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UAS Phone Swarm - phones that fly together | Former Lab Get more from Former Lab on Patreon

Former Lab, in collab with @balticseadivingr.bsky.social , introducing the 'UAS Phone Swarm' apps for Android and iOS
Turns smartphone into a fully autonomous drone node.

Smartphones onboard drones, what could go possibly go wrong?

We are far down the development road. Too far? 🤔

I love getting on a Microsoft Teams call because it tells you the other person is actually interested in making some money instead of rewriting their shit in the newest functional microframework

An orange germie parachutes onto a cartoon globe against a starry night sky, with the caption "Drop in. Germ DM for AT Protocol is live."

Drop into a DM.

Your future friends are waiting.

Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS Reports suggest that Microsoft may be gearing up to launch Windows 12 this year, which will be a modular and AI-focused OS.

Windows 12 wants to be your daddy

Three cans of pasta, each with an image of Pac-Man tossing pasta or a meatball into his mouth. The cans are blue, green, and red, and arranged in a pyramid stack

Chef Boyardee Pac-Man (1983-1987): A line of canned pasta concoctions, based on both the "Pac-Man" arcade games and short-lived TV series. Featured pasta shaped like ghosts, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man and Pac-Baby, in "golden chicken" sauce, cheese sauce, or tomato sauce with meatballs

How to make your first contribution to an open source project Getting involved in open source doesn't have to be scary! Understand how to find a great project and make your first contribution in this ten-step guide.

To celebrate the launch of the @npmx.dev alpha, I wrote up a guide on how to make your first contribution to an open-source project.

Let me know if this helps you make your first contribution (and it doesn't have to be code)!

Announcing npmx: a fast, modern browser for the npm registry Today we're releasing the alpha of npmx.dev – a fast, modern browser for the npm registry, built in the open by a growing community.

npmx is now in alpha: this is our story, as told by our team and friends

Supporting the npmx Alpha Launch - AT Protocol The launch of npmx is an incredible showcase for how open source communities can build quickly on top of atproto.

It has been so exciting to see @npmx.dev come together over the past month. We're proud to offer our support — this project is just getting started. Congrats on the launch!

atproto.com/blog/npmx-al...

This image is a professional advertisement poster for the "embeddedworld Exhibition&Conference". The background features a purple-to-pink gradient with a fading pixelated square pattern, mostly pink and magenta. In the top right is the 'embeddedworld' logo, a red cube inside a larger blue 'C' shape, accompanied by bold stacked text: "embeddedworld" and "Exhibition&Conference". Centered below this title are two dark blue rectangular panels with white text. The top panel explicitly states the dates: "10 – 12.3.2026", and the bottom panel provides the location: "NUREMBERG | GERMANY". Below these panels, large, bold blue text emphatically urges viewers to "SECURE TICKET VOUCHER NOW!

HEADING TO EMBEDDED WORLD 2026? 🇩🇪

Next week, Meshtastic Solutions, Inc. is hosting a community meetup at their booth at embeddedworld 2026 in Nuremberg! Come hang out, talk hardware, and meet fellow community members.

#ew26 #Meshtastic #embeddedworld #Community #MakerCommunity

Meshtastic Beginner’s Guide: Texting Without Cell Service & LoRa Mesh Networks Meshtastic guide, texting without cell service, LoRa mesh network, off-grid communication, Meshtastic hardware, long range radio, offline texting, beginner LoRa guide, ESP32 LoRa

📱 No cell signal? No problem! Discover how to text anywhere with #Meshtastic.
🚀 Our new beginner's guide breaks down everything you need to get started. Perfect for off-grid adventures and emergency prep. Read more now! 👇
www.elecrow.com/blog/texting...

Join the movement! 😀

www.patreon.com/posts/152118...

We’ve been quietly building Drocket + Brick OS. Modular, local-first computing you actually own.

Add Bricks as you grow. Run AI locally. Peer-to-peer app distribution. Works with or without the internet.

No ads. No cloud dependency. No hype.
Just sovereign compute, built in the open.

– Former Lab

Just because your photos are on film does not make them good

Spark is now in open beta.
Download here:
iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/uYpnjh37
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Register for a eurosky.social account - one web identity, dozens of apps — eurosky

Announcing eurosky.social accounts - launching January 2026.

✅ Managed by Eurosky, a European non-profit initiative
✅ Hosted on European cloud
✅ Governed by European law

www.eurosky.social/register

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SXSW is next week!
If you're in Austin be sure to attend the conversation between @rabble.nz @bridgettodd.bsky.social and our own @rude1.blacksky.team discussing how decentralization can empower creators and open opportunities for sustainable social communities
RSVP schedule.sxsw.com/events/PP114...

BATMAN: LEGACY OF THE DARK KNIGHT Recreates Iconic Museum Scene With LEGO The Joke's museum rampage scene in Batman (1989) is iconic. Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight recreates the scene in LEGO form. Check it out!

BATMAN: LEGACY OF THE DARK KNIGHT Recreates Iconic Museum Scene With LEGO nerdist.com/article/lego...

Users are ditching ChatGPT for Claude. Here’s how to make the switch | TechCrunch Following controversies surrounding ChatGPT, many users are ditching the AI chatbot for Claude instead. Here's how to make the switch.

Following controversies surrounding ChatGPT, many users are ditching the AI chatbot for Claude instead. Here's how to make the switch.

Former Lab | Patreon Building things that shouldn't exist yet. Drocket and Brick OS.

Join us on Patreon! 7 days free trial. Public intro articles to the project. Welcome!

www.patreon.com/FormerLab

DTTP
The network should belong to the people on it.
Not a policy. An architecture.

Drocket and Brick OS
A modular handheld compute device and cluster OS built around one assumption: the DTTP network should belong to the people on it. Designed to be carried, repaired, and kept
formerlab.eu
#tech #mesh #P2P #sovereigncompute #cloudfree #localfirst #edgeai #decentralization

DTTP
The network should belong to the people on it.
Not a policy. An architecture.

Imprint

A photograph sent over radio. No internet. No server. No cloud.
800 bytes. Arrives like a fax. Stays like ink on paper.
Some things should be small and permanent.

formerlab.eu
#photo #meshnetwork #P2P

Dispatch
We are building a publication that lives only on the mesh.
No URL. No algorithm. No feed.
It arrives when physics allows. Worth every packet.
formerlab.eu

#meshmedia #radiopublication #nocloud #localfirst #mesh

Drocket and Brick OS
A modular handheld compute device and cluster OS built around one assumption: the DTTP network should belong to the people on it. Designed to be carried, repaired, and kept
formerlab.eu
#tech #mesh #P2P #sovereigncompute #cloudfree #localfirst #edgeai #decentralization

So early

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techdirt.com
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This is not a Left/Right issue. EVERY AMERICAN should be terrified that these lunatics running DOD are willing to go to these extremes to force a company to remove all safeguards from AI at DOD. This isn’t about politics - it’s about human liberty and survival.