Mastodawn

My notepad makes me happy (and somewhat more organised)

https://sylvia.buzz/my-notepad-makes-me-happy-and-somewhat-more-organised

My notepad makes me happy (and somewhat more organised) - Sylvia

Earlier this year I bought this little Rhodia notepad. It is tiny, 12 x 10 cm or something, and it's absolutely perfect for my needs. I take a lot of notes...

Elena Rossini ⁂1d ago

ICYMI: earlier this week I wrote a blog post disclosing my tech stack… arguing that anyone who writes about technology should be transparent about the tools they use.

TL;DR: I’m doing well on the software front. Hardware? Not so much: 🍎

🔗: https://news.elenarossini.com/technofeudalism-disclosing-my-tech-stack/

Well, a few hours after publishing it, Tim Cook’s latest capitulation to the Authoritarian-in-Chief made front page news everywhere.

I can safely say my next laptop will be from @frameworkcomputer

#resist

In this age of technofeudalism every writer who covers technology - especially resistance to Big Tech - should disclose their tech stack. Here's mine

Let's normalize sharing the tech we use - and the platforms we purposefully avoid. I'm sharing my tech stack in this post to let you judge for yourselves if I'm "walking the talk" when I discuss resistance to Big Tech.

Elena Rossini

Elena Rossini ⁂1d ago

Evan Prodromou 1d ago

#NoToOccupation #NoToAnnexation #FreePalestine

Elena Rossini ⁂1d ago

Sophie 1d ago

My website is for humans, and I don't want Google's AI ramen

https://localghost.dev/blog/this-website-is-for-humans/

This website is for humans - localghost

I don't want Google's shitty AI-generated ramen

localghost

Elena Rossini ⁂1d ago

John O'Nolan 2d ago

Reflections on the social web

https://john.onolan.org/reflections-on-the-social-web/

Reflections on the social web

My biggest point of uncertainty about Ghost 6.0 was whether people were going to "get" the social web integration. The technology is wonderful, but complex. For many people, terms like ActivityPub, Fediverse, bridge, protocol, server, toot, boost, and Webfinger are alienating and confusing. They subtly imply that unless you

John O'Nolan

Elena Rossini ⁂1d ago

Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives 2d ago

New one

Elena Rossini ⁂1d ago

Kieran Healy 1d ago

I had the Blueberry talk with GPT5. https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2025/08/07/blueberry-hill/

Elena Rossini ⁂1d ago

Jared White (🏳️‍⚧️ ally)1d ago

I "celebrated" the launch of GPT-5 by donating to the Wikimedia Foundation.

Support Wikipedia, the *actual* knowledgebase which gives people's brains' super-abilities. It's far from perfect, but it's the best thing we've got!

https://donate.wikimedia.org

Wenn jeder nur einen kleinen Beitrag leisten würde, wäre unsere Spendenkampagne in einer Stunde vorüber.

Mir liegt Wikipedia am Herzen, deshalb habe ich gespendet. Denn was wäre das Netz ohne Wikipedia?

Wikimedia Deutschland e. V.

Elena Rossini ⁂3d ago

Megan ⚘3d ago

Elena Rossini @_elena has an excellent new article on technofeudalism and walking the walk. I started deplatforming from Big Tech back in 2018, but still have more to do. It is a continual process, but one worth learning and doing.

#Technology https://news.elenarossini.com/technofeudalism-disclosing-my-tech-stack/

In this age of technofeudalism every writer who covers technology - especially resistance to Big Tech - should disclose their tech stack. Here's mine

Let's normalize sharing the tech we use - and the platforms we purposefully avoid. I'm sharing my tech stack in this post to let you judge for yourselves if I'm "walking the talk" when I discuss resistance to Big Tech.

Elena Rossini

Elena Rossini ⁂3d ago

✨ new on #TheFutureIsFederated 🚀

« In this age of #technofeudalism every writer who covers technology - especially resistance to #BigTech - should disclose their tech stack. Here's mine »

🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/technofeudalism-disclosing-my-tech-stack/

Basically, a love letter to #FOSS and the #Fediverse… with room for improvement (especially on the hardware front)

#selfhosting #GoToSocial #Mastodon #NextCloud #Pixelfed #PeerTube #Signal #YunoHost #DeGoogle #LeaveSubstack #resist #resistance #broligarchy

In this age of technofeudalism every writer who covers technology - especially resistance to Big Tech - should disclose their tech stack. Here's mine

Let's normalize sharing the tech we use - and the platforms we purposefully avoid. I'm sharing my tech stack in this post to let you judge for yourselves if I'm "walking the talk" when I discuss resistance to Big Tech.

Elena Rossini

👩🏻‍💻 website	https://elenarossini.com
💌 blog/newsletter	https://news.elenarossini.com
📽️ documentary	https://illusionists.vhx.tv
🔗 all my links	https://elena.social