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“📷 6 new license plate readers just reported around Lima, OH․ Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching․ ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Lima ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/flock-cameras/ohio/l…”

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“Such an honor! Our nonprofit org ﹫stopTDV is being honored for our work to prevent violence affecting young people․We would ❤️ to engage with more ⌗PublicHealth professionals interested in our unique program․ Si…”

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“Mastodon is part of a much larger social network called 'The Fediverse'․ That means you can not only follow Mastodon accounts but also accounts from many other platforms such as PeerTube, Friendica, OwnCast, Pixelfed, B…”

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One of the reasons why Fediverse is awesome, even those with negligible internet are able to participate with most features except many video platforms and loading images can be problematic.
So sending a shout out goes to those wonderful alt texters and people willing to spend a few moments summarizing a video clip.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Alttext

It looks like the Snabelen.no instance may need some fixes or updates.

Whether I was using bsd.cafe, kolektiva.social, or social.linux.pizza, I couldn’t see any previous posts from @nsf_iaa.

Is this an issue with Snabelen.no’s instance configuration, or is there something else preventing older posts from being federated?

#Fediverse #AskFedi #Mastodon #Instances

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“Subquadratic 3SUM and Subcubic APSP arxiv․org/abs/2610․06783 Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49977437 ⌗HackerNews ⌗Subquadratic ⌗3SUM ⌗Subcubic ⌗APSP ⌗Algorithms ⌗ComputerScience …”

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“Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine: Tracking Outbreaks Amid ConflictThree years after the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel and the war in Gaza that followed, infectious-disease…
⌗Ukraine ⌗UA ⌗Europe ⌗Europa ⌗EU …”

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Website-Verifizierung in Mastodon

Wie man in Mastodon beweist, dass man autorisiert ist, eine URL zu führen. Eine kurze Anleitung, wie man den grünen Haken setzt.

#mastodon #Profil #Verifikation #Fediverse #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/website-verifizierung-in-mastodon

Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Jens Ambrock zur Wahl als neuer #Landesdatenschutzbeauftragter für das Land Schleswig-Holstein.

Er ist auch als @ambrock im #Fediverse vertreten.

#Datenschutz #SchleswigHolstein

We're at the final talk of the Decentralized and Federated track at @oscl

The amazing @_elena talks about the state of social media, her Fediverse experience, and the importance of moving EU public institutions towards ethical, decentralized platforms. 🔥🔥

#OSCL26 #Oscl #digitalsovereignty #opensource #mastodon #pixelfed #fediverse #eupolicy

Alt...

Elena Rossini on stage with the slide saying "why public institutions should embrace the fediverse"

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“Texas killer to be executed with pentobarbital exactly one week after Christa Pike botched lethal injection

web․brid․gy/r/mirror․co․uk/news/us-news/texas-execution-christa-pike-conscious-37743480”

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“An amusing aside from a recent paper of mine ( aten․cool/documents/papers/A%20rock-paper-scissors%20Mandelbrot%20set%20[2026]․pdf ):Given a set \(A\) and a binary operation \(f\colon A^2\to A\), we refer to \((A,f)\) …”

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“Vibecoding Photoshop: Time and pressure
Link: andreklein․net/vibecoding-photoshop-time-and-pressure/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49983780”

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“Read more on our blog: blogs․helsinki․fi/digital-geography/2026/09/30/new-paper-out-effects-of-street-greenery-and-seasonality-on-health-and-wellbeing-of-cyclists-a-virtual-reality-experiment/
Find the paper here: …”

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“Chicago Sun Times: Former Itasca, West Chicago police officers charged with felony misuse of Flock cameras
(Oct 6, 2026) chicago․suntimes․com/crime/2026/10/06/former-itasca-west-chicago-police-officers-charged-over-all…”

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“I wish mobile app developers, especially those targeting ⌗privacy based OSs had options for copy/paste/click without URL params by default, with a context menu option for including them․It is so hard to simply exist…”

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“New ⌗Paper published in Quantum: Limits to black-box amplification in QMA quantum-journal․org/papers/q-2026-10-06-2227/ ⌗OpenScience ⌗Quantum ⌗Research”

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“Scientists reveal what seven days of fasting does to the human body: major changes throughout, but the most interesting effects only appear after three days sciencedaily․com/releases/2026/10/261005012444․htm ⌗wellne…”

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“Trump Mobile data breach hits family’s own cybersecurity chief
The exposed details include other users’ personal information․
⌗news ⌗trump ⌗privacy ⌗surveillance ⌗technology cybernews․com/security/…”

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“Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating 'Skydance' behemoth
Link: arstechnica․com/tech-policy/2026/10/paramount-completes-111b-warner-merger-creating-skydance-behemoth/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/ite…”

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“europesays․com/africa/459559/ Animals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than previously thought ⌗AnimalOrigins ⌗evolution ⌗FossilPreservation ⌗microfossils ⌗MolecularClocks ⌗Mongolia …”

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“⌗surveillance ⌗ICE ⌗Palentir 'ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them …”

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“2026 be like:'I write C in Vim with no plugins․'> Sir Kernelton III, Duke of Segfaultshire․'I used AI, but I actually understand what I built․'> 'BEGONE, PEASANT․ LEAVE MY REPOSITORY․' ⌗IT ⌗ITJokes ⌗AI ⌗Pro…”

https://defcon.social/@geobountalakis/117391639573382049

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“In-app adverting SDKs are enabling warrantless police surveillance, in addition to all sorts of commercial data compiling/profiling․ youtube․com/watch?v=cq36YXrfyJE ⌗privacy ⌗bigdata ⌗surveillance ⌗surve…”

https://mastodon.sdf.org/@salixlucida/117395336668519537

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“Grocery stores used to use coupons to give people discounts and gain loyaltyThen they set up membership cards so they could associate your name and phone number with your purchasesNow they use electronic coupons so that…”

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“﹫buckfiftyseven I really like your perception of a (historic) rude reinterpretation for the computer world․The controversy around existing laws, and their relevance to AI, rarely excites me․ The amplified noise in the…”

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“The Early History of Smalltalk (1993)
Link: worrydream․com/EarlyHistoryOfSmalltalk/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49979845”

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“If you've ever wondered just exactly how invasive federal financial ⌗surveillance is & the threat it poses to your privacy, tune in one week from today at 1pm ET for our Cato Surveillance Week panel 'Financial Surve…”

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“europesays․com/3292669/ Drug trends survey: Cocaine use surges in NZ as price falls, drug becomes more accepted ⌗accepted ⌗as ⌗becomes ⌗cheaper ⌗cocaine ⌗drug ⌗easier ⌗FALLS ⌗find …”

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“I just polished the UI of PH4NTXM with some more detailed and consistent 'css' across Abyss & Ghost editions․Some identity visuals changed as well, from Grub all the way up to the Desktop environment․ ⌗PH4NTXM ⌗Lin…”

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“📢 Just dropped: our 'Monthly Mosh Pit' newsletter!A monthly round up of the horrors of ⌗BigTech - there are so many per month that it's hard to cram them all in 😬 Truly they are the most revolting corporations on …”

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“Thread-worthy․🔗 404 ﹫3
404media․co/404-at-3-live-show/ ⌗Tech ⌗Surveillance ⌗Privacy”

https://social.aktaeon.net/@zendorea/117394558259481207

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“Dust: Pretraining Transformers Without Backpropagation qlabs․sh/research/dust Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49970871 ⌗HackerNews ⌗Dust ⌗Pretraining ⌗Transformers ⌗Backpropagation ⌗AI …”

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“Resurrecting iChat Audio and Video Conferencing
Link: blog․pipetogrep․org/2026/09/11/resurrecting-ichat-audio-and-video-conferencing/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49973878”

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Envie d'allier fluidité et liberté ? 🚀
Retrouvez deux pépites que j'autohéberge pour vos discussions et vos fils d'actualité :
#Phanpy (https://phanpy.blablalinux.be) : Une interface ultra épurée et moderne pour naviguer sur le #Fediverse.
#Cinny (https://cinny.blablalinux.be) : Un client #Matrix élégant et minimaliste pour tchater en toute sécurité.
Testez-les, c'est hébergé avec amour à la maison ! 🐧✨

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“A single gene therapy dose in adult dogs didn't just fix a retinal defect; it *rebuilt* the synaptic layer that never formed․ This unprecedented plasticity in adult eyes offers a radical new hope for congenital blindnes…”

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“Surveillance Daily: October 6, 2026 ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/surveillance-daily-october-6-2026/”

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Mapstodon.space is a Mastodon server for cartography & geospatial people including professionals and enthusiasts. Ask questions, share your maps, chat around, enjoy the emojis!

https://mapstodon.space

You can find out more at https://mapstodon.space/about or contact the server admin @jeremy

#FeaturedServer #Maps #Geospatial #Cartography #Mapping #Geography #GIS #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

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“📷 7 new license plate readers just reported around Broken Arrow, OK․ Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching․ ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗BrokenArrow ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/flock…”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117394172349712751

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“Opus 5․5 agents discover 2 room-temperature magnetic semiconductor candidates vals․ai/blogs/room-temperature-magnetic-semiconductors Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49970667 ⌗HackerNews ⌗Opus5․5 ⌗Roo…”

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“📝 Paper bureaucracy had its own kind of privacy․ A teacher could write a note, hand one copy to the student and keep the duplicate—no electronic trail, no analytics, no permanent database entry․ Today, even the simples…”

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“How to save a life without knowing CPR
Link: bookofjoe2․blogspot․com/2026/10/beyondthemedspeak-how-to-save-life․html
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49938270”

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“Do you all want to know what I'm working on for my PhD? I finally got around to finishing my (hopefully understandable) writeup․ Thoughts, feedback, condolences all welcome ☠️:cyberheart_purple:ㅤ:hacktheplanet_1:ㅤ:hackt…”

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🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse

“BookWyrm is the Fediverse's alternative to Amazon's Goodreads․ You can find out more about it at fedi․tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading BookWyrm has a built-in catalogue of books to search, …”

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“We Find the Public Files Others Don't: Building Archive777 to Research 1․4+ Million Source Files ⌗ai ⌗research ⌗opensource ⌗rag ⌗software ⌗coding ⌗development ⌗engineering ⌗inclusive …”

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“And then? mullvad․net/en/and-then ⌗surveillance”

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“America’s bomber withdrawal points to wider UK-US friction politico․eu/article/b-1-bomber-withdrawal-raf-fairford-uk-us-friction/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication ⌗Counter -terroris…”

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“Discover how a whistleblower exposed the Moroccan Pegasus surveillance network, detailing how the DGST targeted journalists and activists with spyware․ ⌗Morocco ⌗PegasusSpyware ⌗Surveillance ⌗AmnestyInterna…”

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“flocksurveillance․org/ location data culled from Flock’s own records in December of 2025, in addition to acoustic detection devices and third-party cameras․ ⌗flocksurveillancemap ⌗flocksafety ⌗alpr ⌗survei…”

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“Everyone and their grandparents think that 'geography' is important for the Radical Right․ But how? We demonstrate the 4 links between geography and the Radical Right․ 🌍🔍 Click, it's open access 👉 ⌗GeographyMatters…”

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