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<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><a href="https://isoc.live/16248" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank"><img src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/wpnyc-masto-300x169.png" alt="ISOC LIVE" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 24px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>Monday January 23 2023</strong> at<strong> 7pm-9pm EST</strong> (00:00-02:00 UTC Jan 24) the <strong><a href="https://www.meetup.com/wordpressnyc/" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">WordPress NYC Meetup</a></strong> hosts a presentation '<strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3wo1WYF" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Mastodon (But Were Afraid to Ask)</a></strong>'. <strong>Jason Cosper</strong> of Dreamhost will walk you through how federated social media sites like <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(social_network)" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">Mastodon</a></strong> work — and how, if properly motivated, you can set up your own Mastodon instance to run a small social network site for you and your friends.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px">A live simulcast will be provided by the <strong><a href="https://isoc-ny.org/" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">Internet Society New York Chapter</a> </strong>(ISOC-NY).</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>SPEAKER</strong><br><strong>Jason Cosper</strong>, WordPress Product Advocate, DreamHost</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>HOST</strong><br><strong>Winstina Hughes</strong></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>LIVESTREAM <a href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/wpnyc-masto" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">http://livestream.com/internetsociety/wpnyc-masto</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM <a href="https://bit.ly/3wo1WYF" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3wo1WYF</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>REAL TIME TEXT</strong> (see <a href="https://isoc.live/16248" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">ISOC.LIVE</a>)</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>TWITTER<a href="https://bit.ly/3WpUZ40" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank"> #mastodon @wpnyc</a> @isocny @iamwinstina @boogah</strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>MASTODON <a href="https://mastodon.nycmesh.net/tags/mastodon" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> @boogah@simian.rodeo @iamwinstina@mstdn.social</strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>SIMULCASTS</strong><br><strong><a href="https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/</a></strong><br><strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive</a></strong><br><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/</a> </strong>(AI Captions)<br><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/isocny/" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/isocny/</a> </strong>(AI Captions)</p>
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