Friends don’t let friends use Omarchy:
@Migueldeicaza I like that this article didn't mention about racist/facist words from DHH (https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thought/) and focused only on how bad omarchy is on techinical side. We have two strong reasons to not use omarchy.
@TheBreadmonkey Mmmmmmm, goo.
Can’t wait to find out how this upgrade enhances my dishwasher’s performance.
At least it’s not adding new AI features, I guess…
@dan I cut my Bosch off the Wi-Fi, guess what, it still works
If everything goes right, by the end of 2026, Trump has lost America, Orbán has lost Hungary, and Putin has lost Ukraine.
Let's do this!
@randahl and the uk has lost its monarchy
🤞🤞
@forteller Alternativet "aldri" mangler.
US funding for global internet freedom ‘effectively gutted’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/19/us-funding-for-global-internet-freedom-effectively-gutted
@jeffjarvis strange that it didn't happen before.
Yes, the #EU has a lot of regulations.
But remember that thanks to those regulations you can use a single USB-C cable that can charge anything, rather than 10 different connectors and adapters as it was common until 10-15 years ago.
Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you no longer have to pay eye watering roaming fees for calls and data when you travel to other EU countries, as it was common until 5-10 years ago.
Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if big tech has at least some constraints onto what it can do with your data and how much choice you have as a customer.
Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you, as a EU citizen, can benefit from the services of any other embassy of any other EU country if stranded abroad.
Those who try to depict the EU as a bureaucratic hell worth dismantling are those who hate the impact that its laws have on their freedom of exploiting markets, exploiting customers or living out of rent money.
Or those who hate the combined economic and political power of a united Europe with a single market because it threatens their national interests, and they’d rather exert their leverage with a bunch of divided and weaker countries instead.
Europe isn’t perfect and a lot can be improved. But those who call for its demise DO NOT talk in your interests.
One of the biggest threats we face to democracy is disinformation.
Our friend's at @MediaRevolution have pulled together Eliot Higgins, the founder of Bellingcat, and Carole Cadwalladr, an investigative journalist working on Big Tech, to a focused panel at the RSA.
If you're in London next week, we'd highly recommend checking it out and meeting these brilliant people face to face.
Learn more here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2026/02/disinformation-and-democracy/
@alexchapman Out of curiosity friend. Will group chats become a thing?
@NicksWorld Yeah, I merged a pull request last night that had a bunch of new stuff, and I think groups may be one of them, but things still need finalising before a new release is pushed out.
One of the biggest threats we face to democracy is disinformation.
If you're in London next week, we'd highly recommend checking it out and meeting these brilliant voices face to face.
Learn more here: www.thersa.org/events/2026/... #Democracy #SocialMedia
Disinformation and democracy
Abxylute’s new Switch 2 controller prototype has one big problem
https://www.theverge.com/tech/880971/abxylute-n6-switch-2-hands-on-controller?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Tech News @tech-news-theverge
Es lässt sich den Beiträgen sowohl von Petra Gehring
https://www.merkur-zeitschrift.de/artikel/shining-diamond-a-mr-80-1-20/
als auch in der Replik von Diethard Tautz
https://www.merkur-zeitschrift.de/2026/01/30/diamond-ist-die-antwort-die-gegenwaertige-krise-des-wissenschaftlichen-publikationssystems-kann-ueberwunden-werden/
präzise entnehmen, woran die bisherigen Lösungsansätze in der Krise des wissenschaftlichen Publikationssystems gescheitert sind.
Daher vermeiden neuere Ansätze die alten Fehler:
저희 커뮤니티를 Discord에서 Matrix로 조금씩 이전하고 있습니다. 메인테이너와 기여자들은 이미 Matrix로 옮긴 상태라, 앞으로는 Matrix 쪽이 응답이 더 빠를 거예요. Discord는 당분간 유지되지만, Matrix가 이제 메인 거점입니다.
자세한 내용과 Matrix 룸 목록은 여기서 확인하세요: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/discussions/573.
Google adds a camera to Snapseed on iOS
https://www.theverge.com/tech/881260/google-snapseed-ios-camera-manual-controls-film-filters?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Apple News @apple-news-theverge
It’s MAGA v Broligarch in the battle over prediction markets
https://www.theverge.com/policy/881139/broligarch-prediction-markets?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Policy & Law @policy-law-theverge
The third in our blog post series is by @haubles - sharing our work and ideas around how to grow and nurture the community, for everyone. #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/
@stefan It looks very much like a Beta-Beta-version. 😉 And is only for mastodon.social? 🙄
I stay with https://fedi.tips and @FediTips
@alexchapman i've used elton but didn't realize how big a mess it was.
@NicksWorld Yeah, the dev doesn't bother to help with moderation, and also hasn't improved things to prevent spammers.
Statement regarding#ThriveMessenger
One user is claiming that we're starting drama all because we're not letting certain people on who have a track record of questionable behavior on other platforms. Let me make this clear: Thrive Messenger is not Elten, where people can get away with murder, figuratively speaking. This is a messenger, and either if we get reports of users causing discomfort for other users, or a user with a known track record signs up, we will not tolerate that. Just thought I'd make that clear, as I want Thrive Messenger to be a safe platform for people to communicate on, and to do that we need to make sure that people are behaving responsibly.
@alexchapman Out of curiosity friend. Will group chats become a thing?
