Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

Viviane Hesitate — by Seth Globepainter in Paris, France 🇫🇷

https://streetartutopia.com/2026/04/10/street-art-that-make-people-smile/

#StreetArt #PublicArt #Mural

Pink Flamingo — by Tom Bob in New Bedford, USA 🇺🇸

https://streetartutopia.com/2026/04/24/clever-street-art-that-feels-made-for-the-spot/

#StreetArt #PublicArt #Mural

This is one of the best data visualization sites I’ve ever seen. Super engaging, even on a subject I’m pretty blasé about (movies and actors and fame):

https://pudding.cool/2026/10/kevin-bacon

The @swf is offering grants up to $20k for developer/creator teams creating content for the ActivityPub ecosystem!

Even if you’re a creator unfamiliar with the Fediverse or a developer unclear about the content side, folks who are interested should apply by Wed. Nov. 4th or reach out to SWF with questions.

https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/10/07/call-for-proposals-fediverse-multimedia-grants/

The World Going Down the Drain — by Pejac in Santander, Spain 🇪🇸

https://streetartutopia.com/2026/04/03/street-artists-did-clever-repaints/

#StreetArt #PublicArt #Mural

Had to verify. And yes. Kernighan and Ritchie really did this. TIL :)

Vacation without Smartphones can be so good.

And damn I came to the realization that I really hate smartphones.

It is not healthy if humans can jump into a entertainment machine the second they feel the slightest amount of boredom. So many things happened because we did commit us to not use a smartphone in this vacation, which we failed a few times.

I find sometimes having rather aggravated emotions against smartphones especially because I feel helpless against them. I feel I have to fight for attention and room in the mind of a person if a smartphone is present or the notifications are on.

Even if the person is only using small social media like discord or Fedi this is significant.
If a person is using super addictive social media like TikTok, Instagram or YouTube Shorts it gets even harder.

Humanity really needs a way how to handle that stuff.

After a one and a half year selection process, the new name of the operating system formerly known postmarketOS has been announced during the mystery talk of our very own conference. From now on this project is known as Nura!

Blog post:
https://nura.eco/blog/2026/09/27/nura-rename/

Mastodon:
@nura

Hashtag:
#Nuraeco

#postmarketOS #postmarketOSandAlpineLinuxConference2026

DRM ruins efforts at historical preservation. If all of our media is locked up in digital streaming platforms -- which will go under eventually -- how will it be preserved for future generations? Live DRM-free instead: https://u.fsf.org/1aj #EndDRM #DRM

🌍 Local ideas can create global impact.

Interledger Foundation’s Local Impact Mini-Grants support community-led projects advancing open payments and digital financial access.

Grants of USD $500 to $3,000 are available for meetups, workshops, hackdays, research, storytelling, and community conversations.

Applications are reviewed July 6 to November 11, 2026.

Read more and apply: https://shorturl.at/0Lr28

#OpenPayments #FinancialInclusion #OpenSource

I joined Google in late 2008, and left in 2021, witnessing this whole arc from the near abroad (organisationally), aghast at all the same public revelations Claire recounts in compressed form here. For those of us who hoped for better, it hits right in the feels:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-voice-of-google

Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.

But can #postmarketOS run the #GOG Version of #StarDewValley? Of course 😎.

#musimi

#gaming #LinuxMobile

Apple keeps Safari on a starvation budget and blocks potential competitors while skimming tends of billions in profit per year from web developer and user inconvenience. The result is a buggier, slower web. You do not have to hand it to them:

https://infrequently.org/2026/07/abject-praise/

Oh hey #Mastodon #DC #DCWharf

#WSocial will open up their beta program today… and I have a SCOOP for you: it appears that they have quietly gone closed-source!

This is ironic, considering that the @EUCommission just unveiled their Tech Sovereignty Package, emphasizing the importance of #OpenSource. And yet they have migrated their main ATproto accounts to W Social - whose code can no longer be inspected!

My full article - with a great analysis by @aral:

🔗: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/

#FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #BigTech

Signal is working on a standalone version for Signal Desktop that does not require a mobile phone 🤩

Also more customizable options when using Desktop as a linked device

👉 https://aboutsignal.com/news/signal-desktop-without-a-mobile-phone-standalone-version-in-development/

#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #news #windows #linux #macOS #desktop #tech #aboutsignal

"Kagi Small Web is an open source reminder that the web is plenty weird and interesting, despite the reports that social media is making the Internet homogenized. Social Media is not the Internet and there's a lot of goodness to enjoy outside of it. Go find it with Small Web!"

https://www.yewknee.com/blog/kagi-small-web

#Kagi #SmallWeb