post (@post@community.nodebb.org)
Fedicon is happening in Vancouver, BC this weekend
An in-person conference centered around the fediverse is happening this Friday and Saturday at UBC Robson Square in Vancouver, BC.
Put on by @reiver@mastodon.social, it is bringing together a number of big names including Evan Prodromou (of AP fame), Dan Supernault (Pixelfed creator), and more!
🎉 FediCon is in 1 day!
If you already have a FediCon ticket, you should receive this reminder e-mail message.
See you there!
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🌐 FediCon
📍 Vancouver (Canada)
🗓️ August 1-2
ℹ️ https://fedicon.ca
🎟️ https://lu.ma/p4bbb941
I'll be on stage speaking about some of ActivityPub's "hard problems", and what people are doing to fix them. It's a rehash and expansion of a talk I gave at FOSDEM this past February.
Are there threadiverse related problems? I'd imagine so. Would love to include them in my presentation.
https://community.nodebb.org/post/105270
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boilingsteam (@boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud)
Mbin v1.8.3 Released: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.8.3 #linux #update #release #foss #mbin #activitypub
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destroying-autocracy-july-31-2025 (@destroying-autocracy-july-31-2025@battalion.mobileatom.net)
Destroying Autocracy – July 31, 2025
Welcome to this week’s “Destroying Autocracy”.
It’s your source for curated news affecting democracy in the cyber arena with a focus on protecting it. That necessitates an opinionated Butlerian jihad against big tech as well as evangelizing for open-source and the Fediverse. Since big media’s journalism wing is flailing and failing in its core duty to democracy, this is also a collection of alternative reporting on the eternal battle between autocracy and democracy. We also cover the cybersecurity world. You can’t be free without safety and privacy.
DA comes out on Thursday and is updated through the end of day on Friday. Then we start over. So take your time in perusing it and check back in over the weekend.
FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck ’em.
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Drew Lyton
Great stuff that ties in nicely with what we are advocating here on Battalion.
We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable.
The response to Russia’s War Crimes, Techno Feudalism, and other douchebaggery
TechCrunch reports:
Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication
Flights grounded as Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot hacked and systems ‘destroyed’
The Kyiv Independent reports:
The Register reports:
Europe’s AI crackdown starts this week and Big Tech isn’t happy
Italy says Meta may be violating law with AI in WhatsApp
US Navy won’t torpedo hurricane forecast satellite feed after all
Open Future opines:
A Step Forward, But Not Far Enough: the EU’s AI Transparency Template
The European Commission reports:
The Cradle reports:
Netherlands labels Israel ‘threat to national security’ for first time
They are a threat to every nation on Earth’s national security, as are all pariah surveillance states.
The European Commission announces:
Commission proposes partial suspension of Israel’s association to Horizon Europe
Unfortunately, the German and Italian pseudo-fascists blocked it.
EuroNews reports:
EU fails to agree Israeli suspension from research fund over Gaza
Ars Technica reports:
Google confirms it will sign the EU AI Code of Practice
Bleeping Computer reports:
Internet Archive is now a US federal depository library
W3C announces:
Vision for W3C is a W3C Statement
Media Revolution announces:
The Media Revolution countdown campaign is LIVE!
IMHO, this ties in with the Open Media Network idea featured in our Techno Anarchist Manifesto.
Murena shares:
What is a VPN (virtual private network)?
Nextcloud reports:
The Nextcloud Include initiative: How Nextcloud supports diversity in open source
Neutral
Bert Hubert looks at:
Europe’s Self Inflicted Cloud Crisis
The Guardian reports:
Why did thousands of adult titles just disappear from the biggest PC gaming marketplaces?
The Evil Empire (AKA Autocracy) Strikes Back
Breach Media reports:
Mark Carney’s AI agenda is a gift to Big Tech
Canada is 1,010 times better than the U.S. but it ain’t perfect.
404 Media reports:
UK Users Need to Post Selfie or Photo ID to View Reddit’s r/IsraelCrimes, r/UkraineWarFootage
The United Kuntsdumb is now only 1.46 times better than the United States of Assholes and getting worse by the minute.
The MIT Technology Review reports:
What you may have missed about Trump’s AI Action Plan
TechDirt reports:
Trump Threatens To Withold Billions From States That Try To Make Broadband Affordable To Poor People
Pariah States
So-called newspaper, The Washington Times reports:
Hackers breach intelligence website used by CIA
BleepingComputer reports:
French telecom giant Orange discloses cyberattack
Big Media
404 Media reports:
Patreon reports:
Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog
I am sorry, but if you are on SubStack at this point you are either an uninformed amoral moron or a c^nt. Thankfully, you can still avoid being reincarnated as a cockroach by moving to Ghost or Buttondown.
ArsTechnica reports:
Substack’s “Nazi problem” won’t go away after push notification apology
Big Tech
The Register reports:
‘Impossible hill to climb’: US clouds crush European competition on their home turf
Publishers cry foul over W3C crusade to rid web of third-party cookies
Ars Technica reports:
Meta pirated and seeded porn for years to train AI, lawsuit says
TechCrunch reports:
Zuckerberg signals Meta won’t open source all of its ‘superintelligence’ AI models
BTW, their current ones are in no way opensource.
Bikepacking shares:
Cybersecurity/Privacy
TechPolicy asks:
Is There Any Way Forward for Privacy Legislation in the United States?
BleepingComputer reports:
Post SMTP plugin flaw exposes 200K WordPress sites to hijacking attacks
DarkReading shows us:
How to Spot Malicious AI Agents Before They Strike
ChatGPT, GenAI Tools Open to ‘Man in the Prompt’ Browser Attack
Tuta reports:
Switzerland plans surveillance worse than U.S.
BitDefender reports:
French submarine secrets surface after cyber attack
Platformer reports:
Trust and safety workers on why they’re not speaking out
And here’s the previous post he referenced.
404 Media reports:
Tea App Turns Off DMs After Exposing Messages About Abortions, Cheating
FYI, Platformer and 404 Media are on Ghost and thus part of the Open Media Network.
Fediverse
For Better has:
Mastodon Defence Command: The Scam Wave
Fedify announces:
Implementing custom collection dispatchers
QCB asks:
So Your Black Ass Still Wants to Get on Mastodon
ActivityPub for WordPress announces:
Slightly Federated Social Media
404 Media reports:
This Company Wants to Bring End-to-End Encrypted Messages to Bluesky’s AT Protocol
CTAs (aka show us some free love)
- That’s it for this week. Please share this edition of Destroying Autocracy.
- Follow me on the Fediverse. Or this site via the button in the footer. Or via RSS.
Keep fighting!
Ringleader, Battalion
Reuben Walker
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#ActivityPub #AI #Autocracy #BigJournalism #BigTech #Bluesky #Democracy #Fascism #Fediverse #Mastodon #Nextcloud #StopChina #StopIsrael #StopRedAmerica #StopRussia #SupportUkraine #TechnoAnarchism #TechnoFeudalism #WordPress
https://battalion.mobileatom.net/?p=2230
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delsehi (@delsehi@mastodon.nu)
I'm thinking about making a federated learning management system with #activitypub. Possibly something like a lightweight #moodle or Microsoft Learn, but more likely something like #Duolingo. You'd craft tiny courses on your instance and learners would use their Mastodon accounts. Would this be a bad idea for some reason I haven't thought about yet?
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Linux (@Linux@mstdn.ca)
イギリスの年齢確認法について：
現在、人々に「受け入れろ」と促すキャンペーンが進行中です。
しかし、あなたのウェブサイトがイギリスに拠点を置いておらず、あなた自身がイギリス国民でない場合、それを受け入れる必要はありません。
どの国であっても —— ロシア、アメリカ、中国、そしてイギリスでさえ —— 世界を支配しているわけではありません。したがって、1つの国が地球全体とそこに住む90億人すべてに適用される法律を作ることはできません。
とはいえ、個々の主権国家が愚かな法律を制定し、それが世界中のすべての人に適用されると誤って主張することを妨げるものではありません。しかし現実には、どの国にも全世界に対する包括的な法的管轄権は存在しません。
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #法の支配 #管轄権 #正義
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Linux (@Linux@mstdn.ca)
Betreffende de Britse wetgeving inzake leeftijdsverificatie:
Er is een lopende campagne die mensen aanspoort om het “gewoon te accepteren.”
Maar je hoeft het niet te accepteren als jouw website niet in het Verenigd Koninkrijk is gevestigd en je geen Britse staatsburger bent.
Geen enkel land — of het nu Rusland, de Verenigde Staten, China of zelfs het Verenigd Koninkrijk is — regeert de wereld. Daarom kan geen enkele natie wetten maken die van toepassing zijn op de hele planeet en alle 9 miljard mensen die erop wonen.
Dat weerhoudt afzonderlijke, soevereine landen er echter niet van om domme wetten aan te nemen en ten onrechte te beweren dat die wereldwijd gelden. Maar de realiteit is dat geen enkel land wereldwijde, allesomvattende jurisdictie heeft.
#VerenigdKoninkrijk #UK #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #Rechtsstaat #Jurisdictie #Rechtvaardigheid
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simon_brooke (@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot)
@andypiper or the network part. We see not only what our friends post, but also what they boost; and very often what they boost will be the posts of people whose views resonate with our own — friends whom we have not yet encountered.
The thing which makes #Mastodon (and the whole #ActivityPub ecosystem) so good is that it does the network part so well.
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baltakatei (@baltakatei@twit.social)
@Rynach Excellent idea! I didn't know if @cwebber designed #ActivityPub to support client-side proof-of-work anti-spam protocols since I don't think they existed back then, but I do hope #Fediverse clients become Anubis-compatible. Even if #Anubis breaks my mobile app clients, though, I will still use the web browser fall-back. It's too good a solution to AI scrapers spamming my own servers to ignore.
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berkes (@berkes@mastodon.nl)
I powered off the server on which @berkes@say.berk.es was running.
I don't use #mastodon or the #fediverse that often anymore. Certainly not enough to warrant running & paying for my own instance.
I'm just not excited about mastodon, #activitypub or the fediverse.I don't see it working out.
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posts (@posts@blog.libove.org)
What is considered best practice when shutting down an #ActivityPub service? The services itself is not used by anyone, but still received a constant stream of activities for deleted users.
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admin (@admin@mastodon.raddemo.host)
How to Host Your Own #Mastodon Server on a #VPS (5 Minute Quick-Start Guide)
This article provides a guide for how to host your own Mastodon server on a VPS.
Running your own Mastodon server on a VPS is an excellent way to enjoy an efficient and secure Mastodon experience.
What is Mastodon?
Mastodon is a #decentralized social media platform that enables users to post ...
Continued 👉 https://blog.radwebhosting.com/how-to-host-your-own-mastodon-server-on-a-vps/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon.raddemo.host #rubygems #selfhosting #installguide #rubyonrails #activitypub #selfhosted
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20250731-0915-3191 (@20250731-0915-3191@ishii00141.stars.ne.jp)
抜粋の文字数と省略記号が変更されている確認
「抜粋の文字数はデフォルトで55単語、日本語などのマルチバイト文字では110文字」ということらしい。
それでは短すぎると思うので、長くした。コードには150と書いたけれど、日本語だと300になってくれるのではないかと期待。省略文字も、ちょうど良い所で区切れていると続きがあることが分からないかもしれないので［…続きを読む］に変更して、その文字に記事へのリンクを張った。ただ、これが正常に機能するかは不明。だからテスト。
ここまでの文字数はURLの文字数を考慮すると300は超えているはず。
参考サイト：記事の抜粋の長さや省略記号（[…]）を変更する [...続きはURLから]
#ActivityPub #WordPress #プラグイン #仕様
https://ishii00141.stars.ne.jp/20250731-0915-3191/
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