Mastodawn

Receiving this reply from the @Vivaldi team was unexpectedly uplifting. It is rare for a simple developer response to bring this much genuine joy.

I have been a fan since the classic Opera days, and honestly, I still deeply miss the Presto engine. But seeing Vivaldi not just survive, but remain highly competitive in today's monopolized browser market, is truly inspiring.

The people behind this project are absolute geniuses and I sincerely hope they continue to grow, thrive, and capture the significant market share they deserve. This is exactly why supporting independent, user-focused tech is so important.

#VivaldiBrowser #OperaPresto #WebBrowsers #TechHistory #IndependentTech #Fediverse #blog

Tommi 🤯Jun 4, 2025

I believe it is one of our missions, as antifascist nerds, to break the myth of an inaccessible and complex technology. The tools, services, and software we all use everyday are the more or less indirect outcome of broader socio-political and economical dynamics. Therefore, we can and we should bring forward a massive resistance as we do on other fronts.

How do we do burst the bubble?

How can we practically unmask the politicality of technology to people outside the digital sector?

How do we popularize digital media critique?

What forms of art, workshops, and formats could take advantage of?

On Wed 11 June, at 14:00 UTC, I will be hosting an online round-table session with @transparenttech to discuss and try to answer these questions.

I will be briefly sharing my experience and my ideas after making Knitting Our Internet. Above all, though, I want to welcome any kind of contributions to address this mission in a multifaceted, intercultural, intersectional, and decolonial way.

Free attendance! Register here ⬅️

#OurNet #CITR #IndependentTech #IndependentTechnology #Technology #PoliticalTechnology #KnittingOurInternet #Internet #InternetCritique #Fediverse

Knitting Our Internet 🧶

Knitting Our Internet is an interactive journey through the history of the Internet, and a collective rethinking of its future.The activity consists of a face-to-face workshop, providing tangible and simple examples about how the Internet works, simultaneously questioning the very essence of today’s mainstream social networks. Its main purpose is to expose the critical limits of surveillance capitalism, centralization, and its environmental impact.After acknowledging the challenges the digital domain is currently facing, participants are encouraged to reinterpret social networks starting from decentralization, envisioning more human, collective, and participatory digital futures.

Knitting Our Internet