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Managing Barista and Janitor

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@proprietor is the Administration and moderation account for Wandering.Shop. Getting an Invite: Look for folks with FrontOfHouse on their profile, or ask any user […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ wandering.shop/@proprietor, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Breaking the Proprietor protocol for a brief minute to just reiterate that I love my local indie bookshops - all of them - and that Wordsworth Books just helped me get hold of an armful of some of y'all 'Shop authors' independently published work. Before you leap to an online big-box because […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

For those who have an interest in the nature of "The Fediverse", whatever you experience that to be, the next FediForum is ready to kick off next Monday through Wednesday. fediforum.org/2026-10 At least one of your Proprietor hive will be there. Luminary keynotes are lined up, as are […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Weeeellll... bless 'em all. Happy Friday, 'Shop fam, we got another wave of "verify your account" sc/pammers on the loose. TL;DR: YOU NEVER HAVE TO VERIFY YOUR MASTODON ACCOUNT If your admin has *any* reason to contact you ever it will be via DM from your own instance admin, ONLY. The wider […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Someday, which I hope is far in the future, I will find myself , or what's left of me, the guest of honour at a funeral. I hope that everyone in attendance will be handed one of my comments made in response to a mastodon report I've had to deal with, to read out loud for the laughs. If whomever […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Patrons, be advised that the wandering.shop DNS servers are having upstream issues. Nothing we can do anything about, but it'll make the shop hard to reach sporadically. It'll be a bit like the shop is slipping off into the back alleys for a bit, foraging for scraps and strays.

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`Da Elf @elfin.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Timeline cleanser of a parrot that found a traffic cam to ham it up for.

Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Good morning friends. Apparently today is the Monday that Proprietor needs to remind folks - mostly the rest of the Fediverse, not my folks - that Mastodon's Report function is not a vehicle for critique of Authors' works. When you come across someone whose stories are not to your taste, you […]

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Maj - 🇨🇦 @maj.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Stolen off Reddit www.reddit.com/r/RedditForGrownups/… #socialmedia

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

NEW INVITE CODE IS UP! Okay, I do NOT like being the only gatekeeper AT ALL people, AT. ALL. Can't be a best Third Place if you're trying to keep the door actually locked and hiding behind a curtain to see who's there, but dammit, the Agents from iLands or whatever the latest thing that is […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Hey ho m'dears. Mod blurt for tonight: Was pointed at yet another sign-up spam phenom that Other Instances are suffering (not us - making all our new friends just knock first is so helpful). It led to this article, which is a quick read and a good warning for all those of you who may have […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Hey there 'Shop fam. We are avoiding it so far, but a couple More New Slop Nonsense Attacks are hitting fediverse servers. There have been many dozens if not hundreds of accounts across dozens of servers recently taken over by scripted "credential stuffing", where stolen credentials are used to […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

For anyone still looking for a new home base as toot.community is unfortunately wrapping up, wandering.shop is a cozy sort of spot from which you can explore the wider fediverse, or within which you can hang out with our various friendly characters. We are nominally "invite only" but the way to […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

RE: social.growyourown.services/@FediTi… This is a good thing to understand. One of my orgs is trying to unify our sign-ins including with an auxiliar PF instance - we seem to be able to make it go, but its not easy (don't ask this account for details, I just watch […]

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Kevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦 @kboyd.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Canadians: My friend @Taffer has made a great list of alternatives to US tech, check it out & help update it if you know of additional options! worktree.ca/taffer/canadian-alterna… #ElbowsUp #BuyCanadian #CdnPoli

canadian-alternatives

A collection of Canadian alternatives to common Internet services in the spirit of the various Awesome lists.

Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Related to my last boost: this Proprietor facet has jumped into a crash course on Wellbeing Economics and Reimagining Futures at an un-conference going on RIGHT NOW. The reimaginefestival.ca is specifically *not* about the Fediverse, but everything people are offering to the community […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@fediforum/11712241… At least one body that contributes to your Proprietor will be participating in the next semi-annual FediForum. FediForum is an un-conference, which means it has a broad theme - "the Fediverse" - but most of the time spent is focused on […]

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Johanna, CanCon variety @johannab.ca · 18/08/2026

Well, I guess if I'm going to have to encounter things online that have to do with OnlyFans and Crypto ... it's nice to find at least one of those things a) combines both and b) benefits science research and c) cute goofy rodents […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

RE: social.growyourown.services/@FediTi… oh, and related to my last post - FediTips has a very good point. 5.0 has a big focus on a largely rearchitected *web client*. If you do not use the Mastodon Web Client now, you won't see much dramatic change. If you DO use […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

Today in whats-on-the-Fediverse-horizon news: Mastodon 5.0 sneak peek. For those who have thoughts about the now dozens of possible platforms and dozens more client applications for our communities, there are some interesting changes in the next major Mastodon release - quite a redesign […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Shop fam, I want to reiterate something and let you know of a new complication fedi-mods are seeing. Gaza Mutual Aid requests of various sorts are all over our timelines, and as a fediverse management team, we lean with the faction this views this as a legitimate means of desperate people […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Oh, my Shop, my darlings ... OK, fess up. Which one of you started #StarTrekPorn on the #hashTagGames frequency tonight? If it turns out it wasn't one of us, I"m going to be very disappointed. 😆

Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

hello! up for air for a minute from my simultaneous last-written-paper-ever (or, for this degree, anyway) and online un-conference, to take care of the reports list. Thanks for continuing to be an awesome instance that makes the community tidy-up chores easy! I wanted to share another shift […]

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Johanna, CanCon variety @johannab.ca · 05/08/2026

Canadians, #fediforum regulars, and those of you who are unconference-curious - are you interested in checking out the seemingly *very* un-conferenced reimaginefestival.ca ? I've just signed on. The "schedule" runs August 12 - 26th, but the platform is open now for those who wish to […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

Significant Dates in Science Fiction: August 4, 2026, I guess! archive.org/details/bradbury-nimoy

Ray Bradbury read by Leonard Nimoy : Ray Bradbury : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Leonard Nimoy reads two of Ray Bradbury's classic stories from THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.1. THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS2. USHER IIThese recordings were...

Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

Pro tip: Mailing the wandering.shop admin account trying to spam an author whose name you found with @wandering .shop following it, thus making it clear you have no clue How To Fediverse, is not going to get you in touch with that author. To our Authors: Just so's ya know, we are NOT going to […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

One of the biggest, possibly THE biggest challenge of the Open Social Web is funding its operations. This place is built largely as a labour of love by volunteers who have an hour or a few free in a week, and possibly not on a regular basis. It's more than just your personal Mastodon login, too […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

hey there 'shop member! There's a low-level signal out there that might be more likely to intrude on our tiny little fediverse corner than some are. A number of accounts have been appearing with user names or profiles that include "bookclub" or "author" or claim to be one of us in some way, but […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

Some consequences of past actions were noted by members today, and I thought I'd share the explanation I found. Sometimes you will find, as an inhabitant of wandering.shop (or any particular Mastodon instance) that you try to find someone, or click on a link/boost/reference and get some sort of […]

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IFTAS @iftas.mastodon.iftas.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

A cluster of ~300 WordPress web sites have begun federating over ActivityPub and then bridging to ATProto, all Swedish, mostly blank. Could be innocuous, could be the beginnings of an ad-farm, could be something more troubling. We have no idea, but here's a list of domains in case anyone wants […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

Hello, cafe patrons! We have just made a Federation adjustment to put the tags.pub service in a "Limit" status. Proprietor themself noticed today that the intended behaviour of tags.pub, which was not inherently objectionable, has potential to enable the intended behaviour of "hashtag spamming" […]

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Chris is. @offby1.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

shop patrons, be aware that our hosting provider is planning maintenance on our database storage next week. It may result in slower message deliveries and occasional errors.

Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

RE: social.growyourown.services/@FediTi… To follow this, which I just boosted - there is a lot of imprecise use of the word "bot" including not-uncommon use that equates it with " a badly behaved but human-operated account". It's confusing. There's no specific […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

RE: social.growyourown.services/@FediTi… I'm going to add for Canadian fedizens, GoToSocial is one of the subscription options from Fedihost.co, a small business focused on Canadian-located, managed Fediverse hosting. If you possibly can, support your a) instance or […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

RE: wandering.shop/@offby1/116840928214… Co-signed, fam. Please be aware that many people are traumatized or retraumatized every time they are failed like this by the society that should be supporting them. Good moment for a reminder that CWs are not a "rule" in our view, ever […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

Hey 'Shop. Because my posts on this were threaded underneath someone's request (you can just look at my "posts and replies" history - still visible, I think), I just wanted to mention this in case others are concerned. The problems some are hearing about related to a service/server called tags […]

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Mastodon @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

The annual #SocialWeb Operations Survey from @iftas is open! With over 8,000 active installs, we want the #Mastodon community's voice to be heard. Whether you're running a single-person server or a larger community hub, your feedback directly shapes the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Graphic promoting the 2026 Social Web Operations Survey, that features a colourful design with icons representing various platforms. The text reads, "2026 Social Web Operations Survey (formerly known as the Moderator Needs Assessment). Now Open: moderators, admins, community managers... your voice matters. Any platform, any protocol."

Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

Time for another re-read of "How Complex Systems Fail", I guess. 😩

Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@orci/1167835240715… I love it when the best hashtags hang out together in the same post.

Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

Heeey, 'Shop! The infrastructure side of this operation got us set up to ver. 4.6 while I was still contemplating the amount of coffee I needed for the morning. Check out all the new toys. And please give me a few minutes, I cannot find my admin tools at the moment (they are here and improved […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

RE: social.growyourown.services/@FediTi… With the below post in mind, and Collections now a thing, we should all be aware of our personal account settings. These are YOUR means of agency and control over your own posts and reach. On Wandering.shop, I'm nearly […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

RE: infosec.exchange/@thenexusofprivacy… Yer proprietor is a grey-hair of the Fediverse and tends towards a curmudgeonly "FAFO, doesn't involve me!" But especially for EU friends who may find themselves seeing a lot of superficially-informed "W is the Bluesky for […]

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The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

On Bluesky, @thisismissem does some digging and discovers that W Social and W Identity are basically the same people. So much for the line that "W Social doesn't know who you are because W Identity handles all the identity verification" […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026

Happy Sunday! There's a porch-party music fest hereabouts but the weather is looking non-cooperative. Our invite code is refreshed for another week (no big messaging changes in the Announcement, which is why it doesn't show up "new" every time - I just edit). If you need to be in from the rain […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026

Soooo, hey, I got a question for those of you on our local, and also friends on our affiliated, timelines: What do you think would describe a "Wandering (Coffee/Book) Shop"? We are nudging towards a call for #mastoArt, because we really want to get a #wanderingArtShop gallery going. But a […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026

RE: aus.social/@Unixbigot/1167415869167… I didn't get a chance to vote on this, but I am totally dying over the discovery that the past tense of "toot" is "tot", because of course it is because language is amazing. 😆 "You have just been subtot" is the new signifier for […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2026

Hi friends! The primary Proprietor driver had one of those lifey-life-things go on last week and was away. Apologies for the offlinedness, but family time was needed. I'm tidying up now, and the new Invite code is up in our Announcement for your sharing and inviting. Mastodon is making *some* […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026

Hey there ... Proprietor's having one of those sneezed-too-hard-and-killed-a-brain-cell. I swear when I was on my phone earlier I had a DM from someone asking about an account. For such requests that really look to be out of the blue - I do double check what's up, and this looked like someone […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026

Hi all. Just posted the latest invite code up in our Announcements. Or ye can find ye a FrontOfHouse member to ask, if you're not already from here. As usually - good for 1 week/whole buncha uses, grab it and bring all your friends in from the tempermental cold May rain. Just don't pin it up […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026

RE: wandering.shop/@proprietor/11651379… Boosting our prior #mastoArt tease for a #wanderingArtShop. Because today I noted a number of #caturday posts which included some amazing #catArt styles that vibe along (to my eye, at least) with some of the aesthetics described by our […]

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026

RE: wandering.shop/@annaleen/1165860112… Cats of Wandering.Shop! #caturday Also, if any cat parent out there were going to name a matching feline set "Infrared" and "Ultraviolet", of course they should be one of us!

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