…The way back to trust is to become comfortable with *not knowing*, and to listen when our site visitors actually tell us stuff, of their own volition.

The web is intrinsically impersonal and implacable as a medium. Having numbers does not change that essential quality one tiny bit

@jon @Vivaldi Thanks, didn't notice that auto-hide interface in settings at first :)

"Ancienne adjointe chargée de l’eau à la mairie de Paris sous #BertrandDelanoë, où elle avait piloté la remunicipalisation de la gestion de l’eau, #AnneLeStrat succède à Christophe Aubel, figure historique de l’Agence française pour la biodiversité puis de l’OFB. (...) cette nomination a été perçue comme « un affront » par la Coordination rurale, syndicat proche de l'extrême-droite."

https://reporterre.net/OFB-la-nomination-de-l-ecologiste-Anne-Le-Strat-crispe-la-Coordination-rurale

@freeman2501 oh... I didn't think about that, but that is a good idea!

@jon somehow, that blog post sounds AI-written

@kappazeta Cthulhu è il mio medico di base.
@andre123

Wishing everyone a great time at Code & Compliance by Eclipse Foundation starting today in #Brussels, #Belgium

Find out more on
https://foss.events/2026/01-29-code-compliance.html

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

@sylbou I had a BIG Eureka moment this morning about this. Why is the Fediverse being passed by in favor of Bluesky / AT Proto?

Because in my humble opinion, AT Proto by design is largely driven by algorithms. And who controls means of communication has immense power these days (look at what happened to X, TikTok et al).

In contrast, no corporate or governmental overlord could sweep in and assert control of the Fediverse.

That's why.

We are free and sovereign here

@brnosullivan @daviduccio

#nofx #punk #minnesota #resist #ice #fuckice
Babe new song
https://open.spotify.com/track/29wgPMWqXQcezTMVBVV21X

Tonight the waves of bot traffic hitting many of the servers I manage have intensified, including Brew on BSD Cafe, but not only that. Honestly, the feeling I have now is no longer the same as it was some time ago (AI scrapers), but that there are real disruption operations going on. I can see it’s much more concentrated around certain providers and certain datacenters. If I block some countries like China, the numbers drop dramatically.

I still haven’t figured out whether there’s something specific and targeted happening (a broad DDoS) or if they’re still scrapers, but they honestly seem really dumb.

Maybe we should just create an alternative network and leave the Internet to these entities.
At this point they’re just talking to themselves anyway.

#IT #SysAdmin #Networking #DDoS

Und noch ein ganz herzlicher Gruß an die Identitätsklauer: ihr absoluten Vollspacken. Was sagt das wohl über euch aus, wenn euch nach mehreren Versuchen sowas immer noch nicht gelingt? 🤪 Selbst ich wüsste wie man so einen Angriff besser hinbekäme, obwohl ich bei IT-Sicherheit circa Grundschul-Niveau habe.

The Chemistry of Tea [pdf]

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matthew-Harbowy/publication/216792045_Tea_Chemistry/links/0912f4fb863f786725000000/Tea-Chemistry.pdf

#HackerNews

@mike which one?

@GeofCox "Even as he critiqued great powers for weaponising tariffs, financial infrastructure, and supply chains, Carney floated ideas like G7 ‘buyers’ clubs’ for critical minerals –suggesting a coordinated western effort to diversify away from concentrated (often Chinese or Russian) sources without fundamentally challenging the extractive logic that has long characterized relations with the developing world."

I've been waiting for someone to mention that, and this is the first I've seen.

@grep_harder @filippodb @devol @sicurezza Mi viene da sorridere quanto Matrix (salve la perversa verifica tra dispositivi fatta accoppiando emoji stile gioco simon says), sia più accessibile -proprio in senso letterale- alle persone con disabilità visiva, rispetto a Telegram. Telegram per via di accessibilità su iOS è una merda. Paradossalmente su android funzionerebbe meglio ma scrivere da android se sei orbo, è meglio passare la verdura con le dita dei piedi. Garantito.
E a me fa arrabbiare perché col mio MEDICO DI BASE sono costretta a usare gli sms perché telegram è inaccessibile e lui si è fissato con quello.
Signal, già, quello non è federato come matrix per cui anche là faccio fatica; quelli di whatsapp, a suo tempo, hanno avuto la fortuna o comunque la vuoi chiamare, di arrivare al momento giusto con l'app giusta: i PDA -personal digital assistant- sono diventati di massa grazie all'iPhone, allora quello che sui pc c'era già con msn messenger, ICQ, e simili, ha iniziato a servire anche per i telefoni. Di conseguenza ha sopiantato gli sms - almeno in Europa. Perché a suo tempo gli sms si pagavano, e cari. La pubblicità e le illusioni hanno fatto il resto, poi Meta ha assaggiato la golosità e se l'è comprato.

@bagder I hope he or she gets 1 of the 8 #curl tshirts you brought with you to Brussels 🙃

EN: I'd love to be part of a Danish / European group doing cooperative self-hosting for key online stuff:

- email
- notes
- calendar

Optionally:

- document cloud with text editor / spreadsheet collaboration tools

- small public facing website space (to run a blog, share some html pages. I wouldn't even need PHP or something)

I clearly (https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/115963117610569220) shouldn't be in charge of the technical stuff but am happy to participate otherwise.

Any suggestions?

#europeanalternatives