Keith Whyte @keith@tic-ac.org

El mapa d'allotjaments AirBnB a Barcelona és el mapa d'una plaga que no para d'estendre's.

19.422 habitatges
El 32.0% (6.222) operen sense llicència
El 75.2% (14.601) dels anuncis son de gent que gestiona més d'una propietat.

PARÀSITS

FONT: https://insideairbnb.com/barcelona/

Soziale Probleme mit Technik zu lösen hat schon immer gut funktioniert. Und wenn nicht, dann brauchen wir nur noch etwas mehr Technik.

Congratulations to @jamiem and the @mayfirst community for this beautiful report on getting out of the Google ecosystem! https://mayfirst.coop/en/post/2025/cutting-the-cord/

@signalapp As a supporter of #Signal, it is important to point out a key detail: Signal's own code is #OpenSource, but Signal uses multiple #proprietary libraries from #Google. Those cannot be scrutinized since the source code is not open. We believe Signal should offer an actual open source version, and are ready to help. This exists already in the fork https://fosstodon.org/@MollyIM Also, apps like #Element #Threema #Wire are #FOSS, and have #ReproducibleBuilds on @fdroidorg #FDroid

We're happy to announce that on Wed, Apr 23rd, 2025 we'll have an #OsmoDevCall without a formal presentation part. Details at https://osmocom.org/news/304 - anyone interested is welcome to join us #osmocom #gsm #3gpp

🚀 Introducing Gitea MCP Server 🚀

We’re excited to announce the release of the Gitea MCP Server. A New Paradigm for AI-Driven Code Collaboration. https://about.gitea.com/resources/tutorials/gitea-mcp-server

Raquel Dezidério Souto wrote a tutorial on mapping #Trees in #OpenStreetMap using #MapComplete, for the "green open data day" tomorrow: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/406430

Schlafen gehen...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released an open source project called Rayhunter. It is designed to run on an inexpensive (~$20) mobile hotspot and look for signs of mobile spying devices called cell-site simulators. Also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers, they masquerade as legitimate cellphone towers, tricking phones w/in a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying

Make VoWiFi calls from an open source client using asterisk: https://osmocom.org/news/297 - osmocom main contributor @sysmocom has recently released a forked version of asterisk that can be used to make VoWiFi calls using nothing but FOSS, a smart card reader and a SIM card. #foss #opensource #telecom #3gpp

Am 29.03.2025 findet im Chaos Computer Club Berlin und vielen anderen Hackspaces in Deutschland der Tag der offenen Hackspaces statt.
Im CCCB gibt es unter anderem Kurzvorträge und Führungen, schaut gerne ab 13 Uhr vorbei.

Weitere Infos findet ihr hier:
https://berlin.ccc.de/post/2025/02/10/tag-des-offenen-hackspace/

Wir freuen uns auf euch!

Glad to share a fun weekend project, a powerful #Meshtastic node in a waterproof & rugged case, for use in comms blackout situations/emergencies. It allows for texting across the mesh with a smartphone.

It also has an offline WiFi network serving both the Collapsible wiki, and simple usage instructions.

The solar panel trickle-charges a roomy LiPo that should give more than a week of cover, with phone charge port behind it. Has spare antenna (orange rope is for lifting the baseplate out)

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