A home for members, alumni, and associates of the CrySP (Cryptography, Security, and Privacy) research group, at the University of Waterloo.

CrySP carries out research in the areas of cryptography, security, and privacy. The members of CrySP study a wide variety of topics, from designing cryptographic protocols to the evaluation of their effectiveness and usability in deployed systems.

1. CrySPers only.
2. Avoid posting NSFW content.
3. Be kind.

A place to join Mastodon, if you're a journalist or someone who works for a recognised media organisation.

A place to join Mastodon, if you're a journalist or someone who works for a recognised media organisation.

Journodon is totally free to use, but it does cost some money to keep the server running sweetly. If you fancy chucking us £1/month, you can do it here.

1. This server is for journalists or those who work at a recognised media organisation.
2. You should use your **work email address** (and check your spam for the confirmation email)
3. If you're a freelancer without a work email address, include your twitter handle and tweet us something like "Hi Journodon, it's me!"
4. It's a UK-flavoured server
5. Just like a party, if you're behaving like an arsehole, you'll be asked to leave
6. Sexually explicit or violent media must be marked as sensitive when posting
7. No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, or casteism, incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies or harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users
8. No content illegal in Europe and Germany (where this site is hosted)
9. No sharing of intentionally false or misleading information

Mastodon instance for residents of Ottawa, Gatineau, and surrounding regions.
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Instance de Mastodon pour les résidents d'Ottawa, de Gatineau et des régions avoisinantes.

About This Server

Ottawa.place is a Mastodon server running the Hometown fork, which is a version of Mastodon with an extra focus on local communities. It is currently administered by @leigh and @andrew. Follow @OttawaPlaceAdmin if you're interested in hearing about future opportunities to chip in and volunteer as the instance grows.

The greater Ottawa region exists on the traditional unceeded territory of the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk), Omàmìwininìwag (Algonquin), and Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ peoples. We are grateful to have the opportunity to provide this service to people present in this territory.

Nous voulons operer un serveur bilingue; les traductions sont en cours. Votre patience est appréciée à cet égard.

Parliament hill image in the server banner by Suwannee.payne, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federation philosophy

We defederate from instances that engage in harassment or encourage hate speech.

Handling harassment

If you are being harassed, please report the user using the "…" button and then "Report." For urgent concerns, please DM a moderator.

If you engage in harassing behavior, the moderator may take any action they deem appropriate, such as a warning or an expulsion.

The above rules may change at any time, and you may be banned at any time based on the moderators' judgment.

File Limits

Photos have a maximum file size of 10MB and videos have a maximum file size of 40MB.

Data Location

Ottawa.place user data is stored within Canada, in a server in OVH's Montreal datacentre, along with Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Canada region. Media uploads are stored on AWS's global CDN. Encrypted daily database backups are stored in AWS S3. This may change from time to time but we will do our best to 1) keep things in Canada as much as possible and 2) keep users posted if we need to make big changes to how we store things.

Instance Continuity

If we ever decide to cease running this instance, in accordance with the Mastodon Server Covenant, we commit to a 3-month advance notice before turning off any infrastructure, to allow users to export their content and migrate to a new server.

1. Do not post or share any content that is illegal in Canada
2. Do not harass, dogpile, or dox users on this server or other servers
3. No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia (including misgendering, deadnaming, or promotion of so-called "conversion therapy"), xenophobia, casteism, fatphobia, or other forms of bigotry.
4. NSFW content and depictions of violence must be behind a content warning
5. Do not share intentionally false or misleading information
6. Don't spam or engage in excessive commercial posting (business accounts are allowed, though)
7. Read and follow the full Code of Conduct and Acceptable Use Policy section of our Terms of Service, available at https://ottawa.place/terms#coc

1. monads.online: suspension

A social network for the 19A0s.

RETRO.SOCIAL runs mastodon, and is a gateway to the fediverse. It is owned by Mountain Town LLC, and operated by Andrew Roach. Learn more at AndrewRoach.net. Registration opens periodically, and is always available for Patreon backers.

It's mostly for anyone with an insatiable fascination with forgotten futures.

We don't tolerate abuse. We will not be complicit in the spread of hatred. Beyond that, have fun!

1. We won't tolerate the harassment or abuse of marginalized people.
2. We absolutely will block your nazi ass
3. Don't index us, don't research us.

toki! ni li kulupu pi toki pona lon ilo Masoton. o kama!

sona (About)

kulupu ni pi ilo Masoton li tawa toki pona. ona li tawa jan pi sona lili tawa jan pi sona mute. o toki e ijo pi toki pona, anu toki kepeken toki pona. sina wile e ijo tawa kulupu la o toki tawa admin@toki.social.
This is a Mastodon community for toki pona. It is a community for beginners and experienced speakers. Please talk in toki pona or about toki pona. If you want to give suggestions, message @admin@toki.social.

pana (Donate)

o pana e mani tawa kulupu ni
Support the running of the instance's infrastructure financially

Ko-Fi
Patreon
LiberaPay

lawa (Basic Rules)

• o toki utala ala.
  No hate speech/discrimination/etc.
• o pana ala e toki jaki.
  No spam.
• o pana ala e ijo unpa (tan ni: kulupu pi pana ilo li jo e lawa ni).
  No NSFW content (this is due to requirements by our hosting provider).
• o pona tawa jan ante.
  Show respect.

sina pali e ike suli ni la mi weka e sina lon tenpo ale kepeken tenpo lili (Instantly Bannable Offenses)

• pali sina li ike li ken ala lon lawa pi ma Tosi (tan ni: ilo mi li lon ma Tosi).
  Posting content deemed illegal under German law (where our servers are located).
• pali sina li ike suli li utala suli tawa jan pi sona nasin ante.
  Extreme bigotry.
• pali sina li ike tawa jan, taso sina awen pali e ni.
  Harassment.
• jan li len e sona, taso sina pana e sona len ni.
  Doxxing.
• sina pana e sitelen jaki utala e sitelen jaki pi insa sijelo.
  Posting gore/graphic violence.

sitelen (Fonts)

sitelen pilin laso li tan jan Lectronice.
The sitelen pilin laso font was created by Lectronice.
sitelen seli kiwen laso li tan tonsi soweli Lola. ona li pali e ona tan sitelen seli kiwen pi lipu Linku.
The blue sitelen seli kiwen was created by rachael laura arbor based on lipu Linku's sitelen seli kiwen.

1. o toki utala ala. No hate speech/discrimination/etc.
2. o pana ala e toki jaki. No spam.
3. o pana ala e ijo unpa. No NSFW content.
4. o pona tawa jan ante. Show respect.
5. sina pali e ike suli ni la mi weka e sina lon tenpo ale kepeken tenpo lili (Instantly Bannable Offenses)

1. nothing.tacowolf.net: suspension

This server is provided by The WELL (Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link), an extraordinary online community since 1985. Come visit us at https://www.well.com

Membership to the WELL Mastodon server is a feature of WELL membership. From here you can participate in discussions among WELL members as well as link to and follow users on other servers. For a Quick Start Guide to using Mastodon, please click Mastodon Quick Start Guide

This is a private instance created for two people.

1. no fakers
2. ball till you fall

The Speakeasy at Bardic Perspiration is a close-knit community of misfits, rogues, and activists who all share a desire to make this and every world a better place.

About the Club

The Speakeasy at Bardic Perspiration is a close-knit community of misfits, rogues, and activists who all share a desire to make this and every world a better place. We're mostly friendly, sometimes salty, and more often than not inappropriate as hells because what fun is life if we're all going around being proper all of the time? Above all, though, we're here to relax between fighting evil and not bothering to take its names.

If you're trying to categorize us then you have your work cut out for you! We're witches and druids, gamers, writers, and artists. We're explorers and revolutionaries. And above all, we're adventurers!

A full set of our rules, principles, and all of that stuff can be found on our site at:

The Speakeasy Website!

Why a Speakeasy?

Speakeasies were places that laughed in the face of those who sought to control others people's lives and bodies. As misfits, the idea of am invite only home for like-minded people resonated with us. We wanted a place where we could speak our minds, share our truths, and plot the (obviously entirely legal and nonviolent) overthrow of tyranny and authoritarianism everywhere. And now, we have one!

So this is a free speech instance?

Absolutely not. The point of being exclusive is that we know we can trust each other. We don't need a ton of rules because the people here are awesome. But to be welcome here, you need to understand that we do not welcome bigots, racists, and all of those gross things people end up being when they're too ignorant or too small-minded to be better.

Short answer, no. You can check our rules to see the sorts of things we do not welcome.

Sign-Up

Joining the Speakeasy is a straightforward process, requiring only a little bit of your time.

Submit an Application on the Fedi Instance - The first step is to submit an application. This starts the process of vibe checking you for membership! Make sure you enter a good email address and remember your username. We will email you the questionnaire, so once you apply... expect that message from us within a day or two.

Complete the Questionnaire - Assuming you don't give off spammer or troll vibes, we will email you the questionnaire. The best way to help us decide whether you vibe is to know more about you... and the questionnaire helps us do that! Because we want to respect your privacy (for real, not like corpos do) we only ask you to answer things that you're comfortable answering, and we don't ask you to do weird, creepy stuff like provide ID or blood or whatever. You don't have to answer anything you're not comfortable answering, but we do need at least something to work with!

Answer Any Follow-Up Questions - Occasionally, we might have follow-up questions for you. Maybe you forgot to answer a question, maybe an account you listed doesn't show up, or maybe we need a little bit more to verify that you're legit.

Receive an Answer - The Investigatrix will contact you when she's done with her review. There are three possible outcomes for an application:

First, you can be Approved, which means you passed the vibe check! We'll approve your application, send you your welcome pack, and you should be able to log into your account pretty much immediately.

Second, you can be put on Hold, which means we have some questions or concerns we want to clear up. This is not a no, this is just... pending information. If you choose not to answer or do not respond, we'll have to decide on what we know.

Third, we may Decline your application. The reasons we decline applications vary, but some obvious ones would be evidence that you are a troll, that you're not at least 18, or you have done things or said things that violate our rules.

1. Free Speech Means Protection from Tyranny
2. The Full Rules Are On Our Website
3. Bigots Not Welcome Here
4. Don't Be A Creep
5. Content Warnings Are Bae
6. Here to Socialize, Not Advertise
7. Technicalities are Technically Trash
8. We Post What We Want