From sloppy human programmers to begin with.

In big news, the European Commission has: Commission boosts open and interoperable digital ecosystems for public administrations. https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/commission-boosts-open-and-interoperable-digital-ecosystems-public-administrations-2026-06-03_en #opensource #FuckSiliconValley

Rachel Andrew is: Joining the atmosphere. https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2026/05/31/joining-the-atmosphere/ #atmosphere #ATProto

Paths and Patches explores: Connected community spaces. https://www.blog-pat.ch/connected-community-spaces/ #fediverse #ActivityPub #ATProto

VMX explores: Floats on ATProto. https://vmx.cx/cgi-bin/blog/index.cgi/floats-on-atproto%3A2026-05-28%3Aen%2CATProto #ATProto

Devin Thakker explains: What Makes Civic Data So Hard to Structure. https://devinthakker.com/blog/what-makes-civic-data-hard-to-structure #CivicData #DemocracyTech

Dries Buyaert looks at: Contentful and the limits of "Buy European". https://dri.es/contentful-and-the-limits-of-buy-european #contentful #salesforce
AKA use open source or eventually get fucked by corporate software.

@ned They wrote it bro.

Erin shares: Tip: Use DuckDuckGo NoAI as your browsers default search engine. https://kvuzet.net/blog/2026-05-28-tip-use-duckduckgo-no-ai/ #DuckDuckGo #FuckAI
Or better yet pay for Kagi or Uruky.

LibreOffice has: A Standard in Name Only: What OOXML Transitional Tells Us About Format Sovereignty. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/02/a-standard-in-name-only/ #LibreOffice #MicroSlop #OOXML

Alternative To reports: DuckDuckGo’s No AI search tool reports huge traffic growth as Google pushes AI results. https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/duckduckgo-s-no-ai-search-tool-reports-huge-traffic-growth-as-google-pushes-ai-results/ #DuckDuckGo #FuckAI

Our Manade project is rolling along. So, (as hinted at last week) we have set up an announcement account on the Fediverse via a self-hosted Starling server. https://social.manade.org/@gardian #fediverse #bonfire #manade
Follow the project @gardian

Amber Weinberg says: WordPress 7.0 is out, Let’s shut off that pesky AI! https://amberweinberg.com/wordpress-7-0-is-out-lets-shut-off-that-pesky-ai/ #WordPress #FuckAI

Technology Adventures announces: SovereignS3nc: Building a Decentralized Network Without a Backend. https://tonym128.github.io/2026/05/25/sovereigns3nc-building-a-decentralized-network-without-a-backend.html #SovereignS3nc
Very interesting KISS experiment.

Jeremy Cherfas shares: A Server for a Purpose. https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/a-server-for-a-purpose #SelfHosting

Sam Hermes explains: Why I don’t like utility class CSS frameworks. https://samhermes.com/posts/why-i-do-not-like-utility-class-css-frameworks/ #Tailwind #CSS
Failwind is the third worst thing to ever happen to web development.

Fedivariety examines: Safeguarding Democratic Debate. https://www.fedivariety.org/blog/safeguarding-democratic-debate #DemocracyTech

Our Manade project is rolling along. So, (as hinted at last week) we have set up an announcement account on the Fediverse via a self-hosted Starling server.

Follow @gardian or visit https://social.manade.org/@gardian

You can learn more about the project at https://site.manade.org

#manade #bonfire #fediverse

A Poor Player explores: Digital Feudalism and the Rise of Digital Serfs. https://www.apoorplayer.blog/2026/05/28/digital-feudalism-and-the-rise.html #DigitalFeudalism
If you don't want to be a serf, live the Techno Anarchist Manifesto. https://www.thefulcrum.dev/techno-anarchist-manifesto/ #DigitalAnarchism

Standard.Horse is: Your printing press for standard.site. https://standard.horse/ #StandardSite #StandardHorse #ATProto