Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

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