Thanks to @iftas for this guide: about.iftas.org/2025/07/30/nav…

Since Social.coop is legally housed in the UK, we need to make sure to take this seriously.

Navigating the UK Online Safety Act

What Fediverse Service Providers Need to Know The Online Safety Act (OSA) is now in force in the United Kingdom. Enforced by Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, the Act introduces a new set o…

^{IFTAS Blog}

📝 New Post: Always buy the $200 Yamaha

daverupert.com/2025/07/always-…

It's a dull and damp day in the #LakeDistrict today but don't forget you can always see how the weather is now on one of the many #webcams around the area. We have a page with links to many of them and here's a screen shot of the view from George Fisher right now.

walklakes.co.uk/webcams.html

#Pangolins are the most trafficked #animals in the world. Work is underway now to reintroduce them to parts of #Africa where they've been #extinct for decades. Fight their extinction #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔🚜🔥☠️⛔️#Boycott4Wildlife

palmoildetectives.com/2022/07/…

We really need to get mainstream media talking about the insight explained in this article - theguardian.com/commentisfree/… - that their focus on “border spectacles” - such as the UK's 'small boats' reporting - leads directly, inevitably to mob violence.

The BBC etc would say they are just reporting events - but they're not. They entirely miss the context - for example they do not report that almost all immigration is by air, and is people with tickets and documents, or that the vast majority of people arriving without documentation are in fact subsequently found to be legitimate asylum seekers.

But these non-televisual border and legal processes don't make good broadcasting, and oligarchs' right-wing rags aren't drumming up hate around them, so the mainstream 'impartial' media doesn't think they're news either.

An effigy of refugees, burned by a crowd: this is where Europe’s brutal fantasy of border control has led us

The shocking scene in Northern Ireland is the result of a decade spent militarising Europe’s fringes – and dismissing the human cost, says migration and border researcher Maurice Stierl

^{Maurice Stierl (The Guardian)}

Tinker right out of the box with these 7 Raspberry Pi laptops and tablets.

itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-lapto…

7 Raspberry Pi-Based Laptops and Tablets for Tinkerers

Raspberry-powered laptops and tablets can be the perfect pick for your projects, and portable computing needs. Here's a list of options.

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS)}

Worst of all worst case scenarios. A computer program based on secret, corporate "AI" technology surveils you at all times and then decides whether you lose the rights of a citizen

theverge.com/news/715343/youtu…

YouTube will identify and restrict minors’ accounts with AI

YouTube will roll out a new age estimation feature starting August 13th, which will use an account’s age and activity to determine if someone is under 18.

^{Emma Roth (The Verge)}

Even amid difficult headlines, I take comfort in the resilience of nature.

Trees keep growing. Fungi keep breaking things down. And the world keeps changing.

Our species is just one character in a far older story.

I hope we have the wisdom (and data) to remain part of it a little longer.

Proton 10.0-2 (beta) brings even more gaming improvements to Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

Proton 10.0-2 (beta) brings even more gaming improvements to Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck

Valve have released the second major Beta for Proton 10, as we get closer to the stable release for gaming on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Introducing “Actions for environmental justice through autonomous and community-based technological infrastructures” 🌱

♻️ Many technologies are designed without considering reparability, and industrial design runs counter to the sustainability promoted by these infrastructures.

#CommunityInfrastructures

Check out the full research here: sursiendo.org/2025/07/actions-…

What this is: We're trying to pay translators to translate books from non-colonial African languages into English.

What we need:
- People to talk about the project

How else you can help:
- Donate $ (any amount is fine)
- Buy art from the shop
- Donate art to the shop

ko-fi.com/africantranslationpr…

I talked to Charlie Munford and friends on his "Agential Topics" series about all kinds of things, like the limits of formalization & computation, teleology, and process thinking. A mind-bogglingly wide-ranging conversation: so many great questions!

youtu.be/cFgozsNjv0A

Presentamos "Acciones por la justicia ambiental desde infraestructuras tecnológicas autónomas y comunitarias" 🌱

♻️ Muchas tecnologías están diseñadas sin considerar la reparabilidad, el diseño industrial va en contra de la sostenibilidad que promueven estas infraestructuras.

#InfraestructurasComunitarias

Consulta la investigación completa aquí: sursiendo.org/2025/07/acciones…

Registrations are open. 🎉

We are looking for speakers for the Nextcloud Community Conference 2025!

Join the stage to discuss something you have built, share best practices or new ideas, or cover another topic with the goal of strengthening the Nextcloud community.

🗓 27-28 September
📍 bUm, Berlin, Germany

Submissions are open until August 3rd

👉 lnkd.in/eaPJd2UB

Have you ever contributed to Nextcloud?

• Yes, and I’ll continue to! (12%, 9 votes)
• Yes, but I’m too busy now (5%, 4 votes)
• Not yet, but I'd like to (74%, 54 votes)
• Other (please comment) (8%, 6 votes)

The employee-governed @coloradosun reports beautifully about Leadville's famous Melanzana clothing company, which is on the path to full employee ownership: coloradosun.com/2025/07/28/mel…

Better models make better media:)

Melanzana mystique: A peek into the rulebreaking business strategy of Leadville’s fleece factory

The company, founded in 1994 by Fritz Howard, does not advertise or deploy influencers. You can’t buy Melanzana’s coveted hoodies online.

^{Jason Blevins (The Colorado Sun)}

Sneak peek of the #NextcloudConf25 agenda! 🤩

📅 Sat, Sept 27
Keynotes, lightning talks, workshops, plus the legendary pizza party!

📅 Sun, Sept 28
Michael "Monty" Widenius keynote, "How to contribute” panel & hands-on coding!

Join us!

📍 Berlin, Germany
👉 nextcloud.com/conference-2025/

Atari set to acquire 82% of Thunderful Group AB, as Thunderful announce they're "restructuring" gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/atar…

#Atari #Thunderful #Gaming #PCGaming

Atari set to acquire 82% of Thunderful Group AB, as Thunderful announce they're "restructuring"

Even more game industry consolidation going on. Atari has entered into an agreement with Thunderful Group AB to acquire most of it.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Introducing “Actions for environmental justice from autonomous and community-based technological infrastructure” 🌱

📶 Centralization is not only technical, it is also political: the location of infrastructure is often dictated by urban connectivity hubs, which makes decentralization very difficult.

#FreeInfrastructure

Check out the full research here: sursiendo.org/2025/07/actions-…

Presentamos "Acciones por la justicia ambiental desde infraestructuras tecnológicas autónomas y comunitarias" 🌱

📶 La centralización no solo es técnica, también es política: la ubicación de las infraestructuras suele estar dictada por los centros de conectividad urbanos, lo que dificulta mucho la descentralización.

#InfraestructuraLibre

Consulta la investigación completa aquí: sursiendo.org/2025/07/acciones…

The scary thing about the data breach of the Tea app where people’s government IDs were leaked is that multiple governments are passing laws requiring people to provide their ID to random apps and websites to prove they’re 18.

We are going to see some incredibly embarrassing leaks in the future.

usatoday.com/story/money/2025/…

Women's dating safety app Tea hit by data breach impacting thousands of photos

Tea, a dating safety app which allows women to anonymously give men red or green "flags," says it had more than 70,000 photos stolen in a data breach.

^{Mike Snider (USA TODAY)}

Sony sues Tencent over Light of Motiram calling it a "slavish clone" of the Horizon Zero Dawn series gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/sony…

#Sony #Tencent #LightofMotiram #Gaming #PCGaming #HorizonZeroDawn

Sony sues Tencent over Light of Motiram calling it a "slavish clone" of the Horizon Zero Dawn series

It was only a matter of time really on this one. Sony have now formally begun legal action against Tencent for Light of Motiram.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Saving an image to a bird

tomshardware.com/pc-components…

They converted an image to a waveform, played it to a young starling who imitated it well enough that it could be recorded and the waveform converted back to an image.

The linked video is full of info about bioacoustic monitoring too

Yes, you can store data on a bird — enthusiast converts PNG to bird-shaped waveform, teaches young starling to recall file at up to 2MB/s

Who needs Starlink when you've got an actual starling

^{Mark Tyson (Tom's Hardware)}

Cerebral psychological horror s.p.l.i.t from the dev of Buckshot Roulette is out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/cere…

#Gaming #Linux #SteamOS #IndieGames #PCGaming

Cerebral psychological horror s.p.l.i.t from the dev of Buckshot Roulette is out now

Costing less than £3, here's your chance at some cheap thrills with the release of s.p.l.i.t from Buckshot Roulette developer Mike Klubnika.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Seriously cool car combat game FUMES has entered Early Access gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/seri…

#FUMES #Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames

Seriously cool car combat game FUMES has entered Early Access

FUMES really impressed me with the demo, and now you can jump in and blow some vehicles up in this fast-paced single-player car combat game.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Terminator 2D: NO FATE moves to an October release gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/term…

#Terminator2D #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck #PCGaming

Terminator 2D: NO FATE moves to an October release

Reef Entertainment announced recently that Terminator 2D: NO FATE has moved the release date from September to October 31st.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

SoulGame Studio release Flash classics in the Swords & Souls Legacy Collection gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/soul…

#Gaming #PCGaming

SoulGame Studio release Flash classics in the Swords & Souls Legacy Collection

The new Swords & Souls Legacy Collection from SoulGame Studio brings five Flash classics back with a Steam release.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Stardock Entertainment revealed Elemental: Reforged bringing together multiple games gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/star…

#ElementalReforged #Gaming #PCGaming

Stardock Entertainment revealed Elemental: Reforged bringing together multiple games

Stardock Entertainment have announced Elemental: Reforged, which is kinda of like a super remaster of three different games to finally realize their vision.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Decided to make a FB group just to help discussion flow: facebook.com/share/g/1711W8jwo…

It’s sad that in the age of things like the UK Online Safety Act that the bigger platforms are becoming the only ways to chat. It’s simply not feasible to run an independent forum in the UK now.

Hope we eventually see proper Group support on Mastodon.