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Floods of commonalities
It's time for bridging divides and building a global alliance of everyday people. This is a hopeful, urgent call to reclaim curiosity, communion, and collective power.
From the Electronic Wasteyard to the Roundtable of Power
Last week I found myself at the consortium meeting of CLOSER. I write this article in my capacity of former electronic waste sorting specialist. The views expressed are my own, though the hope is shared by all of Dyne.
㊙️ Under the Radar, Shifting (S2026-E04)
Something is moving. Not with a bang, not with a manifesto. With the discreet sound of USB drives changing hands, of code being forked with intention, of conversations happening in places the algorithms haven't learned to listen yet.
In memory of Carola Frediani
It is with deep sadness that we join in mourning Carola's passing.
Community building at the edge of the Internet
What if your community could exist without phone numbers, email addresses or third party websites? What if all your community needed to provide digital services to its constituents was a Nostr Relay on the Local Area Network?
💥 The Weird Wild Web (S2026-E03)
Something is shifting. Under the radar, against the odds, a quiet rebellion is taking root. This issue is about the spaces in between: where privacy meets regulation, where decentralization starts being a toolkit, and where ordinary people remember that technology is a set of choices.
The New European Product Liability Directive: Why Open-Source Hardware Should Be Concerned
When the European Union passed its new Product Liability Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/2853) in October 2024, policymakers promised to "modernize" Europe’s consumer-protection regime for the digital age. But in makerspaces, fab labs, and open-hardware communities across the continent, the mood is more anxious than
Renewable, Sustainable/Social, Communities (RSC)
Grid management is not just a technical challenge. Energy autonomy is a relational and local dimension, rooted in specific contexts.
Do Not Turn Child Protection Into Internet Access Control
Age verification is no longer a narrow mechanism for a few adult websites. Across Europe, the USA, the UK, Australia, and elsewhere, it is expanding into social media, messaging, gaming, search, and other mainstream services. The real question is no longer whether age checks will spread. It is what kind
📌 Wherever You Are, We're Here (S2026-E02)
Planet dyne makes a point in being everywhere: New social media thingy? You'll find us there. And whenever possible, we puncture the silos and build exit ramps for you to step into the free web.
Crypto Social Responsibility: Bitcoin-backed special funding vehicles for social purpose initiatives
Crypto Social Responsibility builds on the impact funding practices of participatory grant-making and Corporate Social Responsibility to allocate Bitcoin-backed investment returns towards social-purpose initiatives.
nostr
The Future Was Federated
A dissertation on a journey through the evolution of decentralized social media and the necessity for active, conscious digital citizenship, with all the power and danger that entails.
Planet Dyne
✂️ About decapitulation (S2026-E01)
"The world is moving fast, and so are dynes." That sounds sooooo 3 months ago! Some things change, others evolve. It's all a matter of perspective in Space and Time: there are many different ways to keep a calendar.
Think & Do Tank
Annual delivery by Web3Privacy now
2025 was an incredible year! Hundreds of people from event-volunteers to mentors contributed to the Web3Privacy Now mission - shift power dynamics towards the "internet of freedom".
Think & Do Tank
The Birth of a Zero-Knowledge Programming Language
ZKCC: zero-knowledge circuit language and compiler for practical deployment in Identity Wallets.
Planet Dyne
📢 Is this the winter of our discontent? [S2025-E09]
On the digital battleground, one side is surveillance and control. The other: freedom and community. Dyne.org is on the front lines.
Think & Do Tank
How we will delegate bureaucracy to AI
The future of identification technologies will involve delegating tasks to automated agents. Between the decentralised dream and the password asphyxiation, a third actor is emerging: the automatic intermediary.
Planet Dyne
♾️ Beyond Broken Infrastructure (S2025-E08)
This isn’t about patchwork fixes. It’s about a a different path. In this issue, we explore the foundations for what comes next!
Think & Do Tank
Rethinking R&I Funding: Opting for Continuity
There is a widening consensus that research and innovation (R&I) funding in Europe is not working the way it is supposed to.
Think & Do Tank
Age Verification for Humans
Europe’s age‑verification pilots conflate censorship with guardianship. This essay argues for a decentralised approach that separates technical filtering from social responsibility.
Planet Dyne
🌟 Back to the Glow (S2025-E07)
It’s time to gather the ideas scattered by sun or snow and shape them in the soft light of focused creation. The world outside is changing its rhythm, inviting us to code, to compose, to build.
Planet Dyne
🌍 Hemispheres Can’t Stop Us (S2025-E06)
Seasons are just Earth’s way of reminding us it’s always someone’s turn to hibernate or spontaneously combust with ideas.
Think & Do Tank
The invisible infrastructure
How IT infrastructure shapes public life, and how alternatives like free software and open formats can offer healthier paths forward Data is everywhere. Europeans spend on average about 6 hours and 40 minutes online each day. Data capture is a silent process that occurs through our smartphones, public services, transportation