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ICalzada<p>Full <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebook</span></a> available in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a></p><p>From <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dataopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dataopolies</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a>? The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> Disruption Amid the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Web3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Web3</span></a> Promiseland at Stake in Datafied Democracies</p><p><a href="https://trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/647b34e7-9803-4149-a2e0-06825866b911?sap-outbound-id=0881ACA75A3146538C44B47F552CBFA06B10A26E" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">trebuchet.public.springernatur</span><span class="invisible">e.app/get_content/647b34e7-9803-4149-a2e0-06825866b911?sap-outbound-id=0881ACA75A3146538C44B47F552CBFA06B10A26E</span></a></p>
HRDAG<p>Our nonprofit safeguards dozens of terabytes of data on human rights violations. We keep backups in multiple jurisdictions to ensure its safety.</p><p>Read why: <a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-168432519" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/home/post/p-16843</span><span class="invisible">2519</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dweb</span></a></p>
DJM (freelance for hire)<p>Silicon Valley contre démocratie</p><p>Un long texte, la 2ème partie de ma série "Cryptos, idéologie et politique", sur la "Métamorphose" de la SV où les oligarques ont clairement dépassé le stade "libertarien" pour devenir des fascistes assoiffés de néo-féodalisme.</p><p><a href="https://www.didiermary.fr/silicon-valley-contre-democratie/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">didiermary.fr/silicon-valley-c</span><span class="invisible">ontre-democratie/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cryptomonnaies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptomonnaies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crypto</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
DWeb<p>✨Meet the guests of the next DWeb Meetup — Decentralized Tech to Resist Authoritarianism ❤️‍🔥</p><p>- <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ml/@Xeniax" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Xeniax</span></a></span>, Lead Researcher at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/equalitie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>equalitie</span></a></span><br>- Brendan “b5” O’Brien, CEO of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@n0iroh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>n0iroh</span></a></span><br>- Johan Michalove, creator of <a href="https://mutua.nyc/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mutua.nyc/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>- Ana Jamborcic of <a href="https://socialroots.io" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">socialroots.io</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>🗓️ Join us on Wed, Jul 30 at 17 UTC to hear their stories!</p><p>ℹ️ More information and 🆓 subscription here: <a href="https://dweb-meetup-july-2025.eventbrite.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dweb-meetup-july-2025.eventbri</span><span class="invisible">te.com</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/DWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DWeb</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DWebMeetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DWebMeetup</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DWebCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DWebCalendar</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/meetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meetup</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/AntiFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiFascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
ICalzada<p>🚀Just out!</p><p>My new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chapter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chapter</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rii2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rii2024</span></a> @SpringerNature:</p><p>“From <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dataopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dataopolies</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a>?”</p><p>🧠 On <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Web3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Web3</span></a> &amp; datafied <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economies</span></a>/#democracies.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOI</span></a> <a href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-78623-5_26" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">link.springer.com/chapter/10.1</span><span class="invisible">007/978-3-031-78623-5_26</span></a></p><p>📄 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Preprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Preprint</span></a>: <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4991253" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf</span><span class="invisible">m?abstract_id=4991253</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalEconomies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalEconomies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AppliedEconomies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppliedEconomies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicPolicy</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"With the frequency of environmental disasters, political polarization, and infrastructure attacks increasing, the stability of networks we have traditionally relied upon is far from assured.</p><p>Yet even with the world as it is, developers are creating new communications networks that have the potential to help in unexpected situations we might find ourselves in. Not only are these technologies built to be useful and resilient, they are also empowering individuals by circumventing censorship and platform control— allowing a way for people to empower each other through sharing resources.</p><p>In that way, it can be seen as a technological inheritor of the hopefulness and experimentation—and yes, fun!—that was so present in the early internet. These technologies offer a promising path forward for building our way out of tech dystopia."</p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/radio-hobbyists-rejoice-good-news-lora-mesh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/radi</span><span class="invisible">o-hobbyists-rejoice-good-news-lora-mesh</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/MeshNetworking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MeshNetworking</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Lora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lora</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meshtastic</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>The current media system is stacked against us. It’s rigged, exclusive, and hostile to alternatives.</p><p>That’s why we need the Open Media Network.</p><p>Because without an open, trust-based infrastructure for communication and coordination, we’re just shouting into silos.</p><p>Let’s build something different.<br>Let’s make history — together.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMN</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4opens</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metadata</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trustnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trustnetworks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/postcapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postcapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DIYtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIYtech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grassroots</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geekproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geekproblem</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotcons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KISS</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>Why It Matters</p><p>If metadata is the new currency, then open metadata is the new commons. Capitalism runs on closed systems — the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMN</span></a> runs on shared knowledge and decentralized trust.</p><p>This isn’t about perfect tech. It’s about:</p><p>Human-scale trust<br>Community autonomy<br>Fast, messy, democratic distribution<br>Real-world resilience</p><p>It’s not utopia. It’s compost — and we’ve got the shovels. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMN</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4opens</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metadata</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trustnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trustnetworks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DIYtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIYtech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/postcapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postcapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"In his new book Move Slowly and Build Bridges, Robert W. Gehl tells the story of the activists, software developers, artists, and everyday people who have built the fediverse, a noncentralized alternative social media system. Unlike big tech corporations like Facebook, TikTok, or X, the fediverse is comprised of thousands of small, independent communities who use a Web protocol to communicate with one another.</p><p>These small communities govern themselves and moderate content at the human scale — compare that to Facebook and X, which try to moderate global conversations. And the fediverse isn’t built in order to gather user data and sell attention to marketers — it’s a more privacy-respecting social media alternative.</p><p>The most notable part of the fediverse is Mastodon. Founded in 2016, Mastodon was positioned as an alternative to Twitter. Like Twitter (or X), Mastodon members can post, like, share, and connect with one another across the world. Unlike Twitter/X, Mastodon can be completely under the control of its members, from how it’s run to its underlying software.</p><p>Making a noncentralized, ethically run social media system isn’t easy. The people building the fediverse have faced long hours, burnout, angry debates, and, worst of all, bigotry, death threats, and discrimination. They face constant, nagging doubts: Can we really do this? Can noncentralized social media survive in a world that is used to corporate social media? Can we—all of us—have our own social media?"</p><p><a href="https://moveslowlybuildbridges.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">moveslowlybuildbridges.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SocialNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialNetworks</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a></p>
Crypto News<p>Republic, DePIN Project Mawari Launch Landmark US Node Sale via Reg D - An alternative asset investment platform has partnered with the decentralized phys... - <a href="https://news.bitcoin.com/republic-depin-project-mawari-launch-landmark-us-node-sale-via-reg-d/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.bitcoin.com/republic-depi</span><span class="invisible">n-project-mawari-launch-landmark-us-node-sale-via-reg-d/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/unitedstatesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstatesus</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cryptonews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptonews</span></a></p>
jbz<p>💬 Giving Up on Element &amp; Matrix.org</p><p>「 Development feels directionless, client and server projects are fragmented, and the user experience still lags far behind my expectations. A recent incident that essentially broke my own community channel on the Matrix.org homeserver was the final straw: I’m heading back to XMPP 」</p><p><a href="https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/giving-up-on-element-and-matrixorg/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xn--gckvb8fzb.com/giving-up-on</span><span class="invisible">-element-and-matrixorg/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>matrix</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Simon Willison has a plan for the end of the world. It’s a USB stick, onto which he has loaded a couple of his favorite open-weight LLMs—models that have been shared publicly by their creators and that can, in principle, be downloaded and run with local hardware. If human civilization should ever collapse, Willison plans to use all the knowledge encoded in their billions of parameters for help. “It’s like having a weird, condensed, faulty version of Wikipedia, so I can help reboot society with the help of my little USB stick,” he says.</p><p>But you don’t need to be planning for the end of the world to want to run an LLM on your own device. Willison, who writes a popular blog about local LLMs and software development, has plenty of compatriots: r/LocalLLaMA, a subreddit devoted to running LLMs on your own hardware, has half a million members.<br>For people who are concerned about privacy, want to break free from the control of the big LLM companies, or just enjoy tinkering, local models offer a compelling alternative to ChatGPT and its web-based peers.</p><p>The local LLM world used to have a high barrier to entry: In the early days, it was impossible to run anything useful without investing in pricey GPUs. But researchers have had so much success in shrinking down and speeding up models that anyone with a laptop, or even a smartphone, can now get in on the action. “A couple of years ago, I’d have said personal computers are not powerful enough to run the good models. You need a $50,000 server rack to run them,” Willison says. “And I kept on being proved wrong time and time again.”"</p><p><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/17/1120391/how-to-run-an-llm-on-your-laptop/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">technologyreview.com/2025/07/1</span><span class="invisible">7/1120391/how-to-run-an-llm-on-your-laptop/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chatbots</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/LocalLLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LocalLLMs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a></p>
HRDAG<p>As a human rights organization, we prefer not to put our important data on Amazon's S3, Google Drive, or Dropbox. </p><p>Instead, we've been investigating alternatives like <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/ipfs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ipfs</span></a></span>, privately-hosted S3, and other distributed storage ideas. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dweb</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hrdag.org/2025/03/04/trove-to-ipfs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hrdag.org/2025/03/04/trove-to-</span><span class="invisible">ipfs/</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>On 14h July (though it was already the 15th here), some of my monitoring jails started throwing errors. Not all of them, though. On the same host, an Uptime Kuma instance was showing a ton of servers down, while LibreNMS wasn't displaying any issues. After investigating, I discovered why. The jail running LibreNMS was using local_unbound (integrated into FreeBSD), while the other, perhaps for speed, was using Cloudflare's DNS.</p><p>DNS is like email, the Fediverse, and other similar services: they work better and make us freer when they're decentralized.</p><p>Let's go back to decentralizing the internet. Its very existence, as we've known it, depends on it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/BeFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeFree</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Networking</span></a></p>
Decenta Lyzed<p>Would you like to compile <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Scuttlebutt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scuttlebutt</span></a> on Windows ?<br>Anyone?</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/p2p" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>p2p</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/serverless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>serverless</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a></p>
Owl Owl OÜ<p>🔒 We’ve blocked major AI crawlers (like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, GoogleOther, MetaBot) across C.IM, P.LU, R.NF, and Image.Hosting.</p><p>Your content belongs to you - not to AI training datasets.</p><p>Full post 👉 <a href="https://s.ee/Agns" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">s.ee/Agns</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Lemmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lemmy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
Roni Laukkarinen<p>I've been following ATProto's development from the sidelines since 2022, but I somehow missed this great take by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@eloquence" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eloquence</span></a></span> on Bluesky interoperability with Mastodon and ActivityPub: <a href="https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discussions/1716" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/bluesky-social/atpr</span><span class="invisible">oto/discussions/1716</span></a></p><p>"We currently have two emerging alternatives to X that deserve to be taken seriously: the fediverse and BlueSky. The fediverse tends to attract folks who highly value open source in principle and practice; BlueSky tends to attract folks who are looking for a drop-in Twitter replacement.</p><p>In this context, I would argue that a clear commitment from the key parties (that includes @Gargron's Mastodon gGmbH and Bluesky the company) towards an interoperable social web is essential. We should be able to follow each other no matter where we decide to make our social media home. Even Mark Zuckerberg's Threads has at least made a commitment towards interoperability."</p><p>It's a good read. Year after year, it feels like ATProto and ActivityPub, Bluesky and Mastodon, couldn't be further apart. Even Nostr and WordPress support ActivityPub. We're seeing more servers and clients in the Fediverse adopting ActivityPub. As far as I know, 99% of ATProto is still powered by Bluesky's main server, which makes it not very decentralized. I wonder why anyone would want to set up a server for ATProto when ActivityPub is so much more widely used.</p><p>I see Bluesky and ATProto's future as just another private company, like the rest. It's easy to pretend decentralization and open source just for marketing.</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATProto</span></a></p>
knoppix<p>Jack Dorsey’s new app “bitchat” enables peer-to-peer messaging over Bluetooth—no internet required 📶➡️🔵</p><p>Supports group chats, encrypted DMs, and offline message caching ⏳</p><p>Security reviews pending; not yet recommended for sensitive info 🔒<br>Still in early beta with limited access.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@LifeHacker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LifeHacker</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://lifehacker.com/tech/what-is-bitchat-app" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lifehacker.com/tech/what-is-bi</span><span class="invisible">tchat-app</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitchat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeerToPeer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeerToPeer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bluetooth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluetooth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messaging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/App" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>App</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JackDorsey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JackDorsey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Offline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Offline</span></a></p>
knoppix<p>Another great article by Em about privacy and security on Mastodon 🛡️</p><p>Mastodon is open-source, decentralized, and doesn’t sell your data 🔒<br>It offers better user control and minimal data collection 🌐</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Em0nM4stodon</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/@privacyguides" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>privacyguides</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/07/15/mastodon-privacy-and-security/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">privacyguides.org/articles/202</span><span class="invisible">5/07/15/mastodon-privacy-and-security/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UserFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivacyGuides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyGuides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a></p>
Crypto News<p>World Mobile CEO: DePINs Provide an Escape Hatch for Frustrated Telecom Subscribers - According to Mickey Watkins, decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePINs... - <a href="https://news.bitcoin.com/world-mobile-ceo-depins-provide-an-escape-hatch-for-frustrated-telecom-subscribers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.bitcoin.com/world-mobile-</span><span class="invisible">ceo-depins-provide-an-escape-hatch-for-frustrated-telecom-subscribers/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/unitedstatesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstatesus</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/interview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interview</span></a></p>