PSA: https://transmasc.social is now up and running, if anyone wants an invite ping me at @august@transmasc.social 😁
#transmasc #transmasculine #transmen @ftm

Interview: "Silicon Valley billionaires’ war on democracy"

"A small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires & venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — & that they should be governing in its place."

"Their fringe ideologies [are now] in the White House." DOGE was one, cutting USAID, another.

“They have so much money, they can turn these weird ideas into policy & cause tremendous damage.”

~Gil Duran

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/10/nx-s1-5927227/silicon-valley-billionaires-war-on-democracy

#USPol #EUPol #BigTech #news #democracy .

"La vie disparaît de jour en jour" dans le marais breton les oiseaux souffrent de la sécheresse
https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/vendee/la-vie-disparait-de-jour-en-jour-dans-le-marais-breton-les-oiseaux-souffrent-de-la-secheresse-3402106.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Publié dans France 3 Pays de la Loire @france-3-pays-de-la-loire-France3Regions

#Røyken #Andøy #Nordland #Norway #Norge #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Mountain #Mountains #Beach #Beaches #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

Week in Fediverse 2026-08-14

Servers

- Akkoma v2026.08
- WriteFreely v0.17.2
- Wafrn v2026.08.03
- Mitra v5.9.0
- Ktistec v3.11.0
- Hollo v0.9.11
- Mastodon v4.6.6
- Forte v26.8.11
- gathio v1.6.4
- ActivityPub for WordPress v9.2.2
- NeoDB v0.17.6
- NodeBB v4.15.0
- Trunk & Tidbits, July 2026 (Mastodon)

Clients

- Aria v1.5.11
- Snowdrop: Multiplatform client for Mastodon API compatable Fediverse software

Tools and Plugins

- FediFetcher v9.1.1

For developers

- Fedipub v0.9.0
- Library progress report - August 2026 (GoActivityPub)

Protocol

- FEP-e4de: Closing Registration on Unattended Servers
- FEP-633c: Guardians

Articles

- Deploying your own Vernissage instance

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019fde3b-670e-7793-9180-6d8d0ddca40a

Edinburgh Fringe: Target Audience

Easily the best show I've seen at the Fringe.

For plot-related reasons, a television company asks a literary genius to create a "pro-weapons sitcom".

It is a fast paced mix of the sitcoms 2012 and Episodes. The jokes come at a steady pace - some attack with the furiousity of bullets, others the the subtlety of a knife in the night.

All four of the cast are spectacular. Turning the sometimes-stock characters into powerful avatars. The amoral Zuckerbergian horror of data driven decision making is the perfect manure in which to grow comedy roses.

It stands well against any classic farce and I hope it tours until the end of the world.

A special shout out to the Pleasance Above for being the most comfortable venue in Edinburgh! Raked auditorium, cushioned seats, and air conditioning all make for a delightful theatrical experience.

Bernardo Paz returns to the Brazilian forest. Discover the plans for his second artistic utopia
https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/museu-bernardo-paz-brazil?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Top Stories @top-stories-wallpapermag

a shitpost, yes, but one which fairly succinctly describes a thing that i wish to exist

which would underpin other of my other big-brain software ideas if it did,

and so will someday become the bullshit which i am back on once more immediate concerns are out of the way.

nearest thing i've seen described publicly is probably @nasser's absolutely thrilling sawa 😍

a decentralized collaborative wiki with a governance model inspired by Anarchist theory and practice

No, this is not a @NanoRaptor special. But it will probably inspire one :D

RE: https://mastodon.online/@tomshardware/117087865807803450

We're really hitting the "finding out" era of cloud compute, aren't we?

GNOME is now on PeerTube! Follow @gnome@tube.kockatoo.org on your Peertube instace (or any other Fediverse instance!) to get all the good stuff. You can already watch our recent GUADEC videos there!

Become a friend of GNOME to support future GUADECs 👉️ https://donate.gnome.org

#PeerTube #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Fedi

PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials, to ensure preservation

Public broadcaster Nine PBS is in trouble after its cloud storage provider went out of business and it now can't access more than 50TB of archival data. The data center hosting the files can't simply turn over the files, as it'…
#hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/cloud-storage/nine-pbs-loses-access-to-70-years-of-data-after-contracted-cloud-storage-vendor-goes-defunct-public-tv-channel-sues-iron-mountain-data-center-which-hosts-archival-materials-to-ensure-preservation

Two NC members of Congress push federal support for foreign language education
https://carolinapublicpress.org/80324/two-nc-members-of-congress-push-federal-support-for-foreign-language-education/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Carolina Public Press @carolina-public-press-CPublicPress

Science Communication in the Fediverse – Mastodon and Open Science Network https://winoda.de/en/2026/08/12/science-communication-in-the-fediverse-mastodon-and-open-science-network/ A while back, I was once again browsing my personal corner of the internet after work. These days, this mainly involves two Mastodon accounts—an anonymous private one and an “official” […] #WiNoDaKnowledgeLabJournalen #Bonfire #Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenScience #OpenScienceNetwork

was für eine bedrückende wie zärtliche doku, bei der ich sogar noch etwas über den umgang der ddr mit der hiv/aids-epidemie gelernt habe – hier könnt ihr euch „aids in zeiten der liebe“ anschauen: https://www.zdf.de/dokus/aids-in-zeiten-der-liebe-100

#Soudan #CCBE dénonce l'incrimination de l'avocat Mohamed Izzeldin https://www.ccbe.eu/fileadmin/speciality_distribution/public/documents/HUMAN_RIGHTS_LETTERS/Sudan_-_Soudan/2026/EN_HRL_20260810_Sudan_Detention-and-criminal-proceedings-against-lawyer-Mohamed-Izzeldin.pdf