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We're helping people in Iran get set up with #Matrix.

So far we've supported several servers (directly and indirectly) so the community has infrastructure nobody can just switch off.
Right now we're preparing for the next internet shutdown. Offline plans and local comms aren't nice-to-haves they're literally survival tools.
We prepare before the blackout, not after.

With hope for #freedom in Iran.

#Iran #Matrix #InternetShutdown #DigitalResistance #Decentralized #KeepItOn

Sohrab Behdani :freebsd:

@sohrab@mastodon.bsd.cafe · yesterday

We're helping people in Iran get set up with #Matrix.

With hope for #freedom in Iran.

#Iran #Matrix #InternetShutdown #DigitalResistance #Decentralized #KeepItOn

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Bich Nguyen :verified:

@bicmay@med-mastodon.com · 2 days ago

"A Galveston County man has filed a lawsuit against a California doctor he accuses of providing abortion-inducing pills to his partner, leveraging for the first time a new Texas law that allows private citizens to sue abortion providers for up to $100,000."

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/02/texas-california-abortion-pill-lawsuit-bounty-hunter-law-hb-7/

#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #courts #texas #txlege #families #privacy #freedom

The Texas Tribune

First lawsuit filed under Texas’ new abortion pill law

Under House Bill 7, a private citizen who successfully sues an abortion pill provider can receive up to $100,000 from the defendant.

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Mad Argon :qurio:

@madargon@is-a.cat · 4 years ago

Sad illustration...
I had first vision for this after reading some chapters of "Permanent Record".

#drawing #comic #internet #freedom #privacy #corporations #socialmedia

Two-panel comic.
First picture - boy riding a big grey bird is flying above green meadow. On the ground there are many people having fun, building towers from colourful blocks, sitting around campfire, dancing. There are muntains in the background and colourful dragons fly above them. Picture is described "Internet at the beginning".
Second picture - field of unhealthy dead grass, with holes in the ground, many traps and security cameras everywhere. There is some walled gardens with greener grass, but with unwelcoming heavy gates. Boy is wandering between ugly walls and thinking "I hate this crap". Picture is described "Internet now". — Two-panel comic. First picture - boy riding a big grey bird is flying above green meadow. On the ground there are many people having fun, building towers from colourful blocks, sitting around campfire, dancing. There are muntains in the background and colourful dragons fly above them. Picture is described "Internet at the beginning". Second picture - field of unhealthy dead grass, with holes in the ground, many traps and security cameras everywhere. There is some walled gardens with greener grass, but with unwelcoming heavy gates. Boy is wandering between ugly walls and thinking "I hate this crap". Picture is described "Internet now".

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WhatWeGon' DoLuv?

@JazzyKindaFella@zirk.us · 2 days ago

WhatWeGon' DoLuv?

@JazzyKindaFella@zirk.us · 2 days ago

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WhatWeGon' DoLuv?

@JazzyKindaFella@zirk.us · 2 days ago

WhatWeGon' DoLuv?

@JazzyKindaFella@zirk.us · 2 days ago

Bich Nguyen :verified:

@bicmay@med-mastodon.com · 2 days ago

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/02/texas-california-abortion-pill-lawsuit-bounty-hunter-law-hb-7/

#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #courts #texas #txlege #families #privacy #freedom

The Texas Tribune

First lawsuit filed under Texas’ new abortion pill law

Under House Bill 7, a private citizen who successfully sues an abortion pill provider can receive up to $100,000 from the defendant.

Aral Balkan

@aral@mastodon.ar.al · 3 days ago

@fabio I think it’s time to have a list of Zionist, pro-genocide Mastodon servers on Gaza Verified, just like we have a list of servers friendly to Palestinians suffering through genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and settler colonialism so our friends in Gaza – and anyone with even a sliver of a conscience – can know which parts of the fediverse to avoid.

I’ll add that to my endless todo list, then, shall I?

#israel #zionism #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialsm #Gaza #Palestine #mastodon #fediverse #complicity

Vladyslav

@newsgroup@social.vir.group replied · 2 days ago

@aral @fabio That's why I joined and support the idea of Mastodon. Freedom of speech is currently under strict control. I was constantly warned on Twitter, and I know that bots were filing complaints about my thoughts. We are here to say what corporations and politicians don't like. #freedom #mastodon

Beardy Star Stuff 🏴🌹🇵🇸

@dennyhenke@social.coop · 3 days ago

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@mattgemmell/116007889086838327

A fantastic post that makes an excellent point: Liberty, freedom and computing ethics really do matter. Now more than ever.

And Matt's process of extricating himself is right on. He's doing it gradually, as he suggests, "quiet quitting". SLOW, STEADY. If you're deeply entrenched in Apple services don't quit before you start because it seems too much to do.

Slow, steady steps. In the end, you will be more free.

YOU WILL BE MORE FREE.

This is important.

#Apple #Freedom #Tech #FreeSoftware

🔗 David Sommerseth

@dazo@infosec.exchange · 3 days ago

@giacomo

If you're concerned about the US controlling open source - you can fork it. But a fork won't be successful if it doesn't have users and contributors.

Remember OpenOffice.org? What do you think people talk more about - that one or the fork LibreOffice?

Android has forks as well. The main problem with Android isn't the problems forking the OS itself. It's the Google Play layers, which is not open source and fully controlled by Google - which way too many apps depends on, making it much harder to break free from Google's Android implementation.

You are equally not forced to use or implement protocols you don't deem needed in your own code. Use the alternatives, HTTP is well established and can do most of what QUIC can do. And the HTTP standard can also be extended and improved.

Protocols not being based on open standards - they are a pain to support outside of its origin software stack. Reverse engineering is the only viable path if there are no other open alternatives available.

So open source and open standards can help you break free of evil empires; the capability of digital sovereignty is built into open source and open standards.

@jwildeboer

Giacomo Tesio

@giacomo@snac.tesio.it replied · 3 days ago

@dazo@infosec.exchange

If you're concerned about the US controlling open source - you can fork it.

This is a naive take: above a certain complexity, hard forks of a software is not licensing issue. So while you can legally fork #Chromium, nobody can really hope of doing so in any meaningful way.

#WHATWG standards are dictated by the most used browsers, that are all US controlled anyway. And that's why it's such a monoculture, with #Firefox there only to provide a little #antitrust warranty to #Google: the standard themselves are designed to work as entry barriers to the browser market.

So again, open standards do not provide #DigitalSovereignty by themselves.

Open source and open standards only work in this regards whene there are several independent implementation from each country, so that there is no way to lock-in users, companies and countries' administrarions.

Without existing, multiple alternative, independent and fully interoperable implementations, open standards just reinforce centralization as Google proved when even #Microsoft abandoned their browser engine.

Then sure, #FreeSoftware helps with Digital #Sovereignty, since (and as long) people's #freedom is its primary concern.

But it's important to not conflate individual freedom and autonomy with digital sovereignty!

If all of your country payments are handled by US corporations, you might well use #GNU/ #Hurd on your open hardware, but you are not free and your country has no sovereignty.

If all of your health data are stored by US corporations, they might well only use free software on open hardware located in your neighbourhood, but they are alware at a ssh of distance from #NSA, so you are not free and your country has no sovereignty.

What about your judges or your lawmakers exchanging unencrypted emails over #gmail or #outlook365?
Again, they can use opensource only, but you are not free, your country has no sovereignty and your vote is worth nothing.

So sure, after getting rid of US Tech we might even move to a #FOSS only stack EU-wide.

But first and foremost we need to break free from US control and surveillance.

Some opensource projects may help to ackieve this urgent goal.
Biggest ones won't and we shouldn't naively argue that going full opensource is per se useful or required to gain #DigitalSovereignty.

@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net

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Michael Ramsdell

@mramsdellpics@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Rally at Tesla -- Protest the Coup
Cincinnati Ohio
Saturday January 17th 2026

A small regular protest now in January cold
Persists and grows and the horns get louder

#cincy #resist #freedom #nohate #democracy #protest #cincinnati #freespeech #indivisible #teslatakedown #nokings #mramsdellpics

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Ruben Storm

@rubenstorm@friendica.world · 6 days ago

I share my travel photos and stories on the Fediverse, an open and decentralized social network where one account can connect across multiple platforms. I recommend Friendica.world for privacy and flexibility, and Defcon.social (a Mastodon server) for easy sharing and higher image limits. With apps like Fedilab and Tusky, you can follow me and others across networks without being locked into a single platform. More freedom, more openness, and full control over your social experience.

#fediverse #friendica #defcon #social #mastodon #travel #privacy #freedom