This World Environment Day, combat e-waste by recycling your old tech with #NetBSD. Don't let planned obsolescence dictate your hardware's lifespan. Give that old machine a second life as a rock-solid firewall, file server, or lightweight workstation. 🖥️🌱
#WorldEnvironmentDay #NetBSD #RunBSD #RetroComputing #EcoFriendly #FOSS #Linux

"Das beste Werkzeug für den Job."
Mit diesem Satz wird in der IT jede unbequeme Frage wegdiskutiert und beerdigt. Er klingt nach Pragmatismus und ist in Wahrheit die ideologischste Aussage der gesamten Branche.
Denn er tut so, als wäre die Wahl einer Programmiersprache eine rein technische. Ist sie nicht. War sie niemals.
C# gehört Microsoft. Java gehört Oracle. Go gehört Google. Swift gehört Apple.
Wer eine Sprache wählt, wählt einen Eigentümer mit, samt dessen Roadmap, Lizenzpolitik und Support-Ende.
Ein Compiler ist ein politisches Artefakt, auch wenn er sich als reine Technik tarnt.

Rust fällt aus der Reihe. Kein Konzern als Besitzer, sondern eine vendorneutrale Stiftung. Keine fremdgesteuerte Runtime, die sich zwischen deinen Code und deine Maschine schiebt, sondern ein freistehendes Binary, das in zehn Jahren noch läuft. Die schöne Ironie: bezahlt wird das unter anderem von genau den Hyperscalern, gegen deren Lock-In-Logik es sich richtet. Sie haben ein Werkzeug mitfinanziert, das sie nicht besitzen. Und das sich jederzeit forken lässt.

Eine Sprache, die niemandem gehört, ist natürlich kein Garant für Souveränität.
Aber sie ist eine Sprache, mit der man sie sich nehmen kann. Ohne Erlaubnis.

Der neue Pandolin ist jetzt online:
👉 https://www.pandolin.io/eine-sprache-die-niemandem-gehoert/
#Rust #RustLang #DigitaleSouveränität #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #Canonical #Ubuntu #OpenCloud

New Release: #Tor Browser 15.0.15

https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15015/

#privacy #anonymity #cybersecurity #FOSS

🔥 W sobotę, w trakcie Poznańskiej Imprezy Wolnego Oprogramowania (#PIWO) powołany został Sojusz Przyjaciół Otwartego i Wolnego Oprogramowania (#SPOIWO).
W Auli Wydziału Matematyki UAM w imieniu kilkunastu organizacji obywatelskich, biznesu open source, hackerspace'ów, środowisk technologicznych i spółdzielni, Janek Oleszczuk-Zygmuntowski przedstawił 10-punktową Deklarację na rzecz suwerenności cyfrowej.

Jak pisze Janek:
"Byli ze mną przedstawiciele sygnatariuszy, którzy wyjaśnili dlaczego to robimy.
Bo nie chcemy, żeby Premier RP komunikował politykę na łasce cudzego algorytmu. Bo nie zgadzamy się na kolonizację i grabież dziesiątek miliardów złotych na zamknięte, niebezpieczne systemy Big Tech. Bo nie chcemy indoktrynacji dzieci do "jedynych słusznych" programów.
I wiemy, że alternatywy istnieją, a teraz czas żeby rząd je zobaczył i zaczął wdrażać, uczyć i finansować. SPOIWO jest po to, żeby rząd miał partnera do dyskusji jak wreszcie zacząć odzyskiwać suwerenność cyfrową. A jak trzeba to i twardego negocjatora, bo czas upływa a polski deficyt cyfrowy rośnie jak na drożdżach (60 MLD zł w 2025 r.!). Jeśli Wasza organizacja promuje, stosuje lub tworzy wolne/otwarte oprogramowanie - zapraszamy do Sojuszu. Wystarczy zgoda na Deklarację i piszcie do sekretarza SPOIWO Macieja Sroczyńskiego."

Strona www Sojuszu SPOIWO:
https://spoiwo.tech

Kontakt do Macieja Sroczyńskiego maciej.sroczynski@plse.org.pl

Kooperatywa Sieciowa @koop współdziała w SPOIWO 💪

Pełna treść Deklaracji:
1. Konieczne jest przeciwstawienie się monopolowi technologicznemu przez decentralizację usług, otwarte protokoły komunikacyjne, nowoczesną infrastrukturę telekomunikacyjną, respekt do standardów i modele spółdzielcze.
2. Suwerenność cyfrowa obywateli i obywatelek, organizacji i państwa jest możliwa tylko w oparciu o otwarte i wolne oprogramowanie, czyli takie, które zapewnia wolność do swobodnego użytkowania programu, badania i modyfikowania jego kodu oraz rozpowszechniania kopii wraz z modyfikacjami.

c.d. ->

#FOSS #Polska

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Wspólne zdjęcie pamiątkowe obecnych przy zawiązywaniu SPOIWO

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Symboliczne podpisy pod deklaracją SPOIWO

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Janek Oleszczuk-Zygmuntowski przedstawia punkty deklaracji SPOIWO

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Nadia Oleszczuk przemawia, w tle Damian Fajfer, Kuba Orlik, Jan Oleszczuk Zygmuntowski

Not hating on venerable /., but whoopty frickin' do!

#FOSS #Android STILL doesn't have #RCS in 2026, and probably never will. 😮‍💨

RE: https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/116686782380808512

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/116686738841941842

According to the @EUCommission #TechSovereignty package, released today, the #EU is currently reliant on foreign providers for over 80% of its critical digital products, services, and infrastructure. We're thrilled to see the Commission acknowledge that this is an issue, and lay out a strategy to fix it.

We view this announcement as validation of Mastodon’s mission at the highest level; the Commission’s strategy is grounded in European values that Mastodon shares including security, sustainability, and human-centric design.

What’s more, the EU's explicit strategy is to build and deeply invest in #OpenSource offerings across the entire technology stack. The significant nature of this commitment provides institutional validation and will bring significant policy, funding, and competitive advantages to open source projects like #Mastodon.

#Fediverse #OpenWeb #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #FOSS #OSS

A colleague sent me a +3100 lines x 35 columns Excel file from which I was supposed to extract data. Extraction would involve splitting some column names in two to retrieve info, selecting lines according to various values, selectively add values extracted from column names in 2 new columns, and printing a 3 columns output filtered through a regex.

So I’ve installed miller (mlr) and spent 2 hours reading the doc and playing with this incredible tool. Best investment ever. I now have a short script that I can use each time the XLS file is updated.

$ mlr --csv --from 20260602.csv put '
$P = "";
$T = "";
for (k,v in $*) {
	if (v =~ "O" && k =~ "([^ ]+) - (.+)") {
	$P = "\1";
	$T = "\2";
}}
' then cut -f Name,P,T then filter '$P =~ "[PS].*";'

#FOSS #miller

Ik werk met een dualboot opstelling, op een 5 of 6 jaar oude HP-laptop wat toen een supersnelle (en duurdere, i7, 16GB) laptop was, meestal onder Ubuntu Linux. Ik wacht nog op de Proton Drive Linux-client, dan heeft Microsoft Windows helemaal geen functie meer.

EN DAT IS MAAR GOED OOK! Ik switch zojuist even, voor wat specifieke bestanden die op mijn BitLocker-encrypted Windows schijf staan, naar Windows.

Allemachtig, de eerste 20 minuten (not kidding) is het relatief kaal gelaten besturingssysteem niet in staat om normaal te functioneren. De ventilator draait op volle toeren. Teams wordt opgestart met standaard 2 of meer GB RAM allocatie (wat ik gelijk weer terminate). De browser start maar kan geen websites openen.

Er zal vast een Windows-update bij zitten of iets anders noodzakelijks, maar ik heb Windows recent nog gebruikt dus hoeveel kan het zijn en updates zijn er bij Ubuntu bovendien ook aan de lopende band. Nadat ik eindelijk mastodon.nl weet te openen hapert de input terwijl ik dit typ.

Microsoft schijnt te werken aan performance improvements, dat lijkt me niet onverstandig! Maar niet voor mij, nog een paar weken/maandjes en dan is de laatste horde genomen.

Het draait niet alleen om #bigtech en #digitaleautonomie maar ook gewoon om #softwarekwaliteit, nog een reden om voor #FOSS te gaan!

#mutualaidrequest #mutualaid

I don't suppose that I have any #bsd #unix #foss #infosec friends out there willing to signal boost, by chance? ​ ​

https://bsd.network/@brynet/114458997143046937

#LibreOffice is made by hundreds of people around the world, working on code, documentation, QA, translations, marketing, infrastructure and much more. Coordinating the project’s activities is the team at The Document Foundation, the non-profit behind LibreOffice. Let’s see what the team members do: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/01/meet-the-team-at-the-document-foundation/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

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In den letzten Monaten wechseln einige #neuhier zu #linux oder #grapheneOS Damit kommen logischer Weise auch Fragen zu #software #opensource #foss #bugs #support und #sicherheit usw.

Ich tröte mal so in den Raum!

Opensource lebt nur, wenn Entwickler für Ihre Arbeit irgendwie auch Geld bekommen. Die Entwicklung von Software, Distributionen, Fehlersuche und Sicherheit kostet Zeit! Lebenszeit! Und die sollte bezahlt werden.

Ich denke...

Unterstützt die neue digitale Freiheit mit einer Spende!

Am Mittwoch, 3. Juni findet unser nächster Stammtisch statt.
Wir treffen uns hier:

> Orpheus im Deutschen Haus
> Luitpoldstraße 25
> 91054 Erlangen

Beginn ist - wie üblich - ab 19:00 Uhr - im Nebenraum.

Mehr https://erlug.de/events
#erlangen #linux #FOSS

#Linux #CoffeeTalk 5/2026: Das waren die wichtigsten News aus dem Mai 2026

In bekannter Gemütlichkeit: Wir geben Euch einen echten Überblick über die wichtigsten #FOSS- und #Linux_News des Monats Mai 2026. Von #Distributionen über Tools bis hin zu #Datenschutz... alles, was im FOSS und Linux Umfeld gerade los ist.

Perfekt für euren entspannten Samstagmorgen mit einer heißen Tasse Kaffee.

#fosstopia

@fosstopia

https://youtube.com/watch?v=BbrxO6fTosM

Embedded Software und WebAssembly? Ja, das geht zusammen.

Mehr dazu werden Matthias Ringwald (https://bluekitchen-gmbh.com/) und Pascal Mainini (https://mainini.ch/) am Embedded Software Meetup Zürich am 9. Juni 2026 im Technopark bei SCS - Supercomputing Systems AG.

Würde mich freuen, viele neue und bekannte Gesichter zu sehen!

Anmeldung bitte hier: https://www.meetup.com/embedded-software/events/314706216/

#EmbeddedSoftware #OpenSource #Linux #MCU #WebAssembly #Wasm #Zürich #FOSS #Bier #Bluetooth

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Momentaufname von einer Präsentation beim Embedded Software Meetup Zürich bei Super Computing Systems AG.

Wouldn't it just be amazing if the EU (and in my case, Sweden) got their shit together and realized that we need to adjust how donations for open source product development are taxed and looked upon? 🙄 🤔

In fact, I'm pretty sure that parts of the EU (and Swedish) government machine runs thanks to open source software.

#opensource #oss #foss #devops #donations #taxes #eu #sweden #sverige #svpol #eupol

High time to leave #Miro as it's going down the drain while holding our data captive. Aside from https://excalidraw.com/, are there good options for online whiteboards with the basic affordances of Miro and ideally no bloat? A minimalist #FOSS version of Miro would be fabulous. Excalidraw still misses key features like smart linking and simple post-it notes.

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A screenshot of AI propaganda marketing nonsense saying "AI made everyone faster. Now, it’s time for your whole team to move at that pace, and make sure you’re heading in the same direction. At Canvas 26, we announced new ways to keep your tools, context, and team connected as you build the right things faster, together."

Wow, there seems to be no easily self-hostable #FOSS wiki/notes webapp. #hedgedoc comes close, super easy to operate, selfhost, live collaboration, easy interface. But it not being able to search its own notes (wtf 🤪) and having no good way to properly link between documents (only with ugly random urls) is a real problem. #WikiJS seems close but it wants so much metadata for every page, it's really annoying. The UI is also much more complicated. 😔

Secondary: "Tianve" - HP-250 G3
Operating System: OpenBSD 7.9 amd64
Desktop: LXQT 2.2.0
Windowmanager: XFWM4
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Graphics Platform: X11/xenocara

https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=23dc29b97f

#runbsd #openbsd #fishlinux #unix #foss #lxqt #desktop #screenshot #shareyourdesktop

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Screenshot of OpenBSD running LXQT as Desktop environment Styling: Qogir-Manjaro gtk2/3/xfwm, QT theming via qt6gtk2/qt5gtk2 LXQT Panel: Graphite Icons: Qogir-Manjaro Wallpaper: Dancers by @orbite There's a panel with some pinned icons floating on the left, a qterminal running a minimal neofetch with some system stats. At the bottom is a floating panel with two desktop switcher buttons. In the bottom right corner there's an OpenBSD Pufferfish icon (https://logodix.com/logos/1867876) labeled with LXQT Desktop and its logo. Above are two badges with slogans dealing with cancer.

🛠️ WARSZTATY: Mini CTF – alternatywny Internet w praktyce (Reticulum)

@luna, programistka Embedded Linux i promotorka #FOSS z @sp9fld, poprowadzi warsztaty, podczas których zbudujecie sieć mesh i poznacie #Reticulum. Chat, własne strony, SSH – wszystko w alternatywnej sieci. 🌐

📍 Gdzie? Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki UAM w Poznaniu
📅 Kiedy? 30.05.2026

👉 Sprawdź program: https://piwo.sh
🎟️ ODBIERZ DARMOWY BILET: https://app.evenea.pl/event/piwo2026/

#piwo2026

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Grafika promująca warsztaty; u góry logo i napis „POZNAŃSKA IMPREZA WOLNEGO OPROGRAMOWANIA”. Na środku zdjęcie prelegentki. Pod zdjęciem imię i nazwisko wyróżnione żółtym kolorem: „LUNA MICHALAK”. Na dole tytuł wykładu: „Mini CTF – Alternatywny Internet w praktyce w oparciu o Reticulum Network stack”. Po bokach dekoracyjne, uproszczone ilustracje postaci ze świata open source.

i made some small portable windows apps and put them up for free. CC0 - public domain, do whatever you want with them. No accounts, no telemetry, no installers.

- Core Cooldown - break timer
- Whisper Voice - local speech-to-text
- TypoGenie - Markdown to Word docs
- TutorialVault - video tutorial organizer
- OpenPylon - local Kanban board
- Vesper - distraction-free Markdown reader

Source on my self-hosted Gitea.

https://apps.lashman.live

#OpenSource #CC0 #FOSS #Productivity #PublicDomain

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Screenshot of the lashmanApps website. Dark page with a deep teal-black gradient background. At the top, a small "APPS" label in a rounded border, followed by the title "lashmanApps" in large text where "lashman" is white and "Apps" is italic teal-blue. Below, the tagline "Focused, minimal, privacy-first software." and a badge reading "ALL APPS ARE FREE & CC0-LICENSED" in small caps. Six app cards in a two-by-three grid. Each card has a dark glass-like background with rounded corners, an icon on the left, the app name in bold, and a short description. Top row, left to right: - Core Cooldown, teal coffee cup icon. "A mindful break timer for Windows." - Whisper Voice, purple microphone icon. "Local speech recognition for Windows." - TypoGenie, warm gold letter T icon. "Turn Markdown into professional Word docs." Bottom row, left to right: - TutorialVault, green play button icon. "Desktop video tutorial library manager." - OpenPylon, teal tower/pylon icon. "A local-first Kanban board for Windows." - Vesper, grey spiral/shell icon. "A distraction-free markdown reader for Windows." Below these, a seventh card sits alone on the left reading "More coming soon" in green with "Stay tuned for new releases." and a plus icon. At the bottom, "© 2026 lashman" in muted text, with two buttons: "Buy me a coffee" with a coffee cup icon, and "Support on Liberapay" with a heart icon.

Core Cooldown v0.2.0 is out - and it's still completely free. This update brings the whole UI up to WCAG 2.2 Level AAA accessibility.

7:1 contrast, 44px hit areas, full keyboard nav, WAI-ARIA 1.2 screen reader support, Windows High Contrast, and reduced-motion support. 42 fixes across 18 components.

A break timer meant to prevent RSI should work for everyone. Portable, no installer, CC0 public domain.

https://apps.lashman.live/core_cooldown/

#OpenSource #CC0 #FOSS #Accessibility #A11y

Whisper Voice also got a big accessibility update! The whole UI now meets WCAG 2.2 Level AAA - 7:1+ contrast, full keyboard nav, screen reader roles on every component, reduced motion support, and I/O marks on toggles so nothing relies on color alone.

Still free, still portable, still completely local. Your voice never leaves your machine.

https://apps.lashman.live/whisper_voice/

#OpenSource #CC0 #FOSS #Accessibility #A11y

TypoGenie v1.1.0 is out. The app and its document output now target WCAG 2.2 Level AAA.

Full keyboard nav, screen reader support, native dialog modals, high contrast and reduced motion support. All color pairs across 165+ templates auto-validated for AAA contrast.

The Word docs it generates are also more accessible - tagged table headers, heading structure, document metadata.

Free, portable, CC0.

https://apps.lashman.live/typogenie/

#OpenSource #CC0 #FOSS #Accessibility #A11y

TutorialVault v1.1.0 - completely rewritten from Python to Rust + TypeScript on Tauri v2. Now targets WCAG 2.2 AAA - full keyboard nav, screen reader support, 44px touch targets, 7:1 contrast, reduced motion, and Windows High Contrast support.

It's a local video tutorial library manager with progress tracking, subtitle support, per-video notes, and drag-and-drop playlists. Free, portable, CC0.

https://apps.lashman.live/tutorialvault/

#OpenSource #CC0 #FOSS #Accessibility #A11y

OpenPylon v1.1.0 - accessibility update. The whole UI now targets WCAG 2.2 AAA. 7:1 contrast, 3px dual-ring focus indicators, ARIA live regions, dialog focus trapping, skip nav, keyboard-accessible context menus, high contrast mode, and 8-second toasts with pause and dismiss.

It's a local-first Kanban board for Windows with markdown cards, version history, and a command palette. Free, portable, CC0.

https://apps.lashman.live/openpylon/

#OpenSource #CC0 #FOSS #Accessibility #A11y

Vesper v1.1.0 - accessibility and light theme update. Full keyboard nav, ARIA landmarks, focus traps in modals, skip link, aria-live status messages, reduced motion support, and AAA contrast across both the new light and dark themes.

Also added content zoom and width spinners as non-gesture alternatives to scroll shortcuts.

It's a distraction-free Markdown reader for Windows. Free, portable, CC0.

https://apps.lashman.live/vesper/

#OpenSource #CC0 #FOSS #Accessibility #A11y

Made a new thing. Driftwood - an AppImage manager for Linux. Browse 2,000+ apps, one-click install, updates, vulnerability scanning, and desktop menu integration. No root, no accounts, no telemetry.

Built with Rust and GTK 4, runs in userspace, ships as an AppImage itself. Free, CC0 public domain, WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible.

If you use AppImages and want something nicer than the terminal for managing them, give it a look.

https://apps.lashman.live/driftwood/

#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #AppImage #CC0

New app. Outlay - a personal finance app for Linux. Track what you spend, set budgets, manage subscriptions, and see where your money goes. Everything lives in one file on your machine. No accounts, no cloud, no telemetry.

It's a native GTK 4 app so it fits right in on a GNOME desktop. I put a lot of work into making it look and feel nice.

Free, CC0 public domain. No subscription to track your subscriptions.

https://apps.lashman.live/outlay/

#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #CC0 #PersonalFinance

New app. PixStrip - batch image processor for Linux. Resize, convert, compress, strip metadata, watermark, and rename. A step-by-step wizard walks you through everything so you don't need to know what you're doing to get good results.

Full CLI for scripting. Fediverse resize presets for Mastodon, Pixelfed, and Lemmy built in.

Rust + GTK 4, native on GNOME. WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible. Free, CC0 public domain. Runs locally.

https://apps.lashman.live/pixstrip/

#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Photography #CC0

New app. Nomina - a modern bulk file renamer for Windows. Stack rename rules into a pipeline, preview everything live & undo anything, even across sessions. 18 rename operations including regex, EXIF dates, case conversion, and sequential numbering.

Most tools like this look like they haven't been updated since 2004. This one doesn't.

Portable, no installer. WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible. Free, CC0 public domain. No telemetry.

https://apps.lashman.live/nomina/

#OpenSource #CC0 #FOSS #Windows #Productivity

New app. EchoBoard - a self-hosted feedback platform. Your community can submit ideas, report bugs, and vote without ever creating an account. No email, no sign-up wall, no tracking. Just show up and participate.

Self-host with Docker. Plugin system, roadmap, changelog, webhooks. WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible. Free, CC0 public domain. Privacy by design.

https://apps.lashman.live/echoboard/

Running it for real for my own apps here, not a demo:
https://echoboard.lashman.live

#OpenSource #CC0 #FOSS #SelfHosted #Privacy

New app. Cinch - a video compressor for Windows that fits your file under whatever upload limit you're dealing with. Drop a clip in, trim it down, pick a target size, and it just handles it.

Six presets for the usual cases (Discord 8MB, Gmail 25MB, Slack, Matrix etc) or type your own number. It auto-retries until it lands inside the budget.

FFmpeg under the hood, NVENC/AMF/QSV when your GPU plays along. Free, CC0, runs offline.

https://apps.lashman.live/cinch/

#OpenSource #CC0 #FOSS #Windows #FFmpeg

mount(8)

https://triapul.cz/japanese_jesus/

#japanese_jesus #unix_surrealism #comic #art #linux #foss

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Galilee, Japan. JJ: "I know all this nwe technology is frightening. I do! And it is true that some of it exists only to exploit you! But all of it can be made to serve you! Despite what the big tech priests lead you to believe, you do not need them or their services. They will do everything to stop you from realizing this truth. Japanese Peter: "Who is this kid?" Japanese John: "That's JJ, man. He's the son of the machine in the sky. He's gonna teach us how to run free software." JJ: "A war for your soul has already begun. Follow me and I will show you how to fight back."

Secondary: "Tianve" - HP-250 G3
Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p9 amd64
Operating System: GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p8
Desktop: LXQT 2.3.0
Windowmanager: XFWM4
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Graphics Platform: X11

https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=77494a1526

#runbsd #freebsd #ghostbsd #unix #foss #lxqt #desktop #screenshot

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Screenshot of GhostBSD running LXQT. Styling: Qogir-Manjaro gtk2/3/xfwm, QT theming via qt6gtk2 LXQT Panel: Graphite Icons: Qogir-Manjaro Wallpaper: "Corbeau" by @orbite There's a panel with some pinned icons floating on the left, a qterminal running bsdebfetch with some system stats. AT the bottom is a floating panel with two desktop switcher buttons.

📝 New post 🚀

"Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse"

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/openness-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse/

mentioning @europeanspodcast @haubles @aral @Gargron @tferrer @rstockm @samvie @EUCommission

#SocialMedia #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #SocialSovereignty #policy #BigTech #Fediverse #TheFutureIsFederated #RSS #SocialWeb

Loved reading this…

Microslop

https://www.s-config.com/microslop/

#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #Fuck_AI #microslop #Microsoft #copilot #Meta #Google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude #linux #FOSS #OpenSource