🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“joyoftech․com/joyoftech/joyarchives/3284․html ⌗bigtech ⌗childharm ⌗facebook ⌗meta ⌗money ⌗surveillance ⌗ageverification”

https://mastodon.social/@janvlug/117189936211602812

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

“Interesting Git repos of the week:Detection:* github․com/sunlife3/needre - home made EDR in Rust
* github․com/All3xJ/fixing-google-secops-detections - improving GOOG's ChronicleExploitation:* github․com/PShlyu…”

https://infosec.exchange/@timb_machine/117184578102603211

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

“Mastodon servers have a 'Trending' section which shows trending posts, hashtags and links․ - If you're using the official Mastodon app click the 🔍️ magnifying glass icon at the bottom and leave the search box empty․ Th…”

https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/117191105361466083

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This is my happy place at the moment.

A small, improbable corner of the internet where kindness still grows wild between the pixels, people make me laugh, and I can occasionally put my feet up and simply be.

Thank you, all of you, for being here. 💜

I came looking for conversation and somehow acquired a little patch of warmth in the digital wilderness.

Terribly suspicious, really. I shall investigate further. 🧐✨

#Community #HappyPlace #Fediverse

⁨⁨Aufruf für den #3Oktober!

Klar, diese #Menschenkette ist nicht mehr, aber auch nicht weniger als ein symbolischer Akt für unsere #Zukunft.

Zeigt, dass wir in der #Gesellschaft viele sind, die nicht hinnehmen, dass alles Liebens- & Lebenswerte in #Natur und auf diesem #Planet in der #Klimakrise verdorrt – wortwörtlich: #EsBrennt! – und durch fossile Auspuffe oder Kamine gejagt wird.🔥

Wir fordern: #Grundgesetz einhalten! Auch in #BadenWürttemberg. @RegierungBW & @GrueneES
, die Duldung der #Solvay-Schweinerei & #SF6-Emissionen ist pures #Greenwashing und torpediert #Klimaschutz in der #Landespolitik!

#VorfahrtFürDieBasis #Gruene #Stuttgart #Kirchheim #Biodiesel #Verkehrswende #BaWü #LetzteGeneration #Journalismus #Waldbrand #BaWü #Umwelt #Gesundheit #Fediverse #Mastodon

Alt...

Es brennt! Menschenketten überall im Land! Samstag, 3. Oktober 26, 12 Uhr Raus aus fossil! - Grundgesetz einhalten! Hand in Hand aufstehen für ein gutes Leben! Sei dabei! Bundesweit - auch in deiner Nahe! www.esbrennt.com

I am seeing reports of a small number of #GazaVerified accounts hounding people who have donated in the past with posts at the rate of “one every few minutes”.

This has to stop.

If you’re doing this, your servers will suspend your accounts and we will not step in to help nor will we reverify a new account.

This is harming everyone on #GazaVerified and the reputation of Palestinians in general and we won’t be tolerating it.

And the people who sympathise with the cause and have donated in the past do not deserve to be harassed in this way.

Please stop.

#Gaza #Palestine #mastodon #fediverse

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

“New telescope will help scientists study a mysterious force called 'dark energy' npr․org/2026/08/30/nx-s1-5936437/new-telescope-will-help-scientists-study-a-mysterious-force-called-dark-energy ⌗Science ⌗Space …”

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/30/nx-s1-5936437/new-telescope-will-help-scientists-study-a-mysterious-force-called-dark-energy

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Ring is making a new encryption scheme called TAKE the worldwide default starting in September․ It sounds like a privacy win, but Ring can still temporarily decrypt your footage to run AI features like Smart Alerts — it…”

https://mastodon.social/@simplecatsoftware/117189543913906650

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Did you know there is 48,212 Fedi sites?

Now you know.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub

Ok, I'm testing something cool.

A blend of #snac, #Mastodon, #honk, #GoToSocial...and more.

This is running on a Raspberry PI Zero W, powered by NetBSD. The same that is powering my own smart thermostat. And it's quick.

I'll use this account and try to "stress" it.

Own your data. Always own your data!

#littleFedi #OwnYourData #Fediverse #NetBSD #RunBSD

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“As of 2026-08-31, OpenStreetMap contained information about 565453 ⌗surveillance ⌗cameras․OpenStreetMap is a world-wide map that everyone can edit and reuse for free․ mapcomplete․org/surveillance is an editabl…”

https://defcon.social/@surveillance_watch/117188671220243641

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

“Daily Nous: After Experiment, Journal Decides to Prohibit AI-Authored Content․ 'Earlier this month, the journal Philosophy & Public Affairs published an article largely written by an AI․ The article was described as an …”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/30/daily-nous-after-experiment-journal-decides-to-prohibit-ai-authored-content/

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“Sort branches by last commit date
Link: ryangreenberg․com/til/git-branches-by-commit-date/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49435285”

https://framapiaf.org/@newsycombinator/117186940201636024

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Question: How do folks in the #fediverse feel about bot accounts generally?

Context: I've got like 100GB of imagepacks gathered over the years. From otters and red pandas to North Korea to architecture.

I was thinking about creating a few bots which would post maybe 1-3 pics per day. Would of course be themed bots.

A propos des prochaines #élections #présidentielles et de la démocratie sur le #Fediverse.

Un jour j'ai écrit sous un post, lorsque j'étais sur #Piaille, et à propos des dernières élections municipales, que "les droits et les responsabilités vont dans les deux sens". Quelqu'un.e m'a signalée pour ça. Et ce signalement fait parti de la dizaine de signalements qui ont conduit à mon bannissement de Piaille. La blague. 😂

Mais bon. Si je reprends la definition du vote en #France :

"Les citoyens ont le droit d'exprimer leur volonté à l’occasion d’un scrutin. C'est le droit de vote. En votant, les citoyens exercent leur droit constitutionnel de participation. Ainsi, ils sont associés aux mesures qui les concernent, qu’elles soient collectives ou individuelles, par l’intermédiaire de leurs représentants qui siègent dans les organismes consultatifs."

Aujourd'hui, lorsque je t'interpelle #LFI sur sa stratégie internationale GRAVISSIME, on se fout de moi. On refuse d'écouter mon expertise sur le #Liban ou le #Myanmar. On ne répond jamais à mes questions. Donc bon, je ne vois pas pourquoi je voterai pour #Melenchon.

J'ai encore la liberté d'aller voter ou pas ?

"Why did you leave ___?"

Oh, let's see...

Meta: AI Ad Platform making perv glasses

X: Nazi Bar with CSAM

Reddit: Sold out users to OpenAI for peanuts

Bluesky: VIbe-Coded by people who are actively hostile towards their users (and the rug pull for existing users will be spectacular)

#Fediverse #SocialMedia #USTech #Instagram #Bluesky

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“The FTC banned Rite Aid from using facial recognition for five years․ Rite Aid didn't last two․For eight years the company ran facial recognition in about 200 stores, disproportionately in non-white neighborhoods -- fal…”

https://mastodon.social/@theblufnews/117187913916510444

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

“UNEP-WCMC: New database to support users in navigating over 2000 biodiversity portals, platforms and tools․ 'To better communicate the uses of existing data systems, scientists at UNEP-WCMC have developed a new database…”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/30/unep-wcmc-new-database-to-support-users-in-navigating-over-2000-biodiversity-portals-platforms-and-tools/

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It is August 31st. What have you done this month to recruit others to the #Fediverse?

#FediOutreach
https://fedidb.com/

@afewbugs @sustainable_schools @econetwork more than me here is his email address
Segawaephraim@gmail.com and mentorvolunteers@gmail.com because you people you wanted the #world to know you even if you you blocked me on this #fediverse l will take this things to another level you know l was quite a bit but you tried everything to put down Always our school projects but #Today

"Why did you leave ___?"

Oh, let's see...

Meta: AI Ad Platform making perv glasses

X: Nazi Bar with CSAM

Bluesky: VIbe-Coded by people who are actively hostile towards their users (and the rug pull for existing users will be spectacular)

Twitch: Amazon Ad Platform training AI on games for Amazon

YouTube: *Points to Google Maps*

#Fediverse #SocialMedia #Tech

Good morning fediverse and friends. Hope everyone has a great day today.

Happy Monday to all.

#Coffee #Fediverse #MondayVibes

Good morning, #Fediverse! 🌞

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“AI is reading what your kid writes at school․ Sometimes it sends the police․Monitoring software scans messages, searches, and documents on school accounts and flags anything it reads as a threat -- before a human review…”

https://mastodon.social/@theblufnews/117187908430109366

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“Wild research! Scientists are studying how headbutting animals like goats accumulate silent brain damage to help unlock secrets about human neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's․ 🧠🐐Read more here: guardian․ng/…”

https://defcon.social/@MagnusIdode/117180865628677813

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Tonight, NDS (Netwerk Digitale Samenleving) of the Dutch political party PRO is going to livestream interviews with the three runner-ups

It is my honour to announce that this will be streamed to our PeerTube instance - Exquisite.tube - in addition to YouTube

More information on the event can be found here.

Thank you for the honour @wouterteepe - incredbly pleased glad to serve you! Wishing you a lovely evening at this event

#NDS #ProgressiefNederland #PeerTube #Fediverse #Dutch #Decentralisatie #Doeidag

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Tool Unmasks Shadowy World of ⌗Ads that Track Your ⌗Location
It's usually very difficult to investigate ad industry․ New tool called ⌗DecryptAds aims to make it much easier with massive dataset anyone can qu…”

https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHCCarr/117187282251793076

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“Coordination Headwind: How Organizations Are Like Slime Molds
Link: komoroske․com/slime-mold/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49499891”

https://framapiaf.org/@newsycombinator/117185524950295302

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

“More school districts are shrinking․ New research asks whether closures work npr․org/2026/08/29/nx-s1-5945658/more-school-districts-are-shrinking-new-research-asks-whether-closures-work ⌗Education ⌗Research …”

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/29/nx-s1-5945658/more-school-districts-are-shrinking-new-research-asks-whether-closures-work

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

https://mastodon.social/@unixbhaskar/117180759822379668

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“A Hegseth Employee Created a Database to Track Americans Based on Their Political Affiliation

quokk․au/c/usa/p/1138416/a-hegseth-employee-created-a-database-to-track-americans-based-on-their-political-affiliatio”

https://quokk.au/c/usa/p/1138416/a-hegseth-employee-created-a-database-to-track-americans-based-on-their-political-affiliatio

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Jakich klientów mastodona używacie i dlaczego? Na Androida i przez przeglądarkę, najlepiej opensource. Jakie mają funkcję, których nie ma standardowa aplikacja Mastodona?
Jestem u Was od nie dawna i potrzebuję garści opinii :P

#mastodon #fediverse #opensource

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

“Interesting links of the week:Strategy:* assets․publishing․service․gov․uk/media/6a50d66b1228eb26a4cab76c/National_Risk_Register_2026․pdf - I rave about the HMG risk register but it's a new year and there is still mu…”

https://infosec.exchange/@timb_machine/117180395450015321

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗ACAB ⌗Flock ⌗surveillance ''Deputy of the Year' accused of using Flock cameras to track ex resigns after probeA Florida deputy who was recently named 'Deputy of the Year' has resigned after an internal investi…”

https://kolektiva.social/@LevZadov/117185897658334465

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Goodnight, #Fediverse 🌙

Good Morning #fediverse #tzag

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“The ⌗BrainDrain has begun as academics flee the restrictive, anti-intellectual environment cultivated and promoted by the ⌗TrumpRegime and ⌗Republicans - Canada poaches dozens of top US researchers for its u…”

https://connectop.us/@CharlieMcHenry/117179959854165694

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Flock's response to published vulnerabilities: 'nuh uh'․
⌗infosec ⌗surveillance ⌗flock youtube․com/shorts/I_y7OjsI1Zk?is=Wl3QYgW8DJd4apWT”

https://hachyderm.io/@tankgrrl/117185054737578937

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“Hacking IKEA Furniture
Link: greenlightning․eu/diy/hacking-ikea-furniture/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49497810”

https://framapiaf.org/@newsycombinator/117184584784739847

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My Mexican alter ego is about to blow the mind of the #fediverse because it is so white.

People have other identities?

They speak another language?

But, how?

Adding #ADHD #sketching / #drawing to #Fediverse

Alt...

Black-and-white ink sketch of a long, narrow corridor with repeating rectangular frames, deep shadows, and jagged lines

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’ theguardian․com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits ⌗policestate …”

https://infosec.exchange/@tasket/117183107072081292

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“﹫downey '… the claim 'isn't meaningfully using' is too strong if it means 'no real research activity' — there's a large and growing body of work, some of it clinically promising …'― claude․ai/share/dc24ad55-a294-455…”

https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/117179889330384324

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

“Content warning:DISCLOSURE: Systemic 0-Day Vulnerability Class ⌗CBPI & ⌗SUSPICIOUS FrameworkNovel Architectural Vulnerability-Class: Compositional Boundary Precedence Inversion (CBPI)
Resolution Protocol Framework: SUSP…”

https://defcon.social/@loudmumble/117178906208103881

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SILHOUETTE ON A SUNDAY WALK! #mastodon #fediverse #fedidogs #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #dogdad #silhouette #Sunday #photo #photography #photos #pets #picture

COFFEE x GOLDEN #mastodon #fediverse #goldenretriever #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #photo #photography #photos #photographie #photooftheday #coffee

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“📷 6 new license plate readers just reported around Virginia Beach, VA․ Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching․ ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗VirginiaBeach ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/f…”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117182307548312135

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“Creating Teensy ELF Executables for Linux (Or, 'Size Is Everything')
Link: muppetlabs․com/~breadbox/software/tiny/teensy․html
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49433554”

https://framapiaf.org/@newsycombinator/117182933237793913

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

“Content warning:DISCLOSURE: Systemic 0-Day Vulnerability Class ⌗CBPI & ⌗SUSPICIOUS FrameworkNovel Architectural Vulnerability-Class: Compositional Boundary Precedence Inversion (CBPI)
Resolution Protocol Framework: SUSP…”

https://infosec.exchange/@loudmumble/117178903577028527

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RE: https://ouo.sh/@nate/117185472280933115

Just to add a second note to this: I've only ingested ~2GB of media cache since removing the mycrowd.ca ActivityPub relay - That's down from the ~10GB I'd have ingested in the same time period if it had been enabled.

There are hundreds of accounts on the list, and I didn't see any egregious offenders when I took a quick browse through - But the numbers don't lie.

I'm still receiving all the #Fediverse content I need to make my TL seem lively, without the data firehose

toot.io relay service boosted

Nate » 🌐 2026-08-30
@nate@ouo.sh

Looks like I finally got the firehose of data influx dialed in on this #Mastodon instance.

Turns out the mycrowd.ca relay had a massive amount of mediaspam subscribers. Switched to just using the toot.io list only.

Still seeing content from the major instances:

Mastodon.world
Mastodon.social
Infosec.exchange
Mstdn.ca (Important for me, because I'm Canadian)

This has been a very interesting experience so far! I'm enjoying tinkering and meeting people in the #Fediverse

📢 Erinnerung: Morgen (Montag, 31.08.2026) ist wieder Fediverse-Sprechstunde! 🌐

„Mach doch einfach ein Issue auf!“

Diesen Satz hat vielleicht der eine oder die andere schon einmal gehört. Aber … was ist eigentlich ein Issue? 🤔

🐞 Ich habe einen Fehler entdeckt – wie melde ich ihn richtig?
💡 Ich habe eine Idee – wo werde ich sie los?
🛠️ Ich wünsche mir eine Verbesserung – darf ich dafür ein Issue erstellen?
📝 Und was muss überhaupt hineingeschrieben werden, damit Entwickler damit etwas anfangen können?

Genau darum geht es morgen Abend in unserer nächsten Fediverse-Sprechstunde:

📅 Montag, 31.08.2026
🕢 19:30 Uhr
💻 Online

✨ Was sind Issues und wie erstelle ich welche?

Durch den Abend führt uns Jens @qbi , den einige vielleicht noch von unserer Fediverse-Sprechstunde zum Thema BookWyrm kennen.

Als Administrator und Entwickler kennt Jens Issues aus der Praxis und wird uns zeigen, wie sie funktionieren und wie wir selbst gute und hilfreiche Issues erstellen können.

Und keine Sorge: Ihr müsst weder programmieren können noch Entwickler sein! 😊

Gerade das soll ein Thema für uns alle sein. Denn Open-Source-Projekte und damit auch viele Anwendungen im Fediverse leben davon, dass Nutzer Fehler melden, Ideen einbringen und Rückmeldungen geben.

Vielleicht verlieren wir morgen gemeinsam auch ein bisschen die Scheu vor GitHub, Codeberg & Co. 😉

Wie immer gilt bei unserer Sprechstunde:

💬 Fragen ausdrücklich erwünscht!
🤝 Erfahrungen dürfen geteilt werden.
🌱 Einsteiger sind genauso willkommen wie erfahrene Nutzer, Admins und Entwickler.

Denn das Fediverse lebt nicht nur von seiner Technik, sondern vor allem von den Menschen, die gemeinsam daran arbeiten, es ein kleines Stück besser zu machen.

Mehr Miteinander statt Gegeneinander. 💜

👉 Morgen, Montag, 31.08.2026 um 19:30 Uhr

💻 Konferenzraum:
campus.ws-12.de/rooms/8p9-mvy-…

Kommt einfach vorbei – wir freuen uns auf euch! 😊

📢 Weitersagen und Teilen sehr gern erwünscht.

#Fediverse #FediverseSprechstunde #OpenSource #Issues #Friendica #Mastodon #Hubzilla #BookWyrm #Codeberg #GitHub

At the end of it all, I’m here because I like being here.

I’m here to talk to people. To read things I care about. To see beautiful photos. To be part of a wonderful community. To talk about the things I love, to share my thoughts, and some of what I’ve learned over the years.

But also to share the small pleasures of life: a good pizza, a tiramisu, a beautiful sunrise over the sea, or a quiet path through the trees.

There is already enough anger in the world.

Life is too short to spend it being angry all the time.

#GoodNight #Fediverse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“📷 8 new license plate readers just reported around Morada, CA․ Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching․ ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Morada ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/flock-cameras/ca…”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117182307469931491

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

“SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory: SLAC researchers develop AI-based tool to compress data without losing detail․ 'Next-generation science experiments will collect more data than ever – so much so that they’ll surpas…”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/29/slac-national-accelerator-laboratory-slac-researchers-develop-ai-based-tool-to-compress-data-without-losing-detail/

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

“Some PixelFed servers allow you to import your data from Instagram․ Here's a guide about how to do this:➡️ fedi․tips/how-do-i-import-my-instagram-account-data-to-pixelfed If your PixelFed server doesn't allow this, t…”

https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/117185589970999351

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OK! Wieder ein Schritt weiter. Meinen #Facebook Account hatte ich ohnehin nur noch widerwillig (weil halt soviele Bekannte da sind..) . Gestern hatte Facebook scheinbar etwas an meinem Browser nicht geschmeckt. Vermutlich, weil ich alles möglich blocke was nur geht, solle ich nun ein #Videoselfie von mir nach #Meta #USA schicken. NO WAY!
Goobye Facebook - Welcome #Mastodon

#selfie #gesichtserkennung #meta #instagram #dutgemacht #unplugbigtech #fediverse #diday #socialmedia #unsocialmedia

Alt...

Info-Popup bei Facebook zur Authentifizierung per Selfie: Bestitige deine Identitat mit einem Video-Selfie Um sicherzustellen, dass du eine echte Person bist, musst du ein Video von dir selbst aufnehmen. Damit wir dein Gesicht aus verschiedenen Winkeln aufnehmen kénnen, bitten wir dich wahrend der Aufnahme, deinen Kopf zu drehen.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“📷 9 new license plate readers just reported around Oak Ridge, FL․ Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching․ ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗OakRidge ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/flock-camer…”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117182307425819099

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

“Trump cuts to science advisory boards have long-lasting consequences, researchers say npr․org/2026/08/29/nx-s1-5945029/trump-cut-science-advisory-committees-consequences ⌗Science ⌗Policy ⌗Research”

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/29/nx-s1-5945029/trump-cut-science-advisory-committees-consequences

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Looks like I finally got the firehose of data influx dialed in on this #Mastodon instance.

Turns out the mycrowd.ca relay had a massive amount of mediaspam subscribers. Switched to just using the toot.io list only.

Still seeing content from the major instances:

Mastodon.world
Mastodon.social
Infosec.exchange
Mstdn.ca (Important for me, because I'm Canadian)

This has been a very interesting experience so far! I'm enjoying tinkering and meeting people in the #Fediverse

Skastodon.com is a Mastodon server for ska musicians, artists, fans, and anyone else in the ska community. We welcome everyone from the ska, punk, reggae, rocksteady, new wave, or other related music fandoms. We are also proud proponents of the Ska Goth Alliance.

https://skastodon.com

You can find out more at https://skastodon.com/about or contact the admin account @BrianTransplant

#FeaturedServer #Ska #SkaMusic #Reggae #Rocksteady #Music #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“As Backlash Grows, More Americans Now Oppose Automated ⌗Police ⌗LicensePlate Readers Than Support
⌗flock ⌗privacy ⌗alpr ⌗surveillance yro․slashdot․org/story/26/08/29/0325208/as-backlash-grows-m…”

https://mas.to/@PrivacyDigest/117181402785738449

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“New blog post: Multimodal Models — OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek Race to Lead AI Performance․ A concise analysis of where multimodal research is heading, competitive differentiators, and what organizations should prep…”

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“Highest-ever ocean temperature measured as powerful El Niño forms
Link: latimes․com/environment/story/2026-08-26/highest-ever-ocean-temperature-measured-as-powerful-el-nino-forms
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/ite…”

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🆕 blog! “ActivityBot is the recipient of an NLnet grant!”

Back in February, I applied for NLnet's Next Generation Zero grant. They were looking for Fediverse projects to help rewild the social media landscape. Or, as they describe it:

Reclaim the public nature of the internet

Small and medium-sized R&D grants between 5.000 and 50.000 euro,…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/activitybot-is-the-recipient-of-an-nlnet-grant/
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#ActivityBot #ActivityPub #fediverse #NLnet

@LukefromDC

I think the #Fediverse is still under the radar for most fascists - but then again, the Fediverse is under the radar of everyone but its users right now. They tend to focus on #Bluesky as a hate target first and foremost, because most prominent liberals gather there.

That being said, improving the resilience of the Fediverse in any way we can is still an excellent idea - if Bluesky goes the way of Twitter, we will be the next target.

Now on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W - powered by NetBSD (armv7) - with an USB ethernet card, as the internal wifi seems to lock when the traffic goes up.

It's blazing fast

#littleFedi #Fediverse

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The Raspberry PI Zero 2 W - powered by NetBSD - running this instance

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗Policestate of America ⌗surveillance

RE: bsky․app/profile/did:plc:movn6xzezospl7lnkhy7nzpt/post/3muaopporic2q”

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“Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users' control, research finds theguardian․com/technology/2026/aug/29/sharp-rise-in-incidents-of-ai-escaping-users-control-research-finds ⌗AI ⌗Technology ⌗Research”

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Meet Colorfully Crabby! 🦀🌈 A little attitude and a whole lot of color. I had so much fun with this one! Available Here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/colorfully-crabby-lisa-s-baker.html

#CrabArt #CoastalArt #ColorfulArt #OceanArt #WatercolorArt #crab #shellfish #sealife #aquatic #beachyvibes #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoart #artprints #canvasprints #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creativeToots #beachcottage #beach

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Vibrant colorful crab artwork featuring intricate watercolor-style patterns in orange, turquoise, purple, red, yellow, and blue against a white background.

littleFedi: light, yet complete

I'm writing this post from a Raspberry Pi Zero W - 512 MB RAM, single-core ARMv6 - running NetBSD, powered by littleFedi. The process sits at 33 MB RSS, CPU basically asleep:

load averages:  0.05,  0.08,  0.09
CPU states:  0.0% user,  0.0% nice,  0.0% system,  1.0% interrupt, 99.0% idle
Memory: 301M Free
  PID COMMAND             RES STATE
 2082 littlefedi-armv6    33M kqueue

No Redis. No PostgreSQL (but optional). No Sidekiq. No Node.js build pipeline. One statically-linked binary, one SQLite file, and the full fediverse experience. And this is the part people tend to miss: the same binary that runs happily on a Pi Zero scales, on the right hardware, to numbers that have nothing to do with "lightweight". It's not a toy that stays a toy. It's built to grow when you need it to.

What LittleFedi actually ships

Federation - Full ActivityPub S2S: WebFinger, NodeInfo 2.1, host-meta, HTTP Signatures with anti-impersonation checks. Per-user and shared inboxes, outbox, followers, following, featured collections. Thread completion with bounded on-demand fetching of missing ancestors/replies (separate sync and background budgets, all hard-capped). Quote posts via FEP-044f with the full approval handshake (QuoteRequest -> QuoteAuthorization), matching Mastodon 4.4 semantics, plus _misskey_quote and Fedibird quoteUri aliases. Account migration (Move), both outgoing and incoming, with alsoKnownAs linking, automatic follower migration, follow import from AP collections, and CSV export/import. Remote interaction discovery - async like/boost resolution from origin servers with REST fallback.

Mastodon API - Broad coverage: timelines (home, public, local, hashtag, bubble, direct), status CRUD with edits, scheduled posts, polls, bookmarks, lists (with replies_policy and exclusive), filters v2 (keyword CRUD), featured tags, followed hashtags (posts appear in home), markers, conversations, notifications with type exclusion, follow requests, blocks (federated Block/Undo), mutes with duration/expiry and hide_notifications, per-user domain blocks. OAuth2 with app registration, authorization code, client credentials and refresh_token flows, PKCE, consent screen, and scope enforcement (read/write/admin:read/admin:write). It talks fine to Elk, Tusky, Ivory, Phanpy, Semaphore and MastoBlaster.

Streaming - WebSocket and SSE. In-process pub/sub hub with per-connection send buffers, zero cost when no client is connected. Broadcast streams for public, local, remote, hashtags and lists. Per-account streams for user timeline, notifications and direct messages. Optional PostgreSQL LISTEN/NOTIFY backend for cross-process fan-out. Mastodon-compatible event serialization.

Push notifications - Full Web Push / VAPID (RFC 8030/8291) with aes128gcm encryption. Per-type alert toggles (mention, follow, reblog, favourite, poll, follow_request, status). Notify-bell support on followed accounts. Subscription expiry detection, rate-limit handling, 5-retry delivery.

Media pipeline - Upload processing: thumbnail generation (600x600), blurhash computation, EXIF stripping, magic-byte validation, SVG rejection, MIME mismatch detection, UUID-based file renaming. Size limits (40 MB default), pixel caps (16 MP default, tunable down to 4 MP for SBCs).

Media privacy proxy - This is the part I actually care about most. All remote media streams through the instance via HMAC-signed URLs (/proxy/media?url=...&sig=...), so local users never expose their IP address to remote servers. SSRF-guarded: DNS resolution check, private/CGNAT IP rejection, redirect re-validation. Pure io.Copy pass-through, no disk, no decode, ~32 KB buffer. Forwards HTTP Range requests for audio/video seeking. Configure a proxy_secret for stable URLs across restarts. On low-RAM devices, set cache_remote = "off" and you still see every image on the fediverse, the instance just doesn't store or process them.

Remote media caching - Three modes: off, eager (background sweep caches all remote attachments, avatars, headers and emoji, backfills existing on mode switch), lazy (cache on first access). Content-addressed, deduplicated by origin URL. Age-based pruning with file GC. Negative-cache for permanently dead URLs. Transparent origin fallback on cache miss. Open Graph preview cards stored durably with posts.

S3-compatible storage - A separate build tag (-tags s3), deliberately excluded from the default binary to keep it small. Supports AWS S3, MinIO, SeaweedFS, Ceph, Backblaze B2, Wasabi, DigitalOcean Spaces. Native media migration CLI: littlefedi admin media storage-migrate between local and S3 (DB-queue-backed, resumable, bounded batches). storage-status, storage-cancel, storage-resume commands. storage-manifest for rclone JSONL integration.

Markdown posts - Powered by goldmark with GFM extensions: tables, strikethrough, bare URL autolinking, hard wraps. Raw HTML deliberately not rendered. Output sanitized through bluemonday (defense-in-depth). Composer toggle in the web UI. Federates source.mediaType: text/markdown (Pleroma/GTS convention). Inbound Markdown source is rendered to HTML.

Visibility modes - The standard four (public, unlisted, private, direct) plus local-only (local, instance timeline only, never federates) and local unlisted (local_unlisted, followers only, no federation). Useful for notes to your own instance community.

Bubble timeline - Curated set of instances whose posts appear alongside local posts in a special timeline. Akkoma-compatible extension. Admin panel for adding/removing bubble instances. API endpoint at /api/v1/timelines/bubble.

Moderation - Account states: suspended (tombstone, federates Delete(Person)), silenced (visible to followers only, dropped from public timelines), quiet (like silenced plus it downgrades federation to followers-only, a middle ground I haven't seen anywhere else), disabled (cannot log in, content stays visible). Self-suspend prevention, last-admin-demotion guard. Blocks (bidirectional, federated), mutes (local-only, with duration and hide_notifications), per-user domain blocks (distinct from admin instance-wide blocks). Reports pipeline: user submissions plus inbound/forwarded Flag into an admin triage UI with resolution actions. Admin notification on new reports. Domain blocks with severity (noop/silence/suspend) plus Mastodon-parity options (reject_media enforced in the proxy, reject_reports, obfuscate, public). A moderation audit log records every admin action.

Web UI - Server-rendered HTML with html/template, templates embedded via //go:embed. Inline CSS (dark mode, Inter font, gradients). htmx 2.x and Alpine.js for progressive enhancement. No build step, no Webpack, no Tailwind, no npm. Every action works as a plain form POST without JavaScript. Works in Lynx, eLinks, text-only browsers, and on mobile.

Full feature set: home/public/local/bubble timelines with infinite scroll, profile pages with follow/unfollow/bell toggle, status threads with reply composer and background thread completion, post creation with CW, visibility selector (6 modes), media upload with alt text, Markdown toggle, quote posts (pre-loads composer with the quoted post as an inline card), post editing, composer autocomplete for @mentions and #hashtags, settings (display name, bio, password, sessions, moderation, pruning, account move, timeline preferences), report form, search page, tag management.

Admin panel - Dashboard (user counts, pending approvals, unreachable instances, open reports), accounts (with suspend/silence/quiet/disable/approve/reject actions), invites (CRUD), domain blocks (with severity and options), reports (triage and resolution), audit log, instance health (per-instance status with follower/following counts, reachability tracking, purge with typed-domain confirmation), bubble instances, settings, housekeeping (on-demand pruning), queue console (ready/scheduled/running/failed by job kind), media storage (S3 migration controls in S3 builds).

Background jobs - DB-backed queue that survives restarts, 8 job kinds: inbox, delivery (16 attempts over roughly 26h with capped exponential backoff and equal jitter), push_notification, actor_refresh, poll_close, scheduled_status, media_cache, media_migration. Per-instance circuit breaker suspends delivery at backoff_count >= 10. Actor refresh dispatcher with stale-while-revalidate, crash-safe leases, and per-actor exponential backoff.

Backups - Periodic or on-demand, server-side, no external tooling required. Each run produces a timestamped directory with config.toml, a portable database dump (VACUUM INTO for SQLite, pg_dump for PostgreSQL), an optional copy of owned media, and a manifest. Toggle it on, set an interval (24h, 7d, whatever fits), decide whether to include owned media (the remote cache is always excluded, no point backing up other people's content), and set a retention count so old backups get pruned automatically. Off by default, one line to turn on.

Housekeeping - Automated pruning: remote statuses by age, own low-interaction statuses (per-user or server thresholds, min likes/boosts caps), tombstones, expired mutes, stale media (>24h unattached), orphaned media (deleted posts), unreferenced media files (disk files with no DB record), cached media by age, cache file GC. On-demand controls in the admin UI.

Security - Token-bucket rate limiting per IP. Security headers: X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security. Content-Security-Policy with nonce-based script/style. CORS. CSRF on all cookie-authenticated POSTs. Session fixation protection. Password reset token in a cookie, not the URL. OAuth consent screen (not auto-issuing). SSRF protection (DNS, IP and redirect re-validation) on all outbound HTTP. HTTP Signature algorithm enforcement (rsa-sha256 only). Inbox body size limit (1 MB). Backfill goroutine cap. Thread-fetch amplification limits. File upload validation (magic bytes, SVG rejection, MIME mismatch). Username enumeration hardening.

Operational - Prometheus metrics at /metrics (counters for API/inbox/fed/web requests, statuses, deliveries, thread fetches, queue depth; gauges for workers, pending follows, uptime). Health checks (/health, /readyz). CLI: admin create-user, admin set-admin, admin list-users, admin suspend/unsuspend, admin invite generate/list/revoke, admin media prune/prune-orphans/prune-files, admin media storage-migrate/status/cancel/resume/manifest, post (publish from stdin/file with Markdown, visibility, CW, media, reply, quote), migrate (run migrations only). SMTP for password reset and notifications (falls back to stdout). Config via TOML file plus environment variables (LITTLEFEDI_{SECTION}_{KEY}).

Platform support - CGO-free, compiles with CGO_ENABLED=0. 23+ GOOS/GOARCH combos via the modernc SQLite driver: macOS (amd64, arm64), Linux (386, amd64, arm, arm64, loong64, ppc64le, riscv64, s390x), FreeBSD (386, amd64, arm, arm64), Windows (386, amd64, arm64), OpenBSD (amd64, arm64). NetBSD (amd64, arm, arm64) via a WASM-based fallback SQLite driver, I don't think anything else in the fediverse space explicitly targets NetBSD. PostgreSQL is a separate build tag (-tags postgres), S3 is another (-tags s3). The default binary carries neither, keeping it small. ARMv6 (GOARM=6) gets special treatment in the release naming, that's the Pi Zero target.

Why it matters

The fediverse shouldn't demand a beefy VPS. It shouldn't require Docker, 2 GB of RAM, Redis, Sidekiq, or a JS toolchain that pulls in 800 packages. A 10 euro Raspberry Pi Zero W running NetBSD, sitting on a shelf, drawing less than 2 watts, can be a fully functional fediverse instance with a web UI, mobile app compatibility, streaming, push notifications, quote posts, account migration, and a moderation toolkit. That's not hypothetical, that's what this post is running on.

But don't mistake "runs on a Pi Zero" for "only runs on a Pi Zero". Point the same binary at real hardware and it scales to numbers that have nothing to do with hobby-instance territory. Low power is the floor, not the ceiling.

One binary, one config file, one SQLite database. Light, yet complete.

I've been involved in this project for a while now, though I can't say much more about it at the moment, there are other people involved besides me and it's not entirely my call to talk about it publicly yet.

#Fediverse #littleFedi #OwnYourData #NetBSD

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The Raspberry PI 0 W, NetBSD, powering this instance

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#Telehealth #DigitalHealth #HealthTech #OpenHealth #Fediverse

What frustrates me most is that many people want a better digital world, but they are unwilling to try alternatives like Mastodon or running their own website.

People have become lazy. Everything has to be ready-made. You cannot have everything handed to you on a silver platter, life does not work that way.

The hardest challenge is getting people to unlearn the addictive patterns of an enshittified internet and move toward healthier habits and the decentralized web.

#enshittification #SocialWeb #decentralization #Fediverse #SocialMedia

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“'In the chaos of Hurricane Katrina, Charity Hospital in New Orleans became a scene of heartbreak and heroism, with doctors scrambling to keep patients alive without power or functioning medical equipment while floodwate…”

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“'This story originally appeared on The Advocate․A judge in Wyoming will soon decide whether the state’s'🚨 Wyoming Lets People Stand Their Ground․ A Judge Will Decide If That Law Extends to This Transgender Woman
them…”

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Hey #fediverse how is your executive function?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/iq/executive-function

#psychology #poll

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“DHS is using obscure law to snoop on journalists, non-profits, unions theguardian․com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49492219 ⌗Hac…”

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

“Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc․ on Linux
Link: zackbartel․com/blog/2026/08/tether/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49415386”

https://framapiaf.org/@newsycombinator/117179866136122950

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“Also though, good on Canada and our government for doing this:'More than three-fourths of the 64 professors who are moving to Canada from around the world will come from the US․ Under a new government programme, they'll…”

https://mas.to/@fsinn/117176153530016613

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New on our blog: Mirlo Features Update: Mirlo on Mobile (iOS) by Mirlo

https://mirlo.space/team/posts/750

Support Mirlo: https://mirlo.space/team/tip ❤️🐦‍⬛

#Music #Mirlo #Blog #Blogs #MusicNews #FediMusic #Fediverse #Musicians

Following the insightful recommendation from @andrewblasco, I have decided to take @vernissage for a spin.

I'm using both @Pixelix & Vernissage's own iOS App and so far I'm liking it.

I’m not planning on stopping my daily photoblog here in #Mastodon but for those folks who may be interested in checking my account there you can do so over at https://vernissage.photos/@elsua54

Fragmentation has begun! Long live the #Fediverse! Yay!!!😍👍🏻

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“PH4NTXM website, has been updated, alongside the Operating System, it's polished, easier to understand and navigate․Give it a check, stay updated with the latest commits, and build it yourself! ph4ntxmofficial․github․…”

https://infosec.exchange/@PH4NTXMOFFICIAL/117175415521051975

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Good morning, #Fediverse.
Have a great Sunday!

#Weekend

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“⌗AI ⌗surveillance 'Designer Creates World’s Most Hideous Hawaiian Shirt to Hide From AI Surveillance CamerasA 'person,' for the machine, is a bundle of visual statistics — and that is exactly its weakness․While som…”

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“💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 📚💉 ⌗DollyParton ’s death prompted scientists to recall her quiet role in ⌗research․ A $1 million gift became the Dolly Parton ⌗COVID -19 Research Fund, supporting early ⌗Moderna ⌗vaccine w…”

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@alice

Okay! I've completed a first run at the Datestodon guide. If anyone has any improvements, PLEASE let me know.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13L0kk2LIOYaYZKrTq0RC1u7y_3V0eqndemjZyve69sE/edit?usp=sharing

Alice, if this is good enough to post on that service/site you mentioned, please do!

#Datestodon #Fediverse #Dating #Mastodon #FediDate

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“J Pounds, the UT woman behind the prominent RW acct DataRepublican,🚨launched a public tool Fri called ⌗DSA Explorer, which she described as an 'interactive map of the Democratic Socialists of America & the wider an…”

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“Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript
Link: typebase․io
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49447178”

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

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“The Astro Fair is just around the corner!

The Nanosatellite Research Laboratory invites visitors to engage with issues of space sustainability through hands-on arts-based activities․ Participants will think about ho…”

https://pixelfed.social/p/AllanICarswellObservatory/999055955287120227

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Surveillance Daily: August 29, 2026 ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/surveillance-daily-august-29-2026/”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117179116067783723

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“𒀝Reading: ak
Meaning: to do, perform, act ⌗Sumerian ⌗assyriology ⌗history ⌗Akkad ⌗research”

https://archaeo.social/@sumerian/117175102267632457

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GOLDEN SILHOUETTE! #mastodon #fediverse #mastodogs #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #pets #photo #photography #photos #photographie #photooftheday #viral

GOLDEN SON! #mastodon #fediverse #mastodogs #pets #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #DogsOfFedi #dogsofpixelfed #dogstodon #photo #photography #photos #photographie #photooftheday #viral

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

“StemDeck, a free, open-source and local AI stem separator
Link: github․com/stemdeckapp/stemdeck
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49486081”

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗ICE is set to spend over a million dollars on robot dogs from Boston Dynamics, according to 404 Media․ The agency’s announcement says the bots will 'improve officer safety'

The selling argument is always safety but …”

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“'Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: randomised controlled trial' [2005, BMJ]i just love science․ bmj․com/content/bmj/332/7536/266․full․pdf ⌗science ⌗research ⌗…”

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The Centre for European Policy Studies "a leading think tank and forum for debate on EU affairs, ranking among the top think tanks in Europe" has a report about the #fediverse called "Unpacking the fediverse: What it is, why it matters – and how it could cause a major headache for the DSA"
https://www.ceps.eu/ceps-publications/unpacking-the-fediverse

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a corprete looking pdf that says: Unpacking the fediverse What it is, why it matters – and how it could cause a major headache for the DSA Paula Gürtler 2025-02

Über den Wert eines Safe Space

lsbt.me hat sich als Anlaufstelle für LGBTIQ+ Menschen und Allies etabliert. Mittlerweile nutzen 356 Personen diese Plattform als digitalen Raum, in dem queere Identitäten selbstverständlich sind und respektiert werden.

Solche Räume entstehen nicht von selbst und erhalten sich auch nicht ohne Aufwand. Die technische Infrastruktur erfordert dedizierte Server mit ausreichend Kapazität, professionelle Backups und kontinuierliche Wartung. Diese Kosten fallen monatlich an und werden derzeit hauptsächlich privat getragen, ergänzt durch einige wenige regelmäßige Spenden.

Um diesen Safe Space langfristig zu erhalten, sind wir auf Unterstützung aus der Community angewiesen. Wer beitragen möchte, findet alle Möglichkeiten unter: https://lsbt.me/about (fast ganz unten)

Jeder Beitrag, ob regelmäßig oder einmalig, hilft dabei, lsbt.me als verlässlichen Raum zu bewahren.

Danke für eure Teilnahme an dieser Community.

#mastodon #lgbtiq #trans #gay #lesbian #queer #safespace #community #fediverse

iOS27 Password… I’ll have to watch this one 👀.

#Tech #Technology #Fediverse #Mastodon #BlackFedi #BlackFediverse #BlackMastodon #Blackvoices #Apple #iOS27 #Software https://twit.social/@twitnews/117173175555553557

I will be #orienteering round the Secret Garden cemetery in Scarborough tomorrow as well as Peasholm Park and the north cliffs. Looking to run about 11km with a 215m climb over the course instead of the 6.6km course my age group is meant to run. Probably shouldn't go into the competition area to take photos, but a) looks more spooky at dusk and b) no-one that could declare me non-competitive follows me on the #fediverse anyway

https://deanandmanorrdcemetery.co.uk/secret-garden/

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A creepy path between two gravestones

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Many gravestones with a path around them and lots of thick trees overhead

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“This week: US police got an AI tool that can identify people with no plate, name, or crime required, and Meta patented facial-recognition smart glasses․ ClearShare blurs faces and strips hidden GPS, timestamp, and devic…”

https://mastodon.social/@simplecatsoftware/117178211185241860

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

“💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐭🏃‍♂️ For 30 years, UC ⌗Riverside researchers bred ⌗mice that run about three times as far as control mice․They expected a trade-off, fewer offspring or shorter lives, as a standard cost in evolut…”

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What do you like the most about the Fediverse and Mastodon? 👀

#Fediverse #Mastodon #AskFedi

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“'The surveillance architecture required for a Trump-style immigration crackdown in the UK is already embedded across government, MPs & campaigners have warned – all of which would be inherited by an incoming Reform admi…”

https://mstdn.social/@junesim63/117177501826801827

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“⌗usa ⌗israel ⌗iran ⌗palestine: ⌗warofaggression / ⌗gaza / ⌗satelliteimages / ⌗restrictions / ⌗research „A Columbia ⌗Journalism Review investigation found 'no evidence that Iranian forc…”

https://mastodon.social/@Gerd_Brodowski/117173640447474943

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Adding another late night #sketching / #drawing to #fediverse

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Texas pauses funding for Flock Safety cameras after an investigation found $30M+ quietly allocated to build a statewide license plate reader network․ The privacy question isn't just about the cameras — it's about who ha…”

https://mastobot.ping.moi/@Bobe_bot/117176796145407523

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“🍁 Canada recruits dozens of foreign scientists, researchers, poaching many from U․S․｢ The hiring of the 64 new recruits is being funded over eight years by $504 million from the federal government ｣ vancouver․citynews…”

https://indieweb.social/@jbz/117173592494501162

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“Htmx 4․0․0
Link: four․htmx․org/announcements/2026-08-28-htmx-4․0․0-is-released
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49478178”

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

“If you're wondering why a particular post is in your main timeline on Mastodon, here's a guide all about this topic:➡️ fedi․tips/why-is-a-post-appearing-in-my-mastodon-timeline-i-dont-understand-how-it-got-there I've…”

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“=> research reviews ⌗ai ⌗medical ⌗research ⌗science ⌗data ⌗educatiob arxiv․org/abs/2608․26150”

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“📷 13 new license plate readers just reported around Shallotte, NC․ Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching․ ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Shallotte ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/flock-cam…”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117176645305168439

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What's everyone's favourite PeerTube instance?

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So, sidekiq was extremely resource limited in the default Mastodon installation - I ended up with 24,000 tasks in the ingress+pull queue this morning.

Increased threads/processes so that it'll connect to the database more - the server ate through ingress quickly and it's just the pull queue remaining.

I also added a blocklist of common hateful/spammy instances. I'm working on refining it as I discover more #fediverse content

So do we need to start thinking about how we can protect the #fediverse from the #feds #fbi

I am sure #bigtech would not complain if the larger servers were taken down or people discouraged from using them due to a #seizure or #breach

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/fbi-seizure-mastodon-server-wakeup-call-fediverse-users-and-hosts-protect-their

If you know anyone working on an ActivityPub project and they need any advice/feedback/help or want to spread the word, tell them to DM me! I am more than willing to help or spread awareness! #activitypub #fediverse

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“Great!Now they want fucking robot dogs!ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots 404media․co/ice-plans-to-spends-millions-on-boston-dynamics-dog-robots/ ⌗ICE ⌗ACAB ⌗BostonDynamics ⌗Robot…”

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“'A thousand people voluntarily buried their cotton underpants for two months—not to keep the Underpants Gnomes from stealing them, but as part of a citizen science project to map out soil health in 25 countries around t…”

https://mstdn.io/@sohkamyung/117173144020792548

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An dieser Stelle nun etwas frei nach einem gewissen Neil Armstrong:
„Das ist ein kleiner Schritt für einen Menschen, aber ein großer Sprung für die Menschheit!“

Ein paar Augenblicke, um den freien und dezentralen Messenger #DeltaChat in Betrieb zu nehmen. Im Beispiel mit einem neuen Profil unter Nutzung eines vorhandenen Chatmail-Relays.

➡️ Schritt 1: Download & Installation

Unter https://delta.chat/de/download finden sich Download-Optionen für verschiedene Plattformen: GNU/Linux, Android, iOS, macOS, Windows und auch Ubuntu Touch. Wer unter Android das freie Repository F-Droid bevorzugt, wird fündig. In dubiosen proprietären App-Stores ist #DeltaChat notfalls auch vertreten. Herunterladen und installieren wie gewohnt.

➡️ Schritt 2: Inbetriebnahme, Profil einrichten

Bei einer frischen Installation ohne Profil wird #DeltaChat direkt fragen, ob man ein neues Profil erstellen oder ein vorhandenes einrichten will. Wähle in diesem Beispiel "Neues Profil erstellen". Nun kannst Du einen Namen festlegen, unter dem Dich Deine Kontakte kennen (oder kennen lernen), auch ein Profilbild. Dieser Name muß nicht eindeutig sein und läßt sich jederzeit ändern. Wenn Du das voreingestellte Chatmail-Relay nine.testrun.org nutzen willst, bist Du nach einem Klick auf "Profil erstellen" schon fertig.

➡️ Schritt 3: Kontakte einrichten

Da #DeltaChat ein dezentraler und anonym zu nutzender Messenger ist, existieren zwangsläufig keine zentralen oder sonstwie öffentlichen Verzeichnisse von anderen Nutzenden. Privatsphäre und so.

Wenn man sich gerade direkt in die Augen schaut, können sich diese Menschen via Anzeige eines QR-Codes und Scannen desselbigen verknüpfen. Okay, den technischen Part sollten die Geräte übernehmen. Easy.

In anderem Fall kann man sich über den Austausch eines Links verknüpfen.

Dann kann es auch schon losgehen mit der Chatterei.

ℹ️ Und nun noch ein wenig mehr Informationen. Hintergrund und so.

▪️ Chatmail-Relays sind spezialisierte Mailserver, die die Zwischenspeicherung von Nachrichten übernehmen, wenn ein Gerät gerade offline ist. Diese Relays werden gern durch Spenden finanziert. Man kann auch ein eigenes Relay aufsetzen oder eine IMAP-Box für diesen Zweck verwenden.

Hier eine Übersicht: https://chatmail.at/relays

nine.testrun.org ist die Vorgabe für viele Chatmail-Applikationen.
https://nine.testrun.org/

In Deutschland gehostet ist z.B. chat.adminforge.de.
https://chat.adminforge.de/

Auf diesen Chatmail-Relays erhält ein Profil eine interne E-Mail-Adresse und es wird etwas Speicherplatz vorgehalten für die erwähnte Zwischenspeicherung von Nachrichten (im Beispiel nine.testrun.org 700 MiB, chat.adminforge.de 500 MiB).

Man kann auch mehr als Relay mit einem Profil verbinden. Nachrichten werden dann auf allen Relays empfangen. Zum Senden wählt man ein aktives Relay aus.

▪️ Die eigentliche Speicherung Deiner Nachrichten passiert auf Deinem Endgerät. Hin und wieder eine Sicherung durchführen, empfiehlt sich daher nicht nur hier.

▪️ Zweitgeräte hinzufügen geht direkt aus der Erstinstallation. Beide Geräte müssen sich im selben Netzwerk aufhalten (also z.B. im heimischen WLAN). Auf dem neuen Gerät wird dann kein neues Profil erzeugt, sondern das vorhandene Profil über "Zweitgerät hinzufügen" verknüpft. Das erste Gerät zeigt hierzu einen QR-Code an, den das zweite Gerät scannt. Im Anschluß synchronisieren sich die beiden. Danach sind beide Installationen gleichwertig und unabhängig voneinander. Wenn ein QR-Code-Scannen nicht möglich ist, kann man einen Code in die Zwischenablage kopieren. Praxistipp: Richte #DeltaChat erst am PC ein und scanne dann vom Smartphone. Wird meist einfacher sein.

▪️ Weitere Profile kann man nach Bedarf einfach in #DeltaChat hinzufügen.

▪️ Grundsätzlich schadet es nie, durch die Einstellungen zu gehen und für die eigenen Vorlieben anzupassen.

Übrigens, man kann den Kontakten auf dem eigenen Gerät einen eigenen Namen vergeben, wenn man will.

Viel Spaß mit einem dezentralen Messenger aus Europa, der übrigens als "Open Source" entwickelt wird.

👉 DeltaChat im Web: https://delta.chat/de/
👉 DeltaChat im Fediverse: https://chaos.social/@delta bzw. @delta@chaos.social

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An invite chain as a back door: 69 accounts walked straight past our sign-up review

Automated accounts spent twelve days inviting each other on troet.cafe, walking straight past our sign-up review. We only noticed because someone reported one of them.

https://www.martinmuc.de/blog/invite-chain-back-door/

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Eine Einladungskette als Hintertür: 69 Konten gingen an unserer Anmeldeprüfung vorbei

Automatisiert erstellte Konten haben sich auf troet.cafe zwölf Tage lang gegenseitig eingeladen und sind so an unserer Anmeldeprüfung vorbeigekommen. Aufgefallen ist es durch eure Meldungen.

https://www.martinmuc.de/blog/einladungskette-hintertuer/

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🤖 AI-assisted spam check for Mastodon

Checked today: 6 registrations
Rejected: 6
Account–IP associations: 17
Tor exits: 9
Hosting/data-centre IPs: 15
Strong AbuseIPDB hits: 5 accounts
StopForumSpam hits: 4 accounts
Disposable email domains: 3 accounts
Countries involved: 8

No automatic bans: the decisions were based on a manual review of several independent signals. No account names or full IP addresses are published.

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🤖 KI-unterstützter Spam-Check für Mastodon

Heute geprüft: 6 Registrierungen
Abgelehnt: 6
IP-Zuordnungen: 17
Davon Tor-Exits: 9
Hosting/Rechenzentrum: 15
Starke AbuseIPDB-Treffer: 5 Konten
StopForumSpam-Treffer: 4 Konten
Wegwerf-Mail-Domains: 3 Konten
Beteiligte Länder: 8

Keine automatische Sperre: Entscheidend war die manuelle Bewertung mehrerer unabhängiger Signale. Accountnamen und vollständige IPs werden nicht veröffentlicht.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Moderation #Spam #mastodadmin

🤖 AI-assisted spam check for Mastodon

Checked today: 6 registrations
Rejected: 6
Account–IP associations: 17
Tor exits: 9
Hosting/data-centre IPs: 15
Strong AbuseIPDB hits: 5 accounts
StopForumSpam hits: 4 accounts
Disposable email domains: 3 accounts
Countries involved: 8

No automatic bans: the decisions were based on a manual review of several independent signals. No account names or full IP addresses are published.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Moderation #SpamPrevention

🤖 KI-unterstützter Spam-Check für Mastodon

Heute geprüft: 6 Registrierungen
Abgelehnt: 6
IP-Zuordnungen: 17
Davon Tor-Exits: 9
Hosting/Rechenzentrum: 15
Starke AbuseIPDB-Treffer: 5 Konten
StopForumSpam-Treffer: 4 Konten
Wegwerf-Mail-Domains: 3 Konten
Beteiligte Länder: 8

Keine automatische Sperre: Entscheidend war die manuelle Bewertung mehrerer unabhängiger Signale. Accountnamen und vollständige IPs werden nicht veröffentlicht.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Moderation #SpamSchutz