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Next year in November, the Voyager 1 spacecraft will be ONE full light day away from the Earth!

Launched in 1977, it took almost 50 Earth years to reach "just" distance of 1 light day

Space is so big and we are so tiny :blobcatgiggle:

🇪🇺#ChatControl now officially removed from the agenda for Oct. 14th🥳: https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-13309-2025-INIT/en/pdf

⚠️However, EU governments continue to work on the proposal.
🗓️The next meeting of EU interior ministers is on Dec. 6/7.

🚫📡🔐Mission: No mass scanning, no […]

All of this is great but point 5 especially resonated to me:

"The open Web is critical to the future of humanity and is best supported through standards-based interoperability, strong data privacy, and platform transferability.
We need Web-based software first and foremost, and we need to lean […]

I’ve been thinking about community software most of my life.

23 years ago, I started organizing communities.

15 years ago, I joined the wave of "next-generation" forums that popularized community as an enterprise feature.

7 years ago, I began reflecting on everything I'd learned in a notebook […]

Rounding Up The Anti-Fascists
Credit: Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com / CTNewsJunkie via Cagle Cartoons / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

“…When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist. Democracy depends on people who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk, and who remind us that freedom must never be taken for granted, but must always […]

#MaríaCorinaMachado Is Awarded the #NobelPeacePrize

The Norwegian #Nobel Committee praised “her tireless work promoting #democratic rights for the people of #Venezuela.”

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/10/world/nobel-peace-prize?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Large grayscale mural titled “Medusa” by Judith De Leeuw in Torrelavega, Spain, created for the Alegra la Vista Urban Art Festival 2025. The artwork depicts a sculpted human face surrounded by serpents that transform into security cameras, symbolizing surveillance and modern control. Subtle teal brushstrokes accent the otherwise monochrome composition.

New!: "Medusa" by Judith De Leeuw in Torrelavega, Spain for Alegra la Vista Urban Art Festival 2025.

Fully endorse an Asian focused Fediforum. https://mastodon.social/@reiver/115339826894804695

Our brains evolved to socialize — but max out at about 150 friends.

@WSJ reports: "The size of our social networks is limited even in the age of social media."

Gift link: https://flip.it/BSmkEH

#Brain #Friends #Science #SocialMedia #Psychology

A bunch of brown, black, and white goats happily lounging in the sun on a grassy area next to a wooden fence. There's also a couple of happy fluffy dogs mixed in, and a small brown horse. The sky above is blue.

Fediverse! I need some help!

I have a fellowship to go to Aotearoa New Zealand for a few weeks, and also an offer of an additional fellowship to give lectures around NZ. This is INCREDIBLY EXCITING!!

...but I have a lot of animals! And it's going to be […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@anewsocial/115339394542781414

Soon, you'll be able to Bounce from Mastodon to ATProto 🌐

humanness includes compassion -
on a much deeper level

"We believe that these kinds of user-generated, curated collections could help people to find their tribe more quickly when they join the Fediverse.

At the same time, envisioning a similar feature that prioritises user consent, and works across a constellation of independent servers, is no […]

Ben Werdmuller at FediForum in a Zoom call. On the right is his camera, on the left is a slide that says "The Stakes are Real: Why the Open Social Web Matters Now"

@ben kicking off @fediforum with his keynote!

Kindness Ambassadors - you can support a charity FOR FREE!

In your emails you should find a request from us asking for feedback and we’re donating to 52 Lives for every response we get.

It’s a domino of kindness - you send us feedback, which helps us.
We donate to charity - another kind act […]

Nearly 50 news and media organizations have signed an amicus brief supporting AP in the ongoing legal case over White House press access. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41932/gov.uscourts.cadc.41932.2139056.0.pdf

@troed @juergen_hubert

Another issue is that some harassers use the tools of this space against their targets; for example, as mentioned in: https://logicmag.io/policy/blackness-in-the-fediverse-a-conversation-with-marcia-x/

... some will set their messages to 'followers only' so that only […]

With the recent influx of newcomers from #Bluesky , it behooves us to contemplate what we can do to improve #moderation on the #Fediverse - something that has been a problem in the past, and is one of the major reasons why the Fediverse is not as big and as diverse as it could be.

The first and […]

Welcome,
everybody from #BlueSky or other places.

It is probably a good time to remind people of this well-explained video:

"#Mastodon in 180 seconds"

https://tilvids.com/w/wx2iLhD3pTipbKFJKLyx5t

and by the way:
- do an #introduction post,
- follow # hashtags -
- and boost a lot ...

The Sora AI disinfo nightmare is here

For more like this:
tiktok.com/@drewharwell
instagram.com/bydrewharwell

banning people like antivaxxers and fascists has never been about “censoring the opposition” or “stifling healthy debate.” at the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, that’s what they want you to think. it’s always been about limiting the reach of mass disinformation campaigns that seek […]

A sticker in the foreground with a large art fair on Castro Street in the background. The sticker says "Everyone's Welcome Here" in white letters in front of a LGBQTIA+ Pride Flag.

Lately I’ve been seeing racist/homophobic/misogynistic stickers around San Francisco, so I made my own to cover up the hate. https://docpop.org/2025/10/some-free-sticker-designs-and-where-to-print-them/

"...The agreement between Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) follows decades of discussions and negotiations among members of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) – a regional grouping of 15 member countries.

The “full free movement” will allow nationals of the four […]

"The group that will say yes to those three questions will have all five superpowers. It's less than 10% of people on Earth who actually belong to that group. Globally, they are among the most powerful people who have ever lived."

An important perspective!

Care about climate change? The […]

#WritersCoffeeClub Day 4 — What's a sure sign an author is a master of their craft?

They write with passion, engage me with their style. When I read a page, I want to read more - even if I have no idea why yet.

#MetropolitanPolice in #London have yet again courageousy defended the city against #terrorists with hand-written signs opposing #genocide in #Gaza and supporting #PalestineAction. The arrestees included a #blind man with a cane, and — for the third time — 83yo retired priest Rev Sue Parfitt.

LITTLE VILLAGE — Neighbors in Little Village are literally blowing the whistle on immigration agents in their community as federal agents stage operations and have detained hundreds of people locally in recent weeks. The Little Village Community Council has been hosting “know your rights” workshops since January to help neighbors defend against immigration sweeps in the neighborhood, home to one of the largest Mexican-American communities in the Midwest for decades. In June, after consulting with Los Angeles residents who have recently experienced immigration raids and a militarized federal law enforcement presence, the Little Village group added a new tool to its efforts: a bright orange whistle. “We had the idea of coming out with a whistle so people could hear that noise, and if they don’t have legal status, go the other way — run as quickly as possible to safety and to make sure they don’t open their doors,” said Baltazar Enriquez, president of the Little Village Community Council. A group of neighbors gather each Wednesday evening at the Little Village arch, 3100 W. 26th St., to distribute the whistles during the group’s “know your rights” workshops. About 1,200 whistles have been given out by the council, Enriquez said. “And other people started buying the whistles on their own and started passing them out, too,” Enriquez said. Federal agents drive a U.S. Customs and Border Protection van at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency’s office at 1930 Beach St. in Broadview, Ill. on Sept. 10, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago The Little Village group was inspired to use the whistles after talking to people in Los Angeles, where President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard earlier this summer. People from Los Angeles told the Little Village group they believed federal agents used stingray technology — which can monitor cellphones to collect personal information — during recent enforcement activity. Federal immigration officials have been documented using the “invasive” technology since at least 2020, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The technology can “mimic cell-phone towers and force any cell phones in the area to give up personally identifying information — including phone numbers and unique device identifiers — all without an owner’s knowledge or consent,” according to the Chicago Reader. “So we said, ‘OK, if that happens here, how do we warn people?” Enriquez said. Chicagoans have tried to keep up with ICE sightings across the city, sharing information with each other and other rapid response groups. “Even people that have a legal status are scared because ICE will just come and kidnap you. It’s like a cartel type of action,” Enriquez said. “They’ll throw you in their car and they don’t explain anything to you.” ICE spokesperson Tanya Roman declined to share the total number of people who have been taken into custody since President Donald Trump’s administration began Operation Midway Blitz earlier this month. But on Tuesday, Rep. Lauren Underwood said ICE has made 250 arrests as part of the operation, according to ABC7. * * * **Support Local News!** **Subscribe to Block Club Chicago, **an independent, 501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. Every dime we make funds reporting from Chicago’s neighborhoods. Already subscribe? **Click here to gift a subscription** , or you can**support Block Club with atax-deductible donation.** **Listen to the Block Club Chicago podcast:** Listen OnApple PodcastsListen OnGoogle PodcastsListen OnSpotify This Scuba Diver On A Boat With No Name Finds Your Stuff In The Lake Episode play icon This Scuba Diver On A Boat With No Name Finds Your Stuff In The Lake Episode play icon Anthony Rizzo Back On The Cubs — For One Day Episode play icon What To Know About ICE’s Operation Midway Blitz In Chicago Episode play icon Could AI Data Centers Drain Lake Michigan? Episode play icon How The West Side’s ‘Shine King’ Keeps Going Even As Shoe Shining Disappears Load More Search Results placeholder Previous Episode Show Episodes List Next Episode Show Podcast Information

Forget warn apps and mobiles: when it comes to neighborhoods there are many non-digital ways to help each other. Without needing permission from billionaires.

Whistles!

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/17/in-little-village-residents-are-blowing-actual-whistles-to-warn-neighbors-about-ice/