Let's have a serious discussion. Yesterday I mentioned Framework, and somebody claimed that they have financially supported neo-nazi DHH.

To the best of my knowledge, this is misinformation. They *never* did that. And I think that falsely accusing a company of financially supporting neo-nazis is bad.

When I asked for a source, many chimed in, providing information about Framework's financial support to other projects or other kinds of support to DHH, thus missing the point entirely. [1/2]

When I pushed back, I think many felt attacked and felt the need to state their disgust and unwillingness to buy from Frameworks. None of which was the topic of the discussion.

The point is, again: falsely claiming that a company financially supports a neo-nazi is, IMO, really bad behavior, regardless of what other bad things the company is doing.

Since we're not on Twitter, can we please have an adult conversation that's able to discuss things in their merit without feeling attacked? [2/2]

>Be a sucker.
>Make my entire infrastructure dependent on a proprietary SaaSS implementation of Git.
>The proprietary SaaSS suddenly wants money from me? How could this happen?

The only thing that surprised me is that Microsoft didn't start doing this sooner.

Mozilla has a new CEO who:

- Has been at Mozilla for less than a year

- Has no prior open source experience (but well in "fintech" and "real estate")

- Has a MBA (aka "brainworm diploma")

- Is all-in on AI

That’s exactly the kind of bingo profile the whole community has been waiting for.

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Something that hasn't been made clear: Firefox will have an option to completely disable all AI features.

We've been calling it the AI kill switch internally. I'm sure it'll ship with a less murderous name, but that's how seriously and absolutely we're taking this.

Full thread

The fact that the 'AI industry' went from "It's not a bubble, AGI any moment now!" to "Yeah this sector is too big to fail, so we're going to need bailouts" without revolt is part of the reason things suck so much.

LG forced a Copilot web app onto its TVs but will let you delete it https://www.theverge.com/news/847685/lg-copilot-web-app-delete

The European Commission lost the Chat Control 2.0 battle over access to end-to-end encrypted data. By the summer 2026, they will be back with their next attempt: Going Dark. This time some EU member states want to include VPN services.

The Going Dark initiative, or ProtectEU as the Commission now calls it, wants to “enable law enforcement authorities to access encrypted data in a lawful manner”. This is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt.

The EU Commission and several member states are also looking for new rules on data retention. In a new ”Presidency outcome paper”, the member states discuss metadata retention: which websites you visit, and who is communicating with whom, when and how often. The ambition is “to have the broadest possible scope of application” and this time some member states also want the proposal to include VPN services.

Kdenlive 25.12 is out just in time for the holiday season. This release focuses on user experience improvements, interface polish, and lot's of bug fixes.

https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.12.0/

@kde

#kdenlive #videoediting #linux #video #kde #floss

Don't worry, it's gonna happen by the end of the year...

So let me get this straight. The current state of fediverse integration on Threads is that you can write posts that federate, people can read and reply to them, you can like their replies, but you can't reply back, repost, or even share the post from Threads. And that's how they're gonna leave it.

Decentralized YouTube Alternative PeerTube Adds Creator Mode

“PeerTube is a free and open source video hosting platform that serves as an alternative to YouTube. Unlike centralized platforms, it allows anyone to create their own video hosting instance while connecting with others through federation. It is dev ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/decentralized-youtube-alternative-peertube-adds-creator-mode/

#opensource #Peertube #technology

🇪🇺EU Commission seeks to extend #ChatControl 1.0, despite admitting "insufficient data" to prove efficacy. Extending it validates a failed approach. We need targeted, judicial solutions, not the perpetual renewal of "exceptional" mass surveillance! https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-register/detail?ref=COM(2025)797&lang=en

My take on “voluntary” chat control: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/digital-house-arrest-how-the-eu-wants-to-disempower-families/

🇮🇹La Commissione vuole estendere #ChatControl 1.0 nonostante ammetta «dati insufficienti» sull'efficacia. È un approccio fallito. Servono soluzioni giudiziarie mirate, non il rinnovo perpetuo di una sorveglianza di massa nata come eccezionale. https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-register/detail?ref=COM(2025)797&lang=en

@echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social The link is broken. I assume you meant https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=COM:2025:797:FIN ?

This is really cool https://annas-archive.li/blog/backing-up-spotify.html