Fighting words from @molly0xfff's opening talk at the Fediverse House at SXSW 2025:
“We're facing an existential threat. We need a web that serves people not profit, a web built on protocols, not platforms…It's being built right now by people like you in communities like this one.”
Thank you, developers and denizens of the open social web.🙏🏼
https://flipboard.video/w/p7cECAUgThGrfQo9Cqvb8r
#OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #ProtocolsNotPlatforms #MollyWhite #DigitalSovereignty #ActivityPub #Fediverse #FediverseHouse #SXSW
I wrote about my recent experience replacing common web services I use (Google Drive, GDocs, Pastebin, Dropbox) with open source alternatives and running my own servers.
This was way cheaper and easier to do than I thought! https://brodybrooks.com/posts/2025-digital-homesteading/
You all asked for it: the long-awaited sequel to your favorite plumbing game is now out!
🪠 Plumbsum II: Plumb out of Luck! 🪠
This is a huge improvement on the original, imo. Enjoy!
This ended up being more involved than I planned! Maybe it’ll come out tomorrow.
But now Civ7