One thing I keep coming back to when comparing #ActivityPub and AT Protocol: ActivityPub is basically a convention on top of the #web stuff we already have. An actor is a JSON-LD document you GET. An inbox is an endpoint you POST to. If you already run a website, you can bolt this on without changing the site's basic shape. Ghost didn't set out to join the #fediverse, and then years later it could, just by adding an endpoint.

AT Protocol feels less like that to me. Running a PDS means a signed repo, a Merkle search tree, a firehose, a DID. It's not a layer you add to an existing site. It's closer to standing up another backend beside it.

I think that's why ActivityPub keeps making sense to me. You can join later. You don't have to have built the whole thing with federation in mind from day one.

#ATProto #ATProtocol #fedidev

RE: https://todon.eu/@faab64/116773225993727552

It doesn't matter if "that's where all the people are" if your posts can't be seen.

Just give it up. There's no point in trying to organize resistance on corporate platforms. They literally will not let you.

Can you override Meta's admins when they shadowban or delete your posts? No? Then why would you bother fighting them on territory they completely control?

How many ways does this need to be said before people get it?

#meta #facebook #instagram #socialmedia

For #SolarPunkSunday, this visitor to my potato plants last week 🥔🐍

I love the fact that creatures like this find refuge in my (tastefully) untended suburban back yard.

#BackyardHabitat #growyourown #reptiles #rewilding #snakes #NoLawns

For #FensterFreitag, Sainte-Chapelle, Paris 🇫🇷 ⛪️

#WindowFriday #StainedGlassWindow #VensterVrijdag #StainedGlass #ReligiousStudies #TravelPhotography #christianity #catholicism #religion #reisen #smartphonephotography #ChurchArchitecture #ChurchPhotography #ArchitecturePhotography

Doing another round of my course, "Relics in Antiquity and the Middle Ages," Jul. 23-Aug. 27

This will be my 5th time teaching it, 3rd time online, and every time I learn as much from the students as I hope they learn from me. If you're interested in religion or medieval history, check out my course page!

https://kentnavalesi.neocities.org/RelicsHome

I do all my advertising on the fediverse, so boosts appreciated!

@medievodons @histodons #history #ReligiousStudies #Catholicism #education #Christianity

And note that following a Lemmy or piefed sub means subscribing to posts AND comments. You may want to make a List to keep the Home feed decluttered.

Thought it would be fun to get the fediverse a little more integrated this #FollowFriday:

If you're on #Mastodon, what are some non-masto #fediverse accounts or subs you follow? e.g. #Lemmy #piefed #friendica #peertube #pixelfed #bookwyrm

I've shared mine as an image b/c tagging doesn't work the same way across platforms. Please use an image or put spaces in the account handles -otherwise your post could show up as a topic on a discussion board!

The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion by Lucas Cranach the Elder
(c.1536)

@traditional_art

National Gallery of Art 🎨
#ArtHistory #AnimalsInArt #Renaissance #religion #Christianity #MuseumArchive #glam #ArtMuseum #catholicism

"I’m not the only one. Personal sites are coming back. RSS feeds are coming back. Webrings are coming back. People are remembering that a website can be a home or a place instead of a profile."

https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet

Yessss @tg - this echoes what I've been thinking lately, but put in much more depth and eloquence than I could have managed.

My brain: Why bother making galleries of your travel pics, Kent? It's all stuff that's been photographed a million times before and anyone who wants to see that stuff can just goog

#smallweb #smolweb #indieweb

I analyze the rhetoric and imagery of Fortunatus' prose lives to see how they would have served as pastoral fodder for the laity when recited on the respective saint's feast day.

Fediversians concerned with the cognitive effects of LLMs might find it an interesting study of the creation of "truthfulness" through manipulation of style and language.

Also, at $200 it's not something I expect people to go out and buy, but an acquisition request to your uni library is appreciated.

I guess I should officially announce that my book on the prose hagiography of Venantius Fortunatus (530-609) is coming out this summer:

https://www.routledge.com/The-Prose-Lives-of-Venantius-Fortunatus-Hagiography-and-the-Laity-in-Sixth-Century-Gaul/Navalesi/p/book/9789463725699

So grateful for the mentors and colleagues who gave these chapters a look over the years.

@histodons
@medievodons @writingbooks
@writingcommunity
#bookstodon
#geschichte #histodons #history #histoire #MedievalStudies #medievodons #MiddleAges #Mittelalter #ReligiousStudies #VenantiusFortunatus #Hagiography #religion #christianity

The Morgan Library, NYC [OC]

@pics

@photography
#TravelPhotography #NewYorkCity #NYC #libraries #glam #libraries #NewYork

Think I'm gonna start up the relics class again soon. No dates yet, but if you're interested, you can sign up to be notified when registrations open. I'd be happy to answer any questions, and boosts appreciated!

https://kentnavalesi.neocities.org/RelicsHome

@medievodons @histodons #history #medieval #religion #ReligiousStudies #Catholicism #education #Christianity

The nice thing about #mastodon is that people from your past can still stalk you but they'll never figure out how to make an account and comment.

#fediverse #ActivotyPub #socialmedia

Fedi, I need your help.

I found this chipmunk sitting still but breathing and he only walks sluggishly when I approach him. Seems to be breathing hard

What can I do to help the little guy?

#BackyardHabitat #WildLife

I'm going to start muting everyone who says that something is a distraction from the Epstein files.

For #FotoMontag, the Aqua Tower, #Chicago #Illinois

@photography #photomonday
#ArchitecturePhotography #ArchitecturalHistory #architectuur #arkitektur #SmartphonePhotography #CityPhotography #UrbanGaze

Why must everything be a video? :flan_rage:

The Rock by Peter Blume (1944-48)

@artporn

My favorite painting at the moment. At the Art Institute of #Chicago.

#ArtHistory #surrealism #surrealisme #surrealismo #ModernArt #MuseumArchive #galleries #glam #ArtMuseum