#OldWorldCharm #BubbleArt #UrbanExploration #AestheticShot #HeadphonesOn #SoapBubbles #HistoricArchitecture #EverydayMoments #CityLife #TravelPhotography #ArtInTheStreets #BikeLife #ArchitectureLovers #PublicSquare #StreetPhotography #CandidShot #LightAndShadow #OrnateDetails #ArchedDoorways #ManWalking #PhotoOfTheDay #EuropeanCity #VintageVibes #Wanderlust #GiantBubbles

I've always been interested in alternative protocols for consuming other people's content, I remember the days of posting from identi.ca and Diaspora. While these and their descendants (hello Mastodon) are very cool, I think they might play an important role in the future if the powerful decide to balkanize the internet further along the sames lines as China and Russia. If the US ever implemented this it would be such a huge blow to internet freedom, for everyone. I bumped across a project called Freenet which looks incredibly promising in case that day ever arose. It has really sparked the interest of my inner tech nerd.

#decentralization #PublicSquare #SocialMedia #censorship

Outside the Default Path: A Pagan Reading of the Federal “Anti-Christian Bias” Report

A reflective Pagan perspective on the federal government’s anti-Christian bias report, exploring how religious freedom can feel very different for Americans outside the cultural mainstream. Through personal experience, civic observation, and reflections on pluralism, this essay examines the difference between protecting faith and centering one faith above others.

https://pagangrove.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/outside-the-default-path-a-pagan-reading-of-the-federal-anti-christian-bias-report/

"On #openprotocols, individual providers may address threats within their own systems, but lack the network-wide capacity to address coordinated activity across infrastructures or protocols. This is a gap that commercial actors have little incentive to address…
This points to the safety and integrity of the #publicsquare being coordinated as a critical #publicfunction, backed by #publicfunding. The practical implication is a core of publicly provisioned infrastructure."
https://openfuture.eu/blog/public-money-public-platforms/

Parramatta Square fountains and clock.

#cities #buildings #PublicSquare #StreetPhotography #Parramatta #NSW #Australia

detail of the living sundial I made for a high school. #sundial #sundials #zonnewijzer #zonnewijzers #zonnewijzeropmaat #levendezonnewijzer #livingsundial #naturalstone
#astronomie #astronomy #solartime #publicsquare

Living sundial I made for a high school, stand in the midle and your shadow will indicate the time. #sundial #sundials #zonnewijzer #zonnewijzers #zonnewijzeropmaat #levendezonnewijzer #livingsundial #naturalstone
#astronomie #astronomy #solartime #publicsquare

Several hundred people gathered at Public Square in downtown Cleveland Friday afternoon as part of the "ICE Out!" nationwide general strike.#AlexPretti #Cleveland #Demonstration #ICE #ICE #Immigration #ImmigrationCustomsandEnforcement #Minneapolis #Minnesota #PartyforSocialismandLiberation #Protest #PSL #PublicSquare #ReneeGood #Springfield #UCC #UCCNorthRidgeville
LGBTQ+ Ohioans protest ICE during nationwide general strike

Cleveland religious leaders, students and activists held a press conference earlier Tuesday to announce plans for a general strike January 30 ...#alexpretti #boricualibrecollective #cleveland #clevelandliberationcenter #cuyahogaconty #cuyahogacounty #donaldtrump #generalstrike #ice #immigrationsandcustomsenforcement #jdvance #liberationcleveland #minneapolis #noem #publicsquare #reneegood #theland
Cleveland activist organizations call for general strike at anti-ICE protest [photos] – The Land