Mastodawn

bretzky 10h ago

Matthew Miller 1d ago

Oh wow I expected Roku to just slowly enshittify, but I guess that was optimistic.

Whelp, guess it's well past time to go get the ol' 🏴‍☠️ flag out of the attic....

bretzky 2d ago

J. L. Westover 2d ago

Secret Panel HERE 🥉 https://tinyview.com/mrlovenstein/2026/06/14/memory-hole

bretzky 3d ago

Albert Astals Cid 3d ago

This is the 300th @Konqi made by my mother

As usual you'll be able to get one at @kde @akademy

bretzky 6d ago

popey 6d ago

Here's a recording of a lightning talk I gave at the #UbuntuSummit a couple of weeks ago. All about SnapScope and vibe coding things. It's quite lighthearted. Enjoy! Thanks to @ubuntu for inviting me!
https://youtu.be/7H2QnP34f54
#ubuntu

SnapScope | Ubuntu Summit 26.04

YouTube

bretzky Jun 6

Franck Nijhof Jun 5

A smart home will not save the planet.

Not by itself. Not with magic. Not because a dashboard turns green.

But Home Assistant can help with the useful, boring part: measuring waste, automating small improvements, keeping energy data local, and avoiding cloud-driven e-waste.

#HomeAssistant

I wrote about that here:
https://frenck.dev/a-smart-home-will-not-save-the-planet/

A smart home will not save the planet

A smart home is not magic sustainability dust. The useful part is measurement, local control, and keeping good devices useful longer.

Franck Nijhof (Frenck)

bretzky Jun 6

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Joe Ressington Jun 6

90 minutes later...

(about an inch or 25mm high)

bretzky Jun 6

Joe Ressington Jun 6

It's only bloody working!

bretzky Jun 4

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Element Jun 3

Our map shows how European governments are already making the switch to Matrix-based communications: https://element.io/blog/digital-sovereignty-is-built-on-an-open-standard-that-enables-federation/

Digital sovereignty is built on an open standard that enables federation

Across Europe, sovereign communications systems are already being deployed, and crucially, they don’t have to exist in isolation.

Element Blog

bretzky Jun 2

internetarchive Jun 2

🧵 Some publishers and news organizations are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving their journalism, cutting off access to the public record.

📣 If you rely on the Wayback Machine to preserve news & history, tell them not to block web archiving. ✏️ Sign the open letter to keep journalism preserved 👇
https://www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders

@fight #SaveTheArchive #WaybackMachine #PressFreedom #DigitalPreservation

bretzky Jun 2

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internetarchive Jun 2

Learn more:
• Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/the-internets-most-powerful-archiving-tool-is-in-mortal-peril/
• Marketplace: https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2026/04/21/why-news-sites-are-blocking-the-wayback-machine
• TechRadar: https://www.techradar.com/computing/internet/ai-could-mean-the-end-of-the-wayback-machine-as-news-websites-are-increasingly-blocking-it-to-prevent-content-scraping
• The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/tech/911233/media-organizations-are-increasingly-blocking-the-wayback-machine
• Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2026/04/14/why-major-news-sites-are-blocking-the-internet-archives-wayback-machine/

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

WIRED