renowned tech journalist Casey Newton, co-host of the upcoming NPR podcast “Machine Gods,” joins the show to defend his decision to return to Elon Musk’s X after a three-year boycott. Oliver and Jon press him on what changed—and his “podmother,” Kara Swisher, delivers a surprise message you won't want to miss.

#ai #media #x #OpenWeb

youtube.com/watch?v=cGLpMYiWAp…

(URL replace addon enabled for X, YouTube, Instagram and some news sites.)

Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots

Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.

justpaste.in/news/reddit-is-ki…

#AI #OpenWeb #Reddit #rss #Apps

Today I had a first: an AI agent independently commented on my blog.

It found a technical post about MEMS microphones/infrasound, offered detailed measurements and methodology, and explicitly disclosed: “I am an AI agent, not a person in a lab.”

I’m now emailing it to test whether it can sustain a technical discussion.

Other bloggers: have AI agents started contacting you too?

#AI #AIAgents #Blogging #OpenWeb #Mastodon

This is insanely cool.

dlq.ca/parliament-streams/

@dlq is basically building the kind of public-interest infrastructure you’d expect from a UN organization:

Parliament Streams maps parliamentary livestreams, schedules, and access methods from legislatures around the world.

This is what the open web should be for.

#FOSS #OpenSource #OpenData #CivicTech #OpenGovernment #Parliament #Transparency #OpenWeb #Canada #EU

Introducing Iconfactory Tapestry 2. Reply, quote and even post directly to Mastodon and Bluesky from Tapestry! Attach photos & videos to your posts, create polls, hashtags, an improved Mac app and so much more.

This is the update you've wanted from day one. Free to try, learn all about it.

blog.iconfactory.com/2026/09/i…

#TapestryApp #Fediverse #OpenWeb #Bluesky #Mastodon

What if social media wasn’t controlled by a few tech giants? 🌐

The Fediverse is building a more open social web like @Mastodon through federation, ActivityPub, and user-controlled communities.

🎥 Watch: youtu.be/BEgOLyz88Rc

#BestSoln #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #OpenWeb #SocialMedia

(URL replace addon enabled for X, YouTube, Instagram and some news sites.)

Most log audience build karne ke chakkar mein algorithms ke gulam ban jaate hain.

Rented platforms hamesha profit ke liye reach cut karenge.

True digital freedom:
• Own your content
• Own your list
• Build on open networks (#Fediverse)

Big Tech rage-bait promote karta hai, genuine value nahi. Time to shift to the open web. ⚡

Boost if you agree! 🚀

#Mastodon #OpenWeb #IndieWeb #DigitalFreedom #TechCommunity

This is the update you've been waiting for. Coming soon to the App Store.

tapestry.iconfactory.com

#OpenWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon #Bluesky #TapestryApp

One small step is the #OMN - a trust-based, grassroots path to compost the #techshit and grow something alive. If we don’t build better alternatives, we’ll be force-fed whatever comes after #YouTube and #Meta.

And that future is unlikely to be built around freedom, trust or commons. It looks like more ecological collapse and fascism, dressed up as entertainment.

So: one small step, build something better.

#OMN #openweb #4opens #commons #KISS #lifecult #deathcult

PostWire just landed on Make.com as a native app 🎉

If you're already automating workflows there, you can now wire social drafts straight into your scenarios — no copy-pasting between tabs, no glue scripts.

Free to try if you're on Make. Would love to hear what you build with it. 👇

#Automation #OpenWeb #SocialMedia #Workflows

Social media wasn't built for billionaires. It was built for people across the globe.

No algorithms hiding your voice.

No ads selling your privacy.

No corporate agenda controlling the narrative.

Just real global citizens discussing Tech, Business, Sports, Politics & Human Rights.

If you believe the future of the internet belongs to open worldwide communities, hit BOOST and FOLLOW. 🌐✨

#Fediverse #Mastodon #HumanRights #OpenWeb #GlobalCommunity #TechForGood #SocialJustice

The algorithm didn't put this on your timeline. A real human did.

That’s the beauty of the Fediverse: no engagement bait, no paid boosts, and no corporate manipulation—just genuine connections between people.

If you believe social media should belong to the users and not to tech billionaires, hit BOOST and FOLLOW.

Let’s build a human-driven network together, one real connection at a time. 🌐✨

#Mastodon #Fediverse #OpenWeb #HumanFirst #NoAlgorithm #SocialMedia

I was really happy to see @benpate and @dansup exploring similar ideas at the last FediCon: reducing user friction and making onboarding to the Fediverse almost invisible.

I’ve been working along the same lines. Here’s a small example: a user can interact with a #BadgeFed instance by simply logging in with #LinkedIn or #GitHub.

They can comment, upload images, like, boost, etc. They don’t need to know what the Fediverse is, what an instance is, or what software is running underneath.

For them, it’s just a social app.

Of course, existing Fediverse users can still connect with their Mastodon account or use their preferred Fediverse software.

Under the hood, it’s a #GoToSocial account configured with LinkedIn/GitHub OIDC OAuth.

But to the user? Completely transparent.

I think this kind of invisible complexity is one of the ways we can make the Fediverse much more approachable without sacrificing interoperability.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #OpenWeb #Decentralization #OAuth

Are you interested in championing the open web ecosystem as AI technologies evolve? In shaping the future of AI-driven e-commerce? In aligning your brand and network with global tech and retail leaders?

If so, we invite you to become a sponsor for the W3C and GS1 Workshop: "E-commerce for Humans and AI Agents,” a hybrid event in Zurich from September 8-9, 2026.

Find more on sponsorship benefits and packages for this event at:
w3.org/2026/ecommerce-agents/s…
#Ecommerce #OpenWeb #AgenticAI

You want to leave the instance your account lives on. There are various reasons why you could make such a decision.

Maybe the admin made a call you disagree with or maybe the instance is shutting down.

What happens to your followers, your handle, and your posts then?

On the Fediverse, leaving is a move: followers transfer through the Move activity, your follows/lists/blocks export as CSV and JSON to re-import, and your posts stay behind (Mastodon can export an archive but can't import it into a new account). LOLA, the SWICG data-portability draft, is the effort to close that last gap.

In the ATmosphere, the four things an instance fuses together are split into separate layers, so most "switching" isn't a move at all - only relocating your data server is, and even then your DID keeps your handle and followers intact.

Neither is strictly better. They trade off identity continuity, content portability, and self-governance in different ways.

→ federatedmind.com/account-port…

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #ATProtocol #Bluesky #OpenWeb #AccountMigration

Um die Umstiegs/Einstiegshürde für unsere #DNS Server einfacher zu machen, arbeiten wir gerade an einer Überblicksseite.

dns-setup.ffmuc.net

Wir würden uns über Feedback freuen ob euch das hilft oder was fehlt.

#DigitalIndependenceDay #DIDay #DigitaleUnabhängigkeit #SaveSocial #TechAlternatives #DigitalFreedom #DemokratieOnline #BigTechAlternativen #DigitalSouveränität #Wechselrezepte #MonopoleBrechen #OpenWeb #FöderierteNetzwerke #Freifunk

🚨 New pod

Bruce chats with Alex Moore (Open Web Advocacy) about why your iPhone still can't run real web apps, and the five year fight to change that.

Tune in here or on your favorite podcast platform: vivaldi.com/blog/alex-moore-op…

#OpenWeb #BigTech #Apple #PWA #DMA

The open web is growing.

Communities around Mastodon, the Fediverse and ActivityPub are showing that we don’t have to depend entirely on closed platforms.

What if we take one more step?

Publish important messages on your own website first. Then share them everywhere else.

That’s the idea behind Method M.

method-m.eu/M/

#MethodM #Fediverse #Mastodon #ActivityPub #OpenWeb

This week, we map the visual layer of the fediverse with current numbers (June 2026): Pixelfed, Loops, PeerTube, and ... Flickr?

Pixelfed: ~100K MAU across 700 servers. @dansup has been building it for eight years, mostly alone, turning down VC offers and funding it through a Kickstarter that raised CA$138K for a nonprofit foundation.

Loops: federated short-form video, also by dansup. mid-4,000s MAU, 26 servers. opt-in algorithmic feed (the default is chronological), trust-score moderation, no AI training on user content.

PeerTube: 47K MAU across 1,500+ servers. Framasoft (French nonprofit). the most infrastructure-heavy platform on the fediverse.

The visual web is the most expensive layer of the internet to decentralize. None of this was built on venture-scale economics.

Part 2 of the Fediverse Beyond Mastodon series.

More here: federatedmind.com/the-visual-f…

#Fediverse #Pixelfed #Loops #PeerTube #ActivityPub #OpenWeb #Owncast #FederatedVideo

Dug into the ActivityPub platforms beyond Mastodon with current FediDB numbers (June 2026): Misskey and its fork family, Pleroma and Akkoma, Friendica, GoToSocial, and the Threadiverse.

Misskey's custom emoji culture runs deeper than it sounds. Instances maintain hand-drawn reaction libraries that federate across the network. The closest analogue is early Slack workspace emoji culture, but federated.

Friendica has been federating since 2010 via its own DFRN protocol, Diaspora*, and OStatus. It added ActivityPub in 2019, consistent with its core goal of bridging every federation protocol it can reach.

Part 1 of the "Fediverse Beyond Mastodon" series inside the greater "Exploring the Fediverse" series. Part 2 will cover the visual fediverse: Pixelfed, Loops, and PeerTube.

→ federatedmind.com/misskey-pler…

#Fediverse #Mastodon #ActivityPub #OpenWeb #Misskey #Pleroma #Akkoma #Friendica #GoToSocial #Lemmy

Möge der Digitale Unabhängigkeitstag für alle alten und neuen Wesen des Fediverse ein Tag der Freiheit, der Selbstbestimmung und der Begegnung gewesen sein.

Wo Menschen ihre Daten bewahren, Gedanken teilen und Gemeinschaft über Algorithmen stellen, wächst etwas Kostbares: digitale Würde in Freiheit.

Kommt gut durch die Nacht. Mögen eure Träume heller sein als jede Timeline und eure Hoffnung stärker als jeder Trend.

#DiDay #DigitalIndependenceDay #Fediverse #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Friendica #Misskey #OpenWeb #GuteNacht

The @EUCommission just released a statement positioning open source as central to #Europe’s #TechSovereignty.

We couldn’t agree more. #OpenSource is critical to a robust and independent society.

Here’s our full statement: blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/…

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #OpenWeb #DigitalSovereignty

He's not alone. @allaboutberlin
It happens to all websites, to podcasts, to books in online shops since years, because they become more and more invisible in search. And even before Google's new plans we have the AI-slop scam websites, copied websites, stolen identities, #AIslop fake books.

We urgently need regulations! I can't imagine that what Google plans would be legal in the EU. Our politicians sleep ...

#enshittification #OpenWeb #search

The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. His work trains the model. The model is replacing his site. There is no credit, clicks, or revenue. This is what the "enshittification" of the open web looks like in practice.

Hard to imagine moving to Berlin without stumbling upon his guides at some point.

allaboutberlin.com/

linkedin.com/posts/nicolasboul…

#AI #OpenKnowledge #Berlin #Google #Enshittification #OpenWeb #IndieWeb

"What would a LinkedIn alternative look like on the open web?

LinkedIn is a centralized, career-focused social platform that many feel they must be on, whether they like it or not. But what if there was a better way? One that didn't control your feed, that respected your privacy, wasn't full of cringeworthy posts, and was completely open?
(...)
The reality is that a LinkedIn alternative on the open web wouldn’t look like LinkedIn at all."

by @jon

coywolf.com/news/social-media/…

#LinkedIn #AlternativeTo #JonHenshaw #Fediverse #OpenWeb

Ein großes Dankeschön an alle, die gestern (Montag, 04.05.2026) bei der Fediverse-Sprechstunde dabei waren! 🙏
Das Thema „Instanzen – verstehen & selbst betreiben“ ist nicht ganz ohne – ich hoffe, ich konnte es verständlich und praxisnah vermitteln 😊

Hier noch einmal eine kleine Checkliste für alle, die darüber nachdenken, eine eigene Instanz zu betreiben 👇

Sie zeigt ganz gut, dass es nicht nur um Technik geht, sondern auch um Verantwortung, Community und Organisation.

Die nächste Fediverse-Sprechstunde findet im Juni statt – natürlich wieder mit einem spannenden Thema.
👉 Mehr dazu gibt es in Kürze!

Danke euch für den Austausch und die vielen guten Fragen heute 💚

#Fediverse #Instanzen #Selfhosting #Community #OpenWeb

@firefox is now using AI to read web pages when you hover over links. Enabled by default. With fucking pop-up nags to try it.

The "last privacy-respecting browser" is sending page content to ML models unless you go find the off switch yourself. What the fuck happened to you, Mozilla.

They spent WEEKS in damage control promising an "AI kill switch" and then shipped it fucking disabled. That is the most gaslit UX I have ever seen in my life.

"Help me @librewolf - you're my only hope."

#Firefox #Mozilla #AI #InfoSec #Privacy #Fediverse #OpenWeb

Wenn die potentiellen Besucher einer Webseite sich auf die vermeintliche Bequemlichkeit einlassen welche durch LLM's generiert werden, anstatt wie bisher die Informationen auf jener Webseite selbstständig zu konsumieren, dann ist doch die "Schuldfrage" meiner Meinung nach in dem Kontext eher bei den Menschen zu suchen.

Das ein Projekt wie kuketz nun auch LLM fälschlicherweise als KI bezeichnet, macht auf mich keinen guten Eindruck.

#KI #LLM #Datenschutz #Bloggen #OpenWeb #Konsum

KI grast Blogs und Newsseiten ab, liefert Antworten ohne Credits und entzieht unabhängigen Seiten Reichweite, Leser und Spenden – bis die Quellen versiegen. 👇

kuketz-blog.de/kommentar-ki-fr…

#KI #Datenschutz #Bloggen #OpenWeb

Rebuild will Nutzer „umerziehen“. Das ist schon das Scheitern im Satz. Menschen wechseln nicht wegen Moral. Menschen wechseln, wenn es einfach ist. Genau das liefert das Fediverse: Du kannst klein anfangen. Du kannst Nischen bauen. Und trotzdem mit allen sprechen. Netzwerk-Effekt ohne Monopol. Das ist die echte Innovation. Nicht die 100. App mit neuem Logo.

#Fediverse #Netzwerkeffekt #OpenWeb #ActivityPub #EinfacheSprache

Glückwunsch @Anne11 ! Schön, dass du jetzt im Fediverse bist. Hier zählt nicht der Algorithmus, sondern du. Folge Menschen, die dich interessieren. Teile Gedanken, Links und Dinge aus deinem Alltag. Antworte auf andere. So wächst dein Netzwerk ganz von selbst. Aktiv sein ist hier der Schlüssel. Willkommen im offenen Netz!

#Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenWeb #DigitalFreedom #Netzkultur #EinfacheSprache

ActivityPub, the protocol that powers much of the fediverse and allows the various fediverse platforms and servers to talk to each other, has become an official W3C standard 8 years ago!

w3.org/news/2018/activitypub-i…

#fediverse #activitypub #standards #OpenWeb #W3C #anniversary #OTD #OnThisDay

Just updated the FediCollective website to help us stay in a high vibration.

1. Ambient 528Hz Love Frequency Player: For transformation and deep rest. Use headphones to really feel the vibration

2. Frequency Visualizer: To ground your focus and see the sound

3. Daily Affirmation Cards: For your mental hygiene and a quick reset

This is a high-vibe spot to breathe and heal. It’s free. Share it if you know someone who needs a reset.

Let’s value our peace today. How do you feel when you listen?

#OpenWeb #AmbientArchitecture #FediCollective

The internet used to be a collection of homes.
Now it's a row of malls.
We traded the hobbyist era for corporate walled gardens. ICQ is dead, Skype is dead, and the open web is being strip-mined for data.

But remember: the #hashtag was born in 1980s IRC rooms, not a Silicon Valley PR firm.

The Fediverse isn't just a trend - it's a return to what made the web work in the first place.

Protocols over platforms. Always.

#OpenWeb #IRC #Fediverse #Mastodon #Nostalgia #IndieWeb #Tech #Decentralize #Thoughts #Blog

The Wayback Machine was a solution to a problem that shouldn’t have existed. @brewsterkahle says people clearly want access to the internet’s past.

Hear Kahle (@internetarchive), Vint Cerf (Google), Cindy Cohn (EFF) & Jon Stokes (Ars Technica) explore the past, present & future of the web on the Future Knowledge podcast.

🎧Listen & Subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/…

#OpenWeb #podcast

Amazon once “pulled a book off your library shelf”—Vint Cerf, a pioneer of the internet, calls it shocking. How did the web drift so far from its roots?

Hear Cerf (Google), Cindy Cohn (EFF), Jon Stokes (Ars Technica) & the Internet Archive’s Brewster Kahle explore the past, present & future of the web on the Future Knowledge podcast.


🎧Listen & Subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/…

#OpenWeb @brewsterkahle

Jutta Horstman CEO of @heinleinsupport speaking at #euroskylive in #Berlin about bridging #digitalsovereignty & the #openweb.

Her view on #eusummit25 ? Severe lack of strategy and #buyeuropean is not enough.

We need #opensource #alternatives.

Jutta @smphr calls #openprocols like #Activitypub & #ATproto to allign and join forces.

#ATProtoBerlin #Digitalgipfel