Forem: Arepo Desir

My RSS Aggregator & Community Forum w/ Live Stream | Network of Open-Witnesses (NOW-APP)

Arepo Desir — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 07:45:17 +0000

This is a submission for the DEV's Worldwide Show and Tell Challenge Presented by Mux

🛠️What I Built

The Network of Open-Witnesses (NOW) app is a new kind of federated RSS feed aggregation that incorporates forum discussions, user profiles, and live streams and video uploads of live events & reactions for trusted Open-Witnesses. The goal is to incentive active news verification and coordination between citizens globally. It is a offline-first, SOLID, solid+astro application in beta with basic abilities for demo.

🎬My Pitch Video

Demo

The Story Behind It

The everyday news of abject diplomatic failure of our developed nations strains fresh teares from my heart at every mention. Our species is sick, sick from information. The idea came to me around the time that the leader of the Free World decided to encourage guerrilla warfare-like tactics against citizens. I discovered the propierary Citizens app and was relieved the model was tried before and just wondered what if it were not-for-profit? Then I stumbled onto this challenge and Mux and decided to give this a shot.

Technical Highlights

Astro - As a meta-framework, Astro is unbeatable in html templating.
Solid - Solid is a fine-grained reactivity ui-model that I admire for its performance.
Effect-ts - Effect thinks the way I do and makes it hard to write bad code.
TypeScript - Because I'm on the internet.

Use of Mux (Additional Prize Category Participants Only)

Live Streaming: <mux-player> to deliver broadcast-quality video reporting. In a crisis or news event, latency and quality matter. Mux handles this effortlessly.
Tenancy-free Uploads: The "Reporter Mode" allows users to upload freely for now into a public feed bypassing the need for auth!
Thumbnails: We leverage Mux's automatic image generation to create instant, high-quality thumbnails for the feed, making the UI snappy and visual.

The Perceptual-Narrative of Separation

Arepo Desir — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 22:45:19 +0000

Surrounding the Human Heart lies a most profound illusion of separation—a psychomimetic cloud corrupting our sense of self and otherness. This condition transcends individual struggle; manifesting as a planetary delusion currently being exploited by psychopathic, malevolent Actors & Functionaries. These Antagonists embed insidious narratives and beliefs in the Supranational stage to manipulate global human perception and behavior. Despite such ideas having been relegated to conspiratorial absurdity; History exemplifies this manipulation in regrettable abundance: the use of propaganda in Nazi Germany to stoke fear and division, as well as the superpowers’ exploitation of public opinion during the Cold War to sustain their agendas.

Today, tides of misinformation and disinformation on social media are to the level of modern mind-control tactics, subtly shaping public opinion to serve particular interests. This manipulation drives irrational behavior and deepens socio-psychological divides, fracturing the collective psyche. Solomon Asch’s experiments in social psychology reveal how social pressure leads individuals to conform against their better judgment, highlighting our vulnerability to external manipulation. These covert influences thwart our natural capacity for planetary self-awareness and fulfillment, perpetuating a cycle of senseless control and subjugation. If we fail to recognize these manipulative forces, we consign ourselves to perpetual ignorance and bondage.

In truth, We face manufactured crises and fabricated scarcities designed to incite destruction, division, but let us recognize the brethren of Humanity as invaluable. Investing in Posterity creates wealth far greater than selfish pursuits for money or safety. Thus, as darkness yields to light, let us forge our Salvation. Urgently let us reconnect in honest auspices with others, grounding ourselves in values, truth, and posterity. The Antagonists have sown division; let us cultivate unity. This reconnection must become our highest story of what is valuable, guiding us towards world peace. Let us delve into the veiled narratives woven by the vast fields of pop culture, media, and the insidious "new" normal. Question their sinister purposes, engage in profound dialogue, and reclaim dominion over our minds. In humility, recognize that ruling authorities, ensnared by hubris, doom themselves to inevitable downfall.

A Declaration of World Peace

Arepo Desir — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 01:14:39 +0000

At each appointed time, Mankind has abandoned the narrative that binds us - choosing to revolt over the status quo.

We will choose to amend our story when participation corrupts human flourishing & Coherence. And we find ourselves at yet another appointed time, one of the utmost profundity and demanding a deliberate, rational re-evaluation of our collective futures

It is at this moment in human history, we approach the horizon of the Technological Singularity - the penultimate evolution for Mankind through synthesis of all scientific knowledge

At risk of understatement, humanity stands at a crossroads between unparalleled progress and enlightenment or catastrophic collapse and despair

In gracious humility, under the authority of God, who is Truth, Reality, and Self, we declare this proposal of peace to all nations among kindred and offer a logical framework & Religion in order to advance Planetary & Interplanetary Unity.