Mastodawn

We are much more excited by the idea of creating an ecosystem of forges (and different forge software) than in becoming the new one place where absolutely everything is hosted.

I am, for example, very pleased that even while switching to Forgejo, Fedora decided to keep on self-hosting rather than jumping to us.

To be clear, we’re open for everyone who needs us, especially individuals working on their own smaller projects. But other forges are our friends, not our competition

SteelRat Mar 22

evacide Mar 22

For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/journalist-security-checklist-preparing-devices-travel-through-us-border

A Journalist Security Checklist: Preparing Devices for Travel Through a US Border

We wrote this checklist to help journalists prepare for transit through a U.S. port of entry while preserving the confidentiality of your most sensitive information, such as unpublished reporting materials or source contact information. It’s important to think about your strategy in advance, and begin planning which options in this checklist make sense for you.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

SteelRat Mar 22

Dan Gillmor Mar 22

As the U.S. sinks into dictatorship -- malevolent rule by corrupt politicians and oligarchs -- the institution I know the best has almost completely failed to recognize, much less counter, the threat. Big Journalism will be remembered for its cowardice and capitulation. https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog

Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin

The Guardian

SteelRat Mar 22

Aral Balkan Mar 22

“‘For Orbán in Hungary, it took about four years, for Vučić in Serbia, it took eight years, and for Erdoğan in Turkey and Modi in India, it took about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one year’

…

US democracy is now back at the worst recorded level since 1965, when US civil rights laws first introduced de facto universal suffrage. All progress made since then has been erased, according to the report.

Worldwide, democracy has receded to its lowest levels since the mid-70s. ‘The world has never before seen as many countries autocratising at the same time’

…

A record 41% (3.4 billion) of the world’s population currently resides in countries where democracy is deteriorating, the report claims, adding that Washington is leading this global turn away from democracy.”

The very fucking *least* you can do right now is not comply in advance.

Yes, I’m looking at you, tech folks.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog

#fascism

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog

Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin

The Guardian

SteelRat Mar 22

Ukraine War Bulletins and News Mar 22

https://youtu.be/DlIFgdLb9yk
⚡️🇺🇦Despite nonstop Russian terrorism, Ukrainians continue to prove their humanity by rescuing animals in need (LFF - Ukrainian Animal Rescue VIDEO) #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Norway #Sweden #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Canada #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #France #Italy #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #US #UK #EU #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #Czechia #Romania #Dogs #Dog
#RussiaIsATerroristState

We Went to Rescue One Dying Puppy, But Ended Up Saving More

YouTube

SteelRat Mar 13

Show thread

Euromaidan Press Mar 12

70 million barrels of Russian crude sail past EU coasts every month on shadow fleet tankers. The EU has sanctioned over 600 of them. Almost none get stopped.

Europe could confiscate the cargo and fill its own reserves—weaken Russia and ease the energy crisis in one move, says Oleh Savytskyi of @razomwestand.

Instead, it watches. https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/12/forget-easing-russian-sanctions-europe-should-be-boarding-russian-tankers/

Forget easing Russian sanctions. Europe should be boarding Russian tankers. - Euromaidan Press

With Hormuz closed and oil past $100, Europe should confiscate shadow fleet cargo—not ease Russian sanctions to plug the supply gap.

Euromaidan Press

SteelRat Mar 12

PeerTube Mar 12

Have you recently published a really long video on #PeerTube?

You can help your viewers find their ways around your video by adding chapters!

👉 https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/create-upload-video#chapters

#PeerTubeTipOfTheWeek

SteelRat Mar 12

Mar 12

Whenever you hear "ban for kids" on the internet, read in reality "ID collection by a sketchy third-party company that will definitely use it or leak it or both for every adult."

Because that's what this truly means.
Also, it doesn't even help the kids.

#AgeVerification #Privacy #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism