One of our most widely used tools is the auto-archiver, designed to preserve online content before it can be modified, deleted, or taken down. It’s already being used by major newsrooms and NGOs. Learn how you can use it here: www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

ITU Facts and Figures 2025 (pdf): www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-... www.itu.int/en/mediacent...

Read the full report: ‘Low Earth Orbit Satellites: Policies to Promote Spectrum Sharing, Foster Competition, and Close Digital Divides’ at newamerica.org/oti/wireless...

Oh, and of course I also made a video about it: youtu.be/r93Q90CWhXo

How do government documents, locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, become searchable & accessible online? Now you can see it happen in real time. 🎞️⤵️ Watch it live: www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R... #InternetArchive #LiveStream #LiveNow

Are you at the @intgovforum.bsky.social? These are the session where the APC network will be participating 👇 www.apc.org/en/apc-igf-2... #WSIS20 #DigitalInclusion @wsis20sec.bsky.social #DigitalJusticeNow @itforchange.bsky.social

A few recent and upcoming events related to #connectivity, #making, and/or #disasterresponse and #disasterpreparedness: www.linkedin.com/posts/ericni... #satellite #opensource #emergencyresponse #crisisresponse #openhardware #meshtastic #dtn

With federal fascism on the march, it’s vital for communities to build & fortify resilience One way to do that: building publicly-owned, locally controlled telecom infrastructure It ain’t easy but my hometown Oakland is on the path 💪🏾 I wrote about it here communitynetworks.org/content/oakl...

What are the kids using for P2P these days? Briar? briarproject.org Qaul? qaul.net CENO? ceno.network/en/index.html Meshenger? github.com/meshenger-ap...

Nest made from fiber optic cable of FPV drones

"Resilient communication and collaboration with the new #Nextcloud Talk" nextcloud.com/blog/nextclo...

New book from our fellow members of the Radical Open Access Collective, the Institute of Network Cultures: The Rise of the Network Commons: A History of Community Infrastructure, by Armin Medosch networkcultures.org/blog/publica...

MikroTik RouterOS Expert Assistant LLM: Fine-tuned for: Expert-level knowledge and assistance with MikroTik RouterOS networking, including configuration, troubleshooting, and understanding advanced features. huggingface.co/vivek-dodia/... github.com/vivek-dodia/... #connectivity #offlineAI

Want to dive deeper into web archiving? Check out our brand new Resources page which includes helpful guides, reference materials, presentations, and more! webrecorder.net/resources/ Read more on our blog webrecorder.net/blog/2025-04... and tell us what else you’d like to see in this evolving hub

"Internet availability and Map of Machinery data crossing map using KeplerGL. Data of Internet Exchange Points from IXBD EURO database. With this data crossing we observe a relationship between internet providers infrastructure and the location of makerspaces." zenodo.org/records/1442..., p.55

"Such insights underscore the critical role of reliable digital infrastructure in supporting decentralised manufacturing networks, fostering innovation, and enabling access to shared resources...." distributeddesign.eu/wp-content/u..., p.99

"Open source hardware development – A handbook for collaborative product creation" Only a few chapters into the #openaccess pdf but definitely grabbing a hard copy. berlinup.books.tu-berlin.de/en/produkt/9... #osh #opensourcehardware #opensource

Ever wanted to restore a taken down site from a web archive, with link navigation and references intact? Our latest tooling make this simpler than ever! Announcing govarchive.us - a dynamic, web archive-powered mirror of US government sites! More details on our blog webrecorder.net/blog/2025-03...

This is a fantastic resource. @apc.bsky.social is Carlos on here yet?

Looking for some great documentaries about community fiber broadband networks? What a coincidence! That is what I was just social mediaing about... We collect some great ones at FiberFilmFestival.com - https://buff.ly/3OA5xw8 We love these approaches to expanding Internet access!

New resources added to the community-centered #connectivity #Zotero Library: www.zotero.org/groups/24036... PDFs and web snapshots can be accessed by joining the group. Contributions welcome! #communitynetworks #communitybroadband #internetaccess #meaningfulconnectivity #connectheunconnected

Did you know there’s a site to search for starter packs of people to follow? Built by @mubashariqbal.com blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

FreeCAD 1.0 has been released. #FreeCAD #CAD #OpenSource blog.freecad.org/2024/11/19/f...

How Decentralized Is Bluesky Really? dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec... A technical deep-dive, since people have been asking me for my thoughts. I'll expand a bit on some of the key points here in a thread. 🧵

Would you like to develop tools or methods that can support online researchers? Do you have a project idea that could benefit the open source research community? Bellingcat’s Tech Fellowship could be the opportunity to do just that, apply here: www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-t...

With Core ONE, Prusa’s Open Source Hardware Dream Quietly Dies

Bellingcat is hiring! First of all, we’re looking for a freelance software engineer consultant to support the Tech Team in improving our auto-archiver tool. Check the vacancy here: www.bellingcat.com/software-eng...

finally!