America Needs to Reckon With What Trump 2.0 Has Done. Planning Should Start Now. (Gift Article)
Some people will beg off in the name of “bipartisanship.” That will not solve anything.

The Metric Is Not The Mission: When The Reckoning Reaches The Courts
The Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination of how Big Tech moved from building and expanding the open internet to increasingly shaping it around its own metrics, incentives and as…

Foursquare died at the hands of private equity. What happens next?
Foursquare has come to an end at the hands of private equity. It was a fun service that led to really great real-world experiences - but what happens to those check-ins now?
Skyreader update - Saved searches, PDFs and books, Semble Connections, and more - Skyreader Dev Log
Skyreader can now watch for topics you care about, read PDFs and EPUBs, and surface connections people are making on Semble
We Need A New Kind Of Data Rights
Associational data rights would empower communities to reclaim power from Big Tech

Who Runs The Election Desk? - Graze Newsletter
Hashtags were the original answer to breaking news - here's what comes after.
Argentina's top news app was made by two 23 year olds using AI
46% of Argentine adults avoid the news. These 23 year olds vibe coded a solution that's turned into the most popular news app in the country.
Interledger Foundation | Meet the 2026 Open Payments Accelerator Cohort
Meet the four teams in the 2026 Open Payments Accelerator, testing how open standards can connect payments across borders, networks, and communities.

Call for Presentations for AtmosphereConf 2027 is now open! - Atmosphere Conference News
We're doing two rounds of calls, plus curated outreach to presenters
Comic #5938 - This Is The Way It Goes

Reclaiming Social Spaces: Are Open Source Platforms a Path for More Human Connection?
What if social media platforms were built to serve their communities, not billionaires? Join us with the founders of Blacksky as we explore the potential of open source social media.

FediForum October 2026
Keynote, invited talk and speed demos from FediForum October 2026. More info: http://fediforum.org/2026-10
End-to-end encrypted relays for OCapN — Spritely Institute
Creating a direct connection between any two computers (not just from client to server) over the internet is notoriously difficult. Many home networks are behind NATs which prevent new inbound connections. Sometimes these NATs are from the ISP (carrier-grade NATs) which are impossible to work around with port forwarding and/or UPnP. While hole punching techniques can break through NATs, it's far from guaranteed. Thus, we need something that works in the general case: relays.
You've Got COVID! Minimize Your Symptoms and Reduce Your Long COVID Risk
Essential guidance for managing acute COVID-19 to minimize symptoms and reduce Long COVID risk. Learn what to do when you test positive.

Extensible Software in the age of LLMs | Jeremy Morrell
Solid core + capability-based sandboxes + LLMs = Users with superpowers

Daniel Holmgren's (@dholms.xyz) FediForum talk on AT Protocol Spaces is now available. Covers permissioned spaces, DPoP+ath tokens, and space-scoped addressing - the core infrastructure behind the next wave of apps building on the atmosphere.
FediForum October 2026 - Spectra Video
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