Shared infrastructure is how the #Fediverse can grow without recreating enshittified platform silos.

We’re excited to share that Bonfire is working with Mastodon on two critical areas of Fediverse infrastructure: remote media storage and automated content detection.

Built around open Fediverse Auxiliary Service Provider (FASP) specifications, this work will help platforms connect to shared services instead of each having to build and operate the same capabilities alone.

Our aim is to make these capabilities open, interoperable, and available for any federated server to adopt.

A big thank you to @Mastodon@mastodon.social team for involving us in this work. We’re looking forward to building together and sharing what we learn along the way.

Read the full post: bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bu...

#ActivityPub #FASP

so remember all those years I spent saying that the people in charge of big foss projects were elitist creeps who were, ironically, mostly interested in being the arbiters of what software you are and aren't allowed to use on a computer, and building cults of personality and dogmatic quasi-religions around licenses to keep themselves relevant and powerful despite being deeply odious?

you'll have to excuse me for gloating but I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO

Shared infrastructure is how the #Fediverse can grow without recreating enshittified platform silos.

We’re excited to share that Bonfire is working with Mastodon on two critical areas of Fediverse infrastructure: remote media storage and automated content detection.

Built around open Fediverse Auxiliary Service Provider (FASP) specifications, this work will help platforms connect to shared services instead of each having to build and operate the same capabilities alone.

Our aim is to make these capabilities open, interoperable, and available for any federated server to adopt.

A big thank you to @Mastodon@mastodon.social team for involving us in this work. We’re looking forward to building together and sharing what we learn along the way.

Read the full post: bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bu...

#ActivityPub #FASP

@jonny I'm curious how this works per customer?

How do they connect the price displayed to the customer, and what if it change etc?

In UK we don't have digital prices tags afaik. Maybe the price is "displayed" on a customer price scanner? We have those but they are not common. I suspect people don't used them where they are optional and I'm not sure they are allowed in law to not display prices on the shelves.

I know that you can insist they honour the price on a shelf even if wrong.

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117206299065068372

Großartiger Post. Einer der Gründe warum ich nach self-hosted alternativen suche für meine Firma und unsere Kunden. Was wenn big-tech einfach alles abdreht... Dann haben wir hoffentlich selbst die Infrastruktur mit der wir unsere täglichen Geschäfte erledigen können... Denn sonst sind wir erledigt.

#digitalsovereignty

@cstross

Sounds good.

Wishing you a speedy recovery!

@Jeff None of the core developers use them. We rely on contributions from the wider community and don't explicitly list tools people can and can't use – but we do require people disclose when they use LLMs and generally discourage the practice. We carefully review submissions by contributors to make sure the code quality is good and that the patch author understands their own code. LLMs are prohibited for students and other mentored work.

@urlyman

In particular, let's talk about how much BETTER life is after the energy transition, after the transportation transition, and all the other transitions.

We are not going to shiver in the dark, no. We are going to live healthier lives, and have more friends, our children will have bigger lungs, and on and on and on.

> Your firm is listed in the recently launched Find A Law Firm public Law Firm directory - based on SRA-verified Law Firm database - and we wanted to let you know your free profile is ready to be claimed and managed.

I already have a website. Go away.

@pomodoro

RE: https://thecanadian.social/@Plumbert/117207577102904923

Another fantastic quote from @pluralistic

I know I have a couple of people from the UK following me, do any of you would have recommendations for promoters / gig organizers / venues that book queer goth and dark electronic music artists? I would be super grateful for any tips :)

Feel free to retoot! 🔁

@wobweger @libreoffice @grvsmth @moskitokoenig

It's still coded using AI, same as what Debian just decided to do.

https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/70c7f6ba49cfc506fc47dac32af98976ecf33cf8

https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/42cdc47554fa746baa863860143fc81fe8bb1c80

https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/7c0d875aca090de4f4d1164578683c0b7e0c6040

Die US-Regierung hat das italienische Kollektiv Autistici/Inventati (A/I) willkürlich als vermeintlich terroristisch eingestuft. Das "Verbrechen"? A/I stellt sozialen Bewegungen unentgeltlich Infrastruktur zur Verfügung, z.B. Mail und Blogs.

Die Digitale Gesellschaft solidarisiert sich mit @cavallette!

Wir fordern, diese Entscheidung zurückzunehmen. Die EU muss die Zivilgesellschaft gegen diese Angriffe verteidigen. Unser Statement gemeinsam mit @edri und vielen mehr:
https://edri.org/our-work/edri-solidarity-statement-autistici-inventati/

🎙️ sur RCF je reviens sur les conclusions de NUMÉRIQUE/S/ : une enquête sur nos vulnérabilités.

À écouter ici : https://www.rcf.fr/articles/actualite/vulnerabilites-numerique-la-deputee-ecologiste-de-lisere-cyrielle-chatelain

U.S. attorney general Todd Blanche said the DOJ will "track down the criminals" behind the week-ass mass password reset attempt on X this week... but won't release the Epstein Files.

@xtof I think we do mention that several times, but maybe it’s in episodes you haven’t listened to yet?

Statement. #grickledoodle #fashion #penguins #bowtie #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox/117208090005909299

The purpose of Flock and other surveillance systems is to enable a police state to monitor the population at large and use violent force against people whenever they engage in activity that could change the balance of power in society.

That much was already obvious. But it's still chilling to hear Flock's director of market management describing the details.