In the August edition of our newsletter, we explore what makes a smart home platform, the new badges in Home Assistant, and the recent changes to the Works with Home Assistant program.

Read on to learn what a true smart home platform should be: ⬇️
newsletter.openhomefoundation.…

True platforms let you create

Welcome to the August edition of the Open Home Foundation newsletter, the place to learn about the latest and greatest things for your smart home that improve its privacy, choice, and sustainability.

^{Paulus Schoutsen (Building the Open Home)}

While you're waiting for GitHub to stop being broken, you might want to check out a self-hosting alternative called @forgejo at:

➡️ forgejo.org

Alternatively, if you just want a Forgejo instance to sign up on, check out @Codeberg at:

➡️ codeberg.org

Forgejo is free open source software, and is a community-run hard fork of Gitea.

#GitHub #GitHubDown #CodeForges #Dev #SoftwareDevelopment #SelfHosting #CommunityHosting

Forgejo – Beyond coding. We forge.

Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job.

^forgejo.org

We’ve just shared a must-read post for anyone passionate about digital safety and inclusivity on the social web.

In it we discuss our strategic initiatives, our upcoming projects, and how we envision the future of trust and safety in the Fediverse.

You can read it here: about.iftas.org/2024/08/13/fed… .

When you have, we'd love to hear your thoughts and invite you to join the conversation about #BetterSocialMedia.

#DigitalSafety #Fediverse
about.iftas.org/2024/08/13/fed…

🚨 The European Commission is planning to stop funding for #FreeSoftware projects.

This will be a blow to #DigitalRights & the health of the internet.

The future of an open internet needs public funding ✊🏾

Read more from @fsfe and find out how you can help ⤵️
edri.org/our-work/european-com…

European Commission cuts funding support for Free Software projects - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

The Next Generation Internet initiative has supported Free Software projects with funding and technical assistance since 2018.

^{European Digital Rights (EDRi)}

Sensitiver Inhalt Zum Öffnen/Schließen klicken

Web standards are blueprints –or building blocks– of a consistent and harmonious digitally connected world. They are implemented in browsers, blogs, search engines, and other software that power our experience on the web. #aboutW3C

Learn more at:
w3.org/standards/

Web Standards

This page introduces web standards at a high-level.

^W3C

#Rossmann kauft keinen #Tesla mehr

"#ElonMusk macht keinen Hehl daraus, #DonaldTrump zu unterstützen. #Trump hat den #Klimawandel wiederholt als Schwindel bezeichnet – diese Haltung steht in krassem Gegensatz zur Mission von Tesla, durch die Produktion von #Elektroautos einen Beitrag zum #Umweltschutz zu leisten", so Raoul Roßmann, Sprecher der Geschäftsführung.

#Musk #Trump

unternehmen.rossmann.de/presse…

New: We finally have an official list of the major investors in Elon Musk's X, after a judge ordered it unsealed.

They include Jack Dorsey, a16z, a Saudi prince, and of course Sean "Diddy" Combs. Story by Trisha Thadani, w/ assists from me and @aaronjschaffer. Gift link: wapo.st/3WYQaB5

An der Medizinischen Universität Innsbruck wird gerade eine Onlineredakteurin / ein Onlineredakteur für Wissenschaftskommunikation mit Schwerpunkt Wikipedia gesucht - Vollzeit:
i-med.ac.at/karriere/jobs/2108…

#wisskomm #openscicomm #wikipedia

👍 Let's squash those bugs! 👍

We're kicking off a bug fix sprint for the mobile app.

Please report any issues you find here:

github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed-r… (avoid duplicating existing reports).

We appreciate your help in making the app even better!

Issues · pixelfed/pixelfed-rn

Pixelfed mobile app. Contribute to pixelfed/pixelfed-rn development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

btw: megalodon disappeared from the play store because i missed a deadline to update my google play developer account details.

if i ever find the motivation to update megalodon, i'll try to get megalodon back online - but it's probably advisable you install a different client (like @moshidon!) instead anyway (don't forget to set your color scheme to pink)

Warum Journalisten nicht mehr ums Fediverse herumkommen: Anfang August kippte das Bundesverfassungsgericht die Wahlrechtsreform der Ampelkoalition. Für die alternativen Netzwerke Bluesky und das Fediverse war das mit einem kleinen Sieg verbunden. Warum?

thenewsocial.de/warum-journali…

LLMs fundamentally don't exist to me until the ethical concerns are approached, which is to say, probably never

my general enthusiasm about a piece of technology has more to do with the direction of the flow of power than its effectiveness. does it empower users, or does it empower businesses?

the rampant scraping of people's works simply to repackage it and sell it back to them is gross; the power is concentrated in the scraper's hands, not the user's.

even pirates give credit where credit is due.

#Totalüberwachung ohne Anlass!
Kein Kindesmissbrauch, kein Terrorismus. Einfach so. Weil es geht. In mehreren Bundesländern. Widerlich. Undemokratisch. 😠

31 Menschen ins Visier genommen: Berliner Polizei hat umstrittene #Gesichtserkennungssoftware bereits in sechs Fällen eingesetzt

"Es ging um schweren Bandendiebstahl sowie Raub: Bei Ermittlungen hat die Berliner Polizei mehrfach ein #KI-System genutzt, das sonst in Sachsen zum Einsatz kommt..."
tagesspiegel.de/berlin/31-mens…

31 Menschen ins Visier genommen: Berliner Polizei hat umstrittene Gesichtserkennungssoftware bereits in sechs Fällen eingesetzt

Es ging um schweren Bandendiebstahl sowie Raub: Bei Ermittlungen hat die Berliner Polizei mehrfach ein KI-System genutzt, das sonst in Sachsen zum Einsatz kommt. Es gibt scharfe Kritik.

^{Cristina Marina (Der Tagesspiegel)}