Welcome to this week's The Programmer's Fulcrum. It's your weekly curation of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Open Social development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. **As usual, we aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week.** It has the additional benefit of weakening authoritarianism. IMHO, the best way to do that is to use tools from the Techno Anarchist Manifesto to build your own site(s) to participate in the Open Media Network. Then you should share it (them) via Real Simple Syndication (RSS), Open Social, and possibly a newsletter or podcast. This approach is similar to what some call the IndieWeb and its POSSE philosophy. The second best strategy is to have accounts on open social and use the hell out of them. And do the same with a RSS feed reader. If you want some recommended tools see our LESS stack. We publish TPF on Fridays so you can enjoy it over your weekend. There's good stuff in all of our categories, so please take the time to enjoy and bookmark the items most relevant to your goals. We hope you are inspired to create new ones. Or you can jump straight to your favorite section. * Sites/Blogs/CMSs * Techno Anarchist / OMN Tools * OMN Programming * ActivityPub * Fediverse * More **FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And may involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck´em.** ### Follow us on the Fediverse ## Follow us on Eurosky * * * ## Featured Item(s) **Dead Simple Tech writes:** The moment that we in the tech industry are going through bears similarity, in a bunch of very important ways, to what people went through during the First World War. Looking at it like that, it's not so hard to see the parallels with our situation. Our industry's always had that optimistic attitude that's willfully ignorant of any sign that it could ever be harmful, or that anything other than continuous forward progress could ever happen. (We are incapable of seeing evil for what it is.) We find ourselves at the precipice before the break. There's enough (techcunt induced) instability to see how things are going: things are breaking, vital things are ceasing to work, the bulk of the population hates what the industry is doing to them. The best are exhausted and isolated, while the worst are creating yet another vibe-coded pile of crap. In such circumstances, at the very least, we have to acknowledge that fracture, obscenity and the shattering of the way we see the world is what we're facing: it does no good for us to pretend that it is anything other than something that we simply can't put into words or symbols. We have no words for what LLMs are doing to our profession, nor for why we find them so viscerally unacceptable, but we know that they are, only to find that the words we have for that are inadequate to our experience. We don't know what would make sense of everything that's happening to us now or if there's even some sense to be had. But we need to remain open to the possibility that there could be, that with the right knowledge or the right perspective, we will be able to make some sense of this, and we can, one way or the other, move on with our lives. (That there may be a revelation coming.) Developing a keen sense of patience is... an important discipline. A revelation may well come, and we can watch in hope for one. But it may tarry... Being able to wait without frustration and keep doing things while we're waiting is important to stay sane... Finally, in times like these, one of the best things we can do is witness and record it. Slouching towards Bethlehem **Personally, I find that strong doses of Taoism, Stoicism, and doing things for people you don't know keep me sane and moving forward (albeit in a crooked line).** **Hamish Campbell writes:** Ten years ago, I wrote about a problem that was already undermining the open web, that nobody was linking to anybody, and that the incentives were all moving in the wrong direction. Mainstreaming platforms had little reason to send people towards alternative sources, while grassroots projects were left struggling to build connections with each other. Even when people wanted to cooperate, there were plenty of reasons to avoid linking, sharing audiences or giving another project visibility. The result was an increasingly fragmented web. Lots of websites, lots of content, lots of people doing useful work, but fewer if any meaningful connections between them. Ten years later, the technology has changed, the underlying problem has not gone away. [The open web is a network of links, not islands] **So, please boost meaningful posts you come across on open social and link to important information on other sites within your open web site's content.** * * * ## CMSs The Torment Nexus asks: Is the internet as we know it dying or is it already dead? **What we promote here every week is somewhat radical and subversive. Unfortunately, it will soon be absolutely radical and subversive. It should be commonplace.** Tech Policy Press explores: Creating a New Internet Bargain to Preserve Fair Use and Protect the Commons Gavin Anderegg says: Just put some HTML on the web **Yep.** Ian Monroe says: I've integrated the Sveltia CMS to this site to make it easier to publish more often S3N Net has a: Publii Quickt!pp: Verlinken für Faulpelze Hana + Nils examine: The Designer’s Toolbox Speaking of design, Micro.blog announces: A new API for editing themes and templates ### IndieWeb Roy Lindauer explains: How I am participating in the IndieWeb ### Ghost Magic Pages announces: A contact form for your site ### Bear Bear's founder, Herman shares: The upvote dilemma Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## Tools The Guardian reports: A leaderless revolution has swept Serbia. The world should be watching. **There are some great anarchic lessons here, Foremost of which is doing the good small things everyday eventually allows you to do a great thing.** Digital Commons EDIC announces: The Digital Commons EDIC adopts joint strategy to scale open-source alternatives The Worldwide Web Consortium demands: Installing Websites Must Be Easy The Association for Progressive Communications shares: Breaking free of digital monopolies together: A conversation with the Rise Against Big Tech coalition ### Chat / Team Chat About Signal reports: Signal Desktop without a smartphone one step closer ### Browsers Tor announces: New Release: Tor Browser 16.0 The Freedom of the Press Foundation reports: Privacy Badger now supports Safari ### Search Marginalia looks at: Marginalia Search, Money, C++, Rust, AI, stuff **Unless you want to self-host, use it via the website.** Marginalia Search ### Writing Collabra announces: Google Apps Script add-ons in Collabora Online And LibreOffice announces: LibreOffice 26.8.2 improves stability, multimedia and compatibility ### Creative 9to5Linux reports: Scribus 1.6.7 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Improvements ### Linux / Open Android The Privacy Dad asks: Why Is It So Difficult To Build an Alternative Operating System for a Smartphone? FuriLabs announces: Telephony App It's FOSS explores: Community Strikes Back: 12 Open Source Projects Born from Resistance Igor Wawrzyniak examines: F-Droid: 10 apps worth installing Leo Gaggl says: Convenience Is the Bait: Why the Hard Way Is Worth It **100%.** ### _This week's featured OMN tool_ #### OmniTools Boost your productivity with the toolkit for getting things done quickly. OmniTools Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## Programming Picallili says: If we stop, we lose **Keep sharing your knowledge peeps.** Project Libres shares an interesting podcast: 77 – [Conférences] Le Capitole du Libre : parler du libre à Toulouse depuis 2011 **I am looking forward to attending this 25th anniversary edition here in my current home.** Prateek Surana looks at: Evolution Of HTTP: An Interactive Guide **A good explainer of something you rarely if ever need to touch.** ### Markdown We published an article this week: The Bear necessities of writing Markdown for your Bear Blog Stuart Ellis shares: Notes on Modern Markdown ### CSS Mat celebrates: Taking Back CSS-Tricks **Fan-fucking-tastic!** CSS Tricks has the official announcement: CSS-Tricks has a new owner! And: The Frankenstein Table Master.dev examines: Useful @custom-media Presets ### Web Components Dem Odell says: Design Systems Should Be Fast by Default ### AI Phorion shares: Official Claude Code Extension Compromise: Security Advisory **FYI, if you're a clueless fuck who uses Andropit or Microslop.** NOYB reports: AI: EU Member States approve “digital expropriation” for AI companies Tech Policy Press opines: Breaking the Open Web Won’t Stop the Bad Bots 404 Media reports: If You're In the UK or EU, Here's How to Object to Meta's AI Training **Or you can 100% block it by not using the techcunt company's techshit.** IEEE Spectrum looks at: How Wikipedia’s Editors Keep the Online Encyclopedia Human-Written ### Other XWiki shares: Release Notes for XWiki 18.9.0 OpenProject announces: OpenProject integration app for Nextcloud released in version 3.3.0 **Cool.** ### _This week's featured programming tool_ #### HTMX Access to AJAX, CSS Transitions, WebSockets and SSE directly in HTML. HTMX Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## ActivityPub Todd Sundsted announces the: Release v3.14.0 of Ktistec Pachli announces: Pachli 3.10.0 released And ActivityPub for WordPress announces: 9.4.0 — Picture This Event Federation has an: Update on our specification work ### _This week's featured ActivityPub featured tool_ #### Fedify Fedify is a Typescript framework that lets you build for the Fediverse but skip the boilerplate. Fedify Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ### Permanent aside here (unfortunately) **This is a perpetual pet peeve because many people aren't able to comprehend ⬇️:** * **_The Fediverse_ is for communities (private, semi-private, formal, informal, or otherwise)** * **and _the Atmosphere_ is for the masses (unwashed, washed, or otherwise).** * **and _corporate social media_ is for naive fools and intentional techcunts.** **So, recognize their natures and don't ask the two protocols to go against them. This is also why we have accounts on both platforms and use them differently.** ## Fediverse Axel Valdez says: I'm in Love with the Fediverse Labjor asks: Chamar as mídias sociais alternativas de “plataforma” é um erro? Pesquisador canadense provoca o campo na Conferência da AoIR Betula announces: Version 1.9.0 Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## More Waag Futurelab announces: Waag Futurelab launches oso.social, a social media platform where society sets its own rules Two Waves and a Dot explores: SocialSpec, and why we need it Ricky Moorhouse is: Adding SocialSpec to my site Weisser Zwerg examines: Nostr from First Principles: Protocol, Relays, and Application Galaxies **Like Nostr itself, this has a whiff of AI about it.** David Meissner continues a series: gemini, gopher, SDF part 2 ### ATProto ATProto shares: Open Social Groups — the Vision Contrails has: Spaces are Views Why we can't have good things Pizza Thoughts asks: But Does It Float? ### Atmosphere Aaron Ross Powell says: We Should be Optimistic About the Internet Again **As you can see from one one the links above, there is a wide variety of opinions on this. Fortunately, we have the tools to make the "internet" be what we want it to be. Although, it may be smaller.** Louis Escher opines: You don't have a "Bluesky account" Skyreader shares a: Skyreader update - Bring your own RSS app and Semble connections everywhere ### RSS FreshRSS announces: Potentially breaking change approaching And Cédric Bonhomme announces: Newspipe 12.3.0 released Alternatives numériques has a review: Test et découverte de Flus, un service de veille complet basé sur les flux RSS ### XMPP Michele (Cuche) shares: Una presentazione su XMPP al Linux Day 2026 LinuxFR has its: Lettre d'information XMPP de septembre 2026 ### Matrix The Matrix Conference announces: Watch the talks Computer World reports: Matrix gains ground in Europe’s public sector — but replacing Teams is another matter Matt Vestengen-Cox says: What was old is new again **It is not just for larger organizations.** * * * ## CTAs * That’s it for this week. Please share The Programmer's Fulcrum. * Follow us on Surf or at @thefulcrum@thefulcrum.dev on the Fediverse or at @thefulcrum.eurosky.social on the Atmosphere for daily coverage. * Read, live, and share The Techno Anarchist Manifesto! * Escape techshit with the LESS Stack. **And please build something for a community! We're promoting the LESS stack via our Manade project.** Share on Open Social Media Copy and paste: Explore this week's "The Programmer's Fulcrum". https://www.thefulcrum.dev/the-programmers-fulcrum-30-october-2026/ #ActivityPub #ATProto #WebDev #Programming * * * ## Blasts from the past Previous Battalion Posts Previous Symfony Station Posts

Welcome to this week's The Programmer's Fulcrum. It's your weekly curation of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Open Social development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. **As usual, we aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week.** It has the additional benefit of weakening authoritarianism. IMHO, the best way to do that is to use tools from the Techno Anarchist Manifesto to build your own site(s) to participate in the Open Media Network. Then you should share it (them) via Real Simple Syndication (RSS), Open Social, and possibly a newsletter or podcast. This approach is similar to what some call the IndieWeb and its POSSE philosophy. The second best strategy is to have accounts on open social and use the hell out of them. And do the same with a RSS feed reader. If you want some recommended tools see our LESS stack. We publish TPF on Fridays so you can enjoy it over your weekend. There's good stuff in all of our categories, so please take the time to enjoy and bookmark the items most relevant to your goals. We hope you are inspired to create new ones. Or you can jump straight to your favorite section. * Sites/Blogs/CMSs * Techno Anarchist / OMN Tools * OMN Programming * ActivityPub * Fediverse * More **FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And may involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck´em.** ### Follow us on the Fediverse ## Follow us on Eurosky * * * ## Featured Item(s) **Dead Simple Tech writes:** The moment that we in the tech industry are going through bears similarity, in a bunch of very important ways, to what people went through during the First World War. Looking at it like that, it's not so hard to see the parallels with our situation. Our industry's always had that optimistic attitude that's willfully ignorant of any sign that it could ever be harmful, or that anything other than continuous forward progress could ever happen. (We are incapable of seeing evil for what it is.) We find ourselves at the precipice before the break. There's enough (techcunt induced) instability to see how things are going: things are breaking, vital things are ceasing to work, the bulk of the population hates what the industry is doing to them. The best are exhausted and isolated, while the worst are creating yet another vibe-coded pile of crap. In such circumstances, at the very least, we have to acknowledge that fracture, obscenity and the shattering of the way we see the world is what we're facing: it does no good for us to pretend that it is anything other than something that we simply can't put into words or symbols. We have no words for what LLMs are doing to our profession, nor for why we find them so viscerally unacceptable, but we know that they are, only to find that the words we have for that are inadequate to our experience. We don't know what would make sense of everything that's happening to us now or if there's even some sense to be had. But we need to remain open to the possibility that there could be, that with the right knowledge or the right perspective, we will be able to make some sense of this, and we can, one way or the other, move on with our lives. (That there may be a revelation coming.) Developing a keen sense of patience is... an important discipline. A revelation may well come, and we can watch in hope for one. But it may tarry... Being able to wait without frustration and keep doing things while we're waiting is important to stay sane... Finally, in times like these, one of the best things we can do is witness and record it. Slouching towards Bethlehem **Personally, I find that strong doses of Taoism, Stoicism, and doing things for people you don't know keep me sane and moving forward (albeit in a crooked line).** **Hamish Campbell writes:** Ten years ago, I wrote about a problem that was already undermining the open web, that nobody was linking to anybody, and that the incentives were all moving in the wrong direction. Mainstreaming platforms had little reason to send people towards alternative sources, while grassroots projects were left struggling to build connections with each other. Even when people wanted to cooperate, there were plenty of reasons to avoid linking, sharing audiences or giving another project visibility. The result was an increasingly fragmented web. Lots of websites, lots of content, lots of people doing useful work, but fewer if any meaningful connections between them. Ten years later, the technology has changed, the underlying problem has not gone away. [The open web is a network of links, not islands] **So, please boost meaningful posts you come across on open social and link to important information on other sites within your open web site's content.** * * * ## CMSs The Torment Nexus asks: Is the internet as we know it dying or is it already dead? **What we promote here every week is somewhat radical and subversive. Unfortunately, it will soon be absolutely radical and subversive. It should be commonplace.** Tech Policy Press explores: Creating a New Internet Bargain to Preserve Fair Use and Protect the Commons Gavin Anderegg says: Just put some HTML on the web **Yep.** Ian Monroe says: I've integrated the Sveltia CMS to this site to make it easier to publish more often S3N Net has a: Publii Quickt!pp: Verlinken für Faulpelze Hana + Nils examine: The Designer’s Toolbox Speaking of design, Micro.blog announces: A new API for editing themes and templates ### IndieWeb Roy Lindauer explains: How I am participating in the IndieWeb ### Ghost Magic Pages announces: A contact form for your site ### Bear Bear's founder, Herman shares: The upvote dilemma Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## Tools The Guardian reports: A leaderless revolution has swept Serbia. The world should be watching. **There are some great anarchic lessons here, Foremost of which is doing the good small things everyday eventually allows you to do a great thing.** Digital Commons EDIC announces: The Digital Commons EDIC adopts joint strategy to scale open-source alternatives The Worldwide Web Consortium demands: Installing Websites Must Be Easy The Association for Progressive Communications shares: Breaking free of digital monopolies together: A conversation with the Rise Against Big Tech coalition ### Chat / Team Chat About Signal reports: Signal Desktop without a smartphone one step closer ### Browsers Tor announces: New Release: Tor Browser 16.0 The Freedom of the Press Foundation reports: Privacy Badger now supports Safari ### Search Marginalia looks at: Marginalia Search, Money, C++, Rust, AI, stuff **Unless you want to self-host, use it via the website.** Marginalia Search ### Writing Collabra announces: Google Apps Script add-ons in Collabora Online And LibreOffice announces: LibreOffice 26.8.2 improves stability, multimedia and compatibility ### Creative 9to5Linux reports: Scribus 1.6.7 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Improvements ### Linux / Open Android The Privacy Dad asks: Why Is It So Difficult To Build an Alternative Operating System for a Smartphone? FuriLabs announces: Telephony App It's FOSS explores: Community Strikes Back: 12 Open Source Projects Born from Resistance Igor Wawrzyniak examines: F-Droid: 10 apps worth installing Leo Gaggl says: Convenience Is the Bait: Why the Hard Way Is Worth It **100%.** ### _This week's featured OMN tool_ #### OmniTools Boost your productivity with the toolkit for getting things done quickly. OmniTools Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## Programming Picallili says: If we stop, we lose **Keep sharing your knowledge peeps.** Project Libres shares an interesting podcast: 77 – [Conférences] Le Capitole du Libre : parler du libre à Toulouse depuis 2011 **I am looking forward to attending this 25th anniversary edition here in my current home.** Prateek Surana looks at: Evolution Of HTTP: An Interactive Guide **A good explainer of something you rarely if ever need to touch.** ### Markdown We published an article this week: The Bear necessities of writing Markdown for your Bear Blog Stuart Ellis shares: Notes on Modern Markdown ### CSS Mat celebrates: Taking Back CSS-Tricks **Fan-fucking-tastic!** CSS Tricks has the official announcement: CSS-Tricks has a new owner! And: The Frankenstein Table Master.dev examines: Useful @custom-media Presets ### Web Components Dem Odell says: Design Systems Should Be Fast by Default ### AI Phorion shares: Official Claude Code Extension Compromise: Security Advisory **FYI, if you're a clueless fuck who uses Andropit or Microslop.** NOYB reports: AI: EU Member States approve “digital expropriation” for AI companies Tech Policy Press opines: Breaking the Open Web Won’t Stop the Bad Bots 404 Media reports: If You're In the UK or EU, Here's How to Object to Meta's AI Training **Or you can 100% block it by not using the techcunt company's techshit.** IEEE Spectrum looks at: How Wikipedia’s Editors Keep the Online Encyclopedia Human-Written ### Other XWiki shares: Release Notes for XWiki 18.9.0 OpenProject announces: OpenProject integration app for Nextcloud released in version 3.3.0 **Cool.** ### _This week's featured programming tool_ #### HTMX Access to AJAX, CSS Transitions, WebSockets and SSE directly in HTML. HTMX Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## ActivityPub Todd Sundsted announces the: Release v3.14.0 of Ktistec Pachli announces: Pachli 3.10.0 released And ActivityPub for WordPress announces: 9.4.0 — Picture This Event Federation has an: Update on our specification work ### _This week's featured ActivityPub featured tool_ #### Fedify Fedify is a Typescript framework that lets you build for the Fediverse but skip the boilerplate. Fedify Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ### Permanent aside here (unfortunately) **This is a perpetual pet peeve because many people aren't able to comprehend ⬇️:** * **_The Fediverse_ is for communities (private, semi-private, formal, informal, or otherwise)** * **and _the Atmosphere_ is for the masses (unwashed, washed, or otherwise).** * **and _corporate social media_ is for naive fools and intentional techcunts.** **So, recognize their natures and don't ask the two protocols to go against them. This is also why we have accounts on both platforms and use them differently.** ## Fediverse Axel Valdez says: I'm in Love with the Fediverse Labjor asks: Chamar as mídias sociais alternativas de “plataforma” é um erro? Pesquisador canadense provoca o campo na Conferência da AoIR Betula announces: Version 1.9.0 Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## More Waag Futurelab announces: Waag Futurelab launches oso.social, a social media platform where society sets its own rules Two Waves and a Dot explores: SocialSpec, and why we need it Ricky Moorhouse is: Adding SocialSpec to my site Weisser Zwerg examines: Nostr from First Principles: Protocol, Relays, and Application Galaxies **Like Nostr itself, this has a whiff of AI about it.** David Meissner continues a series: gemini, gopher, SDF part 2 ### ATProto ATProto shares: Open Social Groups — the Vision Contrails has: Spaces are Views Why we can't have good things Pizza Thoughts asks: But Does It Float? ### Atmosphere Aaron Ross Powell says: We Should be Optimistic About the Internet Again **As you can see from one one the links above, there is a wide variety of opinions on this. Fortunately, we have the tools to make the "internet" be what we want it to be. Although, it may be smaller.** Louis Escher opines: You don't have a "Bluesky account" Skyreader shares a: Skyreader update - Bring your own RSS app and Semble connections everywhere ### RSS FreshRSS announces: Potentially breaking change approaching And Cédric Bonhomme announces: Newspipe 12.3.0 released Alternatives numériques has a review: Test et découverte de Flus, un service de veille complet basé sur les flux RSS ### XMPP Michele (Cuche) shares: Una presentazione su XMPP al Linux Day 2026 LinuxFR has its: Lettre d'information XMPP de septembre 2026 ### Matrix The Matrix Conference announces: Watch the talks Computer World reports: Matrix gains ground in Europe’s public sector — but replacing Teams is another matter Matt Vestengen-Cox says: What was old is new again **It is not just for larger organizations.** * * * ## CTAs * That’s it for this week. Please share The Programmer's Fulcrum. * Follow us on Surf or at @thefulcrum@thefulcrum.dev on the Fediverse or at @thefulcrum.eurosky.social on the Atmosphere for daily coverage. * Read, live, and share The Techno Anarchist Manifesto! * Escape techshit with the LESS Stack. **And please build something for a community! We're promoting the LESS stack via our Manade project.** Share on Open Social Media Copy and paste: Explore this week's "The Programmer's Fulcrum". https://www.thefulcrum.dev/the-programmers-fulcrum-30-october-2026/ #ActivityPub #ATProto #WebDev #Programming * * * ## Blasts from the past Previous Battalion Posts Previous Symfony Station Posts

The authoritarianism of the digital age does not require every state to build its own surveillance apparatus. It can purchase one

This post is part of Global Voices’ October 2026 Spotlight series, “Big Tech and Authoritarianism.” In this Spotlight, we explore how Big Tech facilitates and hinders authoritarian governments and practices, and how these choices influence the Global South. You can support this coverage by donating here. ( Globalvoices.org ) – For Palestinians, the relationship between technology and authoritarianism is a lived reality, rather than predictions or science fiction. Israel’s settler-colonial regime has long fused military force with legal, economic and technological mechanisms to dominate Palestinian life. Surveillance, data harvesting, facial recognition, telecommunications blackouts, digital censorship and algorithmic systems are now woven into this architecture of control. The genocidal war on Gaza has exposed the consequences with devastating clarity, where technologies built to collect, process and classify information have been absorbed into systems that surveil, target and kill Palestinians. But Palestine is also a warning about what comes next. Technologies developed, tested and refined under occupation do not stay there. They become products, expertise and business models that circulate globally. What emerges is a political economy in which military and intelligence institutions, technology companies, investors and governments converge around the extraction and processing of data as a means of exercising power...

Welcome to this week's The Programmer's Fulcrum. It's your weekly curation of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Open Social development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. **As usual, we aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week.** It has the additional benefit of weakening authoritarianism. IMHO, the best way to do that is to use tools from the Techno Anarchist Manifesto to build your own site(s) to participate in the Open Media Network. Then you should share it (them) via Real Simple Syndication (RSS), Open Social, and possibly a newsletter or podcast. This approach is similar to what some call the IndieWeb and its POSSE philosophy. The second best strategy is to have accounts on open social and use the hell out of them. And do the same with a RSS feed reader. If you want some recommended tools see our LESS stack. We publish TPF on Fridays so you can enjoy it over your weekend. There's good stuff in all of our categories, so please take the time to enjoy and bookmark the items most relevant to your goals. We hope you are inspired to create new ones. Or you can jump straight to your favorite section. * Sites/Blogs/CMSs * Techno Anarchist / OMN Tools * OMN Programming * ActivityPub * Fediverse * More **FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And may involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck´em.** ### Follow us on the Fediverse ## Follow us on Eurosky * * * ## Featured Item(s) **Open Media Network has this timely item:** In the Open Media Network (#OMN), the commons represents both the foundation and the destination of the native open web. Rather than relying on closed web corporate dotcons or top-down state power, it re-frames the commons as a practical, lived alternative. You might call it a “quiet” form of collective ownership and mutual aid grown into daily social infrastructure. A reminder, what is the OMN **For example:** I finally got around to customizing our Bear (cross-posting) blog: The Fulcrum on Bear **I am seriously considering practicing what I preach with LESS, and moving this site to Bear (or an equivalent) next year. I've had it with convoluted, increasingly AI ensloppified, and heading towards enshittified CMSs like Drupal, WordPress, Ghost, etc. They are no longer fit for purpose with small sites. Jamstack sites are just as bad.** **Sticking to markdown, HTML, and CSS is a constraint that breeds creativity, resists techno feudalism, and refuses fascist artifacts like AI.** **I would move our Fediverse account to self-hosted serving with Starling. And kill the newsletter.** * * * ## CMSs Offprint News announces: A new editor, block by block Publii has a new theme: Blogmere: a magazine theme for lifestyle and culture journals Silex announces: Silex 3.10.0-canary.4 is out, a prerelease for testing Typemill announces: [https://typemill.net/news/typemill-2-28-0-soloprint-is-free-and-deeper-git-integration] ### WordPress Roddie Ouijital explores: WordPress parent's problematic plans for .php (pending primary-string payoff) Blind Access Journal shares: An Open Letter to Matt Mullenweg on Accessibility in WordPress **I doubt they will get any satisfaction from WP’s increasing deranged, techcunt founder.** I ran across this new federated blog project this week: Omnicron: Write freely. Share universally. **This could be a promising Bear alternative.** ### IndieWeb Joe Crawford has: Be IndieWeb Enough Ilyess shares: My Quest for IndieWeb Citizenship ### Small Web Nat's Space is: Challenging myself to make for the web **I'm not quite here yet. But, see my Bear note above.** ### Ghost Ghost announces: Stripe Checkout customization **As usual, this is for the Pro plan or self-hosted versions.** Magic Pages shows us how to integrate: Emoji reactions for your posts, without tracking Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## Tools The NLNet Foundation has: NLnet Labs as an open-source software steward under the CRA NLnet Publishes More Stringent Generative AI Policy ### Newsletters ### Small Web Long Live the Web shares: Not a manifesto **Let's hope this is true.** ### VPN ### Chat / Team Chat About Signal reports: Signal registration without a phone number now available on Android Xoron examines: The Signal Protocol in Rust **Anything is better than NodeJS.** ### Browsers Servo shares: August in Servo: CSS Grid, text selection, and more! **Better a late update post than none. ;)** Webkit announces: Blocking Identity Resolution Infrastructure ### Search ### Cloud Nextcloud takes a look at the techcunts at Microsoft: Your Data. Their Rules. – Sovereignty washing at its finest ### Writing The Document Foundation documents: The history of the standardisation process of the proprietary OOXML format ### Creative 9to5Linux reports: Calibre 9.17 E-Book Manager Adds JPEG XL Support and Performance Improvements ### Linux / Open Android And: Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.1 Rolls Out with Support for Volla Tablet, Various Updates Nura announces: Improvements in internationalization and localization F-Droid announces: F-Droid and F-Droid Basic were updated to 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 And iode announces: Find My Device: find your phone, keep your privacy Alternatives numériques has an: Interview croisée d'Agnes Crepet (Fairphone) et Gaël Duval (Murena et /e/OS) ### Hosting / Serving ### _This week's featured OMN tool_ #### Hyper8 Hyper8 is a static site generator for video publishing. Hyper8 Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## Programming Tech Policy Press reports: EU’s Digital Sovereignty Push Runs Up Against Budget Cuts for Civil Society **Whenever you think things can't get worse with governments, you're wrong. And other than the U.S. (ironically) it's about to be a bad election season for democracy. As anarchists have said for years, you can't count on governments for funding anything other than repression. So, it's up to us to support and donate to TAM software tools.** TetraLogical looks at: WCAG 3: a different future for accessibility Eric Bailey says: The Accessibility Compat Data project has a homepage now, and you should support the project And Rob Ricci says: What a Terrible Day to Have a Computer **This is so tiring.** The PHP Foundation (the gods bless them) explain: Today's PHP Security Release, and How We're Strengthening PHP Security Fortunately, as Elias Taylor notes: There isn't an easy exploit for this PHP vulnerability And The Atlantic has this click bait headlined (but important) related article: ‘If Anything Happens to This Guy … Everyone Is Screwed’ ### Git Bastian Greshake Tzovaras explores: Using Codeberg's git-pages deployment with git lfs ### Markdown I ran across the ATProto markdown tool, Reams this week: Welcome to Reams Michael Hanscom shares a: Wishlist: Truly Semantic Plain Text Markup ### CSS Piccalilli examines: Native masonry layouts with CSS grid lanes CSS god, Josh Comeau looks at: The Future of CSS ### AI 404 Media reports: AI Is Changing Everything About Hacking. No One Knows What Happens Next. ### Other OpenProject has: Passion Project: Discover what's new in OpenProject ### _This week's featured programming tool_ #### HTML Structure your site. HTML Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## ActivityPub Lorenz Diener explores: New Features in Mastodon.py 2.3 ### _This week's featured ActivityPub featured tool_ #### FediDB FediDB indexes 41,097 servers across 522 software projects, checks every one of them each day, and publishes all of it through a free public API. FediDB Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ### Permanent aside here (unfortunately) **This is a perpetual pet peeve because many people aren't able to comprehend ⬇️:** * **_The Fediverse_ is for communities (private, semi-private, formal, informal, or otherwise)** * **and _the Atmosphere_ is for the masses (unwashed, washed, or otherwise).** * **and _corporate social media_ is for naive fools and intentional techcunts.** **So, recognize their natures and don't ask the two protocols to go against them. This is also why we have accounts on both platforms and use them differently.** ## Fediverse Steffen Voß says: Das Fediverse ist viel mehr als nur ein weiterer Social-Media-Kanal FediDB heralds: A New Era Phoenix Paulina Schmid looks at: Threads and the Fediverse: The Threat that Wasn’t **Let's hope it stays this way.** Mastodon announces: 5.0: A closer look **Everyone is celebrating the competent UI.** Catodon has: Catodon recently implemented Mobilizon/Gancio events HolosSocial announces: HolosSocial is not abandoned My mistake was making it easy to run the server on your device, but not to get your own identity. Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## More A New Social shares its thoughts on: On Nostr, Farcaster, and other protocols Tech Policy Press says: End the Algorithm A great new project, SocialSpec has: Introducing SocialSpec.org App Spotlight: Micro.blog App Spotlight: WordPress (Plugins) **I got this rolling on the backup Fulcrum Too (WordPress) site. You have to import your RSS following list via a plugin as well. Here's our list if you want to bulk follow it. Which you should. ;)** David Gardiner examinesL WebSub notifications when my blog has new content TechDirt opines: Accident Or Not, The No Kings Takedown Is Why You Shouldn’t Rent Your Megaphone From Zuck **True, but his boys at Bluesky are on a path to catch up with Failbook level enshittification in the next few years.** ### ATProto ATProto announces: An Intro to Atmospheric Groups **Again, this is one of the main developments for why we pivoted with our Manade project.** We just cut another spaces alpha release Tynan Is Typing claims to be: Rating all the things JolaDev shares a clickbait headlined, but good article: The time Bluesky tried to kill my server **This is why you shouldn’t self-host your PDS, yet.** ### Atmosphere Atmosphere Money is: Introducing Atmosphere Money Skyreader has a: Skyreader update - Saved searches, PDFs and books, Semble Connections, and more Cosmik Labs explores moving: From Personal Knowledge Management to Collective Knowledge Gardening W Don't Have Time reports: Just 18 unverified VIP accounts produce more than half of all W Social content ### P2P LoRes Mesh examines: Offline websites with Kiwix, but P2P Worm Blossom looks at its: New WTP Specification ### RSS Buttondown says: Google Reader was building the wrong future **Dropping Reader and pimping Google+ was definitely the moment the enshittification of Google gained steam.** I found this super solid RSS tools resource: RSS isn't dead. It's the resistance. Incognito Cat has: Privacy Tool Spotlight: FreshRSS ### XMPP Aetherius Eldritch explores: Un clásico del software libre para platicar con los amigos: así funciona Pidgin y el protocolo XMPP Movim announces: Movim 0.35.2 bug fixes and improvements * * * ## CTAs * That’s it for this week. Please share The Programmer's Fulcrum. * Follow us on Surf or at @thefulcrum@thefulcrum.dev on the Fediverse or at @thefulcrum.eurosky.social on the Atmosphere for daily coverage. * Read, live, and share The Techno Anarchist Manifesto! * Escape techshit with the LESS Stack. **And please build something for a community! We're promoting the LESS stack via our Manade project.** Share on Open Social Media Copy and paste: Explore this week's "The Programmer's Fulcrum". https://thefulcrum.dev/the-programmers-fulcrum-23-october-2026 #ActivityPub #ATProto #WebDev #Programming * * * ## Blasts from the past Previous Battalion Posts Previous Symfony Station Posts

Director Ron Deibert spoke to a crowd at SecTor 2026, warning that threats that the Citizen Lab investigates are being “super-charged” thanks to AI.

The British historian and expert on Russia discusses the inextricable links between organized crime and society, and why gangsters always seem to be a step ahead of law enforcement

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The British historian and expert on Russia discusses the inextricable links between organized crime and society, and why gangsters always seem to be a step ahead of law enforcement

Welcome to this week's The Programmer's Fulcrum. It's your weekly curation of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Open Social development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. **As usual, we aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week.** It has the additional benefit of weakening authoritarianism. IMHO, the best way to do that is to use tools from the Techno Anarchist Manifesto to build your own site(s) to participate in the Open Media Network. Then you should share it (them) via Real Simple Syndication (RSS), Open Social, and possibly a newsletter or podcast. This approach is similar to what some call the IndieWeb and its POSSE philosophy. The second best strategy is to have accounts on open social and use the hell out of them. And do the same with a RSS feed reader. If you want some recommended tools see our LESS stack. We publish TPF on Fridays so you can enjoy it over your weekend. There's good stuff in all of our categories, so please take the time to enjoy and bookmark the items most relevant to your goals. We hope you are inspired to create new ones. Or you can jump straight to your favorite section. * Sites/Blogs/CMSs * Techno Anarchist / OMN Tools * OMN Programming * ActivityPub * Fediverse * More **FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And may involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck´em.** ## Follow us or contact us on the Fediverse ## Follow us on Eurosky * * * ## Featured Item(s) **Misha Things writes:** Given what is at stake, it is surprising that so few people seem to be aware of, and engaged with this struggle over our digital world. Much like many of the boomers and generation X (what’s in a name) could not be bothered to think through the geopolitical and economic implications of letting the Americans build our digital world, a big part of the younger generations seems to have thrown in the digital towel, accepting their lives as digital serfs. Escaping TechnoFeudalism **On a related note, we have an important pivot development with Manade:** Corporate surveillance, techno feudalist tech sucks and people want to leave it. But, some people have trouble with selecting individual tools that work well together. LESS is our very opinionated selection of a coherent stack. We want to make it easy for you to tell big tech to sod off. Our Manade project will pivot into supporting and promoting this decentralized democratic tech stack. With the new focus we aim to reduce decision paralysis and KISS for end users of tech. We want to help you escape the increasingly fascist techshit we are all stuck with. The name is obviously inspired by KISS, the philosophy that "less is more", and the ideals of the country where we live, France. Long live liberty, equality, and solidarity. Announcing LESS - the Liberté, Egalité, Solidarité Stack **Pivot to AI writes:** Linux kernel maintainers are complaining they’re drowning in slop. Torvalds’ answer is: less people, more chatbots! Torvalds said he is not trying to push non-chatbot users out of the project. But there’s already so much slop code and so many slop procedures that his actions don’t match these words. I suggest the social action: shame. Shame these people. Their actions are shameful. AI bros hate being shamed and they try to make rules against shaming — because shame works. None of these people doing shameful things deserve a place in polite company. They should be shamed for their shameful choices. Linux kernel goes full AI slop code, hides chatbot commits **Linus has always been a libertarian but as he ages he's becoming more of a techcunt. Discouraging. I guess it's time to start checking out FreeBSD if you're technical enough.** * * * ## CMSs pckt shares: Okay, so... A lot has happened on pckt **You can now "import a blog from: Substack, Ghost, Tumblr, Buttondown, Pika, WhiteWind, or from anywhere that exports as Markdown."** Jay Perry explores: A room full of new friends Manton Reece has announcements for Micro Blog: New feature: Blog Audit Social Spec On a journalistic note, Current Affairs explains: Why We’re Banning AI ### WordPress Haurand Webdesign has: Zustände in WordPress 7.1.x bei Buttons **Good stuff.** ### Small Web Tim's Blog shares: My take on the SmolWeb ### Ghost Spectral Web Services announces: Multi-channel announcements Magic Pages lets you: Choose what your site sends to the social web Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## Tools Fast Wonder reviews: Open Source Summit Prague: Sovereignty, Metrics, and Burnout Matrix envisions: What will it take to build an open source Europe and how the Digital Commons EDIC can help Open Productivity announces: Open Productivity: Six Open Source Vendors Form Joint Venture for openDesk **Gut. This is a solid option for medium-sized operations and up.** The Document Foundation peruses: The Politics of Standards Goodtech examines: Souveraineté numérique : le rapport accablant qui pointe les lacunes de l’Europe Tuta announces: Building a private internet together: Tuta & (photo storage app) zeitkapsl partnership ### Browsers 9to5Linux reports: Mozilla Firefox 158 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New **Remember to use forks of Firefox like Zen, Waterfox, or Librewolf.** Speaking of, Waterfox announces: 6.7.6 — Feed controls and browser fixes ### Cloud Nextcloud reports: Armira Growth teams up with Nextcloud: Frank Karlitschek on what it means for the community **They need to do this in order to take business away from Microslop, Gaggle, and Sapple. If you have a problem with it, check out Framaspace.** ### Writing The Document Foundation announces: The Document Foundation (now) has its own visual identity LibreOffice comes to the rescue of Microsoft Publisher users ### Creative Vaibhav Haldia explains how: A Patent Troll Almost Killed GIF The Worldwide Web Consortium announces: Updated Candidate Recommendation: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 Kdenlive asks: Help us test Kdenlive ### Linux / Open Android Amos Batto asks: Will Linux phones become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly? **This is an incredible (and long) post on the challenges Linux phones face. You might want to start at the end. ;)** LineageOS announces: 24.0: Slick Seventeen, Awesome Applications, Universal USB Tools The Free Software Foundation Europe has a: GrapheneOS review 9to5 Linux reports: Linux Mint 27 “Adrien” Slated for Release on Christmas, Based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Matthias Kirschner demonstrates: The Power of fdroidcl ### _This week's featured OMN tool_ #### Scribus Scribus is the go-to Libre Desktop Publishing Application. Scribus Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## Programming Terence Eden says: I paid people to try and follow my README Kruno Golubić looks at: The 2026 round of new domain endings ### Markdown Writing Slowly longs for: Built-in support for the ‘Web of Markdown’? ### HTML Master.dev lists: 5 Good Choices for HTML Containers **Great stuff.** Scott Jehl explores: Standards In Progress: Making Video Posters Accessible, Responsive, and an Element Ahmad Alfy examines: Iframes that finally fit their content **A quick HTML and accessibility tip: if you put your headline in the header image you still need to add it as an H1 in your text or via your CMS's title field.** ### CSS Cyd Stumpel shares: My picks for interop 2027 And Eric Meyer shares: My Interop 2027 Rankings ### Web Components Aaron Gustafson looks at: Tabbed Interface: The Web Component ### JavaScript ### AI deadSimpleTech says: There's little that's "inevitable" about AI **And Iris is 100% correct.** ### Other OpenProject shares: The open source alternative to Jira ### _This week's featured programming tool_ #### Codeberg A community-led effort that provides Git hosting for free/open source projects. Codeberg Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## ActivityPub Projets Libres shares: #76 – (Fediverse) WordPress, ta maison dans le web social décentralisé **Note the last avatar on the reposts in the “Reactions to a post on Jeremy's blog” image.** ;) Dr. Fed announces: DrFed 0.1.0: Our first release The Real Grunfink announces: I've just published version 2.96 of snac, the simple, minimalistic ActivityPub instance server written in C Terence Eden has: Some quick thoughts on Unit Testing ActivityPub PieFed demonstrates: Reducing PieFed RAM usage ### _This week's featured ActivityPub featured tool_ #### LittleFedi A lightweight, efficient and Mastodon-compatible home for the Fediverse. Your server. Your community. Your Fediverse. LittleFedi Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ### Permanent aside here (unfortunately) **This is a perpetual pet peeve because many people aren't able to comprehend ⬇️:** * **_The Fediverse_ is for communities (private, semi-private, formal, informal, or otherwise)** * **and _the Atmosphere_ is for the masses (unwashed, washed, or otherwise).** * **and _corporate social media_ is for naive fools and intentional techcunts.** **So, recognize their natures and don't ask the two protocols to go against them. This is also why we have accounts on both platforms and use them differently.** ## Fediverse Lowkey Party explores The Forkiverse fiasco: 10k users... and how many Moderators? **Speaking as a journalist, journalists are just as stupid as any other humans. And even more tech illiterate. So, they probably shouldn't spin up Fediverse instances.** Heisse reports on: Age verification in the Fediverse: How the KIDS Act challenges Mastodon The University of Innsbruck introduces: Social Media: Mastodon für alle Studie­renden Matthias Pfefferle launches: a landing page on WordPress.com and video series with that explains the Fediverse **I was not aware of the Federated Reply WP block which is a useful one for interacting with the wider Fediverse. And this all works via the ActivityPub plugin if you self-host WP, which you should.** ### Bonfire Public Spaces reports: Mentaal.nl test Bonfire voor community’s in de ggz Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## More IFTAS releases the: 2026 Social Web Annual Survey & Needs Assessment Report Now Available Truffle Culture opines: Culture Is Abandoning the Public Feed **Great stuff and why our original mission for Manade was important.** European Trends has: The Great Unfollow: How Europe is Rewriting the Social Contract **This is a bit optimistic for now, but let's hope it blossoms.** Brennen Day shares: Oldnets and Altnets: A Guide to Building a Low-Spec Daily Internet Out of Gemini, Gopher, and Terminal Tools **Old but vital.** ### ATProto ATProto explores: Developer Experience Goals for Atproto Spaces at:// pizza thoughts examines: Spatial Analysis Jola.dev has: Making your own atproto backlink index Thoughts on standard.site Boris Mann Tech Blog connects: LaSuite Apps + Atmosphere Accounts **Tres cool.** ### Atmosphere Tierney Cyren shares: What is the Atmosphere: An Untech Introduction Skyreader announces: Skyreader update - Newsletters and Search W Don't Have Time asks: Have you been Wned? On a related note, MeTacheles has: W Social: Verifiziert heisst veroeffentlicht Elena Rossini covers the douchebaggery in detail: Public by Design: How W Social Makes Their Verified Users’ Personal Details Visible on the Open Web Matthew's Newsletter covers: How not to build trust **If you don't know by now, W Social is a corporate grift targeting gullible marks. It's a shady organization that's a stain on the Atmosphere. At least (almost as shitty) Bluesky is honest about their commercial intentions and the very public nature of any information you provide them.** ### P2P Meshtastic says: Let's talk about 2.8 ### RSS Robert Alexander looks at: Misconceptions about RSS ### Matrix Tesseract announces: Tesseract is now in beta! * * * ## CTAs * That’s it for this week. Please share The Programmer's Fulcrum. * Follow us on Surf or at @thefulcrum@thefulcrum.dev on the Fediverse or at @thefulcrum.eurosky.social on the Atmosphere for daily coverage. * Read, live, and share The Techno Anarchist Manifesto! * Escape techshit with the LESS Stack. **And please build something for a community! We're promoting the LESS stack via our Manade project.** Share on Open Social Media Copy and paste: Explore this week's "The Programmer's Fulcrum". https://thefulcrum.dev/the-programmers-fulcrum-16-october-2026 #ActivityPub #ATProto #WebDev #Programming * * * ## Blasts from the past Previous Battalion Posts Previous Symfony Station Posts

Welcome to this week's The Programmer's Fulcrum. It's your weekly curation of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Open Social development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. **As usual, we aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week.** It has the additional benefit of weakening authoritarianism. IMHO, the best way to do that is to use tools from the Techno Anarchist Manifesto to build your own site(s) to participate in the Open Media Network. Then you should share it (them) via Real Simple Syndication (RSS), Open Social, and possibly a newsletter or podcast. This approach is similar to what some call the IndieWeb and its POSSE philosophy. The second best strategy is to have accounts on open social and use the hell out of them. And do the same with a RSS feed reader. We publish TPF on Fridays so you can enjoy it over your weekend. There's good stuff in all of our categories, so please take the time to enjoy and bookmark the items most relevant to your goals. We hope you are inspired to create new ones. Or you can jump straight to your favorite section. * Sites/Blogs/CMSs * Techno Anarchist / OMN Tools * OMN Programming * ActivityPub * Fediverse * More **FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And may involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck´em.** ### Follow us on the Fediverse ## Follow us on Eurosky * * * ## Featured Item(s) **Hamish Campbell writes:** There is a third path: community self-hosting. And this is actually how much of the Fediverse has worked for the last decade. A local group, cooperative, union, neighbourhood, or affinity group can share the cost, skills and responsibility of running services. This is a way of taking the original “self-hosting” idea further, from individual self-hosting → community hosting → federation → native P2P. The answer to the dotcons isn’t everyone becoming a sysadmin **But, the more of us that do, the better it is for the rest of us. Self-hosting skills are vital. Someone has to run community hosting.** **Dead Simple Tech writes:** Using my experience in the tech world along with my exposure to humanist modes of analysis, then, I've tried to have a look as to how enshittification works from the inside: what beliefs, what attitudes and what mentalities lead to enshittifiers coming to be and reproducing themselves? Poor enshittified souls **More (detailed) explanation of why techbros and developers are clueless shits and what to do about it.** **Molily writes:** Many independent educators who used to earn a living from web development training and developer relations have reported that GenAI has ruined their business. The death of web development education **All of you fucks who use GenAI are ruining your own career and everyone else's. No to mention the thievery and environment destroying. So, fuck you!** * * * ## CMSs Faircamp announces: The first Faircamp 2 sites are coming online after the release From Anna is: Making a quick and easy website! Publii introduces: Isabella: a website theme for working photographers ### WordPress Souverain explores: De WordPress au site statique : remettre le Web à plat avec Silex **While creating a Silex site is simple, connecting it to a WordPress backend is not.** ### IndieWeb O Hello Ana examines moving: Towards a personal online third-space **Nice site design, Ana.** ### Build Awesome / 11ty Richard Djarbeng demonstrates: Building a Modern Blog with Eleventy 3.x (Liquid Edition) ### Leaflet Sygnyn shows us how to: Use your own domain name in Leaflet Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## Tools ### Chat / Team Chat About Signal reports on: Signal Desktop Releases Signal Android Releases ### Cloud OpenTech(AUC) is: Self-hosting with CoopCloud Nextcloud has: Introducing Nextcloud Academy: Free online courses for Nextcloud contributors Nextcloud app development beginner’s guide: What you should know before building your first app ### Writing And: Nextcloud Write: the open source Microsoft Word and Google Docs alternative for collaborative document editing ### Creative Lou Lüeder shares: Notre pipeline de production des PDFs imprimeur est 100% libre ### Linux / Open Android PostmarketOS (now Nura) looks at: The road to daily-drivable mainline phones 9to5Linux reports: Ubuntu Summit for Ubuntu 26.10 Takes Place on November 12-13, 2026 ### Hosting / Serving Selfh.st opens the: 2026 Self-Host User Survey: Open for Submissions Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## Programming A sustainable web career, for when all this blows over Base 31 shows us: Fighting Link Rot: How to Build Websites That Last Steve Fenton explores: Migrating from WEBP to AVIF Vadim Makeev shares: One SVG, nine posters: CSS linked parameters ### Git Linux Web News has: Looking forward to Git 2.56 — and 3.0 ### Markdown Nextcloud announces: Nextcloud Text adds comments in Markdown files ### HTML Open Surveys opens the: State of HTML 2026 Survey Calibre App examines: Lazy Loading Images and Media: How Far Ahead Browsers Fetch Dave Rupert Recursion is DEAD and HTML killed it ### CSS Master.dev looks at: Fallbacks for CSS progress() A Beautiful Site explores: Named Breakpoints Without Sass ### JavaScript Master.dev Testing an iframe’s postMessage Handler ### AI Jacobin explores: The Bosses’ Oldest Dream David Bushell examines: Leaving them behind ### Other OpenProject has: OpenProject and bitcrowd join forces to strengthen open source project management and Jira migrations News from the Product Desk: Project-specific workflows and forms for work package types and their variants XWiki announces: Release Notes for XWiki 18.4.6 Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## ActivityPub The Social Web Foundation is working on: Internationalized Webfinger Handles in ActivityPub Call for Proposals: Fediverse Multimedia Grants Fedify announces: Fedify 2.4.0: FEP-ef61 portable objects, background tasks, media uploads, and inbox request reports Fabio Manganiello announces: Songhive Grow Your Own Services covers: A new very lightweight Fediverse platform that's just been released called littleFedi And LittleFedi has all the details: The Little Computer People Present littleFedi: Our First Public Release **This is going to be similar to Stirling.** ActivityPub for WordPress announces: 9.3.0 — Modern Signatures and a Summer of Security Reports And Journey of the Wolf and Raven announces: Activity Relay 3.1.0 and Activity Relay Directory 1.3.0 are released! Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ### Permanent aside here (unfortunately) **This is a perpetual pet peeve because many people aren't able to comprehend ⬇️:** * **_The Fediverse_ is for communities (private, semi-private, formal, informal, or otherwise)** * **and _the Atmosphere_ is for the masses (unwashed, washed, or otherwise).** * **and _corporate social media_ is for naive fools and intentional techcunts.** **So, recognize their natures and don't ask the two protocols to go against them. This is also why we have accounts on both platforms and use them differently.** ## Fediverse Hamish Campbell covers: Composting the Last Five Years of the Fediverse **The Fediverse's tech is decentralized. The power over it is not. And it will slowly be enshittified if this doesn't change.** Connected Places has: Fediverse News – Summer 2026 I discovered Epsilon.Social from the article above: The European social network, sovereign and built to respect you **It will be very interesting to see where this goes. Here are its TOS with details on the founder.** Terms of Service ### Bonfire Apache (the Dutch media version) reports: Mediahuis gebruikt én kopieert big tech Back to top 👆🏼 * * * ## More WAFRN shows us: How to update ### ATProto The Public Ledger of Credentials shares the: First steps of the PLC organization Jola is: Building an atproto link aggregator Building [at] Habitat shares: Habitat's road to release: 08 search ### Atmosphere The Modal Foundation is: Incubating Aster Skyreader shares a: Skyreader update - From your follows, Bluesky posting, and more And Cosmik shares: Cosmik Updates: September 2026 ### P2P P2Panda has: Recordings from DWeb Camp ### XMPP Tubercule shares: Avoir un compte de messagerie XMPP Element announces: Smoother collaboration with integrations ### Matrix Computer Weekly reports: French local authorities to replace WhatsApp with ‘sovereign’ encrypted messaging ### Democracy Tech Blacksky has: What Happens When You Have a Choice? : A Breakdown of The People’s Assembly and Blacksky’s Vision for Democratic Tooling * * * ## CTAs * That’s it for this week. Please share The Programmer's Fulcrum. * Follow us on Surf or at @thefulcrum@thefulcrum.dev on the Fediverse or at @thefulcrum.eurosky.social on the Atmosphere for daily coverage. * Read, live, and share The Techno Anarchist Manifesto! **And please build something for a community! We're painfully nurturing Manade.** Share on Open Social Media * * * ## Blasts from the past Previous Battalion Posts Previous Symfony Station Posts