About Nonlocality
You've landed in a slightly different corner of the web. No garish colours, no popups, no autoplaying videos. Just text on a dark background. If you already like it, you'll probably like the rest too
The blog
Nonlocality — The Observer Effect is an independent blog hosted on self-managed infrastructure in Europe. We care about technology, digital privacy, and digital activism. Our primary mission is to collect testimonies, analyses, and voices from those parts of the world where freedom of the press and freedom of speech are suppressed, censored, or simply absent.
For us, a good article is something few people could talk about — or that few could afford to publish.
This site is trilingual: French, Italian, English. Write in whatever language comes natural. Content matters more than grammar.
What we don't do
No advertising. No promotions. No sponsored content. No partnerships.
No tracking. No Google Analytics. No share buttons that report your visit.
No external dependencies. No fonts loaded from remote servers. No CDN. No Cloudflare.
The code of this site is minimal: text, style, nothing else.
What we actually do
We don't keep your traces. No originating IP addresses in our logs. When you read an article here, we don't know who you are. And we don't want to.
We block mass indexing. Google and search engines that exploit their users' data are not welcome here. If you find us, it's through word of mouth, an RSS feed, or a link shared by someone — and that's exactly how the web should work.
We verify what we publish. Every article is timestamped with OpenTimestamps, a protocol that anchors a proof of existence in the Bitcoin blockchain. Content cannot be silently altered after publication. Each article carries its .gmi and .ots files for independent verification. This isn't paranoia — it's respect for the written word, and for those who risked something to write it.
Your voice
Nonlocality is not a media outlet and makes no claim to be one. It exists because certain voices find no space elsewhere — not for lack of importance, but because of the risk or inconvenience they carry:
- Independent journalists operating under censorship
- Researchers whose work makes those in power uncomfortable
- Activists documenting abuses in areas ignored by the mainstream
- Direct witnesses to events that governments would prefer not to see published
- Ordinary citizens who have something important to say and no platform to say it from
If you have an article, an investigation, a testimony, an analysis — and you share our values of privacy and freedom of expression — we want to read you. This blog exists to amplify the voices that matter, especially those someone is trying to silence.
Hidden Archives — the dark side of Nonlocality
There are situations where publishing under a pseudonym on the clearnet is not enough: whistleblowers who risk their job or their freedom, people living under active censorship regimes, witnesses in conflict zones or under political repression.
For these cases, we advice Hidden Archives, accessible only through the Tor network:
http://n5ry24fweklbn562o7fnyefanygtwxlgi7aevn26huuxqlsftxy5ljqd.onion/
A space where anonymity is not an option but an architecture. No clearnet, no compromises. If you need it, you probably already know how to reach it — and if you don't, write to us and we'll guide you.
Gemini
Nonlocality is also available over the Gemini protocol, a lightweight alternative to the modern web that strips everything back to text. No scripts, no cookies, no surveillance.
gemini://archives.virebent.art
Every article is published simultaneously on the clearnet and on Gemini.
Support us
This blog generates no revenue. Servers, domains, bandwidth — everything has a cost. If you appreciate what we do, you can support us through our donations page.
No salaries, no profits — just machines running so others can speak.
One server at a time.