Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations.

All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https://growyourown.services

🚫 Completely opposed to LLMs, generative AI, cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, defi, daos etc. They are scams disguised as tools.

Maintained by @FediThing

Free Software and Open Data contributor. At home at #KDE , also contributing to #Qt, #Wikidata, #OSM and #Transitous.

🇬🇧:
I am a computer scientist and I am especially interested in:
- digital sovereignty
- open-source software (OSS)
- instant messaging using XMPP

In my leisure time I am a cycling and boardgame enthusiast.

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Ich bin Informatiker und interessiere mich insbesondere für die Themen:
- Digitale Souveränität
- Open-Source Software (OSS)
- Instant Messaging mit XMPP

In meiner Freizeit fahre ich gerne Fahrrad und spiele Brettspiele.

Executive Director of @spritely (but this is a personal account). I'm here to fix the Internet.
ActivityPub co-author, co-host of @[email protected]. Lisp sourceress, decentralized network architect, occasional Blender artist. she/her https://dustycloud.org/

Recently moved here from @[email protected]

Lovely banner sketch by @juliaro https://mastodon.art/@juliaro/114489465896761273

End Summer Camp (ESC) is a non-profit yearly gathering (since 2005) of people interested in hacking, free software, and DIY.

Next Event: ESC {22} 2K26 Edition --> September 1st-6th 2026 @ Parco della Scultura in Architettura - San Donà di Piave (Venice - Italy).
Registrations are OPEN --> https://pretix.eu/ESC/2K26/

The Call for Contents for ESC {22} is OPEN!
Submit a Talk, Workshop or Project --> https://pretalx.endsummer.camp/2K26/cfp

Gemeinnütziger Verein für eine lebenswerte Welt im digitalen Zeitalter.
Seit 1987 mischen wir uns ein, wenn Grundrechte unter Druck geraten.
Datenschutz, Demokratie & Fediverse statt Überwachung, Kommerz & Digitalzwang.

#bba #DigitaleSelbstverteidigung #DigitaleMündigkeit #Fediverse #Freiheit #Datenschutz #foss #floss #technikfolgen #linux #bielefeld #art #Kunst #Digitalzwang

I program, write, and teach. Co-founder of Software Carpentry and It Will Never Work in Theory; co-editor of The Architecture of Open Source Applications.

We provide breaking news for the latest GNU/Linux distribution and Open Source app releases, latest kernel releases, Raspberry Pi news, Linux tutorials and reviews, Linux hardware, and more.

Help keep 9to5Linux alive! Buy us a ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/9to5linux

Generic humanoid carbon unit, self-hosting media node. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm.

Currently building @manyfold and site admin @ https://mastodon.me.uk

Previously: https://dxw.com, https://somethingnew.org.uk, https://openpolitics.org.uk, https://apolitical.co, https://theodi.org, https://www.amee.com and more.

Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy.

#OpenSource #Ruby #3DPrinting #MiniPainting #fedi22

Hier geht es um Offene Daten, noch undokumentierte APIs und Open Source Projekte.

Computer Science student. I run a blog where I talk about technology, political science, and anything interesting.

https://riverseeber.net/blog/

US Politics 🌎
Programming 💾
FOSS 🔓
Leftist ☮
Queer 🏳️‍⚧️

Pro-community and would love to see a world that doesn't normalize self-isolation so much 🫂

Feel free to interact as much as you want. "We are on a social platform after all!" -- @stux

DMs are open for anything as long as you're a human not a robot 👋

@FiloSottile elsewhere / Cryptogopher / Go crypto maintainer / Professional Open Source maintainer / RC F'13, F2'17


https://mkcert.dev / https://age-encryption.org / https://filippo.io/newsletter

🕳️ “Gaze not into the abyss, lest you become recognized as an abyss domain expert, and they expect you keep gazing into the damn thing.” —@nickm

I'm Ruby, craptastic dabbler in #mapmaking and #photography

#Linux user & supporter of open source software.
I ♥️ #Inkscape.

Living a quiet life on the west coast of #Scotland.
#Caturday is my favourite day.

CEO of MNT Research. OSHW laptop MNT Reform: https://mntre.com | https://shop.mntre.com | FOSS, ARM, OSHW, FPGA, Amiga, RISC-V | batcave, cyberpunk, industrial, synth/darkwave | genderqueer, sober, vegan, NoAI

Bellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators, and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research.

Want to support our charity? http://bellingcat.com/donate/

Buy our book "We Are Bellingcat" here: http://bit.ly/2EP09EN

Our award-winning podcast series: http://apple.co/36LJURI

Jesteśmy fundacją walczącą o prawo do prywatności i kontroli nad technologią

Nasz zespół: @agnieszka, Mariola, @ola, @arek, @kuba

Fundacja „Internet. Czas działać!”
ul. Jana Henryka Dąbrowskiego 77a,
60-529 Poznań
KRS: 0001049456 (podaruj 1,5%)

Wtyczka Rentgen: https://addons.mozilla.org/pl/firefox/addon/rentgen

Nasze forum: https://forum.internet-czas-dzialac.pl/

#fedi22 #foss #icd #internet #linux #opensource #prawo #privacy #programming #prywatnosc #tech #technologia #web

Chair at @dude + @ry, a programmer and administrator of several servers like this one, a *nix user, and an advocate for an open and ethical internet. I work with servers, websites, and open-source projects for a living. I'm safe 🌈

Free software developer, Weblate founder.

👩🏾‍💻 Professional Computer Booper 🪿
🏳️‍🌈 #Queer
#Themby (they/femme)
/ Bi/Pan
Aro-Ace
:purple_potion: May or may not turn you into a newt
🗺️ Michigan
🐢 #FOSS

I will approve most follow requests if the requesting account is queer-friendly. If I don't approve your follow request it's nothing personal.

PFP alt: An olive-skinned person with dark curly hair and glasses sitting cross legged and holding a frog against a backdrop of non-binary colors

Banner alt: a picture of an aurora in the night sky overhead with purple and green hues.

Hello!👋😊
Self-hosted Canon/Zwo photographer, mainly Icelandic landscape
Retired IT company director, 71 yo she/her in Scotland
Owned by a cat
15.2kW solar, 19kWh battery, EV owner
Immunodeficient so 😷 + 9 x 💉
No AI or LLM
I already give to charity and I have nothing for sale
Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
I ❤️ ALT text, #OpenSource & 2FA
No bio ∨ posts = no follow
Boost ≠ endorse
I unfollow dormant accounts and use lots of filters
Conditional 2 wk auto-delete
Profile pic = Vegvísir
Intro pinned 👇

Open source home automation that puts local control & privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers & DIY enthusiasts.