wow, liberapay active accounts and donations doubled in the last 8 months. https://liberapay.com/about/stats things are starting to move
In case you missed it, Google Play recently removed the @Tusky Mastodon app without proper explanation.
Tusky is one of the best Android Mastodon apps, with nothing controversial in it at all. It's quite disturbing that Google can and does act like this.
An alternative and much better way of getting Tusky onto your Android device is by using the independent FOSS app store @fdroidorg
You can find instructions for installing F-Droid here: https://switching.software/replace/google-play/
Greetings from my #pinephone thats running #mobian and can now accept calls/texts!!
time to go update the wiki...
Randall is a real genius
https://xkcd.com/2425/
Microsoft is entering the "Extend" phase of their war against linux and open source.
As VS Code Gains in Popularity, Microsoft Praises 'Inner Source' Development
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotatom/~3/Xh1SZGMMi6k/as-vs-code-gains-in-popularity-microsoft-praises-inner-source-development
Hey everybody, I am preparing a talk about mobile Linux in 2020, #PinePhone, #Librem5, GUIs, distributions, mainline support etc. Anything I must not miss? #boostsappreciated
The Trump administration snuck in a rulemaking proposal late Friday that would damage the privacy of self-hosted cryptocurrency wallets, and is allowing just two weeks for comments. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/us-government-targeting-cryptocurrency-expand-reach-its-financial-surveillance
I got myself a #pinephone ! And just like that, I can configure my phone using Ansible. Awesome.
Modern American Trolley Problem: https://i.imgur.com/gn4Xor9.png
Cheap DIY high quality graphene production from almost anything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Et8FEbCuCs
It's here, robotic warfare. Get ready for WW3 where only civilians will die: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/07/11/2024214/the-f-16s-replacement-wont-have-a-pilot-at-all
So the exact wording of the "security law" that China forced onto HK was revealed only after it passed. It includes this: outlawing four national security crimes: subversion, secession, terrorism and colluding with foreign forces. Now HK schools are being told to remove books that breach those 4 rules: https://news.slashdot.org/story/20/07/06/181226/hong-kong-government-tells-schools-to-remove-books-breaching-security-law.
#FreeHK now, before it's too late.
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don't talk to me about politics: https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=45.1&d=71.3&g=70.4&s=72.1