Adil Arif @adilarif@librem.one

I am not sure if this one has been spotted (They are visually similar and I should have changed the color), it is Part 2 of the first one. ✌️🙂

Climate Change Lends New Color to the Ocean.

Two decades of satellite measurements show that the sea surface is shading toward green.

#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #NASA
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151894/climate-change-lends-new-color-to-the-ocean

Our Xfinity bill shot up because of an expiring 12-month discount, just as it did a year ago. So I called.

me: I noticed our bill went up and I was wondering if we could repeat whatever pro-forma ritual we need to in order to secure a more reasonable charge again.

them: *laughing* thank you for understanding the situation, sir.

I always try to bear in mind that the customer service people I speak with are *way* more victimized by the shitty behavior of their employers than I will ever be.

When Apple vocally switched sides to support California’s “right to repair” law, I knew there had to be a catch. Cory Doctorow explains the catch eloquently.

Apple uses VIN locking or parts pairing which is a process also used by car makers, printer manufacturers & Medtronic ventilators that requires a secret code from the manufacturer to enable replacement parts to be recognized. Bypassing it violates the DMCA which as a federal law beats state laws.

Checkmate!
https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/22/vin-locking/#thought-differently

#Tuba v0.5.0 is now available, with many new features and bug fixes!

Highlights:

New design & workflow 🎨​ (thanks tbernard@mastodon.social, bugaevc@floss.social, oscfdezdz@mstdn.social)
Composer media clipboard paste & drag and drop
Post buttons animations ​
BlurHashes
Push notification actions
Composer content-type selector (on software that support them)
Push notification grouping ​
HTML parsing improvements
Muting push notification types ​
Copying media to clipboard
More keyboard shortcuts & gestures ⌨️
Announcements tab

As always, there are too many changes to list here, if you're more interested, check out the full release changelog:
https://github.com/GeopJr/Tuba/releases/tag/v0.5.0

#GTK #GNOME #Vala #mastodev

We're excited to announce the release of GNOME 45! 🎉
This release brings many exciting updates thanks to the hard work of contributors all over the world! https://youtu.be/47aZgF6xmS0

You can learn more about what this release includes in our release notes: https://release.gnome.org/45/

#GNOME45 #GNOME #opensource #releaseday

Turns out I didn’t need @element as the @purism has #Matrix built into the native chat app. This is measurably getting better and better as a #security and #privacy phone. I’m still installing it for better chat room capability but THIS IS AWESOME.
#linux #encryption #infosec #cybersecurity #opensourcd

Switch to Firefox.

What's happening around #godotengine right now is nothing short of it incredible. This number already grew by almost €20k (!) since I last posted it just a few days ago.

Big oil coined ‘carbon footprints’ to blame us for their greed.

Climate-conscious individual choices are good – but not nearly enough to save the planet. More than personal virtue, we need collective action.

#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/23/big-oil-coined-carbon-footprints-to-blame-us-for-their-greed-keep-them-on-the-hook