MCR still got it

omg apparently you can register for free by hitting Firebase directly, amazing

#Twitter #TwitterNew

Now it’s four or five lmao

#Twitter #TwitterNow

Their strategy to stop spam? Make people pay $20 for early access. The misjudged the fact that someone will happily throw $20 away to troll/spam. Now there are three spammers dominating the “For You” feed.

#Twitter #TwitterNow

The web app is locked behind a login, but the API? It’s fair game, baby.

https://api.twitter.now/api/posts?limit=20

#Twitter #TwitterNew

Anyway, their public, unauthenticated API is exposing users' DOB and email addresses. Neat!

https://api.twitter.now/api/user-profile/J2lPkMmhVzcJJQ45QdPR4mBtBtp1

#Twitter #TwitterNew

There’s a twitter.new site which to me appears to be a marketing stunt to get investors to pay attention to their AI-powered “trust” system, but…

It’s currently being trivially spammed. @kaitlyn @ellie that you??

#Twitter #TwitterNew

GOD BLESS @panic https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/08/panic-refunds-illegal-tariffs-customers-paid-on-its-playdate-gaming-handheld/

When I sigh so loudly that the videoconf software reminds me to unmute if I am trying to speak

The US has declared Autistici/Inventati, an Italian anarchist hacker (in the classic sense of the term) collective, a terrorist organization. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/

But what you really ought to read is this article about A/I's history, and what this means https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10083/2

I'm concerned that the US government is starting to identify decentralized media infrastructure as a threat to its survival. Repost information about this broadly, and if you have media contacts, inform them of counter-narratives; there could come a time where the fediverse, or any decentralized network infrastructure, is a target as well if we don't sound the alarms now.

EDIT: I linked to the wrong page! The second link is now fixed :)

I need the power of the #fediverse : For an upcoming presentation I am looking for examples many people will understand where the software caused consumer electronic devices not to work anymore.

E.g. company decided not to update the software which caused the device to stop, company disappeared and e.g. servers not available and therefore the device did not start anymore, etc.

Currently interested in some fresh examples I could use. Any pointers?

@cassidy "Speaking of feet, I'm with the GNOME foundation"

The lights automatically come on gently in the morning to help the kids wake up. Throughout the day, they turn on whenever someone comes in, and turn off when nobody is around. The air purifier quietly ramps up when it needs to, like when we’re cooking or kicking up dust. Our whole-house heat pump and humidifier optimize for the bedrooms at night. The kids can hit a button instead of yelling for a parent, which is silently acknowledged with a message on the clock.

#SmartHome #HomeAssistant

It’s also a fun example of the mostly-invisible tech that powers my smart home! There’s a motion sensor, a door sensor, temp/humidity/air quality sensors, an air purifier, smart buttons, an LED matrix clock, a speaker with a voice assistant, and a bunch of smart lights. It’s a lot of tech, but nobody really has to know or care because things just work automatically or are controlled with a simple button press.

#SmartHome #Zigbee #HomeAssistant

It’s hard to get a good angle without proportions looking strange, but we installed some new shelves in the kids’ room, and have made some nice progress on the Bluey-inspired decor.

I 3D-printed the salt lamp (scaled up a model I found, converted it to vase-mode, designed a custom base for the light socket, and installed a Zigbee E12 bulb), and made the stained glass light from a 20" LED wafer ceiling light, acetate sheets, electrical tape, and a Zigbee relay. 🤓

#IKEA #3Dprinting #Bluey

https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-talks-acquire-hugging-face-13-billion-deal-business-insider-reports-2026-08-27/

Leave it to Google to make a “Copy to clipboard” button that

- Takes a non-zero amount of time to complete
- Shows a spinner
- Might fail

Thanks @grishka for the video

#Google #Clipboard #Spinner

Garrett Langley, Flock’s CEO, told cops that a 404 Media story about cops using Flock to track someone who self-administered an abortion was "entirely false." He's lying.

https://www.404media.co/flocks-ceo-is-lying-to-cops-about-404-medias-reporting-on-abortion-case/

I recently (re?)discovered The Open Source Way guidebook, and it is SO GOOD.

If you want to understand healthy, successful open source projects and community, I implore you to give it a read. Even a skim over interesting chapters is worthwhile! The whole thing completely reflects my own experiences in the best open source projects and communities.

Thanks to @dneary, @semioticrobotic, @quaid, and more for putting it together.

https://guidebook.theopensourceway.org/

#OpenSourceWay #OpenSource #FOSS #community

A tiny Bonfire feature that we’ve grown quite fond of 🌱

Instance admins can define their own set of default avatars, which are randomly assigned to people who haven’t uploaded a profile picture yet.

It sounds like a very small thing and technically, it is.

But after experimenting with it on the Jacobin community, we noticed how much these little details can contribute to giving an instance its own visual identity and fostering a sense of belonging to a shared digital place.

Not every feature that shapes a community needs to be big. Sometimes it’s just a bunch of tiny avatars 😊

Read more about our work with Jacobin in our case study: bonfirenetworks.org/case-stu...