@GrahamFluster It can always get worse..😂
#puppy #kitten #CatsOfMastodon

💥 WHEN THE INTERNET DIES: DIY COMMS SURVIVAL TOOLKIT

This thread blew the fuck up. So here’s a no-bullshit breakdown of all the projects and ideas y’all dropped, so it’s easier to digest than a 300-reply tech rave. But yo—don’t let the thread die. Keep sharing, building, prepping.

Some of my personal favs?
📦 Internet in a Box – Doesn’t fix comms but is clutch for info sharing when it all goes to hell.
📡 Cantenna – Because it's cheap, DIY, and let’s be real, it’s fucking funny.

🎛 INTERNET BLACKOUT SURVIVAL: DIY COMMS FOR WHEN SHIT GOES DARK
🔌 1. Mesh Networks
Local WiFi/radio nodes talk directly.

Tools: Meshtastic, People’s Open WiFi, Reticulum

Good for: cities, tight communities.

📡 2. Ham & Packet Radio
Long-distance, text/image data over radio.

Gear: Baofeng, Quansheng UV-K5

Apps: AndFLMsg, Rattlegram

Learn: IAF Radio Guide

🔐 3. Secure Scuttlebutt & Briar
Off-grid social media & messaging via USB/Bluetooth.

Sites: scuttlebutt.nz, briarproject.org

📦 4. Internet in a Box
Local, offline servers with Wikipedia, books, and more.

Site: internet-in-a-box.org

🧠 5. Reticulum Network Stack
Encrypted, multi-channel, async networking protocol.

Site: reticulum.network

🛰 6. Old-School Hacks
📻 AM/SW radios

📡 Long-range WiFi with cantennas

🗺 Paper maps, encyclopedias, zines

🐌 Sneakernet (USB drops, printouts)

🤝 7. Internet Resiliency Clubs
Community organizing for tech survival.

Start one: bowshock.nl/irc

⚠️ Challenges
Legal grey zones (encryption)

Tech literacy gaps

Infrastructure costs

Right-wing radio bros

Is this how our Wi-Fi camera works? ;))

Will be spending some hot days in #karlsruhe with our dog Axel while @mcfly will attend #gpn Looking for suggestions for nice shady places where we can go, preferably with possibilities to sit down from time to time because of my #LongCovid #mecfs #dogsofmastodon #wirehairedvizsla #gpn23

@Ayreonaut klingt vernünftig, bin leider auf der anderen Seite von DE, viel spaß! :flan_headbang:

@levampyre spannend! (und nicht, dass Menschen sich nicht vorsätzlich seit sonstwann vergiften würden x)...)

@levampyre ka, ausprobieren, können Kischkerne irgendwie springen/platzen dadurch?... Frage mich gerade, ob das so ein "haben wir schon immer so gemacht" Ding ist oder ob es halt nen größeren praktischen Nutzen als Bequemlichkeit beim Verzehr hat oder ein safety issue ist.

Ich nutz den Entsteiner halt für Kirschen, Mirabellen, Pflaumen und Zwetschen >> wie gesagt, wenn du so 5-20+kg Mengen hast lohnt das imho schon, weil du sonst echt lange damit zugange bist, wenn du das alleine bespielen musst.

Ja, Kirschen sind etwas matschiger danach, was aber auch egal ist für ne ganze reihe von Verarbeitungsformen, weil du ja eh u.a. mit dem Saft arbeiten willst. Einfrieren und auftauen killt ja auch die strukturelle integrität :flan_shrug:

Dear #GitHub, when I click on a link to an English language documentation page, I don't want to be automatically redirected to a machine generated German translation.

Yes, I have both enabled in my browser. Multi-lingual people are a thing. If I want a translation, I'll explicitly ask for it.

Every site whose product owner/manager insists on automatic translation should immediately fire them.

Luigi is charged as a terrorist for tagging a CEO, but a man who targeted 3 individuals, including 2 senators, is not charged as a terrorist.

Do you guys see it now? Yet?

Artisanal purrstry dough

#Caturday

@levampyre als Kind aus einem Haushalt, in dem Steinobst normalerweise in Eimern weitergereicht wird... Kischen/Pflaumen-Entsteiner, beste investition...

Marmelade > Grütze > Kuchen > als Kompot im eigenen Saft(10% Zucker zuwerfen und auswässern lassen) eingekocht > Saft. Also falls die Kids was übrig lassen :flan_XD:

Sowohl Marmelade, als auch Kompot kann auch geil sein mit paar Gewürzen oder etwas Rum/Whisky dazu.

Oder natürlich als Kirschpfannkuchen :flan_aww:

So is anybody using #zvault instead of #truenas?
I want to redo my NAS-Setup soon & was wandering if there is a truenas successor or if I have to look at #xigmanas instead?

I require my NAS to be BSD-Based and I'm not sure if I have the time to just role plain freebsd and get the health monitoring and all right withing a sensable amount of time.

More important to have a stable thing running then the most minimal thing I can build.

I wrote about how to turn in-person meetings into Signal groups, how to manage large semi-public Signal groups while vetting new members, and how to use announcement-only Signal groups, perfect for rapidly responding to ICE raids https://micahflee.com/using-signal-groups-for-activism/

Mein Sohn (10) hat sich kürzlich einen Dungeons & Dragons Schurken generiert und ihm den Namen „Karl Glas“ gegeben. Sein Motto ist „Karl Glas sabotiert, Karl Glas raubt aus.“ #Rollenspiel #DungeonsAndDragons

Stop using Big Tech to organize your protests! They're part of the authoritarian surveillance and oppression as well.

✊ Replace Meetup/Facebook Groups with Mobilizon:
https://mobilizon.org

📄 Replace Google Docs with CryptPad:
https://cryptpad.fr

📍 Replace Google Map with Organic Maps:
https://organicmaps.app

🎞️ Replace YouTube with PeerTube:
https://joinpeertube.org

📧 Replace Gmail and Google Calendar with Proton or Tuta:
https://proton.me
https://tuta.com

🕸️ Create a simple html website with no tracking and no cookies, and post links to it everywhere, including paper posters and stickers.

We can organize without Big Tech. We have done it for centuries before! :blobcatyes:

#Protest #Democracy #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #MassSurveillance

FWIW... a bit more then 10 1/2 years ago I asked some people on twitter I did not know if I could help to make this bsides thing happen aside to ccc congress in hamburg, because congress had more good submissions for the security track then they could host.I was so scared, about all of it. But I wanted to help to make it happen, and I did. And it was one of the better things I did in my life because It started some development I could not have imagined at the time.

Lots of stuff changed over the years, the core people, the label, I changed, and so on... had the possibility to meet many interesting people over the years
It's called #elbsides by now, it's not parallel to ccc anymore for years, it's even at a different time of the year.

Tomorrow we will have another episode loaded with super interesting talks. We ware sold out since yesterday. ~180 seats in hall. It kind of blews my mind.

now :flan_sleep: and tomorrow :flan_hacker:

📣 📣 Elbsides 2025 conference is fully booked 📣 📣

Really looking forward to seeing a full conference room on Friday and listening to our wonderful speakers presenting their latest insights.

#Elbsides2025 #Infosec #Cybersecurity #Hamburg

#NoKings #Protest #Solidarity #Immigrants #MassDeportation #EndICE #StopICE #Project2025 #Trump #MAGA #ThisIsFascism #ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor #ElectionsHaveConsequences #TrumpParade #SaveDemocracy #USConstitution #DueProcess #FirstAid #JustFollowingOrders #NationalGuard #OathToDefendTheConstitution #FreePress