vnewb is my new project. It allows anyone to run a #Veilid node in their web browser.
It also provides a terminal that you can use to interact with your node, like you would when using veilid-cli.
Feel free to play with it:
Note: due to a known limitation, it doesn't yet support HTTPS, so you'll get a warning from your browser.
Casual reminder: you are supposed to run your own mailserver
If you aren't operating your own mailserver by now, what is your excuse? Don't have the hardware? Get a VM with @OpenBSDAms. Too much effort? Nah, @mwl has you covered.
Never surrender the protocols.
Run your own mail server.
Revolt.
Rebel.
Ich finds ja spannend, wie viele Leute gerade im Rahmen der Einführung von Werbung bei #WhatsApp nölen, man möge bitte nicht andere zentrale Dienste wie #Signal und Co empfehlen und nutzen, sondern föderierende wie #Matrix und #XMPP. Ich finde es nicht verkehrt, darauf hinzuweisen. Aber ignorant bis arrogant finde ich es, so zu tun als ob das alles total trivial und easy wäre. Die meisten Leute wollen einfach nur Chatten und und das im Idealfall auch möglichst sicher. Die mentalen Kapas für komplexe Lösungen sind leider zunehmend begrenzt.
XMPP und Matrix sind auch heute noch in der Föderation Clusterfucks, die meilenweit hinter der Usability und dem Komfort der zentralen Dienste hinterherhinken. Das liegt teilweise auch ihrer föderierenden Natur – aber wie weit sie dann tatsächlich von einer reibungslosen Nutzbarkeit in vielen Szenarien weg sind, ist das größte Problem. Gut zu sehen am Beispiel Matrix/Element, wo man alles hätte besser machen können. (1/?)
The Transition9 movement works for the natural integration of human and next-level artificial intelligence in harmony with a new nature-inspired computing architecture.
We've described Transition9 in rather technical terms to date.
The far harder challenge is writing about it in ways everyone might understand regardless of their own expertise, experience, and talents.
Here is Transition9's “Explain it to me like I’m a teenager” 
Pochwalę się, bo udało się pomóc zrobić coś wartościowego społecznie w ramach mojej działalności w @koop i współpracy z @warroza który to prowadzi ten projekt i jest autorem pomysłu na niego:
Społeczny Portal Gminy Brwinów
Więcej tutaj:
https://mastodon.com.pl/@koop/114398562201757052
Jeśli interesują Was takie rozwiązania, oparte o Wolne Oprogramowanie, jesteśmy do dyspozycji :)
https://blog.brwinow.gmina.pl/brwinow/kto-za-tym-wszystkim-stoi
Wejście do Portalu:
https://brwinow.gmina.pl
Both Mastodon and Bluesky offer decentralized alternatives, but only one puts users first. While Bluesky’s VC-backed model serves shareholder interests, Mastodon’s nonprofit structure safeguards a truly open internet. The future of social media shouldn’t be for sale.
https://phillipjreese.com/the-social-network-that-cant-sell-out-understanding-mastodon-vs-bluesky/
@ZhiZhu Can someone please ask Bernie Sanders and Cortez to drop X and Facebbok, and instead start posting on Mastodon? #decentralize
OK, after countless hours and months of waiting for parts to arrive, I finally have a decent prototype!
Everything fits nicely. The mounting holes line up with the PCBs. The wires are messy, but that is just because it's a prototype.
Next up: many hours of testing and trying to get the current sensor reporting what the solar panels are generating.
And I say *nearly* complete because I haven't wired in the MPPT board to make the most out of the #solar cell. (Hmm, I should check the current limit on that to figure out how many solar panels it can handle... hopefully at least one, ideally multiple in parallel).
I'm decentralizing my #social #media.
Email/Calendar: #Proton.me
Browser/Search Engine: #DuckDuckGo
Social Media: #BlueSky & #Mastadon ( #Pixelfed)
TikTok Replacement: #Xiaohongshu
#Spotify Replacement: #SoundCloud
Now to further #decentralize my technology & #media from corrupt/lobbying entities, I need to get #GooglePhotos / #GSuite out of the mix.
Any #suggestions?
I'm actually kind of frustrated.
Once more we see a #socialmedia exodus and not a single one of the fun content creators I love from say #Instagram make their way over to #Mastodon, #Pixelfeed or #Loops. Why?
BECAUSE NO DIRECT #MONETIZATION!
Do you understand what weeks or months of labor looks like? If no #ad revenue, if no #superchat, if no #donate button, then why even make the effort?!
The #fediverse needs to grow up and carve out direct paths to monetization.
#Decentralize the bag!
@zdl @evacide that any the fact that @signalapp is incorportated in the #USA, making them susceptible to #GDPR & #BDSG-incompatible #cyberfacist bs like #CloudAct.
Remember: #KYC IS THE ILLICIT ACTIVITY when it comes to #Communication!
Compare that to @monocles / #monoclesChat which don't demand any PII or KYC and allow people to pay for their services with #Monero and #CashByMail besides #SEPA #WireTransfer, #Stripe & #PayPal whilst supporting both decentralization (#XMPP is not a #SingleVendor / #SingleProvider solution!), implementing real #SelfCustody (#OMEMO, #OTR & #PGP is supported out of the box) for all the keys, and proper #Anonymitiy (using @torproject / #Tor & @guardianproject #Orbot for #privacy), so in case they ever get a duely sumitted warrant by a court they'd have to comply with, they'll most likely have no data whatsoever on clients that could allow identification.
Also having no PII is a matter of reducing #liability in the sense of #DataProtection: All data requested and by #monocles is the bare minimum mandated for #accounting (i.e. only linking a payment like a #TxID / Transaction-ID to an account and then adding up validity/activation period).
The incredible N-O-D-E collective just dropped another banger, further strengthening a decentralized web and lifestyle.
"Make it Yourself is a digital book that showcases this incredible talent, bringing together over 1000 useful DIY projects to demonstrate just what is possible when you make things yourself." ~ N-O-D-E
Download eBook: https://makeityourself.org/
Official Website: https://n-o-d-e.net/index.html
@3kh0 or people.could just properly #decentralize and use #IRC, #XMPP+#OMEMO & #Mumble as well as #SelfHosting.
Taking advantage of today’s big news, as we switch to a MPLS static IP connection, we’d like to remind you that Mastodon Uruguay is supported by Undernet Uruguay, a self-hosted and self-managed server that runs on free software, of which the Mastodon Uruguay instance is one of the services provided. Being self-hosted means the server is physically located in Uruguay, and the data it stores is not in some cloud in the global north or in large multinational corporations. It’s a grassroots project supported by its users, who currently cover about 40% of the monthly cost. If you’re interested in learning more about the other services this server runs, you can visit the website at https://undernet.uy.
Among the free software-based services we offer:
Productivity/Office 
-> Email
-> File cloud + Office
-> Telnet BBS and WebBBS (Citadel)
-> Sharelatex/Overleaf
Messaging/Social Network 
-> phpBB Forum
-> Jabber/XMPP
-> IRC
-> Honk
-> Mastodon
-> PeerTube
Games 
-> Mumble (voice chat)
-> Minetest
-> SuperTux Kart
-> OpenArena
-> OpenRA Dune 2000
Other projects 
-> Weather Station
-> buzon.uy server
If you’re interested in this project, which started in 2015, you can support us the same way you do for our Mastodon instance, at https://mastodon.uy/about.
We also have a public and open community chat room at:
xmpp
@salas.undernet.uy?join=
@rysiek also #Telegram - like @signalapp - demand and collect #PII like #PhoneNumbers which ain't possible to acquire anonymoisly in more and more juristictions.
Using #XMPP+#OMEMO by contrast is secure and adding @torproject / #Tor to tunnel it makes it even more anonymous.
Cnsider every #Messenger that doesn't #decentralize and support #Tor oit of tue box to be insecure!
Lots of example to think about...
https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-rewild-the-internet
We find technology to be complicated, so we look for solutions that are simple, hiding the complexity. We let big corps decide for us.
