FreeSchool=W🔁rk & Friendship! @freeschool@qoto.org

#Commodore #CBM #C64 #8bit #Pad #SNES #SuperNintendo #Console #Nintendo #retrogaming #videogames #80s #90s #Geek

Greta Thunberg @gretathunberg has been kidnapped by the IDF on international waters! They do not own the Gaza strip by any legal standard, they are not allowed to decide who gets to dock or what they can or cannot bring. They are not the legal representation of Gaza, unless it is run as an open air prison.

The fact that a ship full of humanitarian aid is making the Israeli government go haywire exposes the exact problem. Thank you, Greta and all the other activists ❤️

For my daughter’s birthday (22!), I am experiencing & sending “mudita” to the world: sympathetic joy for all the beings, including birds & grasses & hills!

#mudita #LikaLodge #happy

“May our good fortune continue and increase.
May I learn to appreciate joy and happiness.
May you be tickled with delight.
May their happiness continue.
May our joy persist and grow.
Your happiness makes me happy.
May I be filled with joy and gratitude.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudita

💥 WHEN THE INTERNET DIES: DIY COMMS SURVIVAL TOOLKIT

This thread blew the fuck up. So here’s a no-bullshit breakdown of all the projects and ideas y’all dropped, so it’s easier to digest than a 300-reply tech rave. But yo—don’t let the thread die. Keep sharing, building, prepping.

Some of my personal favs?
📦 Internet in a Box – Doesn’t fix comms but is clutch for info sharing when it all goes to hell.
📡 Cantenna – Because it's cheap, DIY, and let’s be real, it’s fucking funny.

🎛 INTERNET BLACKOUT SURVIVAL: DIY COMMS FOR WHEN SHIT GOES DARK
🔌 1. Mesh Networks
Local WiFi/radio nodes talk directly.

Tools: Meshtastic, People’s Open WiFi, Reticulum

Good for: cities, tight communities.

📡 2. Ham & Packet Radio
Long-distance, text/image data over radio.

Gear: Baofeng, Quansheng UV-K5

Apps: AndFLMsg, Rattlegram

Learn: IAF Radio Guide

🔐 3. Secure Scuttlebutt & Briar
Off-grid social media & messaging via USB/Bluetooth.

Sites: scuttlebutt.nz, briarproject.org

📦 4. Internet in a Box
Local, offline servers with Wikipedia, books, and more.

Site: internet-in-a-box.org

🧠 5. Reticulum Network Stack
Encrypted, multi-channel, async networking protocol.

Site: reticulum.network

🛰 6. Old-School Hacks
📻 AM/SW radios

📡 Long-range WiFi with cantennas

🗺 Paper maps, encyclopedias, zines

🐌 Sneakernet (USB drops, printouts)

🤝 7. Internet Resiliency Clubs
Community organizing for tech survival.

Start one: bowshock.nl/irc

⚠️ Challenges
Legal grey zones (encryption)

Tech literacy gaps

Infrastructure costs

Right-wing radio bros

the future is not something that can be bought and sold, the future is something we have to make together

@adanielroth Well, one week ago mastodon.social had a better TOS. I guess we'll have to interrogate individual instances as to whether they intend to adopt Mastodon gGmbH's TOS template or not. Personally if I move I'm probably going self hosting because if I have to change instances once what stops me needing to do it twice? I THOUGHT mastodon.social was the reliable instance!

@tarheel planning to set up my own instance at mcc at dryad dot technology. Will update and use the account migration feature.

Endless economic growth on a planet with finite resources is not feasible. The conference “Beyond Growth Estonia” will be held on the 2nd-3rd of October 2025 and will launch a public debate on how to ensure Estonia’s adaptability in a changing ecological and political reality so that our #economy serves the natural environment and society, and not the other way around. This is the first major #degrowth event in #Estonia.

https://www.hooandja.ee/en/projekt/kaasav-konverents-elu-kasvujargses-eestis

[Note: not organized by IDN, just sharing]

@malteengeler thank you for this most concentrated definition: “society that is based on solidarity, equality and cooperation” instead of “society that is built on competition, exclusion and exploitation.” !

@Ponygirl

A more appropriate term would be faith based, than religion based. Atheists are a faith based position.

100% of atheists claim there is no god, if you are not making that claim you are not atheist by definition, that would make you agnostic (making no assertion about a god either way).

@ryan