People who use X are increasingly radicalised until they end up as Nazis.

People who use Mastodon are increasingly radicalised until they end up as C programmers.

So recognisable!

(and yes, I've recently purchased a lilygo-tdeck for lora/meshcore communication)

@3rik

2027 is #proxmox year, when you will move all your services on a #homelab

I'm glad that your experience has worked out so well. My year 1 mirrored yours and has continued to be so largely bc the fediverse seems oriented toward and around techies. I'm not one and am not interested in becoming one.

So how do I find community here?

I’d suggest buy two nodes, so you can tell if it’s working or not. The second one is always going to be useful if you put it somewhere near you and high up. Having two is reassuring when you see it working between the two.

In fact, there’s MeshCore and Meshtastic, it’s worth being on both depending on the exact area (some are more MeshCore, some are more Meshtastic), so really, I’d suggest getting four nodes!

You’ll end up buying more than that in the long run, maybe not all at once in one go.

I also wrote up a page on which nodes I recommend for giving to family members, once you’re into it and can’t stop buying nodes (too early to reveal that?) pikopublish.ing/u0421793/bolg/whichradio.xhtml

@GOKUSHRM the few people i've managed to convince to open a Signal account just message me through WhatsApp anyway, or uninstall the app after a few weeks

more attention needs to be brought to the fact that WhatsApp is extremely likely to be backdoored and it's owned by an *evil* corporation that lives off of exploiting people's interests or insecurities for hyper-targeted advertising, it's in their best interest to PRETEND their platform is secure so users think they're not being watched

See Reticulum

youtu.be/XTnYVh7K6xQ

📷 Data Slayer Media

pretty much my journey since birdsite was bought! On the #selfhosting part, though, I went with my own home server running #FreeBSD (ZFS is awesome!).

And regarding #meshtastic, I must warn you that it's a drug. This year I went from "zero" to "regional community builder / crazy dude deploying stealth nodes in trees" in a matter of months 😅 Just so you know what to expect!

Be careful! Meshtastic/meshcore starts off cheap. But then you find your house covered in all different types of little radios and wonder how you got here. 😁

GL on the LoRa journey! If your interested, check out the community !meshtastic@mander.xyz

mander.xyz/c/meshtastic

You know...I have a project that uses #yunohost and #meshtastic together. Maybe I should do a blog post or something.

Its a once a day weather report for my region. It posts at around 6:00 am the weather pulled from NWS. Its useful both as a weather report but also a test to see if people get the messages. If they do, they know their node is in a good spot.

Looks like this:

@michael

I've moved over to Meshcore, but I was playing around with that recently too.

The Fedi is a trap!

I'm degooglifying, demicroslopping, detwittered, avoid Adobe, & only use Messenger because family & friends won't leave.

I've got Linux on my PC, & expect to switch my laptop. Seriously considering setting up my old Pixel Pro 7 (a crap phone I won't recommend) with GrapheneOS, because why not, it'll be fun.

Occasionally I think about self hosting, & I really want to get into Home Assistant.

A TRAP! 😂

@meshtastic

Yes, off-grid mesh radio communication is very fascinating...

#meshtastic

Yeah I like core more for its functionality. My hope is that both tastic and core will have interop at some point...

meshtastic seems like it does better ATM because of hte number of nodes. But its still a hit or miss if the messages actually get to the sender.

Meshcore seems better at actually communicating over state lines. But the client still has a lot of work to do. And there is less nodes in particular. But its still free...so I shoudnt complain too much.

nice script! Looks familiar :D

@JustinMac84 You could try to follow #musicproduction or reach out using that tag.

@_elena

@plaimbock @JustinMac84 @prinlu

A lot of musicians on the fedi, some of whom might lead you to finding what you’re after. Here’s a handy cheat sheet.

nham.co.uk/2025/06/how-do-i-co…

“How do I connect with artists on the Fediverse?” Cheat Sheet

“How do I connect with artists on the Fediverse?” Cheat Sheet This question crops up regularly on the fediverse, so here is a cheat sheet that should help anyone interested in finding fedi music and connecting with fedi musicians to get started.

^NHAM

well, next time you come to FOSDEM, feel free to drop by the amateurradio infobooth and will show you all the geekyness and fun radio-technology has to offer.

Usually we are in the AW building. (Can't miss it, it the building with the large radiomast in front of it 😆 )

But, as Michael also mentions below, be carefull, as once you enter the wonderfull and sometimes magical world of radio technology and mesh* networking, there is no way going back. 😀

Enjoy the ride!