Elias @eliasr@librem.one

#Luanti at #FrOSCon 2026

https://blog.luanti.org/2026/10/11/FrOSCon2026/

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #SanktAugustin

RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/r-i-p-margaret-hamilton-whose-code-saved-the-apollo-11-moon-landing/

När Public Service blev Public Surveillance

https://www.senioren.se/nyheter/svt-krav-pa-inloggning-vacker-ilska/

Jag har noterat välbehövliga diskussioner idag på både Bluesky och Fediversum om att våra makthavare fortfarande använder X.

Jag passar på att påminna om att riksdagens webb hänvisar till X(!) när den ligger nere.

axbom.se/tokstrategi/

Coming up this Thursday: An Introduction to Public-Interest Infrastructure with #CoopCloud, this Thursday 15th October @ 19 UTC

Call link: https://jitsi.sutty.nl/CoopCloudKiteFlying

Calendar event: https://coopcloud.tech/ics/public-interest-infrastructure-2026-10-15.ics

Dramatic countdown: https://time.is/countdown/19:00_15_Oct_2026_in_UTC?Intro_to_Public_Interest_Infrastructure

https://time.is/19_15_Oct_2026_in_UTC?Intro_to_Public-Interest_Infrastructure

HUGE thanks to @la_rosa for the awesome flyer!

– 3wordchant

#Coops #Libresoftware

4 year old: is money real or pretend?
Me: *clears throat* *takes sip of water* *arranges notes on podium*

https://borretti.me/article/no-man-is-an-island

Good post that gets into the futility I feel when I try to do something creative online anymore. I'm less and less motivated to do things like write a blog or build software tools. I've found myself without much of a creative community since 2020 for a variety of societal and personal reasons. My attempts at private intellectual life have crashed and burned. I really do need creative community but I don't want to feed the plagiarism machine. Not really sure what to do.

A priest, a pastor, and a rabbit go to a clinic to donate blood.
The nurse asks the rabbit, “What blood type are you?”
The rabbit answers, “I’m probably a Type O.”

Out for a shopping run in town, all of the paid parking now says "pay online or with the app".

It makes sense from a maintenance perspective, they don't have to send someone out to collect coins from parking meters or pay stations any more. But it also kills anonymity, all those payment methods give your identity away everywhere.

We really need actual digital cash, like Monero, and it needs to be accepted everywhere. Anything else is a security nightmare.

@SusWAndersson @eliasr
Alla Lars Molins filmer håller fortfarande att se då då.

En annan pärla jag häromdagen såg att den finns är Vem älskar Yngve Frej. Den ska jag se om nån kväll, det var riktigt länge sen sist.

I'm feeling IMMENSE gratitude towards you, the people of the Fediverse, today and every day.

Thank you for caring about:

💜 privacy
❤️ alt text / accessibility
🧡 digital sovereignty / self-hosting
💛 the indie web
💚 human creativity
🩵 the environment

and also for:
💙 rebelling against Big Tech

Here I feel like I found a community of like-minded people... Thank you for making me feel part of a great mission.

#GratefulForYou

Thank you to each of you who writes your own toots, hand crafts your own blog posts and stories, draws and paints your own art, and makes your own music.

I have long liked people's own personal blogs and websites - the indie web - but I guess that, until the increasing proliferation of slop, I had not really appreciated just how much I valued human creativity overall.

I know that the overbearing tone at the moment is that we should all be using AI, so I am most grateful to those of you who resist, and continue your own creativity.