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Grazie a @skariko de @lealternative abbiamo rinnovato la veste grafica di #fedinews che oggi può integrare non più soltanto i feed dell'istanza #Lemmy feddit.it ma anche i contributi pubblicati su citiverse.it e potenzialmente di qualsiasi altra istanza del #Forumverso (Lemmy, Piefed, Mbin, NodeBB, etc)
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Destroying Autocracy – July 3, 2025
Welcome to this week’s “Destroying Autocracy”.
It’s your source for curated news affecting democracy in the cyber arena with a focus on protecting it. That necessitates an opinionated Butlerian jihad against big tech as well as evangelizing for open-source and the Fediverse. Since big media’s journalism wing is flailing and failing in its core duty to democracy, this is also a collection of alternative reporting on the eternal battle between autocracy and democracy. We also cover the cybersecurity world. You can’t be free without safety and privacy.
DA comes out on Thursday and is updated through the end of day on Friday. Then we start over. So take your time in perusing it and check back in over the weekend.
FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck ’em.
Next week I will be on holiday so there won’t be an issue. I will probably boost some things on the Fediverse though.
Featured Item
DevCollaborative writes:
The Trump administration and its supporters are attacking dissenting views on a terrifying scale. With so much of online communications compromised and censored, independent websites are a critical piece of social movement infrastructure that we need to promote and defend.
If your nonprofit has a website, you are part of this essential communications work.
There are looming threats of financially independent nonprofits being censored under the guise of fighting “terrorism” or “sedition.”
Protecting Nonprofit Websites from a Hostile Government
We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable.
The response to Russia’s War Crimes, Techno Feudalism, and other douchebaggery
Time has a profile:
How Signal President Meredith Whittaker Took on Signal-Gate
The Register reports:
Proton bashes Apple and joins antitrust suit that seeks to throw the App Store wide open
The Register reports:
Huawei can’t wriggle out of Iran sanctions trial, judge rules
Tara Tarakiyee explores:
Digital Sovereignty in Practice: Web Browsers as a Reality Check
TechPolicy reports:
EU Disinformation Code Takes Effect Amid Censorship Claims and Trade Tensions
Politico reports:
The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France
BleepingComputer reports:
Hikvision Canada ordered to cease operations over security risks
Germany asks Google, Apple to remove DeepSeek AI from app stores
Raconteur has:
‘You need to be a little bit crazy’: Nextcloud CEO on confronting the hyperscalers
Nextclound reports on:
Why organizations migrate from Microsoft 365 in 2025
TechCrunch reports:
ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings, goes viral overnight after Bondi criticism
Ars Technica reports:
Meta, TikTok can’t toss wrongful death suit from mom of “subway surfing” teen
Ted Cruz plan to punish states that regulate AI shot down in 99-1 vote
The Markup has more:
State AI regulations safe after Senate strips moratorium from ‘big, beautiful bill’
MIT Technology Review reports:
Cloudflare will now, by default, block AI bots from crawling its clients’ websites
Cloudfare has the details:
The crawl before the fall… of referrals: understanding AI’s impact on content providers
Neutral
CNBC reports:
The AI-boom’s multi-billion dollar blind spot: Reasoning models hitting a wall
Dries Buyaert (of Drupal fame) writes:
The web’s broken deal with AI companies
Dries, you say you may be naive. You are if you think anything other than politics (regulation or huge boycotts) are going to fix the problem.
The Evil Empire (AKA Autocracy) Strikes Back
The Guardian opines:
Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans
TechDirt reports:
Supreme Court Cripples FCC Further, Making Robocall Enforcement Likely Impossible
The Supreme C^nts strike again.
The Guardian reports:
Trump officials create searchable national citizenship database
TechPolicy reports:
Countering the Politics of Deservingness in the Fight for Digital Equity
How US Firms Are Weakening the EU AI Code of Practice
Pariah States
TechCrunch reports:
US government takes down major North Korean ‘remote IT workers’ operation
DarkReading reports:
Scope, Scale of Spurious North Korean IT Workers Emerges
Silver Fox Suspected in Taiwanese Campaign Using DeepSeek Lure
Russian APT ‘Gamaredon’ Hits Ukraine With Fierce Phishing
The Kyiv Independent reports:
US sanctions Russian IT company Aeza Group over ransomware operations
Big Media
The PressGazette reports:
How SFGATE is making local news pay and filling California’s news gaps
Ars Technica reports:
NYT to start searching deleted ChatGPT logs after beating OpenAI in court
Torment Nexus reports:
Why Substack shouldn’t be the future of online publishing
CNN reports:
After settling with Trump, CBS News staffers fear what comes next
There are cowards, and then there are cowardly c^nts.
Big Tech
TechPolicy reports:
Tech Oligarchs and the Rise of Silicon Valley Pronatalism
The Guardian reports:
Fears AI factcheckers on X could increase promotion of conspiracy theories
Ars Technica reports:
Everything that could go wrong with X’s new AI-written community notes
TikTok is being flooded with racist AI videos generated by Google’s Veo 3
Android Authority reports:
You’re not alone: This email from Google’s Gemini team was concerning (Updated: Google statement)
Tuta asks:
“Sovereign cloud” or “sovereign washing”? A Trojan Horse at Europe’s digital gates.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:
Flock Safety’s Feature Updates Cannot Make Automated License Plate Readers Safe
The Register reports:
AI agents get office tasks wrong around 70% of the time, and a lot of them aren’t AI at all
AI models just don’t understand what they’re talking about
The Verge reports:
Facebook is starting to feed its AI with private, unpublished photos
TechCrunch reports:
Meta users say paying for Verified support has been useless in the face of mass bans
TechCrunch reports:
Meta has found another way to keep you engaged: Chatbots that message you first
I guess if you are amoral enough to use Meta products and you are a moron who talks to AI, this is what you deserve.
PC Gamer reports:
Cybersecurity/Privacy
The Verge asks:
How vulnerable is critical infrastructure to cyberattack in the US?
Bleeping Computer reports:
FBI: Cybercriminals steal health data posing as fraud investigators
BleepingComputer reports:
Spain arrests hackers who targeted politicians and journalists
Fediverse
Connected Places has:
Mastodon has:
Dead Superher looks at:
Mitigating the “7 Deadly Fediverse UX Sins”
Jaz-Michael King shares:
Digital Belonging: Why Language and Locality Matter
Viger has:
TechCrunch reports:
Automattic puts Tumblr migration to WordPress on hold
Ghost has:
The Longformers: Ghost, WordPress, Flipboard, Fediverse
NodeBB asks:
Longform content has the best chance to grow the Fediverse, IMHO.
IT Notes shares:
FediMeteo: How a Tiny €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service for Thousands
Forgejo has its:
Forgejo monthly report – June 2025
ActivityPub for WordPress announces:
HTTP Signature Upgrades Coming Soon
TechCrunch reports:
Not everyone is thrilled with Threads’ DMs
RSS
Preslav Rachev shares:
From Outbound to Inbound and Back Again: The Hidden Power of RSS Feeds
Great stuff. RSS is still my main curation source. So, get an RSS feed on your blog, handle, etc. 🙂
Slightly Federated Social Media
Connected Places has:
CTAs (aka show us some free love)
- That’s it for this week. Please share this edition of Destroying Autocracy.
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Keep fighting!
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Jede Wette, das ist nur zwischen Discourse und Discourse und zwischen Discourse und Mastodon getestet. Und in Verbindung mit allem, was sonst so als Gruppenakteur fungieren kann, von Friendica über Hubzilla, über (streams) und Forte, über Lemmy und PieFed, über /kbin und Mbin bis hin zu NodeBB wird es krachend versagen, und zwar auf Arten und Weisen, mit denen die Entwickler im Leben nicht gerechnet hätte.
Überzeugt mich vom Gegenteil.
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Destroying Autocracy – May 01, 2025
Welcome to this week’s “Destroying Autocracy”.
It’s your source for curated news affecting democracy in the cyber arena with a focus on protecting it. That necessitates an opinionated Butlerian jihad against big tech as well as evangelizing for open-source and the Fediverse. Since big media’s journalism wing is flailing and failing in its core duty to democracy, this is also a collection of alternative reporting on the eternal battle between autocracy and democracy. We also cover the cybersecurity world. You can’t be free without safety and privacy.
DA comes out on Thursday and is updated through the end of day on Friday. Then we start over. So take your time in perusing it and check back in over the weekend.
FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck ’em.
Happy May Day! Cast off your chains.
Featured Item(s)
Cory Doctorow writes:
The point of AI isn’t to make workers more productive, it’s to make them weaker when they bargain with their bosses.
Tech workers are workers, and they once held the line against enshittification, refusing to break the things they’d built for their bosses in meaningless all-nighters motivated by vocational awe. Long after tech bosses were able to buy all their competitors, capture their regulators, and expand IP law to neutralize the threat of innovative, interoperable products like alternative app stores, ad-blockers and jailbreaking kits, tech workers held the line.
There’ve been half a million US tech layoff since 2023. Tech workers’ scarcity-derived power has been vaporized. Tech workers can avoid the fate of the factory, warehouse and delivery workers their bosses literally work to death — but only by unionizing.
In other words, the workers in re-shored factories and tech workers need the same thing. They are class allies — and tech bosses are their class enemies. This is class war.
The enshittification of tech jobs
We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable.
The response to Russia’s War Crimes, TechnoFeudalism, and other douchebaggery
Tech Policy reports:
Labor Unions Can Counterbalance the Big Tech Oligarchy, But Only If They Rediscover Their Power
Expats Czechia reports:
Court rules that Czechia collects phone data illegally in landmark decision
Mashable reports:
Elon Musk’s X lost 11 million users in the EU over the past 5 months
The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:
Calyx Institute: A Case Study in Grassroots Innovation
EFF Leads Prominent Security Experts in Urging Trump Administration to Leave Chris Krebs Alone
EuroNews reports:
EU governments discuss action on disinformation over climate policy
Fast Company reports:
How Big Tech’s Faustian bargain with Trump backfired
Framablog has:
The Verge reports:
A judge just blew up Apple’s control of the App Store
The Register reports:
Cook’d: Judge says Apple lied to court in Epic case, asks Feds to mull criminal charges
Double awesome.
Neutral
The Register reports:
DARPA to ‘radically’ rev up mathematics research. And yes, with AI
The Journal of Online Trust and Safety has:
Science and Causality in Technology Litigation
The Evil Empire Strikes Back
TechDirt has:
Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act
Ars Technica reports:
Trump’s hasty Take It Down Act has “gaping flaws” that threaten encryption
The Register reports:
DOGE may help Elon Musk’s biz empire dodge $2.4B in liabilities – Senate probe
Framablog looks at:
L’État artificiel : la vie civique automatisée
Pariah States
BleepingComputer reports:
France ties Russian APT28 hackers to 12 cyberattacks on French orgs
Pro-Russia hacktivists bombard Dutch public orgs with DDoS attacks
DarkReading has:
Putin’s Cyberattacks on Ukraine Rise 70%, With Little Effect
Adversaries Are Toying With US Networks & DC Is Short on Answers
Billbug Expands Cyber-Espionage Campaign in Southeast Asia
The Register reports:
China now America’s number one cyber threat – US must get up to speed
Open source text editor poisoned with malware to target Uyghur users
Big Media
NPR reports:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting sues Trump after he tries to fire board members
The Daily Beast reports:
MAGA Billionaire Leads L.A. Times to Lose $50 Million
Ars Technica reports:
CBS owner Paramount reportedly intends to settle Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit
Big Tech
Semafor reports:
The group chats that changed America
The Guardian reports:
Meta faces Ghana lawsuits over impact of extreme content on moderators
Meta slowest to remove scam content, says City watchdog
TechCrunch reports:
Report finds Meta’s celebrity-voiced chatbots could discuss sex with minors
OpenAI is fixing a ‘bug’ that allowed minors to generate erotic conversations
404 Media has:
Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users
Mbin or PieFed, peeps.
This Is Palantir’s Justification for Building ICE’s Master Database
Instagram’s AI Chatbots Lie About Being Licensed Therapists
The Markup reports:
Kids should avoid AI companion bots—under force of law, assessment says
The Center for Democracy and Technology reports:
Report – In Deep Trouble: Surfacing Tech-Powered Sexual Harassment in K-12 Schools
Cybersecurity/Privacy
Lawfare covers:
Advancing Secure by Design through Security Research
404 Media reports:
The Age of Realtime Deepfake Fraud Is Here
The Markup reports:
How California sent residents’ personal health data to LinkedIn
BleepingComputer reports:
Hackers ramp up scans for leaked Git tokens and secrets
FBI shares massive list of 42,000 LabHost phishing domains
Tech Policy Press reports:
Reverse Keyword Search Warrants and the Threat to Online Privacy
The Jacobin reports:
Big Tech Wants Free Rein to Sell Your Data
Fediverse
The Fediverse Report has:
Fosstodon has more on its drama:
ActivityPub for WordPress announces:
V5.8.0 – If it’s on the Fediverse, you can embed it.
ActivityPods shares:
Key learnings from building social apps with ActivityPods
Forgejo has:
Forgejo monthly update – April 2025
The Social Web Foundation has:
Steps Forward in Long-form Text
Mastodon is:
Matthew Tift has:
Finding an Ethical Path Through Social Media: Why I Choose Mastodon
PieFed has:
PieFed development update Apr 2025 – S3, OAuth, Federation retry queue, Stripe
NodeBB has:
NodeBB v4.3.0 — Remote Categories are a go!
Other Slightly Federated Social Media
WinBuzzer reports:
Bluesky’s Decentralized Network Faces Major Outage Caused by Centralized Servers
The Internet Review asks:
Where Does Bluesky Go from Here? What is the Bluesky of 2036?
CTAs (aka show us some free love)
- That’s it for this week. Please share this edition of Destroying Autocracy.
- Follow me on the Fediverse. Or this site via the button in the footer. Or via RSS.
Keep fighting!
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Follow me on the Fediverse#114 #ActivityPub #AI #ATProtocol #Autocracy #BigJournalism #BigTech #Bluesky #Democracy #Fascism #Fediverse #Mastodon #NodeBB #PieFed #StopChina #StopRedAmerica #StopRussia #SupportUkraine #WordPress
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Which is his right as the #BDFL of the Mastodon project. How he decides to steer the ship is what happens at the end of the day.
However, niche communities have been around for ages before the advent of microblogging and blasting your every throught into the ether/#fediverse. Forums (like @[email protected]!) have been doing this since the internet was invented, and in many ways, a hierarchical listing of topics makes a lot more sense than a firehose of individual thoughts.
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One of my VR Lighthouses died last month. These things are gyroscopically spinning 24 hours a day for, what, a decade now? Nearly.
No wonder. Mostly the industry seems to be settling on using head-mounted cameras rather than sweeping infra-red beams and receptors on the head anyway.
It is true that lighthouses give accurate positioning, but means I can't easily take the headset next door, say. Or to a party.
So inside-out, as they call it, is fine for the headset now and mostly okay for the hand-controllers.
But it offers no solution at all for the foot-trackers and hip-tracker that I need for puppetting the characters in the Starship Schrodinger's Destiny project.
I found Slime VR, which do a set of five trackers for around the same price of a single one of the light-house-style trackers anyway!
They just dead-reckon distances from accelerometers and then try to compensate for how badly that works with a skeleton model and some constraints.
They're fully open and free-software. Make your own trackers if you know about printed circuit boards and accelerometers and things. Or make a company that makes them if you like.
Or since I don't want to do any of that, just 'pre-order' them.
I Ordered some of them. Trouble is, that it is a 'pre-order'. Join the queue mate. Could be a while.
So it was good when, as I sadly packed away the broken lighthouse, I found in the place that I would store them a backup lighthouse! I bought it when I bought a whole second-hand Vive set coz my old headset failed.
Hurray! The lighthouses live for a while yet. I even have another spare backup to go.
The SlimeVR actually arrived fairly quick though in the end. Just a few weeks. Less than a month for sure.
The software didn't work on Linux/Debian/XFCE 😦 or even on Gnome when I tried that instead. 😢
I spent an actual whole day failing to get that working before I gave up and joined my first tech-support Discord to seek help.
Discord sucks. I have no idea what is happening. Why are people using this instead of a nodebb or something? I dunno. Can't wait to quit it again when this is all working.
One of the reasons I'm so loath to 'join a community' to get access to a support forum is that the community don't own their own support forum. Madness.
Anyway, after the annoying unhelpful robot, some cool helpful person on there said to try the new beta: it's GUI is built with Electron, but that sucks less than Tauri/Webkit which is why the GUI won't work for me.
And that did indeed work.
I was hoping the five trackers could be set up on each foot, hips, and elbows.
But the system to avoid sensor-drift and compensate for the errors you get from dead-reckoning needs a particular skeletal model. A five-set of trackers have to be: Ankles, Knees, Chest.
And I definitely need Hips.
My characters dance. 💃
So had to pre-order some more.
The next one is Hips, so maybe 6 would be enough, but after Hips come the 'foot' attachments: They can be mini-trackers which don't have wi-fi themselves, and cable-connect to the ankles. Makes them cheaper.
Then after feet you can do Elbows with another couple.
They go on further than that, you can use 20 apparently, but I just ordered enough to get to the 10 (two of which are the minis that attach by cables to others)
So that's my advice on these so far: Get the ten-tracker set: the five tracker set takes all five just to do legs really. If you gotta dance, you need hips and elbows!
And use the beta software, at least on Linux: the stable release can't draw it's window for some reason.
I am pleased though. They seem like they'll be good enough and when the project is opened this year the hardware cost barriers to entry of anyone else using it will be much less than I thought.
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@Ralf S. Wohlgemerkt, der Hintergrund ist nicht Bildanalyse oder Bildinterpretation.
Der Hintergrund ist vielmehr Barrierefreiheit, wie sie auf Mastodon gefordert wird. Ich bin selbst nicht auf Mastodon, wie du sicherlich schon erkannt haben dürftest. Aber wenn meine Bildposts nach Mastodon kommen, und das tun sie, dann müssen sie schon deshalb barrierefrei sein, weil mich das ansonsten noch mehr Reichweite kosten würde als sowieso schon.
Nun bin ich allerdings niemand, der einfach nur das absolut nötige Minimum anstrebt. Statt dessen habe ich mich eingehend mit dem Thema Bildbeschreibungen und Alt-Text befaßt. Es gibt dazu ja sehr viele Publikationen online; etliche habe ich zusammengefaßt in meinem im Aufbau befindlichen Wiki zum Thema auf meinem Hubzilla-Kanal.
Allerdings gehen die nicht auf die tatsächlichen Verhältnisse im Fediverse ein, weder auf Mastodons ganz spezielle Kultur, die es versucht, dem ganzen übrigen Fediverse aufzuzwingen, noch auf die besonderen Wünsche zumindest einiger Mastodon-Nutzer noch auf die technischen Möglichkeiten im Fediverse außerhalb von Mastodon, z. B. Posts quasi ohne Zeichenlimit.
So mußte ich zusätzlich wachsamen Auges beobachten, was insbesondere auf Mastodon passiert in puncto Alt-Texte und Bildbeschreibungen. Ich würde gern im größeren Rahmen mit möglichst vielen Angehörigen verschiedener Nutzergruppen gleichzeitig über das Thema diskutieren. Aber alle Personen, mit denen darüber zu diskutieren sinnvoll wären, sind nur auf Mastodon. Mastodon ist technisch für diese Art von Diskussion völlig ungeeignet. Und im Fediverse außerhalb von Mastodon, wo es die technischen Voraussetzungen für solche Diskussionen gäbe (Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams), Forte, Lemmy, Mbin, PieFed, NodeBB etc.), ist das Thema praktisch unbekannt.
Selbst wenn ich einfach so "in den Äther" rufe, wie es auf Mastodon üblich ist, weil es da gar nicht anders geht, kommt nichts dabei heraus. Als Nicht-Mastodon-Nutzer habe ich kurioserweise mit ca. über 700 Folgeverbindungen weitaus weniger Reichweite als so manch ein Mastodon-Nutzer mit 300 Folgenden. Abstimmungen bringen auch nichts; häufig stimmen bei mir weniger Leute ab, als ich Optionen angegeben habe.
Also muß ich beim Beschreiben meiner Bilder von sechs Annahmen ausgehen, die ich in diesem bisher komplett ignorierten Post schon dargelegt habe:- Mein Publikum besteht nicht nur aus denen, die mir folgen, sondern das sind alle, die theoretisch meine Posts sehen können.
- Wenn ich erwähne, daß es auf einem meiner Bilder etwas gibt, dann muß ich auch beschreiben, wie es aussieht.
- Bildbeschreibungen müssen sofort alle Informationen liefern, die vielleicht irgendjemand da draußen brauchen könnte. Nach einem Detail in einem Bild oder einer Erklärung für ein Bild zu fragen, ist genauso schlimm, wie überhaupt erst nach einem Alt-Text zu fragen.
- Irgendjemand da draußen ist möglicherweise auch an kleinsten Details auf meinen Bildern interessiert. Und der- oder diejenige ist möglicherweise blind oder sehbehindert.
- Alles, was es an Text innerhalb der Grenzen eines Bildes gibt, muß immer 100% wortwörtlich transkribiert werden. Auch wenn der Text unlesbar ist oder so klein ist, daß er unsichtbar ist. Wenn ich weiß, was da geschrieben steht, dann muß ich es transkribieren.
- Alle Bilder brauchen einen akkuraten und hinreichend detaillierten tatsächlichen Alt-Text. Auch wenn ich ein Bild in 60.000 Zeichen im Post selbst beschreibe, kann ich dafür sanktioniert werden, daß das Bild selbst keinen akkuraten und hinreichend detaillierten Alt-Text hat. Also brauche ich den zusätzlich. Ich muß meine eigenen Bilder jeweils zweimal beschreiben.
Im übrigen kann ein LLM nicht annähernd das, was ich tue. Und das weiß ich aus eigener praktischer Erfahrung: Ich habe zwei mal LLaVA damit beauftragt, ein Bild zu beschreiben, das ich schon beschrieben habe.
Das fängt schon damit an, daß keine KI auf dem Bild selbst Details sehen kann, die ich sehen kann, wenn ich vor Ort bin. Die KI würde ja das Bild beschreiben, indem sie sich das Bild von diesem Ort ansieht. Ich beschreibe meine Bilder, indem ich mir den Ort selbst vor Ort ansehe, also eben gerade nicht das Bild mit seiner stark reduzierten Auflösung. Eine KI kann das nicht.
Dann gehört zum akkuraten Beschreiben und vor allem Erklären dieser Bilder extrem obskures Nischenwissen. Keine KI könnte bei der visuellen Analyse eines meiner Bilder erkennen und erklären, was das für ein Ort ist, wie die Sim heißt, in welchem Grid sie sich befindet, daß das Ganze auf OpenSim basiert usw. usf. Schon gar nicht können das alle KIs. Diese Informationen sind ganz einfach zu obskur, und sie verändern sich auch schnell.
Ein extremer Fall ist wahrscheinlich die Beschreibung in diesem Bildpost: Die Sim war zu dem Zeitpunkt erst wenige Tage oder vielleicht ein paar Wochen alt. Ich habe innerhalb der Bildbeschreibung eine sehr detaillierte Beschreibung eines Bildes auf diesem Bild, das nur wenige hundert Pixel groß ist. Ich habe die Sim nicht nur korrekt identifiziert, sondern auch den populärkulturellen Bogen von dieser Sim über Edgar Wallace bis hin zum Frühstyxradio auf ffn und daraus abgeleiteten Kinofilmen geschlagen. Das Objekt zur rechten Seite hin habe ich alleine in etwa 1.000 Zeichen beschrieben und in noch einmal 4.000 Zeichen eingehend erläutert.
Dasselbe Bild habe ich LLaVA zum Beschreiben angeboten und anschließend die Beschreibung von LLaVA eingehend analysiert. Sie ist weit von meiner Beschreibung entfernt und davon, akkurat und detailliert zu sein. Dieses besagte Objekt, dem ich über 5.000 Zeichen gewidmet habe, hat LLaVA gänzlich ignoriert.
Mir kann niemand erzählen, ein anderes LLM könnte es wesentlich besser oder sogar noch besser, noch detaillierter, noch informativer, noch kompetenter und noch akkurater als ich.
CC: @wolf
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #LangerPost #CWLangerPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta #Bildbeschreibung #Bildbeschreibungen #BildbeschreibungenMeta #CWBildbeschreibungenMeta #KI #LLM #KIGegenMensch #MenschGegenKI #LLaVA -
I'm looking forward optimistically toward a future where either:
1. ) mastopub isn't mentioned with respect to networking at all
2. ) people stop conflating masto with #Fediverse - They are not the same.technically, #Lemmy might be a percentage of some sort in terms of traffic by MAUs with respect to mastotron - but not really; because it's a percentage of some sort in terms of traffic by MAUs with respect to Fediverse, and more specifically, ActivityPub traffic - NOT masto! Unless of course, one wishes to compare a single platform against another, but then it would usually be framed differently, instead of "as if" masto was the network itself, which it is not - it's just an aging Fediverse platform slowly, yet incrementally being marginalized as a goto buzzword, due to it's predatory nature with respect to other, better, older, and more feature complete Fediverse platforms, Including those operating over
diaspora*,Zot6,ActivityPub,OStatus, Etc.Oh, why is it, that Lemmy feels more vibrant, active, lighthearted, and even more powerful than mastotron?
Nevermind.... it doesn't matter. Coz if you think that's kewl, you should really check this out.
Oh, geez! Is that you? lolz....
Seriously though @rimu , Don't you think it's about time for #PyFedi to have it's own #Fediverse account that we can subscribe to via RSS or folllow? People really like it. People are really impressed. People ARE NOT saying things like this about it:
> I don’t like that the easy install instructions are longer than this blog post. I don’t like that the build failed after ten minutes due to a missing dependency because they couldn’t check for it before starting. I don’t like that restarting the build literally restarted from crate zero and rebuilt everything. I don’t like that the build failed fifteen minutes later trying to compile lemmy-schema because it ran out of memory, so I had to add swap. I don’t like that the build failed again another twenty minutes later trying to link lemmy_server because I didn’t add enough swap. Come on, man.
Attribution:
https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/azorius-01So yah, we were discussing PyFedi in the Fediverse-City Matrix room, and clumping together notions such as how your following assertion here has found a relevance that other 'similar' so-called link aggregators have eschewed:
> PieFed - a federated forum, similar to Lemmy but written in Python
And indeed, even at merely the first glance, it looks a heckuvalot (sic) more friendly than just link aggregation, the lines begin to blur even further when you take a look at the fast and friendly NodeBB, not too dissimilar, but not as lightweight as PyFedi - Wait! Are we supposed be calling it something else? #PieFed, perhaps? Are you undergoing a rebranding and just haven't renamed the git repo over at Codeberg yet?
Do please let us know :) Piefed has a lot of other FUN connotations, as both a play on words and also just falling off the tongue a little easier.
Yes back to the question of whether you feel it's the right time for your PyFedi project to launch its own Fediverse account - preferably, if I might be so bold as to suggest, NOT on a masto instance. After all, and like you said:
> Mastodon feels like a fucking funeral.
Indeed it does. I could recommend a couple of Good Mitra instances, put in a word for you on one of the dev's reference flagship intances, or Friendica is awesome too - very awesome, and unlike mastopub, it doesn't, "feel like a fucking funeral", lolz (as you sooo eloquently stated). It also interoperates seamlessly with and between Diaspora, Bluesky, Hubzilla/Zot, and the entire ActivityPub portions of the Fediverse. The Pleroma and Misskey family of forks have some nice offerings as well. I think a lot of people would find it refreshing if a new and refreshing federated forum/aggregator project with an enjoyable, clean and friendly feel had it's Fediverse presence somewhere other than a cemetery ;)
I predict a rapid rise in the deployment of #PyFedi instances. just look at the number of #Mbin deployments as/of late, and #Kbin before that - both are still enjoying accelerating adoption rates.
Yup! There's a lot of excitement and people are talking - thought you might like to know ;) And thank you for creating PieFed!
#tallship #FOSS #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Forumware #Link_Aggregation #meme_posting #Shitposting #discussion_sharing You can haz #Cheezburgerz! 🍔
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Destroying Autocracy – 27 February 2025
Welcome to this week’s “Destroying Autocracy”.
It’s your source for curated news affecting democracy in the cyber arena with a focus on protecting democracy. That necessitates an opinionated Butlerian jihad against big tech as well as evangelizing for open-source and the Fediverse. Since big media’s journalism wing is flailing and failing in its core duty to democracy, this is also a collection of alternative reporting on the eternal battle between autocracy and democracy. We also cover the cybersecurity world. You can’t be free without safety and privacy.
DA comes out on Thursday and is updated through the end of day on Friday. Then we start over. So take your time in perusing it and check back in over the weekend.
FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck ’em.
Featured Item
Nextcloud announces:
More and more of our digital lives are controlled by a handful of big tech firms and their CEOs – but there is a better way. A way that puts control back in your hands, fosters collaboration, and protects your digital freedom. And today, that is more important than ever.
With Nextcloud Hub 10, we double down on the vision that started it all: an integrated yet modular digital workspace, built for freedom, security, and teamwork. Instead of juggling multiple disconnected apps, Nextcloud Hub provides a unified platform – easier to manage, scale, and secure – while still offering deep customization. Choose from our core applications, extend them with 400+ integration-ready apps, and bring in the services you need.
Because the future isn’t about walled gardens – it’s about open collaboration. Whether you’re running Nextcloud at home, in a business, government, or local sports club, you stay in control. Our federation features connect Nextcloud servers worldwide, bringing millions together in a truly decentralized network.
Nextcloud Hub 10 – your unified, modular digital workspace
As mentioned in the Techno Anarchist Manifesto, using Nextcloud instead of Google, Microsoft, or Apple is a great way to fight Techno Feudalism.
We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable.
The response to Russia’s War Crimes and other douchebaggery
404 Media reports:
All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation
Ars Technica reports:
Judge: US gov’t violated privacy law by disclosing personal data to DOGE
BleepingComputer reports:
OpenAI bans ChatGPT accounts used by North Korean hackers
Tech Policy reports:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:
Anti-Surveillance Mapmaker Refuses Flock Safety’s Cease and Desist Demand
TechCrunch reports:Cellebrite suspends Serbia as customer after claims police used firm’s tech to plant spyware
The Internet Review has:
Framework Brings Real Excitement Back to Personal Computers
They are a recommendation of mine in The Techno Anarchist Manifesto aka Let’s fuck up Techno Feudalism
The Register reports:
Signal will withdraw from Sweden if encryption-busting laws take effect
Microsoft names alleged credential-snatching ‘Azure Abuse Enterprise’ operators
Joan Westenberg shares:
How I’m Building a Trump-Proof Tech Stack Without Big Tech
For a more hardcore version, see the Techno Anarchist Manifesto above.
The Next Web reports:
DataSnipper CEO: Europe doesn’t have to follow the Silicon Valley playbook
404 Media shares:
Neutral
Open_Future published:
“Digital Public Infrastructure” at a Turning Point
Tech Policy shares:
Beyond Digital Rights: Towards a Fair Information Ecosystem?
The Evil Empire Strikes Back
Bert Hubert says:
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds
He’s right.
The Register reports:
Trump administration threatens tariffs for any nation that dares to tax Big Tech
Krebs on Security reports:Trump 2.0 Brings Cuts to Cyber, Consumer Protections
Pariah States
Krebs on Security reports:
Notorious Malware, Spam Host “Prospero” Moves to Kaspersky Lab
This should surprise no one.
BleepingComputer reports:
North Korean hackers linked to $1.5 billion ByBit crypto heist
Belgium probes if Chinese hackers breached its intelligence service
The Register reports:
China’s Silver Fox spoofs medical imaging apps to hijack patients’ computers
Xi know what you did last summer: China was all up in Republicans’ email, says bookVillain on Villain action here.
Big Media
The Guardian reports:
Ex-Washington Post editor Marty Baron rebukes Bezos: ‘betrayal of free expression’
Big Tech
The Electronic Frontier Foundation says:
Stop Censoring Abortion: Help EFF and Repro Uncensored end digital suppression
404 Media reports:
Instagram ‘Error’ Turned Reels Into Neverending Scroll of Murder, Gore, and Violence
Cybersecurity/Privacy
The Verge reports:
Google is replacing Gmail’s SMS authentication with QR codes
The Register reports:
How nice that state-of-the-art LLMs reveal their reasoning … for miscreants to exploit
Bleeping Computer reports:
New Auto-Color Linux backdoor targets North American govts, universities
GitVenom attacks abuse hundreds of GitHub repos to steal crypto
Microsoft names cybercriminals behind AI deepfake network
404 Media reports:
AT&T Hacker Tried to Sell Stolen Data to Foreign Government
Fediverse
The Fediverse Report has:
TechCrunch reports:
Tumblr backs Tapestry, a timeline app for the open social web
I think apps like this and Surf are going to gain more traction than platform apps and clients in the long run.
Beej’s Bit Bucket takes a look at:
NodeBB is fully federated:
NodeBB v4.0.0 — Federate good times, come on!
Other Slightly Federated Social Media
Bluesky info has:
CTAs (aka show us some free love)
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@JohnnyThan
Verläuft die Kulturgrenze wirklich zwischen der einen Software und der anderen?
Doch, tut sie tatsächlich.
Mastodon hat eine eigene Kultur. Im Prinzip ist das die Twitter-Kultur der frühen 20er, aber ohne die ganzen rechten und fast alle xenophoben Einflüsse. Außerdem ist da die Beschränkung auf 500 Zeichen ebenso fest einkodiert wie Content Warnings im Summary-Feld (von dem auf Mastodon alle glauben, das sei als CW-Feld erfunden worden), Alt-Texte und das völlige Fehlen von Textformatierung und vor allem Quote-Posts.
Misskey hat wieder eine ganz eigene Kultur, die auch weitgehend von den Forkeys übernommen wurde. Die ist z. B. ziemlich japanisch inspiriert. Da spielen Emoji-Reaktionen eine große Rolle, die auf Mastodon komplett unbekannt sind, weil Mastodon sie nur als Fave anzeigt. Da gibt's auch keine Beschränkung auf 500 Zeichen, kein Zeichenformatierungstabu, kein Quote-Post-Tabu. Die Forkeys sind manchmal etwas unterschiedlich; besonders Sharkey hat je nach Instanz sehr große Queer-Einflüsse.
Friendica ist das älteste noch existierende Projekt des Fediverse. Es ist von 2010, und seine Kultur ist im Prinzip genauso alt. Teil dieser Kultur ist z. B., daß ein Post auch mal wie ein Blogpost mit allen Schikanen aufgemacht sein kann: Titel, Zusammenfassung, Textformatierung, beliebig viele Bilder mitten in den Post eingebettet usw. Außerdem liegt das Zeichenlimit von Friendica, soweit ich weiß, bei 200.000.
Für Mastodon-Nutzer ist erstmal alles suspekt, was zwar ActivityPub nutzt und frei und quelloffen ist, aber nicht Mastodon ist. Wenn es nicht frei und quelloffen ist und/oder nicht dezentral und/oder kommerziell, ist es böse. Wenn es kein ActivityPub benutzt, erst recht. Bau in Mastodon die Möglichkeit für einzelne Konten ein, von allem zu deföderieren, was nicht Mastodon ist, und viele werden davon Gebrauch machen.
Eins von Friendicas Killerfeatures ist dagegen und war schon immer, sich mit fast allem verbinden zu können, was nicht bei drei auf dem Baum ist. Alles, was ActivityPub kann. diaspora*. Tumblr. Bluesky, und zwar ohne Bridgy Fed. Libertree. LiveJournal. Man kann direkt nach WordPress crossposten. Man kann RSS- und Atom-Feeds abonnieren und per E-Mail "föderieren". Auch das alte OStatus-Protokoll von GNU social wird noch unterstützt. Genau das hat sich auch schon immer auf Friendicas Kultur abgefärbt.
Quote-Posts sind auf Friendica völlig normal und waren schon immer Teil der Kultur. Die meiste Zeit war das buchstäblich die einzige Möglichkeit überhaupt, Posts weiterzuleiten. Niemand hat da je "Diskriminierung" geschrieen, und meines Wissens ist damit auch nie jemand diskriminiert worden. Auch Zitate sind völlig normal und Teil der Kultur.
Teil der Friendica-Kultur ist auch, daß Diskussionsthreads in sich geschlossene Objekte sind mit genau einem Post ganz am Anfang und ansonsten nur Kommentaren. Erwähnt wird nur, wenn man auf einen Kommentar antwortet, und dann nur derjenige, auf den man antwortet. Ebenso ist Teil der Kultur, daß es wie selbstverständlich Diskussionsgruppen gibt und Verbindungen standardmäßig beidseitig sind.
Außerdem gehört zu der Kultur eine völlig andere Handhabung von Inhaltswarnungen als auf Mastodon. Auf Mastodon werden Inhaltswarnungen vom Poster ins Summary-Feld eingetragen und damit allen, die den Post lesen, gleichermaßen aufgezwungen. Bis Oktober 2022 (Mastodon 4.0) ging das auch gar nicht anders.
Auf Friendica werden Inhaltswarnungen optional leserseitig vollautomatisch generiert; dafür gibt es eine eigene Funktion namens "NSFW". Wenn du etwas nicht gleich sehen willst, trägst du die entsprechenden Schlüsselwörter in die NSFW-Liste ein. Wenn du sensible Inhalte postest, dann sorgst du dafür, daß entsprechende Schlüsselwörter in deinem Post sind, damit der Post bei den Leuten, die diese Schlüsselwörter auf ihrer NSFW-Liste haben, automatisch hinter einem Button verborgen wird. Das geht seit Oktober 2022 auch auf Mastodon, aber das weiß keiner, und das ist nicht Teil der Mastodon-Kultur.
Hubzilla hat im wesentlichen die Friendica-Kultur übernommen und etwas angepaßt, und (streams) hat weitestgehend Hubzillas Kultur bis auf das Fehlen der weitreichenden Verbindungsmöglichkeiten. Dazu zählt die noch rigorosere Anwendung des Berechtigungssystems, um Content auszusperren, den man nicht will. Dazu zählt die selbstverständliche Verfügbarkeit der nomadischen Identität (auf (streams) mangels öffentlicher Instanzen im Moment nicht ganz so selbstverständlich). Dazu zählt auf Hubzilla, daß man auch mal nicht föderierende Artikel schreibt oder statische Webpages baut oder sich das eine oder andere Wiki anlegt oder oder oder. Und auf beiden zählt dazu, daß ActivityPub optional ist und pro Kanal abgeschaltet werden kann ((streams)) oder erst aktiviert werden muß (Hubzilla). Letztlich zählen dazu noch höhere Zeichenlimits: Auf (streams) ist die maximale Postlänge durch das Datenbankfeld auf über 24 Millionen begrenzt.Gibt es überhaupt eine "Fediverse" und eine "Masto"-Kultur?
Eine übergreifende Fediverse-Kultur gibt es kaum.
Die Mastodon-Kultur habe ich oben geschildert. Und es gibt genügend Leute auf Mastodon, die dem gesamten Fediverse die Mastodon-Kultur aufzwiingen wollen. Die also wollen, daß z. B. Friendica seine eigene, sehr viel ältere und genau auf Friendicas Features abgestimmte Kultur wegschmeißt, statt dessen die Mastodon-Kultur annimmt und 80% der eigenen Features für tabu erklärt, weil Mastodon die nicht hat, und weil sich Mastodon-Nutzer dadurch gestört fühlen.Ist das erstrebenswert, dass alles "eine Kultur" wird?
Eben nicht. Das kann schon aufgrund technischer Unterschiede nicht klappen.Trotzdem kann ich ja sagen, dass ich CWs gut finde und ALT Texte auch. Und andere finden das unnötig. Dann diskutiert man das, oder blockt sich, oder schlatet sich stumm, oder was auch immer.
Ich glaube ja sowieso, daß mich schon längst tausende Mastodon-Nutzer blockiert haben, weil ich "nach Mastodon poste", ohne mich an die Mastodon-Kultur anzupassen und an die Mastodon-Etikette zu halten.
Beispielsweise halte ich mich nicht an die "Regel", nie mehr als 500 Zeichen zu posten. Das habe ich hier auf Hubzilla nicht nötig. Aber ich habe schon einige Male mitbekommen, daß sich jemand sehr abschätzig darüber geäußert hat. Ich bin auch schon mehrfach dazu aufgefordert worden, lange Posts in 500-Zeichen-Stückchen zu zerteilen.
@crossgolf_rebel - kostenlose Kwalitätsposts (Calckey, mindestens 3.000 Zeichen) ist auch schon angeschnauzt worden, er soll gefälligst lange Posts in Threads mit Posts von nicht mehr als 500 Zeichen aufteilen oder sich gefälligst aus dem Fediverse verpissen. Quasi, weil im Fediverse jetzt Mastodon das Sagen hat.
Umgekehrt gibt es @Matthias (Friendica, wahrscheinlich 200.000 Zeichen), der jeden beim ersten Mal blockiert, von dem er solches 500-Zeichen-Stückwerk bekommt.
Einige würden sicherlich auch von mir erwarten, daß ich auch meine langen Kommentare hinter eine Mastodon-CW packe, so, wie ich meine langen Posts (auf Hubzilla ist das wie gesagt ein Unterschied) hinter Mastodon-CWs packe. Auf Hubzilla ist das aber nicht möglich. Aus Hubzillas Sichtweise heraus ergibt die Möglichkeit von Zusammenfassungen für etwas, was einem Blogkommentar entspricht, keinen Sinn. Also wird sie gar nicht erst bereitgestellt. Also kann ich Kommentaren keine Mastodon-CWs verpassen.
Überhaupt, CWs und Zusammenfassungen. Was auf Mastodon das CW-Feld ist, ist auf Hubzilla schon einige Jahre länger immer noch das, was es schon immer war: das Summary-Feld. Und Teil der Hubzilla-Kultur ist, dieses Feld eben für Zusammenfassungen zu nutzen. Wenn man aber das, was Mastodon-Nutzer nur als CW-Feld kennen, für etwas anderes als CWs nutzt, also z. B. Zusammenfassungen, wird so manch ein Mastodon-Nutzer ausfallend. Da gehören nur CWs rein!1!! Für einige ein eindeutiger Blockgrund.
Andere dürften mich blockiert haben wegen meiner "exzessiven" Nutzung von Hashtags. Zu einem erheblichen Teil dienen die aber dazu, das leserseitige Erzeugen individueller Inhaltswarnungen auszulösen. So, wie es auf Hubzilla schon seit 2012 Teil der Kultur ist. Und auf Friendica, von dem Hubzilla geforkt wurde, seit 2010. Leserseitige CWs gibt's aber in der Mastodon-Kultur nicht. Dafür fühlen sich viele auf Mastodon durch mehr als vier Hashtags gestört. Zack, blockiert.
Wegen all solcher Fundamentalisten und Mimosen war einige Zeit meine Reichweite auf Mastodon sehr stark eingeknickt. Ich wage sogar zu behaupten, daß entweder ich oder die Netzgemeinde als Ganzes (die Schweine halten sich ja alle nicht an die Mastodon-Kultur) auf einigen Instanzen, die ihre Blocklisten nicht offen legen, komplett gesperrt bin.Ich behaupte mal, 80% merken es nicht, ob ein Beitrag aus einer anderen Fediverse-Software kommt.
Auf Mastodon. Und da ist das tatsächlich ein Problem.
Wenn die Mastodon-Nutzer nämlich von vornherein sehen könnten, aha, dieser Post kommt von Misskey oder von Friendica, dann wüßten sie auch vom Fleck weg, daß das Fediverse nicht nur Mastodon ist. Dann würden sie sich gar nicht erst an Mastodon als "das Fediverse" oder als den alleinigen Standard im Fediverse gewöhnen. Und dann wäre ihnen von vornherein klar: Aha, der Post kommt von Misskey oder von Friendica, die haben da eine ganz andere Kultur.
So aber gewöhnen sich praktisch alle Mastodon-Neulinge erstmal an ein reines Mastodon-Fediverse und dann an ein Fediverse, in dem Mastodon das Zentrum und der alleinige Standard ist. Wenn Posts über die Stränge schlagen, weil sie nicht wie Standard-Vanilla-Mastodon-Tröts aussehen, dann glauben sie erst, die kommen von irgendeiner frisierten Instanz. Wenn sie dann erfahren, daß der Post nicht von Mastodon kommt, sondern von Misskey oder von Friendica, haben sie trotzdem den Drang, auch daraus das zu machen, was sie erwartet haben. Nämlich Mastodon.Minderheiten nicht zu attackieren gehört zum normalen Umgangston und sollte selbstverständlich sein. Wenn es doch passiert, lernt man daraus, entschuldigt sich und das Leben geht weiter. Wie gesagt: Ganz normaler Umgang vernünftiger Menschen miteinander. Das ist imho nichts Fedi oder Masto spezifisches.
Eigentlich ja.
Sag auf Mastodon was gegen Schwarze. Du wirst von Mastodon-Nutzern aufs Übelste als Rassist beschimpft.
Sag auf Mastodon was gegen Schwule. Du wirst von Mastodon-Nutzern aufs Übelste als homophob beschimpft.
Sag auf Mastodon was gegen Behinderte. Du wirst von Mastodon-Nutzern aufs Übelste als Ableist beschimpft.
Sag auf Mastodon was gegen Friendica-Nutzer. Bestenfalls passiert gar nichts, schlimmstenfalls kassierst du Lob.
Du kommst doch auf Mastodon jederzeit damit davon, "Fediverse" und "Mastodon" gleichbedeutend zu nutzen und ganz offen zu sagen, das Fediverse ist nur Mastodon. Damit diskriminierst du die Nutzer von ca. 150 anderen Fediverse-Serveranwendungen. Aber auf Mastodon nimmt das niemand als Diskriminierung wahr, weil auf Mastodon niemand dadurch persönlich diskriminiert wird. Du könntest 50 Antworten von Mastodon haben, die dir alle beipflichten.
Die einzigen, die dich kritisieren, sind die paar Leutchen von Calckey oder Akkoma oder Friendica oder Hubzilla, die anmerken, daß das Fediverse eben nicht nur Mastodon ist. Die kriegen dann aber auch schon mal von Mastodon-Nutzern gesagt, sie sollen gefälligst die Schnauze halten, das will hier niemand hören. Und buchstäblich kein einziger Mastodon-Nutzer im ganzen Thread findet das irgendwie diskriminierend.
Anderes Beispiel: Poste ein Bild ohne Alt-Text. Wenn es irgendwo auf Mastodon landet, sind die Chancen gut, daß du dafür auf den Deckel kriegst, zumindest passiv-aggressiv (no alt, no boost). Wenn du dich weigerst, einen Alt-Text binnen kürzester Zeit nachzureichen, bist du als ableistisches Schwein gebrandmarkt.
Aber: Du kannst auch etwas bauen namens FediDevs. Kennst du vielleicht durch die Starter Packs. Du kannst das komplette Backend hart gegen Mastodon, nur gegen Mastodon und gegen nichts als Mastodon bauen. Wer nicht auf Mastodon ist, konnte da bis vor kurzem kein Konto anlegen. In Starter Packs können bis heute nur Mastodon-Konten eingetragen werden und nichts anderes (das soll sich erst peu à peu ändern, weil vermutlich jede Fediverse-Anwendung einzeln im Backend berücksichtigt werden muß, und selbst diese Entscheidung hat eine ganze Weile gedauert und wohl auch sehr viel Druck von außen gebraucht). Und du kannst das Ganze großspurig "FediDevs" nennen, was impliziert, daß es fürs ganze Fediverse ist.
Wahrscheinlich hat sich kein Mastodon-Nutzer an irgendetwas davon gestört. Stört dich daran etwas?
Bei den Nutzern von Sachen wie Pleroma, Akkoma, Misskey, Calckey, Firefish, CherryPick, Sharkey, Catodon, Meisskey, Neko, Tanukey, Mitra, GoToSocial, Socialhome, Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams), Forte, Lemmy, /kbin, Mbin, PieFed, nodeBB, WordPress, PeerTube, Pixelfed, Funkwhale, Castopod, Bandwagon usw. usf. sieht das aber etwas sehr anders aus. Die haben schon die Fackeln und Mistgabeln in den Händen.
Die werden nämlich durch das Aussperren von allem, was nicht Mastodon ist, systematisch diskriminiert. Und dann auch noch "Fedi" auf etwas draufzuschreiben, was nur mit Mastodon funktioniert, fühlt sich für sie an wie noch ein Extraschlag in die Fresse.Nur weil Nutzer schon länger da sind, haben sie nicht mehr oder weniger Rechte. Netzwerke verändern sich, das ist ein definierender Faktor von Netzwerken.
Das heißt aber noch lange nicht, daß der Zeitpunkt gekommen ist, wo alles, was nicht Mastodon ist, seine Kulturen ablegen und statt dessen die Mastodon-Kultur und ausschließlich die Mastodon-Kultur übernehmen soll.
Das gibt Mastodon-Nutzern nicht das Recht, Friendica-Nutzern ein Zeichenlimit von 500 aufzuzwingen und ihnen die Nutzung etlicher Friendica-Features zu verbieten, weil das irgendjemanden auf Mastodon stören könnte (Zeichenformatierung, eingebettete Bilder, die Mastodon nicht anzeigen kann, Quote-Posts, Hashtags zum Auslösen von NSFW, das Zusammenfassungsfeld als Zusammenfassungsfeld...), und umgekehrt kein Stück auf die Friendica-Nutzer zu hören.
Das gibt Mastodon-Nutzern, die erst seit 2022 dabei sind, nicht das Privileg, Friendica-Nutzer, die seit 2012 dabei sind, über "das Fediverse" zu belehren. Oder das, was sie für das Fediverse halten. Auch nicht, umgekehrt die sehr viel erfahreneren Friendica-Nutzer für ihre abweichenden Erfahrungen zu attackieren.
Das Fediverse gehört nicht den Mastodon-Nutzern allein. Auch nicht mehrheitlich. Schon gar nicht qua "wir waren zuerst hier". Das waren sie nämlich nicht.
Wenn Mastodon-Nutzer sich das Recht herausnehmen, Regeln basierend auf Mastodon-Funktionen bzw. dem Mangel daran im ganzen Fediverse durchsetzen zu wollen, dann sollten Friendica- oder Hubzilla-Nutzer ebenso das Recht haben, Regeln basierend auf Friendica- oder Hubzilla-Features auf Mastodon einzufordern. Und sei es Schlüsselwörter oder Hashtags, um das Erzeugen von Inhaltswarnungen durch NSFW auszulösen.
Und wenn Mastodon-Nutzer sich das Recht herausnehmen, das abzulehnen, weil das in ihrer Kultur nicht vorkommt oder (angeblich, stimmt aber nicht) es das auf Mastodon nicht gibt, dann haben Friendica- und Hubzilla-Nutzer ebenso das Recht, die Anweisung durch Mastodon-Nutzer zurückzuweisen, nicht mehr als 500 Zeichen am Stück zu posten, ihre Posts nicht mehr zu formatieren und das Zusammenfassungsfeld nur noch für Inhaltswarnungen zu nutzen.
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The Techno Anarchist Manifesto aka Let’s fuck up Techno Feudalism
This practical and profanity-laced manifesto provides the loose philosophy, strategies, battleplans, tactics, and weapons to destroy Techno Feudalism via the practice of Techno Anarchism. It explains the war we are in, the Techno battle’s place in it, and what Techno Feudalism and Techno Anarchism are.
Don’t worry, I not going to start capping tech CEOs anytime soon. I’m not a 1914 anarchist or advocating for it in general.
Introduction
The same day I started writing this article about some ideas floating in my head, Joan Westenberg kind of beat me to the punch on its premise.
This piece will now be more expansive and a sort of manifesto.
I want to focus my thoughts regarding the battle against Techno Feudalism. And narrow my scope. And be systemic.
I will build whatever this ends up being in public. And put my masters degree in Political Science to work. So, this is just the start of a living document. I will update it with more of the philosophy of Techno Anarchism (and other points) in the coming weeks.
It’s also the first thing I’ve written that needs a table of contents.
Here’s what we’re exploring:
- Introduction
- Late Stage Capitalism / Techno Feudalism
- The War
- Enshittification
- The Winnable Battle
- Resources
The Mission
As supporters of democracy we need to engage in a positive fight against this timeline’s bullshit in a manner we can control ourselves.
Our goal should be to destroy autocracy rather than protect democracy. Simply because most of us live in autocracies unfortunately.
Still, we must reform both democracy and neuter it’s biggest threat, Big Tech.
I aim to make this writing more actionable than academic. We need action on the individual level and in small groups – neighborhoods, communities (geographical or digital), libraries, companies, unions, teams, non-profits, associations, clubs, schools, real churches, credit unions, local governments, the arts, independent media, etc. These groups have always been the building blocks of democracy. And they must be nurtured through use and membership.
I call the solution I propose to combat autocracy and Techno Feudalism, Techno Anarchism. While political anarchism as defined by Wikipedia is currently unlikely if not impossible. You will see that in the tech arena, it is possible.
“Major definitional elements of anarchism include the will for a non-coercive society, the rejection of the state apparatus, the belief that human nature allows humans to exist in or progress toward such a non-coercive society, and a suggestion on how to act to pursue the ideal of anarchy.”
It’s idealistic but not 100% practical. But we can build its practicality via our interactions with tech.
Now, Wikipedia defines a manifesto as:
“A manifesto is a written declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group, political party, or government. A manifesto can accept a previously published opinion or public consensus, but many prominent manifestos—such as The Communist Manifesto (1848) and those of various artistic movements—reject accepted knowledge in favor of a new idea.”
Is that what this will be? I think it mostly will.
The Problem
But, before going into the details of this manifesto, let’s explore our major problem as humans, what and who we are fighting, and the bigger war that the techno feudalism versus anarchism battle takes place in.
First, let’s look at the problem, ourselves. We have not evolved enough as humans to keep up with the culture, economies, and technology we’ve developed. That’s why we feel alienated and a little lost.
We need a purpose be it one dictated by religion (for the weak-minded) or philosophy. Or a very strong personal moral framework which is difficult. We might even get by with a manifesto. 😉 What we want to avoid is ideologies.
In general our overwhelmed brains need structure for things we don’t understand or can’t explain. We want simple, not the truth, which is why autocrats have an advantage. We’re mostly uneducated, unaware, unobservant, and intellectually lazy so we want easy answers.
Greg Epstein’s book, Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World’s Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation has this:
“Today technology is the water in which we swim, whether on not we notice we are fish. Tech provides contemporary Western lives, so polarized and divided in countless ways, with a universal organizing principle… It offers myriad rites, capturing our attention and transforming our consciousness, connecting us with a community of people who spend their days…indeed their entire lives engaging in the same repetitive behaviors with the same fervent intensity.
Naturally, we all hope our devotion to this community of fellow travelers will bear fruit: surely tech will lead to a better future! Even a kind of paradise! But the truth is many of us fear, more than we’d like to admit, this may all be heading to a deeply dark place.
In other words: technology has become a religion.”
As you see, Big Tech now functions as a religion. It provides answers as more people reject the horseshit of traditional religion.
But, there’s no putting the genie back in the bottle so it needs to be reformed into a more satisfying religion. More the Tao of Pooh than the Old Testament and Revelations. More philosophy and morality for how to live life and less damnation, doctrine, and hate. One grown by us not tech oligarchs. More good, less evil. Ok.
More on this will follow in future updates.
Late Stage Capitalism / Techno Feudalism
Next let’s take a look at economics. Currently we are stuck in the economic model of capitalism. The problem is that it’s not really capitalism. It’s rigged, crony, oligarchic capitalism headed back toward feudalism. Some argue persuasively that it has already fully evolved into Techno Feudalism.
So, let’s define Techno Feudalism.
Is it a malign denomination of the Tech religion?
The child of Big Tech and Late Stage / Crony Capitalism?
Or just a bunch of cunts in Silicon Valley?
Yanis Varoufakis coined the term Techno Feudalism. So, here’s his hypothesis:
“… capitalism is dead, in the sense that its dynamics no longer govern our economies. … that role … has been replaced by something fundamentally different, which I call techno feudalism.
… the thing that killed capitalism is capital itself. Not capital as we have known it since the dawn of the industrial revolution, a new form of capital, a mutation of it that has arisen in the last two decades, so much more powerful that its predecessor that like a stupid, overzealous virus it has killed off its host.”
How’s that for an academic sentence. 😉
He continues:
“… capital’s mutation into what I call cloud capital has demolished capitalism’s two pillars: markets and profits.
Markets, the medium of capitalism, have been replaced by digital trading platforms, which look like, but are not markets, and are better understood as fiefdoms. And profit, the engine of capitalism, has been replaced with its feudal predecessor, rent.
… the owners of tradition capital … have become vassals in relation to a new class of feudal overlord, the owners of cloud capital.
… the rest of us have returned to our former status a serfs … contributing to the wealth and power of the new ruling class with our unpaid labor – in addition to the waged labor we perform, when we get the chance.”
Does this sound familiar? I think so.
And who wants to be a fucking serf? Not me.
More on this will follow in future updates.
The subject of equality is obviously relevant to feudal overlords and serfs.
In his book, A Brief History of Equality, Thomas Piketty writes:
“…since the end of the eighteenth century there has been a historical movement toward equality. The world of the early 2020s, no matter how unjust it may seem, is more egalitarian than that of 1950 or that of 1900, which were themselves more egalitarian than those of 1850 or 1780. ..over the long term, no matter the criterion we employ, we arrive at the same conclusion. Between 1780 and 2020 we see developments tending toward greater equality…
To continue… crises and power relations are necessary, as was the case in the past, but we will also need processes of learning and collective engagement, as well as mobilization around new political programs and proposals for new institutions.
Resistance by elites is a reality, in a world in which transnational billionaires are richer than states, much as in the French revolution. Such resistance can be overcome only by powerful collective mobilization during moments of crises and tension.
To ensure that everyone can contribute… in a decentralized way, we must develop new forms of sovereignism with a universalist vocation.”
I maintain that Techno Feudalism is contributing to the current slow to non-existent grow of equality. And I also maintain that Techno Anarchism can reverse the trend and grow equality via small-scale social mobilization and personal-data-sovereignty among other strategies to destroy Techno Feudalism.
Politics aka The War
Now, on to politics. Let’s begin with a few points. And a quick note, this isn’t about parties, but policies and exercising political rights.
Autocracy is a threat to democracy. Authoritarianism is a threat to human rights. Fascism is a threat to minorities. Autocrats, Fascists (secular or religious), and Communists are the bad guys.
However, unregulated capitalism and digital technology are a deadlier threat to democracy. Big Money and Big Tech equal the really bad guys. Oligarchs suck.
These two threats to human freedom go hand in hand. Unbound capitalism leads to fascist / authoritarian governments which lead to corrupt, crony capitalism or state capitalism aka hypocritical communism. Both of which erode and eventually destroy democracy, the environment, and human rights.
So, we need to reform and regulate large-scale capitalism and keep autocracy at bay. And again, reform democracy to function in the world we now live in.
Tech both in its Silicon Valley incarnation and the tools of repression Chinese / Israeli model are destroying democracy. One via corrupt, oligarchic capitalism / Techno Feudalism. And one via authoritarianism.
In we want democracy to survive we must fight these two tech models along with autocrats, autocratic political parties, autocratic nations, and autocratic ideologies.
More on this will follow in future updates.
The War’s Combatants
To reiterate, the larger war which I think of as WWIII is one between supporters of democracy and what I call the Evil Empire (Reagan is dead and I have commandeered the term!):
- Unregulated Capitalists / Techno Feudalists
- Big Tech in general
- Autocrats
The Evil Empire
Unregulated capitalist oligarchs, and Techno Feudalists
We’ve seen who they are.
More on this will follow in future updates.
Big Tech which is mostly Techno Feudalists, and some Techno Fascists
In her book, The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley, Marietje Schaake writes:
“…the fact that our social, professional, and civil lives are increasingly digitized and, essentially, all aspects of digitation are in the hands of private companies; that certain technologies have inherent antidemocratic characteristics, while laws to protect democratic values and the rule of law are lagging; and that, most important, democratic governments’ outsourcing of key functions has led to a hollowing out of government’s core capabilities.
These systemic problems are now undermining the core principles of democracy: free and fair elections, the rule of law, the separation of powers, a well-informed, public debate, national security and the protection of civil liberties such as freedom of expression, the presumption of innocence, and the right to privacy.
As digitization progresses, we see a gradual shift in responsibility and power away from democratic leaders. This shift accelerates two trends: growing digital authoritarianism and a wholesale decline in democratic governance.”
We are the frogs being slowly boiled in the pot as the temperature rises. But, it’s not a fucking joke.
More on this will follow in future updates.
Autocrats
You are probably most familiar with these villains. They either rule your country or are a political party(ies) in it.
In her book, Autocracy Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World Anne Applebaum writes:
“Unlike military or political alliances from other times and places, (today’s Autocrats) operates not like a bloc but rather like an agglomeration of companies, bound not by ideology but rather by a ruthless, single-minded determination to preserve their personal wealth and power, Autocracy, Inc.
Their bonds with one another, and with their friends in the democratic world, are cemented not through ideals but through deals – deals designed to take the edge off sanctions, to exchange surveillance technology, to help one another get rich.
Autocracy, Inc., offers its members not only money and security but also something less tangible, impunity.
Their enmity toward the democratic world is not merely some form of traditional geopolitical competition… (It) …has its roots in the very nature of the democratic political system, in words “accountability,” “transparency,” and “democracy.” They hear that language coming from the democratic world, they hear the same language coming from their on dissidents, and they seek to destroy them both.”
More on this will follow in future updates.
Democracy Supporters / Enlightened Humans
This is short. It’s us. At least the intelligent ones in the “Western World”, Oceana, Japan, and South Korea rules-based world. Plus a few other countries in the global south and various dissidents everywhere.
Enshittification
Before moving on to Techno Anarchism, here’s a quick note about Enshittification. It is part of techno feudalism. Chicken or the egg first? I don’t know.
But, Cory Doctorow describes enshittification like this:
“Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. I call this enshittification, and it is a seemingly inevitable consequence arising from the combination of the ease of changing how a platform allocates value, combined with the nature of a “two-sided market”, where a platform sits between buyers and sellers, hold each hostage to the other, raking off an ever-larger share of the value that passes between them.”
So, not only are Techno Feudalists part of the evil empire, their products suck as well.
Ok, enough about the cunts. Let’s move on the good guys.
The Winnable Battle
Will democracy win the war against autocracy? Who knows? It’s an eternal war that the bad guys currently have the upper hand in. And have had for the last decade or two. And have had for 99.99% of human history. Make what you will of that.
But, one of the war’s largest current battles can definitely be won. Equality can continue to grow. And our lives can be improved. And the world’s apocalypse can be delayed.
This battle is the one where Techno Anarchism opposes Techno Feudalism.
It is winnable because this victory can be achieved at the personal and small group level. It also has the advantage that the bad guys can’t defeat it (only resist it). Only apathy (which is also hard to overcome) can defeat Techno Anarchism. If you have a hundred million of drops of water you might drown an elephant. If you have a hundred you can’t even get one toe wet.
It’s also winnable because it’s more of a matter of changing habits (difficult) than political beliefs (extremely difficult). Anarchists and libertarians can be partial allies here along with many other freedom lovers.
And partial is important because this battle’s tactics are modular. It’s not all or nothing. You can take it one step at a time. It’s easy to be a soldier and not too hard to be an officer. You can increase your efforts over time as you get in the martial groove. Hopefully, you can even become a general.
Techno Anarchism
Finally, let’s move on to Techno Anarchism / Digital Distributism and Digital Sovereignty (which is slightly different). This is the philosophy, strategies, and actions needed to defeat Techno Feudalism.
As I mentioned before, Joan Westenberg published something similar to my gestating thoughts. So, let’s not reinvent the wheel and look as her points.
The article in question is The Revolution Will Be Decentralized. It’s not really a revolution, but more a radical adjustment of habits. But, if it happens it will be decentralized. Anyway, take a break and go read her article now! You may need to eat lunch too.
You’re back. Great.
She uses the terms Digital Democracy and Digital Feudalism versus Techno Anarchism and Techno Feudalism.
Westenberg’s central idea addresses both distribution and personal data sovereignty:
“The implementation of Digital Distributism rests on three foundational pillars: infrastructure commons, data sovereignty, and algorithmic democracy. Each pillar requires specific technical and organizational structures to function effectively.
The revolution toward digital democracy begins with individual choices. Every person who moves to decentralized platforms weakens the grip of tech monopolies. Every contribution to open source projects builds alternative infrastructure. Every act of resistance against surveillance and control helps shift the balance of power.
But individual action is not, is never enough. It must be coupled with collective organization. We need coordinated efforts to build and promote alternatives. We need political movements that understand the connection between digital and democratic power. We need communities dedicated to practicing digital distributism in their own operations.
The infrastructure of freedom won’t build itself. But neither did the infrastructure of control. Every system of power depends on the daily choices of millions of individuals. Will we shape the change toward digital democracy or submit to digital feudalism?”
That’s the question. And fortunately you can answer it.
How? With a blast from the past.
Joan and I both propose a similar idea, the Digital Distributist Alternative (Joan) and Techno Anarchism (me).
But FYI, these are not new ideas. They existed before as an alternative to capitalism and socialism. Unfortunately, they didn’t win out.
Distributism
Traditional Distributism is summarized by Wikipedia as:
”Distributism is an economic theory asserting that the world’s productive assets should be widely owned rather than concentrated. Developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, distributism was based upon Catholic social teaching principles, especially those of Pope Leo XIII in his encyclical Rerum novarum (1891) and Pope Pius XI in Quadragesimo anno (1931). It has influenced Anglo Christian Democratic movements, and has been recognized as one of many influences on the social market economy.
Distributism views laissez-faire capitalism and state socialism as equally flawed and exploitative, due to their extreme concentration of ownership. Instead, it favors small independent craftsmen and producers; or, if that is not possible, economic mechanisms such as cooperatives and member-owned mutual organisations, as well as small to medium enterprises and vigorous anti-trust laws to restrain or eliminate overweening economic power.”
Techno Distributism / Anarchism is the modern equivalent fighting Techno Feudalism as opposed to unregulated capitalism and state socialism. And it has a better chance of coming out on top. It’s more about the means of computation and consumption versus the means of production.
We’re digital serfs here, not the proletariat.
More on this will follow in future updates.
So, we now have our nebulously defined movement, Techno Anarchism. How do we win the war against its all to real foe?
By slowly killing Techno Feudalism with weapons of course.
The Arsenal of Techno Anarchism
Okay, so what are the weapons we can use to destroy Techno Feudalism?
Open Source Technology
We start by using open-source technology. Again, it has the advantage that it can’t be bought and enshittified at scale.
Let’s examine the arsenal in detail. Please explore and start using these tools while dropping their enshittified, corporate, feudalistic alternatives. Obviously, all of these are not for everyone. But, do what you can.
They will also boost the privacy and security of your personal data aka your digital sovereignty.
More details on these individual tools will follow in future updates. For now please use the links.
Password Manager
VPN
Browser
Search Engine
Cloud
Office Suite
Chat / Messaging
eMail
Personal Websites via opensource publishing software
- Drupal CMS (integrates with Fediverse)
- WordPress.org not .com (integrates with Fediverse)
- Joomla)
- Microwebber
- Publi)
RSS
Your website should have it. And you should follow your allies’ websites with it.
App Building
Operating Systems
Computers – Linux. But very user-friendly, similar to Chromebooks.
Mobile devices
Hardware
Fediverse
In the home stretch, let’s look at the most powerful weapon against techno feudalism, The Fediverse.
Corporate social media is even worse than mass media. Millions of morons can get on it and pontificate as much as they want. It is used by extremists and conspiracy theorists to devastating effect. And it’s run by the motherfuckers behind techno feudalism. Today’s true rulers control the algorithms that show all this horseshit, encourage it, and addict us to following it.
In her book, Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality, Renee DiResta writes:
“My focus is on a profound transformation in the dynamics of power and influence, which have fundamentally shifted, and on how we, the citizens, can come to grips with a force that is altering our politics, our society, and our very relationship to reality. For sure, companies and governments must bear their burden of figuring out how to regulate this new space, and how to restore trust and shore up institutions, but we as citizens, have a responsibility to understand these dynamics so we can build healthy norms and fight back. This is the task of a new civics.”
Well said, though I have no faith in the companies doing shit and little faith in governments doing their part competently. So it falls to us as Techno Anarchists to unfuck this. We can do this by leaving corporate social media and moving to the Fediverse.
In his book, Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life, Nathan Schneider writes:
“The ways people can and cannot collectively self-govern in daily online life, furthermore, have been constrained in dominant social networks… the constraints on governance in online spaces have contributed to the peril of democratic politics in general. It is not enough to merely defend existing governmental institutions, healthy democracy depends on enabling creative new forms of self-governance, especially on networks.
If democracy is on the horizon (for humanity), self-governance is a plausible practice for moving in that direction. Governable Spaces, then, are where democratic self-governance can happen.
…the design of online social spaces has contributed to the atrophy of everyday democratic skills. (Fortunately) …the future of democracy can begin at the level of ordinary community, wherever we find ourselves together, where each of us has a chance to make a difference.”
You and I can make have a profound impact on the governance of the Fediverse in addition to the good it does in the world. Pick a platform and get involved.
We covered the enshittification of corporate social media above.
For its The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation page, Cory Doctorow’s publisher wrote:
“When the tech platforms promised a future of “connection,” they were lying. They said their “walled gardens” would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.
The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extaction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms hard to leave by design. They hold hostage the people we love, the communities that matter to us, the audiences and customers we rely on. The impossibility of staying connected to these people after you delete your account has nothing to do with technological limitations: it’s a business strategy in service to commodifying your personal life and relationships.
We can – we must – dismantle the tech platforms. (We must) …seize the means of computation, by forcing Silicon Valley to do the thing it fears most: interoperate. Interoperability will tear down the walls between technologies, allowing users leave platforms, remix their media, and reconfigure their devices without corporate permission.
Interoperability is the only route to the rapid and enduring annihilation of the platforms. The Internet Con is the disassembly manual we need to take back our internet.”
To counteract enshittification (and speed up the death of these feudal social platforms) we must seize the means of communication / computation via self-publishing with open-source tech. This is provided by personal websites built with open-source technology and distributed with RSS as seen earlier and via the Fediverse. Decentralization and interoperability are key. We must work for these results politically as well.
The Fediverse is the most formidable weapon of Techno Anarchy because it is unbuyable. It is unseizable if hosted in Europe. And it lets us focus on localism (again small groups) vs globalism. It’s distributed not siloed. And open-source not corporate. No ads, less harassment, and less bullshit greet you there. It’s also quite anarchic in general.
Learn more about the technical aspects and platforms of the Fediverse from these Symfony Station articles.
- You say you want a revolution: help the free, fair, and friendly Fediverse destroy Big Social
- Intrigued by the Fediverse – Traverse our Accounts to Map your Journey
And more details on these individual tools will follow in future updates. For now please use the links.
Publishing – Distribution
Publishing – Personal Websites / Blogging
Microblogging
- MastodonDo join Mastodon, but don’t join the mastodon.social instance.
- Friendica – Follow me on the Friendica.
- GoToSocial
- And more.
Photos
Do join Pixelfed, but don’t join the pixelfed.social instance.
Videos
Podcasting
Forums / Link Aggregators
Music
Curation
Surf Dawn Patrol from Flipboard
It’s a critical tactic to use these weapons. It’s also important to support them financially and to be active in their communities.
Tactics
Here are some more easy and local tactics.
Support the Independent Non-profit Press
The mass media is an unreliable ally in the war against autocracy much less the battle against Techno Feudalism.
Traditional journalism is flailing and failing. And it’s slowly going out of business. Plus, they are too spineless to save themselves. It’s because they are corporate and thus cowards. And they are mostly owned by cunts.
Instead, we need to support and patronize independent non-profit journalistic organizations. That means giving them money directly my fellow anarchists.
Like this publication the following examples are tech-oriented or political-oriented. But there are many for every issue you care about.
- Propublica
- 404 Media
- The Markup
- CalMatters
- The 19th News
- good internet magazine– coming soon
- Investigative Journalism Foundation
- Tech Policy
- Newsletters, unless they are on SubStack
- Public Media
Think Global, Buy Local
Before spending your capital, think about that decision’s impact on our planet and your fellow humans. That’s basic morality. And please buy physical products from a local brick and mortar store. And only if you need them.
More relevant to Techno Anarchism, buy digital products from small tech suppliers or open-source suppliers or non and not-for-profits. Donate as much money as you can to open-source technology and other non-profit service providers.
This is easy, it just takes a little conscious thought and avoiding lazy thinking. Or a lack of thinking.
Battleplan
I am sure you’re ready to kick some ass. So, what can you do? I think you mostly know by now. It’s not complex. We’re not invading Normandy here.
Digital Sovereignty
You must own your communications, own your data, own your digital identity, own your digital devices, and own your own online real estate. Use the open-source technology featured here. Use open-source hardware. Each time you do you place a nail in Techno Feudalism’s coffin. The more you use, the faster that death occurs.
Choose Your Weapons and Kill Techno Feudalism
Use the weapons in Techno Anarchism’s arsenal. Again, the battle against Techno Feudalism is modular. It’s not all or nothing. You can take it one step at a time or one weapon at a time. Put more nails in. And add as many as you can over time. Let’s shut that fucker tight.
You’re the General
Again, proceed at your pace. Rome wasn’t built or destroyed in a day and these corporate shits are difficult to leave. Intentionally.
We’re in WWIII here and its going to take a while to kill these fucks and cripple their allies. But, they are going to die. Inglorious bastards style but via Techno Anarchism not bullets or baseball bats. That’s the final resort I hope we never see.
Thanks for reading my semi-manifesto. Please share it, bookmark it, and come back to it later as a reference and to see its updates.
Keep Fighting Anarchists! We can win this. The power is yours.
Resources
To begin with, follow us each week for the latest happenings in this battle via Battalion’s Destroying Autocracy posts.
Follow me via the Fediverse. Or follow this site via the button in the footer. Or via RSS. Or follow Battalion on Bluesky.
If you are of an academic bent, feel free to take a deep dive into the resources inspiring this manifesto.
Tech as a Religion
The War
The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley
Autocrats
Autocracy Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Techno Feudalism
Welcome to the Age of Technofeudalism
How Silicon Valley Unleashed Techno-feudalism:The Making of the Digital Economy
Critique of Techno-Feudal Reason
Techno Feudalism: What Killed Capitalism
Governable Spaces book: Democratic Design for Online Life
Techno Anarchism/Digital Distributism
The Revolution Will Be Decentralized
The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation
Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
CTAs (aka show us some free love)
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Julian Lam - Forums over Feeds: End the doomscroll
https://piefed.social/c/fediverse/p/2023830/julian-lam-forums-over-feeds-end-the-doomscroll
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Julian Lam - Forums over Feeds: End the doomscroll
https://cake.kobel.fyi/c/fediverse/p/40216/julian-lam-forums-over-feeds-end-the-doomscroll
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Julian Lam - Forums over Feeds: End the doomscroll
https://cake.kobel.fyi/c/fediverse/p/40216/julian-lam-forums-over-feeds-end-the-doomscroll
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Julian Lam - Forums over Feeds: End the doomscroll
https://cake.kobel.fyi/c/fediverse/p/40216/julian-lam-forums-over-feeds-end-the-doomscroll
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Julian Lam - Forums over Feeds: End the doomscroll
https://cake.kobel.fyi/c/fediverse/p/40216/julian-lam-forums-over-feeds-end-the-doomscroll
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We have a new community and would love if you came and checked us out ( ദ്ദി ˙ᗜ˙ )
A couple of us have been working on a project that took quite longer than we expected, but we finally have opened registration on our forum, and would love for you to come check it out if you are interested :)
Our intent: We are trying to create a community focused on collaboration and genuine connections to create and make things with others. From software developers to artists, to handicrafts, and etc. We are working on a public wiki that can be used for creators to display and collaborate on each others projects that are openly licensed.
We want to create a community that is different than the much of the fast paced, superficial communications that happen on modern day social media - and instead try to build lasting connections where creative people and projects can grow and contribute to the commons.
From our “About Page":
An unfinished project is a seed that someone else can water when you no longer have the time or the tools.
The community thrives when we treat every piece of unfinished work as a stepping stone for the next person. You don’t need a long-term commitment to make a difference. Whether you finish a single page on our Wiki or solve one small problem in the Forum, you are making a project “slightly less unfinished” than it was yesterday.We still have a lot of work to do to improve our platform (primarily our wiki - which is invite only until we ensure everything is working and in order), but we figured it was time to open up registration on our forum and see if we can get our few first members to help establish our community and maybe stick with us through a few more hurdles until we get everything more polished.
If this sounds like something you might be interested in being a part of, and are willing to stick around as we polish things up and try to grow, we would love to have you :)
I hope to maybe see one or two of you over at our federated forum!
PS: We will eventually be looking to “partner” with some other federated communities that share our values, so if you have a community that would be a good fit, feel free to reach out - as it would be great to have a network of communities that can support each other and provide value for the members.
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We have a new community and would love if you came and checked us out ( ദ്ദി ˙ᗜ˙ )
A couple of us have been working on a project that took quite longer than we expected, but we finally have opened registration on our forum, and would love for you to come check it out if you are interested :)
Our intent: We are trying to create a community focused on collaboration and genuine connections to create and make things with others. From software developers to artists, to handicrafts, and etc. We are working on a public wiki that can be used for creators to display and collaborate on each others projects that are openly licensed.
We want to create a community that is different than the much of the fast paced, superficial communications that happen on modern day social media - and instead try to build lasting connections where creative people and projects can grow and contribute to the commons.
From our “About Page":
An unfinished project is a seed that someone else can water when you no longer have the time or the tools.
The community thrives when we treat every piece of unfinished work as a stepping stone for the next person. You don’t need a long-term commitment to make a difference. Whether you finish a single page on our Wiki or solve one small problem in the Forum, you are making a project “slightly less unfinished” than it was yesterday.We still have a lot of work to do to improve our platform (primarily our wiki - which is invite only until we ensure everything is working and in order), but we figured it was time to open up registration on our forum and see if we can get our few first members to help establish our community and maybe stick with us through a few more hurdles until we get everything more polished.
If this sounds like something you might be interested in being a part of, and are willing to stick around as we polish things up and try to grow, we would love to have you :)
I hope to maybe see one or two of you over at our federated forum!
_PS: We will eventually be looking to “partner” with some other federated communities that share our values, so if you have a community that would be a good fit, feel free to reach out - as it would be great to have a network of communities that can support each other and provide value for the members. _
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Kommersiella företag i Fediversum
Det finns en mängd programvaror och instanser i Fediversum som görs och drivs av kommersiella företag. Inkomstkällorna är i allmänhet reklam men det är inte alltid som reklamen förekommer i samband med Fediversuminstansenhttps://fedinyheter.nyhetskartan.se/kommersiella-foretag-i-fediversum/
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En kommentar till Tim Chambers förutsägelser om Fediversum
Tim Chambers är en person som gör förutsägelser eller gissningar om hur en öppna sociala webben (Fediversum, ATmosphere och Nostr) kommer att utveckla sig under kommande år. I december 2025 gjorde han en förutsägelse om utvecklingen 2026.https://fedinyheter.nyhetskartan.se/en-kommentar-till-tim-chambers-forutsagelser-om-fediversum/
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En kommentar till Tim Chambers förutsägelser om Fediversum
Tim Chambers är en person som gör förutsägelser eller gissningar om hur en öppna sociala webben (Fediversum, ATmosphere och Nostr) kommer att utveckla sig under kommande år. I december 2025 gjorde han en förutsägelse om utvecklingen 2026.https://fedinyheter.nyhetskartan.se/en-kommentar-till-tim-chambers-forutsagelser-om-fediversum/
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Julian Lam - Forums over Feeds: End the doomscroll
https://piefed.social/c/fediverse/p/2023830/julian-lam-forums-over-feeds-end-the-doomscroll
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Julian Lam - Forums over Feeds: End the doomscroll
https://piefed.social/c/fediverse/p/2023830/julian-lam-forums-over-feeds-end-the-doomscroll
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Julian Lam - Forums over Feeds: End the doomscroll
https://piefed.social/c/fediverse/p/2023830/julian-lam-forums-over-feeds-end-the-doomscroll
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Julian Lam - Forums over Feeds: End the doomscroll
https://piefed.social/c/fediverse/p/2023830/julian-lam-forums-over-feeds-end-the-doomscroll
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UnfinishedProjects — Open-licensed projects - a collective contribution
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UnfinishedProjects — Open-licensed projects - a collective contribution