Gnus tips for Lantern

In case you are trying out my NNTP-based blog engine [Lantern](https://koldfront.dk/git/lantern/about/) with Gnus, here are some useful parameters to set on your Lantern topic/groups: ((message-syntax-checks '((long-lines . disabled) (quoting-style . disabled))) (posting-style (eval (auto-fill-mode -1))) (message-shoot-gnksa-feet '(cancel-messages canlock-verify)))

I also have a hook to change the Content-Type: to text/markdown in the Lantern groups when writing:

(defun asjo-lantern-markdown-hook () "Insert default Content-Type in lantern groups" (let ((group (or gnus-newsgroup-name ""))) (when (string-match "nntp.inav:lantern" group) ; Adjust this! (message-add-header "Content-Type: text/markdown")))) (add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'asjo-lantern-markdown-hook)

Another thing that makes it work a little smoother is switching to markdown-mode when the Content-Type of an article is text/markdown, so adding this to your ~/.gnus:

; Display text/markdown: (require 'markdown-mode) (defun mm-display-markdown (handle) (mm-display-inline-fontify handle 'markdown-mode)) (add-to-list 'mm-inline-media-tests '("text/markdown" mm-display-markdown identity))

Have fun!

I plan on posting some musings in the retro-aged newsgroups alt.flashback and alt.crossover. The idea is to format my rants for Usenet then copypasta them here. Whatever is too short or too mundane for Usenet (like snarky replies) will likely be posted here instead.

NEWS : news://alt.flashback | news://alt.crossover

#Usenet #NetNews #NNTP

Back to the future - Interacting with threadiverse communities through Usenet / NNTP

A few months ago I threw this question out into the void - “what if you could access the fediverse through your Usenet reader??” and got almost no response. Still, the idea had lodged in my brain and wouldn’t go away so this weekend I caved in and built the thing. Hat tip to the author of the excellent nntpserver package that did all the hard stuff.

I look forward to seeing someone’s screenshots of fediverse posts on a Commodore 64, some day.

This will be released as a part of PieFed 1.7, coming soon.

USENET IS NOT DEAD !!!!! USENET IS STILL FREE FREE FREE!

Usenet is an ever-living, Casper the friendly ghost of discussion networks.

Just a friendly reminder that Usenet still exists and access to text newsgroups is still FREE. Access is provided by volunteer sysops around the world. See links below.

Back in its glory days it seems that just about every academic institution had its own Usenet hierarchy of newsgroups.

Linux was revealed to the world via Usenet.

Open source philosophy gained its steam via Usenet.

Usenet is the original free speech network.

Usenet is the original 'social network'.

Simple and free access to text-only Usenet Newsgroups
https://eternal-september.org/

#Usenet #BBS #NetworkNews #EternalSeptember #usenet #nntp #decentralized #censorship #retro #freespeech
eternal-september.org

Eternal September Usenet Server

Free Usenet Hosting Providers

+++ Ausics (Australia)
https://newsgroups.ausics.net
+++ Blue World Hosting (Missouri)
https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com
+++ Chmurka (Polish)
http://news.chmurka.net
+++ CSIPH
http://csiph.com
+++ DOTSRC
https://dotsrc.org/usenet
+++ Eternal September
https://www.eternal-september.org
+++ Gegeweb (French)
https://news.gegeweb.org
+++ Hispagatos (Spanish)
https://news.hispagatos.org
+++ NNTP4.net (German)
https://news.nntp4.net
+++ NUO (French)
https://usenet.ovh
+++ Open News Network (German)
https://www.open-news-network.org
+++ Paganini (Anonymous)
nntp://paganini.bofh.team
+++ Pasdenom (French)
https://pasdenom.info/news.html
+++ Solani
https://solani.org
#usenet #networknews #nntp #decentralized #censorship

Back to the future - Interacting with threadiverse communities through Usenet / NNTP

A few months ago I threw this question out into the void - “what if you could access the fediverse through your Usenet reader??” and got almost no response. Still, the idea had lodged in my brain and wouldn’t go away so this weekend I caved in and built the thing. Hat tip to the author of the excellent nntpserver package that did all the hard stuff.

I look forward to seeing someone’s screenshots of fediverse posts on a Commodore 64, some day.

This will be released as a part of PieFed 1.7, coming soon.

Back to the future - Interacting with threadiverse communities through Usenet / NNTP

https://piefed.social/c/piefed_meta/p/1904499/back-to-the-future-interacting-with-threadiverse-communities-through-usenet-nntp

new tomo dev .plan update

tomo is dead: long live tomo

a month away from tomo gave me time to think about why the project stalled out for such a long time, and where it could go now.

tldr: tomo is getting a reboot as shard-based federated discussion forum. think of each shard like running your own BBS, except that it's linked with every other BBS on the network if you want it to be, with full privacy controls for each forum/topic.

and no more NNTP. it was causing more heartache than it was worth, while adding almost nothing.

read more here (RSS friendly):

https://tomodori.net/#2026-03-04

#fediverse #tomo #bbs #rss #nntp

@matthieu @feudjais :

Je vous rappelle que le collectif #Interhack (enfin, surtout moi) est en train de songer à monter un réseau #NNTP entre les teams recensées dans le wiki informel, et semi-officiel. Les #gif89a seront acceptées dans une limite raisonnable fixée par le #BOFH.

Interhackerspace pleroma

@StrawberryWarr Yes! Replace all group #chats with #NNTP.

Proven technology that comes with lots of advantages: freedom of interface choice, many clients available, offline features, community-driven moderation processes, decentralization, speed, includes people with special needs, ...

#PIM #chat #groupchat #discord #Usenet