Before I went on stage at Berlin #FediDay the MC mistakenly said "the following presentation will be in German." My friends in the audience giggled because they know I don't speak it.
And then surprise!
I started my presentation with "Hallo zusammen. Vielen Dank an alle Organisatoren des Berlin Fedi Day."
@samvie's reaction - who was sitting in the front row - was priceless 😂
Special thanks to @Tobias and a couple of FediDay angels for letting me practice with them.
Next year: 4 sentences!
Me: "I want to learn German."
Them: "Why would you do that? Don't bother!"
Me: "Because I spend half my time on the Fediverse clicking on the 'Translate' button."
I can't help it if so many of the awesome accounts I follow are in German. And I want to be able to understand their messages without clicking on 'Translate' 50+ times a day. Plus this way I would understand / could attend ALL the talks at Berlin #FediDay.
I'm putting this here so that people hold me accountable 😅🤗
@aral @gazaverified @stefano @imacrea @cercle
Ganbatte, #FediDay attendees! I love the #fediverse and look forward to attending one day.
Here's an idea on how to bring more people over to freedom:
defcon.social/@ashwin/11717142…
@joyoftech@mastodon.world JUSTICE: HOW TO KILL META! ======================== The legal math on media is broken. The punitive measures are not effective deterrents.Ashwin Dixit (DEF CON Social)
Good morning Fedi friends!
Yesterday was such an incredible, energizing day of presentations at Berlin #FediDay. And very intense!
I simply wanted to give a shout-out to the people doing incredible things on the Fediverse, whose stories I shared in my presentation:
💙 @aral and @gazaverified
💚 @stefano and @admin + @littlefedi_official
💛 @jonassmith and @smk
❤️ Christine, @imacrea and @cercle
You all give me so much hope 💜
✨ HOPE ✨
with @samvie 💖
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