Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026@lightweight Yes working for me too, now. Odd. Cheers :) 000 0
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026@foxylustygrover.bsky.social TBF, the fuel crisis is a crisis although they're pretending it is not. 020 2
Reposted by RimuAdmin Jerry @admin.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026Is there anyone with a lot of cash who'd like to partner with me to support this Mastodon server? This server is, and will always be, free. But besides the time, it costs about $186/month. With my other federated servers, my monthly cost is really high. If you can comfortably donate to be a […]hear-me.socialOriginal post on hear-me.social 101 1
Reposted by RimuRimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026The usage of #Lemmy is extremely small, even among #Mastodon users, who already understand and like the advantages of decentralized platforms. Why is that? #fediverse 202 2
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026The usage of #Lemmy is extremely small, even among #Mastodon users, who already understand and like the advantages of decentralized platforms. Why is that? #fediverse 202 2
Reposted by RimuTim Chambers @tchambers.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026Not suprising in the least but disappointing to see Reddit move the wrong way. Less open, killing public API, ending RSS. #enshitification commences in a speed run. Looking forward to #Piefed and rest of #Threadiverse to work to take advantage of this moment […]indieweb.socialOriginal post on indieweb.social 114 4
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026A collection of FOSS devs: social.thecommonshub.com/collection…social.thecommonshub.comOpen Source Software BuildersExperimental Commonshub Collection — review draft. 002 2
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026@Niall I'm not sure if it's the same party as the one I used to be involved with but when I was there we had awesome selfhosted Drupal-based internal comms and organizing tools, all made in-house by us, but they threw it all away after I left. Huge strategic mistake but not my circus, not my […]mastodon.nzoss.nzOriginal post on mastodon.nzoss.nz 001 1
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026@davemosk That's pretty funny because many many of the white people here have only been in NZ for a generation or two. 100 1
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026@iftas Thank you - I was not aware that the ActivityPub plugin for Wordpress had that option! 100 1
Reposted by RimuSocial Web Community Group @socialcg.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026What might the Social Web Community Group be up to these days? There are about a dozen (!!) active Task Forces, working on a broad spectrum of protocols, vocabularies, conventions, best practices and the like all centered around the core ActivityPub standard. To make it easier to find out what […]w3c.socialOriginal post on w3c.social 002 2
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026Did a fun podcast interview with @ozoned yesterday to run through the installation and setup of a new #PieFed instance. It all went pretty well, thankfully! Watch it at tubefree.org/videos/watch/f3bca0f0-… #fediversetubefree.orgPiefed - Rimu - E05PieFed Your Ad‑Free Forum for Real Community Federated, open‑source, ad‑free, and fully under your control. Build or join a community that reflects your values – no algorithms, no corporate overlor... 002 2
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026It never gets old www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxjYE8oW3RE 000 0
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026@glyph mistral.ai/products/vibe is 10x cheaper than Claude and dumb enough not to erode your skills or be addictive.mistral.aiMistral Vibe (formerly Le Chat) - AI chat and coding agentVibe (formerly Le Chat) is Mistral's AI chat and agent for work and code. Chat, think, search, write, code, and automate your most meaningful work. 000 0
Reposted by RimuSven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 23/08/2026OTD 23rd of August 1989 Baltic Way protest was timed specifically to the 50th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (MRP). For decades, Soviet official policy denied that the secret protocols dividing Eastern Europe into Soviet and Nazi spheres of influence existed. 🧵 1/9 312953 129
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026@bammerlaan On PieFed/Lemmy some posts get thousands of upvotes and hundreds of comments. It's a lot less diffuse than Mastodon. I chose a pretty unpopular post that was made in a quiet backwater as my example. Not intentionally, just because popularity wasn't really the point of the video. 100 1
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026A quick demo of the #fediverse showing posts and comments flowing between #PieFed, #Lemmy and #Mastodon If this looks fun, try PieFed at piefed.socialmastodon.nzoss.nz[Video] Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz 111 1
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026RE: piefed.social/c/piefed_meta@piefed.… The people I follow are going to get a whole bunch of follow requests from rimu@piefed.social - that's me connecting to you from PieFed!piefed.social 020 2
Reposted by RimuDave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026Hello Fediverse - I'm looking for libre/FOSS/open source Sysadmim, DevOps, & Dev contract work while our (with @isaac) new project, Magnificent.nz, is ramping up... Capabilities davelane.nz/abilities CV davelane.nz/CV Repo forge.davelane.nz Refs on request! Any libre […]mastodon.nzoss.nzOriginal post on mastodon.nzoss.nz 010 1
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026@locuslebe.bsky.social It's not a possibility: National ruled out TOP and Labour ruled out NZF. You can't create a viable govt that includes both TOP and NZ First. 130 3
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026@janef0421 Imagine how sociopathic someone would need to be in order to spend all day every (working) day promoting cancer causing addictive drugs. That's meth-dealer level. Not the same thing but same ballpark. 000 0
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026@janef0421 Did you know he is a former tobacco industry lobbyist? 100 1
Reposted by Rimu[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026I get that you’re burnt out from this crap, that’s the point of them doing it maybe start banning the people burning you out. you don’t in fact need their “contributions”. I don’t care if you think they’re the smartest boys in the room. ban this shit on sight. ban anyone crying about you being […]mas.toOriginal post on mas.to 218 8
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026@pezmico This seems like a mistake. Carry on, Luxon. Let's see how this turns out for you. 000 0
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026@XauriEL It's true though, most people can't tell. 000 0
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026@brumgreens.bsky.social As someone from the other side of the world, this is a confusing poster. At a glance it seems like the Green Party is the one wanting more oil & gas, lol Only after reading the whole thing does the sarcasm in the first line become apparent. Keep it simple. 000 0
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026@lavenderbreton Hi, welcome! If you like Lemmy but not authoritarianism, try PieFed - it interoperates with Lemmy so there's all the same content and people. piefed.socialpiefed.socialPieFed - Explore Anything, Discuss Everything.Federated, open‑source, ad‑free, and fully under your control. Build or join a community that reflects your values with no corporate overlords. … 000 0
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026For example, if you anger that group of 10 people guess what happens to your posts. Or posts on your instance, or in communities you moderate. Or if you're a server admin, consider that half your server's CPU power (well, the bit devoted to federation) is being wasted processing votes from 10 […]mastodon.nzoss.nzOriginal post on mastodon.nzoss.nz 000 0
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026Unlike Mastodon, in Lemmy and PieFed, upvotes and downvotes determine the ordering of the post feed. Of the 37,000 active users of #Lemmy & #PieFed, 10 of them (0.02%) cast as many votes as the bottom 22,000 people (59%). Among the most active 5000 users, the top 147 (2.94%) cast as many votes […]mastodon.nzoss.nzOriginal post on mastodon.nzoss.nz 101 1
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026@MichaelaKHulse Relax the laws around weed control 000 0
Reposted by RimuJon S. von Tetzchner @jon.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026My first company, Opera, was built on word of mouth. The same applies to my 2nd company, @Vivaldi. We have never had the means that Big Tech has. In the case of Vivaldi, we have even avoided investors, to not end up like Opera. We have also made it harder for our selves. We likely could have […]social.vivaldi.netOriginal post on social.vivaldi.net 1558 58
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026@phil_stevens Also, adding the WooCommerce plugin slows any site to a crawl. When it's well known that site speed directly correlates with sales. Sad, really. 100 1
Reposted by RimuScary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026The amount of propaganda bots trying to sign up lately is bonkers. The fediverse feels like it’s becoming a battleground for information warfare. Be safe out there 2378 78
Reposted by RimuIsaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026Magnificent is the new company that @lightweight and I have founded, which I may have alluded to mysteriously from time to time. We will be providing libre web applications like Nextcloud, OnlyOffice, and BigBlueButton to organisations that don't have the time or resources to self-host […]cloudisland.nzOriginal post on cloudisland.nz 107 7
Reposted by RimuRusty the Borgor King @rusty.cubhub.social · 23/05/2026"Mastodon sucks." Every last bit of Fedi is built by members of your community trying to provide a space to people for free, often at great expense to themselves. This isn't some social network we just rolled up and started using, we built it. I wish more people understood that before they slam it. 54413 44
Reposted by RimuStreet Art Utopia @streetartutopia.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026Seen near Holborn Station, on the route of the Unite the Kingdom rally. The poster says it better than most speeches: When the scapegoats are gone, the borders are fortified, and the hatred has done its damage, the cost of living will still rise, the NHS […] [Original post on mastodon.online] 12710 27
Reposted by RimuPaco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026The extinction of Earth has fascinated a small, but dedicated group of Glorgox scientists ever since the dead planet was discovered in Qlorpu 2231. "The dominant species appears to have been some kind of suicide cult," says Gnrgx, who leads the Earth Extinction Investigation Society on Bwornt 8 […]infosec.exchangeOriginal post on infosec.exchange 006 6
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026@tallship Yes that is the traditional FOSS philosophy. I'm aware. But it's that thinking that made it possible (and likely) for Truth Social to be created - by forking Mastodon. I'm saying let's get wise to the reality that software is political and start acting accordingly. Because fooling […]mastodon.nzoss.nzOriginal post on mastodon.nzoss.nz 000 0
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026I'm writing a new book "So you want to be a fediverse developer...", out in Q3 000 0
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026You gotta wonder about the origin story of this post. What would someone need to believe about me and PieFed for this post to seem plausible? How did they come to believe those things? piefed.social/c/fediverse@lemmy.ml/… #fediverse […]mastodon.nzoss.nzOriginal post on mastodon.nzoss.nz 201 2
Reposted by RimuDave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026@Jocep & I (along with a few others) are running #InstallFest #2 for folks in/near Ōtautahi/Christchurch who're feeling uncomfortable in their digital existences and want to free themselves from a dependence on US Big Tech &/or become more self-sufficient. We'll be meeting on Sun 17 May from 13 […]mastodon.nzoss.nzOriginal post on mastodon.nzoss.nz 011 1
Reposted by RimuRaglan Niall :lk: :tinoflag: @niall.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2026Patrick Boyle on Finance I think I understand what 'acerbic' means and I think it applies to this podcast. Fantastic, cynical (realistic?) takes on finance themes narrated with an Irish accent. Latest is about how messed up society is gonna be due to the Iran thing and how markets are not […]mastodon.nzOriginal post on mastodon.nz 012 2
Reposted by RimuJoshua "Headless" Byrd 🎃 @phocks.bne.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026“Every country that has tried to build its way out of housing crises without dealing with the underlying problem of inequality and distribution has built a slum. The whole world is filled with these places that have had no restrictions on housing, and they built a massive shanty town outside of […]bne.socialOriginal post on bne.social 1013 13
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026@codewizard @fediverse @Snoopy @Jerry @praveen @ml PieFed is a good fit for developing countries as it has low client requirements and low bandwidth requirements. I lived in South East Asia for many years and experienced many difficulties using internet services that were built without testing […]mastodon.nzoss.nzOriginal post on mastodon.nzoss.nz 000 0
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2026@codewizard Yes in piefed.social/user/settings you can put CSS into the "Additional CSS" field.piefed.socialLoginFederated, open‑source, ad‑free, and fully under your control. Build or join a community that reflects your values with no corporate overlords. This instance is run by the founder of PieFed. [Mobile apps for PieFed](https://piefed.social/post/1258559) 101 1
Reposted by RimuNick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Wow, that hits hard. A storm hit New Zealand every eight days on average in the last year. Insurance claims more than tripled. This is the #climatecrisis and it will get much worse — but how much worse, is still up to us.rnz.co.nz'A storm every eight days' - country's biggest insurer calls for systemic responseAn increasing number of severe weather events were now happening in spring and summer, IAG says. 65434 54
Rimu @rimu.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2026@pezmico Here is one, right at the end - www.rnz.co.nz/news/weather/592892/a…rnz.co.nzAn ‘ordinary’ storm with extraordinary impacts: what made Wellington’s deluge so intense?Analysis: The storm is part of an increasingly familiar pattern reminding us that our communities and infrastructure aren't yet prepared to cope with what a warmer, wilder future holds. 000 0