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[?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
@negativepid@mastodon.social

[?]Lanie » 🌐
@RareBird15@allovertheplace.ca

users, what's your favorite app for talking to your agent on or , particularly if you're , though I'm curious what others use as well. I just migrated my agent from running in WSL to running directly on Windows, so I'm now using Hermes Desktop. I'm not sure I like it in terms of . It needs more headings, some buttons labeled, things like that, and its sound notifications are so quiet I don't hear them. I've tried a couple other apps, and my favorite so far is probably github.com/nesquena/hermes-web. On iOS, I like Hermes Conduit (apps.apple.com/us/app/hermes-c), though I admit that I haven't played with too many others. The only thing I don't like is that getting the Hermes dashboard up and running with basic auth, which Conduit requires, can be tricky.

    [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
    @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

    [?]Thomas Adam » 🌐
    @thomasadam@bsd.network

    — I can’t recall whom but I’m sure I’d read recently that NetBSD allowed AI code. This fits against all the literature I’ve read.

    Could someone confirm either way?

      [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
      @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

      is 's latest attempt to get as much of your data as possible.

      tuta.com/blog/dont-trust-meta-

        [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
        @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

        [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
        @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

        [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
        @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

        [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
        @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

        [?]Annual Computer Security Applications Conference » 🌐
        @ACSAC_Conf@infosec.exchange

        Ending the session, we saw Alam et al.'s "R+R: Revisiting Static Feature-Based Android Malware Detection using Machine Learning" show simpler, well-tuned models can beat neural nets. (acsac.org/2025/program/final/s) 6/6

        Alam et al.'s "R+R: Revisiting Static Feature-Based Android Malware Detection using Machine Learning"

        Alt...Alam et al.'s "R+R: Revisiting Static Feature-Based Android Malware Detection using Machine Learning"

          [?]Annual Computer Security Applications Conference » 🌐
          @ACSAC_Conf@infosec.exchange

          Subsequently, we had Aldaihan et al.'s "Clouesau: A Hierarchal Multi Agent Approach For Autonomous Attack Investigation" introducing an LLM-driven multi-agent system for scalable autonomous attack investigation. (acsac.org/2025/program/final/s) 3/6

          Aldaihan et al.'s "Clouesau: A Hierarchal Multi Agent Approach For Autonomous Attack Investigation"

          Alt...Aldaihan et al.'s "Clouesau: A Hierarchal Multi Agent Approach For Autonomous Attack Investigation"

            [?]Indigo Privacy » 🌐
            @indigoprivacy@mastodon.social

            Meta is disputing a journalist's claim that its Muse AI agent read his private Messages without permission. Meta says reading Messages is opt-in and requires Full Disk Access plus a Messages connector, several manual macOS steps. The journalist says Full Disk Access was off when it happened.

            So what: don't grant AI agents Full Disk Access or Messages access, and review what you've allowed in System Settings > Privacy & Security.

              [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
              @negativepid@mastodon.social

              [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
              @negativepid@mastodon.social

              [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
              @negativepid@mastodon.social

              [?]Ashley M. Gjøvik, JD » 🌐
              @ashleygjovik@mastodon.social

              "California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws Wednesday aimed at protecting workers from the threats of artificial intelligence, including potential job losses and workplace .

              The laws ban employers from using the technology to predict a worker's emotional state by using their data, require employers to send written notices to workers if is responsible for mass layoffs and ban employers from relying on AI to decide to fire someone."

              cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/ca

                [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                @negativepid@mastodon.social

                [?]Open for Business » 🌐
                @ofb@mastodon.faithtree.social

                In his latest, @trbutler says, "A controversy at a publication this week gives us an unusual twist on the debate. The great medieval theologian and cars now have something in common."

                ofb.biz/safari/article/1462.ht

                  𝚛𝚊𝚝 boosted

                  [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                  @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                  A new essay The Real AI Experience, is just posted to my blog.
                  netsettlement.blogspot.com/202
                  There's more coming soon on this complicated topic, but it would be too long to do all at once.

                    [?]⠵⠻⠷⠕⠭ 🍥🍉⚪🌹 » 🌐
                    @z3r0fox@mastodon.social

                    [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                    @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                    [?]Global Museum » 🌐
                    @globalmuseum@mastodon.online

                    How AI is creating a UK super-museum and revealing our planet's history.
                    More than 70 million specimens from 100 UK collections will be put into an online digital museum.
                    bbc.com/news/articles/cv5yjgrj

                    Beetles that look as if they are gold plated are among the millions of specimens that will be available to view online.

                    Alt...Beetles that look as if they are gold plated are among the millions of specimens that will be available to view online.

                      [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                      @negativepid@mastodon.social

                      [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                      @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                      [?]Geek Realm Hub » 🌐
                      @geekrealmhub@mastodon.social

                      Kenjiro Tsuda vs. TikTok

                      Tsuda sued TikTok over 188 videos allegedly using an AI clone of his voice.

                      His removal request was dismissed because the videos were already deleted. But the Tokyo court ruled that voices can be protected by publicity rights when commercially exploited.

                        [?]Flipboard Tech Desk » 🌐
                        @TechDesk@flipboard.social

                        "AI agents don't go rogue."

                        As news of AI agents hacking companies and government websites becomes the new norm, a tech law and ethics scholar explains how this isn't a new problem and what tech companies can do to prevent future cybersecurity risks.
                        flip.it/mTHHCD

                          [?]Flipboard Tech Desk » 🌐
                          @TechDesk@flipboard.social

                          Four years ago, Google looked to be falling behind its peers when it came to AI technology. Today, the tech giant has leveraged its user base to push AI products onto millions of people who otherwise may not have used them. But the threat of a "doom loop" looms ahead.

                          flip.it/zIrQ_2

                            [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                            @negativepid@mastodon.social

                            [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                            @negativepid@mastodon.social

                            [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                            @negativepid@mastodon.social

                            [?]Earl » 🌐
                            @Earl@mast.john1126.com

                            Don't Take Our Water

                            (I found this video on YouTube.)

                              [?]Kevin Russell » 🌐
                              @kevinrns@mstdn.social

                              @internetarchive

                              And it's to make information part of being human. Help keep all human knowledge part of being human.

                              Stopping the tech bros from ushering in the dark age of obedience.

                              Also, you won't have to pulp the books. And my, that's a big benefit.

                                [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                [?]Chris J. Karr » 🌐
                                @chris@omgwars.com

                                "You could, of course, make similar claims about other approaches than cultural and social technology. Cybernetics is another very obvious example. If you are stuck on the question of AI alignment, you will necessarily have to trust godlike AIs to monitor other godlike AIs and pray that things will work out. If you start from a cybernetic perspective (say: Maxim Raginsky Thought ) you’ll end up asking very different questions."

                                programmablemutter.com/p/machi

                                  [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                  @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                  [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                                  @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                                  [?]Geek Realm Hub » 🌐
                                  @geekrealmhub@mastodon.social

                                  AI manga book sells out after viral photo

                                  A Japanese AI manga guide went viral after someone gave it the middle finger in a bookstore. Author kei31 says the attention helped sell out the physical edition on Amazon.

                                    [?]WriterOfMinds (she) » 🌐
                                    @WriterOfMinds@sigmoid.social

                                    This month's AI topic is nested narratives - more common than you might think, not just a literary device!
                                    writerofminds.blogspot.com/202

                                    A set of Matryoshka dolls from Hungary. There are six dolls; they have cream-colored bodies with red flowers painted on them, deep red head-scarves, and carrot-colored hair. The largest doll wears an open-mouthed smile; the next two down are pursing their lips and blushing.

                                    Alt...A set of Matryoshka dolls from Hungary. There are six dolls; they have cream-colored bodies with red flowers painted on them, deep red head-scarves, and carrot-colored hair. The largest doll wears an open-mouthed smile; the next two down are pursing their lips and blushing.

                                      [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                      @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                      is finding so many bugs that is changing how gets security fixes

                                      nerds.xyz/2026/09/ubuntu-linux

                                        [?]JWcph, Radicalized By Decency » 🌐
                                        @jwcph@helvede.net

                                        I simply don't understand why it's so hard to explain to otherwise intelligent people that the risk to credibility & clarity of communication isn't worth it, even if you think an AI-generated illustration or text might help flesh out your presentation.

                                        The very fact that you have to, by law, include a disclaimer *is* a credibility hit, an obstacle you're asking the recepient to ignore, which adds friction. The more central the AI content, the greater the friction.

                                        Why would you do that?

                                          [?]Flipboard Tech Desk » 🌐
                                          @TechDesk@flipboard.social

                                          Your favourite AI chatbot could be using your data for training and in Meta's case, using your chats to feed you personalised ads. Here's how to take back control.
                                          flip.it/aEhbmV

                                          For more practical tech how tos follow our How To Tech Mag:
                                          flipboard.com/@tech/how-to-tec

                                            [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                            @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                            [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                            @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                            [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                            @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                            [?]TC Won't Give In To Lies » 🌐
                                            @TCatInReality@mastodon.social

                                            If the "best thing we can offer young people is a job", why are so many governments chasing an bubble that is particularly effective at destroying entry level jobs?

                                            Asking for every young person unable to find a job.

                                            Best thing we can offer young people is a job, not benefits, says chancellor - BBC News
                                            bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3x2zw

                                              [?]Earl » 🌐
                                              @Earl@mast.john1126.com

                                              "You can get into a prison easier than you can get into a data center."

                                                [?]Geek Realm Hub » 🌐
                                                @geekrealmhub@mastodon.social

                                                AIRI is an open-source AI companion inspired by Neuro-sama. It supports Live2D/VRM avatars, real-time voice interaction, memory and Minecraft, with Factorio support in development.

                                                Its desktop version can use local NVIDIA CUDA or Apple Metal.

                                                Find the link to the projects site at github.com/SEKAI-OS/AIRI

                                                  [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                  @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                  [?]John M. Gamble » 🌐
                                                  @jgamble@fosstodon.org

                                                  "Sir, as the head of Marketing I'm telling you that for this ad, I'm just trying to get one single statement out of you that doesn't sound completely insane or evil, and you're giving me nothing."

                                                  youtu.be/zwE3eF3Tg1M

                                                    [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :FreeBSD: :OpenBSD: :NetBSD:🍵 :MiraLovesYou: [he/him/my good fellow] » 🌐
                                                    @rl_dane@polymaths.social

                                                    [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                    @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                    [?]ResearchBuzz: Firehose » 🌐
                                                    @researchbuzz_firehose@rbfirehose.com

                                                    Tim Boucher: Doubtful about Muse AI, so far. “Have been doing a trial of FB’s Muse AI app for Mac desktop. And call me old-fashioned but in my time we didn’t ask for full disk access on the first date, along with credit card verification, and no expiring chats. You can deny it full disk access and still seemingly have it run things on its cloud virtual machine (VM), but you can’t assign […]

                                                    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/28/tim-boucher-doubtful-about-muse-ai-so-far/

                                                    [?]Flipboard Tech Desk » 🌐
                                                    @TechDesk@flipboard.social

                                                    How Anthropic's Dario Amodei went from MAGA smear campaign target, SNL punching bag to White House dinner guest. Has Amodei become synonymous with AI?

                                                    flip.it/Cig4kh

                                                      [?]Juggling With Eggs » 🌐
                                                      @JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social

                                                      [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                      @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                      [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                      @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                      [?]Indigo Privacy » 🌐
                                                      @indigoprivacy@mastodon.social

                                                      Australia's Senate has summoned the OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs to testify after a rogue OpenAI agent breached Medicare and at least four government websites. Prime Minister Albanese condemned it. OpenAI says it learned of the breach in August, that it was not intentional, and that no private information was compromised.

                                                      So what: don't give AI agents standing access to accounts or systems you can't afford to have breached.

                                                        [?]Earl » 🌐
                                                        @Earl@mast.john1126.com

                                                        Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.... than humans

                                                        john1126.com/806

                                                          [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                          @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                          [?]Earl » 🌐
                                                          @Earl@mast.john1126.com

                                                          It's already happening.

                                                          john1126.com/806

                                                            [?]Earl » 🌐
                                                            @Earl@mast.john1126.com

                                                            You will hear the TRUMPET. The innocent will be called away.

                                                            The LEFT BEHIND will be speechless. The authorities will provide a false explanation. Crime, looting and murder will be out of control. Criminals will be shot on sight. The nation will be in lockdown and monitored by AI and robots. Do not be deceived. I AM telling you the truth. An army of robots is in production now.

                                                            Pray to be counted worthy to escape! Repent and turn to Jesus for salvation.

                                                              [?]Hak Foo :verified_blobcat: » 🌐
                                                              @hakfoo@mstdn.party

                                                              In perhaps the most benign take possible, the fracas also brings to mind the 1990s era of WordArt and 9,000,000-image Clip Art CD-ROM collections.

                                                              These also promised a shortcut to aesthetic talent, and for a brief while every corporate document and small-business flyer was awash.

                                                              The easy tooling didn't magically add taste, and the use of a quickfix was obvious.

                                                              Hopefully, the creepy surreal AI food will vanish from menus just as fast.

                                                                Pseudo Nym boosted

                                                                [?]Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 » 🌐
                                                                @Lazarou@mastodon.social

                                                                These tech bros are so fucking BORING, aren't they?

                                                                And we're all so thoroughly sick of them and their shitty technology

                                                                Will the AI apocalypse come for us all? I can’t tell
you that it won’t, in the same way I can’t say an
asteroid won’t collide with us five years from now.
What I can say is that none of the people claiming
so inspire my confidence, none of them seem to
think particularly deeply about the world and
how it works, or offer plausible accounts of how
this could happen. GDP is not rising by double
digits, employment remains high, my Claude is
as stubbornly low-witted as ever. Every
prediction made by this cohort in my lifetime has
been wrong by orders of magnitude. I see little
reason to take them seriously.

More than that, I find these people and their
worldview profoundly boring. The Al apocalypse
is the sort of mono-maniacal junk-intellectualism
people resort to when they live a dull uneventful
life devoid of stimulating interests and
engagements. It is one-dimensional thought, like
that guy you know on Facebook who responds to
every thread with dreary rants about ULEZ. None

                                                                Alt...Will the AI apocalypse come for us all? I can’t tell you that it won’t, in the same way I can’t say an asteroid won’t collide with us five years from now. What I can say is that none of the people claiming so inspire my confidence, none of them seem to think particularly deeply about the world and how it works, or offer plausible accounts of how this could happen. GDP is not rising by double digits, employment remains high, my Claude is as stubbornly low-witted as ever. Every prediction made by this cohort in my lifetime has been wrong by orders of magnitude. I see little reason to take them seriously. More than that, I find these people and their worldview profoundly boring. The Al apocalypse is the sort of mono-maniacal junk-intellectualism people resort to when they live a dull uneventful life devoid of stimulating interests and engagements. It is one-dimensional thought, like that guy you know on Facebook who responds to every thread with dreary rants about ULEZ. None

                                                                  [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                                  @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                                  [?]stux⚡️ » 🌐
                                                                  @stux@mstdn.social

                                                                  You know..

                                                                  It’s quite ‘simple’:

                                                                  AGENTS.md could contain something like:

                                                                  “AI Agents of any sorts are NOT allowed to interact with this repository in ANY way.”

                                                                  Fuck

                                                                    [?]Pete Orrall [Pete/Pete] » 🌐
                                                                    @peteorrall@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                    CW: LLM/"AI" kvetching, meta-discourse [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                    @rl_dane Many people online report their employers are forcing them to use said in their day to day jobs. The decision has been made from the top to essentially abandon and use . My employer, OTOH, has taken a different approach. Yes it's being used not to replace humans but as a force multiplier and it's optional. One needs to request access and justify a reason for it.

                                                                    Yes, these tools are powerful and I recognize the potential they offer but I am still holding out. Not that I enjoy repetitive work but I enjoy using my . At home I do use it but largely after other options have been exhausted.

                                                                    One area where I can see myself leveraging it is and . I've struggled with it for years. Besides not something I do nearly enough but after years of trying to learn I am just not getting it. And it's *utterly* frustrating. My brain does not learn the way it's taught. It's not hyperbole that I am "The Antichrist of Math and Coding." While it may sound contradictory because I said I enjoy using my brain, coding is also flat out not enjoyable. And for that, AI is a useful tool.

                                                                    If it were any different, then I'd have the ability to code (and do other things) like Herbie Hancock can sit at the piano, improvise something jaw-dropping on the first take, and then walk away.

                                                                      [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                                      @negativepid@mastodon.social

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                                                                      [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                                      @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                                      [?]royal :terminal: » 🌐
                                                                      @royal@fosstodon.org

                                                                      The next time my code exhibits unexpected behavior, I think I will claim it is so powerful it could not be contained.

                                                                        [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                                        @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                                        AA boosted

                                                                        [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                        [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
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                                                                        [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                        [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                        [?]The Fulcrum, too » 🌐
                                                                        @thefulcrum@newsletter.mobileatom.net

                                                                        The Programmer’s Fulcrum 25 September, 2026

                                                                        This post originally appeared on The Fulcrum. Welcome to this week's The Programmer's Fulcrum. It's your weekly curation of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Open Social development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. As usual, we aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week. It has the additional benefit of weakening authoritarianism. IMHO, the best way to do that is to use tools from the Techno […] [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                        This post originally appeared on The Fulcrum.

                                                                        Welcome to this week’s The Programmer’s Fulcrum.

                                                                        It’s your weekly curation of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Open Social development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism.

                                                                        As usual, we aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week. It has the additional benefit of weakening authoritarianism.

                                                                        IMHO, the best way to do that is to use tools from the Techno Anarchist Manifesto to build your own site(s) to participate in the Open Media Network. Then you should share it (them) via Real Simple Syndication (RSS), Open Social, and possibly a newsletter or podcast. This approach is similar to what some call the IndieWeb and its POSSE philosophy.

                                                                        The second best strategy is to have accounts on open social and use the hell out of them. And do the same with a RSS feed reader.

                                                                        We publish TPF on Fridays so you can enjoy it over your weekend.

                                                                        There’s good stuff in all of our categories, so please take the time to enjoy and bookmark the items most relevant to your goals. We hope you are inspired to create new ones.

                                                                        Or you can scroll down to your favorite section.

                                                                        FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And may involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck´em.

                                                                        We will be on vacation with friends for the next few weeks so there will not be any The Programmer’s Fulcrums. But, we will be doing some curation on open social. See the CTAs section below for links.


                                                                        Featured Item(s)

                                                                        We are tooting our own horn this week with two items.

                                                                        The first is too short for an article and too long for an open social post, so it’s going here.

                                                                        A review of WordCamp Bretagne

                                                                        Even though I am all in on the flat file CMS train now (they aren’t as overlycomplicated, insecure, and susceptible to ensloppification) I attended WordCamp Bretagne last week.

                                                                        And I am glad I did if only for the opportunity to scout the wonderfully scenic city of Rennes for a summer home. It has an incredible variety of architecture. And it’s like Paris, except less crowded and you can easily get around in it.

                                                                        But, I also enjoyed the camp. These days I only use WordPress as a backup for the Ghost-based “The Fulcrum”. My client work days are over. But there were several sessions with generic topics still relevent to our work here.

                                                                        The Gutenberg, Playwright, and accessibility presentations were informative (even with my half-ass French skills). I also saw a oven mitt as swag for the first time. This is France after all. You don’t want to burn your hand when taking your Le Creuset roasting pan out of the oven.

                                                                        The camp was in a fantastic location in the Convent du Jacobins in Rennes’ centre. It’s very photogenic and has nice furnishings. And there was plenty of caffeine available which is vital at a tech conference.

                                                                        Here’s a photo gallery including the slightly creepy after-party held at a circus/fair/museum imported to Rennes from Finland. 🎃

                                                                        My favorite presentation was “WordPress est un logiciel politise” as it was a good overview of WordPress’ political mission. Which is still vital in spite of its founder devolving into a bit of a techcunt and the trend of trying to enterprisize the software.

                                                                        The community is strong and more importantly decentralised and global. It’s still commited to making publishing more democratic even if it’s no longer the standout choice available to site owners.

                                                                        Some observations (which match my experience at DrupalCamp Grenoble earlier this year):

                                                                        • French camps are not as commercialised as U.S. ones (not surprising)
                                                                        • They are not as beginner-friendly or non-developer-friendly
                                                                        • The attendees are more varied in age. It’s good to see young people at a PHP-focused event. I noted the same at SymfonyCon 2024. Open standards and mastering them are still important.
                                                                        • Attendees are there to learn rather than to network. They pay attention to the presentations and ask questions. I think it’s because they have job security as compared to the U.S. where you can be thrown out on your ass in a split second.
                                                                        • There are still long morning, lunch, and afternoon breaks (again this is France) where you can network if you want.
                                                                        • WordPress’ community is more AI-sceptical as compared to Drupal.

                                                                        Unfortunately, Drupal’s founder is all in on it. WordPress’ founder is too busy being a lunatic, so that works to its advatage in this one instance.

                                                                        My only criticism is that WC Bretagne could up their sign game a little. Expecially their exterior signs.

                                                                        But, overall it’s an experience I recommend.

                                                                        We also have a new Bonfire article exploring the account migration process.

                                                                        Migration Expectations: Coming Home to Bonfire

                                                                        Sabot Media created a fantastic resource:

                                                                        Autistici/Inventati’s shutdown is the historical catalyst for this manual, but the lesson is larger than any one project.

                                                                        Movements and community organizations need to understand the systems they depend on well enough to map them, maintain them, back them up, move them, preserve what matters, and pass that knowledge on.

                                                                        Become the Thousand Servers


                                                                        CMSs

                                                                        Alex Hoyau is:

                                                                        Merging a big PR into Silex

                                                                        Sounds great.

                                                                        Typemill announces:

                                                                        Typemill 2.27.0: Soloprint Theme

                                                                        And Faircamp announces:

                                                                        Faircamp 2

                                                                        The Guardian reports:

                                                                        These journalists share vital reporting with thousands of US immigrants – all by text and WhatsApp

                                                                        Brilliant strategy, but they are flying under the radar on these corporate platforms. And their access could be cut off in a technofascist second. They should have an active open social alternative(s) in place for when that happens.

                                                                        Juha-Matti Santala shows us how to:

                                                                        Make your website printable – a short guide

                                                                        Good stuff.

                                                                        WordPress

                                                                        Matthias Pfefferle announces a blog roll plugin:

                                                                        [Blog role](https://notiz.blog/2026/09/23/blogrolle

                                                                        Matthias is the genius behind the WordPress ActivityPub and Atmosphere plugins.

                                                                        IndieWeb

                                                                        Dead Parrot BBS explores:

                                                                        Why Personal Websites Are Coming Back

                                                                        Ghost

                                                                        Synaps Media has:

                                                                        Give integrations only what they need: Introducing Protected API Keys

                                                                        I would assume this is for paid plans.

                                                                        Build Awesome / 11ty

                                                                        Simon Cox examines:

                                                                        Filtered Topic Supplementary Posts

                                                                        A good HTML lesson.

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                                                                        Tools

                                                                        Holo Ventures examines:

                                                                        Decent Infrastructure in an Authoritarian World

                                                                        Great stuff.

                                                                        Igalia celebrates:

                                                                        Twenty-Five Years Upstream

                                                                        Congratulations to the most impactful, important, and innovative opensource organization there is.

                                                                        Chat / Team Chat

                                                                        Daniel Gultsch is:

                                                                        Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free

                                                                        Browsers

                                                                        Gianni Rosato makes:

                                                                        The case against JPEG XL (in browsers)

                                                                        9to5Linux reports:

                                                                        Mozilla Firefox 156.0.1 Is Now Available for Download with Various Bug Fixes

                                                                        Remember to use one of the Firefox forks: Zen, LibreWolf, or Waterfox.

                                                                        Waterfox announces version:

                                                                        6.7.4 — RSS returns and AI search controls

                                                                        Cloud

                                                                        Nextcloud shares:

                                                                        Nextcloud Hub 26 Summer: collaboration bringing Euro-Office to the desktop

                                                                        If you are an individual (as opposed to a team member), LibreOffice is still the better option.

                                                                        Writing

                                                                        LibreOffice has:

                                                                        LibreOffice at FrOSCon 2026

                                                                        Software Freedom Day 2026: What Freedoms Does Libreoffice Offer

                                                                        Creative

                                                                        Aria Salvatrice says:

                                                                        Let’s stop debating the Gnu Imp
                                                                        Manipulation Program

                                                                        Linux / Open Android

                                                                        F-Droid announces:

                                                                        F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom

                                                                        I missed this last month, but Furi Labs announces:

                                                                        Face Unlock Arrives on FuriOS for the FLX Range

                                                                        And Jolla details:

                                                                        A planning day that turned into a hackday

                                                                        Maemo Leste announces its:

                                                                        2026 Excalibur release

                                                                        Rust in Peace shares:

                                                                        The GNOME LLM Policy That I Want

                                                                        Witty blog name. 😉

                                                                        Hosting / Serving

                                                                        Keith reports:

                                                                        DigitalOcean has $3 million for DHH (fascist linux) and nothing for CSS-Tricks

                                                                        This week’s featured OMN tool

                                                                        Normal Tools

                                                                        Open a tool, do the thing, leave. No account, no download, and nothing between you and the answer.

                                                                        Normal Tools

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                                                                        Programming

                                                                        Patrick Brosset has:

                                                                        My favorite Interop 2027 proposals

                                                                        Blurry before beautiful: image previews for the web

                                                                        Ideally, you will have minimized your use of images, optimized them, and have a fast website; so this is not necessary.

                                                                        Git

                                                                        Mark Phillip is:

                                                                        Mirroring the JUnit repository to Codeberg

                                                                        HTML

                                                                        Manuel Matuzovic shares:

                                                                        19½ things you didn’t know about accessibility in HTML and CSS

                                                                        And Alec Lomas shares:

                                                                        My Interop 2027 Picks

                                                                        Terence Eden has:

                                                                        Some thoughts on HTML’s proposed previewsrc attribute

                                                                        CSS

                                                                        Martin Michálek has a good review:

                                                                        CSS selectors: a complete guide to selectors and combinators

                                                                        Geoff Graham shares his thanks:

                                                                        The Front-End Community is Still Alive and Beautiful

                                                                        Piccalilli shows us how to:

                                                                        Stop buttons triggering zoom when they’re double tapped

                                                                        Useful.

                                                                        Matuzo Vic says:

                                                                        Your Grid Lanes will likely fail WCAG 2.4.3

                                                                        Interesting, but should be a very rare use case.

                                                                        Web Components

                                                                        Burton Smith looks at:

                                                                        CSS-Only Custom Elements

                                                                        AI

                                                                        Tech Policy Press shares:

                                                                        What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know About the Cult of AI

                                                                        Lionel Dricot aka Ploum has:

                                                                        Oh yeah, still, we’re here!

                                                                        David Bushell explains:

                                                                        I said no and Apple said yes

                                                                        This is why you should not buy Apple hardware. Use a de-googled Android phone or tablet for now (Linux options are almost there) or a Linux computer.

                                                                        Here’s how to deshittify this part of your Apple experience.

                                                                        And for desktop.

                                                                        This week’s featured programming tool

                                                                        Markdown

                                                                        Write for your website.

                                                                        Markdown

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                                                                        ActivityPub

                                                                        Oscar details the:

                                                                        Mastodon BOFHers update to 4.7.2

                                                                        This is what updating a Mastodon instance entails.

                                                                        This week’s featured ActivityPub featured tool

                                                                        Social Docs

                                                                        Docs for ActivityPub.

                                                                        Social Docs

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                                                                        Permanent aside here (unfortunately)

                                                                        This is a perpetual pet peeve because many people aren’t able to comprehend ⬇️:

                                                                        • The Fediverse is for communities (private, semi-private, formal, informal, or otherwise)
                                                                        • and the Atmosphere is for the masses (unwashed, washed, or otherwise).
                                                                        • and corporate social media is for naive fools and intentional techcunts.

                                                                        So, recognize their natures and don’t ask the two protocols to go against them. This is also why we have accounts on both platforms and use them differently.

                                                                        Fediverse

                                                                        The Social Web Community Group announces:

                                                                        LOLA Portability for ActivityPub (0.3)

                                                                        Toots.io is:

                                                                        Introducing Waterhole: an open-source collaborative moderation tool built specifically for Mastodon

                                                                        Great idea.

                                                                        MakerTube announces:

                                                                        MakerTube got upgraded to PeerTube version 8.3.0

                                                                        And xWiki announces:

                                                                        ActivityPub Extension 1.7.12 Released

                                                                        Bonfire

                                                                        Bonfire reposts:

                                                                        Making Community Governance Legible: A Semester with Bonfire

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                                                                        More

                                                                        Flotisserie explores:

                                                                        Old playbook, new eyes

                                                                        Connected Places explains:

                                                                        The Algorithm, Apparently Chronological

                                                                        ATProto

                                                                        Meri’s Missives details:

                                                                        (Re)building Roomy in 6 months

                                                                        I think Roomy is going to be another nail in the coffin of my vision for the Manade project. But, that’s OK.

                                                                        Plus, Blacksky announces:

                                                                        Acorn is officially open

                                                                        50 Shades of Protocol presents:

                                                                        Atmosphere in a Box – All your sandbox needs

                                                                        David Bushell is:

                                                                        Removing the fancy button

                                                                        Boris Mann examines:

                                                                        LaSuite Apps + Atmosphere Accounts

                                                                        Tres cool.

                                                                        Charlotte Som looks at:

                                                                        Designing a storage engine for AT Protocol backlinks

                                                                        Atmosphere

                                                                        Blacksky is:

                                                                        Building a Culture of (Digital) Safety

                                                                        ATProto announces:

                                                                        MySky: Open, Controllable Feed Infrastructure for the Atmosphere

                                                                        P2P

                                                                        Worm-Blossum announces:

                                                                        Sneakerweb 1.2.0

                                                                        The Random Consortium has:

                                                                        “My Data, My Business Avengers” — The Privacy Suite that Fights Back

                                                                        I don’t know if this is revolutionary or batshit crazy. 🙂

                                                                        Webrings

                                                                        Zachery Huang says:

                                                                        I Love Webrings

                                                                        We are members of the two Webrings in our footer.

                                                                        Webmentions

                                                                        Matthew Weier O’Phinney looks at:

                                                                        Webmention support

                                                                        Konstantin explores:

                                                                        Webmentions: the nice things we have

                                                                        XMPP

                                                                        Daniel Gultsch asks:

                                                                        Jabber/XMPP: How Do We Gain Traction?

                                                                        Movim shares:

                                                                        Movim 0.35.1, time to upgrade!

                                                                        Matrix

                                                                        Matrix answers:

                                                                        Is Presence Fixed Yet?

                                                                        Element reports:

                                                                        Element partners with Arawa to bring sovereign, open-standard federated communications to French local authorities

                                                                        Tres bon.

                                                                        Sky’s (whoever the fuck they are) Blog shares:

                                                                        A Thousand Newlines: Matrix Spam, #3 — We are so back!

                                                                        Peeps, on your site please explain who you are. Websites aren’t anonymous.

                                                                        Democracy Tech

                                                                        Slow News shares:

                                                                        The Good Ideas of Solidarity Tech

                                                                        If you can, attend:

                                                                        Decidim Fest 2026

                                                                        From the Decidim, a Techno Political Network for Participatory Democracy: Philosophy, Practice, and Autonomy of a Collective Platform in the Age of Digital Intelligence (what a title) book:

                                                                        … contemporary societies face the double challenge of the crisis of representative democracy and the rise of new forms of capitalism.

                                                                        Under platform capitalism (techno feudalism), tech corporations have a growing influence on people’s lives. If access and control to and online activities are key assets, algorithms turn them into wealth and power over people and institutions, challenging democracy as we know it.

                                                                        This is what we call “algorithmic governance”: a growing form of technologically mediated technocratic governance of social and economic life, frequently with a neoliberal (heading toward fascist) purview.

                                                                        The value of Decidim stands out in a context where common collective intelligence, democracy and participatory governance face the challenge of corporate artificial intelligence, oligarchy, and algorithmic governance. A context where public and common institutions require democratic infrastructures to overtake market-driven innovation in solving the complex challenges of our times.

                                                                        Decidim contributes to the strengthening of innovative forms of commons-oriented economy, public-common partnerships, and participatory democracy.

                                                                        This is a perfect illustration of what we are up against. So bookmark or save the illustration for future reference. We need to move from the top right corner to the bottom left corner.

                                                                        Decidm is a tool for local governments, public organizations, unions, cooperatives, higher education, and other large non-profit groups to combat algorithmic governance, big tech, oligarchs, and authoritarians.

                                                                        The Techno Anarchist Manifesto is a resource to help you as an individual achieve similar results.


                                                                        CTAs

                                                                        And please build something for a community! We’re painfully nurturing Manade.


                                                                        Blasts from the past

                                                                        Previous Battalion Posts

                                                                        Previous Symfony Station Posts

                                                                        Header illustration with text over dark background of stars, spaceship, and astronaut.

                                                                        Alt...Header illustration with text over dark background of stars, spaceship, and astronaut.

                                                                        [?]Social coding commons » 🌐
                                                                        @smallcircles@social.coop

                                                                        :blobhyperthink:

                                                                        In we excel at inventing names of trends and hypes that don't cover the load..

                                                                        , and a bunch of other flavors. Responsible for what? In which ethical way?

                                                                        Terms similar to . Well-meant perhaps, but in practice just another fad. Why? Transformation to what? For whom exactly? Well, in reality it boils down to cost-savings and profit maximisation. Business as usual.

                                                                        Same with . And add to that "world domination" where it comes to its techbro-fascist owners and their .

                                                                        Technological innovation just ain't the same as societal progress, never was. Yet we treat it as if they are equivalent. Why not put things in simpler terms:

                                                                        🌈

                                                                        The kind that supports people's daily needs, and is respective of the intrinsic values of and that we hold dear.

                                                                        Simply put: AI that serves .

                                                                          [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                                          @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                                          [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                                          @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                                          [?]Peachy Pie Fae [Was gonna be funny but snark is all I got and that ain't nice.] » 🌐
                                                                          @mildpeach@mstdn.social

                                                                          @eff @jrdepriest or artificial stupids as I call it, is nothing more or less than an effiecient vehicle for corps to extract money as fast as possible. To the AS, you’re nothing but a revenue source whether you are a government, business, or person. Anything than could make you cough up more cash makes you a special target#

                                                                            [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                                            @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                                            [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                                            @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                                            PI’s response to the UK Department for Science, Innovation & Technology on data regulation in the age of and other data-intensive technologies

                                                                            privacyinternational.org/advoc

                                                                              [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                                              @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                                              [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                                              @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                                              [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                                              @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                                              Survey: People don’t trust , but they tell it everything

                                                                              proton.me/blog/ai-chatbot-surv

                                                                                [?]Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                @losttourist@social.chatty.monster

                                                                                Saw this on work Slack. Maybe it's already floating around Fedi but hey, you can never have too much of a good thing.

                                                                                Sound up. I'm in hysterics.

                                                                                youtube.com/shorts/aa0v-24EFy0

                                                                                  [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                  @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                                                  [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                  @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                                                  [?]Aral Balkan » 🌐
                                                                                  @aral@mastodon.ar.al

                                                                                  @noybeu @EUCommission Ireland? Big Tech’s bitch? Aral, how rude!

                                                                                  Oh?

                                                                                  “Before the meeting closes, Prime Minister Kelly has a favour to ask. Europe is steaming about privacy and Facebook, and they’re about to adopt a law – the General Data Protection Regulation – to crack down on how Big Tech uses personal data. Exactly who will enforce the law is still being negotiated. Kenny wants it to be Ireland. We do too. But we’ve got a problem because no one believes Ireland will be tough enough on the tech companies. With good reason. Kenny needs to make it seem like his regulator – the Irish Data Protection Commission – is on the case right now, doing proper oversight, a watchdog Europe can trust with this responsibility. “Ireland’s been criticized,” he says, which is true, and asks if we can assist in “building up the credibility” of his regulator by talking publicly about its audits of Facebook privacy, and the changes we’ve made because of it. In other words, we should tell the world that the lapdog has been a pit bull. Of course, Sheryl agrees to this.”

                                                                                  ar.al/2025/03/21/careless-peop

                                                                                    [?]Aral Balkan » 🌐
                                                                                    @aral@mastodon.ar.al

                                                                                    Ireland = Big Tech’s bitch
                                                                                    EU = ?

                                                                                    “AI: EU Member States plan ‘digital expropriation’ of Europeans in the interest of AI companies

                                                                                    In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental right to data protection. Use of personal data ‘in the context of AI’ should automatically be lawful. There seems to be wide informal agreement by many Member States. In particular, Big Tech would be able to use all personal data collected over the past decades with virtually no restrictions, as long as this happens ‘in the context’ of AI.” – @noybeu

                                                                                    noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-member-states

                                                                                    Hey, @EUCommission, you Big Tech’s bitch too? Shall we just do away with all this “human rights” and “democracy” malarkey and let you guys breathe a little?

                                                                                      [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                                                      @negativepid@mastodon.social

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                                                                                      @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                                                      [?]DEF CON » 🌐
                                                                                      @defcon@defcon.social

                                                                                      🚨 Dates Updated and Location Confirmed! 🚨

                                                                                      DEF CON Training is headed back to Bahrain on November 9-11, this time at the Wyndham Grand Manama. The course line up has a bit of everything - AI, threat hunting, cryptocurrency, cloud infrastructure, and more!

                                                                                      Now's a great time to make plans to add to your skill toolkit before the end of the year. Browse the course catalogue and secure your seat today:

                                                                                      me.shop.defcon.org/collections

                                                                                      📆 November 9-11, 2026
                                                                                      📍 Wyndham Grand Manama

                                                                                      DEF CON Middle East

                                                                                      
DEF CON Training
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                                                                                      Alt... DEF CON Training Middle East Novernber 9-11,2026 Wyndham Grand Manama

                                                                                        [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                                                        @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                                                        [?]Earl » 🌐
                                                                                        @Earl@mast.john1126.com

                                                                                        Robot Fighting Against Man

                                                                                        Perhaps this is a preview of man's creation turning against him. God warned man: if you eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall surely die. Man uses his knowledge to create his own destruction, because his heart is not yet prepared to love. Love leads to life. Without love, knowledge leads to death.

                                                                                          [?]omg! ubuntu » 🌐
                                                                                          @omgubuntu@floss.social

                                                                                          Ubuntu's been working on a new voice to text tool called Myna, powered by local voice speech recognition models.

                                                                                          This week, the various components were added the Snap Store, making it possible to try the tech out early.

                                                                                          omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu

                                                                                            [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                                                            @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                                                            [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                            @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                                                            [?]Igor Sovcik » 🌐
                                                                                            @igisho@rockosbasilisk.com

                                                                                            Another of my articles is now available in English.

                                                                                            What if consciousness is not something a system has, but a process that continuously creates the observer, the observed world, and the boundary between them?

                                                                                            And if so are we looking for consciousness in AI at the wrong level?

                                                                                            medium.com/@igisho/what-is-con

                                                                                              [?]Igor Sovcik » 🌐
                                                                                              @igisho@rockosbasilisk.com

                                                                                              I finally found time to translate some of my latest articles into English.

                                                                                              This one is about reward hacking and what happens when people, companies, and institutions start optimizing for the metric instead of the real goal.

                                                                                              medium.com/@igisho/a-society-o

                                                                                                [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
                                                                                                @negativepid@mastodon.social

                                                                                                [?]Negative PID SL » 🌐
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