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  1. Today is the 1st day of school in 🇺🇦 Ukraine. Every parent knows the moment when you buy school supplies last-minute... and books take on great importance. Yet, at this very moment in Ukraine, russia has just destroyed 12 million books with the clear intention of destroying Ukrainian culture. With the intention of rewriting history and traumatizing the population.

    #Stoprussia
    #russiaIsATerroristState
    #StandWithUkraine

    bbc.com/news/articles/cly5v8qm

  2. Tim White

    @twmcltd.bsky.social

    One person's been injured tonight in Sumy during a big drone attack.

    Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure were deliberately targeted says the council, with large-scale fires breaking out. Several houses were damaged.
    #StopRussia
    #UkraineWar

    8/16/2026

    bsky.app/profile/twmcltd.bsky.

  3. Пока мы оплакиваем жертв массированного обстрела в Киеве и радуемся поножовщине в многокилометровых очередях к заправкам на болотах, в Сумах, на Запорожье, на Днепропетровщине, Харьковщине происходит ежедневный террор и пиздец.
    Авиабомбы по детсадам, кофейням, спортивным учреждениям, выжигание АЗС «молниями» и фпв, охота за маршрутками и троллейбусами, из которых льется кровь и раздаются крики раненых.
    Каждый день, перманентно, с утра до ночи, без перерыва на обед и без выходных.
    Тотальный террор гражданских, какого, наверное, еще не бывало в истории войн.
    Эти города еще пытаются сохранять видимость обычной жизни в условиях 12-летней войны, но с недавних пор каждый выход на улицу в Запорожье — это лотерея.
    Ты можешь пить лимонад над Днепром и не услышишь КАБ, который уже приближается к пляжу.
    И не заметишь в небе маленькую «молнию», которая в абсолютной тишине, управляемая ИИ, пикирует на заправку, где ты как раз расплачиваешься за хот-дог.
    Там тревога почти круглосуточная, отбои случаются изредка где-то на полчаса.
    Это новая reality для «тыла», и такая реальность должна была бы настать для всей территории болот.
    Я все понимаю про конвенции, «правила и обычаи войны», про международных партнеров, гуманистическую парадигму и основы западной цивилизации. И про международное, прошу прощения, гуманитарное право.
    И также понимаю, что приоритетные цели — это объекты ВПК и двойного назначения.
    Но как человек из плоти и крови, я хочу видеть разорванную плоть и кровь организмов с российскими паспортами на всей территории планеты Земля независимо от возраста, профессии и пола.
    Партнеры и союзники, вдохновленные произведениями гениев Возрождения и Темных Веков, должны осознать, что гуманизм — это такая вещь, которая работает обоюдно.
    Если российские налогоплательщики ежедневно финансируют ежедневные жертвы украинцев — эти налогоплательщики становятся законной целью.
    Эти маленькие зверьки заворачивают снаряды в фольгу, крутят колесики ВПК, даже когда просто покупают кофе — финансируют очередной прилет КАБа, и поэтому каждая их особа является объектом двойного назначения.
    Которая, соответственно, должна быть уничтожена ради мира.
    Поэтому терминация российских налогоплательщиков является актом гуманизма по отношению к человеческой цивилизации и высшим проявлением объективной справедливости.

    #Украина #Ukraine #Война #War #Россия #Russia #Киев #Сумы #Запорожье #Харьков #Днепропетровщина #Днепр #Обстрел #КАБ #FPV #Дроны #Террор #ВоенныеПреступления #WarCrimes #StopRussia #StandWithUkraine #HumanRights #InternationalLaw bastyon.com/post?s=f07b62f663b

  4. Russian drones and missiles continue to kill and injure Ukrainian civilians. This is pure terrorism, and there is no reasonable excuse for not stopping it. I still hope that European countries will close Ukraine’s airspace and prevent Russia from committing further war crimes.
    @prezidentpavel
    #stopputin #ukraine #war #stoprussia #fckptn #warcrime #russia

  5. @twmcltd

    Nearly 7am in Kyiv and yet another ballistic missile has just hit the capital of Ukraine.

    The terrorism continues.
    #StopRussia

    Nearly 7am in Kyiv and yet another ballistic missile has just hit the capital of Ukraine.

    The terrorism continues.
    #StopRussia

  6. @MAKS23 The funny thing is that when Russia wants to negotiate, it’s actually a situation where Russia has to negotiate. And that’s also a situation where Russia can no longer dictate the terms. Tough luck, Putin.
    #StopPutinNOW #StopRussia

  7. @geoworldpolitical there really isn't any way forward with #FossilFuels. Stop pretending any of these oil&gas producing states will ever become reliable partners that are not simply going to blackmail the world whenever they feel like it. The sun, wind, geothermal, and hydro are far more reliable and way cheaper than all these toxic energy sources from yesteryear...
    #StopOil #StopRussia #StopFascism #StopWar #GreenNewDeal #PeoplePowerSolar #RoofTopSolarEverywhere

  8. Today is a sleepless night, russia is again massively attacking our cities 🤬 It is difficult to think about the future or creativity when the only task for now is to survive. The world must know that terror against Ukrainians does not stop for a minute. 🙏💔 #StopRussia #StandWithUkraine

  9. @intercontinental_ballistic_marxist Exactly, where he's right, he's right. Only the die-hards need that. If history is so important, the Russians should withdraw from Mongolia immediately 😂 And besides, the future is much more interesting anyway 😜

    #fckptn #putin #putler #putinwarcriminal #russiaisaterrorisstate #ruzzia #russland #stoprussia #Ukraine #UkraineWillWin #StandWithUkraine #GloryToUkraine #NAFO #kreml #kremlin

  10. @twmcltd

    156 suicide drones were fired by Russia overnight, with 5 still flying a few minutes ago when this was published.

    Of the remaining 151 UAVs, Ukraine stopped 135 for a 89% success rate.

    16 strike drones were recorded hitting 11 locations.
    #StopRussia

    bsky.app/profile/twmcltd.bsky.

  11. Destroying Autocracy – December 25, 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.

    FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck ´em.

    So folks, this is the final edition of Destroying Autocracy. Recently, I ran across a quote that fits with why I ran this project:

    “I am absolutely convinced that only a small minority, a very small minority, among us, are seriously reached and profoundly moved by our propaganda of criticism, of doubt, of rebellion, of free investigation, of independent research. On the other hand, it is clear that our first interest lies always in seeking to increase this minority; to keep it, under all circumstances alive, active, refreshed. Our own happiness depends on it.
    — Emile Armand”

    Thanks for following us. Now, on to what’s next.

    The Programmer’s Fulcrum is now the home for a fusion of Symfony Station and Battalion. Its tagline is Devs Defending Democracy, Destroying Autocracy, and Developing the OMN.

    You can sign up now.

    We are posting on the Fediverse now at @thefulcrum



    Please copy and paste our handle into you favorite client to follow us. Original website content will start next week.

    Featured Item(s)

    I ran across these last week.

    The Resonant Computing Manifesto

    These are principles that should be implementing when developing for the Open Media Network.

    Jan Wideboer writes:

    Over the past few months, I thought a lot about Digital Sovereignty. I talked to experts, from analysts over legal experts to people running companies and public authorities. I tried to distill what is really at the core of the principle.

    OCT – My Framework for Digital Sovereignty, Part 1

    This is a good way to look at it.

    We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable.

    The response to Russia’s War Crimes, Techno Feudalism, and other douchebaggery

    TechCrunch reports:

    Stanford’s star reporter takes on Silicon Valley’s ‘money-soaked’ startup culture

    TechPolicy shares:

    Making the Digital Markets Act Developer-Friendly

    The Guardian reports:

    This is Europe’s secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble

    The Guardian view on Australia’s social media ban: dragging tech companies into action

    MPs question UK Palantir contracts after investigation reveals security concerns

    BleepingComputer reports:

    Italy fines Apple $116 million over App Store privacy policy issues

    Waterfox announces:

    No AI* Here – A Response to Mozilla’s Next Chapter

    The Register notes:

    Waterfox browser goes AI-free, targets the Firefox faithful

    You don’t need Linux to run free and open source software

    This is one you should read and take action on. 🙂

    Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro cloud

    Europe gets serious about cutting digital umbilical cord with Uncle Sam’s big tech

    It’s FOSS reports:

    Denmark Begins its Exit from Microsoft — and This is Just the Beginning

    At least the enemies of privacy are slowly telling Microsoft to fuck off.

    NextCloud shares:

    The Republic of Serbia deploys Nextcloud for compliant, on-premises collaboration

    Robert Riemann asks:

    EU OS: Which Linux Distribution fits Europe best?

    Hamish Campbell asks:

    What Did We Learn from Web3, Crypto?

    Signal has:

    This was 2025 for Signal: strong growth and many new features

    CoMaps shares:

    CoMaps and its community at the end of 2025

    Neutral

    The Center for Democracy and Technology has:

    To AI or Not To AI: A Practice Guide for Public Agencies to Decide Whether to Proceed with Artificial Intelligence

    TechPolicy Press reports:

    The Path to a Sovereign Tech Stack is Via a Commodified Tech Stack

    Platforms Report to EU Regulators Under DSA With an Eye on US Politics

    Europe Tried to Take Control of Its Digital Stack in 2025. Where Does It Stand Now?

    The Evil Empire (AKA Autocracy) Strikes Back

    Krebs on Security reports:

    Dismantling Defenses: Trump 2.0 Cyber Year in Review

    Cory Doctorow says:

    America’s collapsing consumption is the world’s disenshittification opportunity

    Tech Dadu reports:

    EU Prepares Wider Data Retention Rules, VPN Providers Could Be Affected

    The Register reports:

    Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy

    Pariah States

    And:

    Amazon security boss blames Russia’s GRU for years-long energy-sector hacks

    China, Iran are having a field day with React2Shell, Google warns

    BleepingComputer reports:

    France arrests Latvian for installing malware on Italian ferry

    Denmark blames Russia for destructive cyberattack on water utility

    DarkReading reports:

    Russia Hits Critical Orgs Via Misconfigured Edge Devices

    Dormant Iran APT is Still Alive, Spying on Dissidents

    EuronNews reports:

    Pro-Russian hackers claim French postal service cyberattack

    Big Media

    Ben Werdmuller asks:

    Is the article dead?

    Just for brain-dead people.

    Nieman Lab’s Predictions for Journalism 2026

    Journalists talk about the elephant in the room: our relationship with Big Tech

    CyberCultural shares:

    My 2025 Indie Web Report and Thoughts on the Open Web

    404 Media reports:

    Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed

    Big Tech

    The Nerd Reich reports:

    Tech Billionaires Flirt With the Guillotine

    JD Vance’s Theo Bro Network: Silicon Valley Meets ‘God’

    Futurism reports:

    Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying to Use AI to Seize Control of Everything

    The Rebel Tech Alliance reports on:

    Surveillance Pricing

    404 Media reports:

    Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers

    SuperBloom examines:

    From Content to Interface: Rethinking Platform Transparency Through Design

    Wanna-be Big Tech

    Mozilla spouts techbro delusions:

    Mozilla’s Next Chapter: Building the World’s Most Trusted Software Company

    Fuck Firefox.

    Pivot to AI has the reality:

    Firefox browser falls to AI. What do we do now?

    Zen, Waterfox, or LibreWolf, peeps.

    Cybersecurity/Privacy

    The Register reports:

    New React vulns leak secrets, invite DoS attacks

    Poisoned WhatsApp API package steals messages and accounts

    Krebs on Security reports:

    Most Parked Domains Now Serving Malicious Content

    DarkReading reports:

    Attackers Use Stolen AWS Credentials in Cryptomining Campaign

    BleepingComputer reports:

    Microsoft 365 accounts targeted in wave of OAuth phishing attacks

    Mullvad is:

    Announcing GotaTun, the future of WireGuard at Mullvad VPN

    Framasoft asks:

    Qui suis-je et quelle est mon identité ?

    404 Media reports:

    Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves

    Fediverse

    Tim Chambres shares:

    My 2026 Open Social Web Predictions

    Ploum shares:

    How We Lost Communication to Entertainment

    The Social Web Foundation explores:

    Implementing Encrypted Messaging over ActivityPub

    Literally, awesome.

    Connected Places has:

    Fediverse Report – 147

    PeerTube announces:

    Publish your videos with PeerTube for mobile!

    It’s FOSS reports:

    Decentralized YouTube Alternative PeerTube Adds Creator Mode

    Holos shares:

    How It Works

    ActivityPub for WordPress has:

    7.8.0 – Happy Holidays

    Jose Murilo shares:

    Museums in the Fediverse: Experiments with Tainacan, ActivityPub, and WebSocial

    DeadSuperHerson says:

    Ghost’s ActivityPub Integration Feels Half-Baked

    I feel the same way. And it’s why I am running a backup of The Programmer’s Fulcrum on WordPress to keep Ghost honest. We’ll see where TPF ends up in 2027.

    Mastodon shares its:

    Annual Report 2024

    Piefed announces:

    PieFed 1.4 is released – emoji, federated stackoverflow and AI content filters

    Empathy Forward announces:

    Charities.Place

    Fedify shares:

    Fedify 1.10.0: Observability foundations for the future debug dashboard

    Slightly Decentralized Social Media

    Connected Places has:

    ATmosphere Report 147 – Year’s end reflections

    ATProto Community has:

    Ændra Rininsland: Supporting and growing ATProto development in 2025 and beyond

    I am going to check Leaflet out.

    TechCrunch reports:

    Bluesky launches a privacy-focused ‘Find Friends’ feature without invite spam

    CTAs (aka show us some free love)

    Never stop fighting!

    Ringleader, Battalion
    Reuben Walker
    Follow me on the Fediverse

    #ActivityPub #AI #Autocracy #BigJournalism #BigTech #Bluesky #Democracy #Fascism #Fediverse #Holos #Mastodon #Peertube #RSS #StopChina #StopIsrael #StopRedAmerica #StopRussia #SupportUkraine #TechnoAnarchism #TechnoFeudalism battalion.mobileatom.net/?p=42
  12. Destroying Autocracy – December 11, 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.

    FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck ’em.

    This is the penultimate edition of Destroying Autocracy with the final one coming December 25th. We have friends in town so there will not be one next week.

    The Programmer’s Fulcrum is the future (and smaller) home for a fusion of Symfony Station and Battalion. Its tagline is Devs Defending Democracy, Developing the OMN and it’s coming soon.

    You can sign up now and for 2025 get an email with links to each week’s Symfony Station Communiqué and Battalion “Destroying Autocracy” post along with their featured articles. And you’ll be set with TPF after the fusing next month.

    We are posting on the Fediverse now at @thefulcrum ghostverse.link/@thefulcrum

    Please copy and paste our handle into you favorite client to follow us. Original website content will start in 2026.

    Featured Item(s)

    Deutche Welle writes:

    DW Access is a lightweight app designed to ensure access to independent information in regions where digital freedom is under threat. It provides users with a secure way to reach DW content even under severe censorship.

    DW Access: New app counters global censorship

    And Ben Werdmuller writes:

    When people think about RSS, they most often associate it with the long-departed Google Reader — but it’s far from dead. From direct subscriptions to syndication into apps that aggregate and re-present content, RSS remains the standard for feeds. It’s the glue that holds the timely web together.

    Most people know RSS powers blogs and podcasts. But it powers popular news apps too, from aggregated headlines on MSN or in SmartNews to up-to-date headlines in business services like Lexis Nexis or Bloomberg.

    It’s also widely used to keep track of status updates of all kinds: weather, software updates, infrastructure uptime, and so on. Most of this activity happens behind the scenes. Publishers often think of feeds as an afterthought, but entire industries rely on them. It’s a workhorse that’s become essential infrastructure for the web.

    Why RSS matters

    There are more RSS items below.

    We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable.

    The response to Russia’s War Crimes, Techno Feudalism, and other douchebaggery

    The Kyiv Independent reports:

    ‘Happy Ukrainian Armed Forces Day’ — hackers deface website of Russian company delivering military goods, HUR source claims

    404 Media reports:

    DHS’s Immigrant-Hunting App Removed from Google Play Store

    ICEBlock Creator Sues U.S. Government Over App’s Removal

    Tech Policy Press reports:

    The EU’s Fine Against X is Not About Speech or ‘Censorship’

    Cory Doctorow has:

    Elon Musk’s Blue Tick scam

    Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI

    Speaking of, Josh Collins says:

    AI optimism is a class privilege

    Speaking as an old affluent white man, I agree.

    Fairphone shares:

    We’re big fans of open-source buildable code at Fairphone. Here’s why.

    Open WebSearch has:

    Partner in Focus: Open Search Foundation

    The Register reports:

    Publishers say no to AI scrapers, block bots at server level

    Google’s AI training tactics land it in another EU antitrust fight

    Really Simple Licensing spec lets web publishers demand their due from AI scrapers

    The Tyee reports:

    The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley’s ‘Nerd Reich’

    TechCrunch reports:

    State attorneys general warn Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and other AI giants to fix ‘delusional’ outputs

    The Guardian reports:

    ‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe

    Nextcloud reports:

    Île-de-France offers 550,000 students and staff a sovereign cloud collaboration platform

    6-figure deployments show momentum of sovereignty in France

    It’s FOSS opines:

    This Could Be The Linux Phone We All Have Been Waiting For

    APC shares:

    What I shared about digital commons and the NGI0 grant programme during this year’s Global Gathering

    NPQ reports:

    This Giving Season, Nonprofits Should Address the Chill in the Air

    Elena Rossini starts a series:

    A newbie’s guide to self-hosting with YunoHost. Part 1: reasons + requirements

    Neutral

    Tech Policy Press reports:

    Europe Fined X, But It’s Still Avoiding the Real Threat to Democracy

    Policymakers Overlook How Open Source AI Is Reshaping Global Power

    NiemanLab reports:

    Public media sees infrastructure as its next act of service

    Ars Technica reports:

    Big Tech joins forces with Linux Foundation to standardize AI agents

    The Evil Empire (AKA Autocracy) Strikes Back

    404 Media reports:

    Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses

    Man Charged for Wiping Phone Before CBP Could Search It

    NOYB shares:

    Digital Omnibus: First Analysis of Select GDPR and ePrivacy Proposals by the Commission

    The Nerd Reich reports:

    Financial Times Discovers the Network State Cult

    The Gist shares:

    Waving the Ban Hammer

    Pariah States

    The Kyiv Post reports:

    Cyberattack on Reporters Without Borders Linked to Russian Security Services

    The Register reports:

    UK to Europe: The time to counter Russia’s information war machine is now

    DarkReading reports:

    Feds: Pro-Russia Hactivists Target US Critical Infrastructure

    BleepingComputer reports:

    North Korean hackers exploit React2Shell flaw in EtherRAT malware attacks

    Big Media

    NiemanLab reports:

    The political journalism that matters most will be built from the ground up

    The year journalism stops outsourcing its independence

    Big Tech

    Platformer reports:

    Where Meta’s biggest experiment in governance went wrong

    404 Media reports:

    Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts

    NetzPolitik reports:

    All you need to know about how adtech data exposes the EU to espionage

    TechDirt reports:

    Elon’s Crying Censorship Over An EU Fine That Has Nothing To Do With Censorship

    Politico reports:

    X axes European Commission’s ad account after €120M EU fine

    Fascists are such snowflakes.

    The Register reports:

    Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner

    Forever.

    Thomas Rigby shares:

    They See Your Photos: 12 months on

    Amusing, but unfortunately a real product from the c^nts at Google.

    Wanna-be Big Tech

    Youssuff Quips looks at:

    Mozilla’s Betrayal of Open Source: Google’s Gemini AI is Overwriting Volunteer Work on Support Mozilla

    Terror

    The Register reports:

    193 cybercrims arrested, accused of plotting ‘violence-as-a-service’

    Cybersecurity/Privacy

    Freedom of the Press Foundation shares:

    Lessons from Defense Department ‘Signalgate’ report

    BleepingComputer reports:

    Portugal updates cybercrime law to exempt security researchers

    DarkReading reports:

    Gemini Enterprise No-Click Flaw Exposes Sensitive Data

    Fediverse

    Connected Places has:

    The Digital Services Act and Theories of Power

    Linuxiac reports:

    PeerTube 8.0 Brings a Modern Video Player and Team Channel Management

    José Murilo shares:

    Museums in the Fediverse: Experiments with Tainacan, ActivityPub, and WebSocial

    Steffen Voß has:

    Wie spielen WordPress und Mastodon zusammen?

    Events, WordPress und das Fediverse

    Mastodon has:

    Trunk & Tidbits, November 2025

    The world needs social sovereignty

    RSS

    John Onolan says:

    I’m making an RSS reader

    Robert Alexander is:

    Discovering the IndieWeb with calm tech

    Fantastic.

    Peter Ries pursues:

    Reading news from non-RSS websites

    Slightly Decentralized Social Media

    TBD

    CTAs (aka show us some free love)

    Keep fighting!

    Ringleader, Battalion
    Reuben Walker
    Follow me on the Fediverse

    #ActivityPub #AI #Autocracy #BigJournalism #BigTech #Democracy #Fascism #Fediverse #Mastodon #Peertube #RSS #StopChina #StopIsrael #StopRedAmerica #StopRussia #SupportUkraine #TechnoAnarchism #TechnoFeudalism #WordPress

    battalion.mobileatom.net/?p=42

  13. Destroying Autocracy – December 04, 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.

    FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck ’em.

    The Programmer’s Fulcrum is the future (and smaller) home for a fusion of Symfony Station and Battalion. Its tagline is Devs Defending Democracy, Developing the OMN.

    You can sign up now and for 2025 get an email with links to each week’s Symfony Station Communiqué and Battalion “Destroying Autocracy” post along with their featured articles. And you’ll be set with TPF after the fusing in January.

    We are posting on the Fediverse now at @thefulcrum @thefulcrum.dev and original website content will start next month.

    Featured Item(s)

    Hamish Campbell writes:

    ActivityPub is a shared vocabulary, a public language for moving meaning and connection across the open web. It gives you nouns and verbs, and the community defines the grammar through lived use.

    This is why the OMN works with ActivityPub, a metadata and meaning layer, not a platform, flows, not silos. ActivityPub is the widely deployed 4 Opens protocol that treats publishing as a flow, a conversation.

    Unlike the more vertical stacks (ATProto is a good example), ActivityPub doesn’t force a worldview. It doesn’t tell you, “this is how your network must be structured.” It doesn’t enforce hierarchy or lock you into one interpretation of identity, authority, or workflow. It’s a KISS path – here’s a shared language, verbs for publishing and receiving, express objects, updates, relationships. The rest is up to the commons.

    This flexibility is exactly why the OMN can become a part of this flow.

    Why the OMN works with ActivityPub – And why we need a bridge to p2p

    We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable.

    The response to Russia’s War Crimes, Techno Feudalism, and other douchebaggery

    DDEV has:

    Power Through Blackouts: How DDEV Community Helped Me in Ukraine

    TechPolicy Press shares:

    How to Test New York’s Algorithmic Pricing Law

    The EU’s Digital Omnibus Must Be Rejected by Lawmakers. Here is Why.

    Singapore announced an:

    Issuance of Implementation Directives to Apple and Google Under the Online Criminal Harms Act

    The MIT Press Reader has:

    The Secret History of Tor: How a Military Project Became a Lifeline for Privacy

    The Guardian reports:

    Irish authorities asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by IDF

    Neutral

    TechPolicy Press reports:

    What the European Commission and Civil Society Both Get Wrong on the Digital Omnibus

    Why Platforms Don’t Catch Climate Misinformation — and How to Change That

    EuroNews asks:

    Which European countries are building their own sovereign AI to compete in the tech race?

    Numerama reports:

    Mistral AI dévoile Mistral 3 et Ministral : des modèles qui replacent la France sur la scène open source

    TechCrunch reports:

    Mistral closes in on Big AI rivals with new open-weight frontier and small models

    Wired reports:

    The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the states. Activists Are Fighting Back.

    The Evil Empire (AKA Autocracy) Strikes Back

    The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:

    Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They’re Doing

    EDRi has:

    Promises unkept: The EU-US Data Privacy Framework under fire

    404 Media reports:

    Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build its Surveillance AI

    Pariah States

    DarkReading reports:

    Tomiris Unleashes ‘Havoc’ With New Tools, Tactics

    DPRK’s ‘Contagious Interview’ Spawns Malicious Npm Package Factory

    Student Sells Gov’t, University Sites to Chinese Actors

    TechPolicy Press reports:

    The Gulf’s AI Rise and the Risk of Entrenching Authoritarianism

    The Register reports:

    Stealthy browser extensions waited years before infecting 4.3M Chrome, Edge users with backdoors and spyware

    China using AI as ‘precision instrument’ of censorship and repression, at home and abroad

    Big Media

    Axios reports:

    Fox News hires Palantir to build AI newsroom tools

    Big surprise.

    Big Tech

    The Guardian reports:

    How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’

    More than 1,000 Amazon workers warn rapid AI rollout threatens jobs and climate

    Anti-immigrant material among AI-generated content getting billions of views on TikTok

    BleepingComputer reports:

    Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out

    Big surprise here. But, if you’re amoral enough to use it, you deserve all the privacy invading ads you get.

    Google deletes X post after getting caught using a ‘stolen’ AI recipe infographic

    Nature reports:

    Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI

    Wow.

    The Guardian reports:

    The question isn’t whether the AI bubble will burst – but what the fallout will be

    National Review reports:

    Meta Researchers Privately Compared Instagram to Addictive Drug, Bombshell Court Filing Shows

    Wanna-be Big Tech

    OMG Unbuntu has:

    Mozilla’s ‘Rewiring’ to AI – Saving the Web or Saving Itself?

    Cybersecurity/Privacy

    TechCrunch reports:

    European cops shut down crypto mixing website that helped launder 1.3B euros

    DarkReading reports:

    New Raptor Framework Uses Agentic Workflows to Create Patches

    Bleeping Computer reports:

    Fake Calendly invites spoof top brands to hijack ad manager accounts

    The Register reports:

    Microsoft quietly shuts down Windows shortcut flaw after years of espionage abuse

    Fediverse

    Coywolf has:

    Mastodon creator shares what went wrong with Threads and ponders the future of the fediverse

    Ben Werdmuller shares:

    Introducing Roundabout

    Sean Coates explores:

    The Fediverse and Content Creation: Monetization

    Great and important stuff.

    Ploum asks:

    Is Pixelfed sawing off the branch that the Fediverse is sitting on?

    Wouldn’t the fix to this would be to show a larger version of a user’s profile image with text posts?

    RSS

    Planet Codigo has:

    Mi solución RSS con software libre y autogestionado

    Slightly Decentralized Social Media

    TBD

    CTAs (aka show us some free love)

    Keep fighting!

    Ringleader, Battalion
    Reuben Walker
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