Someone at #FOSDEM asked us to put some promotional materials on our website that they could print for an event. There is now a section for that on the Branding page with our first poster:
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Containers, cloud, blockchain, AI – it's all the same old BS, says veteran Red Hatter
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/08/waves_of_tech_bs/
After decades in the trenches, this engineer is done with hype cycles
<- by me on @theregister
Monitor Air Quality and FOSDEM:
- https://paul.walko.org/blog/2026_01_25-meshtastic-fosdem-part1.html
- https://paul.walko.org/blog/2026-02-07_fosdem-part2.html
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📸 8: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @benpate of Emissary, who gave the inspiring final talk of the day
video: https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/video/2026/h2215/CP7KWX-emissary-and-the-fediverse.mp4
I hope you enjoyed some of my pics from #FOSDEM's Social Web track. I have many more but I don't want to overwhelm your feed with them.
I have seen the fantastic photos @sturmsucht has taken and I cannot wait for him to share them. Keep an eye out and follow him.
Wishing you all a fantastic weekend! I can't believe FOSDEM was a week ago already 🥲
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📸 7: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – Fra of @openforfuture with @magostinelli and @filippodb during their talk "Building a sustainable Italian Fediverse"
📸 8: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @benpate of Emissary, who gave the inspiring final talk of the day
video: https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/video/2026/h2215/CP7KWX-emissary-and-the-fediverse.mp4
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📸 6: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @hongminhee of @fedify
video: https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/video/2026/h2215/KSEUZT-fedify.mp4
📸 7: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – Fra of @openforfuture with @magostinelli and @filippodb during their talk "Building a sustainable Italian Fediverse"
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📸 5: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @mapache during his presentation "Decentralised Badges with ActivityPub + OpenBadges – Building the interoperable credentialing system we deserve"
Thank you Maho for wearing #TheFutureIsFederated sweatshirt 💚
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📸 6: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @hongminhee of @fedify
video: https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/video/2026/h2215/KSEUZT-fedify.mp4
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📸 5: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @floppy during his talk "A wild FASP appears! Integrating your app with Fediverse Auxiliary Service Providers"
Full video: https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/video/2026/h2215/M7DYRH-a-wild-fasp-appears.mp4
📸 5: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @mapache during his presentation "Decentralised Badges with ActivityPub + OpenBadges – Building the interoperable credentialing system we deserve"
Thank you Maho for wearing #TheFutureIsFederated sweatshirt 💚
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📸 4: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @cwebber and @tsyesika of https://spritely.institute/
📸 5: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @floppy during his talk "A wild FASP appears! Integrating your app with Fediverse Auxiliary Service Providers"
Full video: https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/video/2026/h2215/M7DYRH-a-wild-fasp-appears.mp4
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📸 3: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @samvie of @offene_netzwerke
Watch the full video of her presentation "Building Social Advocacy Networks in and for Europe" here:
📸 4: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @cwebber and @tsyesika of https://spritely.institute/
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📸 2: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @bjoernsta of #SaveSocial
Watch the full video of his presentation "Reaching out to the wider society" here:
🔗 : https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/video/2026/h2215/9MTT3F-reaching_out.mp4
📸 3: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @samvie of @offene_netzwerke
Watch the full video of her presentation "Building Social Advocacy Networks in and for Europe" here:
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Some say other protocols have bigger budgets and are better at marketing.
I say: the Fediverse - by the people, for the people - has passionate advocates who use their talents to promote it, often without any financial incentives. It comes from the heart.
Before FOSDEM I asked my friend @sturmsucht - a super talented photographer - if he'd consider bringing his professional camera to take photos of speakers in the Social Web devroom. He did... and so did I.
A mini (pictorial) thread 📸
📸 2: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @bjoernsta of #SaveSocial
Watch the full video of his presentation "Reaching out to the wider society" here:
🔗 : https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/video/2026/h2215/9MTT3F-reaching_out.mp4
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Tim Chambers
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My fosdem talk is up!
I make a case for more platforms to support the ActivityPub client API, and how we should look beyond microblogging for future growth of the ‘verse
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QK7XSV-activitypub-c2s/
My fosdem talk is up!
I make a case for more platforms to support the ActivityPub client API, and how we should look beyond microblogging for future growth of the ‘verse
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QK7XSV-activitypub-c2s/
Good morning Fedi friends,
I just finished selecting and color grading the photos I took this past weekend at #FOSDEM in the Social Web devroom.
There are some really nice ones of speakers and I look forward to sharing a few here...
But first: I wanna ask the speakers permission because... CONSENT.
So stay tuned 😊
Wishing everyone a great day!
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"Evolving git for the next decade" by Patrick Steinhardt from #FOSDEM 2026 is a good one.
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/HTJK33-evolving_git_for_the_next_decade/
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Parade du Grotesque 💀
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The video of my #FOSDEM 2026 talk on integrating the Fourth Research Edition Unix tape into the GitHub Unix history repository is now available online: https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/video/2026/h2215/DCDAUY-the_v4_tape_in_the_unix_history_repo.av1.webm
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Evan Prodromou
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The #SocialWeb track at #FOSDEM kicked off with a talk by @pfefferle that covered WordPress and a "single click" philosophy to set up an ActivityPub instance. Matthias also talked about how blogs and similar sites can broaden the reach of the open social web - this was one of the themes of the day.
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/XFTETA-federated-wordpress/
Eugen Rochko
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Live images of me gesturing reverently to the projector screen as if it was some kind of eldritch horror (this did indeed suffice to get it working ) #FOSDEM
