Shutting down the #NAS after 58 days of uptime. It’s been running well. Just installing a #UPS to protect my drives now that I am so highly dependent of it!

Finally logged into #OpenSimulator and done some #VibeCoding on my #SurvivorCore RPG game I’ve been working on and uploaded the changes to #GitHub. Check it out at github.com/TemujinCa… - doesn’t do much besides track player stats and added consumable items (#AI did!)

Started the day off with a coffee and experienced a couple power surges today in the home office. Glad I have a #UPS. But I also purchased a second one for my #NAS as I really don’t want to start getting errors on the hard drives when they are doing their thing!

I got a #RodecasterDuo and finished setting it up on #POP_OS, will be fun doing my #LiveStream with it soon. Managed to get 3 USB channels/sources to route my sounds working on it without relying on windows.

From my reading about social media platforms growing exponentially, there comes a point where growing a #moderation team is essential. This problem is less common with the #Fediverse with self-hosted small instances. But what about the larger instances? Have any #devs thought about implementing features such as is available in #Discourse. A #trust based moderation system as a community grows? Is that even a feasible thing to do?

It takes a (Global) Village to Fight Censorship

“It’s World Day Against Cyber Censorship, a great occasion to remind ourselves of the early optimism surrounding the internet. Once envisioned as a force for global connection and free-flowing information, the internet has instead (d)evolved into a place where access to knowledge and privacy are increasingly under threat. Big Tech has monopolized its infrastructure, and governments all over the world are too eager to capitalize.”

blog.torproject.org/fighting-…

#Tor relay successfully setup and seeing connections run through my server.

I’ve enabled #Snowflake on my system, and will setup a VM as middle/guard relay for #Tor to help the network.

While I have been a member of both the SecondLife and OpenSimulator platforms for some time, let’s say, 16 years on Second Life, and 1 good year on OpenSimulator, it did not actually hit me that the Metaverse was already here with us until Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg wanted to create his own branded “Metaverse” to rule them all.

There was talk about Second Life briefly being the answer to the metaverse, but in reality, it does not tick all the boxes (think proprietary, centralized)

And then, I found the Fediverse, and learned about the Indieweb and Small Web movements, …

What is Micro.blog?

Micro.blog is a unique social platform and blogging service designed for individuals who value owning their content and fostering genuine community interactions. It’s built on the principles of the IndieWeb, emphasizing personal domain control, content ownership, and interoperability with other web services.

The Creator:

• Manton Reece is the mind behind Micro.blog. With a background in software development and a passion for reviving the personal blogging culture, Manton has crafted Micro.blog since its inception through a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2017. …

To my fellow #privacy focused individuals. I’ve been using a #Fitbit for some time, and as you are aware, #Google purchased the brand a while ago now, and I have been #De-Googling my life.

What solutions have you found for #fitnesstracking? I’d be interested to know about any #OpenSource tracking options that work well with GPS and hiking apps such as #Alltrails, or other alternatives.

I’m new to this area of privacy! Beyond just taking the tracker off completely and going without.

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This post and the comments within go on to explain the difference between Bluesky and the Fediverse. Quite interesting, and the main reason I chose to host my own Fediverse Instances over Bluesky.

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Fediverse is an important step in the freedom of the internet and owning our own data.

I enjoy sharing my photos on Pixelfed where there are no algorithms, likes and views.