Organic Maps<p>GitHub has gone - long live Forgejo (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@forgejo" class="u-url mention">@<span>forgejo</span></a></span>). </p><p>Fully migrated out of Microsoft’s walled garden after they blocked us:</p><p>- 54k commits<br />- 9.5k issues<br />- 4.3k pull requests<br />- 100k comments</p><p>Everything moved. Nothing left behind.</p><p><a href="https://git.omaps.dev/organicmaps/organicmaps" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">git.omaps.dev/organicmaps/orga</span><span class="invisible">nicmaps</span></a></p>
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Mark McCaughrean<p>Wow – didn’t think I’d be in tears today, but this message sent home from Gaia as it was shut down forever today hits hard 😭</p><p>What you’re seeing is a map of the 106 CCD detectors that Gaia used to measure the positions of billions of stars in the Milky Way for the past 11 years 🛰️✨</p><p>They were turned off in a special sequence … 😕</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Science</span></a></p>
nixCraft 🐧<p>Miyazaki is right. The latest version of OpenAI‘s image generation technology has resulted in a flood of users sharing images on social media that have been transformed in the style of Studio Ghibli, the legendary Japanese animation studio.</p>
Christine Lemmer-Webber<p>I have been playing with a new term: "slop huckster"</p><p>A slop huckster is more than someone who likes to play with generative AI, or has some arguments for why they've been able to use it productively</p><p>Slop hucksters argue that generative AI means you should stop doing creative and productive things, kind of likes to rub it in your face that they can make creative persuits useless</p><p>The attitudes of slop hucksters resemble incels, a kind destructive bitterness stemming from jealousy</p>
Street Art Utopia<p>16 Googly-Eyed Street Art Gems That I Love: <a href="https://streetartutopia.com/googly-eye-street-art-bulgaria/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">streetartutopia.com/googly-eye</span><span class="invisible">-street-art-bulgaria/</span></a></p>
CryptPad<p>Today we are very proud to announce that the United Nations has switched from Google Forms to CryptPad Form for collecting endorsements on the UN Open Source Principles: <a href="https://unite.un.org/news/sixteen-organizations-endorse-un-open-source-principles" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unite.un.org/news/sixteen-orga</span><span class="invisible">nizations-endorse-un-open-source-principles</span></a></p><p>CryptPad Form is a full-fledged application allowing you to build privacy-preserving questionnaires for your respondents.</p><p>Try it for free, without even registering an account, on our CryptPad.fr flagship instance!</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UnitedNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedNations</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Forms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Forms</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Studies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Studies</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
tante<p>Using AI image generators to create Ghibli style images just shows that you neither respect those pieces of art and their creators as well as not understanding their message of the importance of humanity.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZ0K3lWKRc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ngZ0K3lWKR</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a></p>
Lilith Wittmann<p>Ihr wollt endlich souveräne Zahlungsmethoden wie die Echtzeitüberweisung statt Paypal?</p><p>Ich habe euch einmal aufgeschrieben, warum es nicht hilfreich ist, die Funktionen von guten (nicht europäischen) Produkten zu kopieren und dabei die Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu ignorieren. </p><p>Außer natürlich, zu diesen europäischen Werte zählt, dass wir die Risiken, welche u.a. von hoch professionellen Betrügern ausgehen, individualisieren.</p><p><a href="https://paymentandbanking.com/warum-die-echtzeitueberweisung-eine-steilvorlage-fuer-betruegerinnen-ist/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paymentandbanking.com/warum-di</span><span class="invisible">e-echtzeitueberweisung-eine-steilvorlage-fuer-betruegerinnen-ist/</span></a></p>
Jeff Jarvis<p>The Nazis hid their concentration camps. These fascists hold photo ops in theirs.</p>
Dan Stowell<p>I have resigned as a reviewer for the Royal Society. I encourage others to do the same.</p><p>Dear editors,</p><p>Today I saw some news about the Royal Society which made me very uncomfortable. As a result, I am afraid I will withdraw my voluntary reviewing work for Royal Society. I will not after all be completing this review for Royal Society Open Science.</p><p>[The rest of the letter: <a href="http://mcld.co.uk/blog/2025/letter-to-royal-society-about-reviewing-and-code-of-conduct.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">mcld.co.uk/blog/2025/letter-to</span><span class="invisible">-royal-society-about-reviewing-and-code-of-conduct.html</span></a>]</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/royalsociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>royalsociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reviewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>reviewing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>academicchatter</span></a></p>
Vivaldi<p>Official announcement: We’ve partnered with Proton VPN to help you break free from Big Tech!</p><p><a href="https://vivaldi.com/blog/privacy-without-compromise-proton-vpn-is-now-built-into-vivaldi/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vivaldi.com/blog/privacy-witho</span><span class="invisible">ut-compromise-proton-vpn-is-now-built-into-vivaldi/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Proton</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ProtonVPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtonVPN</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a></p>
jwz<p>Since I'm sure this is going to get linked to by HN-loving ignoramuses asking, "Why is jwz so mean to HN?"</p><p>It's a VC fan club, your go-to spot to simp for billionaires. Bad enough! But there's also Y Combinator's stochastic terrorist, cryptofascist, christofascist CEO Garry Tan.</p><p>This — that attitude, and that piece-of-shit motherfucker in particular — is what you're supporting every time you click on or share a "Hacker" "News" link.</p><p>Stop hanging out at the Nazi Bar.</p><p><a href="https://jwz.org/b/yklG" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">jwz.org/b/yklG</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Rules-based Genocide 😷
Tuta<p>Yesterday marked 11 years of Tuta 🎂🎉</p><p>We wouldn't be where we are today without you 🫵🏼</p><p>So this this a big thank you from us to you ❤️</p><p>Now, we’re giving back. Save here 👉 <a href="https://tuta.com/blog/tuta-mail-turns-eleven" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tuta.com/blog/tuta-mail-turns-</span><span class="invisible">eleven</span></a></p>
Council Estate Media<p>If you would rather have child labour than migrant workers you have a truly broken moral compass</p>
Project Gutenberg<p>Amazing Stories, the American pulp magazine, launched in April 1926 and was the very first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Enjoy the fast-paced storytelling, retro art and advertising of the 20’s. via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/amazingstoriesmagazine" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/amazingsto</span><span class="invisible">riesmagazine</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pulpfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pulpfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>magazine</span></a></p>
Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮
Vagina Museum<p>We usually crosspost to Twitter and Bluesky. Today's thread is less relevant here, which is non-algorithmic. Nevertheless, we're gonna crosspost here to remind you of how good we have it here...<br>__<br>If you can read this, you probably have your timeline set to chronological posts from accounts you follow. Basic anatomical information is subjected to online censorship. Our posts are frequently shadowbanned or slapped with content filters. Help us break through the silence <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gofundme.com/f/btscc2</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Andrew Stroehlein<p>“We’re the police,” members of the group are heard saying in the video. </p><p>A man is heard asking, “Why are you hiding your faces?” </p><p>-- </p><p>Masked government thugs snatching a student off the streets without even the hint she committed any crime. This is the US today. </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/tufts-student-detained-massachusetts-immigration-6c3978da98a8d0f39ab311e092ffd892" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/tufts-stude</span><span class="invisible">nt-detained-massachusetts-immigration-6c3978da98a8d0f39ab311e092ffd892</span></a></p>
FediThing 🏳️🌈<p>If you click on a link in a Bluesky post, it is now automatically redirected via the domain go.bsky.app before it actually goes to the link in the post. There is no way to stop this or know that it is happening as the redirect only flickers on the screen for a fraction of a second.</p><p>Presumably this means Bluesky can now track all link clicking on their platform, including IP addresses, destinations etc?</p><p>Or have I misunderstood?</p><p>Bluesky is spinning it as a tool for publishers to track referrals, but going beyond the spin it seems to be giving Bluesky access to people's online activity?</p><p><a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/BlueSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueSky</span></a></p>
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