leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

Today is the 8th anniversary of @Liberapay's launch. Coincidentally, I have an announcement to make.

I'm looking for someone to open a new chapter in the project's history by becoming its second maintainer. That doesn't mean it's a programming job, although help in that area is always welcome. You can find a bit more information in https://github.com/liberapay/salon/issues/661 and ask any questions you have there or in private.

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Added a new RSS feed you can use to grab our news.

The newest is just for the hottest articles over 30 days if the other feeds are too much for you.

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Dear People attending #FOSDEM

The maintainer of #XZ is still in need of true support after they were abused by someone who tried to viciously introduce a backdoor to potentially millions of servers and computers.

They opened a Liberapay account here: https://liberapay.com/Larhzu.
They only receive 5€ a week for now…

You know XZ is crucial for lots of critical systems. Please tip them generously.and boost this message!

(Discovery borrowed from @Sylvhem)

Lydia Pintscher, Vice President of KDE e.V., receives the European Open Source Award for Advocacy and Awareness 🏆!

Congrats @nightrose !

@europeanOSacademy

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

#OSAAwards #FOSDEM

Bookshop, the anti-amazon that gives $$ to local bookstores with every sale, now has ebooks. That’s a big deal: https://bookshop.org/info/ebooks

The operational costs for:

https://pixelfed.social
https://pixelfed.art
https://pixelfed.org
https://fediverse.info
https://fedidb.org
https://loops.video
https://push.pixelfed.net
https://pubkit.net

Now exceed $4,000 USD per month, we currently get $1,465 from Patreon.

We could use your financial support more than ever while I build a foundation for long term financial support (think official hosting).

Please boost 🙏

https://pixelfed.org/support-our-project

Never change a winning team

*KICKS DOOR DOWN*

Hey everyone! Hate AI web crawlers? Have some spare CPU cycles you want to use to punish them?

Meet Nepenthes!

https://zadzmo.org/code/nepenthes

This little guy runs nicely on low power hardware, and generates an infinite maze of what appear to be static files with no exit links. Web crawlers will merrily hop right in and just .... get stuck in there! Optional randomized delay to waste their time and conserve your CPU, optional markovbabble to poison large language models.

The Stop Killing Games petition is back in the UK to sign https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-stop-killing-games-petition-is-back-in-the-uk-to-sign/

#StopKillingGames

Folks Pixelfed is getting slammed.

Since Meta started blocking links to Pixelfed it seems the world has discovered this wonderful public Instagram alternative picture sharing social media application (see Striesand effect).

But things that are public, rely on us to fund them. @dansup does not have a bunch of VC billionaires writing big checks for more server capacity.

If you can spare a few dollars to support public social media, right now is the time to do so!

https://pixelfed.org/support-our-project

The government apparently sees the British Library as a source of leasable data. It's a copyright deposit library. If this means wholesale redefining books, art, movies etc as 'data' handed to techbros, the creative industries and all of us working in them are screwed.

If you have not yet responded to this consultation, you have until 25th February. It's long and in many cases unclear but you can answer n/a to complex, obscure questions. Make your voice heard.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/copyright-and-artificial-intelligence