Bonfire Social 1.0.5 is out! 🔥

Archipelago mode means instead of open federation (connect to everyone, then play whack-a-mole blocking bad actors), you can now choose to federate *only* with a hand-picked allow-list of trusted people or servers. Communities can link up into an "archipelago" of like-minded "islands" with shared rules, ideal for tight-knit groups, neighbourhoods, assemblies, co-ops, or orgs that want to connect with each other but not necessarily the whole internet.

We also added new admin throughput controls as our latest take on "calm empowerment": simple defaults first, curated overrides next, and full advanced control behind an explicit gesture. In practice, you can keep a busy instance responsive by picking a speed preset, prioritising certain kinds of activity, or fine-tuning each background task queue, no config files or restarts needed.

Also new in 1.0.5:

• Faster search, now powered by Sonic
• Broadcast announcements to everyone on your instance
• Embeddable widgets: put your pinned posts on any website
• PGP-encrypted system emails
• Plus lots of improvements and fixes (federation, polls, media, accessibility, mobile)

Blog post and changelog: bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bo...

Just based on my observations today, 95% of cyclists give the rest of us a bad name.

I haven't seen so many people rushing past red lights since I last visited Hamburg's Reeperbahn.

I’m committed to keeping the quicksy.im XMPP server running for at least 24 months.
XMPP servers are extremely efficient. I’m serving the ~1500 concurrent users from a toaster, so the cost of running the server itself was never an issue.

Users are however advised to eventually migrate to the app Conversations by backing up the account in Quicksy and importing it into Conversations (write down the Quicksy password beforehand).

@GeePawHill Yea, yes, and yes. If I may, pick something small, maybe even something that feels insultingly small, and work through that, rather than a project of exploration. See how it goes. (I mean I suspect pretty good, it's all still in there)

Na da bin ich mal gespannt auf die nächste Film/Serien Tracker App

https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/tv-time-vor-dem-aus-gruender-meldet-sich-zurueck-und-startet-bingers/

Indian scientists produce most detailed 3D atlas of the human brainstem

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg53l737v1qo

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48903082

#HackerNews #IndianScientists #3DAtlas #HumanBrainstem #Neuroscience #Innovation #Research

"... a young soldier walking around with no legs, no arms..."

The young soldier's tongue must be doing all the hard work.

@randahl

@xgebi @joinpeertube Hey! so sorry to read this! can you send us an email to support@penpot.app

@EUCommission
Just ban the algo's outright.
No need for age verification. Much easier.

Water levels in Dutch rivers exceptionally low for the time of year https://nltimes.nl/2026/07/14/water-levels-dutch-rivers-exceptionally-low-time-year

@iam@foolisholivia.gay

I pumped so hard that my arm got sore, and now I am going to have to wash my hands before my meeting.

Cycle commuting and a flat tyre :(

@nitot En fait j'ai surtout envie de le faire sans pression de temps, ni pour y aller ni pour récupérer. Donc je vais probablement attendre la retraite. Peut-être que ça sera si j'ai la bonne santé, un des premiers trucs que je ferai.

Uhhhuhh.

fetching git input 'git+https://git.madhouse-project.org/nixos/hister.git'
warning: could not update mtime for file '': No such file or directory
error:
… while updating the lock file of flake 'git+file://.../infrastructure.org/out'

… while updating the flake input 'hister'

… while fetching the input 'git+https://git.madhouse-project.org/nixos/hister.git?ref=v0.15.0'

error: opening file '': No such file or directory

Why did this stop working.

My surgery recently switched to "AI triage". It's unsurprisingly, absolutely awful. They're clearly so scared that it's going to give you the wrong advice that accidentally kills somebody that it basically tells you to go to A&E for everything. How is this helping anyone?

Your tools should work for you, not lock you in

Vendor lock-in can limit flexibility, increase costs, and make it harder to innovate

Learn how open standards and interoperable tools help teams stay in control of their workflows

New blog post!
https://penpot.app/blog/vendor-lock-in/

"Last September, the global ad agency Havas hired Parscale’s firm, Clock Tower X, to conduct a digital campaign on behalf of the State of Israel, according to Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) filings reviewed by TIME. Under the agreement, Parscale’s operation would produce 100 original pieces of content each month, with at least 80% aimed at Gen Z audiences across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and podcasts."

Well well well...

https://time.com/article/2026/07/13/brad-parscale-israel-influence-operation/

@sknob @Azen je me disais ça ce matin. On regarde