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Hi Mastodon 👋

We're Node Star — a publishing and community project building neighborhood mesh networks in Southern California and beyond.

We just published a free community playbook: "Own the Internet: Neighborhood Networks That Can't Be Shut Down."

Written for the person who wants to start, not the person who already knows how.

Download it free at
https://nodestar.net

Share it freely!

#MeshNetworking #DecentralizedWeb #EmergencyPreparedness #Web4 #FOSS #Privacy

Have you looked at FedCM yet?

Here is short video explaining what it is, and why the idp-registration feature could matter a lot for decentralized identity and login UX.

Learn more at https://liquid.surf/fedcm

#FedCM #Identity #OpenWeb #DecentralizedWeb #indieweb

I gave up on email a long time ago. I have over 25,000 unread messages in my Gmail, and I bet less than 1% of them are from people I know. I’m sure I’m not the only one. And it’s a shame, because once upon a time it was an intimate medium fo short or long form correspondence.

I like what 37signals did with hey.com, but it really needed to be a protocol, not a website.

Easy-to-use whitelists are a necessity.

#indieweb #decentralizedweb #email

MIF - My Ideal Forum. Part 2.

I connected with Arthur (@radarsu), a dev building a data-sovereignty protocol without blockchains. We moved from Discord to Matrix and had a great talk.

His vision: a "Personal CMS" – desktop app with email client, storage for notes/passwords/photos, and a publishing platform to cross-post to socials. All decentralized: your data stays with you, you grant permissions per app, no more cookie pop-ups, no lock-in. User verification via 3D face hash (like realeyes.ai) – anonymous but bot-proof.

Meanwhile, my tiny team shaped our MIF first steps: spin up different forum sites, sync them via DB converters, fill with useful content from parsers (ethically). Maximum "collective farm" decentralization for starters. Later – selective sync so each node stores only what its users want. Need experts for the final DB schema.

Day well spent. 🛠️

Full text of the article - https://write.as/tfe43wde4kf8l.md
#DataSovereignty #DecentralizedWeb #OpenProtocol #Enshittification #web3

JUST IN: We've just launched Peertube scheduling. ▶️

That means you can crosspost Peertube videos and YouTube videos at the same time, keeping a forever copy of your media. 😎

#Fediverse #peertube #DecentralizedWeb

🚀 Coming THIS SATURDAY, co-create #DWebCamp 2026 in #Berlin

Join us Feb 28 for a free Unconference day + Meetup evening + in-person fireside chat with @brewsterkahle.

Co-create the decentralized future of public knowledge in Europe 🇪🇺

🎟️🆓 https://dwebcamp.org/berlin-2026/

Co-hosted by Internet Archive Europe & Department of Decentralization

@internetarchiveeurope @cbase #DecentralizedWeb #BerlinEvents #BerlinTech

🐘 Stuck scrolling this Saturday? Let’s talk Mastodon instead!

Intermix’s 2nd session: “What Is Mastodon? 🐘

We’re discussing:

∎ Origins
∎ Features & Functions
∎ UI/UX Hot takes

Saturday, February 21st
12:00–1:15 PM PT (GMT-8) // 20:00–21:15 UTC

🌐 Where: Online (free, open to all!)
🌐 Register: luma.com/ptze8gpg

#Mastodon #Fediverse #OpenSource #event #DecentralizedWeb #TechTalk

WhatsApp Clone... But Decentralized and P2P Encrypted Without Install or Signup.

Features include:
* P2P
* End to end encryption
* forward secrecy
* Multimedia
* Open source
* No registration
* No installation
* Encrypted storage
* TURN server

The project is far from finished and presented for testing, feedback and demo purposes (USE RESPONSIBLY!).

https://positive-intentions.com

#Privacy #OpenSource #P2P #WebRTC #Decentralization #DigitalSovereignty #CyberSecurity #FOSS #SelfHosted #NoCloud #AntiCorp #Encryption #WebDev #TechLiberty #PrivateMessaging #Networking #DataPrivacy #InternetFreedom #LocalFirst #SoftwareEngineering #WebApps #ZeroKnowledge #PrivacyTech #IndieDev #NoSignup #NoInstall #DecentralizedWeb #SecureMessaging #BrowserApp #TechEthics

🤖 Představujeme vám to, na čem jsme v uplynulých týdnech horečnatě pracovali:

Zprávobot.news – Next Generation!

A co to je? Automatický zpravodajský most mezi velkými platformami a Fediverse! 🌉

Sledujete české zprávy na Twitteru/X, Bluesky, Facebooku, Instagramu nebo YouTube? Zprávobot to všechno posbírá a doručí přímo na Mastodon – bez nutnosti mít účet na komerčních sítích! 🎉

Ale pozor, tohle není žádný hloupý copy-paste bot 😤 Zprávobot umí:

✨ Přepracované šablony postů – každá platforma má vlastní styl s dedikovanými emoji (𝕏, 🦋, 📺, 📘…), prefixy pro reposty, citace, vlákna i videa. Posty vypadají nativně, ne jako robotická automatizace!

🧵 Celá vlákna – thready z Twitteru i Bluesky se na Mastodonu objeví jako pěkné reply chains

🖼️ Média – obrázky, multi-image posty, video náhledy, všechno dorazí

✏️ Detekce editací – když někdo upraví příspěvek, Zprávobot to pozná a aktualizuje

🔄 Chytrá deduplikace – žádný spam, žádné duplikáty

👤 Synchronizace profilů – avatary, bannery a bio z Twitteru, Bluesky i Facebooku se přenášejí automaticky

⚡ Breaking news priority – důležité zprávy jdou okamžitě, nečekají ve frontě

🩺 Vlastní monitoring bot Údržbot hlídá, že všechno šlape

Celé to běží na vlastní infrastruktuře se systémem fallbacků, aby žádná zpráva neutekla 💪

A proč to děláme? Protože věříme, že Fediverse si zaslouží kvalitní zpravodajský obsah. Bez algoritmů, bez reklam, bez bullshitu. Otevřeně a transparentně 🌍

Sledujte české zprávy tam, kde chcete – na zpravobot.news! 📰✨

#zpravobot #mastodon #fediverse #CzechNews #DecentralizedWeb #SelfHosted #NewsBot #FediverseCZ

[Sequoia: 오픈 웹을 위한 퍼블리싱 도구

Steve Simkins가 개발한 Sequoia는 기존 정적 사이트 블로그를 AT Protocol(Bluesky의 기반 프로토콜)에 쉽게 배포할 수 있는 CLI 도구로, 사용자 소유권과 제어권을 강조하는 오픈 웹 생태계 확장을 목표로 합니다. 주요 기능으로는 ATProto 핸들 인증, 블로그 설정 자동화, PDS(Personal Data Server)와의 동기화, 다양한 정적 사이트 제너레이터 호환 등이 있습니다.

https://news.hada.io/topic?id=26336

#atprotocol #bluesky #decentralizedweb #blogging #cli