth and a rocket.
Next Sosyal is developed by Selçuk Bayraktar, who owns military drone company Baykar and is the son-in-law of President Erdogan. The platform is branded as a “local and national” alternative to global platforms such as X and Facebook. Bayraktar describes the platform as a safer and cleaner space for constructive dialogue free from trolling, disinformation and Western platform algorithms.
The Nordic Monitor news site further reports: “Several ministries and public entities now maintain official Next Sosyal profiles. Staff in these offices report that social media guidance increasingly favors the platform. Press releases, bulletins and announcements are expected to appear on Next before being shared on global platforms. Some officials say internal memos suggested de-emphasizing X and Instagram entirely. In addition, some major corporations have reportedly started opening accounts on Next out of fear of government pressure.”
Bayraktar claims that the app now has over 1 million users. Since Next Sosyal is a slight reskin of Mastodon, it means that the same API also works. API calls to Next Sosyal on August 22nd showed an exact user count of 850.000, and as of September 2 the API claims a total of 1.100.000 accounts. Registering on the app requires a Turkish phone number, making it difficult for me to verify these numbers by looking at timeline activity, but the exact roundness of these numbers does raise some suspicions for me.
The platform was originally released without any reference to Mastodon’s source code. Mastodon is released under the AGPL license, which means that you can use, modify and distribute the software freely, as long as you publish the code under the same AGPL license. After some requests from the Mastodon organisation, Next Sosyal is now compliant with this, and explicitly mentions that “NSocial is an open source Mastodon-based social media platform developed by TEKNOFEST entrepreneurs.” on their About page.
We live in a world where authoritarian rulers seem to have a better grasp of current social media dynamics than many democratic leaders have. Both Trump and Erdogan understand the value of building a social media platform where they have a direct connection with their supporters, and can control message distribution. That both leaders use Mastodon for this, while democratic leadership shows little interest in building out their own social media distribution platforms on the open social web is painful.
In Other News
Last week I wrote about SocialHub, a forum to discuss ActivityPub, and how it fits into a larger understanding of the ‘substrate’ layer of the fediverse. One of the points I made is that the communication layer underneath the fediverse (meaning places to discuss and collaborate on ActivityPub, for example) is fairly decentralised. The positive effect is that this creates a distribution of power, nobody can control all the conversations that happen about ActivityPub. This also means that coordination is more difficult, as developers are spread out over multiple places. There has been quite some movement this week in this space of “what are the places to talk about ActivityPub”:
The direct cause for writing the article was SocialHub potentially shutting down. A new administrator has been found, workers cooperative Pavillion. The cooperative was hired by forum software Discourse to create the ActivityPub plugin for the forum.
Activitypub.rocks is the ‘official’ website for the ActivityPub protocol, but it has not been updated for almost five years. Christine Lemmer-Webber, one of the co-authors of ActivityPub, has decided to hand over the website to the SocialCG, the community group for ActivityPub that is part of the W3C. A new initiative to work on the website from the SocialCG is led by Johannes Ernst, who also organises the FediForum conferences.
Activitypub.space is a new forum to discuss ActivityPub, created by NodeBB developer Julian Lam.
Fediverse software updates:
A blog by the WordPress ActivityPub team with more details on their latest updates, with expanded moderation tooling and improvements under the hood.
Piefed now has a build-in discovery tool to find new communities to subscribe to.
Blogging platform WriteFreely has further fediverse integrations with their latest update: it now displays ‘likes’ on WriteFreely blog posts made on other platforms. Other platforms such as Mastodon will now also show a preview or summary of a WriteFreely post, in addition to a link.
LemmyBridge is a new browser extension that connects you to Lemmy discussions for any website you visit.
Pixelfed releases the ‘Stories’ feature on their Android app.
And an overview of all fediverse software updates of the week.
And some more links:
WeDistribute writes about the Client-to-Server part of ActivityPub, a part of the protocol that is rarely used, and how the Social Web Foundation is working on promoting its use.
A tutorial that explains how you can do podcasting with PeerTube.
FedInspect, a desktop application for analysing fediverse server configurations and features.
Help Echo, a disabled trans woman flee texas, especially with the changes that have occurred in the state due to the election result. She does not feel safe in Texas anymore and would need our help to migrate to a safer state. She is also unable to work due to her disability. All donated money would be used for relocation and to find shelter.
Samsung Galaxy S25 One UI 8 Beta 7 will be released soon!
While the beta recruitment was closed for the Galaxy S25, Samsung was working on the seventh beta of One UI 8. This suggests that further improvements are to be made before the final version of One UI 8 that will be released this September.
As spotted by a tipster, Tarun Vats, Samsung has just dropped a new beta build to the testing server of the Galaxy S25. This signifies that the seventh beta will make its way before the stable version, at which final improvements in those two versions must be made to ensure smooth experience. The testing build can be identified as ZYI3, but it may not be a final Beta 7 build. The seventh beta version will be released to those who are beta testers of One UI 8 on their Galaxy S25. After that, the stable release should be the next update.
We advise beta testers to check for all updates to ensure that you’re using the stable version of One UI 8 on your Galaxy S25 by the end of September. The company warns that if you didn’t update to the stable version after the beta program ends, you won’t be able to update to versions released after One UI 8.
To update to One UI 8 Beta 7 on your Galaxy S25 once it gets released, follow these steps:
Open Settings
Navigate to System Update
Tap Download and Install
You should see the One UI 8 Beta 7 build and its changelogs
Tap Update now
Let it download, install, and verify
Reboot the phone
Make sure that you have fully charged your battery before attempting to update to One UI 8 Beta 7. Never interrupt the update in any way, or issues may occur later. You’ll need to download the update via your Wi-Fi connection to avoid high mobile data fees.
Tesla is proposing awarding Elon Musk nearly $1 trillion to deliver millions of robotaxis and humanoid robots, as well as add trillions of dollars to the company’s valuation.
Help Shanda and their queer household, who are Ukrainian refugees who fled to Georgia, flee again to Spain to escape georgia's increasingly anti-trans environment and government. They need your help to fund their move and take care of the legal stuff, the transportation and apartment rent. Georgia is slowly being overtaken by russia politically, and the ruling party has adopted the anti-LGBTQ+ narrative and has made transition illegal.
They plan to move out of Georgia around mid autumn, if things go according to plan.
Kennedy on a media tear to make it seem like he’s got widespread support. The anti-vaxx movement has been very very good at using social media to appear huge, when it has in fact been a small but vocal and well-organized minority with opinions way outside the mainstream. Unclear whether it’ll work.
Quando vi dico di presentarvi alle elezioni comunali con la lista "Punk Is Not Dead" è perché ci sia qualche persona intelligente che eviti situazioni da facepalm come questa:
«Settimo Torinese dedica una via a Louis Braille, ma è un vicolo cieco»
Il presidente dell'Apri la prende con filosofia: "Siamo abituati ad essere autoironici e non ci sentiamo offesi". La via intitolata a Braille dopo un centinaio di metri finisce in mezzo ai prati
Or at the very least, don't own any ammo and make sure you shoot through everything you buy when you go to the range. At least then it'd take a trip to the store to give your brain time to cool off first.
State police looking into the initial four deaths, which were announced on 1 September, told the German Press Agency (dpa) that there was no evidence of any third party involvement.
It really needs to be stressed how desperate and insane this is. This is the secretary of commerce insinuating that the terrible jobs numbers—produced by the Trump administration!—are the result of some kind of anti-Trump conspiracy. Totally deranged. RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrh…
Ma prima, permetteteci di dirvi grazie per tutti i suggerimenti che ci avete dato dopo la SFU 2025, grazie a tutti gli amici e soci che si stanno rendendo disponibili per aiutarci a gestire sempre meglio l'evento e grazie per le molte interessanti proposte per conferenze e workshop. 🫶
Per questo primo giro di annunci, abbiamo deciso di presentarvi tutti i #workshop che potrete trovare alla #SFU2026.
Fishy's favorite toy will always be a cardboard box. If there are multiple cardboard boxes, his favorite toy will be the one you don't want him to go in.
#News #Scienza #Intelligenza #Segnali #scienza Quando pensiamo all’intelligenza, spesso ci vengono in mente figure di scienziati o matematici, persone con una logica impeccabile. Tuttavia, uno dei segnali più forti e
Non è solo una questione di logica e calcolo. Scopri i tre segnali più evidenti di un'intelligenza superiore alla media: la creatività nel risolvere problemi, una curiosità insaziabile e una profonda intelligenza emotiva.
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This was an overall bad week,. Electric bicycle broken (controller went poof), dishwasher broken (replacement comes Friday), complicated news in the office (for me as Works Council member) and an empty fridge 😀 Send cat pix! 😀
Seems there’s a new story about AI and mental health issues everyday They thought they were making technological breakthroughs. It was an AI-sparked delusion | CNN Business#AI #MentalHealthcnn.com/2025/09/05/tech/ai-spa…
I've heard first-hand stories about this freezing of NGO bank accounts in Georgia 🇬🇪, and the practical effects for NGOs involved in EU-partnerships and projects is... well, big and direct, with unclear ways out for all actors involved. And the honestly quite scary perspectives for colleagues being prosecuted eurasianet.org/georgian-dream-…
Status games. It’s the aristocrats vs the nouveau riche. The proles have all the cash and the patricians have the history, status, tradition and connections to power. They’re also boyed up by the status of lit fic (despite the fact that within publishing it’s treated as a wretched necessity).
Il modo di far guerra cambia sempre assieme alle tecnologie militari. Ecco quelle più recenti che hanno mutato il volto dei conflitti e le loro dinamiche.
美國有位名叫 Mark S. Zuckerberg 的律師，因與 Facebook 創辦人馬克祖克柏（Mark Zuckerberg）同名同姓，近日提告 Facebook，指其不斷暫停他的帳號，稱他「冒充名人」。八年來他的帳號遭 Facebook 關禁閉至少九次，使他損失數千美元收入。 S. Zuc...
There is no hope upon the fading stars for with their death comes the consumption of all that is near, when winter comes to freeze your tears and ears, your heart will bleed not for me, within this walk of sun alone I stand among you all, not by sight have you offered any right, my plight has been alone my fight, for across the cosmos I yearn to be yet condemned to this wretched rock is me, my pain un-felt my despair unseen, my existence for what it is has been insane, upon the rising tides I wish to ride away to never have to see another day, but for me to truly complain would really be in vein, for not now and has it never been that you could truly see and look at me, like a beacon of light so bright I try to be, yet upon my knee as I beg and plead, there is no hope nor help for me, a life of poverty fueled by a disabled body prevents so very much for me, and yet all you see is nothing of me, for I could stand upon this rock and build the world, yet you would never look to see me, for I am but a force of invisibility, compassion escapes the world I need;
You can encourage my continued useless #poetry, random thoughts and ideas, and by doing so your helping to feed, house and clothe a #disabled man living in #poverty, $5-10-15 It All Helps, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=…
È inutile che mi fisso di fare cose se il mio neurone è inceppato. Facciamo che mi dico brava per aver concluso qualcosa e domani è un altro giorno (in cui avrò un matrimonio e l'ho saputo ieri e non aggiungo altro perché mi ero organizzata di lavorare). Va tutto bene. Niente lamentela e molta #gratitudine (e vado a farmi il caffè).
capita spesso anche a me di avere intenzione di mettermi a fare qualcosa, soprattutto se interrotta, e non riuscire a ricominciare. Almeno questo è il mio caso, che. Fastidio! Troppe cose e intoppi. Daje! Come procede con l'istanza?
@antilopefusa purtroppo ho dovuto interrompere la terapia per l'Adhd a causa di altre terapie e ci sono giornate in cui la sconto un po' più di altre. Poi appunto il cambio da Instagram, altre decisioni hanno un po' incasinato tutto, sono in fase di assestamento. E dover uscire per lavoro non aiuta perché non ne ho voglia ma poi forse aiuta perché cammino...
Un lavoro congiunto di Guardian, +972 Magazine e Local Call ricostruisce i contenuti del database classificato dell’intelligence militare di Tel Aviv, che riducono il perimetro dei combattenti a una minoranza. Gli stessi militari descrivono rastrellamenti estesi, identificazioni sommarie ai checkpoint, convogli con uomini bendati e legati. L’internamento amministrativo come ordinario strumento di governo della popolazione
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