✨ 𝗗𝗪𝗲𝗯 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 + 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 🛸 Sat 28 Feb we’ll meet at @c-base.org, Berlin with @brewster.kahle.org, @internetarchive.eu, and many new and long-time DWeb allies! Join us to contribute shaping #DWebCamp 2026 🏕️ Free attendance, limited spots! 🎟️ All info + RSVP

Berlin Chaos Mesh meetup tonight at @c-base.org #Meshtastic #Meshcore #Reticulum

🏕️ DWeb Camp 2026 is happening in the Berlin area on Jul 8–12 ✨ Are you curious, excited, want to participate? Fill out this survey! We would love to shape the first-ever DWeb Camp in Europe together! Detailed location and further info soon 👀

Who wants to get involved with @getdweb.net DWeb Camp 2026 in Berlin? We have an all day event on Feb/28 -- with a formal fireside chat by @brewster.kahle.org in the evening at @c-base.org: dwebcamp.org/berlin-2026/

I'm going to "Berlin Chaos Mesh Meetup"!

I'm going to "Berlin Swapfest #5 (Berlin, Germany)"!

The Berlin Swapfest is back for number five! Just in time for Spring cleaning! April 12th, 2026 at @c-base.org from 12:00 - 17:00. Register to attend and/or reserve a table: www.swapfest.berlin

Assembled and flashed the updated CDC Badge v1.1 for @fosdem.org #fosdem26 Get yours at the Decentralized Internet and Privacy devroom UD2.218A or the FOSSASIA booth in K 2nd floor.

Who will be at @fosdem.org this weekend? The trains to Brussels are packed with open-source enthusiasts. What a movement #FOSDEM26

The German magazine "Stiftung Warentest" is featuring the @frame.work laptop on their cover in their latest issue.

Next week we will have BHNT 108 on board of @c-base.org The first BHNT in 2026. The title is a homage to Gladys West who just passed (RIP) and a hint to the current geopolitical turmoil. But your hacks do not have to be connected to this - all hacks welcome! RSVP: smokesignal.events/did:plc:mho5...

Crazy ice rain in Berlin last night. Negative Celsius temperature but pouring down a lot of rain (no ice/snow) covering everything in a thick layer of ice. Never experienced that before.

DWeb Virtual Meetup: Latest from the DWeb Ecosystem — featuring @mauve.moe of @awana.digital, @blaine.bsky.social of @newpublic.org, & @l5y.tech of @dod.ngo Join us next week, Wed Jan 28 10 am PT / 1pm ET / 19 CET Register here >>> www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-virtu...

I'll be presenting the @dod.ngo at the next @getdweb.net virtual meetup next week. smokesignal.events/did:plc:p4mn...

Tonight is the first @dod.ngo Stammtisch of 2026 on board of @c-base.org Conversation about the plans for this year (e.g. the participation in @getdweb.net camp) Please RSVP (we will not check the RSVP in this case - but it is a good opportunity to test/improve/establish/push @smokesignal.events)

Our next DWeb Virtual Meetup (Jan 2026) is next week, WED Jan 28 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 19 CET! Our first meetup of 2026: two talks on recent product releases and an intro to a Berlin-based group helping us bring you DWeb Camp this summer. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-virtu...

Tomorrow we will have our first stammtisch in 2026. It will happen on board of @c-base.org as usual. Please RSVP on @smokesignal.events smokesignal.events/did:plc:cspd...

CME two days ago. Now G4 severe geomagnetic storm and S4 severe solar radiation storm in progress. Kp is 8.33. #Auroras are dancing even as low as 50° North which is exceptionally rare. Pictures taken in the inner city of Berlin despite light pollution well visible.

Tonight Berlin Meshtastic and Meshcore meetup at @c-base.org

I released the matrix-bridge bot code for PotatoMesh. It allows ypu to bridge all local #meshtastic traffic to a Matrix synapse server. github.com/l5yth/potato...

Church is at 10:30am ET today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_F4...

If the new #Jolla linux phone gets 10_000 pledges, they will bring back the other half (open-hardware attachments, LoRa-radios, physical keyboards). Please consider taking a look! commerce.jolla.com/products/jol...

The wooden external #x220 keyboard from tpart.net artived. They built a custom controller and it works like the original #thinkpad keyboard, including track point.

Comparison: LILYGO T-Echo, T-Echo Plus. In case anyone was wondering. The Plus is much more bulky due to the massive battery (2500mAh) and it has a proper whip antenna now (I had to replace the stub on the legacy T-Echo.)

DWeb Camp 2026 will happen in Berlin!!!

Stickers for @dod.ngo and decentral.community at #39c3 arrived 😊

Next @swapfest.berlin at @c-base.org on Jan/11!

Released potato-mesh v0.5.7, trace routes are now properly rendered as dashed lines, among others... github.com/l5yth/potato...

Assembled an #ollee watch (Casio F-91W) for my daughter for Christmas. Don't tell her yet ...

This "compact" Linux book from 2002 contains 670 pages and a CD-ROM with #SuSE Linux "test version (no support)" ...

Comparison: #Meshtastic MediumFast with 250kHz bandwidth versus #Meshcore Narrow with 62.5kHz (right). We are tempted to also created "narrow" channels on Meshtastic.

Next week we will have our last DoD Stammitsch in 2025 on board of @c-base.org Let's conspire on the plan for CDC / #39c3 end of this year and what is in the air for 2026. Please RSVP on @smokesignal.events All creatures welcome! smokesignal.events/did:plc:cspd...

Reading l33t newspapers. ☕ #1337

Just received today. #Meshtastic is headline topic in the German @makemagazin.de. Curious what they will find out. * Outdoor comms without internet * Open source, cheap, eavesdrop secure * For tracking, chat, and sensor data

I'm just reading the #Reticulum docs. It is one of those rare pieces of software that feels like it was smuggled in from a parallel timeline, one where decentralization actually meant cutting the umbilical cord to the Empire. reticulum.network/start.html

Created a bootable #Archlinux DVD-ROM 202511 on my Thinkpad X220 - just in case!

Finally added support rendering the power and environmental telemetry data in the frontend of potato-mesh #Meshtastic node dashboard. github.com/l5yth/potato...

I got myself an USB tester to put an end to the cable mess. Now I can identify data or no data (D+/-)? Power or no power (VBUS)? USB-C power delivery or default (CC1/2)? Also good to check for broken cables (GND, Shield, etc.)

What the actual ... @signal.org just tricked me into believing they turned off my backups to channel me into a menu to enable their commercial cloud backups!?? Uploading my messages to the cloud??? Wtf I'm so disappointed. At least add a button to this page that leads to the offline backups menu!

New Portduino 868MHz node. Raspberry Pi4B Archlinux btw Waveshare SX1268 LoRa hat InnoMaker aluminum case RAK 868MHz antenna #Meshtastic 2.7.13 native

I use a lock screen that takes a screenshot of my desktop and adds a blur for privacy reasons. Apparently, running an #SDR on the device is hard to hide with a blur 😂

Upgraded the #SteamDeck OLED from 512GB to 2TB. Since SteamOS is a full Archlinux, I didn't even need a computer to mirror and enhance the SSD. I just used a Thinkpad docking station and an M2 case to attach the SSD.

Tickets for #39c3 were sold out in less than a second. I wish the congress was less gated and also in a city that's not so expensive as Hamburg during Christmas holidays.

Turns out you can fit an optical drive in that cool slice docking station for the X220. So, I went ahead and installed GTA2 from CD-ROM as if it's 1999. 😌

I removed the proprietary BIOS from my new Thinkpad X220 and flashed #coreboot with SeaBIOS. I also neutralized the Intel Management Engine. Bonus: I had spare space on the firmware chip, so I also added Tetris and Doom which I can play now even without any operating system.

Built my first federated app. Each new publicly hosted instace announces their existence, and if correctly configured, will be accepted into the mesh of the meshes ... already seeing eight instances in different regions.

Released v0.5 of the Meshtastic grid dashboard. I decided to add federation to it. Let's see how it goes :-) github.com/l5yth/potato...

"EVE Offline" (War for New Eden) Hell of a Game 10/10

The modded Casio F-91W by N-O-D-E with inverted display and white backlight.

Added neighbor info to the meshtastic explorer dashboard. You can see the actual mesh now. Each line is a direct connection.