







Akhilesh is an Indian computer scientist passionate about decentralization and peer-to-peer technology.
Akhilesh Thite - P2P Labs | LinkedIn
//akhilesh.art · Experience: P2P Labs · Education: University of California, Santa Cruz · Location: San Francisco Bay Area · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Akhilesh Thite’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.
Kawaakibi Foundation
Kawaakibi Foundation is an accelerator for thinkers and doers, with a focus on empowering communities across the Middle East and North Africa

David Marcos (@noz.am) · Software Engineer
David Marcos — Senior Software Engineer. Public data, open networks, and product development. Powered live by AT Protocol.
Decentralization enables permissionless innovation
I’ve just started reading Inventing the Internet by Janet Abbate. The opening chapters are great, narrating Paul Baran’s efforts at RAND to design a nationwide communication network. Baran had one design goal for this network—survivability. Specifically, survivability in the face of nuclear catastrophe.

Linux Foundation and Industry Leaders Launch Akrites to Defend Critical Open Source Software Against AI-Enabled Cyber Threats
Linux Foundation and Industry Leaders Launch Akrites to Defend Critical Open Source Software Against AI-Enabled Cyber Threats

Bassel Khartabil, In Memoriam
Bassel Khartabil, the Syrian open source developer, blogger, entrepreneur, hackerspace founder, and free culture advocate, has been executed by the Syrian authorities. Noura Ghazi Safadi, his wife,

Akshay Kothari on Twitter / X
My team: what’s our 2026 plan?Me: pic.twitter.com/Ruhc10mPwx— Akshay Kothari (@akothari) November 19, 2025
Mor Naaman (@informor.bsky.social)
Cornell Tech professor (information science, AI-mediated Communication, trustworthiness of our information ecosystem). New York City. Taller in person. Opinions my own. mornaaman.com
'Technology Freedom Cooperative' To Build Infrastructure for Human Rights and Justice Groups
A conversation with Maheen Khan, director of technology at the Invisible Institute, and Patrick Ball, director of research at HRDAG.

Animikii: Indigenous Technology for an Equitable Future
Animikii empowers Indigenous communities with culturally informed technology solutions like Niiwin—our groundbreaking tool for Indigenous data sovereignty and community empowerment.

FediMod FIRES on building better and decentralised social media applications
Continuing our monthly interview series "Building a Free Internet of the Future", we talked to Emelia Smith, who is a software engineer. “Building a Free Internet of the Future" highlights the experiences and perspectives of individuals and communities supported by the NGI Zero (NGI0) grants, funded by the European Commission.

Decoding the Technofascist Tendency in Palantir's Manifesto
Palantir's CEO Alex Karp has confirmed the anti-democratic agenda of the company's founder Peter Thiel

Shahan Ali Memon (@shahanmemon.bsky.social)
Researching {science of AI-mediated science, metascience #SciSci, #AI4Science, #GenAI, LLMs, agents, alignment, AI governance, misinformation in science} PhD @ UW. Visiting @ NYU & MSR Alum @ Carnegie Mellon Academic webpage: https://samemon.github.io
Speaker Session | Ankesh Bharti | OSDHack'25