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The last week I've seen/been part of a few discussions regarding #Matrix on Mastodon and Lemmy. To help the world heal - let me offer this tiny suggestion:

If your views on Matrix come from pre-Element X client times, just scrap those and be open to the fact that things are different now.

I was there. I was burnt by having to support family members with encryption key issues. I had to abandon Dendrite as server software.

Since I switched to a dockerised Synapse and all (extended) family members now using Element X we've had absolutely zero issues. None. Zilch.

... and those family members range from 9 to 78 years of age. Matrix is our daily driver, on Android, iOS, macOS, Linux and Windows.

That was all, carry on.

#matrix

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#XMPP @ #FOSDEM 2026

Talk:
#UnifiedPush - #Push notifications. Decentralized and Open Source - Daniel Gultsch, s1m
Sat, 16:00, UB4.132

Visit the XMPP Realtime Lounge in #ULB, AW Building, Level 1!

#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource #rtc #e2ee

#xmpp #opensource #UnifiedPush #Jabber #federation #fosdem #chat #messaging #belgium #brussels #rtc #e2ee #push #ulb

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I am trying to figure out what replies @avilewis (or his team) have made on the Fediverse since he joined. I can't see any. That can't be true? A candidate for a party leadership that ignore those that could elect him?

Or maybe it's just the usual fare of Write Only accounts. Like Politician that don't listens to their constituants.

Prove me wrong. I want to be wrong on this one.

#cdnpoli

#cdnpoli @Avi Lewis

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This post has been on my mind for a few days now, so I’m going to say something about it. 🧵

The Minister of AI having an "ongoing engagement" with the government of Israel on technology and AI is deeply concerning. No, it’s just plain wrong. It makes Canada vulnerable to international legal consequences, and it takes Canada far down the wrong path.

The post itself radiates the same kind of defiant impunity we’ve seen from both Israel and the Trump administration when it comes to flouting international law.

#cdnpoli #NDP #palestine

Screenshot of a tweet from Evan Solomon. It has two photos of him meeting with the Israeli Ambassador to Canada with the caption: This morning, I met with Israel’s Ambassador to Canada as part of ongoing engagement on technology, AI, and economic development. Dialogue matters, particularly in complex times. / Ce matin, j'ai rencontré l'ambassadeur d'Israël au Canada dans le cadre d'un engagement continu en matière de technologie, d'intelligence artificielle et de développement économique. Le dialogue est important, en particulier dans les périodes complexes.
#palestine #cdnpoli #ndp

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🎉 Installing Castopod just got ridiculously easy!
One command, five minutes, and you're podcasting:

curl -fsSL castopod.org/install | sudo bash

Powered by FrankenPHP & Caddy for automatic SSL, blazing performance, and zero configuration headaches. Perfect for solo podcasters and entire podcast networks alike.

⚠️ Security first: download and review the script before running it with sudo!
Read all the details:
👉blog.castopod.org/castopod-ins…


Introducing the Castopod Installation Script

Install Castopod with a single command. The official installation script handles all dependencies, SSL certificates, database configuration, and security hardening automatically.
Benjamin Bellamy (Castopod Blog)
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caravantravellers 🌈

It would be very helpful if there was an interactive install script which doesn't require to install a webserver and a database system, but rather is capable of using already installed webserver and database system. Very important: don't force a certain webserver or a certain database server on the users! Give them the freedom to use Apache or any other webserver and a decent database like PostgreSQL or SQLite3 on smaller systems.

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youtube.com/watch?v=Al-DyhsmY0…
Melania - Movie Review
Melania Movie Review - Melania Trump hits the big screen thanks to a nice gift from Amazon. Buckle up as we watch her walk into different rooms like some sort of 1st lady zombie. She has things to say but I'm not sure she means them. This movie sucks.

Melania - Movie Review

Melania Movie Review - Melania Trump hits the big screen thanks to a nice gift from Amazon. Buckle up as we watch her walk into different rooms like some sor...
YouTube

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I do not understand why the Melania movie gets no views… I mean, this Bruce Springsteen song called "Streets of Minneapolis" has gotten 3 million views in under 24 hours.

So strange.

youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?si=oybETc…


Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)

Directed by Thom ZimnyEdited by Thom Zimny and Samuel ShapiroProduction Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
YouTube

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1. Record yourself (or someone) saying a small set of diphones or even just sustained vowels/consonants
2. Extract the residual (what's left after you inverse-filter out the formants)
3. Use THAT as the excitation source instead of the mathematical LF pulse
4. The formant filters would shape it, but the "texture" would be real voice
It's basically what CELP/LPC vocoders do, but in reverse - instead of coding speech, you're generating it with a hybrid source.
Tools like Praat, STRAIGHT, or various MATLAB/Python libraries can do this. The result sounds like a weird buzzy/creaky "brrrrr" - not like speech at all, because all the "vowel-ness" has been taken out.
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Mastodon server admins, important news!

The Mastodon developers are going to stop suggesting mastodon.social as a "default server".

Instead, the "default" server suggestions are going to be ones for a user's language and/or geographical location.

If your server matches these:

- General public server
- Running vanilla Mastodon
- Mastodon Covenant compliant
- Have existed for 1+ year
- Have shut-down & disaster plans

...then see this post for details: mastodon.social/@Mastodon/1159…

#MastoAdmin

Mastodon (@Mastodon@mastodon.social)

If you’re interested in participating in this experiment, please let us know by filling out this form. (sorry it’s in Google docs) https://forms.gle/7uRui5VnMPfEYAgq8 5/6
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#mastoadmin
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I just published a new post on my Substack. If you’re a blind and disabled student, this one may hit close to home. I wrote about the quiet panic that comes with syllabi and textbooks and the very real difference between “accessible eventually” and “accessible now." This isn’t a jab at professors or disability services. It’s about how systems are set up, why timing matters, and why tools like OpenStax can completely change a semester by removing the wait. If you teach, design curricula, or care about access in higher ed, I hope this offers some perspective. Boosts would be appreciated so this can reach educators and more students. #Accessibility #DisabilityInSTEM #HigherEd #OpenStax
open.substack.com/pub/accessin…

I Don’t Fear the Syllabus. I Fear the Textbook.

Why OpenStax Changed My Entire Semester
Maria Reyes (Access Interrupted)
#Accessibility #highered #disabilityinstem #openstax

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#XMPP @ #FOSDEM 2026

Talk:
@Movim: Building a Decentralized Social Network on XMPP - Timothée Jaussoin
Sun, 13:45, AW1.126

Visit the XMPP #Realtime Lounge in #ULB, AW Building, Level 1!

#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource #rtc #e2ee #europe

#xmpp #opensource #Jabber #federation #fosdem #chat #europe #messaging #belgium #realtime #brussels #rtc #e2ee #ulb

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#XMPP @ #FOSDEM 2026

Talk:
#UnifiedPush - #Push notifications. Decentralized and Open Source - Daniel Gultsch, s1m
Sat, 16:00, UB4.132

Visit the XMPP Realtime Lounge in #ULB, AW Building, Level 1!

#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource #rtc #e2ee

#xmpp #opensource #UnifiedPush #Jabber #federation #fosdem #chat #messaging #belgium #brussels #rtc #e2ee #push #ulb

Daniel Gultsch reshared this.

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I am still amazed that these super polished "simple" apps exist in the oss world. The likes of Fragments, Decibels and other apps with a completely different approach to the "mission control" UX, here's Ear Tag. A super simple music metadata editor that is a godsend for occasional music producers like myself. Thank you, @knuxify:postmarketos.org. It is a joy to use.

flathub.org/en/apps/app.drey.E…

The super polished, straigh forward interface of Ear Tag. Contrasting to the madness I'm used to in the case of (still great to have, mind you) apps like EasyTag or Musicbrainz Picard it's a world of difference.

Install Ear Tag on Linux | Flathub

Edit audio file tags
Flathub

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Now in the #FOSDEM live stream: Holger introducing #autocrypt2, a mechanism to protect against store-now-decrypt-later attacks, to be introduced in Delta!

live.fosdem.org/watch/k4201

More details about the talk:
fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event…
#DeltaChat #forwardsecrey #reliabledeletion


FOSDEM 2026 - Autocrypt 2: Post-Quantum-Cryptography and Reliable Deletion (

fosdem.org
#fosdem #deltachat #autocrypt2 #forwardsecrey #reliabledeletion
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Delta Chat

Our second #FOSDEM talk is about to start: Hocuri talks about the upcoming #multirelay profiles, which use more than one address to exchange messages!

Live Stream is here:
live.fosdem.org/watch/ud2218a

Recording will be available here later: fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event…


FOSDEM 2026 - Multi-relay chat messaging & cryptographic identities with Delta Chat and Chatmail relays

fosdem.org
#fosdem #multirelay
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feld

@qyahxm yes, but I don't know the timeline of deployment. The goal is always backwards compatibility for a reasonable amount of time so there needs to be a release of a client that supports it in the wild for a while before they push a release with it enabled

PQC has been in rpgp since last summer: github.com/rpgp/rpgp/releases/…


Release v0.16.0 - Stream the world & PQC · rpgp/rpgp

⛰️ Features Update to draft-ietf-openpgp-pqc-10 (#565) - (01a9643) 🚜 Refactor Cleanup the interface of crypto::*::SecretKey - (45e1ea8)
GitHub
@User

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I can’t remember where I saw it, but I feel like today is a good time to revisit the concept of “Vegan + bacon”.

People often avoid making small positive changes because they get caught up in trying to go all the way. For example, “I could never go vegan. I love bacon too much”.

So then go vegan plus bacon. Or vegetarian plus bacon. Or just switch to oat milk and eat more vegetables. Whatever small change you can make is good

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#XMPP @ #FOSDEM

Our booth is so well-crowed we cannot find it anymore 😬

Be brave and keep trying to find us at #ULB, AW, Building, Level 1!

#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource #rtc #e2ee #decentralisation

The XMPP Booth hidden infront of a crowd.
#xmpp #opensource #Jabber #federation #fosdem #chat #decentralisation #messaging #belgium #brussels #rtc #e2ee #ulb
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