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Neocities, the Bing Mess and the Good Old Internet
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Neocities Blog Post
https://blog.neocities.org/blog/2026/01/27/bing-block
Ars Technica article
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/neocities-founder-stuck-in-chatbot-hell-after-bing-blocked-1-5m-sites/
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Has anyone thought through the ramifications of SCION adoption (a more secure BGP alternative) with respect to Open Internet Access?
Yes, it gives much better, more performant, more robust routing. It seems imposing strong trust controls, regionally (or nationally) managed, on routing would be a big security improvement.
But doesn't it give the nation state an iron hand in who is allowed to route? Does it create risks for the open internet?
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/17/switzerland_bgp_alternative/
An Architecture for IP in Deep Space - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-many-tiptop-ip-architecture/
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The IP protocol stacks used on Earth's Internet are typically configured based on assumptions of short delays and mostly uninterrupted communications. This document describes an architecture of the IP protocol stack tailored for its use in deep space. <snip> This architecture applies to the Moon, Mars, and general interplanetary networking.
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Today’s goal.. join with @bortzmeyer in posting about #IETF activity at #IETF125 to bring a bit more awareness here in the Fediverse to the amazing work so many volunteers are doing to make the #Internet work better through #OpenStandards !
(If you don’t follow Stéphane, he does a lot of great posting about Internet topics, open source, and much more. He’s a great person!)
The Internet revolts after a dishonorable "judge" tries to erase taxpayer-funded audit trail from the Internet.
"What that" you ask?
DOGE bro deposition videos. These are hours and hours of videos in which two members of DOGE described how they used ChatGPT to help cut hundreds of millions of dollars of grants; were unable or unwilling to define DEI, etc.
👉🏾 be sure to use lower case letter "j" and quotation marks to emphasize the "dishonorable" part, that this "judge" deserves NO honorifics. This is AUDIT trail that needs to be everywhere.
One of the few government employees left after DOGE gutted the people with ethics.... that judge wanted the blabbering idiot's blabbering to be "removed" from YouTube.
Thank you #404media for amplifying the facts. YouTube you gotta stop being complicit in this shit.
https://www.404media.co/email/142052bb-3b71-4629-8c3f-ba15cb9928aa/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
I'll just put this here for the #record in case anyone wants to #question me about it later.
I #donated with #BitCoin back in January to #AnnasArchive and now the site's knocked #offline literally.
I paid like C$120.00 for the online form of the #project just to disappear.
Yeah ok #wikipedia has them moving #domains every other day but it was a lot more stable than that before I gave them a leg up.
This is why I hate centralized #websites and hosting.
This is why #self #hosting works by connecting #dedicated #servers to the #internet as a whole.
If you use anything less, you will face more #legal challenges hosting #human #knowledge and unfortunately, it is as #simple as that.
You cannot convince me that #BigTech is not turning into #authorized #tech as it seems as though the #copyright #industry and the #torent industry has eluded to colluding with one another to obtain #rights for.
Guys, I don't know what to say anymore. I'm a huge fan of #books and #media and #free #open #source #software and I long for the day that the #government doesn't need to get a cut of everything I #download or #upload anywhere, especially for #personal #use over all.
Please do whatever you can to fight #statistical #bottlenecks where ever they appear. I want humanity to have better access to #education and #intelligence built by real people in a fair and consistent manner.
I always am striving and trying my best to be a better #human being.
Dienstlich steht mir #copilot zur Verfügung. Da habe ich nach einem kostenlosen #europaische n #KI #Chabot gefragt.
Wenigstens hat da die KI nicht gelogen. Es kam da bei der chatbot "Le Chat" von #Mistral #AI einem #franzosisch en Unternehmen heraus.
Seit gestern habe ich da ein Konto und will das mal ausprobieren.
Neben #qwant nun ist das nun die andere Segnung in meiner #Internet -nutzung aus #Frankreich
What company do you use for your home internet service?
We're just about fed up with AT&T Fiber.
(Please boost for visibility.)
🛜 🌐 📶 🏡
#Poll #WiFi #Internet #Providers
| AT&T: | 3 |
| Spectrum: | 4 |
| Frontier: | 1 |
| Other (listed in reply): | 11 |
Knapp 2,1 Millionen Menschen in Deutschland sind offline
Ob nun der Termin beim #Bürgeramt, das #Bahnticket oder die schnelle #Überweisung: Ohne #Internet wird der Alltag oft unnötig kompliziert. Dennoch gibt es weiterhin Menschen, die das Netz komplett meiden.
🔗 https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/knapp-21-millionen-menschen-in-deutschland-sind-offline/
Cutting off #Internet access for #authoritarian control is entrenched in #Russia
People talk about #meshNetworks. But Russians have decided on another approach:
pagers
radios
landline phones
Maybe the #revolution *will* be televised: it can't be streamed
I do enjoy myself some #SwanLake
"sales of pagers... saw a 73% increase compared to the same period in February. Radio sales rose by 27%, and landline phone sales grew by 25%"
Identitifikationspflicht gegen die Online-Anonymität
"Ein neues russisches Gesetz macht Identitätsfeststellungen im Internet verpflichtend. Vor allem Online-Plattformen und Hosting-Provider unterliegen künftig strengen Auflagen. Eine anonyme Nutzung des Internets ist in Russland damit kaum noch möglich.
(...)
Doch nicht nur Online-Plattformen nimmt das neue Gesetz ins Visier, sondern auch Hosting-Provider, die Speicher für Webseiten oder Internetdienste bereitstellen.
(...)
Hosting-Provider und Online-Plattformen, welche die neuen Auflagen erfüllen, werden in Zukunft in einem staatlichen Register mit „erlaubten“ Anbietern aufgeführt. Das Register obliegt der Aufsicht einer staatlichen Behörde, die noch bis zum 1. Februar 2024 bestimmt wird.
https://netzpolitik.org/2023/russland-identitifikationspflicht-gegen-die-online-anonymitaet/
Während #Russland schon weiter ist, könnte sich auch in der Europäischen Union eine Verifikations- bzw Identifizierungspflicht im #Internet schon in Kürze durchsetzen. Diese wird im Gesetzesvorhaben zur #Chatkontrolle jedenfalls für bestimmte Seiten, Inhalte und für den Download und die Nutzung bestimmter Software, wie zB Chatprogrammen wie Signal und Co., ebenso erwogen. Durch die in der #EU und ihren Mitgliedsstaaten ebenfalls vorangetriebene Einführung von "Digitalen Identitäten" (eIDAS, BundID, etc.) können derartige Kontrollen zukünftig auch leichter erfolgen und nach möglichen Einschränkungen anfangs, später mit beliebigem Anlass ausgeweitet werden. Schließlich werden die Autoritären in der EU sich gewiss nicht gerne von Russland abhängen lassen, was ihre Visionen für digitale Überwachungs- und Kontrollgesellschaften angeht.
Auch in der #Schweiz wurde dieses Jahr die Grundlage für eine #Ausweispflicht im Netz auf den Weg gebracht, während in den #USA und #Großbritannien der #EU-Chatkontrolle ähnliche Vorhaben ("Online Safety Bill") ähnliche Folgen haben könnten.
https://www.pctipp.ch/news/recht-politik/ausweiszwang-referendum-klar-gescheitert-2832999.html
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-plans-to-protect-people-from-anonymous-trolls-online
Online-Ausweis und #VPN-Verbot: Streit über Anonymität im Netz kocht wieder hoch....
Während andere autoritäre Staaten wie beispielsweiße #Russland bereits weiter sind, könnte sich auch in der Europäischen Union schon bald eine Verifikations- bzw Identifizierungspflicht im #Internet durchsetzen. Diese wird im Gesetzesvorhaben zur #Chatkontrolle jedenfalls für bestimmte Seiten, Inhalte und für den Download und die Nutzung bestimmter Software, wie zB Chatprogrammen wie Signal und Co., ebenso erwogen. Durch die in der #EU und ihren Mitgliedsstaaten ebenfalls vorangetriebene Einführung von "Digitalen Identitäten" (eIDAS, BundID, etc.) können derartige Kontrollen zukünftig auch leichter erfolgen und nach möglichen Einschränkungen anfangs, später mit beliebigem Anlass ausgeweitet werden. Schließlich werden die Autoritären in der #EU sich gewiss nicht gerne von Russland abhängen lassen, was ihre Visionen für digitale Überwachungs- und Kontrollgesellschaften angeht.
So dann.
"In #Frankreich und im #EU-Parlament gewinnt die Debatte über ein Ende der Online-Anonymität an Fahrt. Auch die geplante europäische #eID spielt dabei eine Rolle."
https://www.heise.de/news/Online-Ausweis-und-VPN-Verbot-Streit-ueber-Anonymitaet-im-Netz-kocht-wieder-hoch-9327812.html
https://netzpolitik.org/2023/russland-identitifikationspflicht-gegen-die-online-anonymitaet/
#EU #FightTheFortress #FightTheFortress #Überwachung #Datenschutz #Privacy
Secret #EU law threatens #Internet security #massSurveillance
Last Chance to fix #eIDAS
"New legislative articles, introduced in recent closed-door meetings and not yet public, envision that all web browsers distributed in Europe will be required to trust the certificate authorities and cryptographic keys selected by EU governments.
These changes radically expand the capability of EU governments to surveil their citizens by ensuring cryptographic keys under government control can be used to intercept encrypted web traffic across the EU. Any EU member state has the ability to designate cryptographic keys for distribution in web browsers and browsers are forbidden from revoking trust in these keys without government permission.
Getting Streaming Audio, Connecting Your Soundboard, Recording Audio, And Chatbot In Jitsi Meet – All In Just A Browser Window
NOTE: Requires self-hosted Jitsi Meet instance!
https://ideatrash.net/2026/03/getting-streaming-audio-connecting-your-soundboard-recording-audio-and-chatbot-in-jitsi-meet-all-in-just-a-browser-window.html#communication #internet #technology #1 #discord #jitsi #nextcloud #self-hosted
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Getting Streaming Audio, Connecting Your Soundboard, Recording Audio, And Chatbot In Jitsi Meet – All In Just A Browser Window
Internetprobleme in Russland: Moskau wird zum Funkloch
Vor einigen Jahren war Moskau westlichen Metropolen bei der Internetgeschwindigkeit weit voraus. Doch nun drehen die Aufsichtsbehörden das Netz immer weiter ab.
#Drosselung #Internet #Netzpolitik #Wirtschaft #YouTube #Zensur #news
Alphabet gibt Mehrheit an Glasfasertochter GFiber ab, behält aber Beteiligung
Vor 16 Jahren hat Google begonnen, in US-Städten Glasfaseranschlüsse zu verlegen, das dann aber deutlich zurückgefahren. Jetzt wird GFiber abgegeben.
#Alphabet #Breitbandausbau #Glasfaser #Internet #IT #Wirtschaft #news
📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/oXXNZX4MYqNMRY5XsyA2Yy
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_P6NCNAPK/1)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://negativepid.blog/global-open-source-platforms-and-cloud/")
La collaboration open-source mondiale, désormais canalisée par quelques plateformes centralisées, a créé une dépendance stratégique critique pour l'ensemble du secteur technologique.
📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/oFkYwxD2kc5P6xybfVDG6e
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_P6NCNAPK/1)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://negativepid.blog/global-open-source-platforms-and-cloud/")
The global software ecosystem is now fundamentally dependent on a complex, corporate-backed open-source infrastructure that balances innovation with profound strategic tensions.
📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/8aHcKhfBCfbBfPxKmgN3dt
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_P6NCNAPK/1)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://negativepid.blog/global-open-source-platforms-and-cloud/")
Globale Open-Source-Plattformen haben die Softwareentwicklung demokratisiert, stehen jedoch in einem komplexen Spannungsfeld mit kommerziellen Cloud-Ökosystemen.
I was recently interviewed by the wonderfull @ethicalrevolution for NHAM about music, the indie-web, The Kalimera Show, spirituial vampires and such like. Was an absolutely plesasure!
NHAM do brilliant work bringing attention to indie music makers and very happy to have been asked to contribute.
Also be sure to check out the archive and other features, it's a very cool site.
https://nham.co.uk/2026/03/interview-with-inpc/
#Music #IndieWeb #IndependentMusic #SpiritualVampires #Internet #Dub #Electro #TripHop #FunnyNoises
«KI enttarnt anonyme Social-Media-Konten in Minuten:
Eine neue Studie zeigt: Künstliche Intelligenz kann pseudonyme Nutzer auf Social Media mit hoher Trefferquote identifizieren. Was bedeutet das für Dich?»
Mich kann mensch im Internet unter realem Namen rel. leicht finden. Auch wenn ich dies nicht möchte ist es mir sehr wohl bewusst.
🤖 https://www.telepolis.de/article/KI-enttarnt-anonyme-Social-Media-Konten-in-Minuten-11204681.html
#ki #internet #anonym #ethzurich #web #ethzuri #anonymitat #socialmedia #eth #pseudonym #datenschutz #web
This video was released by #Forbrukerrådet, the Norwegian #Consumer Council, a few days ago
It imagines the career trajectory of an "enshittificator"
It was hard for him to enshittify minor aspects of daily life in person, but became easy for him to do so at scale once he embraced the #Internet and #technology
It's genius #satire
credit:
Over-Filtering The Internet
<https://tedium.co/2025/08/26/internet-content-filters-history/> (August 2025) @ernie
＂Despite many, many failed attempts to do so, people keep trying to filter the internet. Let’s look at the lens of the current moment through past attempts—including one led by, of all people, a librarian. …＂
Norway takes notice of how the Internet is bork bork borked, issues a call to action
How To Backfill Text Channels From Discord To NextCloud
Text channels are still deeply important, and a major consideration when moving from Discord to another platform. Two major concerns are synchronizing the messages while you’re transitioning...
https://ideatrash.net/2026/03/how-to-backfill-text-channels-from-discord-to-nextcloud.html#communication #internet #chat #discord #nextcloud
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How To Backfill Text Channels From Discord To NextCloud
87% of emails are generated by automated systems
// Article in French //
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87% des courriels sont générés par des systèmes automatisés
Comparing Jitsi Meet And NextCloud Talk For Replacing Discord’s Calls
Each has its strengths and weaknesses for our purposes.
https://ideatrash.net/2026/03/comparing-jitsi-meet-and-nextcloud-talk-for-replacing-discords-calls.html#communication #internet #audiochat #discord #jitsi #nextcloud #videochat
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Comparing Jitsi Meet And NextCloud Talk For Replacing Discord’s Calls
Die #Karenzpflicht erlegt mir Grenzen der Äußerung zu Landes-Wahlen auf.
Was ich aber als Betroffener von #digitalerGewalt sagen will, ist, dass ich die Veröffentlichung eines alten Videos gegen #ManuelHagel durch eine grüne MdB mitten im Wahlkampf falsch & den hämischen Jubel mancher auch hier darüber richtig übel finde.
In der #Politik wirken Menschen mit Familien & das #Internet befeuert Verrohung, Blasenbildung & feindseligen #Dualismus. Das muss aufhören! (1/2) https://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/stars/id_101153936/manuel-hagel-ehefrau-franziska-spricht-ueber-vorwuerfe-gegen-cdu-politiker-.html
You know that funny XKCD comic poking fun at the precarious nature of modern digital infrastructure? Someone made an interactive version of it that is... surprisingly fun to play around with for a few minutes at least.
@josephcox @404mediaco I spoke last and couldn't help but think about the big picture. The #Internet has consumed our world, as many predicted, but its hopeful promise has all-but-faded from the horizon.
"What we call #ArtificialIntelligence today, especially generative #AI and hybrid models...
Dezentralität als Hürde: Mastodon bietet jetzt Share-Button für Websites an
Share-Buttons für Mastodon gibt es zwar schon, aber keinen offiziellen. Das ändert sich nun und bei dem Kurznachrichtendienst hofft man auf mehr Sichtbarkeit.
You can use newline characters in URLs
I had no idea, but apparently, you can just use newline characters and tabs in URLs without any issues.
Notice how it reports an error if there is a tab or newline character, but continues anyway? The specification says that A validation error does not mean that the parser terminates and it encourages systems to report errors somewhere. Effectively, the
https://www.osnews.com/story/144513/you-can-use-newline-characters-in-urls/
OMG Social media improvement idea!
Option to publish individual posts to be, allowing no further edits except emphasis.
Like, you can change the formatting forever onward to be:
"make this bit bold", "italicise the other thing", or "strike-through that", "underline whatever".
Maybe add a redaction feature, in case you want to keep a post up, but remove sensitive info you left in.
Or redact any hacked or bot posts, leaving that portion up as, like, "hey this is when stuff got annoying".
#Social_Media #SocialMedia #SocMed #comms #comm #communication #DataHoarders #internet # #Accessibility
RE: https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/116152041766079159
This whole thread - and the accompanying article - are well worth the read if you are interested in #InternetAccess from #LEO, I.e. #Starlink, #OneWeb, #AmazonLeo, etc.
The reality is that we do NOT yet understand all the potential impacts of these new services. They can bring life-changing #Internet to so many people with few (or no) other options.. but at what cost?
I love love love love (in a sarcastic, dark humour sort of way) the title of the article Dr. Laura Revell, Dr. @astrokiwi.bsky.social and I wrote last week https://theconversation.com/a-new-space-race-could-turn-our-atmosphere-into-a-crematorium-for-satellites-276366.
But one thing got cut in the final edit: simulations of the night sky with 1 million satellites. I just tried to pitch a separate article on that, I'll see if that gets picked up this coming week or not.
I don't want to login with a code sent to my email.
I HAVE A FUCKING PASSWORD.
HOW ABOUT WE USE THAT????
#authenticantion #WTF #whatthefuck #password #login #twotier #codes #internet #staggeringlyshitty
Firefox's AI Kill Switch is a Trap: How Mozilla Made AI Your Problem
"Mozilla recently released AI controls for Firefox. On the surface, this sounds like a win for user choice in an era of AI-everything.
If we dig deeper, you can start to see that the kill switch isn’t the whole story. This feature acts like an accountability sink…"
#mozilla #firefox #tech #technology #info #BigTech #browser #internet #safety #security #InfoSec #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Fuck_AI
@botvolution nodds in agreement
And that is a huge problem!
- I know that.from experience with #Vodafone which against my protestations against it, was allowed to buy up #Unitymedia and has comitted itself to #Enshittification of my #Internet access to the point that I feel required to publicly petition @EUCommission & @BNetzA to regulate them as #Caboe #monopoly akin to #DTAG but also not only demand my money back until they unfuck their mess, but even consider procuring a different #Internet access (which as a tennant means worse xDSL at worse speeds and prices!)
“Never buy a .online domain”
I’ve been a .com purist for over two decades of building. Once, I broke that rule and bought a .online TLD for a small project. This is the story of how it went up in flames.
↫ Tony S.
An absolute horror story about Google's dominance over the web, in places nobody really talks about. Scary.
https://www.osnews.com/story/144487/never-buy-a-online-domain/
Unexpected side effect of turning off my YouTube history: better choices.
A couple of weeks ago I decided to delete my YouTube history and disable it. Now, every time I open YouTube I’m greeted with a “nag” to enable the history. YouTube says it’ll be so much better! We promise!
But the opposite turned out to be the case. I’ve been scrolling through the main screen, finding new and interesting stuff. Before, I was seeing the same old things, over and over again, from the same channels.
The lesson is that if a web site’s algorithm is too tightly focused, you won’t see anything that doesn’t pass through a filter “custom designed” for you. You find yourself in an echo chamber without ever intending to be placed there.
It’s supposed to help you, but what it really does is isolate you.
The age-verification trap: verifying user’s ages undermines everyone’s data protection
Social media is going the way of alcohol, gambling, and other social sins: Societies are deciding it’s no longer kid stuff. Lawmakers point to compulsive use, exposure to harmful content, and mounting concerns about adolescent mental health. So, many propose to s
«Meta verliert vor Gericht — Freunde-Finder-Funktion von Facebook ist rechtswidrig:
Das soziale Netzwerk Facebook darf keine Daten von Personen verarbeiten, die nicht Mitglied des Dienstes sind.»
Endlich mal nach sehr langer Zeit aber doch mMn zu spät und was ist mit den anderen Daten hungrigen Konzernen im Web?
#meta #datenschutz #facebook #web #freundefinden #nichtmitgliedern #privarsphare #internet
Ob Terminvereinbarungen oder Überweisungen – viele Dienstleistungen werden (fast) nur noch #online angeboten. Für Menschen ohne #Internet wird der Alltag zunehmend schwieriger zu bewältigen. Gut 3 % der Menschen im Alter zwischen 16 und 74 Jahren waren 2025 in Deutschland sogenannte Offliner – sie hatten noch nie das Internet genutzt. EU-weit lag der Anteil bei 4 %. Zwischen den EU-Staaten gab es jedoch deutliche Unterschiede.
Mehr in unserer #ZahlDerWoche: https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/Zahl-der-Woche/2026/PD26_09_p002.html?nn=2110
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Balkendiagramm des Statistischen Bundesamtes mit dem Titel 'Noch nie online 2025'. Die Grafik zeigt den Anteil der 16- bis 74-Jährigen in Prozent, die in ausgewählten EU-Staaten noch nie online waren. Kroatien steht mit 10 Prozent an der Spitze, gefolgt von Griechenland mit 9 Prozent, Polen mit 8 Prozent, Italien mit 6 Prozent, Rumänien mit 5 Prozent, Österreich mit 4 Prozent, Deutschland, Frankreich und Spanien jeweils mit 3 Prozent. Ganz unten: Irland mit weniger als 1 Prozent. Der EU-27-Durchschnitt liegt bei 4 Prozent. Die Quelle ist Eurostat, Rechts unten befindet sich das Logo 'EUROPA IN ZAHLEN'.
Da kann der #mdr noch so sehr fragen, wie "Wie mit #Angsträumen umgehen?", wenn dieser sich konsequent verweigert anzuerkennen dass es nur 3 Möglichkeiten gibt, wie das ganze bekämpft werden kann:
Der #Rechtsstaat setzt sich konsequent durch!
- Was angesichts des #Polizeiproblem|s unwahrscheinlich ist, aber nach meinem Verständnis der #FDGO richtig und wichtig wäre...
- Insbesondere werden #Opfer und #Gefärdete von #Rechtsextremismus und #Rechtsterrorismus aktiv geschützt.
Der #Rechtsstaat verweigert sich selbst zu agieren.
- Damit würde ein #GrundrechtsfreierRaum geschaffen, welcher dank #Angstkultur und #Entrechtung gesetzestreue Ottonormalbürger*innen aktiv schutzlos macht während gewalttätige und bewaffnete #Neonazis die #Macht innehalten, ausbauen und verfestigen!
Der #REchtsstaat gibt auf und erlaubt Menschen in jenen Betroffenen wenigstens den #Eigenschutz durch #WBK-Erteilung.
- Was angesichts dessen dass ich von nur zwei Fällen von erteilten "Großen #Waffenschein|en" in der bundesdeutschen Geschichte seit 1972 für unwahrscheinlicher halte als die ersatzlose Streichung von #WaffG & #KWKG!
Und genau da ist das Problem!
- Am Ende hilft nur #NeonazisWegvolken und mit dem rechtsstaatlichen Maximum an Härte zu begegnen.
- Und ja damit meine ich unsarkastisch dass es notwendig ist den #SachsenSumpf #BuntStattBraun zu machen!
Nur wer will in Orten wie #Colditz oder #Brandis leben?
- Dort gibt's nichtmals brauchbares #Internet, geschweige denn #Jobs oder #Arbeitgeber die was anderes als Leute mit #AlmanPassing wollen!
- Da würd' selbst ich mangels "Alman-Passing" des Familiennamens scheitern!
IPv6 address assignment
https://lpar.ath0.com/posts/2026/02/ipv6-address-assignment/
Special shoutout to Librecast, a free open project aiming to design a next generation internet using "multicast". This tech may help with privacy, human rights, decentralisation, energy efficiency and stopping spam.
Librecast has a main account at:
...and a video account at:
The project's accounts are run by Librecast's community manager @onepict who has a personal blog at @cobbles and is well worth following too.
Since AI training requires storing massive amounts of data, data centres are buying up high-capacity HDDs... gouging the rest of us while AI SLOP is prioritized over proper computer programming and machine learning.
Never mind the data centres physical and carbon footprints...
Never mind the energy these data centres consume...
Never mind the energy these data centres waste...
https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/ #internet #technology #noonelistenedtosarahconnor
I have recently finished my series on the different HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) status codes associated with the #Internet and distinct #URIs and #URLs of all types. You can find the content on my #YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@novaTopFlex.
Feb. 16, 1978 -- forty eight years ago today -- the first public dial-up bulletin board system went online.
Wired: "1978: Ward Christensen and Randy Suess launch the first public dialup bulletin board system. The two unleash the kernel of what would eventually spawn the world wide web, countless online messaging systems..."
https://www.wired.com/2010/02/0216cbbs-first-bbs-bulletin-board/
I got my first modem in the summer of 1986, a Prometheus ProModem 1200A (modem on a card) for the Apple II. The first BBS I logged in to was OxGate, an RBBS/RCPM system the phone number of which I still can remember (my earliest BBS software -- firmware-based on that modem card -- had no phone book). I used BBSs avidly until sometime in 1994, when I subscribed to a local ISP's (Widomaker of Williamsburg, VA) dial-up modem-based PPP service that brought TCP/IP to my 486 PC with Windows 3.1. I could then browse the web from home, and that was basically the end of BBSing for me -- for the moment, anyway.
For those interested in experiencing this early form of online community, there are many BBSs online right now, accessible via telnet on systems old and new. I've enjoyed getting back into BBSing this way, especially when using vintage systems to login.
Most any computer can do it, today. Tips on how: https://bytecellar.com/bbsing
#BulletinboardSystem #BBS #BBSing #telnet #dialup #modem #online #terminals #terminalprograms #computinghistory #history #computers #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #nostalgia #ATDT #onlineforums #preinternet #internet #communication #RBBS #AppleII #CRT #memories #Wired #tech #technews #technology
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Apple IIe computer (circa 1983) dialed into an electronic bulletin board system (BBS)
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OxGate BBS login screen from 1986
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Prometheus ProModem 1200A modem packaging with details
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Logged into a telnet-based BBS using MuffinTerm for iPadOS
A brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks
If you look at the table of contents for my book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, you’ll see that entries on networks before/outside the internet are arranged first by underlying infrastructure and then chronologically. You’ll also notice that within the section on wired networks, there are two sub-sections
https://www.osnews.com/story/144399/a-brief-history-of-barbed-wire-fence-telephone-networks/
Nutze Snowflake, um der Zensur an Orten zu entgehen, an denen das Internet blockiert ist. #Solidarity
Starte jetzt mit
Snowflake --> https://snowflake.torproject.org/de/
via @torproject
'Der einfachste Weg, eine Schneeflocke aufzuwirbeln, ist, die Browser-Erweiterung zu installieren, sie zu aktivieren und zu sehen, wie das Symbol grün wird, wenn ein blockierter Benutzer eine Verbindung zu deinem Addon herstellt.'
#Iran #Solidarität #Zensur #Tor #Internet #Zensur
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Eine violette Illustration einer Schneeflocke mit weißem Text auf dunklem Hintergrund, der lautet: Hilf Menschen, Zensur zu umgehen, starte Snowflake. snowflake.torproject.org.
Dark Visitors - A List of Known AI Agents on the Internet
Insight into the hidden ecosystem of autonomous chatbots and data scrapers crawling across the web. Protect your website from unwanted AI agent access.
#ai #internet #block #LLMs #chatbots #it #security #datascraping #protection #web
Como torrentero militante, solo puedo decir que AV1 ha aparecido con más frecuencia desde hace apenas un año (o que yo lo haya notado) en los rips de series o películas, al mismo tiempo H265 ha empezado a masificarse lo suficiente como para empezar a sustituir realmente a H264.
Is it me alone or are other people seeing EXTREMELY slow typing response (I just timed - the word 'response' took just over 3 seconds to display and catch up with my typing) in Mastodon - standard desktop web?
I have a 10-core Mac Studio with 32GB RAM and with only Mastodon open in Safari (no other tabs or windows) it's taking ~140% CPU. Latest OS.
What the hell is this?
#Mastodon #performance #Mac #macOS #hardware #Safari #browser #internet #toot #Masto #bug #help
This morning I went through my skull with the use case SOC generated by IA.
Of course, nothing was going on, detection of a legitimate binary, no detection of the escalation of privileges, in fact it covered absolutely nothing of the mitre technique in question.
It made me want to hit the internet, so actually, I wrote a note. Why do I hate LLM?
https://dxc-0.fr/content/why-i-hate-ia
#fuckia #ia #bullshit #cyber #internet #llm #copilot #chatgpt #noia #security
The Dillo appreciation post
About a year ago I mentioned that I had rediscovered the Dillo Web Browser. Unlike some of my other hobbies, endeavours, and interests, my appreciation for Dillo has not wavered.
I only have a moment to gush today, so I’ll cut right to it. Dillo has been plugging along nicely (see the Git forge.) and adding little features. Features that even I, a guy with a blog, can put to u
https://www.osnews.com/story/144369/the-dillo-appreciation-post/
🐲 To understand China, we need to understand the Chinese internet
｢ There are over twice as many Chinese web users as there are people in the United States; if Chinese netizens formed a sovereign country, it would be the world’s third largest ｣
https://restofworld.org/2026/wall-dancers-china-internet-book/
Get the location of the ISS using DNS
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/get-the-location-of-the-iss-using-dns/I love DNS esoterica. Weird little things that you can shove in the global directory to be distributed around the world instantly(ish).
Domain names, like www.example.com usually resolve to servers. As much as we think of "the cloud" as being some intangible morass of ethereal Turing-machines floating in probability space, the more prosaic reality is that they're just boxen in data centres. They have a physical location.
Got a tricky machine which is playing silly-buggers? Wouldn't it be nice to know exactly where it is? That way you can visit and give it some percussive maintenance.
Enter the DNS LOC record!
The snappily titled RFC 1876 is an experimental standard. It allows you to create a DNS record which specifies the latitude and longitude of your server. Of course, some data-centres are very tall and some are underground. So it also contains an altitude parameter.
The standard allows for a minimum altitude of -100,000 metres - deep enough for any bunker! The maximum altitude is 42,849,672 metres which is high enough to allow it to be used on satellites in geostationary orbit.
So, as a bit of fun, I decided to create where-is-the-iss.dedyn.io
It isn't a website. You can't ping it. There's no way to interact with it except by using DNS. Yup! You can use a DNS query to get the (approximate) location of the International Space Station!
Linux and Mac users
can run:
dig where-is-the-iss.dedyn.io LOC
And receive back the latest position of the ISS:
;; ANSWER SECTION:
where-is-the-iss.dedyn.io. 1066 IN LOC 47 24 53.500 N 66 12 12.070 W 430520m 10000m 10000m 10000m
The DNS records are updated every 15 minutes on a best-effort basis
.
How
The lovely people at N2YO have a website which allows you to track loads of objects in orbit. They also have an easy to use API with a generous free tier.
Calling https://api.n2yo.com/rest/v1/satellite/positions/25544/0/0/0/1/&apiKey=_____ gets back the latest position:
JSON
{ "info": { "satname": "SPACE STATION", "satid": 25544, "transactionscount": 7 }, "positions": [ { "satlatitude": -21.25409321, "satlongitude": 140.3335763, "sataltitude": 420.09, "azimuth": 292.92, "elevation": -70.95, "ra": 202.69300845, "dec": -32.16097472, "timestamp": 1751366048, "eclipsed": true } ]}
Note that the altitude is in Km, whereas the LOC format requires m.
The latitude and longitude are in decimal format - they need to be converted to Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds.
There were only a few free domain name providers who offer an API for updating LOC records. I went for deSEC a charity from Berlin. They have comprehensive API documentation.
Adding the initial LOC record is done with:
Bash
curl https://desec.io/api/v1/domains/where-is-the-iss.dedyn.io/rrsets/ \ --header "Authorization: Token _______" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data @- <<< \ '{"type": "LOC", "records": ["40 16 25.712 S 29 32 36.243 W 427550m 0.00m 10000m 10m"], "ttl": 900}'
However, updating the record is a little trickier. it needs to be sent as an HTTP PATCH to a subtly different URl. The PATCH only needs to send the data which have changed.
curl -X PATCH https://desec.io/api/v1/domains/where-is-the-iss.dedyn.io/rrsets/@/LOC/ \ --header "Authorization: Token _______" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data @- <<< \ '{"records": ["40 16 25.712 S 29 32 36.243 W 427550m 0.00m 10000m 10m"]}'
I set the Time To Live at 900 seconds. Every 15 minutes my code runs to update the record
. That keeps me well within the API limits for both services. I could add TXT records showing when it was last updated, or other sorts of unstructured data, but I think this is enough for a quick proof-of-concept.
There you have it! A complex and silly way to demonstrate how DNS can be used to hold the most unlikely of records
. Say, I wonder how you'd represent the co-ordinates of the Mars Rover…?
Further Reading
For more DNS weirdness, please see my other posts:
I don't think there's a way for Windows users to look up LOC records using PowerShell or the Command Prompt. ↩︎
Look, I'm not NASA, OK? If you're using this to help you dock then I cannot be held responsible. ↩︎
I suppose you could build an API with unlimited request limits by distributing data via DNS TXT records. Would best suit static or infrequently updating data. Push it once to DNS and let everyone query it semi-locally. ↩︎
See if you can find the other interesting record I've added to DNS! ↩︎
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The International Space Station floats above the planet Earth.
@dianea the #commercialization of the #Internet as the biggest mistake ever…
#LateStageCapitalism is just enshittifying things, as sociopathic assholes are allowed to exist & rule!
I am writing a post on rise of software that help bring back sanity to the web. Please help me expand the list 😎✨
https://thatshubham.com/blog/2026
#indieweb #distraction #enshittification #technology #internet #socialmedia #adhd #depression #mentalhealth #sysadmin #retro #youtube #facebook #google #firefox #chrome
You may have heard that #mozilla introduced an #AI kill switch into #Firefox.
If you would rather use a browser that is less interested in #LLM technologies, @Waterfox has been your companion for over a decade.
I had a chance to ask the founder and developer some questions about Waterfox's history, operations, and their take on AI.
Enjoy and and share!
So now we've got people calling folks with positive comments about #StarfleetAcademy "bots".
Our rapid descent into the "if I don't like/agree with it, it's AI or bots" era seriously fucking blows.
Not just because it's a shitty knee-jerk accusation but it's a difficult one to definitively deny because it IS technically possible and it does happen...
But it also caused a lot of winter anxiety. #grickledoodle #scrolling #hibernation #internet #cartoon #bears #art #drawing #funny
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A cartoon illustration of three bears lying in a cave looking at an ipad or phone. Caption reads "The internet made hibernation bearable."
Com pontos de vista ligeiramente distintos, os relatos convergem em muitos pontos de extrema relevância, que toda a sociedade atual deveria estar mais ciente. Espero que o programa prossiga muito além da presente safra gravada em evento de 2025. Fica até difícil escolher um episódio, ao menos entre os já lançados, para recomendar. Sugiro ouvir todos.
RSS 2.0 para assinatura de "Nós da Internet em qualquer agregador de podcasts
#podcasts #tecnologia #tecnopolítica #Internet #Brasil #recomendo #AntennaPod
I remember when the #Internet first became widely available and all of a sudden we had all these #research sources at our fingertips that we no longer had to go to the closest university library to access.
Now with #AI it's <<I Want an answer now and I don't care where it comes from or how accurate it is I just want it now with no work on my part.>>
If you'd like to find songs or artists similar to the ones you like, but don't want to depend on Spotify for that, here's an alternative:
https://www.chosic.com/playlist-generator
If you're still using Spotify, you can also generate playlists with this.
#music #web #online #internet #app #apps #tools #software #tech #technology #tip #tips #FediTips #MastoTips #spotify
Google's AI is bleeding through the web like a blot of ink on a piece of paper. It's using summaries to manipulate traffic and divert it to its own domains. This may sound innocuous for individual consumers, but it's bad for online businesses.
The mere slap on the wrist Google received for its antitrust practices have empowered it. Google now fancies itself "unstoppable," and it will destroy the web if it isn't stopped. It would be fine were the AI parasites to build a whole new web exclusively for their thieving agents, but that's not what's happening. Instead, they are cannibalizing the human web.
Reuters, from yesterday: Google defeats bid for billions of dollars of new penalties in US privacy class action https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/google-defeats-bid-billions-dollars-new-penalties-us-privacy-class-action-2026-01-30/ @Reuters
From last month:
RealClear Science: Is AI Really Killing the Internet? https://www.realclearscience.com/video/2025/12/15/is_really_ai_killing_the_internet.html #Google #antitrust #privacy #Internet
Ararat Mirzoyan, Marta Kos talk about #Armenia-Azerbaijan
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#Yerevan
Best #Internet Providers in #Portland, #Oregon
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#17
#University of #Maine student dies after gas exposure
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/us-cities.html#20a
#Trump’s First #National Bank of Scams Is Coming
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/politics.html#9
#DOJ releasing 3 million pages of #Epstein files, deputy
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/youtube.html#53
Something else I was thinking about when reading this article: the #Quatsino nation could use the $18k saved by this to become an #ISP.
#Indigenous #DigitalSovereignty … I honestly cannot say I have **ever** heard of this, though I suspect some nation, some where, has done it. Yes, there are ongoing costs, risks. And there is a big up-front cost if they want to run fibre to the community.
But likely less than **not** doing it.
Every person joining the fediverse is a digital hero.
You may think it's a small thing. Yes, it's small thing but also a big step to make Internet better and people-first.
Made by the people for the people.
Oh, and also made for cats, dogs, capybaras and other puppies.
So, enjoy, encourage friends to join and let's make it a nice, inclusive and cozy space for everyone.
#fediverse #internet #SocialWeb #web #SocialMedia #Vebinet #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Loops #PeopleFirst
I took over a sub that was frankly super toxic. Over the years, I realised that for a community to have healthy conversations you have to enforce it, and you have to model good discussions. It's hard work.
I've actually done most of what Anil recommends in this post. Most excellent read.
"Fix your communities. Stop allowing and excusing destructive and pointless conversations to be the fuel for your business. "
https://www.anildash.com/2011/07/20/if-your-websites-full-of-assholes-its-your-fault-2/
"Videos are the start. They show what happened but not why. We still need context, analysis, and investigation to understand the whole story. And that is the last thing Trump and his enforcers want. They know people will recognize: a) that they lied about what happened, b) what happened was illegal, and c) those responsible will likely not be held accountable."
"The internet and social media are often maligned for spreading disinformation, negatively impacting mental health, and perpetuating screen addiction and cyberbullying. Amid all the issues with pervasive distraction, in the time of Trump, the technology that lives in our pockets has become one of the most useful tools to combat the administration’s stranglehold on the 'truth.'”
~ Dan Rather
"Illinois Governor JB Pritzker instructed everyone to 'video everything.' Fellow governor Tim Walz of Minnesota echoed this advice.
'Carry your phone with you at all times. And if you see ICE in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record. Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans — not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution,' he said last week."
Use Snowflake to give censorship the slip in places where Internet is blocked.
Snowflake allows you to connect to the Tor network in places where Tor is blocked by routing your connection through volunteer proxies located in uncensored countries.
Similar to VPNs, which help users bypass Internet censorship, Snowflake disguises your Internet activity as though you’re making a video or voice call, making you less detectable to Internet censors.
Start using Snowflake Now
--> https://snowflake.torproject.org/
via @torproject
#Iran #Solidarity #Zensur #Tor #Internet #Censorship
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A purple illustration of a snowflake, with white text on dark background saying: Help people bypass censorship, run Snowflake. snowflake.torproject.org.
CCC vs. Dammbruch: Regierung muss Recht auf anonyme Internetnutzung retten
Der CCC verurteilt das Ja von Justizministerin Hubig zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung als historischen Angriff auf die Bürgerrechte und anlasslose Massenüberwachung.
#ChaosComputerClub #Internet #Netzpolitik #Überwachung #Vorratsdatenspeicherung #news
Internetsperre im Iran vor dem Ende? Berichte über 30.000 Tote im Blackout
Dass Teheran die Internetsperre genutzt hat, um Proteste blutig niederzuschlagen, war bekannt. Jetzt, wo die Blockade löchrig wird, wird das Ausmaß deutlich.