Here is a great explainer of all the wonderful improvements in 4.2 by aus.social admin Shlee fucked around and @npub1m7kk...tkt9 Mastodon 4.2.0 – Post Toots Every Day >>>

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Mastodon 4.2.0 – Post Toots Every Day

<OverlyDramaticIntro> Hello Mastodon enthusiasts, after seven months of relentless innovation and extensive development, the eagerly awaited Mastod...

Huge thanks to Big G, Claire, Renchap and the rest of the Mastodon development community. Great job!!! #NewRelease

These robot cars are starting to kill people. SFGate: Injured person reportedly dies after Cruise cars block first responders >>> https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/cruise-cars-reportedly-block-first-responders-18343475.php "Two autonomous Cruise vehicles and an empty San Francisco police vehicle were blocking the only exits from the scene... forcing the ambulance to wait while first responders attempted to manually move the Cruise vehicles..." "The pedestrian later died of their injuries... linked to the delay in getting them to the hospital." #RobotCars

So, full text search is now live on mastodon.social and mastodon.online. It is "opt-in", meaning you need to check the Preferences box to enable your posts to be searchable.

Mastodon just keeps getting better! Full text search is here! Well, almost here... Mastodon core engineer @npub1cx7g...8tc2 has just announced that version 4.2.0 beta3 has just been released and will be rolled out to some instances over the next few days. (

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Renaud Chaput (@renchap@oisaur.com)

Full text search has been merged in #Mastodon `main` branch, and will be in the next (and final?) 4.2.0 beta 🎉 It is opt-in, so it will take so...

This much requested capability has been in development for a long time and promises to transform Mastodon into a much more capable platform. Thank you to everyone that has contributed to making search a reality. #search

So folks, we have arrived! NANCY COMICS BY BUSHMILLER @npub1y432...q5uy, a totally fun account devoted to "classic comic strips, with Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller being my favorite" just started posting here on Mastodon. This account has had a huge following over on the other place, and we are very fortunate to welcome them here! If you are into classic comics, or just want to put some enjoyment in your feed consider following @npub1y432...q5uy! #Nancy #Comics #Welcome #ClassicComics #Bushmiller

Congratulations to #Curiosity, the #MarsRover, celebrating its 11th birthday today! 🎂 Still operational after an amazing 4016 days! Check out more #astronomy #space and #astrophysics at @npub1rlsa...7sp6

Remember the thrill of catching breaking #USPolitics news events on Twitter by following posters who were generally on top of the latest happenings? Well, a good source on Mastodon for this kind of thing is Laffy @npub1v2sy...mqq5.

So, hat's off to CandyK @npub1d3ja...pz3q! This is a pretty powerful way to Mastodon... (

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CandyK (@lovelylovely@masto.ai)

Attached: 1 image Please study this (image) because this will be 2024 if we do not reelect President Biden 2024👇

#USPolitics #Trump

In one media article after another we read about how Threads and Bluesky are "decentralized social media platforms." Guess what, you are not "decentralized" if you only have one "centralized" server. Can we please stop giving #Bluesky and #Threads #Meta credit for being #decentalized platforms when all they have done is announce the intention to actually someday be decentralized. Both are currently entirely #centralized corporate platforms.

Today Mattel announced a sweeping rebrand, reflecting their vision of turning the product line, first introduced in 1959, into what they are calling an "everything doll."