CIRCLE WITH A DOT

https://web.archive.org/web/20260313090844/https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/This is incredibly well done open source reaserch that was taken down off of reddit."Meta spent $26.3 million on federal lobbying in 2025 and deployed 86+ lobbyists across 45 states. It funded a nationally active advocacy group (DCA) with no legal existence in the IRS system. It hired Hilltop Public Solutions to simultaneously run its $45M super PAC and coordinate DCA's messaging. It previously hired Targeted Victory to run a covert astroturfing campaign against TikTok using child safety as the narrative frame.This investigation documents all of that with primary sources. A post containing those findings was mass reported on Reddit within hours and suppressed site-wide by automated systems. Whether the reports were organic or coordinated, the outcome is the same: the content was removed from the platform where Meta has both the motive and the documented capability to suppress it.The research is published in a git repository with every source embedded. It does not depend on Reddit's infrastructure to survive. "https://web.archive.org/web/20260313090844/https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings#Linux #privacy #meta #astroturfing #ageverification #FOSS #floss #law #StopChatcontrol #ageverificationlaw #ageverificationpolicy#solidarity

@LocalWiseGuyAudire is fast wooow@limebar

@markwyner hmm, maybe. There's a lot of other applications using activitypub and a lot of other experts, and we really need them to join too so that this doesn't become a mastodon-controlled group

Trying to wrap my head around osc the command line for the openSUSE Build System.Why on earth did they need to make it so complicated. Even the early days of git was easier to use than this. And they even did the cardinal sin of making it behave like svn in many aspects.#opensuse #osc #oss #foss #opensource

In February, the #LibreOffice community worked on improvements to Writer and Calc table styles, along with other optimisations and fixes: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2026/03/10/qa-dev-report-february-2026/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

@nlnetlabs sucks ti have to migrate again but kudos and thanks for making the right decision in the face of *gestures at world*

@matt I've heard he's okay, he just had to step away to do something else.

LibreOffice will be at the MiniDebConf Kanpur 2026 – being organised by Debian India – this weekend! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/09/libreoffice-at-minidebconf-kanpur-india-2026/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

Met some lovely people from the Commons Conservancy today. It's a foundation that helps small #foss projects with stuff like governance, legal structures, admin, etc.https://commonsconservancy.org

@downey awesome! congratulations to the team.Next step, maybe, adopt an open social media platform. It would be nice to see posts and interact with the team in other places than closed platforms like X and LinkedIn.

Schönen guten Abend,DARF ICH EUCH EINLADEN ZU MEINER GESCHICHTE!DIE GEBURT VON LINUX! – Wie ein Hobby‑Projekt die Welt veränderte.Kapitel fünf „Der Name“https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/wAM_IpHDDm#Linux #Geschichte #OpenSource #freiheit #Foss

Mahlzeit,DARF ICH EUCH EINLADEN ZU MEINER GESCHICHTE!DIE GEBURT VON LINUX! – Wie ein Hobby‑Projekt die Welt veränderte.Kapitel fünf „Der Name“https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/wAM_IpHDDm#Linux #Geschichte #OpenSource #freiheit #Foss

Schönen guten Morgen,DARF ICH EUCH EINLADEN ZU MEINER GESCHICHTE!DIE GEBURT VON LINUX! – Wie ein Hobby‑Projekt die Welt veränderte.Kapitel fünf „Der Name“https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/wAM_IpHDDm#Linux #Geschichte #OpenSource #freiheit #Foss

@rikviergever @murena @e_mydata Yes, bij mij ook. Ik heb ook "fake geolocation" aangezet. Ik woon nu op de hei.

#mutualaidrequest #mutualaid I don't suppose that I have any #bsd #unix #foss #infosec friends out there willing to signal boost, by chance? ​ ​https://bsd.network/@brynet/114458997143046937

Mahlzeit,DARF ICH EUCH EINLADEN ZU MEINER GESCHICHTE!DIE GEBURT VON LINUX! – Wie ein Hobby‑Projekt die Welt veränderte.Kapitel fünf „Der Name“https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/wAM_IpHDDm#Linux #Geschichte #OpenSource #freiheit #Foss

@fossasia @kde@lemmy.kde.social We're here!Visit our booth at True Digital Park West, Soi Punnawithi 4, Bang Chak Subdistrict, Phra Khanong District, Bangkok.

@serigala_tropis @zenbrowser those pseudo bezels are tough

Just finished watching the wonderful open source security episode "Curl vs AI" with @bagder. Another brilliant one and I'm really happy that I discovered @joshbressers 's podcast lately. Now I have so much good content on my watch list https://youtu.be/1x6JYag8Ph8#foss #podcast #curl

Schönen guten Morgen,DARF ICH EUCH EINLADEN ZU MEINER GESCHICHTE!DIE GEBURT VON LINUX! – Wie ein Hobby‑Projekt die Welt veränderte.Kapitel fünf „Der Name“https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/wAM_IpHDDm#Linux #Geschichte #OpenSource #freiheit #Foss