Welcome to this week's The Programmer's Fulcrum. It's your weekly curation of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Open Social development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. **As usual, we aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week.** It has the additional benefit of weakening authoritarianism. IMHO, the best way to do that is to use tools from the Techno Anarchist Manifesto to build your own site(s) to participate in the Open Media Network. Then you should share it (them) via Real Simple Syndication (RSS), Open Social, and possibly a newsletter or podcast. This approach is similar to what some call the IndieWeb and its POSSE philosophy. The second best strategy is to have accounts on open social and use the hell out of them. And do the same with a RSS feed reader. If you want some recommended tools see our LESS stack. We publish TPF on Fridays so you can enjoy it over your weekend. There's good stuff in all of our categories, so please take the time to enjoy and bookmark the items most relevant to your goals. We hope you are inspired to create new ones. Or you can jump straight to your favorite section. * Sites/Blogs/CMSs * Techno Anarchist / OMN Tools * OMN Programming * ActivityPub * Fediverse * More **FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And may involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck´em.** ## Follow us or contact us on the Fediverse ## Follow us on Eurosky * * * ## Featured Item(s) **Misha Things writes:** Given what is at stake, it is surprising that so few people seem to be aware of, and engaged with this struggle over our digital world. Much like many of the boomers and generation X (what’s in a name) could not be bothered to think through the geopolitical and economic implications of letting the Americans build our digital world, a big part of the younger generations seems to have thrown in the digital towel, accepting their lives as digital serfs. Escaping TechnoFeudalism **On a related note, we have an important pivot development with Manade:** Corporate surveillance, techno feudalist tech sucks and people want to leave it. But, some people have trouble with selecting individual tools that work well together. LESS is our very opinionated selection of a coherent stack. We want to make it easy for you to tell big tech to sod off. Our Manade project will pivot into supporting and promoting this decentralized democratic tech stack. With the new focus we aim to reduce decision paralysis and KISS for end users of tech. We want to help you escape the increasingly fascist techshit we are all stuck with. The name is obviously inspired by KISS, the philosophy that "less is more", and the ideals of the country where we live, France. Long live liberty, equality, and solidarity. Announcing LESS - the Liberté, Egalité, Solidarité Stack **Pivot to AI writes:** Linux kernel maintainers are complaining they’re drowning in slop. Torvalds’ answer is: less people, more chatbots! Torvalds said he is not trying to push non-chatbot users out of the project. But there’s already so much slop code and so many slop procedures that his actions don’t match these words. I suggest the social action: shame. Shame these people. Their actions are shameful. AI bros hate being shamed and they try to make rules against shaming — because shame works. None of these people doing shameful things deserve a place in polite company. They should be shamed for their shameful choices. Linux kernel goes full AI slop code, hides chatbot commits **Linus has always been a libertarian but as he ages he's becoming more of a techcunt. Discouraging. I guess it's time to start checking out FreeBSD if you're technical enough.** * * * ## CMSs pckt shares: Okay, so... A lot has happened on pckt **You can now "import a blog from: Substack, Ghost, Tumblr, Buttondown, Pika, WhiteWind, or from anywhere that exports as Markdown."** Jay Perry explores: A room full of new friends Manton Reece has announcements for Micro Blog: New feature: Blog Audit Social Spec On a journalistic note, Current Affairs explains: Why We’re Banning AI ### WordPress Haurand Webdesign has: Zustände in WordPress 7.1.x bei Buttons **Good stuff.** ### Small Web Tim's Blog shares: My take on the SmolWeb ### Ghost Spectral Web Services announces: Multi-channel announcements Magic Pages lets you: Choose what your site sends to the social web Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## Tools Fast Wonder reviews: Open Source Summit Prague: Sovereignty, Metrics, and Burnout Matrix envisions: What will it take to build an open source Europe and how the Digital Commons EDIC can help Open Productivity announces: Open Productivity: Six Open Source Vendors Form Joint Venture for openDesk **Gut. This is a solid option for medium-sized operations and up.** The Document Foundation peruses: The Politics of Standards Goodtech examines: Souveraineté numérique : le rapport accablant qui pointe les lacunes de l’Europe Tuta announces: Building a private internet together: Tuta & (photo storage app) zeitkapsl partnership ### Browsers 9to5Linux reports: Mozilla Firefox 158 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New **Remember to use forks of Firefox like Zen, Waterfox, or Librewolf.** Speaking of, Waterfox announces: 6.7.6 — Feed controls and browser fixes ### Cloud Nextcloud reports: Armira Growth teams up with Nextcloud: Frank Karlitschek on what it means for the community **They need to do this in order to take business away from Microslop, Gaggle, and Sapple. If you have a problem with it, check out Framaspace.** ### Writing The Document Foundation announces: The Document Foundation (now) has its own visual identity LibreOffice comes to the rescue of Microsoft Publisher users ### Creative Vaibhav Haldia explains how: A Patent Troll Almost Killed GIF The Worldwide Web Consortium announces: Updated Candidate Recommendation: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 Kdenlive asks: Help us test Kdenlive ### Linux / Open Android Amos Batto asks: Will Linux phones become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly? **This is an incredible (and long) post on the challenges Linux phones face. You might want to start at the end. ;)** LineageOS announces: 24.0: Slick Seventeen, Awesome Applications, Universal USB Tools The Free Software Foundation Europe has a: GrapheneOS review 9to5 Linux reports: Linux Mint 27 “Adrien” Slated for Release on Christmas, Based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Matthias Kirschner demonstrates: The Power of fdroidcl ### _This week's featured OMN tool_ #### Scribus Scribus is the go-to Libre Desktop Publishing Application. Scribus Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## Programming Terence Eden says: I paid people to try and follow my README Kruno Golubić looks at: The 2026 round of new domain endings ### Markdown Writing Slowly longs for: Built-in support for the ‘Web of Markdown’? ### HTML Master.dev lists: 5 Good Choices for HTML Containers **Great stuff.** Scott Jehl explores: Standards In Progress: Making Video Posters Accessible, Responsive, and an Element Ahmad Alfy examines: Iframes that finally fit their content **A quick HTML and accessibility tip: if you put your headline in the header image you still need to add it as an H1 in your text or via your CMS's title field.** ### CSS Cyd Stumpel shares: My picks for interop 2027 And Eric Meyer shares: My Interop 2027 Rankings ### Web Components Aaron Gustafson looks at: Tabbed Interface: The Web Component ### JavaScript ### AI deadSimpleTech says: There's little that's "inevitable" about AI **And Iris is 100% correct.** ### Other OpenProject shares: The open source alternative to Jira ### _This week's featured programming tool_ #### Codeberg A community-led effort that provides Git hosting for free/open source projects. Codeberg Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## ActivityPub Projets Libres shares: #76 – (Fediverse) WordPress, ta maison dans le web social décentralisé **Note the last avatar on the reposts in the “Reactions to a post on Jeremy's blog” image.** ;) Dr. Fed announces: DrFed 0.1.0: Our first release The Real Grunfink announces: I've just published version 2.96 of snac, the simple, minimalistic ActivityPub instance server written in C Terence Eden has: Some quick thoughts on Unit Testing ActivityPub PieFed demonstrates: Reducing PieFed RAM usage ### _This week's featured ActivityPub featured tool_ #### LittleFedi A lightweight, efficient and Mastodon-compatible home for the Fediverse. Your server. Your community. Your Fediverse. LittleFedi Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ### Permanent aside here (unfortunately) **This is a perpetual pet peeve because many people aren't able to comprehend ⬇️:** * **_The Fediverse_ is for communities (private, semi-private, formal, informal, or otherwise)** * **and _the Atmosphere_ is for the masses (unwashed, washed, or otherwise).** * **and _corporate social media_ is for naive fools and intentional techcunts.** **So, recognize their natures and don't ask the two protocols to go against them. This is also why we have accounts on both platforms and use them differently.** ## Fediverse Lowkey Party explores The Forkiverse fiasco: 10k users... and how many Moderators? **Speaking as a journalist, journalists are just as stupid as any other humans. And even more tech illiterate. So, they probably shouldn't spin up Fediverse instances.** Heisse reports on: Age verification in the Fediverse: How the KIDS Act challenges Mastodon The University of Innsbruck introduces: Social Media: Mastodon für alle Studie­renden Matthias Pfefferle launches: a landing page on WordPress.com and video series with that explains the Fediverse **I was not aware of the Federated Reply WP block which is a useful one for interacting with the wider Fediverse. And this all works via the ActivityPub plugin if you self-host WP, which you should.** ### Bonfire Public Spaces reports: Mentaal.nl test Bonfire voor community’s in de ggz Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## More IFTAS releases the: 2026 Social Web Annual Survey & Needs Assessment Report Now Available Truffle Culture opines: Culture Is Abandoning the Public Feed **Great stuff and why our original mission for Manade was important.** European Trends has: The Great Unfollow: How Europe is Rewriting the Social Contract **This is a bit optimistic for now, but let's hope it blossoms.** Brennen Day shares: Oldnets and Altnets: A Guide to Building a Low-Spec Daily Internet Out of Gemini, Gopher, and Terminal Tools **Old but vital.** ### ATProto ATProto explores: Developer Experience Goals for Atproto Spaces at:// pizza thoughts examines: Spatial Analysis Jola.dev has: Making your own atproto backlink index Thoughts on standard.site Boris Mann Tech Blog connects: LaSuite Apps + Atmosphere Accounts **Tres cool.** ### Atmosphere Tierney Cyren shares: What is the Atmosphere: An Untech Introduction Skyreader announces: Skyreader update - Newsletters and Search W Don't Have Time asks: Have you been Wned? On a related note, MeTacheles has: W Social: Verifiziert heisst veroeffentlicht Elena Rossini covers the douchebaggery in detail: Public by Design: How W Social Makes Their Verified Users’ Personal Details Visible on the Open Web Matthew's Newsletter covers: How not to build trust **If you don't know by now, W Social is a corporate grift targeting gullible marks. It's a shady organization that's a stain on the Atmosphere. At least (almost as shitty) Bluesky is honest about their commercial intentions and the very public nature of any information you provide them.** ### P2P Meshtastic says: Let's talk about 2.8 ### RSS Robert Alexander looks at: Misconceptions about RSS ### Matrix Tesseract announces: Tesseract is now in beta! * * * ## CTAs * That’s it for this week. Please share The Programmer's Fulcrum. * Follow us on Surf or at @thefulcrum@thefulcrum.dev on the Fediverse or at @thefulcrum.eurosky.social on the Atmosphere for daily coverage. * Read, live, and share The Techno Anarchist Manifesto! * Escape techshit with the LESS Stack. **And please build something for a community! We're promoting the LESS stack via our Manade project.** Share on Open Social Media Copy and paste: Explore this week's "The Programmer's Fulcrum". https://thefulcrum.dev/the-programmers-fulcrum-16-october-2026 #ActivityPub #ATProto #WebDev #Programming * * * ## Blasts from the past Previous Battalion Posts Previous Symfony Station Posts

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Announcing the Liberté, Equalité, Solidarité Stack Corporate surveillance, techno feudalist tech sucks and people want to leave it. But, some people have trouble with selecting individual tools that work well together. LESS is our very opinionated selection of a coherent stack. We want to make it easy for you to tell big tech to sod off. Our Manade project will transition into supporting and promoting this decentralized democratic tech stack. As stated here, I think Manade is going to fail to reach its original objective and better choices have become available for the masses. So we are pivoting on its fulcrum. 😉 With the new focus we aim to reduce decision paralysis and KISS for end users of tech. We want to help you escape the increasingly fascist techshit we are all stuck with. If you are interested in all the details, read our Techno Anarchist Manifesto. The LESS stack can provide everything you need to function in today's overly complicated and enshittifying techspace. It's also friendly with alternatives to the more frivolous things we are addicted to like doom scrolling, streaming, and gaming apps. Using LESS has the additional benefit of weakening authoritarianism. And it exists today using tech that has been around for years. The name is obviously inspired by KISS, the philosophy that "less is more", and the ideals of the country where we live, France. Long live liberty, equality, and solidarity. ### LESS Requirements As much as possible our suggestions will comply with the following requirements. We will make exceptions for simplicity. * Opensource - (mostly) free from corporations * European - free from fascism (for now) * Plays well with others (interoperable and extendable) * Techno Anarchic (hence democratic) * Minimal AI taint (preferably none) * KISS-friendly So, let's explore what will be the ever evolving and changing composition of our opinionated stack. Keeping the tech simple is the aim of this admittedly complex strategy. I will **bold what I personally use.** * * * ## Desktop Linux is a fully competitive alternative to Chrome, Windows, and Mac so there is no excuse for using anything but it for your computers. All of the applications below have Linux options or work in the browser. ### Linux Operating System These distributions are the simplest and easiest to use for non-Linux savvy people. * Zorin OS * Mint ### Linux Hardware Fortunately, almost any computer you now own can be converted to a Linux-based one. But that is not always simple to do yourself, so the easiest option is to buy a new or refurbished Linux computer (if you can afford it). Reputable European vendors include: * MNT Reform Next * Tuxedo Computers * Slimbook * Ubuntushop.biz * Entroware * Laptop with Linux * Framework (also US and Singapore) * Star Labs (UK) * ArkPC (Australia) If you have a tight budget, search out a local organization to help you convert your existing computer to a Linux operating system. This is an unfortunate friction. * * * ## Mobile We hope in the future that Linux phones will be an option for the masses. But, they face many challenges and especially on the technical front. They are slowly improving while loosing market share. Until this changes the best option is a surveillance-free, de-googled Android device. And it would be awesome if Android was forked. Google is doing its best to enshittify it. ### De-googled Android * e/OS from Murena * Graphene OS - if you are a tech competent spy or revolutionary this is a more secure option. ### Linux If you are adventurous, tech savvy, and can settle for a simpler mobile experience and mediocre camera, Linux options are available. * Furilabs * Jolla * * * ## Chat ### Matrix If you are good at convincing personal acquaintances to make ethical choices, convince them to join you on Matrix. * DeltaChat - individual oriented * Element - group oriented ### Signal If you want to interact with the mainstream, Signal is your option even if its not XMPP-based. * * * ## Cloud ### Nextcloud I use Nextcloud to store personal photos and all the assets for The Fulcrum and Manade. Obviously, you should also back up everything locally (once on a computer and once on a separate hard drive.) ### Framaspace I should use Framaspace as I a semi-fluent in French. ### Murena If you have a Murena de-googled phone, Murena has their version of G-Suite. Which can also be used on any de-googled phone. * * * ## Office Suite ### Libreoffice If I have to edit a document I did not create, I prefer Libreoffice. ### Joplin Since I write everything in Markdown, I use Joplin. And you should too. It's the simplest option. ### Murena Again, if you have a Murena de-googled phone, Murena has their version of G-Suite apps. * * * ## Browser ### Firefox clones * Librewolf * Zen * Waterfox ### Tor If you need extreme privacy, Tor is the way to go. ### Eventually Servo The most vital internet work going on at the moment is developing the browser engine, Servo. Let's hope there is a browser not based on Webkit or Chromium available soon. * * * ### Search Engine * Qwant * Mojeek * Ecosia I alternate between these because none of them are perfect at providing results. But, they are all better than the AI slop you get from mainstream browsers. * * * ## eMail * Self-hosted Roundcube * Tuta * Murena - if you have a Murena de-googled phone, this is part of their office suite. * * * ## Open Social ### Non-Mastodon Fediverse * Holos.Social * Go to Social * Bonfire - if you can find an open community * Self-hosted (Stirling) - if you are semi-tech savvy If you want some capability for privacy, join the Fediverse. ### Non-Bluesky Atmosphere * Eurosky * Blacksky If you are OK with all your data being public, join the Atmosphere. * * * ## Website The Open Media Network is an important bulwark against authoritarianism. Plus, you should share your voice with family, friends, and the rest of the world on an online home that you own. So, you should have a simple website. It doesn't matter what's on it. Just put your ideas out there. The more the better. As Hamish Campbell notes: “There is nothing magical or entirely new about the ideas behind the OMN. Plumbing networks move water. Electrical grids distribute power. Neurons connect brain signals. Each works through connected parts, local relationships and flows. We can learn from these existing patterns instead of pretending every social problem needs a revolutionary new technology. The challenge is not inventing everything again. It is applying simple ideas to build better social connections. KISS. KISS (though not necessarily opensource) website builder options include: * Bear * pckt * Neocities If you are tech savvy, database-less, flat file options include: * Publii * Grav CMS * Kirby If none of these float your boat, more are listed about 40% down on our Tools and Resources page. * * * ## RSS Reader Your website should have an RSS feed. And you should follow your allies’ websites via an RSS reader. * Nextcloud - If you use Nextcloud for your cloud storage, use **their reader**. * FeedFlow - desktop * Feeder - Android * Miniflux - self-hosted or paid hosting * * * OK, it’s time to wrap this recommendation up. ## The Current Recommended (very opinionated) LESS Stack Here you go: * Use a computer with Zorin OS's Linux distribution. * Pair it with a Murena de-googled phone. * Store your files on Nextcloud and access them via both of the above. * Chat with your acquaintances by Signal. * Use Joplin to write documents. * Enjoy Open Social Media via Holos.Social and Eurosky. * Use Tuta for email. * Browse the web with Waterfox. * Participate in the Open Media Network with a Bear website. * Follow other sites via Nextcloud News or the FeedFlow RSS app. Obviously you don't have to use all of these options. But, the more you use, the more you will be free from surveillance capitalism and techno feudalism. For experimentation purposes, I would recommend having backup options for each of these. You can always move to a new first choice and relegate the previous selection to be your backup. And if you have the resources for a second mobile device, please get a Linux phone. It is a market that needs to happen. Also, please use the pro versions of these apps or make financial contributions to opensource options. Their providers need money just like you do. So, free yourself from today's techshit and corporate surveillance. Adopt and use the LESS stack to avoid being a techno serf. And if you are really inspired by your newly won freedom you can even read and live the Techno Anarchist Manifesto. 😈 Cheers and KISS with LESS! * * * ## CTAs * Please share this article. * Follow us on Surf or at @thefulcrum@thefulcrum.dev on the Fediverse or at @thefulcrum.eurosky.social on the Atmosphere for daily LESS coverage. * Read, live, and share The Techno Anarchist Manifesto!

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Welcome to this week's The Programmer's Fulcrum. It's your weekly curation of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Open Social development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. **As usual, we aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week.** It has the additional benefit of weakening authoritarianism. IMHO, the best way to do that is to use tools from the Techno Anarchist Manifesto to build your own site(s) to participate in the Open Media Network. Then you should share it (them) via Real Simple Syndication (RSS), Open Social, and possibly a newsletter or podcast. This approach is similar to what some call the IndieWeb and its POSSE philosophy. The second best strategy is to have accounts on open social and use the hell out of them. And do the same with a RSS feed reader. We publish TPF on Fridays so you can enjoy it over your weekend. There's good stuff in all of our categories, so please take the time to enjoy and bookmark the items most relevant to your goals. We hope you are inspired to create new ones. Or you can jump straight to your favorite section. * Sites/Blogs/CMSs * Techno Anarchist / OMN Tools * OMN Programming * ActivityPub * Fediverse * More **FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And may involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck´em.** ### Follow us on the Fediverse ## Follow us on Eurosky * * * ## Featured Item(s) **Hamish Campbell writes:** There is a third path: community self-hosting. And this is actually how much of the Fediverse has worked for the last decade. A local group, cooperative, union, neighbourhood, or affinity group can share the cost, skills and responsibility of running services. This is a way of taking the original “self-hosting” idea further, from individual self-hosting → community hosting → federation → native P2P. The answer to the dotcons isn’t everyone becoming a sysadmin **But, the more of us that do, the better it is for the rest of us. Self-hosting skills are vital. Someone has to run community hosting.** **Dead Simple Tech writes:** Using my experience in the tech world along with my exposure to humanist modes of analysis, then, I've tried to have a look as to how enshittification works from the inside: what beliefs, what attitudes and what mentalities lead to enshittifiers coming to be and reproducing themselves? Poor enshittified souls **More (detailed) explanation of why techbros and developers are clueless shits and what to do about it.** **Molily writes:** Many independent educators who used to earn a living from web development training and developer relations have reported that GenAI has ruined their business. The death of web development education **All of you fucks who use GenAI are ruining your own career and everyone else's. No to mention the thievery and environment destroying. So, fuck you!** * * * ## CMSs Faircamp announces: The first Faircamp 2 sites are coming online after the release From Anna is: Making a quick and easy website! Publii introduces: Isabella: a website theme for working photographers ### WordPress Souverain explores: De WordPress au site statique : remettre le Web à plat avec Silex **While creating a Silex site is simple, connecting it to a WordPress backend is not.** ### IndieWeb O Hello Ana examines moving: Towards a personal online third-space **Nice site design, Ana.** ### Build Awesome / 11ty Richard Djarbeng demonstrates: Building a Modern Blog with Eleventy 3.x (Liquid Edition) ### Leaflet Sygnyn shows us how to: Use your own domain name in Leaflet Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## Tools ### Chat / Team Chat About Signal reports on: Signal Desktop Releases Signal Android Releases ### Cloud OpenTech(AUC) is: Self-hosting with CoopCloud Nextcloud has: Introducing Nextcloud Academy: Free online courses for Nextcloud contributors Nextcloud app development beginner’s guide: What you should know before building your first app ### Writing And: Nextcloud Write: the open source Microsoft Word and Google Docs alternative for collaborative document editing ### Creative Lou Lüeder shares: Notre pipeline de production des PDFs imprimeur est 100% libre ### Linux / Open Android PostmarketOS (now Nura) looks at: The road to daily-drivable mainline phones 9to5Linux reports: Ubuntu Summit for Ubuntu 26.10 Takes Place on November 12-13, 2026 ### Hosting / Serving Selfh.st opens the: 2026 Self-Host User Survey: Open for Submissions Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## Programming A sustainable web career, for when all this blows over Base 31 shows us: Fighting Link Rot: How to Build Websites That Last Steve Fenton explores: Migrating from WEBP to AVIF Vadim Makeev shares: One SVG, nine posters: CSS linked parameters ### Git Linux Web News has: Looking forward to Git 2.56 — and 3.0 ### Markdown Nextcloud announces: Nextcloud Text adds comments in Markdown files ### HTML Open Surveys opens the: State of HTML 2026 Survey Calibre App examines: Lazy Loading Images and Media: How Far Ahead Browsers Fetch Dave Rupert Recursion is DEAD and HTML killed it ### CSS Master.dev looks at: Fallbacks for CSS progress() A Beautiful Site explores: Named Breakpoints Without Sass ### JavaScript Master.dev Testing an iframe’s postMessage Handler ### AI Jacobin explores: The Bosses’ Oldest Dream David Bushell examines: Leaving them behind ### Other OpenProject has: OpenProject and bitcrowd join forces to strengthen open source project management and Jira migrations News from the Product Desk: Project-specific workflows and forms for work package types and their variants XWiki announces: Release Notes for XWiki 18.4.6 Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## ActivityPub The Social Web Foundation is working on: Internationalized Webfinger Handles in ActivityPub Call for Proposals: Fediverse Multimedia Grants Fedify announces: Fedify 2.4.0: FEP-ef61 portable objects, background tasks, media uploads, and inbox request reports Fabio Manganiello announces: Songhive Grow Your Own Services covers: A new very lightweight Fediverse platform that's just been released called littleFedi And LittleFedi has all the details: The Little Computer People Present littleFedi: Our First Public Release **This is going to be similar to Stirling.** ActivityPub for WordPress announces: 9.3.0 — Modern Signatures and a Summer of Security Reports And Journey of the Wolf and Raven announces: Activity Relay 3.1.0 and Activity Relay Directory 1.3.0 are released! Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ### Permanent aside here (unfortunately) **This is a perpetual pet peeve because many people aren't able to comprehend ⬇️:** * **_The Fediverse_ is for communities (private, semi-private, formal, informal, or otherwise)** * **and _the Atmosphere_ is for the masses (unwashed, washed, or otherwise).** * **and _corporate social media_ is for naive fools and intentional techcunts.** **So, recognize their natures and don't ask the two protocols to go against them. This is also why we have accounts on both platforms and use them differently.** ## Fediverse Hamish Campbell covers: Composting the Last Five Years of the Fediverse **The Fediverse's tech is decentralized. The power over it is not. And it will slowly be enshittified if this doesn't change.** Connected Places has: Fediverse News – Summer 2026 I discovered Epsilon.Social from the article above: The European social network, sovereign and built to respect you **It will be very interesting to see where this goes. Here are its TOS with details on the founder.** Terms of Service ### Bonfire Apache (the Dutch media version) reports: Mediahuis gebruikt én kopieert big tech Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## More WAFRN shows us: How to update ### ATProto The Public Ledger of Credentials shares the: First steps of the PLC organization Jola is: Building an atproto link aggregator Building [at] Habitat shares: Habitat's road to release: 08 search ### Atmosphere The Modal Foundation is: Incubating Aster Skyreader shares a: Skyreader update - From your follows, Bluesky posting, and more And Cosmik shares: Cosmik Updates: September 2026 ### P2P P2Panda has: Recordings from DWeb Camp ### XMPP Tubercule shares: Avoir un compte de messagerie XMPP Element announces: Smoother collaboration with integrations ### Matrix Computer Weekly reports: French local authorities to replace WhatsApp with ‘sovereign’ encrypted messaging ### Democracy Tech Blacksky has: What Happens When You Have a Choice? : A Breakdown of The People’s Assembly and Blacksky’s Vision for Democratic Tooling * * * ## CTAs * That’s it for this week. Please share The Programmer's Fulcrum. * Follow us on Surf or at @thefulcrum@thefulcrum.dev on the Fediverse or at @thefulcrum.eurosky.social on the Atmosphere for daily coverage. * Read, live, and share The Techno Anarchist Manifesto! **And please build something for a community! We're painfully nurturing Manade.** Share on Open Social Media * * * ## Blasts from the past Previous Battalion Posts Previous Symfony Station Posts