As I've been hinted to reconsider here, maybe that's a good starting point to think of - follower power: Please do share bubbles that you consider work well out here on the #Fediverse, maybe (for obvious reasons) with the specific exception of those focused on protocols, web technology and development. Curious to see what might be around.


Respectfully, and as a newish user from a special interest group, I disagree. There's a large and vibrant #blind community on Mastodon that couldn't exist on any other platform.

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(Switching back to here for now. I love social.lol and the community over there but ... can't help feeling very much how annoying it is to keep communication across Bluesky, Tumblr, Diaspora* and ActivityPub on any platform other than Friendica. Not sure whether I'll regret that but then again, and in general, maybe ... it's all about accepting imperfection of all of these solution and not bothering all too much as ... esssentially no one does.)
Als Antwort auf Kristian

In many ways this ... is also basically caused by being increasingly disappointed with how things are going in the #Fediverse but maybe that's just a bubble thing. I've been out here ever since early identi.ca days, with my first post on federated social networks dating back to 2011 and still being around somewhere in the Wayback Machine. As of 2018, I think, this was the first time ever to feel like this kind of networks could finally be up to counter the commercial walled gardens, to provide an actual, human, human-centered alternative to surveillance capitalism and people farming. Turns out: It surely does better than Facebook, X, ... in some way. But it still is far from where it would need to be for that. And worse, it doesn't seem to improve much. Sure, individual platforms have matured. Mastodon has. Friendica has. But at the very end, at the bottom of things, in 2026 (eight years later) it's still the same un-addressed, unresolved issues to run into as in 2018 (which I have been whining about often enough not to do it again). Still, from some angles, it's amazing to see how some of these things did "just work" before on Diaspora* (and still do). It's amazing to see some of these issues fixed in ATProto (regardless of ones opinion on Bluesky) because people cared to think a bit ahead of the status quo in advance. It's, too, saddening to see how many once-vivid accounts and contacts out here have either turned quiet or deleted their accounts or visibly announced retreat into some walled garden (again) or to individual blogging and all of that. It's not a bad thing. It's an individual decision that should of course be respected. But it's sad. It feels very much like mission not accomplished. It feels like specifically ActivityPub has turned out to be what it apparently started wanting to be - a protocol that focuses on open networking but actually, in this, focuses on hackers and tinkerers and developers rather than users and communities, a protocol that by design is biased towards people building "something new" on top of it (and making compatibility - or lack thereof - something anyone else is to blame for) over people using technology in a reliable manner. Not sure whether the Fediverse is growing or shrinking and at some point I don't really bother that much at the moment. Just hoping that, for the time being, #Friendica will somehow continue working as good as it can to keep different channels under one hood (and not having to decide to keep or cut contacts based on an individual network technology choice again - or being overwhelmed by trying to handle a plethora of different inboxes in a load of almost fully equal yet separated systems) - and hoping for people out here to be forgiving if there are things, conversations, communications I just miss out on. Maybe part of the deal is accepting that big-picture things over "here" aren't built with reliability in mind.
Als Antwort auf Radgryd

@Radgryd Yeah, this. It's also ... not so much the fact that people give up and move on, that apparently happened in every other network too. It's specifically, in my environment, that I notice people moving on after being here for weeks to months, trying to feel home here, becoming more quiet and eventually just quietly cutting ties then, for a lot of reasons that probably could have been avoided and are valid. 😔

Eine Ahnung von Sonne wieder knapp vor der Dämmerung, der Schwarm landet, nebenan und unten kehrt man zurück aus Stunden Tagen Wochen, aufgeregte Stimmen hallen in Flur und Zimmern, Schraubendreher fasst, Luft strömt aus den Heizkörpern und gewisse Probleme verschwinden wieder für ein paar Wochen, während andere kein Ende finden. Der Abend besteht aus zu viel Lektüre, zu wenig Energie, jeder Menge Unzufriedenheiten und duftet nach heißem Wasser und Rost.

#outerworld #concrete city #afternoon deviations #the winter in everything

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Train commuters, temporary communities. Teenage boys in rough exchanges trying to impress teenage girls. An old couple carrying heavy bags and boxes. A distinguished businessman, in a black suit that on closer encounter looks weary and thin and bears the scent of railway stations and cheap booze. A sky in grey, no lines no clouds.

#outerworld #concrete city #commuting returning and in between #the winter in everything

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(Immer noch sind die Zimmer kalt. Sinnieren über jenen Abschnitt, der das Jahr in "vor der See" und "nach der See" teilt. Die Frage, wann sich das wieder umkehrt. Und wie man die Sehnsucht nach dem Wind über der Küste zwischendurch in Schach halten kann. Stadtmachmittag, Minuten von Garten und Wald.)

#outerworld #sunday afternoon #concrete city #the winter in everything

Marga Xeyat Ⓐ hat dies geteilt.

Bright white morning, new snow to hide the grey again. Clear horizons, the tug boat lights like small stars above the ever-silent layer of ice. 9am and slowly on. Small circles very few goals today.

#outerworld #the baltic self #travel #escapism #the winter in everything

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Einmal mehr hinter der Dämmerung, verwehte Seitenstraßen, die Welt ist stürmisch und feucht. Vorantasten, Schlüssel suchen, Wärme finden. Gewöhnung an Tee. Erstaunt, aber nicht unzufrieden.

#outerworld #the baltic self #afternoon deviations #the winter in everything

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9am and slowly on, without too much drive today. Muddy paths and muddy seas, wet snow making its way down, some distant seagulls and a bush full of sparrows. Watching the day shape and unfold.

#outerworld #the baltic self #the winter in everything #travel

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A lot later, changing states of silence and tension. Drifting between snow and rain, humid air in dense curtains, a foghorn without a vessel in sight, trucks on the supply road and other nighty port songs. No stars above a waveless sea. Dizzy at the border of dreams once more. Sleep tight everyone wherever you are.

#outerworld #the baltic self #that particular mood close to night #the winter in everything

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Closing in on 9am, still in breakfast mode and listening to the neighbours wiping fresh snow off the sidewalk. Thick fog, limited visibility, the world's smaller today.

#outerworld #the baltic self #travel #escapism #the winter in everything

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Another evening near the port, another evening staring out across the thick layer of ice and the very different mood of light it carries. A police car parking near the quay. A group of young tourists laughing on the pedestrian bridge. The restaurant is closed, chairs resting on tables, dimly lit by red bulbs. Hibernation in everything, and a bit of that kind of detachment to be here for, at this time of year. Have a soft night wherever you are.

#outerworld #the baltic self #escapism #the winter in everything #evening deviations

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An icy parking area with car trails. A ferry terminal with a huge ship illuminated in the back.

Rocks in snow, the frozen sea behind.

Shoreline, frozen sea and a dark forest in the back.

A path through grass. Dark forest and a road with lanterns in the back.

Out in dusk. Hazy cold.

#outerworld #the baltic self #mukran #ruegen #the winter in everything #escapism

Der Tag hat unzählige Sorten von Eis und Schnee und Nebel, aber das fahle Licht bleibt gleich, mit einer Ahnung von Sonne, die dann trotzdem nicht genug Kraft hat. Steilküste, Altstadt. Ehemalige Quartiere, ganz knappe Stimmungsbilder in alten Erinnerungen, die ganz nah und doch unerreichbar sind. Ein Busch voller Spatzen. Und dann Tee. Am Fenster. Gewohnheiten. Abseits des Treibens.

#outerworld #the baltic self #hiking #the winter in everything #frost covered seas

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(Staring into the white, no lines spotted and at some point eyes grow tired. Still noticing people out there between lighthouse and buoy. 9am and on, slightly restless and yet most of the visible surroundings are static.)

#outerworld #the baltic self #travel #escapism #the winter in everything

Marga Xeyat Ⓐ hat dies geteilt.

Breakfast rituals. Watching tug boats on their course. Picking clothes and boots. Not too many plans and yet the urge to get out.

#outerworld #the baltic self #hiking #the winter in everything #travel

HOPE 🕊️ hat dies geteilt.

Still arriving. Rediscovering: Known places but in a different year. Of course. Reconnecting: Feet on snowy soil. The waves are frozen. An unfamiliar silence at least outside, and the seagulls circling the outer harbour.

#outerworld #the baltic self #travel #elsewhere #the winter in everything

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Sunrise behind frosty windows. A certain white outside, days and their outlines inside. Mostly awake, for now.

#outerworld #the village and the hills #early weekend stills #the winter in everything

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Alte Zäune, enge Wege, Fährten durch nassen Schnee. Lichter in noch etlichen Fassaden. Bergmann, Engel. Der Rauch des kleinen Ortes, der Duft von Wald und Feldern. Und immer wieder Ankommen.

#outerworld #the village and the hills #the winter in everything

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Later again, feeling like a lot but somehow unsure about that. Winter briefly went through again today, cold, grainy, wet, indecisive. The birds are still out there flocking in the backyard trees, leaving the night a noisy and distracting experience. Trying to reach inside for a moment, to find some calm amidst all that different swirling leaves of thoughts. Sleep well everyone wherever you are.

#outerworld #concrete city #the late hours #half awake half asleep #the winter in everything

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Closing in on 4pm. Notification sounds from headphones, but unsure what is craving for immediate attention. Echoes of footsteps in a mostly empty office corridor. Some technical exchange few rooms from here. And colleagues gathering on the terrace, cigarettes and social interactions and there's a modest desire to join both but somehow the afternoon feels too tense for that.

#outerworld #concrete city #office hours #moving on moving fast #the winter in everything

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(Grey sky dim streets black coffee bright candles. 8am and on, slowly taking shape, a day ahead and setting a brief route to steer through the hours. Curious restless and always in a bit of motion.)

#outerworld #concrete city #saturdays #the winter in everything

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Dieser Wind. Immer noch oder schon wieder. Wind, der einem den Frost ins Gesicht wirft und um die Ohren schlägt. Der Eiswinter durch die Kleidung drückt und klauenscharf auf der Haut kratzen lässt. Der durch die ganze Stadt begleitet und immer von vorn zu wehen scheint. Aber dann Teetassenwärme. Und Ankommen, schließlich, endlich.

#outerworld #concrete city #the winter in everything

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(Out in the cold, returning. Dried grass, remainders of snow under bushy remainders of last autumn. Navigation by streetlight rather than by stars even though sky would be clear enough for that. Strangers nearby, familiarities afar. The mind, as a collection of standby states.)

#outerworld #concrete city #evening rituals #the winter in everything

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Kurze Strecken quer durch das Viertel, Bewegung als einziges Ziel. Der Abend fühlt sich eisig an und wird noch kälter. Nebenan Übungen auf der Blockflöte, noch sehr weit vorn im Lehrbuch und gelegentlich übertönen die Busse in der Haltestelle solch Dissonanz. Ein Gruß quer über die Straße, zwei Worte im Treppenhaus und immer der Versuch, sie freundlich zu halten. Nahbereich und Nähe. Und weiter oben fallen Türen ins Schloss.

#outerworld #concrete city #evening deviations #the winter in everything

Marga Xeyat Ⓐ hat dies geteilt.

(Sunrise behind frosty windows and still the light's too low to make it above the hills. But there's that feeling of days slowly getting longer again and, all along with the bright sky, this feels soothing in a way.)

#outerworld #the village and the hills #the winter in everything

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Elsewhere:

social.tchncs.de/@z428/1055549…

Five years ago today, winter made its appearance. And I might have made a random trip through that old account, sneaking around reading the home timeline, scrolling into the past, scratching my beard then and now, smiling here and there and wondering where time and people did go, where some of the moods experienced back then did go.

#outerworld #concrete city #old self #the winter in everything

Irgendwie im Mittag gelandet. Abseits der Route, abseits des Planes, an ungewohntem Ort zu ungewohnter Zeit in der Woche. Keine passende Temperatur gefunden, keinen wirklich passenden Takt, erschrocken vom Staub auf den Gerätschaften im Heimbüro, den vorsichtig durch die Nachbarschaft schleichenden Passanten, schnellen Radfahrern auf spiegelglatten Pfaden und der Menge verschiedener, parallel geöffneter Baustellen, die sich erst mit etwas Abstand in ihrer Gänze überblicken lassen. Regen erahnen, Schnee gern spüren, Sonne wünschen. Der Himmel ist indifferent weiß, auch heute.

#outerworld #lunch break deviations #home office hours #the winter in everything

First walk of the morning, two-way: Bus stop and back. Missed out on ice skates or spikes. Dancing on mirrors, sort of. 7am and rescheduling the morning.

#outerworld #concrete city #the winter in everything #home office hours

HOPE 🕊️ hat dies geteilt.

Etliche Stunden und Schritte weiter: Schnee unter den Füßen und in den Stiefeln. Kalte Ohren. Schwindelig, berauscht von der Weite und Stille des Waldes und trotzdem nur einen Steinwurf vor der vertrauten Stadt.

#outerworld #concrete city #escapism #the winter in everything

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9am and on. Bright clear sky, a low sickle moon, intense winter. Breakfast musings, perceiving the neighbourhood while the day wakes. Wrestling a strong urge to be out there.

#outerworld #concrete city #the winter in everything #early sunday morning

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Und dann Verweilen hinter anderen Fenstern, bis die Sonne wieder verschwunden ist und der Frost noch strenger wird. Endlich den passenden Soundtrack gefunden, harscher Bass und spärliche Elektronik, während Scheinwerferkegel über Schneewehen tasten, die Scheiben am Rande des Sichtfeldes beschlagen und überfrieren. Silhouetten von Hochhäusern vor Nachthimmel, einzelne helle Flecken dort, wo Abende beginnen, unter hohen Wolken und dem Schimmer anderer Stadt.

#outerworld #other cities #always in between #the winter in everything

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Moment des Suchens: Licht im Himmelsgrau. Wärme entlang kalter Hausflure. Die passende Musik in allen Arten von Rauschen. Versöhnliches in den eigenen dunklen Ecken. Aber zumindest die Stimmung schwingt mit allem. Den Winterjanuar umarmen.

#outerworld #concrete city #the winter in everything #all these lights

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Out there, a shy spectator in a sleeping garden.

Branches in light green covered by dense snow.

A dried brown blossom covered by snow.

Snow covering a rusty metal surface that diagonally runs through the frame.

A dried branch with tiny brown blossoms covered by snow.

📷 lost-in-moments

#lost in moments #outerworld #concrete city #urban escapism #the winter in everything

Somewhere in the morning: Bright light wide skies and a thin blanket of snow on the roofs. A freezing day, a little more structure by now but still slow.

#outerworld #concrete city #the winter in everything #waking to the day

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Altjahresabend, verweht und immer noch eisig. Halbdunkel vor alten Mauern, Kerzen und Orgel dahinter. Und dann der Weg zurück, durch die frühe Dämmerung und mit vielen Erinnerungen, die hier still leben und wachen. Tradition, Ritual. Und wieder das schuldig unsichere Hoffen entlang der Wörter.

#outerworld #the village and the hills #the winter in everything

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Im Wind. Weißes Treiben, schmale Augen, dicke Kleidung, Nässe in Haaren und Bart. Dorf und Wiesen verschwinden, Tierspuren kreuzen kaum noch sichtbare Wege. Erstes Feuerwerk verstummt unter einer sanften, weichen Decke. Halb durch den Tag.

#outerworld #the village and the hills #the winter in everything

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Nachmittag. Winter und Frost genug, der bis weit unter die Haut gekrochen ist. Frühe Dämmerung, etwas heller als sonst. Die Wälder schneebedeckt, Himmel blassblau und hoch. Dorfkinder auf Schlitten unterwegs, und Erinnerung an diese eigenen Jahre mit ihnen. Der Hügel ist immer noch derselbe, zwischen Feldweg und Bach.

#outerworld #the village and the hills #the winter in everything

In der anderen Stadt kämpft der neue Schnee gegen das abgewetzte Grau an. Die Herrschaften im Supermarkt zeigen, senden sich Bilder und Texte über den grünen Kanal, zücken ihre digitalen Rabattkarten an der Kasse, um mit Bargeld zu zahlen, wegen der Überwachung und der Unabhängigkeit. Dazu immer Gespräche, die man nicht hören möchte. Sinnieren über eigene Privilegien und fremden Unwillen und die Frage, ob anderen die Widersprüchlichkeiten, die man selbst trägt und lebt, auch so offensichtlich sind.

#outerworld #other cities #the winter in everything

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Kaffee vor Vier. Immer noch Nebel. Alte Musik, alte Bilder, Sinnieren über Handarbeit und Kopfarbeit, über Dimensionen des menschlichen Wesens und Wertschätzung und Abstraktion und Zweck. Irgendwo, wieder, zwischen dem Hochstapler und der Empfindung der Bedeutungslosigkeit des eigenen Tuns.

#outerworld #the village and the hills #where we are we are #the winter in everything

Marga Xeyat Ⓐ hat dies geteilt.

(The other city. An early weekend still. Concrete and sun, above a solid grey. Few people out on the streets, dense flow of heavy cars, everyone's busy and distanced still. Trying to find a way through the mood, without letting it take control all too much. Familiar places familiar hours.)

#outerworld #other cities #the winter in everything

Marga Xeyat Ⓐ hat dies geteilt.

Wieder unterwegs: Im Blick voraus die Nacht und ein leuchtender Stern. Im Blick zurück die Hügel, den Pastellhimmel, Mond in ihrem schmalen Sichelbild. Der Kofferraum trägt Reisig, das Wald und Winter atmet, der Rucksack dicke Pullover, ein Buch und ein paar Ängste. Knapp unter Null. Und Schnee im Westen.

#outerworld #travel #always in between #the winter in everything

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