#FreeSchool ⬅️ (see hashtag) @freeschool@qoto.org

Funny how there always seems to be money for tax cuts to billionaires, but not for universal childcare and affordable housing.

Exasperated and disturbed the new IP license in the Mastodon TOS has no termination clause.

https://mastodon.social/terms-of-service/2025-07-01

Facebook and YouTube have terms saying you can intentionally remove your IP grant by deleting the content. Twitter lets you remove your IP grant by deleting your *accounts*, which is punitive, but possible to exercise (I did). It's very good Mastodon's grant is limited-use—but so was Tumblr, and it eventually abused its. I want Mastodon to be as pro-user as *Facebook and Google*.

@mcc what, if any, instances are out there that have better TOS? I'm with you on deleting my account if there is no way to delete our content

Urgent call to all people of humanity
From inside Al-Shifa Hospital, I am Dr. Abdullah Awad, sending an urgent appeal for help. The internet has been cut off in northern Gaza, where we are. There is no food, no water, and no medicine.
Large numbers of injuries no any enough medical aids, beside starvation
I'm seeking help, even if only a little, my family calls me need to anything to eat what I should to do leave my duty to find food to them
Please donate to my family
https://gofund.me/d01c555b

When #Framasoft reached the first stretchgoal for #PeerTube I thought "Very nice, those are some much needed features!"

Now, trough the power of our great community, they're almost at 100% funding; way beyond what I thought would be the case 👀 🎊

If you're interested in #FOSS, and in helping out creating a truly decentralized federated #Alternative to #YouTube, consider donating within the remaining 12 hours of their campaign!

https://support.joinpeertube.org/en/

#OpenSource #Donate #Campaign

Here's a timelapse of an illustration I made for the series of AMA Framasoft do around the current Peertube crowdfunding.
Today, a big one on Reddit r/opensource at 17h00 CEST: https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/1l31dhy/were_framasoft_we_develop_peertube_ask_us_anything/

#PeerTube #Framasoft #krita

With #deltachat #chatmail and #webxdc developments we aim to instigate a new modern foundation for secure E-Mail and a resilient Web without platforms. We are building a kind of #minecraft system for modern decentralized messaging.

But who are we building it for?

For all who need reliable trustable means of modern private communication.

While our work needs hackers and experts it's not designed for them. @tante raises interesting and important related thoughts https://tante.cc/2025/03/03/who-is-free-software-for/

#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