Also

https://join.piefed.social/2026/08/14/did-piefed-steal-code-from-pylova-lets-look-at-what-happened/

His allyship with trans people feels so conditional

https://join.piefed.social/2026/07/28/trans-friendly-piefed-features/

Milk, cheese and butter.

My country produces 10x more dairy products than we need. But they’re sold to the highest bidder globally and that ain’t me.

It’s possible to win lots of battles but still lose the war. You can ask Trump about that :)

There are a few of accounts like this - they’re shared with a bot and their human operator. The operator does enough comments to provide a smokescreen for the bot’s posts.

It is deceptive.

I have added several features to PieFed as a result of this kind of thing.

When you add up all the communities those accounts moderate it comes to 200+ communities, far more than anyone else.

Whatever man, they’re all examples of successful nonviolent revolutions. Successful in the sense that they overthrew the previous regimes and what came after was probably better than what would have come after if they achieved the same thing violently.

I’m just a guy trying to make sense of the world and share the fragments of what I’ve managed to piece together and you come in here throwing around insults and making aspersions. Not cool.

Is the CIA in the room with us right now?

https://lithuania.lt/news/life-and-work-in-lithuania/the-baltic-way-how-holding-hands-changed-history/

On August 23, 1989, a momentous event unfolded that would forever leave its mark on history. Two million people joined hands, creating an unbroken human chain that spanned over 600 kilometres, linking the capital cities of Vilnius in Lithuania, Tallinn in Estonia, and Riga in Latvia. This awe-inspiring display of unity and determination became famously known as “The Baltic Way.” It was a peaceful protest against the illegal Soviet occupation and also one of the earliest and longest unbroken human chains in history.

The Baltic Way was more than just a physical connection; it was a profound political demonstration for freedom.

Remarkably, within just six months of this transformative protest, on March 11, 1990, Lithuania declared its independence, becoming the first of the Soviet Republics to do so.

check this out!

Completely useless…

Yes

Violent revolutions have a huge risk of producing prolonged violence, authoritarianism, or other disastrous outcomes, even if they succeed in overthrowing the old regime.

On the other hand here are some successful non-violent revolutions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_revolution

Nonviolent revolutions generally produce better institutional outcomes than violent ones (it’s science).

Also watch out for selection bias - we tend to remember revolutions that became enormous historical events. Check out this table of pitiful forgotten revolutions and note how many “Suppression of the rebellion” there are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_peasant_revolts

How about trying some of these:

https://www.aeinstein.org/198-methods-of-nonviolent-action

…before getting violent.

Group chat on Signal?

I got all my family on it.

You shouldn’t need to - your instance admins should ban them.

Upvote for YES, Downvote for NO.

https://redirect.piefed.social/ takes you to your nearest PieFed instance.

This is your second post about this and you got the same response last time.

Try a third post, maybe it’ll go differently next time.

They should switch BECAUSE they’re addicted to the algorithm :D

Maybe start a discussion about how being addicted to Instagram isn’t a great use of time and recommend Pixelfed as a less addictive alternative.

Keep it really simple. Don’t talk about federation or how it works under the hood. Just say something like “hey I see you like Instagram - try Pixelfed I think you’ll like it. It’s in the app store”.

Don’t get them to try to find the perfect pixelfed instance, just use the default main one. They can move later if it clicks for them.