RE: https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115554415257258646

We made a post + video about bringing gifting groups into the fediverse. Please boost if you like the idea 😊

https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/gifting-with-integrity-federated-digital-spaces-for-mutual-aid-networks/

Die USA drängen auf direkten Zugriff auf EU-Polizei-Biometriedaten.
Fast alle EU-Staaten wollen ihr visafreies Reisen erhalten – doch der Preis wäre enorm: Zugang zu Fingerabdrücken, Gesichtsbildern und Identitätsdaten.
Im Rat gibt es massiven Streit: Einige Regierungen wollen klare Schranken, andere öffnen schon die Tür für automatisierte Abfragen. Ein Direktzugriff der USA auf EU-Datenbanken wäre ein Dammbruch.
Datenschutz, Rechtsgrundlagen, Menschenrechte: alles offen. Und die US-Frist 2026 ist unrealistisch.
Kurz: Die EU verhandelt gerade über den größten biometrischen Datenexport ihrer Geschichte – mit unklarem Ausgang.

https://www.heise.de/news/Viele-EU-Staaten-wollen-USA-Zugriff-auf-biometrische-Polizeidaten-erlauben-11077973.html

#Datenschutz #USA #BiometrischeDaten #Verrat #Totalitarismus

Meet @adrigen and Lee: Buy Nothing admins co-designing our Mutual Aid Networks stretch goal. Their video and article reveal why gifting communities need more than "Facebook groups but federated", they need infrastructure built for proximity, self-governance, and generosity.

Blog post: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/federated-digital-spaces-for-mutual-aid-networks/

Back the campaign to unlock it: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=Xbp41jwEWUuzriwVD_Q0bQ
#crowdfunding #mutualaid

Cat's out of the bag:
FEX, an emulator I've been working on these past 4 years, is going to be part of the Steam Frame to bring x86 Windows games to an ARM Linux VR headset! 😊

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKrKTwtukE&t=205s

Really happy to have been part of the journey and of the team that got FEX to where it is today. Can't wait for the release and community reception!

#steamframe

@M4x @bonfire Bonfire itself is not a social network, but a toolkit for building social networks. You can build *your* network to do anything you like, and it doesn't have to be like Mastodon if you don't want it to.

If I understand the intent, Bonfire will play nice with other #Fediverse places. So, more diversity and more resistance to corporate extraction of our private data and public spaces.

Personally, I'm very much looking forward to perhaps creating my own emoji-only social network 😁

Our friends at @bonfire need support. Did you already make a little contribution to their crowd funding campaign?

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community

Bonfire is building a modular toolkit for communities with the decentralised, commons patterns at heart. Their suite helps you set up your group communication inside the fedi. Amazing what they already accomplished!

The have been advancing slowly but steadily. Now it's time for the next step...

Hier nur nochmal die Erinnerung daran, wie seit Dekaden ungebremst die Vermögensverteilung in D aussieht,
während die pseudochristl. Nepotisten tägl neue Pläne raushauen, euch für Diewirtschaft™ die Lohnfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall, das kleine Schon-Ersparte &blankes Existenzminimum im Armutsfall zu streichen, "Unnütze" doch bitte verrecken mögen &man Großkonzernen per Kollaboration mit Rechtsextremen im EP minimalste Sorgfaltspflicht geg. Kinderarbeit &Ausbeutung in Lieferketten erlässt.

The @bonfire project is what I’m most excited about in the social web lately: https://bonfirenetworks.org/

I was going to say “I can’t wait to see Bonfire Communities”, but I love their “slow but steady” approach so much that I’ll say “I can and I’ll wait”.

They’re fundraising now: https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community

Männer, die Ideen von Frauen als ihre eigenen ausgeben. Sehr entbehrlich.

Pepper & Carrot, Episode 39: "The Tavern" is finally out!

This 11-page webcomic is a standalone episode that you can read in five minutes. It's about courage and an experiment with sound in the comic medium. Translations are already available. We've got English, Français, Deutsch, Español, 中文, Nynorsk, and Toki Pona, thanks to some great contributors. And a big thank you to my 1106 supporters for giving me the time to create this one.

https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomic/ep39_The-Tavern.html

#webcomic #krita #peppercarrot

«If life intervenes (with illness, caregiving, burnout, financial stress, etc.) we don't apply pressure; we offer solidarity. As much as possible, the rest of us stretch so others don't have to vanish or push through pain.»
( https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/matters-of-care-why-maintenance-comes-first/ - @bonfire )

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#bonfire

RE: https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115537150532181217

Bonfire is by far the most promising thing happening in the fediverse right now. I just pledged to the maintenance fund, and I should even get a guided install party out of it. I plan to use that as an opportunity to add a bonfire instance for interop testing in https://github.com/Letterbook/Sandcastles

Just backed the @bonfire crowdfunding campaign, since it is a genuinely interesting project in the fediverse: https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community

Even though money's tight for myself right now, I wanted to personally support their project.

We’re crowdfunding for maintenance first: the unsexy work funders usually don’t want to support. Our new post explains why care and maintenance are the foundation before we can unlock all the other stretch goals: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/matters-of-care-why-maintenance-comes-first/
We’re at 74%. Help us cross the finish line: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=KQi0KDuSGE2TPSH9j9eCww
#crowdfunding #care

🎉 100 backers! We're ~€8,000 away from our first goal of €30,000 for maintenance.

Campaign perks include a limited-run, hand screen-printed piece by Rocco Lombardi, the artist behind Bonfire's visual world. There's also a regular print for a lower price, which available in more locations.

Rocco's work embodies what we care about: living worlds, connection, plurality. Our aesthetic embraces "contamination" and renewal: away from sterile platform design.

Claim yours: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=FVxjqI1kLUOhHXxqyrS6-g

Wow, this campaign website against Google's plan to kick out XSLT is a thing of beauty.

https://xslt.rip/

less "you can transition in your 40s and 50s and still be hot" and more "transitioning is worth it regardless of whether or not you turn out conventionally attractive," please and thank you