I'm a bit confused about some of the discourse around Bluesky having to comply with Mississippi laws. Does it really matter to what degree they're "truly" decentralized? Forums and fediverse servers have shut down/geo-blocked people in UK in response to UK's Online Safety Act.
In Memoriam - OnlineSafetyAct.co.uk
 I figured it's mostly fediverse servers being too small that helps them avoid having to comply. Anyone talking about how this affects mastodon.social? #AgeVerification #Mississippi #MississippiAgeVerification #bluesky #fediverse
I just updated my "People-powered technology" blog post from last year after reading through @npub1f2dv...smn0's list of sites where you can find good and free photos and art to use instead of uncanny AI slop.
People-powered technology | Stefan Bohacek
People over (lying) machines.
 And here's Jenn's list:
you do not have to use generative ai "art" in your blogs because there are websites where you can get real, nice images for free
hi, i'm jenn schiffer and this is my lifestyle blog
Just a periodic reminder that Forgejo, the software that powers the open-source GitHub alternative Codeberg, has been working towards implementing federation.
Codeberg.org
federation
federation
 Might be worth contributing, if you have the time and skills! #forgejo #codeberg #opensource #github
"On August 6, 1991 [34 years ago], the first website was introduced to the world. [It] contained information about the World Wide Web Project. It launched at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, where it was created by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee."
The World Wide Web project
 Happy birthday, web! Via https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025554426/a-look-back-at-the-very-first-website-ever-launched-30-years-later #TheWeb #internet #WorldWideWeb #FirstWebsite #history #OTD image
Re-sharing for what would be James Baldwin's 101st birthday.
Stefan's Personal Mastodon Server
Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
Attached: 1 video "There may not be as much humanity in the world as one would like to see, but there is some. There's more than one would think."...
 #JamesBaldwin #BlackHistory #OnThisDay
Hey fediverse, happy -- - #BandcampFriday
Is it Bandcamp Friday?
Is it?
 - #FairTradeMusicFriday
isitfairtrademusicfri.day
Is it Fairtrade Music Friday?
Unsure if today is Fairtrade Music Friday? Fear not - you will find out here!
 - #FaircampFriday #music #musicians #friday #SupportArtists
"After announcing plans to find and restrict underage users on YouTube, the company now says it will start detecting whether Google users based in the US are under 18."
The Verge
Google is using AI age checks to lock down user accounts
Google is expanding age estimation beyond YouTube.
 #news #TechNews #technology #AgeVerification #google #AI
Interesting. "Liu worked with professors at Princeton to test how people responded to two different graphs. One showed winter temperatures of a fictional town gradually rising over time, while the other presented the same warming trend in a black-or-white manner: The lake either froze in any given year, or it didn’t. People who saw the second chart perceived climate change as causing more abrupt changes."
Grist
Scientists just found a way to break through climate apathy
In a field of muddy results, it's among the clearest findings that one cognitive scientist has seen in his career.
 #dataviz #data #DataVisualization #climate #ClimateChange image
"The world’s highest court said polluting countries may be in breach of international law if they do not protect the planet from the “existential threat” posed by climate change, in a landmark advisory opinion issued Wednesday." https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/climate/icj-advisory-opinion-climate-un-court via
Journa.host
Steve Herman (@w7voa@journa.host)
The world’s highest court declares that countries are legally obligated to act against climate change and that failing to do so is a "wrongful ac...
 #news #climate #ClimateNews #environment #ClimateChange #ICJ