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License compliance is core to #OpenSource #FOSS.

When building on an existing code base it matters to get it right.

Read our analysis of the Euro-Office license as confirmed by the AGPLv3 authors' views.

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It is for parents to raise their children. Not platforms.

The European Age Verification App is ready.

It will allow users to prove their age when accessing online platforms. Just like shops ask for proof of age for people buying alcoholic beverages.

And it ticks all the boxes:
✅ Highest privacy standards in the world
✅ Works on any device
✅ Easy to use
✅ Fully open source

More info: link.europa.eu/HmnrJc

in reply to European Commission

If it is for parents to raise their children, then why is age verification needed at all? Parents have all the tools they need already - most devices come with parental controls, and of course they can decide when to give devices at all.
in reply to Eugen Rochko

@Gargron What I (as a father of two, 10 and 12) am missing is parental controls *inside* the apps.
Think checking in on what my boys listen to on Spotify. Think maybe whitelisting people in WhatsApp.
I have strong parental controls set up, some apps are too useful to pass over but equally to dangerous in inexperienced hands.
in reply to Eugen Rochko

Because parents collectively have been doing a purely shit job of it for the last two decades and thats indisputable fact.
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in reply to Eugen Rochko

@Gargron If big tech cared about children they would ship devices all set-up day one and not rely on parents navigating the often impossible maze of parental controls.

Basic things often make parental controls worthless. My son had an Amazon tablet with the Outlook app installed but as it had an in app browser it removed all the search restrictions I had set up with the default browser so my son had full access to the internet.

in reply to Eugen Rochko

@Gargron with all due respect , it's easy to argue that from a purely observant perspective.

However there is clear evidence, that despite doing their best (and also not, as is always the case) parents are not able to intervene as much as they d wish,even if they know of and have all the tools to, bc there is a clear addiction-pattern instigated by cooperations.

This certainly is where responsible politics come into play.

I understand the objections,but it's not on the parents.
@EUCommission

in reply to ☁️ Adrenalinda ,,,

@Lautschrift You could regulate against addictive dark patterns in web applications without introducing surveillance for all adults. I also grew up without any parental controls and I'm still alive.


Montana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling
Erin In The Morning

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Linux is dropping support for yet another CPU. 🔽

itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-…

#linux #baikal #russia

in reply to It's FOSS

this makes sense. These CPU's are probably powering drones that kill innocent civilians in the #ukraine. Dump'em!
in reply to It's FOSS

feels like it was not so important. Let them do their own Linux for their CPU and do whatever they want on their swamps.


#Humour
#Tea

youtu.be/0J8VMLkuJgw?is=lc5k8E…

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Proton 11 Beta arrives to bring enhanced gaming compatibility to Linux / SteamOS gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/prot…

#Steam #Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming


in reply to It's FOSS

And people actually enjoy using the terminal once they are used to it.
in reply to It's FOSS

Been running linux for all of my adult life, never once had an install corruption that wasn't directly my fault, one of many reasons to use stable release OSs like Debian.



#News: 50% of #TessoNilo National Park #Indonesia is now gone for illegal #palmoil over 20 years 🐅🌴 We are losing the fight for Sumatran #Tigers. Fight for them when you shop 🚫🚜💔 #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives
earth.com/news/sumatran-tiger-…


ACK! I should have put this Pizzicato Five song up during the Artemis II flight. The band uses a sound clip from a previous NASA space flight. Lots of funky mid-century modernist spacy sounds.

youtu.be/-1aZuF0e6tg



Beautiful. I'm in tears.

youtu.be/weZQQVxPRIA

in reply to Muse

@Muse
thanks for this talk. Not only motivating for women and girls but for men and boys too.
@Muse


How will attitudes change if students like me aren’t taught the truth about British colonial history? | Astrid Barltrop | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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I'm a big fan of Hildegard von Blingin'! She wrote this song for a new computer game that looks like fun!

youtu.be/pgIP_DtzFTk



I'm making a new programming language.

No, this is not the long-term project I've been promising. (That one still has a little ways to go.)

This is sort of an off-side project that could be long-term, maybe it'll be more interesting than I realize, maybe I'll break new ground in the process (bold statement I know).



Zohran Mamdani: "If you are a Mario Kart fan, government is Yoshi and philanthropy is the Golden Mushroom, that edge we need to beat Bowser on the Rainbow Road. To belabor this metaphor even further, Bowser is corporate greed in this scenario."


Mom is retiring. Says she wants to learn to program. #uxn here we come! All mainstream platforms suck!
#uxn


"Age verification is is inherently a right-wing effort. While these laws are being supported globally by those on the political right and left, they are very much a right wing effort to suppress disliked speech."
techdirt.com/2026/04/16/the-ri…


Extinction On Our Plates: 🔥😿 Expanding agricultural land for #meat 🥩 #dairy 🧈 and #palmoil is pushing #biodiversity past limits for survival. Help animals, use your wallet 🤑 as a weapon, be #vegan 🥦 #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives wp.me/pcFhgU-71v?utm_source=ma…


"You're going to-", a slit throat for good measure but really, it was the arrow. You resume these small, sufficient priceless things that make up your life. They'll be back.

See, I told ya, here they are again, they've brought trinkets, cameras to capture our strange ways, but really, more often than not, diseases that rot the mind and body. That arrow shut him up good, "You're going to be left-". We didn't let him finish, yes! That's what we want, please leave us behind. Back to the treeline.

And here they are again, are you fucking kidding me, "-going to be left behind" the word of god, it's god damn missionaries now. Yes please! Only you won't let us. More arrows.

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I’m going to be doing a Linux Q&A #livestream tomorrow at 12:00 PM US Central time so if you’re new to #Linux swing by and ask me whatever Linux question is on your mind.

Go here to get notified when I go live
youtube.com/live/Ryec6GwXGV4



you know how macbooks pro (Lynnesbian 2026) have those sharp corners near the trackpad (oh_ic 2024)? i found an amazing post where Walters (2026) filed them right off

References


Lynnesbian 2026, On the Plural Form of MacBook Pro, Lynnestodon, viewed 17 April 2026, fedi.lynnesbian.space/@lynnesb….

oh_ic 2024, Sharp edges below trackpad, r/macbook | reddit.com, viewed 17 April 2026, reddit.com/r/macbook/comments/…

Walters, K 2026, On filing the corners off my MacBooks, Kentwalters.com, viewed 17 April 2026, kentwalters.com/posts/corners/.



Fedilab is 9 years old. Never would have expected this longevity when Mastalab started back in 2017.
What kept me going is the Fediverse itself. No judgment, room to make mistakes, genuine tolerance. This network carries values that help people move forward, and I met great folks along the way.
Thanks to everyone who used the app, reported bugs, translated strings, or simply said hi over the years.

in reply to Palm Oil Detectives

You can't buy or sell #sustainability. There are no sustainable products, only sustainable processes and behaviours. Sustainability cannot be achieved by technology alone, because the main reason all of this nonsense we call normal life is actually unsustainable is that we want the economy to keep growing. The economy has already become too large for the planet and needs to shrink by more than half if we don't want to collapse completely. As long as capitalism exists, sustainability is absolutely impossible. Capitalism is going down one way or another, nobody can save it no matter how much they try, but if we manage to take it down fast enough, the complete collapse of the Industrial Age might take another 150-300 years instead of 25-50. And our chances of Homo sapiens surviving the ongoing mass extinction would be much better if we stopped ruining the biosphere for money.
#πολυκρίσης #polykrisis #polycrisis




New worker co-op in publishing: cdi.coop/earth-sky-water-new-h…

Congratulations to Earth Sky + Water!

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RE: mastodon.social/@Sarahp/116415…

"We'll just 'AI' spam books, movies, and music" always conveniently ignores how much of everything there already is and how little of it gets any traction.


Runway CEO says AI could help Hollywood make 50 films instead of one $100M blockbuster techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/runw…



Runway CEO says AI could help Hollywood make 50 films instead of one $100M blockbuster techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/runw…


#Binturongs and other #civets in SE #Asia are kept in cages for cruel #KopiLuwak #coffee 🤮☕️ Another threat is #palmoil #deforestation. Help end #AnimalCruelty for vulnerable Binturongs! #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔⛔️#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives palmoildetectives.com/2021/10/…


The Parliament of Estonia is orders of magnitude smarter than whoever is in the Parliament of Canada (including Mark Carney).

"Europe should regulate Big Tech instead of banning kids from social media, Estonia says"

politico.eu/article/europe-sho…

#CanPoli #CanadianPolitics #CanadaPolitics



Ever send an important message, but no one read it? 🤦

With Pinned Messages in #NextcloudTalk, your message stays visible, making it easy for your team to catch up!

Want to discover more #NextcloudHub features?

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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

Huh, I never considered that you were that old. Then again, I’m an early Boomer.

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