#BigTech under oath. ⚖️
Microsoft admits: it can’t guarantee French citizen data won’t be handed to foreign authorities, even under a “#SovereignCloud” deal. 🤯
Marketing vs. reality? The gap is wide.
Discover the full story 👉 nextcloud.com/blog/big-techs-s…
Big Tech’s “Sovereign Cloud” promises just collapsed — in their own words - Nextcloud
In the past weeks, the "sovereign cloud" narrative has collapsed, exposing the sovereign washing attempts by big tech.Jos Poortvliet (Nextcloud)
@Matthias maybe we should start blocking whole instances, if they don't start cooperating and helping to prevent spam.
And I don't care if it is mastodon.social or any other big server.
If they don't even take simple steps to prevent spam, then they are among the bad servers and spam distributors that leads to set them on official block lists.
@hoergen
In my view, these servers are behaving recklessly. In the midst of a spam wave, there is no reason why moderation should not be tightened. Leaving registration open, on the other hand, is an invitation to anyone who wants to harm other people. This is something we are willing to accept. That is negligent and not a good calling card for the Fediverse as a whole.
Yes, such servers are unmoderated from my point of view
No user will be rejected. It may just take a little longer for the registration to be checked.
New Zootopia 2 trailer!
You have no idea how hard it was to get those water tubes to look just right. Engineering for that was like three months of my life right there.
youtube.com/watch?v=BjkIOU5Phy…
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
Someone shared this elsewhere on the internet this week, and I have to pass it along!
It’s a website where you draw a fish, and then it swims around with other people’s fish. That’s it. That’s all it is.
Draw a Fish Dot Com
Draw and create your own fish. Share your fish creations, vote on others, and watch them swim.DrawAFish.com
A new TUXEDO Computers laptop for you to consider. 😉
news.itsfoss.com/tuxedo-infini…
Best Linux Laptop of 2025? TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 15 (Gen10) Launches
Beast specifications. Pre-orders open now, mid-August shipping.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
I'm proud to be part of celebrating an advance for governable online spaces—a huge update for @CoralineAda's Contributor Covenant, the most widely used code of conduct in open source. It is now interactive & supports design for due process.
Take a look! ethicalsource.dev/blog/contrib…
Announcing Contributor Covenant 3.0
A major new version of the premier code of conduct for open source.ethicalsource.dev
We host Nazis because if we didn’t, things would be even worse — That’s #substack’s policy since quite some time. I’ll leave it up to you to decide if you want to support that take by visiting their site or using it to host your content.
usermag.co/p/substack-sent-a-p…
SCOOP: Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog
The alert contained a swastika and prompted users to subscribe to newsletter featuring opinions and news important to the "white nationalist community."Taylor Lorenz (User Mag)
"The intersection of technology and culture is where Meta focuses."
Hey Zuckerberg, back off! This is my territory over at Cybercultural. I challenge thee to an MMA fight!!
Ref: instagram.com/reel/DMu3RoogZri…
Mark Zuckerberg on Instagram: "We're building personal superintelligence for everyone. Stay tuned 🚀"
57K likes, 3,842 comments - zuck on July 30, 2025: "We're building personal superintelligence for everyone. Stay tuned 🚀".Instagram
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
thank you for sharing!
Who defines "violence" and "terrorism"? Can I be violent against fascists, as Popper and others taught me it's not only acceptable but likely needed?
Why are drugs in the list?
And (rhetorical) what happened to the declaration of independence of cyberspace? 😀
📝 New Post: Always buy the $200 Yamaha
daverupert.com/2025/07/always-…
Before I go: Always buy the $200 Yamaha
I don’t have much life advice but I do know one thing: Always buy the $200 Yamaha guitar. If you’re thinking about it, do it.Dave Rupert
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.
#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
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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 StierlMaurice 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)
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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.
Yeah, let's bring back that flavour of licking a 9 volt battery!
Request yours for testing, and get back to us on what you think!
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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.
Check out the full research here: sursiendo.org/2025/07/actions-…
Actions for environmental justice from autonomous and community-based technological infrastructures | Sursiendo
Leer en español Sursiendo, along with May First Movement Technology, is researching action strategies to embed environmental sustainability into autonomous…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
one of my favourite trees, lucky you and lucky them.
I have a great rowan berry jelly recipe if you'd like it.
I love it but it's big so I'm taking my time (I read a few books at a time anyway so happy to move slow). I am a big fan of Olga Tokarczuk — my favourite is probably 'Primeval and Other Stories' — have you read her?
I'm moving house and just realised the book with the recipe is buried in a box so it'll have to wait til next week, sorry.
@ephemeral No problem; the berries aren't quite ripe in any case!
So far I've only read her "Drive your Plows" and "The Empusium". She's so brilliant at structuring stories. I'm saving Flights and Jacob for the winter!
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
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!
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.
Consulta la investigación completa aquí: sursiendo.org/2025/07/acciones…
Acciones por la justicia ambiental desde infraestructuras tecnológicas autónomas y comunitarias | Sursiendo
Esta investigación sobre estrategias de acción para integrar la sostenibilidad ambiental en proyectos autónomos de infraestructura de comunicaciones por…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
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
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/
Nextcloud Community Conference 2025 - Nextcloud
The Nextcloud Community Conference is where contributors from all backgrounds, users, and open source enthusiasts come together to build, learn, collaborate and shape the future of open source collaboration tools.⚡️Nextcloud
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.
Check out the full research here: sursiendo.org/2025/07/actions-…
Actions for environmental justice from autonomous and community-based technological infrastructures | Sursiendo
Leer en español Sursiendo, along with May First Movement Technology, is researching action strategies to embed environmental sustainability into autonomous…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
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.
Consulta la investigación completa aquí: sursiendo.org/2025/07/acciones…
Acciones por la justicia ambiental desde infraestructuras tecnológicas autónomas y comunitarias | Sursiendo
Esta investigación sobre estrategias de acción para integrar la sostenibilidad ambiental en proyectos autónomos de infraestructura de comunicaciones por…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
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)
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in reply to Nextcloud 📱☁️💻 • • •Christoph Brodesser
in reply to Nextcloud 📱☁️💻 • • •BigTech unter Eid. ⚖️
Microsoft gibt zu: Es kann nicht garantieren, dass französische Bürgerdaten nicht an ausländische Behörden weitergegeben werden, selbst im Rahmen eines "#SovereignCloud"-Deals. 🤯
Marketing vs. Realität? Die Lücke ist groß.
mossyrua
in reply to Nextcloud 📱☁️💻 • • •Axel Nennker
in reply to Nextcloud 📱☁️💻 • • •Atrapado🌴🍫
in reply to Nextcloud 📱☁️💻 • • •