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  1. #hackers IS OUT usenet_reborn is at 1.0.0 !!! 🎉

    It now has all the features needed to run as a lite TUI Usenet client. Today I added X-post — forward an article you're reading straight to other newsgroups — which is what it needed to be fully usable for everyday use.

    crates.io/crates/usenet_reborn
    sr.ht/~rek2/Usenet_Reborn

    #usenet #rustlang #tui #foss #rust #hackerculture #nntp

    note: remember also #reticulum as another mesh decentralized network we run now a RRC reticulum relay chat hub

  2. #hackers IS OUT usenet_reborn is at 1.0.0 !!! 🎉

    It now has all the features needed to run as a lite TUI Usenet client. Today I added X-post — forward an article you're reading straight to other newsgroups — which is what it needed to be fully usable for everyday use.

    crates.io/crates/usenet_reborn
    sr.ht/~rek2/Usenet_Reborn

    #usenet #rustlang #tui #foss #rust #hackerculture #nntp

    note: remember also #reticulum as another mesh decentralized network we run now a RRC reticulum relay chat hub

  3. #hackers IS OUT usenet_reborn is at 1.0.0 !!! 🎉

    It now has all the features needed to run as a lite TUI Usenet client. Today I added X-post — forward an article you're reading straight to other newsgroups — which is what it needed to be fully usable for everyday use.

    crates.io/crates/usenet_reborn
    sr.ht/~rek2/Usenet_Reborn

    #usenet #rustlang #tui #foss #rust #hackerculture #nntp

    note: remember also #reticulum as another mesh decentralized network we run now a RRC reticulum relay chat hub

  4. #hackers IS OUT usenet_reborn is at 1.0.0 !!! 🎉

    It now has all the features needed to run as a lite TUI Usenet client. Today I added X-post — forward an article you're reading straight to other newsgroups — which is what it needed to be fully usable for everyday use.

    crates.io/crates/usenet_reborn
    sr.ht/~rek2/Usenet_Reborn

    #usenet #rustlang #tui #foss #rust #hackerculture #nntp

    note: remember also #reticulum as another mesh decentralized network we run now a RRC reticulum relay chat hub

  5. #hackers IS OUT usenet_reborn is at 1.0.0 !!! 🎉

    It now has all the features needed to run as a lite TUI Usenet client. Today I added X-post — forward an article you're reading straight to other newsgroups — which is what it needed to be fully usable for everyday use.

    crates.io/crates/usenet_reborn
    sr.ht/~rek2/Usenet_Reborn

    #usenet #rustlang #tui #foss #rust #hackerculture #nntp

    note: remember also #reticulum as another mesh decentralized network we run now a RRC reticulum relay chat hub

  6. Updated **usenet_reborn**: fixed minor bugs and bumped all crates/libs to the latest stable versions.

    More info:
    git.sr.ht/~rek2/usenet_reborn/
    crates.io/crates/usenet_reborn

    Next few days I'll add a missing feature: forward/cross-post an article from one newsgroup to another. For example, from **alt.2600** to **alt.2600.madrid** or **hispatatos.talk**.

    #usenet #hackers #hacking #hispagatos #descentralization #rust #code #privacy #fucktheweb #fuckbloatedweb

  7. Updated **usenet_reborn**: fixed minor bugs and bumped all crates/libs to the latest stable versions.

    More info:
    git.sr.ht/~rek2/usenet_reborn/
    crates.io/crates/usenet_reborn

    Next few days I'll add a missing feature: forward/cross-post an article from one newsgroup to another. For example, from **alt.2600** to **alt.2600.madrid** or **hispatatos.talk**.

    #usenet #hackers #hacking #hispagatos #descentralization #rust #code #privacy #fucktheweb #fuckbloatedweb

  8. Updated **usenet_reborn**: fixed minor bugs and bumped all crates/libs to the latest stable versions.

    More info:
    git.sr.ht/~rek2/usenet_reborn/
    crates.io/crates/usenet_reborn

    Next few days I'll add a missing feature: forward/cross-post an article from one newsgroup to another. For example, from **alt.2600** to **alt.2600.madrid** or **hispatatos.talk**.

    #usenet #hackers #hacking #hispagatos #descentralization #rust #code #privacy #fucktheweb #fuckbloatedweb

  9. Updated **usenet_reborn**: fixed minor bugs and bumped all crates/libs to the latest stable versions.

    More info:
    git.sr.ht/~rek2/usenet_reborn/
    crates.io/crates/usenet_reborn

    Next few days I'll add a missing feature: forward/cross-post an article from one newsgroup to another. For example, from **alt.2600** to **alt.2600.madrid** or **hispatatos.talk**.

    #usenet #hackers #hacking #hispagatos #descentralization #rust #code #privacy #fucktheweb #fuckbloatedweb

  10. Updated **usenet_reborn**: fixed minor bugs and bumped all crates/libs to the latest stable versions.

    More info:
    git.sr.ht/~rek2/usenet_reborn/
    crates.io/crates/usenet_reborn

    Next few days I'll add a missing feature: forward/cross-post an article from one newsgroup to another. For example, from **alt.2600** to **alt.2600.madrid** or **hispatatos.talk**.

    #usenet #hackers #hacking #hispagatos #descentralization #rust #code #privacy #fucktheweb #fuckbloatedweb

  11. EL toot anterior en c4stellano.....

    Últimas noticias sobre la #hacker con HOPE en Nueva York 2026 en alt.2600.madrid y alt.2600 alt.2600.hope es.comp.hackers en #USENET

    @rek2

  12. EL toot anterior en c4stellano.....

    Últimas noticias sobre la #hacker con HOPE en Nueva York 2026 en alt.2600.madrid y alt.2600 alt.2600.hope es.comp.hackers en #USENET

    @rek2

  13. EL toot anterior en c4stellano.....

    Últimas noticias sobre la #hacker con HOPE en Nueva York 2026 en alt.2600.madrid y alt.2600 alt.2600.hope es.comp.hackers en #USENET

    @rek2

  14. EL toot anterior en c4stellano.....

    Últimas noticias sobre la #hacker con HOPE en Nueva York 2026 en alt.2600.madrid y alt.2600 alt.2600.hope es.comp.hackers en #USENET

    @rek2

  15. Latest news on the #hacker con HOPE in NY 2026 on alt.2600.madrid and alt.2600 alt.2600.hope es.comp.hackers on #USENET

  16. Latest news on the #hacker con HOPE in NY 2026 on alt.2600.madrid and alt.2600 alt.2600.hope es.comp.hackers on #USENET

  17. Latest news on the #hacker con HOPE in NY 2026 on alt.2600.madrid and alt.2600 alt.2600.hope es.comp.hackers on #USENET

  18. Latest news on the #hacker con HOPE in NY 2026 on alt.2600.madrid and alt.2600 alt.2600.hope es.comp.hackers on #USENET

  19. Latest news on the #hacker con HOPE in NY 2026 on alt.2600.madrid and alt.2600 alt.2600.hope es.comp.hackers on #USENET

  20. @jarango I'm on the Internet since 1994. (Same month the Netscape Navigator web browser hit the day of light, making the WWW a much better place to browse through.) So yes, I'm ancient.

    I've been an avid information worker ever since.

    And I never ever subscribed to any #mailinglist or #newsletter.

    It would turn my #email process a miserable place to be.

    Any organization doing some auto-signup is begging me to extend my killfile, making it impossible to reach me in future.

    (#gmane was my dear friend though as I've very much loved the #usenet. And I still think people should re-adapt it as it solved many problems people are having these days.)

    #PIM #newsgroups

  21. @jarango I'm on the Internet since 1994. (Same month the Netscape Navigator web browser hit the day of light, making the WWW a much better place to browse through.) So yes, I'm ancient.

    I've been an avid information worker ever since.

    And I never ever subscribed to any #mailinglist or #newsletter.

    It would turn my #email process a miserable place to be.

    Any organization doing some auto-signup is begging me to extend my killfile, making it impossible to reach me in future.

    (#gmane was my dear friend though as I've very much loved the #usenet. And I still think people should re-adapt it as it solved many problems people are having these days.)

    #PIM #newsgroups

  22. @bordfunk

    Dear Christian,
    You’ve really warmed my heart! It took me right back to the 1970s, when I used 300-#baud #modems and #Usenet. A few days ago, I wrote a post on the subject.
    I tried your #server, but I only got error messages (perhaps I need to register?). You can see them in the #screenshots I’ve attached.
    I use #Firefox and #Thunderbird (for Linux😀)
    I’ll wait… and thank you.

  23. Thinking back to the days of 20 years ago when my finger macros just automatically typed `trn` and there was always something new in at least one of the newsgroups I subscribe to.

    I subscribe to pretty much the same set of newsgroups now, but they're almost all empty.

    #usenet

  24. Thinking back to the days of 20 years ago when my finger macros just automatically typed `trn` and there was always something new in at least one of the newsgroups I subscribe to.

    I subscribe to pretty much the same set of newsgroups now, but they're almost all empty.

    #usenet

  25. Amongst the many challenges with the deterioration of traditional web search is the problem of loss of access to usable references. Where we were once able to collect a useful sampling of data and with that, do analysis and synthesis, today we're presented with garbage.

    In the past, the challenge was to marshal diverse ideas into a coherent whole. Today, the challenge is to even find one workable source that even vaguely relates to your search.

    #enshittification #rss #usenet #llms

    1/3 🧵

  26. Amongst the many challenges with the deterioration of traditional web search is the problem of loss of access to usable references. Where we were once able to collect a useful sampling of data and with that, do analysis and synthesis, today we're presented with garbage.

    In the past, the challenge was to marshal diverse ideas into a coherent whole. Today, the challenge is to even find one workable source that even vaguely relates to your search.

    #enshittification #rss #usenet #llms

    1/3 🧵

  27. Amongst the many challenges with the deterioration of traditional web search is the problem of loss of access to usable references. Where we were once able to collect a useful sampling of data and with that, do analysis and synthesis, today we're presented with garbage.

    In the past, the challenge was to marshal diverse ideas into a coherent whole. Today, the challenge is to even find one workable source that even vaguely relates to your search.

    #enshittification #rss #usenet #llms

    1/3 🧵

  28. Amongst the many challenges with the deterioration of traditional web search is the problem of loss of access to usable references. Where we were once able to collect a useful sampling of data and with that, do analysis and synthesis, today we're presented with garbage.

    In the past, the challenge was to marshal diverse ideas into a coherent whole. Today, the challenge is to even find one workable source that even vaguely relates to your search.

    #enshittification #rss #usenet #llms

    1/3 🧵

  29. Amongst the many challenges with the deterioration of traditional web search is the problem of loss of access to usable references. Where we were once able to collect a useful sampling of data and with that, do analysis and synthesis, today we're presented with garbage.

    In the past, the challenge was to marshal diverse ideas into a coherent whole. Today, the challenge is to even find one workable source that even vaguely relates to your search.

    #enshittification #rss #usenet #llms

    1/3 🧵

  30. This listing of alt.fan.* newsgroups from 199? is a provocative reflection of netizens' pop culture at the start of the dotcom boom. (Keep in mind, these were spaces for fandom AND anti-fandom!)

    A representative selection from the letter "D":
    alt.fan.dan-quayle
    alt.fan.devo
    alt.fan.dice-man
    alt.fan.disney
    alt.fan.don-imus
    alt.fan.douglas-adams
    alt.fan.dr-bronner
    alt.fan.dragonlance

    ibiblio.org/usenet-i/hier-s/al
    #usenet #internet #internethistory #history

  31. This listing of alt.fan.* newsgroups from 199? is a provocative reflection of netizens' pop culture at the start of the dotcom boom. (Keep in mind, these were spaces for fandom AND anti-fandom!)

    A representative selection from the letter "D":
    alt.fan.dan-quayle
    alt.fan.devo
    alt.fan.dice-man
    alt.fan.disney
    alt.fan.don-imus
    alt.fan.douglas-adams
    alt.fan.dr-bronner
    alt.fan.dragonlance

    ibiblio.org/usenet-i/hier-s/al
    #usenet #internet #internethistory #history

  32. This listing of alt.fan.* newsgroups from 199? is a provocative reflection of netizens' pop culture at the start of the dotcom boom. (Keep in mind, these were spaces for fandom AND anti-fandom!)

    A representative selection from the letter "D":
    alt.fan.dan-quayle
    alt.fan.devo
    alt.fan.dice-man
    alt.fan.disney
    alt.fan.don-imus
    alt.fan.douglas-adams
    alt.fan.dr-bronner
    alt.fan.dragonlance

    ibiblio.org/usenet-i/hier-s/al
    #usenet #internet #internethistory #history

  33. This listing of alt.fan.* newsgroups from 199? is a provocative reflection of netizens' pop culture at the start of the dotcom boom. (Keep in mind, these were spaces for fandom AND anti-fandom!)

    A representative selection from the letter "D":
    alt.fan.dan-quayle
    alt.fan.devo
    alt.fan.dice-man
    alt.fan.disney
    alt.fan.don-imus
    alt.fan.douglas-adams
    alt.fan.dr-bronner
    alt.fan.dragonlance

    ibiblio.org/usenet-i/hier-s/al
    #usenet #internet #internethistory #history

  34. This listing of alt.fan.* newsgroups from 199? is a provocative reflection of netizens' pop culture at the start of the dotcom boom. (Keep in mind, these were spaces for fandom AND anti-fandom!)

    A representative selection from the letter "D":
    alt.fan.dan-quayle
    alt.fan.devo
    alt.fan.dice-man
    alt.fan.disney
    alt.fan.don-imus
    alt.fan.douglas-adams
    alt.fan.dr-bronner
    alt.fan.dragonlance

    ibiblio.org/usenet-i/hier-s/al
    #usenet #internet #internethistory #history

  35. Doing my part to inject weird content as if this were USENET of days of yore, which dobbs.town can kind of be.
    #USENET

  36. Doing my part to inject weird content as if this were USENET of days of yore, which dobbs.town can kind of be.
    #USENET

  37. Doing my part to inject weird content as this were USENET of days of yore, which dobbs.town can kind of be.
    #USENET

  38. I think it's time to dust off some #oldschool #usenet / #bbs things online to befuddle #chatcontrol carpet #surveillance.

    Adding #lineeater fodder and #origin lines in a #sigfile, but updated to be #AI adversarial snippets and filter saturation #keywords.

    And hope no automated decision making based on such #sabotage comes back and bites. WCPGW.

  39. I think it's time to dust off some #oldschool #usenet / #bbs things online to befuddle #chatcontrol carpet #surveillance.

    Adding #lineeater fodder and #origin lines in a #sigfile, but updated to be #AI adversarial snippets and filter saturation #keywords.

    And hope no automated decision making based on such #sabotage comes back and bites. WCPGW.

  40. I think it's time to dust off some #oldschool #usenet / #bbs things online to befuddle #chatcontrol carpet #surveillance.

    Adding #lineeater fodder and #origin lines in a #sigfile, but updated to be #AI adversarial snippets and filter saturation #keywords.

    And hope no automated decision making based on such #sabotage comes back and bites. WCPGW.

  41. I think it's time to dust off some #oldschool #usenet / #bbs things online to befuddle #chatcontrol carpet #surveillance.

    Adding #lineeater fodder and #origin lines in a #sigfile, but updated to be #AI adversarial snippets and filter saturation #keywords.

    And hope no automated decision making based on such #sabotage comes back and bites. WCPGW.

  42. I think it's time to dust off some #oldschool #usenet / #bbs things online to befuddle #chatcontrol carpet #surveillance.

    Adding #lineeater fodder and #origin lines in a #sigfile, but updated to be #AI adversarial snippets and filter saturation #keywords.

    And hope no automated decision making based on such #sabotage comes back and bites. WCPGW.

  43. I did some research on #Altos Germany and #AltosChat a few years ago and found many interesting legal documents, catalogues, ads, #usenet posts, and mentions in #Phrack. I also found two locations where the althh server might once have been housed. In one, a seemingly related company still exists. I believe I've also tracked down the #sysop, who now appears to be working in aviation. One day I'll make some phone calls, finish research, and write a proper article on the history of Altos Chat!

  44. I did some research on #Altos Germany and #AltosChat a few years ago and found many interesting legal documents, catalogues, ads, #usenet posts, and mentions in #Phrack. I also found two locations where the althh server might once have been housed. In one, a seemingly related company still exists. I believe I've also tracked down the #sysop, who now appears to be working in aviation. One day I'll make some phone calls, finish research, and write a proper article on the history of Altos Chat!

  45. I did some research on #Altos Germany and #AltosChat a few years ago and found many interesting legal documents, catalogues, ads, #usenet posts, and mentions in #Phrack. I also found two locations where the althh server might once have been housed. In one, a seemingly related company still exists. I believe I've also tracked down the #sysop, who now appears to be working in aviation. One day I'll make some phone calls, finish research, and write a proper article on the history of Altos Chat!

  46. I did some research on #Altos Germany and #AltosChat a few years ago and found many interesting legal documents, catalogues, ads, #usenet posts, and mentions in #Phrack. I also found two locations where the althh server might once have been housed. In one, a seemingly related company still exists. I believe I've also tracked down the #sysop, who now appears to be working in aviation. One day I'll make some phone calls, finish research, and write a proper article on the history of Altos Chat!

  47. I did some research on #Altos Germany and #AltosChat a few years ago and found many interesting legal documents, catalogues, ads, #usenet posts, and mentions in #Phrack. I also found two locations where the althh server might once have been housed. In one, a seemingly related company still exists. I believe I've also tracked down the #sysop, who now appears to be working in aviation. One day I'll make some phone calls, finish research, and write a proper article on the history of Altos Chat!