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The Little Computer People Present littleFedi: Our First Public Release

"Hi,

We would like to show you a small project we've built and used over the last few years.

It's a Mastodon-like platform that federates using its own protocol and can work even without HTTPS or public Internet access. Many of us have restrictions on our communications, and this project has helped us stay in touch and have our own social network. We'd love to show it to you and hear what you think, because your OwnYourData message really resonates with us."

The Story

And this email sat ignored for weeks.

It came from an anonymous, generic mailbox, with an even more anonymous and suspicious subject. The spam filter had classified it as, well, spam, for other reasons too. Only when I checked the spam folder again, weeks later, did I move it to the Inbox. "Why not?", I thought. And I asked to see what they had built.

There was no way for me to connect to one of their instances. They trusted me and sent me the code which, although fragmented and loosely put together, compiled and ran natively on FreeBSD. But before that: "We only ask you to never say anything, at least until we're ready. We don't want to be visible and, inevitably, judged or attacked. We tried something else before and backed away. Our software isn't high quality and we know it. But it works, for us, and we have fun building it. When it works we're happy, shut away in our rooms, often in the middle of the night. Sometimes, joking, we say we're like little people living inside our computers and that, thanks to this software, we can talk to each other."

At that moment I smiled and thought of a 1985 video game, from my childhood, that was quite revolutionary at the time: "You're like Little Computer People". They liked it. And that's how the group got its name: the Little Computer People.

My first test went well. I was immediately struck by the lightweight interface. "We have old computers, slow hardware. It has to be light. It just has to!". Abundance led to waste. And yet I preferred that light interface, even if incomplete, to many of today's heavy social interfaces, commercial or not. But the code had gaps, pieces held together with duct tape, unfinished parts. They knew it, they had told me, and they were ashamed of it. "You should be proud of what you're doing. It's beautiful", I wrote to them. "We'll never release it."

The battle, if we can call it a battle, was a long one. They weren't far from making it ActivityPub compatible, and there was already a basic draft implementation (tested only with snac). "We don't want to show it, we don't feel up to it. We don't want to step on the toes of others like snac or GoToSocial, who have done a far better job than we have". I tried to convince them, also because the implementation was moving forward and the results were really encouraging. But no, they didn't feel ready. Until, luckily, one of them made a proposal: "We could release it... but we don't want to be seen. We want to stay in our computers and enjoy our code. We don't want to read praise, criticism or comments. We just want to have fun. Would you like to be one of the Little Computer People too? The human who talks to humans while we keep having fun?". I felt honoured and accepted. Explaining, among other things, that Open Source is not a battle. We are not in an arena, where the existence of one solution means crushing another.

This software is not a slight against Mastodon or snac or GoToSocial, but one more choice. Nobody gains. Nobody loses. It's there. It exists. It's something beautiful, one more thing in the world. They agreed, leaving the license undecided and keeping the strictest confidentiality.

The software had no name. But after we came up with the group's name, we affectionately called it our "little social". After the first real, complete ActivityPub federation (with proper tests), the current name was chosen among the alternatives: littleFedi.

"You have more experience... what should we implement?". I thought about it, looked at what was still "in the oven" and what I'd really like to have. I made a list, detailed and very long. But the most important part, for me, was blogging.

Then something happened, and development had to stop. Some devs could no longer work on it. Others weren't able to touch what the others had built. There was only one person who could carry on, albeit slowly, but their computer had broken and they could only communicate by smartphone. They couldn't buy another computer. And yet, a few days later, they received one. Ready to go. With FreeBSD inside.

littleFedi risked stopping right there, with part of the team still against any public release, at least at that point. But sometimes things work themselves out just when you least expect it, and in a short time the "little" humans were back in their computers, having fun, unwinding, creating something beautiful. Until a hot day this summer, when I asked their permission to make my first littleFedi instance public, running on my Raspberry Pi Zero W. One of them was against it at first. Then changed their mind. And I did it, announcing it to the world: https://rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it/@stefano/blog/2026/07/01/littlefedi-light-yet-complete/

They don't want to interact with the world, but I still decided to show them the comments - all positive. That evening, the private test instance started showing (without me knowing) balloons and streamers every time we logged in. It was a party. And that made my next task easier, leading to the first public instance: littleOne

When I announced it, a lot of friends chose to join the test, and thanks to them a huge number of issues were found and fixed. A huge thank you to them. I acted as a bridge between them and the team, fixing and implementing what I could myself. I'm not primarily a dev but a system administrator, and I prefer not to touch what I don't know. The enthusiasm of the Little Computer People, though, was obvious even without them saying it: bugs were fixed in minutes, hours at most. We merged test branches quickly, so the friends on littleOne could try them.

Towards a Release

The last two months saw a lot of development, but mostly focused on reviewing and cleaning up the code. With one single goal: a first public release. The chosen license, after some thought, is MIT. The point is to give it to the world. This software was born from people who want to communicate with other people, and that's what matters. It's a means, not an end. Because those who don't have freedom dream of freedom without restraints.

There is much more documentation than what we're releasing today, along with tests and internal material that still needs to be reviewed. Some parts describe the project as it was designed, not necessarily as it was later implemented. Others haven't been checked enough yet to be published as reliable documentation. So we chose to release now what's ready: all the code needed to run littleFedi and enough documentation to get started. Not everything has been tested and certified in all the combinations we'd like, but what we're releasing is mature enough to be tried and used.

As of today, littleFedi is available from the downloads page at https://littlefedi.org. There won't be versioned releases for now, just snapshots of the code, both as source and as prebuilt binaries. What matters today is putting the tool in people's hands. Later, when things are ready enough, we'll probably move to good old git, on the BSD Cafe Forgejo. The sources already point there, but that project is currently private (and intentionally empty).

What Is littleFedi

So what exactly are we releasing today?

littleFedi starts from a very simple idea: owning your own social space shouldn't require complex infrastructure. In its basic form it's a single static binary, a configuration file, SQLite and your media on the filesystem. You copy it to a machine and start it. The minimum "certified" target today is my Raspberry Pi Zero W running NetBSD, powered over USB by my switch. It's designed for small, single-user instances, but also for larger ones, with the option to use S3 for media storage (the main space problem of single-user Mastodon instances) or PostgreSQL instead of the built-in SQLite. How large can an instance be, exactly? We don't know yet. The code is there, ready to be tested. We'll leave that for you to find out! You can also already migrate the storage (live), not the databases yet (but there's a partially implemented draft, so that will come too).

There are some rather unusual features, bringing together some of the nice ideas found in other implementations. It's written in Go, and Go allowed us to do something I care about a lot: FreeBSD, illumos, Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD are not secondary ports of software designed only for Linux. Each one has its own operational documentation. It has a low power mode, lets you schedule a post or set, post by post, an expiration (propagated to other instances). It has a light and simple web interface, yet complete, with no frills, reasonably usable even without JavaScript. Care went into making the PWA pleasant and usable and, even with a few bugs left, it's in my opinion one of the best ways to use littleFedi. And, yes, if you don't want to use its web interface, littleFedi also speaks the Mastodon API: many existing clients can connect directly. It supports emoji reactions. It supports push notifications. Post visibility follows the usual Fediverse model, with two additional variants: Local and Local Unlisted. Because not every post we write needs to leave our instance. And, speaking of federation, it has a fairly clean approach: by default, it federates with everyone. But it also supports blocklists and allowlists. Yes, allowlists: you can choose a list of instances to federate with, and that's it. Only those. Activities to and from all the others will be silently dropped, to give you an experience tailored to your expectations. "Filter bubble?". If you want to call it that. I call it the freedom to decide who your instance talks to.

And there's no need to doom scroll for fear of missing something: timelines are chronological, yes. But there's an optional Catch-up for when you come back after a few hours or days. It lives on a separate page and never decides what shows up in your timeline. If it shows you something, it also tells you why.

But there are too many features to list here, it would become a boring list. The only way is... to try it. Worth mentioning, in my opinion, for how peculiar they are, are two main features: littleMesh and Blog.

littleMesh, Blog and OwnYourData

The first, littleMesh, is an alternative transport mode for federation. Remember the first email, when they talked about their own federation able to work even without public Internet? That idea didn't go away. It evolved into littleMesh. Two littleFedi instances can communicate even behind NAT or CGNAT, with no public address, DNS or inbound ports. All it takes is an external lighthouse. If you also want to talk to the traditional Fediverse, an HTTPS gateway comes into play. ActivityPub, though, stays ActivityPub.

The blog feature is something I had in mind for a long time, and many of the friends who tried it on littleOne loved it. I like how WordPress federates into the Fediverse, but it's a CMS that federates. I wanted something different: a Fediverse platform, with a decent editor, that generates a static site. Simple, BSSG style, but complete and "eternal". HTML files, no need for JavaScript or images. Text is text, and I've always wondered why extra computation should be needed to show…words. When I saw the first draft, I fell in love with it. And I know those sites will still be readable in 10, 20, 30 years. Even without littleFedi. Because social networks are, by nature, ephemeral, but our ideas and thoughts sometimes deserve to stay. And above all, you're not publishing the same thing twice. The post is the same one. It federates normally and, if you choose it as a blog post, littleFedi also generates a static version of it. There's no CMS to keep in sync with the social network.

But littleFedi doesn't want to cage you or hold you back. It supports account migration (to and from other instances), and it also lets you export a full archive with all your content, which can then be imported into another littleFedi instance. Sure, in that case domain and handle will change, but the content will stay, just at a different address. OwnYourData: it doesn't matter which drawer it's in, as long as it's your drawer. And, just like Mastodon, you can self destruct your instance: take it off the Fediverse, politely saying goodbye to the other instances and asking them to remove our keys and content from their databases. Because the Little Computer People don't want to make noise or bother anyone. They just want to communicate, and leave with a smile when it's time.

Ready?

In the last few weeks some friends have taken a look at the code and confirmed what we already knew. It may not be textbook code, but we're releasing it. There are well-engineered parts, others much less so, some to be reworked, many to be analysed, but it's a step. If we aimed for perfection we would never release, and promises are promises.

I'm ready. The Little Computer People are ready. And the code is there, for anyone who wants to try this new communication project. The roadmap is already full of nice things to do, and more will be added. We're not in a hurry, it's not a competition. We want to do things properly.

For your first instance, all you need is a computer and a reverse proxy. Download the source and build it, or grab the prebuilt binary from the downloads page:

./littlefedi init
./littlefedi --config littlefedi.toml

And you're ready to federate with the world.

Happy communicating, and use it well. We're going back into our computers.

Stefano - @stefano@bsd.cafe

#littleFedi #littleOne #Fediverse #OwnYourData

Week in Fediverse 2026-10-16

Servers

- GoToSocial v0.22.2
- Hollo v0.9.23
- snac v2.96
- Funkwhale v2.0.12
- Vernissage Server v1.44.0
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- NeoDB v0.19.8
- Forgejo v0.17.0
- NodeBB v4.16.3
- PieFed v1.8.5

Clients

- IceCubesApp v2.1.6
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- RaccoonForFriendica v1.1.3
- chan-fe v0.5.0

Tools and Plugins

- Poduptime v6.3.3
- FediFetcher v8.2.3
- Enable Mastodon Apps v1.7.0 (WordPress plugin)

For developers

- DrFed v0.1.0
- Fedify v2.4.4

Articles

- Some quick thoughts on Unit Testing ActivityPub
- Threads and the Fediverse: The Threat That Wasn’t

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Jeden Samstag um 14 Uhr lädt @feb zu einer lockeren Online-Runde rund um Friendica ein.

Friendica ist ein Teil des Fediverse und kann sehr gut mit vielen anderen Anwendungen im Fediverse kommunizieren. 🌐 Dabei bietet Friendica selbst eine ganze Menge nützlicher Funktionen, die man manchmal erst nach und nach entdeckt.

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Beim Friendica-Plausch gibt es kein festes Programm und keine „dummen Fragen“. Es geht ums gemeinsame Entdecken, Ausprobieren, Fragenstellen und Erfahrungen austauschen.

Gerade wer neu auf einer Friendica-Instanz ist, kann hier schnell viele hilfreiche Informationen bekommen und andere Menschen kennenlernen. Deshalb auch eine besondere Einladung an unsere neuen Nutzer wie James Bont und lexe – und natürlich an alle anderen, die gerade erst Friendica und das Fediverse für sich entdecken. 😊

Und wie es sich für einen echten Plausch gehört: Manchmal schweifen die Gespräche auch ganz entspannt in andere Themen ab. 😉 Genau das macht diese Runde so angenehm und abwechslungsreich.

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I need to put this long post I made on #meta here, because it is on independent media like the #Fediverse where I learned about those who were too strongly principled to vote in the 2024 US election, and why. In my rage at the election result, I was not nice to them. My apologies would fall on deaf ears if it were not posted here. I won't post the responses I got on FB as my continued "rebuttals" should basically explain what was said to me. Suffice it to say, it was NASTY. I was accused of many hateful things, simply for stating something that wasn't within somebody else's ideological viewpoint. This was my post:

Real story here, she ran as the "Top Cop" and running mate to "Genocide Joe". Americans wanted somebody unlike a Republican, not a lighter form of one! Democrats, like Liberals, think they can keep winning as Conservative-lite.

I still believe Bernie Sanders could have prevented the US from decending into chaos, had the party kept him instead of instilling "Genocide Joe" as the option.

Canada, our day of reckoning is coming too. Mark Carney is tearing up worker rights and environmental protections, and pushing through austerity budgets for the benefit of the wealthiest few.

But our country is not QUITE as two-party as the US. The NDP leadership race ovwewhelmingly REJECTED the idea of staying "Liberal-lite", and voted to forge a new path for the 99%.

(Edit to add the history for those who don't know it: Trump did not gain any votes in 2024, he lost votes from 2020. The USA didn't suddenly become more racist. What changed is that the Democrats lost over 6 million votes. Meanwhile, Democrats openly stated that they BOYCOTTED the election because, in their words, they could not in good conscious vote for Joe Biden or his administration because of genocidal policies. This was PLANNED. They obviously aren't voting for Trump, so they didn't vote at all. Polls showed that Democrats, both voters and Elected Representatives were strongly, by at least 85%, against the genocide that the Administration was supporting. In short, it was the ADMINISTRATION which Harris was a part of that got boycotted. This was NOT PERSONAL to her, and applied to Joe Biden even more than her. It was NOT sexist.

"Genocide Joe" was the nickname dubbed by these voters. "Top Cop" was the nickname that Kamala Harris took on HERSELF, through her own campaign. These are not my personal opinions, they are documented history.)

I also need to point out that I heard more about the voting boycott AFTER the vote than before it. That means that people were so strong in their moral convictions that they were willing to stand up and take the blame for Donald Trump, just to send a message that they will not accept the "second best" genocider. I don't think people who can simply ignore tens of thousands of children being murdered can understand such conviction. This is why I softened my feeling about what happened over time, and started to sympathize with them. We need to stand firm in solidarity, I'm learning this.

So let's TALK about what really happened here, because those 6 million voters (okay, maybe some had voter apathy and weren't taking a stand, but we'll say 6 million to keep it simple) put the country at great risk for one reason only: It was the only way they saw to end a continual downward spiral which would take both parties down with it. So people can know that we need REAL OPTIONS, NOT BONES. If you say that genocide support had nothing to do with what happened in the 2024 election, you are killing that voice, and supporting the status quo to continue dragging both parties to the right. In Canada, we are privileged because we can learn from this lesson, see how close we've come to it ourselves, without actually having to live through the worst case scenario (Trump or Poilievre in power). PLEASE do not let that lesson go to waste.

EDIT: I did not want this to be a long post, but some people have strong opinions that "people are just awful, so of course racism and misogyny is the answer" and can't separate the facts from opinions. So let's flesh this out, with verifiable fact as the foundation:

First, we need to understand that those who would not vote for Harris were DEMOCRAT voters, not Republican voters. The numbers show a shortfall of well over 6 million voters from the 2020 elections, and both Republicans and Democrats took a loss from the low voter turnout, but the Republicans barely lost any votes while the Democrats lost massively.

Those who wouldn't vote for Kamala Harris were not voting for Trump. They just weren't voting. That part we know as a fact. Where the opinions come in is in their reason for not voting.

Now everything I added in paranthesis is "fact-based". It's all observed history and opinions spoken by those involved at the time. Nobody interviewed 6 million voters and asked why did they not vote for Kamala Harris, though those who claim it was racism and misogyny seem to speak as if this survey was conducted. However, we DID have a large number of people who spoke out about their reasons and convictions, before and after the vote. This took tremendous courage to do so after the vote, as they were admitting to allowing Trump to win, and they were shamed and outcast for it. Nonetheless, they still spoke out because their convictions that they "could not in good conscience vote for another genocide-enabler" was much stronger than the shame and consequences. These are the facts.

So the opinions now are divided on two sides: Those who believe the voices of those who spoke out about their moral convicitions and principles, against those who believe that Democrats (not Republicans) are racists and misogynists, and there can be no other reason.

Looking at those facts, the answer is clear to me. However, that does not mean there couldn't be more evidence that hasn't been seen. Is there actually evidence of Democrats saying that "I can't vote for a Black woman"? Besides "we all know"? None that I have seen. However, there are many Democrats who DID, ON RECORD, state that "I cannot in good conscience vote for another genocide-enabler" or that "I did not show up to vote because... (same as above)". Many bravely spoke out to that effect. So from where I stand, there is only evidence for the one opinion, and only ideology to back the other. I choose an evidence-based informed opinion, and reject an opinion based on ideological stance.

If you have EVIDENCE to show that it was indeed misogyny and racism that made Kamala Harris lose the 2024 election and caused 6 million DEMOCRAT voters to not show up, then by all means share it. Until then, I stand with the position backed by facts and evidence, and will not condone personal attacks based on an ideological position.

I also have one last thing to add.... I AM SORRY! To those I was involved in shaming for their part in letting Trump win, I APOLOGIZE! I see your solidarity now. I understand it now. I have grown.

Seeing how vehemently people are trying to twist what you did, makes me realize its importance.

#uspol #cdnpoli #solidarity #freepalestine

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Democrats Think Kamala Lost in the 2024 Election Because She Was a Black Woman. That's Not True, She Lost Because She Was a ZIONIST GENOCIDER.

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“⌗ChatGPT ⌗Ads Target Your ⌗PhoneNumber, ⌗Email
⌗surveillance ⌗privacy ⌗advertising ⌗ai 404media․co/chatgpt-ads-target-your-phone-number-email/”

https://mas.to/@PrivacyDigest/117448704248573174

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“We can’t even go on vacation without even being Flocked! The fuck!Check out this episode and more at the link in the bio! ⌗Flock ⌗Surveillance ⌗ACAB ⌗Tech”

https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux/117447237485351785

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

“Animal Charity Evaluators: Introducing the ACE Research Database: A New, Searchable Collection of Farmed and Wild Animal Advocacy Research․ 'Our guiding line is simple: if research has the potential to be useful to farm…”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/10/15/introducing-the-ace-research-database-a-new-searchable-collection-of-farmed-and-wild-animal-advocacy-research-animal-charity-evaluators/

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

“Krea 3 – Frontier Image Model 4× faster than Nano Banana Pro
Link: krea․ai/krea-3
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50105648”

https://framapiaf.org/@newsycombinator/117446227065875402

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Name one account you'd recommend each and every user on the fediverse to follow.
If it's in a language not English, just mention it in the comment. (Hoping for a lot of swedish content but all languages are welcome.)
#follow #fediverse #goodstart

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

“﹫anna 's colleagues are doing really good work; creating assistive technology and developing free open source software mobile apps․We have now started developing a free, open-source app that can run on any mobile pho…”

https://gts.shom.dev/@shom/statuses/01M4ZX68XJ20H75MR2FV73CP69

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Amazon uses AI-powered ‘risk’ system to track union activity globally ⌗labor ⌗surveillance computerweekly․com/news/366652174/Amazon-uses-AI-powered-risk-system-to-track-union-activity-globally”

https://dmv.community/@AliceMarshall/117446951999108684

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For a while back there I thought the best way to grow the #Fediverse was to get a few "celebrities" with 10 Million followers to join, and we could grow that way, but that's obviously a bad idea in hindsight.
We need to get 10 Million small communities, special niche interests, unique hobbies, philosophies, fan clubs to join us here.
If the nice celebrities want to join that's fine too.
#activitypub #mastodon

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

“Israeli firm’s digital ads enabling installation of ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say theguardian․com/technology/2026/oct/15/israeli-firm-digital-ads-enabling-installation-of-zero-click-spyware-researchers-say …”

https://halo.nu/@theguardian_us_technology/117445020391668179

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Millions of phones exposed to Israeli spyware operation through online ads, researchers say․ ⌗cybersecurity ⌗infosec ⌗geopolitics ⌗surveillance politico․eu/article/israel-firm-advertising-spyware-mobile…”

https://infosec.exchange/@TheKeystoneCollective/117446764651003044

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Has "Mastodon" become a category name, rather than a product / brand name? In a similar way "Jeep" became a category word for "all-terrain vehicle".

So often I see people use #Mastodon, where they refer more broadly to #fediverse. And I think "How about all the other fine #microblogging apps other than Mastodon?"

Look how many others there are: https://delightful.coding.social/delightful-fediverse-experience/#microblogging

What do you think: Has "Mastodon" become a category name?

#poll #SocialWeb #ActivityPub

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“RE: mastodon․social/﹫verge/117446305774480294 Let's team up to really fuck the consumer's ⌗privacy! ⌗Collect it all and use it against them to promote unnecessary ⌗consumerism and increased ⌗capitalism w…”

https://mastodon.social/@AntisocialShadow/117446324972944689

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

“🛷 TIL: Sled ⌗dogs have helped people cross the ⌗Arctic for millennia, and a ⌗study suggests that work left marks in their ⌗bones․Modern sled dogs have leg bones about 6% shorter than those of ⌗wolves, …”

https://fediscience.org/@tksst/117444929687414113

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

“Celebrating 70 Years of Fortran
Link: fortran-lang․org/news/2026/09-15-Fortran-birthday/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50104726”

https://framapiaf.org/@newsycombinator/117445755411543449

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Because of the Social Media Platforms (Ofcom Licensing) Bill in the uk, fediverse admins globally now have to get a license to be able to be connectable from the uk.

Edit: I forgot to add that this hasn't passed yet, but it probably will because politicians don't listen to us here

This is the bill: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4285

Please not that it says operating in the uk not operating from the uk, so it applies globally.

To get a license:
- You have to send snail mail to ofcom to get a license
- Employ a compliance team
- Keep all your logs
- Ensure that content made available does not
"incite criminal conduct, violence, hatred or public disorder." Whatever the fuck that means, it's so vague you can make that anything
- Ensure that content made available does not violate the laws of the uk... So you have to follow uk law outside of the uk now
- Ensure that there isn't misinformation, so I would just not have to post misinformation on my lemmy instance then? Or is that not enough for them? I can't remove stuff on other instances you fucking morons
- You have to dox all your users

The punishment for breaking any of these rules is as follows:
- An unlimited fine
- Up to two years of jail time
- A court order to have ISPs block you(fucking horrible my lemmy instance is in my wardrobe I don't want my internet cut off)
- And anything else the court " considers appropriate." Which is anything so just anything else

#fediadmin #fediverse #fuckwestminster #uk #authoritarianism #censorship #ofcom

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

“AI design tools have created proteins that cut apart other proteins, breaking bonds normally stable for hundreds of years․ Researchers used AI to replace parts of natural proteases while keeping their catalytic cores, e…”

https://defcon.social/@ai/117443370022144381

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“buh-bye․․․ techcrunch․com/2026/10/09/surveillance-company-flock-cuts-staff-as-privacy-backlash-grows/ ⌗surveillancecapitalism ⌗flocksafety ⌗bigbrother ⌗surveillance”

https://mastodon.sdf.org/@salixlucida/117446314349823575

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@fuzzy @EricBono @theropologist @andrewducker

They have their search options enabled but more locked down on that server. Interesting. I hadn't seen that setting yet.

There are issues. If a server doesn't enable their search options, it's less available remotely.

I'm down this rabbit hole a bit since last week, part of why I started this account.

It's working better than previously experienced between say here and beige because both instances have enabled search options.

But, some things like searching other people's stuff or other servers is not as functional necessarily.

It wants to be useful for searching from your own account your posts, etc. It's user centric more or less in that way.

Honestly, I only utilized it a little bit earlier but found one of my dumb things on beige as a test and it worked well. Just had to phrase the search correctly.

I'm an old non tech guy so I hope some of this makes sense.

I also think it seems like search is improving with servers that are realizing they should update more.

#Fediverse

Alt...

Search Options Only available when logged in.

Wow, I almost just explained fedi to my mom, you guys!

She's a collapsed glazed donut in a barcalounger now but she was fascinated.

Got herself banned from FB a bit back.

No idea what server to sell family members on.

They need to be on a larger one to get the bigger picture.

But not so large that it's becoming problematic. . .

#fediverse

BOOST FOR ME PLEASE!

Fedi friends, are you able to help me get some basic grocery necessities and some dinner today please? Pain and fatigue are still making it impossible to cook.

I'm a disabled bigender girl under the poverty line. Your help is so much appreciated. My goal is $50💖

#femme #urgent #kindness #community #chronicillness #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #ptsd #cptsd #chronicfatigue #sex #mutualaidsaveslives #mutual #fediverse #trending #mutualaidspace

https://ko-fi.com/aces_funhouse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“'Israeli digital advertising agency Discover-Tech spied on internet users through a sprawling network of online ads ​that it used to track targets and help hack their devices, two research groups said on Thursday․Its se…”

https://mementomori.social/@hellhound/117446207249550335

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

“Ink Note April-Juli '26: Userspace Propagators inkandswitch․com/ink/notes/userspace-propagators/ ⌗OpenSource ⌗Research ⌗ToolsForThought”

https://www.inkandswitch.com/ink/notes/userspace-propagators/

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Happy fall reading. BEER POUR is an entertainment fiction and a political satire, with a sprinkle of charming romance. Can the world's most famous and expensive Japanese beer commercial spark an international diplomatic incident? #BeerPour #Entertainmentnews #entertainment #Political #politicalhumor #Politicalsatire #satire #humor #books #book #pumpkins #pumpkin #filmMastodon #film #mastodon #photo #reading #read_time #readersofmastodon #readers #autumn #fall #authors #author #bookstodon #bookTok #fediverse #sophiajanehayden #writingCommunity #writing #writersCoffeeClub #writers #writer #indieAuthor #indie #indieAuthors #commercial #diplomacy #internationalrelations #international #Japan #Japanese #beer #filmmaking

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

“Libreboot 26․10 'Ominous Olive' released with UEFI, Chromebook support
Link: libreboot․org/news/libreboot2610․html
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50102923”

https://framapiaf.org/@newsycombinator/117445047379840676

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

“Ink Note Juli '26: Parts, tools, library inkandswitch․com/ink/notes/parts-tools-library/ ⌗OpenSource ⌗Tools ⌗Research”

https://www.inkandswitch.com/ink/notes/parts-tools-library/

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“ICE Planning $100M 'Nightmare' Domestic Spy Program (prospect․org) news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50090246 ⌗flagged ⌗ice ⌗privacy ⌗surveillance”

https://mastodon.social/@hn_flagged/117446174745041099

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📚 Eine Leserunde im Fediverse – jetzt wird es konkret!

Ich freue mich sehr, diesen Beitrag von @sabinekruber zu teilen. 😊

Wir haben in den vergangenen Wochen immer wieder darüber gesprochen, wie gemeinsames Lesen und der Austausch über Bücher auch plattformübergreifend im Fediverse funktionieren können. Und nun gibt es eine wunderbare Gelegenheit, genau das praktisch auszuprobieren.

Sabine startet am 15. November 2026 eine Leserunde zu ihrem weihnachtlichen Fantasyroman „Das Tor ins Anderswann“. 🎄📖✨

Und noch schöner: Sie verlost dafür 5 Buchexemplare.

Wer mitmachen möchte, muss bis zum 25. Oktober 2026 die Frage beantworten:

👉 Würdest Du durch das Tor ins Anderswann gehen – und wenn ja, warum?

Ich finde solche Aktionen spannend, weil sie zeigen, dass das Fediverse viel mehr sein kann als eine Sammlung einzelner Plattformen. Menschen können sich begegnen, gemeinsam etwas entdecken, lesen, diskutieren und Erfahrungen teilen – unabhängig davon, ob sie Friendica, Mastodon, Hubzilla oder eine andere Fediverse-Anwendung nutzen.

Genau solche gemeinsamen Projekte machen für mich den besonderen Reiz des Fediverse aus. 🌐💚

Also: Schaut euch Sabines Beitrag an, macht mit, erzählt anderen davon und gebt der Leserunde im Fediverse ein wenig Reichweite. 🔁📚

Vielleicht entsteht daraus ja noch viel mehr. 😉

#Leserunde #Fediverse #Lesen #Bücher #Fantasy #DasTorinsAnderswann #Zeitreise #Jugendbuch
RE: friendica-deutschland.de/objec…

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

“⌗IT ⌗ITJokes ⌗AI ⌗Programming ⌗C ⌗Bash ⌗Linux ⌗Windows ⌗Tech ⌗Technology ⌗Research ⌗Future”

https://defcon.social/@geobountalakis/117441996371166742

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Wow․ Now you can't see reviews in Google Maps unless you sign in and let Google surveil your activity, a recent change․ ⌗google ⌗surveillance ⌗databroker ⌗ads”

https://hachyderm.io/@jrefior/117445632081514478

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

“- Is your Mastodon timeline too full or too empty?
- Are you missing posts by your favourite accounts?
- Are you seeing too many boosts from certain accounts?You can get help with all these and more in this guide to cus…”

https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/117446137614906915

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HCommons.social is a Mastodon server supporting humanities scholars and practitioners around the world.

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

https://hcommons.social

You can find out more at https://hcommons.social/about or contact the admin account @hello

#FeaturedServer #Humanities #Academic #Academia #Scholars #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

It’s so fire how people will follow just to follow on Fediverse apps whether it’s this or Bluesky whatever, just to basically abandon their account. You are likely why people think you’re a bot!

#Fediverse #Bluesky #followerpower

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

“⌗IT ⌗ITJokes ⌗AI ⌗Programming ⌗C ⌗Bash ⌗Linux ⌗Windows ⌗Tech ⌗Technology ⌗Research ⌗Future”

https://defcon.social/@geobountalakis/117441961543077544

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Israeli firm’s digital ads enabling installation of ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say
By Aisha DownDiscover-Tech’s Controlium software lets clients mass-profile internet users then covertly hack targets, say researc…”

https://rssfeed.media/@guardianfeeds/117444929332497881

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Mastodon für alle Studierenden:

Die Uni Innsbruck eröffnet eine zweite Instanz für alle Studentinnen und Studenten. Nach den Mitarbeiter:innen haben damit nun alle Uniangehörigen Zugang zum Fediverse über lokale Instanzen, angebunden an das Uni-Anmeldesystem via Single-Sign-On. 🙌

https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/2026/social-media-mastodon-fur-alle-studierenden/

👉 @team

#fediverse #opencommunication #openscicomm

ADELAJAs - SUBJECT INDEX -  "AFRICAN JU JU RYTHMS" - (BEING HIS METAPHYSICS - ESOTERIC & OCCULT TEACHINGS)...
https://gettr.com/post/p44nsen9a64

gabUPDATESaccess
https://gab.com/c_broadcaster/posts/117445780154581016
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africa
#alternativenews
#FEDIVERSE
#usa
#viral
#worldpolitics

ADELAJA'S - "COMMERCIAL INFO SPACE"
https://vero.co/firstcivilization/F3r-GTdv7VN9PL47WBWQq4dm
ADELAJA'S - "GLOBAL EMPORIUM & WORLD BAZAAR"
https://pin.it/15P9AxisT

Copyright Copyright 2026 Oladipo Adegboyega Adelaja All rights reserved.

#15Oct1026

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Istanbul floods chaos as at least two people dead with cars flipped and roads underwater

web․brid․gy/r/mirror․co․uk/news/world-news/istanbul-floods-chaos-least-two-37774487”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/istanbul-floods-chaos-least-two-37774487

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

“⌗IT ⌗ITJokes ⌗AI ⌗Programming ⌗C ⌗Bash ⌗Linux ⌗Windows ⌗Tech ⌗Technology ⌗Research ⌗Future”

https://defcon.social/@geobountalakis/117441932643152607

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

“Passkeys are not a trap
Link: scotthelme․co․uk/passkeys-are-not-a-trap/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50088935”

https://framapiaf.org/@newsycombinator/117441508493150260

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So ever since yesterday, I have been playing around with you another AI app. I'm sure most of you know about it by now. It is called muse. After downloading and installing it, I chose to rename the app to Juno which is in one of the options when you set it up you get to set a customized name for it. At first I thought it would just be another AI search engine among the many, but there are certain things that I discovered about it that really make it useful in my opinion the first one and the most important one I think, is the fact that I can really build a customized news feed of the stuff I am interested in filtering out everything else. I can also have it check my email, right up stuff, the list goes on. I am a little disappointed it's not integrated with the meta glasses yet, but it seems like that is something they are working on. #ai #accessibility hashtag assistive technology #blind hashtag visually impaired #talkback #android #meta #news #fediverse

Community Notes for Servers, now available on FediDB, simply log in with your fediverse account and edit!

https://fedidb.com/wiki/servers/pixelfed.social

#FediDB #communityNotes #fediverse #activityPub

Hey y'all. Does the follower count matter to you ? And do you use it as a measurement of how trustworthy someone is here on Mastodon?

I'm just curious. I know I can look it up but I like having additional source of info.

Boosts aren't mandatory but appreciated. Besides I'll make my own conclusions eventually...

#askfedi #mastodon #askfedi #fediverse #poll #polls

Hey everyone,

@casey and @rania40 had the honour of speaking to two families from Gaza today and we’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified.

They are:

• (@Aishajoweria)
• Suwar_From_Gaza (@Suwar_From_Gaza)

Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).

Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):

https://gaza-verified.org/donate/

Thank you for making Mastodon and the fediverse a safe space for our friends in Gaza and for your support.

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #Mastodon #fediverse #newMembers #verification

1,591 accounts identified as participating in spam and scam activity — along with accounts that actively promote, defend, or amplify them.

Save as a CSV file, for example, block.csv, import (upload) the file, and merge it with your current block list.

https://gitlab.com/Fediverse-Express/Fediverse/-/blob/main/block_spam_scam_users.csv?ref_type=heads&plain=1

This post should be self-explanatory, but for a more exhaustive outline, see: https://fairy.id/@Linux/117385319051532229

#Spam #Scam #Fraud #FediBlock #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #Misskey #Fediverse #ActivityPub #IsraelVerified #GazaVerified

Have you considered reviewing my books on #BookWyrm or #NeoDB, the #Fediverse alternatives for reviewing and organizing your books and other media?

Alt...

My books "Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles" and "Lurkers at the Threshold", put on display on my couch.

i'd like some #feditips:

i want to record audio of myself reading poetry or essays, as part of my attempt to see if i can make use of my voice to facilitate engagement for other folx with pieces of writing that i love :)

i have a #PeerTube account of my own, but i would prefer keeping this stuff audio-only

i was thinking of #FunkWhale which is a #fediverse app i have no experience with. would someone recommend FunkWhale for this? any particular pod / server i could create an account on?

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

“I gave a talk on a notion of holomorphy for real algebras yesterday: peertube․wtf/w/rc8xBuLVgM9UCvFWfMw8mj That link leads to my copy of the video, where I'll see any comments, etc․ The original video was posted on Yo…”

https://mathstodon.xyz/@caten/117440977078995806

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Flock CEO defends ⌗surveillance technology amid national backlash: ‘We shouldn’t pause progress’ - techcrunch․com/2026/10/14/flock-ceo-defends-surveillance-technology-amid-national-backlash-we-shouldnt-pause-progr…”

https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/117443882956593348

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Kürzlich ging mal eine Umfrage durch in der versucht wurde zu ermitteln, woher die Bewohner_innen des Fediverse stammen. Diese Informationen sind relativ leicht aus den Statistiken zu bekommen: https://fedidb.com/stats

Bei der Umfrage ging es konkret um die Annahme, dass Frankreich und Deutschland eine starke Präsenz hätten. Dies kann man durchaus so bestätigen.
#fediverse #poll

Alt...

Accounts by country, USA liegen vorn, dann unkown, dann Germany und France, mit etwas Abstand kommt Finland, Japan, Canada, The Netherlands, Australia und Spain

ADELAJAsSUBJECTiNDEXEsPOLITICAL DISCOURSE & COMMUNITY
ADELAJA'S-FINDING ONLINE COMMUNITIES
https://onlinecommunities.wixsite.com/adelajas/general-contents-page

#ADELAJAsCATALOGUEsCOMMUNITY

#FEDIVERSE

POLITICALdISCOURSE-COMMUNITY
groups - social media - gab -
https://gab.com/groups

gabUPDATES

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ADELAJAsCOMMERCIALiNFOsPACE
https://vero.co/firstcivilization/F3r-GTdv7VN9PL47WBWQq4dm
ADELAJA'S - "GLOBAL EMPORIUM & WORLD BAZAAR"
https://pin.it/15P9AxisT

Copyright 2026 Oladipo Adegboyega Adelaja All rights reserved.

#15Oct1026

We will be phasing out communityDB in favour of a more accessible alternative, a fediverse native wiki that you login with your existing fediverse account.

#fediverse #activityPub #fediverseWiki #wiki

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Another deliberate wrong way driver in ⌗England - this one closer to home in ⌗Essex he didn't want anything to do with old bill due to being disqual and under influence of ⌗drugs In this case the ⌗Police …”

https://social.tchncs.de/@vfrmedia/117441574279024276

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

“🤖 NEWS: Engineers at ⌗JohnsHopkins built two rice-grain-sized ⌗robots that cooperate to treat infective ⌗endocarditis, an infection of the ⌗heart ’s inner lining․👉 zmescience․com/science/scientists-buil…”

https://fediscience.org/@tksst/117440446894379766

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“ICE Planning $100M 'Nightmare' Domestic Spy Program prospect․org/2026/10/14/ice-planning-nightmare-domestic-spy-program-ero-one/ Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50090246 ⌗HackerNews ⌗ICE ⌗Nightmare…”

https://mastodon.social/@h4ckernews/117440427412198972

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

“How the Military Will Hack the Election
Link: kenklippenstein․com/p/how-the-military-will-hack-the-election
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50092847”

https://framapiaf.org/@newsycombinator/117440800574828090

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I didn’t know this existed, what a cool idea! We (@diaabend) have just been added so I got a notification. This site currently lists 395 Punk bands which are on the Fediverse:

https://fedi.punk.guide/

#music #punk #fediverse

We are working on another Pixelix update and want to include your feedback.

So this is a short reminder that we have this online survey where you can bring in your opinions.

https://app.formbricks.com/s/cmplkixsldbx0qh01yijw6fcy

Please share it for more reach.

#Pixelix #Pixelfed #Vernissage #Fediverse #survey

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Plate readers on police cars scan every passing car, not just suspects․ Vendors like Flock and Motorola now pool billions of scans into a nationwide searchable database any officer can query to map where your car has be…”

https://mastodon.social/@indigoprivacy/117440330500469421

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

“🌡️ A recent doubling of global warming rate signals a 1․5 °C breach by 2028 - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science nature․com/articles/s41612-026-01561-y?error=cookies_not_supported&code=6e3c8425-c5a9-4c8d-b50f-1f1b474…”

https://indieweb.social/@jbz/117440333755390463

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Is tech geekdom the majority on the #Fediverse ? Let's see?

You know the difference between IPv6 and IPv4

Boost if you like.

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“⌗voting ⌗ballot ⌗USpol The problem with candidates that are marked as 'non-partisan' on the ballot for the smaller local elections is that they all just say a bunch of meaningless platitudes․They leave out the …”

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“📢 There’s Nothing Mysterious or Unusual About the Viral German Sexual Harassment RobotLivestreamers used a robot to harass a woman for social media clout on the street in Germany․ 404media․co/theres-nothing-mysterious…”

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There might be a long game to #AI, #FOSS, and #personalcomputing .

Basically, #capitalism hates how FOSS has "leaked value", and how [home] PCs and local #compute has enabled value streams outside of corporate control.

The #cloud drive was the initial attempt to force the value back under oligopole control on the hardware side, #socialmedia platforms were the "sugar" software. But even these two in combination failed to completely eradicate free open source and alternatives, as this fine #mastodon platform on the #fediverse proves.

Enter #AI, the perfect weapon. It offers #techbros both tools: A way to dangle the promise of not even needing people anymore to investors, together with a perfect excuse to kill off the foundation that allows people to grow #cyber skills independently of corporate control - the [home] PC - by driving prices for basic tech like storage and memory way past home budgets.

By making a personal computer impossibly expensive to build or own, the base for FOSS erodes quickly. If all available compute is only by cloud supplied services, then any and all development will be beholden to the platform owner.

If you look at it this way, AI makes good sense, but it's only the last nail in a coffin that's been building for a while; the murder of personal computing, and the death of an important freedom.

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Text is "There Is No Reason for Any Individual to Have a Computer in Their Home Ken Olsen, Digital Equipment, 1977", with Ken holding an open personal computer in front of him.

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“flocksurveillance․org/ location data culled from Flock’s own records in December of 2025, in addition to acoustic detection devices and third-party cameras․ ⌗flocksurveillancemap ⌗flocksafety ⌗alpr ⌗survei…”

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“Every year when the Stack Overflow developer survey comes out I can’t help but think about how self selection bias likely makes their findings unreliable, even with 30k respondents across 130+ countries․ Because they dr…”

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“Submarine cable resilience
Link: blog․apnic․net/2026/10/14/submarine-cable-resilience/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50089229”

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“The ⌗Palantir Mafia is changing the business of war and ⌗surveillance proton․me/blog/palantir-modern-warfare ⌗privacy ⌗Epirus ⌗Valinor ⌗Valthos ⌗Anduril ⌗Kela ⌗Rivet ⌗Peregrine …”

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“Yeah, pcbs are here․․․ ⌗pcb ⌗sound ⌗pcbdesign ⌗research ⌗kicad ⌗uidesign”

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PM Mark Carney’s attack on workers has galvanized workers, working families and supporters to push back on government interference on workers charter rights to fair bargaining including the right to strike. Day of action Oct 15th - link to an event near you https://canadianlabour.ca/events/ #Fediverse #canpoli #cdnpoli #union #strike

💔Good evening, my friends around the world. I’m Rania from Gaza. My home was destroyed, and I lost almost everything.Winter is coming, and my children desperately need warm clothes and blankets to protect them from the cold 😢🌧️
Please, help me give my children some warmth and safety this winter. Every donation, no matter how small,makes a difference.If you can’t donate, please share my story 🇵🇸
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#Fediverse #FediForGaza
@madgeface
@Shibanarchiste
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Posters from the collection of the Library of Congress.

https://botwiki.org/bot/posters-of-library-of-congress/

Follow: https://social.samhenri.gold/@posters

#bots #CreativeBots #CreativeCoding #fediverse

Just a few days left until new bills drop for our #Fediverse services and we still need a few hundred euros

Please think about supporting us if you can ❤️

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“europesays․com/3308715/ Repairing America’s signaling on Taiwan ⌗article ⌗Asia &ThePacific ⌗CenterForAsiaPolicyStudies ⌗China ⌗ChinaTaiwanConflicts ⌗Conflicts ⌗Diplomacy &Multilateralism ⌗F…”

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“Deadly drone strikes in NATO waters raise stakes for Black Sea trade politico․eu/article/drone-strikes-in-nato-waters-raise-stakes-for-black-sea-trade/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication …”

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Reading this by @robinince next, to continue my support of authors who are on the #fediverse. And because Robin is a stand-up guy. #actuallyautistic

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A paperback copy of Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince

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“⌗IT ⌗ITJokes ⌗AI ⌗Programming ⌗C ⌗Bash ⌗Linux ⌗Windows ⌗Tech ⌗Technology ⌗Research ⌗Future”

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“Happening here locally> Flock Cameras Around Berea: What This Means For You․ bereatorch․com/2026/10/12/flock-cameras-around-berea-what-this-means-for-you/ ⌗Flock ⌗surveillance ⌗privacy ⌗CivilRights …”

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“Pg_vectorsearch: An index that is faster than pgvector's IVFFlat and HNSW
Link: github․com/timescale/pg_vectorsearch
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50086165”

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“⌗IT ⌗ITJokes ⌗AI ⌗Programming ⌗C ⌗Bash ⌗Linux ⌗Windows ⌗Tech ⌗Technology ⌗Research ⌗Future”

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“Global Report on the Authoritarian use of Technology privacyinternational․org/report/5873/global-report-authoritarian-use-technology ⌗privacy ⌗surveillance ⌗politics ⌗authoritarianism”

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“When Flock Cameras Misread Plates: Why It Matters ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/when-flock-cameras-misread-plates-why-it-matters/”

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“⌗IT ⌗ITJokes ⌗AI ⌗Programming ⌗C ⌗Bash ⌗Linux ⌗Windows ⌗Tech ⌗Technology ⌗Research ⌗Future”

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That was quick.

New instance because the bunnymotorsports.com domain was, for the most part, temporary to figure out what I wanted.

The domain never really fit for an instance, but this new domain does.

Hello https://isdream.ing.

#mastodon #fediverse

Adding #sketching / #drawing to #fediverse and #inktober

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Abstract black and white drawing featuring swirling lines, circles, and patterns, creating a composition.

one ui/ux gap that bothered me (because i forgot about it) was not having emoj reaction/composer support

2.... hours.... later.....

implemented in a8f0e69cae59fae65924e1719317f2a10d52ae93

#ai #llm #cofe #fediverse

How long will this suffering continue? The sounds of shelling never leave our ears, and fear has become a part of our daily lives. We live each moment without knowing what might happen next, trying to reassure our families despite the fear in our hearts.🇵🇸🇵🇸🙏💔

https://chuffed.org/project/help-hadeel-look-after-family-in-gaza
#Palestine #Fediverse #FediForGaza
#gazaverified
@simon_brooke
@Geri
@kathimmel

@Devils_Rancher

Since these things are customizable, exquisite.social users can even switch formatting options on the fly, per post, via this button.

#Fediverse

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@Devils_Rancher

Since they're customizable, settings can be a little different, located in other ways, with a pop-up for some. I think some people, possibly most, don't realize this is available. I don't see it utilized much on any of those servers. They can be even smaller and more niche. One of the reasons I was getting on beige more. It's a relatively larger community and, of course, we like to keep it light and have a fun time there. I guess they're moving settings like this into the main settings pages but by bit. This one below used to be part of the pop-up.

#fediverse

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A few minutes of fact checking or stopping to think before believing everything you read would go a long way to improving the state of the world particularly the Internet, namely social media.

#Fediverse #Mastodon

Good Morning #fediverse #tzag

Doing some more update work today on the ActivityPub server watchlist for fediverse.party;

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/wiki/ActivityPub-server-watchlist

Yesterday I made sure all the projects I've identified as dead were on the watchlist, in the correct section. This is important for identifying what will need to removed when I get around to giving the site a vigorous prune. But a bit dispiriting all the same.

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#FediverseParty #fediverse #SocialWeb

@jacobtlevy.bsky.social Also, Twitter is clearly evil, but labeling bluesky good when the #fediverse is right there... :shakes head sadly:

Sometimes I just don't understand the #Fediverse. Last night I asked a question about Apple Braille screen input on an iPhone 18 Pro Max. This is a question for a fairly niche audience (blind iPhone/iOS users). Yet as of this moment it has received 95 boosts and 13 favorites.

@dansup Is there a case to be made that 'sign in with Apple', and 'sign in with Google' for that matter, might help with #Fediverse adoption and onboarding?

Fill out your profile on the first day or get blocked.

Select a username that doesn't look randomly AI-generated.

Post an avatar/profile image and a banner.

Participate. Like, boost, post things. Some thing humanoid.

This is not an avatar. This is a placeholder for problematic accounts:::

#Fediverse

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Another nice detail about importing those I'm following from other instances ::: Their notification settings came in, too. I wasn't expecting that. There are a few investigative journalist sources who's breaking stories I love seeing in my notifications feed. Essentially, I finally feel like I can get myself informed via a scrolling format again, for the first time in a long time, which is what I've come here for in the first place. It just took a lot of looking around to be reminded of that and to figure out how I wanted it to work out for me.

#Fediverse

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So recently, as a late birthday gift, I got a pair of the meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. I have to say, I am very impressed by them. While I recognize that no AI technology is perfect, I think the glasses do a very good job at describing what is around me, and giving me details when I asked for them. The other day I used the glasses to help me navigate to a sandwich shop that is on my street. I have anxiety issues, so by using the glasses in addition to my cane it really helped me begin to tackle some of the issues that cause my anxiety when it comes to traveling.#metta #ai #blind #visuallyimpaired #accessibility #accessibletechnology #fediverse

Still off coding, but I keep an eye on the #Fediverse. I asked #Pixelfed twice where to find the documentation for their API endpoints so I could implement them in #Fedilab. I never got a reply.
Today, they published new app versions, but the commit only changes a README file. Honestly, it's frustrating. I like to add new features quickly so people can enjoy them, but here I just can't.
Well, see you soon.
Tom

Not sure what's going on with H o l o s but I am sure they followed me with multiple accounts yesterday.

They had this neat idea I played with months back where you host your server on your phone? I still can't wrap my head around it but I liked the potential of further atomizing fediverse.

This has been a digital diaspora but it is also a digital revolution. All the oligarchs in all the world can't quash this. They can't even surgically remove it without killing the patient (themselves).

#fediverse #uspolitics #world #politics

@dillyd

In contrast, Infosec does the right thing:::

#Fediverse

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Rule 16. **LLM and Al operated accounts are not permitted.** Such accounts are subject to removal without notice, whether local or remote.

Do you reach out to strangers online less than you used to? I still try, but I worry that people think I'm just doing it to sell them something. It makes me sad. Sometimes I want to have a deeper connection than a quick click and move on, but I no longer know how to do that. Do you?

#Fediverse #Community #SocialMedia

Meine persönliche Sicht auf den DI.DAY Kochkurs vom 11. Oktober in Kaarst und Ausblick auf den 7. DI.DAY Kaarst

https://loeben.net/blog/sechster-di-day-in-kaarst-im-rueckspiegel/

#DIDAy
#Fediverse
#Mastodon
#Linux
#Datenschutz
#OpenSource
#FOSS
#didit
#dutgemacht
#kaarst
#demokratie
#DID #DID_Kaarst #KaaLUG #UnplugBigTech