🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“﹫hanscees ﹫zackwhittaker Flock: Oh, you don’t like it that we steamrolled over your ⌗privacy rights and powerful users of our products engaged in abusive behavior? Fine, we’ll start keeping an eye on them a …”

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🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“My data have not been verified but my work is highly reproducible․
- Downloads (csv, img, dump) ➡️ decompwlj․com/
- Algorithms ➡️ oeis․org/wiki/Decomposition_into_weight_*_level_%2B_jump⌗Algorithms ⌗decompwlj …”

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🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker
Link: support․mozilla․org/en-US/kb/block-ads-firefox-ios
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49319633”

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“New Bedford Case Shows Why ALPR Misuse Oversight Matters ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/new-bedford-case-shows-why-alpr-misuse-oversight-matters/”

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🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“A064702: Nonnegative numbers such that additive and multiplicative digital roots coincide
A064702 ➡️ oeis․org/A064702 3D graph, threejs - webGL ➡️ decompwlj․com/3Dgraph/A064702․html
3D graph Gen, threejs animatio…”

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And hey, this might help!

https://stefanbohacek.com/project/fediverse-invitation/

#fediverse

🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“europesays․com/3196074/ ECB: Crypto Payments Rarely Used in Eurozone Online Commerce ⌗CentralBank ⌗Economy ⌗Europe ⌗European ⌗EuropeanCentralBank ⌗research”

https://pubeurope.com/@europesays/117101562663719044

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“europesays․com/news/66211/ Has your vehicle been searched by Flock cameras? Here’s how to check ⌗BigBrother ⌗flock ⌗FlockCamera ⌗HaveIBeenFlocked ⌗Headlines ⌗LicensePlateReader ⌗News ⌗sur…”

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🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse

“The reason Mastodon (and the wider Fediverse that it is part of) doesn't go down is because all its servers are totally independent․ One Fedi server might go down, but that doesn't affect the other servers at all․That's…”

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@FediTips MAD and widespread Nuclear Winter or huge regional EMP are the only things that can really topple part of the Fediverse.

The #Fediverse is freedom!

#mastodon #loops #pixelfed #lemmy #misskey #lemmy

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@KevinCarson1/117105669087611272

Gen X born in '80, and I am 100% with this post.

Before the Internet, we (thanks to my premium education which I could never afford now) access to some of the best libraries and digital facilities of the time -- almost all government or higher education -- and it was GOLD.

The Internet brought more Gold, with a lowered bar of participation so that most could participate.

And now we have Meta and X. Oligarchs and fascists. Data vampires. DISGUSTING!

THANKFUL FOR THE FEDI!!! #fediverse

The reason Mastodon (and the wider Fediverse that it is part of) doesn't go down is because all its servers are totally independent. One Fedi server might go down, but that doesn't affect the other servers at all.

That's one of the many advantages of decentralisation, that there is no central point of failure.

Centralised networks go down because they depend on one central organisation's infrastructure.

#Mastodon #Fediverse

RE: https://toot.fedilab.app/@apps/117095740060037054

Tom, the creator of @apps and @HolosSocial has started a new project:
It's called Fedihood
https://FediHood.social

It connects people by location, and topic, so you can find people near you by topic.

You can find me there too: @joergi@fedihood.social

#feDIVERSE #fedihood #fedi #HoloSocial #fedilab

fedicat boosted

Fedilab Apps » 🌐 2026-08-14
@apps@toot.fedilab.app

#FediHood keeps growing, and many bugs have been fixed thanks to your feedback.

Federation now works smoothly over #ActivityPub. The Nearby and Discover timelines work as intended, and push notifications are available. #E2EE still needs work to support several browsers or devices.

It is a good start. You can join this new fediverse software at https://fedihood.social

Toot.Garden is a Mastodon server that is meant for art, gaming, and musings about the world, with the occasional meme and lighthearted joke.

This server has a post size of up to 1000 characters.

https://toot.garden

You can find out more at https://toot.garden/about or contact the admin account @linkeddev

#FeaturedServer #Art #Gaming #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“europesays․com/news/66179/ Has your vehicle been searched by Flock cameras? Here’s how to check ⌗BigBrother ⌗flock ⌗FlockCamera ⌗HaveIBeenFlocked ⌗Headlines ⌗LicensePlateReader ⌗News ⌗sur…”

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“Well, a cup of hot coffee ☕ and some mundane activity ⌗life ⌗coffee ⌗music ⌗linux ⌗research”

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“Ask HN: Do you know of any company that went back to hand-written code?
Link:
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49318906”

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“niemanlab․org/2026/08/an-inherent-conflict-of-interest-800-usa-today-co-employees-want-the-company-to-end-its-new-palantir-partnership/ 'Part of the problem is that we know very, very little about how Palantir’s softwa…”

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“Happy Space Science Saturday!

JWST captures stunning 3D views of a planet’s scorching atmosphere!

According to Science Daily: { sciencedaily․com/releases/2026/05/260523103912․htm }, the concept of terraforming Mar…”

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При анализе взаимодействия человека и внешних систем вырисовывается сквозной вектор: от биологических патологий до тоталитарных идеологий XX века действует единая механика — полная стирание субъектности индивида.

Будь то утилизация человеческой плоти, системное иждивенчество или подчинение личности левиафану государства, социальная система переходит к биосоциальному хищничеству, когда теряются фундаментальные правовые и этические сдержки.

1. Формы утилизации индивида: От биологии к тоталитаризму
С точки зрения воздействия на человеческую личность, данные явления образуют единый спектр присвоения чужого ресурса:

Каннибализм: Предельная форма деструктивного акта. Человек мгновенно лишается жизни и сводится к состоянию чистого биологического материала (пищи) ради выживания или доминирования другого.

Паразитизм: Растянутая во времени эксплуатация. Паразит (индивид, группа или сословие) высасывает труды, время и ресурсы «донора», сохраняя ему жизнь лишь для продолжения питания.

Коммунизм (в практическом преломлении): Идеологическое обобществление. Частная собственность, результаты труда и личные устремления изымаются в пользу абстрактной общины или государственного аппарата, а человек превращается в винтик производственной структуры.

Фашизм: Тоталитарное поглощение. Личность полностью лишается самостоятельной ценности и становится лишь элементом монолитного коллектива («фашины»), а «неполноценные» или «чужеродные» группы подлежат сегрегации и уничтожению.
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Критерий сравнения Каннибализм Паразитизм Коммунизм (практика) Фашизм
Изъятие ресурса Полное изъятие жизни и плоти Системный забор труда и энергии Изъятие собственности и плодов труда Изъятие свободы, труда и жизни
Статус личности Биологическая пища Питательный субстрат/донор Ячейка/винтик производства Ресурс государства / «враг»
Приоритет системы Потребность каннибала выше жизни Комфорт паразита за счет донора Интересы коллектива выше личности Интересы нации/государства превыше всего
Итог для системы Разрушение популяции Гибель донора и самого паразита Гашение инициативы и истощение Войны, геноцид и саморазрушение
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2. Четыре столпа дегуманизации: В чём их фундаментальная общность?
Несмотря на разницу между биологической патологией, формой сосуществования и политическими учениями, на микроуровне их объединяют четыре системных признака:

Полное расчеловечивание (Дегуманизация): Индивид перестает восприниматься как уникальная личность, обладающая неотъемлемыми правами. Он сводится к ресурсу — физическому, экономическому или идеологическому.

Односторонний забор ресурсов: Взаимодействие строится с нулевой суммой. Одна сторона (каннибал, паразит, бюрократический аппарат или тоталитарный вождь) извлекает 100% выгоды, оставляя донора в истощении или уничтожая его.

Отказ в правах и субъектности: Жертва или гражданин лишаются права на протест и автономию. Существование оправдано только в той мере, в какой оно служит «пожирателю» или «общему благу».

Системный самораспад: В природе избыток хищничества и паразитизма ведет к вымиранию вида. В обществе тоталитарное перераспределение и эксплуатация гасят личную инициативу, разрушают доверие и неизбежно приводят экономику и институты к катастрофе.

Главный вывод: Предостережение исторического опыта
Когда общество отказывается от защиты индивидуальных прав человека, независимого суда и институционального контроля, оно неизбежно сваливается в архаичные формы биологического доминирования.

Любая идеология, декларирующая «высшие цели» за счет ущемления конкретной личности, в конечном счете использует ту же механику, что и паразитизм или хищничество, — меняются лишь масштабы и риторика.

#философия #социология #история #тоталитаризм #дегуманизация #право #политология #fediverse

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В биологии каннибализм и паразитизм представляют собой четко описанные формы взаимодействия видов. Однако при переносе этих паттернов в социум они превращаются в фундаментальные технологии дегуманизации, на которых строятся деструктивные социальные институты и системы кастового неравенства.

Когда общество перестает воспринимать человека как автономную личность, оно неизбежно скатывается к хищническим моделям: от бытового эмоционального истощения до масштабного перераспределения общественных благ в пользу закрытых сословий.

1. Каннибализм: Радикальное присвоение и уничтожение субъектности
Биологический уровень: Поедание особью своего вида других особей той же популяции (внутривидовое хищничество).

Социальный уровень: Предельная форма эксплуатации, при которой человек рассматривается исключительно как расходуемый ресурс. Жертва лишается статуса субъекта и сводится к чистой «биомассе». В истории это проникало через ритуальные практики, вынужденный голод или патологии, но в современных институтах «социальный каннибализм» проявляется как прямое сжигание жизни, здоровья и свободы граждан ради выживания или укрепления властной структуры.

2. Паразитизм: Системное истощение без мгновенного убийства
Биологический уровень: Форма симбиоза, при которой один организм живет за счет хозяина, причиняя ему вред, но сохраняя ему жизнь для продолжения питания.

Социальный уровень: Системное иждивенчество и эксплуатация, при которых отдельная группа, бюрократический аппарат или институт присваивают результаты чужого труда, времени, денег и энергии. В отличие от каннибализма, паразитизм растянут во времени: паразит не заинтересован в немедленной гибели «донора», пока тот способен генерировать ресурс.
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Общий признак Проявление в биологии Проявление в человеческом обществе
Односторонняя выгода Одно существо получает 100% ресурса, второе погибает или повреждается. Институт или элита извлекает всю пользу, оставляя гражданина в истощении.
Присвоение ресурса Использование чужого биологического материала и энергии. Изъятие чужого труда, времени, здоровья, прав и финансового капитала.
Разрушение донора Нанесение физического урона или полная утилизация организма. Эксплуатация, разрушение психики, правовая незащищенность и экономическая нищета.
Деструктивность для группы Избыток явления ведет к вымиранию популяции. Разрушение социальных связей, доверия, права и экономический крах общества.
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3. Точки пересечения: В чём фундаментальная общность?
Несмотря на разницу в динамике (каннибализм уничтожает сразу, а паразитизм высасывает годами), обе модели имеют общую биосоциальную природу:

Дегуманизация и отказ в правах: И в том, и в другом случае жертве отказывают в равноправии. Человек сводится к функции, материалу или питательной среде.

Нулевая сумма взаимодействия: Ни каннибализм, ни паразитизм не создают нового продукта или добавочной стоимости. Это всегда паразитическое перераспределение существующего ресурса от слабого к сильному.

Саморазрушение системы: В природе оба явления сдерживаются эволюционными барьерами, так как их избыток уничтожает популяцию. В человеческом обществе отсутствие сдержек (права, независимого суда, контроля за властью) приводит к тому, что паразитические структуры истощают «донора» до полного системного коллапса.

Главный вывод: Эволюция институционального хищничества
Когда государство или отдельные сословия изолируют себя от общества за щитом неприкосновенности и тайны, они неизбежно переходят от нормального социального контракта к биологическим формам доминирования.

Паразитизм закрытых структур со временем перерастает в социальный каннибализм: система начинает перемалывать человеческие судьбы и ресурсы просто для того, чтобы продлить свое существование еще на один день. Преодоление этого биосоциального тупика возможно только через восстановление правовой субъектности каждого гражданина и жесткий публичный контроль над любыми институтами власти.

#философия #социология #право #дегуманизация #институты #эксплуатация #fediverse

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CW: Дегуманизация, социальная патология, хищнические институты, эксплуатация, деградация институтов. Механика расчеловечивания: как канни?

Tissues from the crematorium.
The only ones I never wanted.

#Dogs #Dachshund #Death #Grief #Mastodon #Switzerland #Fediverse #Pets #Thoughts #Blog

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A hand holding a small white packet of tissues with a red rose logo and the text “ROSENGARTEN TIERKREMATORIUM”. Outdoor background with green bushes and a paved path.

Fediverse - Friendica 2026.08 release candidate

Friendica is a decentralized social media server that connects with independent networks (like the Fediverse) and commercial ones (like Tumblr and Bluesky).

friendi.ca/2026/08/16/friendic…
#Fediverse #Friendica #Mastodon

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“There are over 400 events around the country for the ⌗NoALPRs week of action․ See noalprs․com/ for more information including a map and list of events․ ⌗surveillance ⌗flock ⌗ALPRs ⌗activism”

https://pnw.zone/@waprivacy/117104329758078117

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🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“No, Mastodon, I am serious:If AI companies are shredding books
And Google is nerfing search engines to make you ask AI What do we do?Like, I am the generation that has learned to use a card catalog․ I can do archival se…”

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Is it OK to write code that does new things on the Fediverse?

#EvanPoll #poll #ActivityPub #Fediverse

RE: https://norden.social/@dirkschroedter/117095166458124470

Toll, wie sich der Digitalminister von Schleswig-Holstein zu quelloffener Software bekennt. 💯
Da kommt richtig Freude auf, die US-Monopolisten zu verlassen und die viel bessere FOSS zu nutzen. 🤸‍♀️

Wir brauchen mehr solcher VIP-Bekenntnisse zu Software, die die digitale Souveränität von Europa ermöglicht.
Wo bleiben die Kurzvideos von unseren VIPs, in denen sie ihre Follower auffordern Mastodon, PeerTube und andere Fediverse-Dienste zu nutzen?
Es wird Zeit, dass wir mehr solche Statements sehen, um uns vor Populisten und notorischen Lügnern zu schützen.

#digitalesouveränität #Europa #FOSS #Mastodon #PeerTube #Fediverse

Dirk Schrödter » 🌐 2026-08-14
@dirkschroedter@norden.social

Linux ist für alle da. Das gilt auch für unsere Staatskanzlei und deshalb haben wir letzten Montag damit begonnen, die Windows-Rechner gegen Linux-Rechner auszutauschen. #digitale #Souveränität bedeutet #machen.

• #souveranitat

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“AI is watching you: tracking, traps and surveillance youtube․com/watch?v=vYZ4d3biLDU From AI-powered trafficking scams to workplace monitoring and government scrutiny, AI is changing who can find, profile and watch yo…”

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🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“A controversial Alzheimer's surgery is said to reverse symptoms nature․com/articles/d41586-026-02448-x Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49312008 ⌗HackerNews ⌗Surgery ⌗Controversy ⌗BrainHealth …”

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🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“AI in drug discovery – what it is, where we stand and the path forward
Link: science․org/content/blog-post/so-how-ai-drug-discovery-doing-really
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49313367”

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Quick, Bluesky is down, tell your friends about your favorite fediverse server!

Don't confuse them with techy jargon, unless they care about that stuff. Just tell them why you picked the server you're on, and that they can sign up and follow and talk to people on other servers.

https://downdetector.com/status/bluesky/

#fediverse

What is the Fediverse, and why should bloggers care?

You keep hearing the word. Fediverse. Maybe in a tech article. Maybe someone told you to leave the big platforms...

https://fediboard.com/blog/what-is-the-fediverse-and-why-should-bloggers-care

#fediverse #openweb #opensocialweb

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“📷 16 new license plate readers just reported around Mount Kisco, NY․ Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching․ ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗MountKisco ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/flock-…”

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“⌗MissKitty is taking her ⌗Caturday seriously! LOL ⌗AI ⌗Research
PROMPT:
Research Caturday from across the internet and report its origins, history as an internet phenomena and construct 108 fanciful, humor…”

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@Codeberg I just received this email, titled “Your recent Mastodon post” from @dpk on behalf of the Codeberg “Presidium”:

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Dear Aral Balkan

In your Mastodon post at <https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/117041803584140945> you publically criticized a repository that was hosted on Codeberg, despite linking to an issue thread in which it was made clear that the content should be reported through our usual internal channels for moderation. The repository in question was reviewed by the moderation team and removed. We understand that you suffered reputational damage as a result of this repository’s content, but this does not justify damaging the reputation of Codeberg e.V. in turn. The moderation team is still a volunteer operation and sometimes it takes a few hours for someone to be available to deal with reports or to ensure that consensus exists.

We therefore warn you not to make posts of this kind that could damage the association’s reputation in future. Acting against the interests of the association can be grounds for exclusion from the membership (§5 (5) of the by-laws). If you have issues with content posted on our site in future, please report it to our moderation team at abuse@codeberg.org. In general, reports sent to that email address will usually receive a reply describing what action was taken once the moderation team has considered how to deal with the reported content.

Kind regards
Presidium
***

So, I have a problem with this.

My post in no way damaged the reputation of Codeberg. It publicly asked them to do something about it and to state, publicly, where they stand on an issue. An issue, may I add, that has to do with real people facing actual genocide as we speak. Not to mention I thanked them for making the right decision (https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/117043586669877395). If anything, until this email, it made the organisation look better. Unless, of course, opposing certain genocides is something that damages reputations in Germany.

I do not agree with the public issue being closed either. An issue was reported and the response was not “oh, this is serious, we’ll look into it”. It was, rather, “you reported it wrong. Report the same thing at this other place instead.”

And that other place is an entirely opaque internal system where no one gets to see what decision-making process is employed.

This is not the transparency that should exist in a member-run organisation.

So at the end of the day, I am the one being threatened with being removed from membership while the person who is actively trying to harm genocide victims (https://codeberg.org/Linux-Is-Best/) is still welcome on Codeberg?

This is a very insidious form of bothsidesism and, I can only imagine, is to ensure that I keep quiet in the future and to create a chilling effect where we cannot discuss certain things publicly for fear of reprisals.

Well, that won’t be happening.

I am sick and tired of people who cannot provide a proportional response when asked to choose between people harming genocide victims on the one hand and those trying to protect them on the other.

If this means I cannot be a member of Codeberg, so be it.

Let me know if I’m not welcome there and I will leave.

And you can show the world that Linux-Is-Best is welcome and I am not. If that’s who you are.

#codeberg #israel #germany #zionism #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #fediverse #mastodon #transparency #ethics #morals

likes and boosts are public, so why not poll votes?

#fediverse #polls

What do you prefer when it comes to your social media accounts and when following others?

Do you have one account for screaming into the void and sharing your art, photography, videos, music and so on or do you have separate accounts?

#SocialMedia #Fediverse #askFedi #Mastodon #Pixelfed #PeerTube #Loops #Friendica #poll

@Tanners @TannersAndRodents
willkommen im #Fediverse.
die Bücherbubble ist durch aus groß.

The fediverse becomes more accessible and easy to use when we hide the complexity behind familiar and trusted flows and better user experiences.

If we want to save people from walled gardens, we need to provide a more frictionless onboarding experience, and empower them with privacy friendly discovery based on services and tools like Starter Kits and the People Directory!

No contact book uploads. No SMS verification. Just one tap auth and powerfully simple user interfaces

#UI #UX #Fediverse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Evergreen, obviously, but mind your mouth in electronic comms, yeah? Social media especially, but also other kinds․ 404media․co/the-government-is-monitoring-anti-flock-tiktok-and-instagram-accounts/ ⌗Flock ⌗Surv…”

https://infosec.exchange/@LisaKalayji/117102429278063973

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“Interesting Git repos of the week:Detection:* github․com/arkime/arkime - capture and analyse the packets 🤖
* github․com/ForensicArtifacts/artifacts - reference DFIR artifacts
* github․com/Poly0n/WinGuard - …”

https://infosec.exchange/@timb_machine/117099713540155219

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

@dansup

Full agree: the Fediverse needs to become easier and more familiar to use.

But that should mean open, self-hostable standards too. I would really like to see #OIDC / #OpenID Connect as a built-in option — like #Mastodon supports, or #PeerTube can gain through plugins — alongside Sign in with Apple, Google, etc.

For Pixelfed, an easy .env-based configuration for a generic OIDC provider would be ideal: issuer URL, client ID, client secret, scopes, redirect URI — done. That would let instance admins use #Keycloak, #Authentik, #Zitadel, their university/work SSO, or any other compatible provider.

Does #Loops have plans for generic OIDC login? And is this planned for #Pixelfed as well?

Making sign-up familiar matters. Making it interoperable and self-hostable matters just as much.

#OpenIDConnect #SelfHosting #Fediverse

RE: https://wrzky.com/mutual-aid-request-august/

UPDATE 16-Aug-2026 16:25 UTC+7:
UPDATE 16-Aug-2026 16:25 UTC+7:

Deadline ASAP:
⏳ $99/$250 for groceries, $151 still needed to cover my monthly groceries. I really need food to survive.
⏳ $0/$218 for meds. Over seven months without medication now, traded for food just to survive. This has to stop.
⏳ $0/$125 for electricity, water, and internet

$494 in total still needed this month.
Any support is appreciated. Please boost so this reaches further than my feed.
https://ko-fi.com/wrzky/goal

Thank you, thank you 🙂‍↕️💜

@mutualaid@ovo.st @mutualaid@fedigroups.social @mutualaidspace @disability @edendestroyer @QuyetPawz @ellespeaks @frugalcoffee @actuallyadhd @autistics @wrzky@wrzky.com
#mutualaid #mutualaidrequest #mutualaidspace #disability #poverty #helpfolkslive #mentalhealth #healthcare #chronicillness #neurodivergence #activism #activitypub #fedihelp #fediverse #disabilitycrowdfund #disabilitymutualaid #emergencycrowdfund

JUNGLE BOYS! #mastodon #fediverse #mastodogs #fedidogs #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #dogsofpixelfed #DogsOfFedi #photo #photography #photos #photographie #photooftheday

REBEL HEART; THE DOG WHO DEFIED THE SIGNS! #mastodon #mastodogs #fediverse #fedidogs #saturday #weekend #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #dogsofpixelfed #DogsOfFedi #photo #photography #photos #photographie #photooftheday #photographer #pets

DOGGO DAY OUT; TAKE OUTS! #mastodon #mastodogs #fediverse #fedidogs #photo #photography #photos #photographie #photooftheday #photographer #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #dogsofpixelfed #DogsOfFedi #dogstodon #pets #weekend #saturday

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“The Government Is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts 404media․co/the-government-is-monitoring-anti-flock-tiktok-and-instagram-accounts/ ⌗HackerNews ⌗Tech ⌗Surveillance”

https://www.404media.co/the-government-is-monitoring-anti-flock-tiktok-and-instagram-accounts/

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🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“⌗Linux and ⌗Research on weekend
⌗saturday ⌗saturdoom ⌗saturdaygame ⌗saturdaymorning ⌗SaturdayVibes”

https://mastodon.social/@yaqubpk/117099043241258196

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🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better
Link: dmitry․gr/?r=06․%20Thoughts&proj=12․%20RV
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49298035”

https://framapiaf.org/@newsycombinator/117100592574320566

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Hey there friend, l just wanted to wish each and everyone here a good weekend 💕
#mastodon and on the #fediverse

Alt...

Am the leader of Green Earth Mission Uganda 🇺🇬

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“I don't (always) condone hacking, but․․․PenLink was listed by ⌗Qilin yesterday․PenLink makes surveillance software used by law enforcement and agencies like ICE․I hate surveillance software․ I hate ICE․ ⌗threatinte…”

https://freeradical.zone/@generalx/117100821741635026

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🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“This animation is available for the 1000 sequences decomposed on my website․
Accessible from the 3Dgraph, 2Dgraph500terms and 2dgraphs pages ➡️ decompwlj․com ⌗decompwlj ⌗math ⌗mathematics ⌗maths ⌗se…”

https://mathstodon.xyz/@decompwlj/117097930095314181

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OK, #fediverse #hivemind, here's a #question.

I want to put #VPN gateways at my house and my mother's house 500 km away, so I can have remote access to both home networks.

Given everything that's going on in the consumer router market, what would you suggest?

I was at one point considering the D-Link DSR-250V2. Is there anything else out there that's reasonably priced and reasonably secure? Are there any #FOSS solutions for this? #networking

Alt...

product information image for the D-Link DSR-250V2

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product information image for the D-Link DSR-250V2

Good Morning #fediverse #tzag

🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“4: The palindromes in base 10 (A002113) ➡️ decompwlj․com/3DgraphGen/Palindromes․html ⌗decompwlj ⌗math ⌗mathematics ⌗maths ⌗sequence ⌗OEIS ⌗JavaScript ⌗graph ⌗3D ⌗threejs ⌗web…”

https://mathstodon.xyz/@decompwlj/117097929402044110

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@riverbirchtree/117099674446276439

You made it possible for @joynewacc to leave Gaza and study in Milan. Now you have the chance to reunite her with her sister.

What do you say, Fediverse?

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #fediverse #mastodon

AodeRelay boosted

River [they/them] » 🌐 2026-08-15
@riverbirchtree@mastodon.social

Hi friends, I’m excited to share that we have the chance to help Nour, @joynewacc ’s 18yo sister, join her in Italy. Nour is a hardworking medical student and talented artist who wants to become a doctor.

Uni Milano has accepted Nour and will evacuate her in September if we can raise sufficient funds for her scholarship.

Last year, you made it possible for Joy to leave Gaza and continue her education. Please donate and help Nour and Joy study together in safety!

https://chuffed.org/project/194963-help-nour-evacuate-gaza-and-continue-her-education

🗝️ 𝙥𝙖𝙏𝙞𝙀𝙣𝙘𝙀 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧...
✒️ 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙏𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙞𝙏𝙨 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧...

🎭 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥...
🫴 sOmEOnE enters offering help...
🪝 then turns kindness into leverage...
🧷 control arrives wEaring the namE duty...
📚 when borrowEd authoriTy quotes the rules...
📒 while keEping the boOks...
🏦 policy can hide plunder...
➗ numbErs can make theft loOk neaT...
🩹 pain is asked for proOf...
🗯️ while the Taker ediTs the record...
🧬 mEmory keEps another account...
🪞 wiThin OnE person identiTy holds...
🍽️ around a family Table hiStory breaThes...
🧵 culture mEnds the missing thread...
🏺 civilisaTion outlives imposed maps...
🦉 quiet resisTance neEds no audience...
🦴 the spine remEmbErs iTs height...
🤫 silence protecTs tomorrow...
👁️ then makes hiStory blink first...
🕊️ 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚...
🌅 independence bEgins when the Taken rise...
🪪 in their own namE...
🔓 the grip may have bEen real...
✨ ownership never was...
🎮 gamE over...
😏 as if...
🖋️ the pen returns...
🌐 across federaTed worlds the voice carries...
📝 wriTing the future...
🎙️ in a tOnE no ledger owns...
🏠 unTil freEdom returns hOmE...
🌈 and carries uS forward...
🌌 through our...
⌛ T...
🫧 i...
🪐 mE...
♾️ &...
🛸 Sp@cE...

🏷️ #Independence #SelfAuthorship #HumanDignity #CulturalMemory #QuietResistance #Fediverse #EinsteinInspiredArt #Taiyzun

🔗 taiyzun.com

Adding another #sketching / #drawing to #Fediverse

Saw a headline earlier, “How 10 minutes of drawing can reset your nervous system”

Based solely on my observation without any data to back up my support this headline, sketching/drawing works for me and probably why I keep doing my sketching/drawing on daily basis and as needed. Seems to help with my #anxiety and undiagnosed #ADHD
…and now nicotine withdrawal 😅

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A black and white abstract drawing featuring geometric shapes, primarily sharp triangular forms. The composition includes thick lines and cross-hatching

Juliette died last night. She was 13.

In June I posted a photo of her in a yellow unicorn party hat and called it her "second" birthday. A year before that I had spent a weekend doing some kind of CPR on her and writing her heart rate down every 30 minutes, certain she would not see Monday.

She saw fourteen more months. She walked, she ate, she ran around the flat like nothing had happened.

That post: https://dol.social/@dima/116782367532858418

Thank you to everyone who wrote something kind under it. I went back and read all of it again today.

This photo is from a boat on Lake Lucerne. A third of her life she spent here in Switzerland, and on every walk it was obvious who was walking whom.

She always got her way. She never backed down from anything, not once, not until yesterday.

❤️

#Dachshund #DogsOfMastodon #Dogs #Grief #Pets #Blog #Thoughts #Medicine #Fediverse #Mastodon #Switzerland #Death

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A view through the window of a passenger boat. A man in a black coat and black beanie stands on the open deck holding a black and tan dachshund wrapped in a cream knitted sweater. Both are looking out across the water. Behind them is Lake Lucerne with snow-covered mountains including Pilatus, a shoreline of bare poplars, snowy fields and town buildings, under a partly cloudy sky.

#BostonWeekend if you're new, hi I'm Knizer, every week take an hour's travel through different listings and make a thread of what seems worth the trip. No ai, no sponsorships, no ads, just human curation as a #fediverse #community project, providing an opportunity to leave the house and talk to folks how you found out about a cool event. Everybody needs a project, knowing that you share what I found has kept me doing this for the past couple years. anyway, on to it! 2/x

#ADELAJAs #ADELAJAsFEDIVERSE

#ADELAJAsCATALOGUEsFEDIVERSE

ADELAJA'S-FEDIVERSE CONNECTIONS

EXTENSIONS
gab access -warfare
https://gab.com/c_broadcaster/posts/117065789295442296
gettr access - transc geo-politics
https://gettr.com/post/p42sjlo6e04

ADELAJA'S-FEDIVERSE (INDEX UPDATES)
mastodon access - social media https://mastodon.world/@blondieli7

ADELAJA'S-"I AM"-CYBERWARE
vero - gettr access
https://gettr.com/post/p42jycjb856

#AI
#africa
#alternativenews
#breakingnews
#fediverse
#globalnews
#internationalrelations
#news
#politics
#trending
#worldnews

Me? Hiding? Not a chance.

I couldn't hide even if I tried, because members of a scam group called "Gaza Verified" have already DOXed me twice (2x). They published my full name, home address, phone number, and email. They are also the ones sending me death threats and trying to ruin my reputation.

Instead of letting them bully me into silence, I decided to stand my ground. Yes, my name is Adam Howard, and I live in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Anyone can easily find me on Google. I've even shared my voting ballot to prove my progressive record. I am not hiding, I am not anonymous, and I always use the same screen name — Linux or LinuxBSD, depending on availability.

Now they are accusing me of "ban evasion." That is ridiculous. Participating on a decentralized network is not avoiding a ban. If that were true, the scam group Gaza Verified would be guilty of it themselves.

It's the classic "rules for you, but not for me" attitude. While they waste time playing games. 🙄

I am actually trying to fix the system. I have posted three (3) suggestions on GitHub to help Mastodon users and admins escape abuse and make the internet safer. I bet the people complaining are the exact ones who don't want the internet or the Fediverse to be safer.

Suggestion 1:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/40172

Suggestion 2:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/40116

Suggestion 3:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/40117

Of course, there is also my general public block list. One of the reasons it keeps growing is because that scam group keeps evading.
https://github.com/Fediverse-Express/Fediverse

#FediBlock #Mastodon #Misskey #Fediverse #ActivityPub

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A photo of a mail in ballot for the democratic 2026 mid term primaries.

Me? Hiding? Not a chance.

I couldn't hide even if I tried, because members of a scam group called "Gaza Verified" have already DOXed me twice (2x). They published my full name, home address, phone number, and email. They are also the ones sending me death threats and trying to ruin my reputation.

Instead of letting them bully me into silence, I decided to stand my ground. Yes, my name is Adam Howard, and I live in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Anyone can easily find me on Google. I've even shared my voting ballot to prove my progressive record. I am not hiding, I am not anonymous, and I always use the same screen name — Linux or LinuxBSD, depending on availability.

Now they are accusing me of "ban evasion." That is ridiculous. Participating on a decentralized network is not avoiding a ban. If that were true, the scam group Gaza Verified would be guilty of it themselves.

It's the classic "rules for me, but not for you" attitude. While they waste time playing games,

I am actually trying to fix the system. I have posted three (3) suggestions on GitHub to help Mastodon users and admins escape abuse and make the internet safer. I bet the people complaining are the exact ones who don't want the internet or the Fediverse to be safer.

Suggestion 1:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/40172

Suggestion 2:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/40116

Suggestion 3:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/40117

Of course, there is also my general public block list. One of the reasons it keeps growing is because that scam group keeps evading.
https://github.com/Fediverse-Express/Fediverse

#FediBlock #Mastodon #Misskey #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Alt...

A photo of a mail in ballot for the democratic 2026 mid term primaries.

FATHER AND SON! #mastodon #fediverse #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #DogsOfFedi #dogsofpixelfed #dogstodon #photo #photography #photos #photographie #photooftheday #photographer #pets #Friday

A DOG, A BAKER AND AN APPLE PIE #mastodon #fediverse #baker #pets #dogs #dogsofmastodon #DogsOfFedi #dogsofpixelfed #dogstodon #photo #photography #photos #photographie #photooftheday #photographer #applepie #viral

Could we connect #meshcore to the #Fediverse ? Or maybe it's been done? Or maybe it's a bad idea?

# Trump’s Garden City Reality Check: Three Big Claims That Don’t Survive the Data

**GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK / CIVICOHUB — August 15, 2026**

President Donald Trump arrived at the Nassau County Police Academy on Friday with genuinely good news to sell: violent crime in the United States fell sharply in 2025.

CivicoHub has already examined that crime claim separately.

But Trump’s hour-long Garden City speech did not stay on crime.

He moved rapidly through the economy, immigration, prescription drugs and the record of the previous administration — repeatedly attaching dramatic numbers to real issues.

Some of the underlying developments are genuine.

Several of the numbers are not.

CivicoHub reviewed three of the clearest claims from the speech against government data and independent reporting.

The pattern is worth examining because modern political misinformation is often more effective when it begins with something true.

---

## I. “EGGS WERE FIVE TIMES HIGHER”

While discussing affordability when he returned to office in January 2025, Trump recalled reporters questioning him about egg prices.

He said eggs were **“up five times higher than they were just a year ago.”**

Egg prices absolutely had surged.

But not by anything close to five times.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average price of a dozen Grade A large eggs was:

**January 2024: $2.522**

**January 2025: $4.953**

That represents an increase of approximately **96%**.

In other words, prices had nearly doubled.

For eggs to have become five times as expensive, the January 2025 average would have needed to be roughly **$12.61 per dozen**.

It was $4.95.

The egg-price crisis itself was real. Average prices later climbed above $6 per dozen in March 2025 before declining sharply; by July 2026, the same BLS series stood at **$2.189 per dozen**.

That recovery does not make Trump’s historical description accurate.

A roughly 96% increase is severe.

It is not a fivefold increase.

### FACT CHECK: ❌ FALSE

Trump took a genuine affordability crisis and exaggerated its magnitude by several times.

---

## II. “WE NOW PAY THE LOWEST PRICE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD” FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

Trump then pointed to falling prescription-drug prices as one of his administration’s major achievements.

There is real evidence of progress.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that its prescription-drug price index fell **0.8% in July 2026**.

The Trump administration has also secured agreements with 17 major pharmaceutical manufacturers aimed at bringing certain U.S. prices into line with the lowest prices paid in comparable developed countries.

But Trump went much further.

In Garden City, he declared that Americans had moved from paying the highest prices to a position where **“now we pay the lowest price anywhere in the world for prescription drugs.”**

That sweeping claim is false.

Reuters conducted a direct comparison of drugs listed through TrumpRx with publicly available prices in the United Kingdom earlier this year.

For roughly **one-third of the 54 drugs examined**, the British price was still lower.

For several medicines, the U.K. price was **67% to 82% lower** than the TrumpRx price.

That does not mean Trump’s drug-pricing initiative has achieved nothing.

Some patients are receiving substantial discounts on specific medicines, and agreements with major drugmakers are intended to reduce prices further.

But “some medicines are substantially cheaper” is fundamentally different from:

**America now has the lowest prescription-drug prices anywhere in the world.**

There is another piece of context.

Some Medicare drug-price reductions taking effect in 2026 originate from negotiations authorized under the **Inflation Reduction Act of 2022**. CMS negotiated the first ten Maximum Fair Prices before they took effect on January 1, 2026.

Current drug-price changes therefore cannot automatically be attributed to a single policy or a single president.

### FACT CHECK: ⚠️ MISLEADING / FALSE AS A UNIVERSAL CLAIM

Prescription-drug prices have fallen in important areas.

America demonstrably does **not** yet have the lowest price in the world for every prescription drug.

---

## III. THE “25 MILLION PEOPLE” BORDER CLAIM

Trump also returned to one of his most frequently repeated immigration statistics.

Speaking about the Biden administration, he said **25 million people** had been allowed to come into the United States, adding that this was the “real number.”

There is no official government dataset showing 25 million unauthorized immigrants entering and remaining in the United States during Biden’s presidency.

One reason these numbers are so easily distorted is that immigration statistics measure different things.

A **CBP encounter is not the same thing as one immigrant permanently entering the United States**.

Department of Homeland Security statistics include people apprehended after crossing between ports of entry as well as inadmissible people presenting themselves at legal ports of entry.

Encounter totals can also include repeat attempts by the same individual.

During periods when Title 42 permitted rapid expulsions, repeat crossings were particularly significant. Some people counted as encounters were expelled, returned, detained or otherwise removed rather than admitted into the country.

That makes it invalid to simply take a large border-enforcement number and describe every encounter as another person who successfully entered and remained in America.

FactCheck.org has examined Trump’s 25-million figure repeatedly and concluded that it is **vastly inflated**.

Its estimate placed the defensible total at roughly one-third of Trump’s figure even after including an estimate for migrants who evaded Border Patrol — so-called “gotaways.”

The exact number of people who entered unlawfully without being detected cannot, by definition, be known with absolute precision.

But uncertainty is not evidence for 25 million.

### FACT CHECK: ❌ FALSE / VASTLY INFLATED

The Biden years saw historically high levels of migration and border encounters.

That is true.

But **25 million people entering and remaining in the United States is not supported by the available government data.**

---

# THE PATTERN: REAL PROBLEM → EXTREME NUMBER

What makes the Garden City speech useful as a misinformation case study is that Trump did not need to invent the underlying subjects.

Egg prices really soared.

Prescription drugs really are expensive in the United States, and some prices really are coming down.

The U.S.-Mexico border really experienced historically high migration during Biden’s presidency.

The distortion happens in the next step:

**Eggs nearly doubled → “five times higher.”**

**Some drug prices fell dramatically → “lowest anywhere in the world.”**

**Millions of border encounters → “25 million people came into our country.”**

Each begins with a recognizable reality.

Each ends with a claim significantly stronger than the evidence supports.

That distinction matters.

Political fact-checking should not deny genuine progress simply because a politician exaggerates it.

Nor should genuine progress be used as cover for inaccurate statistics.

---

# FACT CHECK & VERIFICATION SHEET

**Current as of August 15, 2026**

### CLAIM 1

**Egg prices were five times higher when Trump took office than one year earlier.**

**STATUS: FALSE**

BLS average-price data show Grade A large eggs rising from **$2.522 in January 2024 to $4.953 in January 2025** — approximately **96%**, not 400% or 500%.

---

### CLAIM 2

**Americans now pay the lowest prescription-drug prices anywhere in the world.**

**STATUS: MISLEADING / FALSE AS STATED**

Some U.S. drug prices have fallen substantially, and Trump has secured significant pharmaceutical pricing agreements. But a Reuters comparison found roughly one-third of TrumpRx medicines examined were still cheaper in the United Kingdom.

---

### CLAIM 3

**25 million people entered the United States under Biden.**

**STATUS: FALSE / VASTLY INFLATED**

No official count supports the figure. Border encounters are enforcement events, not a count of unique people who entered and remained in the country, and they include repeat encounters and migrants who were expelled or removed. Independent analysis puts the plausible number dramatically below 25 million.

---

# SOURCES

**Roll Call / Factba.se — August 14, 2026**
Full transcript: Donald Trump remarks at the Nassau County Police Academy, Garden City, New York.

**U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics**
Average Price Data — Grade A Large Eggs; Consumer Price Index, July 2026.

**U.S. Department of Health and Human Services / CMS**
Most-Favored-Nation pricing policy and Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program documentation.

**Reuters — March 18, 2026**
Comparison of TrumpRx prices with publicly available United Kingdom drug prices.

**U.S. Customs and Border Protection / Department of Homeland Security**
Official definitions and border-encounter statistics.

**FactCheck.org**
Analysis of Trump’s repeated 25-million immigration claim and DHS/CBP data.

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**Tags:** #CivicoHub #DonaldTrump #GardenCity #USPolitics #FactCheck #Misinformation #EggPrices #DrugPrices #TrumpRx #Immigration #Border #PoliticalClaims #Accountability #IndependentJournalism #InformationSovereignty #Fediverse

**CIVICOHUB — FACTS OVER NARRATIVE. CLAIMS REQUIRE EVIDENCE.**

Crime Is Falling — But Trump’s Deportation Claim Goes Beyond the Evidence

GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK / CIVICOHUB — August 15, 2026

President Donald Trump is taking credit for a historic decline in violent crime across the United States — and is presenting his aggressive immigration and mass-deportation agenda as an important reason why.

The crime decline is real.

The claimed explanation is not supported by the available evidence.

Speaking Friday at the Nassau County Police Academy in Garden City, New York, Trump promoted newly released FBI crime statistics as proof that his law-and-order agenda is working. While discussing his immigration crackdown, Trump declared: “We’re getting them the hell out.” Reuters reported that Trump went on to argue, without evidence, that his mass-deportation campaign was a major contributor to the national crime decline.

That distinction matters.

The FBI can tell us what happened to reported crime.

Its statistics do not establish why it happened.

I. The Crime Drop Is Real — And Historically Large

The FBI’s preliminary 2025 national estimates show:

Violent crime: ↓ 9.3%
Murder and non-negligent manslaughter: ↓ 18.1%
Robbery: ↓ 18.5%
Rape: ↓ 7.6%
Aggravated assault: ↓ 7.2%
Property crime: ↓ 12.4%

The estimates are based on submissions from more than 17,000 law-enforcement agencies covering approximately 96% of the U.S. population. The FBI stresses that the figures remain preliminary and may change before the final 2025 report is released.

FBI Director Kash Patel described the figures as the largest decrease in violent crime and murder since 1937. Reuters separately described the violent-crime reduction as the largest year-to-year decline on record.

So the underlying statistic Trump is celebrating is genuine.

But that still does not prove his explanation for it.

II. The Decline Started Before Trump Returned to Office

The timeline presents an immediate problem for any claim that Trump’s second-term policies created the national decline.

Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.

But FBI data show violent crime had already been falling for years.

2023

Violent crime fell 3.0% compared with 2022.

Murder and non-negligent manslaughter fell 11.6%.

2024

Violent crime fell another 4.5%.

Murder fell 14.9%.

Robbery fell 8.9%.

2025

Violent crime then fell an estimated 9.3%, with murder down 18.1% and robbery down 18.5%.

The decline clearly accelerated in 2025.

But it did not begin in 2025.

That does not prove Trump administration policies had no effect. It does, however, make it misleading to present the nationwide decline as though it appeared only after his immigration crackdown began.

III. Falling Crime + Deportations Does Not Equal Proven Causation

Trump’s argument relies heavily on two things occurring at the same time:

His administration dramatically intensified immigration enforcement.

Crime continued to fall.

But correlation is not causation.

The FBI’s crime report contains no analysis demonstrating that deporting undocumented immigrants caused the 9.3% decline in violent crime.

Reuters reports that the reduction has occurred in large and small cities, in jurisdictions emphasizing aggressive policing and in jurisdictions pursuing progressive police reforms, and in places with both high and low concentrations of police officers.

Adam Gelb, president and CEO of the Council on Criminal Justice, told Reuters that there is no single simple explanation for the trend, describing a decline occurring broadly across the United States and internationally.

That is important because a causal claim requires more than timing.

To demonstrate that mass deportation caused a national reduction in violent crime, researchers would need evidence isolating the effect of deportations from policing strategies, demographic changes, economic conditions, local violence-prevention programs, incarceration patterns, firearm trends and other variables.

Trump has not presented such evidence.

IV. Trump Is Turning a Real Statistic Into an Unsupported Political Conclusion

This is where the misinformation problem becomes subtle.

Trump is not inventing the FBI numbers.

Violent crime really did fall.

Murder really did fall.

And the 2025 decline really was unusually large.

What is unsupported is the leap from:

“Crime fell while I was president”

to:

“My deportation campaign was a major reason crime fell.”

Those are not the same claim.

The first is an observation about timing.

The second is a claim of causation.

Reuters explicitly reports that Trump made the deportation connection without evidence, while the FBI’s own historical data show the decline predates his return to office.

The White House nevertheless presented the figures as proof of Trump’s success. Spokesperson Lauren Bis told Reuters that Trump had promised to make America safer and that the new data proved he had done so.

Politically, that is a powerful message.

Statistically, it proves much less.

V. What We Can Actually Say

Based on the evidence currently available:

FACT: Violent crime dropped sharply in 2025.

FACT: The 2025 decline was larger than the declines recorded in 2023 and 2024.

FACT: Violent crime and murder were already falling substantially before Trump returned to office.

FACT: The FBI report does not identify mass deportation as the cause of the decline.

NOT ESTABLISHED: That Trump’s deportation campaign was a major cause of the nationwide crime reduction.

A president is entitled to argue that his policies are working.

But when that argument is presented as a factual explanation for a national trend, it requires evidence.

In this case, that evidence has not been demonstrated.

Fact Check & Verification Sheet

Current as of August 15, 2026

1. U.S. violent crime fell 9.3% in 2025

STATUS: TRUE

The FBI’s preliminary 2025 figures estimate that violent crime declined 9.3% compared with 2024.

Murder fell 18.1%, robbery 18.5%, rape 7.6%, aggravated assault 7.2%, and property crime 12.4%.

2. Trump’s mass-deportation campaign was a major cause of the crime decline

STATUS: UNSUPPORTED

Trump argued that his deportation campaign contributed significantly to the decline, but Reuters reports that he presented no evidence establishing that causal relationship.

The FBI statistics measure changes in reported crime. They do not identify deportations as the cause.

3. The national crime decline began after Trump returned to office

STATUS: FALSE

FBI data show:

2023 violent crime: ↓ 3.0%
2024 violent crime: ↓ 4.5%
2025 violent crime: ↓ 9.3%

Murder also fell 11.6% in 2023 and 14.9% in 2024, before Trump began his second term.

4. The 2025 decline was historically large

STATUS: TRUE

The FBI describes its preliminary 2025 figures as showing the largest decrease in violent crime and murder since 1937. The bureau also cautions that the figures are preliminary and subject to revision.

5. The FBI data prove Trump’s immigration policies made America safer

STATUS: MISLEADING

The figures establish that reported crime fell during 2025.

They do not isolate the effect of Trump’s immigration policies or demonstrate that deportations produced the national decline. Because the downward trend began before Trump returned to office and appears across jurisdictions using very different public-safety strategies, the data alone cannot support that causal conclusion.

Sources

Reuters — August 14, 2026
Trump touts drop in US crime rates with an eye on midterms
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-tout-drop-us-crime-rates-with-an-eye-midterms-2026-08-14/

Federal Bureau of Investigation — May 13, 2026
FBI Releases Historic Early Look at Annual Crime Data
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-releases-historic-early-look-at-annual-crime-data

Federal Bureau of Investigation — August 5, 2025
FBI Releases 2024 Reported Crimes in the Nation Statistics
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-releases-2024-reported-crimes-in-the-nation-statistics

Federal Bureau of Investigation — September 23, 2024
FBI Releases 2023 Crime in the Nation Statistics
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-releases-2023-crime-in-the-nation-statistics

Tags: #CivicoHub #DonaldTrump #USPolitics #FactCheck #FBI #Crime #Immigration #Deportation #Misinformation #PoliticalClaims #Accountability #IndependentJournalism #InformationSovereignty #Fediverse

CIVICOHUB — FACTS BEFORE NARRATIVE. CLAIMS REQUIRE EVIDENCE.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Momentum builds to ban Madison Square Garden's 'surveillance empire' gothamist․com/news/momentum-builds-to-ban-madison-square-gardens-surveillance-empire ⌗NYC ⌗Privacy ⌗Surveillance”

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🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“Dear people who work at the airport
Link: life-after-ssri․bearblog․dev/dear-people-who-work-at-the-airport/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49297801”

https://framapiaf.org/@newsycombinator/117094222284427570

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Montreal, Edmonton police adopt AI cameras amid privacy concernsCanadian police forces are increasingly turning to smart cameras for AI-powered surveillance and facial recognition, raising significant concerns…
⌗NewsB…”

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“The international forum 'Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics' (CEWQO) provides researchers with a platform to exchange ideas on current developments in quantum optics and quantum communication during its annual …”

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Hot take: naming doesn’t matter. The term “fediverse” is goofy and nerdy *and fine, actually.*

You use the “Internet” every day. “Email” is ubiquitous. We install “apps” on “phones.” You ask for the “Wi-Fi password.” These are all goofy names, yet nobody bats an eye.

What we call something doesn’t factor into its adoption as much as nerds would have you think. But arguing about naming is easier than doing all of the *other* work required for adoption.

#FediCon #fediverse #OpenSource

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“US courts will begin reporting the frequency of government-authorized spyware use in wiretap operations starting in 2029․ This move aims to enhance transparency in surveillance practices by including data on network inv…”

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“My favorite Fable 5 report, the 7th edition:
Conjecture ledger and primes graph:Fable 5 - 7th edition ➡️ decompwlj․com/Fable5_decompwlj_deep_analysis_7th_edition_2026_08_05․html For privacy ➡️ web․archive․org/web/2…”

https://mathstodon.xyz/@decompwlj/117092362906045538

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I made another poster. GOOSE CREEK HOLLER. MONEY. MOUNTAINS. MURDER. Legal thrills in the heart of Appalachia. #mastodon #mastoArt #books #bookstodon #booksky #bookReview #book #poster #postADay #post #ad #advertising #ads #writing #author #august #authorLife #authors #writingCommunity #writers #writer #productivity #pro #promotion #socialmedia #fediverse #worldBuilding #words #graphics #pictures #picture #novels #novel #fun #exhibition #selfPromo #indieAuthor #indieAuthors #indie #DailyCreate #creative #creativity #readingCommunity #reading #read #ebooks #ebook #paperbackCoverArt #paper #publishing #published #ProductLaunch #creek #rural #Appalachia #legal #attorney #law #lawsuit #lawyer #crimeFiction #suspense #thriller #mystery #hills #hidden #murder #mountains #money

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“openjdk․org/jeps/541 JEP 541: Deprecate the macOS/x64 Port for Removal 'Deprecate the macOS/x64 port, with the intent to remove it in a future release, in order to reduce maintenance costs․'This is premature; not all d…”

https://mastodon.social/@dhinojosa/117094759088500689

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🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“A064150: Numbers divisible by the sum of their ternary digits
A064150 ➡️ oeis․org/A064150 3D graph, threejs - webGL ➡️ decompwlj․com/3Dgraph/A064150․html
3D graph Gen, threejs animation ➡️ decompwlj․com/3Dgraph…”

https://mathstodon.xyz/@decompwlj/117092341043576988

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🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“Show HN: C⌗Game Engine with its own scripting language and IDE
Link: github․com/ArcadeMakerSources/ArcadeMaker
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49258085”

https://framapiaf.org/@newsycombinator/117093042645685945

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Found some time, so I decided to update to Mastodon 4.6.5.

And noticed that 4.6.6 was released meanwhile.

And I am a bit curious , thinking about an upgrade to 4.7.rc1 😄

#mastodon #update #fediverse

Should You Buy an iPhone 17 Now or Wait for iPhone 18? - MacRumors https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/14/iphone-17-vs-iphone-18-buying/ #Tech #Technology #Fediverse #Mastodon #Gadgets #BlackFedi #BlackFediverse #BlackMastodon #Apple #iPhone

@Bredroll

This reminds me that during the #Fediverse keynote panel at #FOSSY (which hosted North American #FediCon this year in Vancouver, BC), someone mentioned the importance of cat photos.

I am indeed quite frustrated that #CatsofMastodon gets soooo many more posts than #DogsOfMastodon!

Anyone want to enter in a pact that we'll do our best to post at least one dog of Mastodon per day?

Here's one from the archives from me. This is Winnie a month after we adopted her in 2013.

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A pug named Winnie, who is not quite fawn but also not quite brindle, sits on a couch with paws forward. One paw is completely white.

Week in Fediverse 2026-08-14

Servers

- Akkoma v2026.08
- WriteFreely v0.17.2
- Wafrn v2026.08.03
- Mitra v5.9.0
- Ktistec v3.11.0
- Hollo v0.9.11
- Mastodon v4.6.6
- Forte v26.8.11
- gathio v1.6.4
- ActivityPub for WordPress v9.2.2
- NeoDB v0.17.6
- NodeBB v4.15.0
- Trunk & Tidbits, July 2026 (Mastodon)

Clients

- Aria v1.5.11
- Snowdrop: Multiplatform client for Mastodon API compatable Fediverse software

Tools and Plugins

- FediFetcher v9.1.1

For developers

- Fedipub v0.9.0
- Library progress report - August 2026 (GoActivityPub)

Protocol

- FEP-e4de: Closing Registration on Unattended Servers
- FEP-633c: Guardians

Articles

- Deploying your own Vernissage instance

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019fde3b-670e-7793-9180-6d8d0ddca40a

🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“A064052: Not sqrt(n)-smooth: some prime factor of n is > sqrt(n)
A064052 ➡️ oeis․org/A064052 3D graph, threejs - webGL ➡️ decompwlj․com/3Dgraph/Unusual_numbers․html
3D graph Gen, threejs animation ➡️ decompwlj․…”

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All aboard the Fediverse Express! 🚂 Once more, I have updated my public block lists.

Changes include:

block_spam_scam_users.csv: +166 new accounts added (from suspicious activity scans between August 2025 and August 2026).

my_account_blocks.csv: +125 new accounts added to the general block list.

my_domains_blocks.csv: +32 new domains added to the general domain list.

How to use:

1) Pick a source of your choice.

2) Copy and paste or download the file as a CSV (example, blocks.csv).

3) Upload and merge.

Sources:

GitHub: https://github.com/Fediverse-Express/Fediverse

GitLab: https://gitlab.com/Fediverse-Express/Fediverse

GitFlic: https://gitflic.ru/project/fediverse-express/fediverse

As always, enjoy the Fediverse! 😇

#FediBlock #Mastodon #Misskey #Fediverse #ActivityPub

And that every act of kindness from someone is remembered & cherished by the people you shown it.
Please kindly boost my pinnedpost🙏[here's the link👇]

https://mastodon.world/@jeandesu01_/117083011490626052

Hoping some kind people would reach out since after posting it last night sadly nobody reached out which I truly understand that many people also needs support.

Thank you very much 4 reading this post & if u also boosts my pinned threadpost, I truly appreciate it. 🫂☺️

#mutualaid #saturday #mastodon #community #fediverse

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This image is a quote in all capslock letters with black background that says, "A SIMPLE HELLO COULD LEAD TO A MILLION THINGS."

Hey me again👋 I might be annoying now just because my posts are desperate & yes it does all I hope is little understanding.

— Its 1am so Saturday is here hope everyone have a great day ahead!🌥️🫂
Im sorry if my posts sounded hopelessly desperate,yes I am thats because it is the painful truth.
My pinnedpost might not able to get enough boosts or share 4 other people might not able to see & read it or the painful reality is that many people is also in desperate need of help.
#mastodon #fediverse

And that every act of kindness from someone is remembered & cherished by the people you shown it.
Please kindly boost my pinnedpost🙏[here's the link👇]

https://mastodon.world/@jeandesu01_/117083011490626052

Hoping some kind people would reach out since after posting it last night sadly nobody reached out & I understand. Many people also needs support.

Thank you very much 4 reading this post & if u also boosts my pinned threadpost, I truly appreciate it. 🫂☺️

#mutualaid #saturday #mastodon #community #fediverse

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This image is a quote in all capslock letters with black background that says, "A SIMPLE HELLO COULD LEAD TO A MILLION THINGS."

@elizabethtasker I just love #fediverse because of a post like this! I learned new things—human things! Thank you for sharing with us 😊

And @biped808 thank you for boosting this post 🙂

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Kansas City Metro Flock Cameras Grow as Company Shifts Policy ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/kansas-city-metro-flock-cameras-grow-as-company-shifts-policy/”

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🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“A063980: Pillai primes: primes p such that there exists an integer m such that m! + 1 == 0 (mod p) and p!= 1 (mod m)
A063980 ➡️ oeis․org/A063980 3D graph, threejs - webGL ➡️ decompwlj․com/3Dgraph/Pillai_primes․html…”

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RE: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/117036096486689894

Dear @Codeberg,

According to the anonymous Linux-Is-Best account, I am a scammer and Gaza Verified (https://gaza-verified.org), which I made and help run, is a scam, and every person from Gaza we verified using video calls – all 303 of them, by last count¹ – is also a scammer.

(Please see: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Community/issues/2971)

This presents a problem because I am also a part of the Codeberg organisation as an active member with voting rights.

And the Gaza Verified source code is hosted on Codeberg:
https://codeberg.org/small-web/gaza-verified.org

(We’re clearly a very transparent scam operation that believes in FOSS, etc.)

So, if Linux-Is-Best is right, you are harbouring a known scammer in your organisation. Furthermore, by allowing the source code of the scam on your site, you could be held liable if you know of the scam but do nothing about it.

So, please:

1. Either remove me as an active member (and give me notice so I can cancel my direct debit and have time to migrate my account and projects elsewhere), or

2. Take down the libellous claims by this anonymous troll who is causing real harm to people facing genocide in Gaza (and who is thus, himself, complicit in genocide).

So I’m either a scammer and I should not be allowed to be part of the Codeberg organisation or the anonymous Linux-Is-Best is a libellous, genocide-complicit troll and should not be welcome at Codeberg. Because both of these cannot be true at the same time.

I’ll leave it to you to decide who you would rather want associated with Codeberg.

It shouldn’t be a very difficult decision to make.

¹ https://gaza-verified.org/people/

#Gaza #GazaVerified #genocide #libel #LinuxIsBest #fediverse #mastodon #Codeberg

I have exciting news to share!!

It looks like we're finally gearing up to start migrating people over into @Mastodon's new @zulip instance for certain parts of our community next week (#MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #FediDev #Mod etc.)! It has been a long time in the making and I'm sorry for the delay, but I'm so glad we're finally going to start getting people in there <3 We'll start by beta testing with a few individuals next week to make sure everything is ready for a larger wave of people to join <3 <3

More on #DefaultServerRecommendations soon too — stay tuned!

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #SocialMedia

Just to update you all, this is the reply we just got.

Apologies again for any messages you might have received in the past couple of days.

#GazaVerified #Gaza #Palestine #fediverse #mastodon

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Sorry for the late reply, and I'm truly sorry for the inconvenience this has caused. To answer your question directly: yes, I will delete all of my other accounts by the end of today. I stopped messaging people directly yesterday, and I understand now that keeping multiple accounts, even when linked to the same verified campaign, undermines the purpose of verification and creates confusion. That was not my intention, and I take your concerns seriously.

🌐 Bonjour le Fediverse !

🚀L’Apel Albert le Grand est très heureuse de faire son entrée sur Friendica et de rejoindre le réseau social libre et décentralisé !
Pour ceux qui ne nous connaissent pas encore, nous sommes l'Association des Parents d'Élèves de l’ensemble scolaire Albert le Grand situé à Bordeaux (de la maternelle au lycée).
Notre rôle au quotidien est d’accompagner les familles, de représenter les parents, mais aussi d’animer la vie de l’établissement.
En rejoignant le Fediverse via Friendica, nous souhaitons partager la vie de notre communauté de manière ouverte, éthique et indépendante, tout en restant connectés avec vous tous, que vous soyez sur Mastodon, Diaspora* ou d’autres recoins du réseau.
!
Dites-nous en commentaire depuis quel serveur ou réseau vous voyez passer ce message ! 👇À très vite !
💛L''Apel Albert le Grand

#Introduction #NouvelArrivant #Apel #AlbertLeGrand #Bordeaux #Ecole #College #Lycee #Fediverse #VieAssociative #Friendica

So I read @pluralistic’s book and signed up for this #fediverse thing. Now I need to follow some people, and ideally post some stuff worth following.

I’m gonna post my early journey into the Fediverse, and share my thoughts along the way. Wish me luck!

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America․ Police Love Them․ Citizens Don’t․'This is indiscriminate data collection, not targeting specific crimes․ The reason we have a Fourth Amendment is that they didn’t think the …”

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“Well, a cup of hot coffee ☕ and some mundane activity ⌗life ⌗coffee ⌗music ⌗linux ⌗research”

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🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“Understanding is the new bottleneck
Link: geoffreylitt․com/2026/07/02/understanding-is-the-new-bottleneck
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49290299”

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GOOD MORNING FEDIVERSE…LOVE IS LOVE!!! #mastodon #fediverse #loveislove #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #dogsofpixelfed #dogsoffediverse #pets #photography #photo #photos #photographie #Friday #fridayfun #goodmorning

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“US conducted mass spying campaign against leftwing and anti-ICE protesters theguardian․com/us-news/2026/aug/13/us-government-spied-anti-ice-protesters Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49294199 ⌗HackerNews …”

https://mastodon.social/@h4ckernews/117091688068590805

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🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“Judge tosses ⌗Drumpf admin overly broad ⌗Legal suit Seeking Billions Of Dollars from ⌗Harvard University for supposed ⌗Antisemitism․ The case was deemed insufficiently documented as ⌗DOJ sought to reco…”

https://c.im/@Lilmikesf/117089915912994424

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"Accidentally faved an 8 year old tweet so embarrassing"

Lol, these people need some common #Fediverse culture infusion. No day without some high quality necro-boosting here.

The Mane Event - Available Here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/the-mane-event-lisa-s-baker.html

#lion #cat #bigcat #wildlife #circus #mane #ringmaster #colorful #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoart #artprints #canvasprints #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creativeToots #caturday #lionart #animals #vibrant

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Colorful whimsical lion portrait wearing a patterned top hat, with a flowing multicolored mane in vibrant shades of pink, orange, blue, yellow, and teal against a richly painted carnival-inspired background.

🔬 The best bytes of #science & #tech across the #fediverse

“A huge thanks and shoutout to Team Radix (registrar of․site,․space,․store, and other domain names)! 🌐 🙌Thank you for sending over a domain registration survey paired with a $25 Amazon gift card․ Kind gestures like thi…”

https://newsie.social/@blissblues/117089807246285375

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Any #qubesat people on the #fediverse? What would it take to put up a #reticulum transport node (ESP32 Lora Board like the Heltec V4)?

Hello #fediverse!

We built an opt-in directory of people you can follow, organized by topics.

Brilliantly simple, you need to add the #fedi22 hashtag to your bio, and any other hashtags in your bio are converted into topics that people can find you by.

Consent-driven discovery is possible ❤️

https://fediverse.info/people?topics=photography

#PeopleDirectory #ConsentDrivenDiscovery

A THROW BACK THURSDAY! #throwback #throwbackthursday #thursday #mastodon #fediverse #mastodon #fediverse #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #dogsofpixelfed #DogsOfFedi #photo #photography #photos #photographie #pets

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AI is trained on human writing - writing from people all over the world who incorporate their own linguistic and narrative traditions and many for whom English is not their first language.
This has caused AI to write in a specific way; a way that we have now decided is non-human despite being trained on distinctly human writing.

These days whenever people find a text that seems even just slightly different from how they or their peers might write, or has a more traditional or classical style, the writer is confronted not just by the accusation but often the determination that it must be AI.

Often, it isn't. Humans still write. Millions of people put great care in their words.

What you are doing is harming writers and everyone who creates written text (i.e. all of us). Anyone can be targeted but it especially applies to those belonging to minorities and those who write in another than their first language. It's yet another way to drill out diverse perspectives.

Keep in mind that when you post a comment the world can see it. Your accusation may make others think twice and harm the person who made the post and/or produced the writing.

It's a thorny issue because no one wants to see AI writing and when it's used it deserves to be called out; even more so on a platform like Mastodon where people hopefully have the grace to forgive a spelling or grammar error and where we recognise we are a global community with many backgrounds.

The situation has led many people to deliberately dumb down their writing or adding errors just to come across as human. It's utter madness this has become a necessity for some.

If you think you've encountered AI but cannot be 100% certain do not jump to conclusions. Make the effort to check other posts or writing of that person. Often that will tell you what's going on.

Either way, I'd advice to err on the side of caution.

As a writer I want to ask the entire community to be more vigilant. Treat it the way we treat accessibility on this platform, in many ways it is not dissimilar.
Be more mindful yourself if needed but also remind others who make these accusations even if there's no factual basis.

It's hard to tell just how disheartening it is to put great care in your words, apply your skillset (great or poor) to put your thoughts into words, share them and then have your humanity ripped away from you.
Especially when you write something personal and vulnerable, when it took you a beat to find the courage to make it public.
Especially when you're not a part of the majority and people have been doing this to you your entire life.

We are human. We need to preserve and defend our own humanity, and the humanity of those around us on- and offline.

#AI #NotAI #Writing #Mastodon #Fediverse #Humanity #PSA

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A short story written in eye dialect by lieven. It is a distinctly visual writing style and may not translate well with a reader, my apologies. It serves as an illustration but does not further add context to the post. The text is shaped like an eye and reads: Eye stop wundering an’yer, yer hold yer hoarsies, aye? Dun yer see woh eye’m? Eye meight be graatly d’stort’d, eye meight no’look s’warldy no moor but th’should be n’need for introduckshuns. Jet, yer look at mi as eye am fin ‘ar. Wear d’we beggin? Yer hev read m’stories, see’no less and toget’er weave had er jurney. And her today we’re. How are yer, m’ate, yer wonderful beeng? Ar, yer reeding, yer can’t speek. Let me tell yer ‘bout mer’adventours. It’s bean like the see, travers’ waves and sinkin’ t’the bottom. This is no mir werld, this is no’mir hous an’ jet, here eye em. Here eye em. The’r feight is still meight. Yer, yer lung for mer feist, mer glorie, bu’ yer furget wha’eye see. Yer furget eye am a s’renger. Ay, tha’s grait, it shouws yer luv. And luv yer hav’. No fin ‘ar n’more, m’ate? Ner. Yer. Eye. Were wer goin’? Am eye in yer werld? Am yer i'mein? Th’s s’renger eye alwees’m. Welcum mir if yer wunt.

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“I strongly believe America's most advanced LLMs are already being used by the US intelligence agencies and Secret Service (inc․ ⌗CIA, ⌗NSA, etc․) in their global mass ⌗surveillance programmes․Note: They will nev…”

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“🇮🇷 🇰🇷 A century of trends in adult human height'The largest gain in adult height over the past century has occurred in South Korean women and Iranian men, who became 20․2 cm (95% credible interval 17․5–22․7) and 16…”

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“Kubernetes on Oxide: How Customer Needs Shaped Our Integrations
Link: oxide․computer/blog/kubernetes-on-oxide
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49286485”

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RE: https://caneandable.social/@WeirdWriter/117082499715551480

People are giving up too easily. Indieweb protocols are both simple and beautiful. They are for techies right now, but we have to keep pushing to make them more widely accessible.

https://khleedril.org/blog/2026-08-14--pro-indieweb.html

#indieweb #fediverse #webdev

"They Live" (1988)

They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.

🎬 https://phoenixproject.group/videos/watch/4c19343b-2309-4862-90cd-26802b68a660
📄 https://libremdb.iket.me/title/tt0096256

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Movie poster "They Live" (1988) A man takes off his sunglasses before his eyes, and a zombie is looking at himself.

Haven't been here for a bit but what I love when I come back is that it feels like coming home.

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“'․․․At one anti-ICE event at a church, agents documented the license plate information of attendees, the records showed․ When two agents were approached by a man who 'asked if they were ICE', the agent responded, falsel…”

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“How animals prepare for&nbsp;war
⌗AnimalBehavior ⌗Wildlife ⌗Science ⌗Nature ⌗Evolution ⌗War ⌗Biology ⌗AnimalIntelligence ⌗AnimalConflict ⌗Ecology ⌗Research ⌗Animals
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Good Morning #fediverse #tzag

Hi everyone,

We are aware of a Gaza Verified member who has made multiple other accounts and is sending what appear to be automated direct messages.

We have spoken to him and asked him to delete these accounts and stop the automated messages by end of today and to confirm that he understands that this behaviour damages the reputation of the hundreds of other Palestinians on Gaza Verified and Gaza Verified itself and to promise not to do so in the future.

We apologise if you’ve been contacted in this way. Our verification verifies that someone is a Palestinian from Gaza. It is not a character reference (we can no more vouch for the character of every Palestinian than we can for the character of every USian). However, we have rules clearly set in our guide (https://gaza-verified.org/guide) and these are there to protect the accounts of our friends from Gaza from being reported and thus limited/suspended.

So, please, if you need to mute or block an account, do so. If you’re a server admin and you notice mass automated messages, you’re well within your rights to limit or suspend an account but if it’s not automated, please contact us so we can talk to them and explain why what they’re doing isn’t in their long term interests. Many of you already do and I thank you for it.

But please also realise that there are hundreds of Palestinians who are Gaza verified and they are all suffering through genocide and many are watching their families starve or die due to lack of access to modern medicine (again, because Israel has bombed all the hospitals and doesn’t let aid through as part of its ongoing genocide).

In many Western countries, our governments are directly complicit and, many times, profiting from Israel’s genocide.

Whatever you do, please don’t judge the entirety of something by the actions of a few and please try and keep things – namely Internet etiquette and genocide – in perspective and ask yourselves what you would do if you were in their shoes.

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #mastodon #fediverse

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“New ⌗Paper published in Quantum: Catalytic $z$-rotations in constant $T$-depth quantum-journal․org/papers/q-2026-08-13-2191/ ⌗OpenScience ⌗Quantum ⌗Research”

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Link: gloom․sh/
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What would happen to your timeline if mastodon.social went away?

(Reposting my tool that helps you figure this out.)

mastodon.social is the biggest server on the #fediverse , with over 21% of accounts, and an even higher percentage of #Mastodon accounts.

But what does that mean to you, personally? Let's say it went away tomorrow - (assuming you aren't on it yourself), how much of your timeline would vanish?

In my case, it turns out - not a lot, actually! The biggest sources of posts that I see are (1) a very small instance that doesn't even federate with much of the Fediverse, but many of my friends are there, (2) my own instance, (3) a large tech-focused instance that is still much smaller than mastodon.social. The big guy is only 5% of the post I've seen recently.

But this might be different for you!

Find out for yourself at https://moderation-explorer.online/ . Use 'advanced mode' to see this analysis, since you need to log into see your actual feed.

You might even decide to try moving to an instance that you're more connected to?

(It's explained more on the site, but all the work happens in your browser, I don't see your identity, auth tokens, posts that get loaded, none of it.)

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Image summarizing the last 800 messages on my Mastodon feed. types.pl is the top one, with 17%. Mastodon.social is fourth, at 5% of posts.