Aitor @avallende@librem.one

ADHD, that thing I have, did a technical-ish writeup of my experiences with the diagnostic process in the UK, and with medication. I hope this is helpful to anyone considering the same. https://connolly.tech/posts/2023_01_20-adhd/

Tangram 2.0 is out and available on #Flathub

• Ported to #GTK4 / #libadwaita
• Responsive/mobile UI
• New and clearer onboarding experience
• Improved Web performance
• Follow system light/dark theme

Thank you to everyone involved in the GTK4 port of WebKit ♥️

https://beta.flathub.org/apps/details/re.sonny.Tangram

#GNOME #mobile
#LinuxMobile #mobileLinux

Y’all I really don’t think you understand how dire this year is for #trans people. We are now at 134 anti-LGBTQ proposed state bills in 18 days. We have had 4 passed to floor votes with one of those already passing a floor vote.

- 51 banning gender affirming care
- 21 banning trans people from sports
- 21 Don't Say Gay/Forced Outing
- 15 Banning Drag
- 7 Eliminating legal recognition of trans people

Twitter suspension of the DC transit system account may well have been an unintended goof, or a software issue, but it's one more reason to stress how important it is for public agencies not to rely on the Musk-controlled, highly centralized system. What I said about why journalists should migrate way goes for everyone else who wants to control their online destinies: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/04/journalists-and-others-should-leave-twitter-heres-how-they-can-get-started/

This makes me very angry.

These are anti-homeless benches designed to look pleasing. It’s called hostile architecture. They’re meant to be uncomfortable to discourage sleeping on.

The people who designed these are assholes. They’re decorators, not designers.

A designer makes things to improve the world for everyone. A decorator takes otherwise unpalatable injustices and disguises them with aesthetics in an attempt to make them inoffensive or even desirable.

Be a designer, not a decorator.

How neat: browsh, a modern text-based browser for the terminal.

“It renders anything that a modern browser can; HTML5, CSS3, JS, video and even WebGL.”

https://www.brow.sh/

#browsh #geeky #terminal #webBrowser

Thinking more people are going to engage with you on mainstream social media “because everyone’s there” is like thinking people at a stadium concert are there to listen to you. It‘s only true if you’re one of the ones on stage. Not so much when you’re huddled in the nosebleeds.

Forget the numbers. Forget about “going viral” (leave it to the psychopaths in Silicon Valley to make virus-like behaviour aspirational). Embrace the joy of interacting with one another on a human scale.

#ThinkSmall

Remember that every day is the start of a new year. That’s not to say today isn’t special but that every day is special. Each one can be a new beginning, a chance to do things differently, the start of a new way of being.

💕

#thereIsAlwaysHope

Just got reminded of a talk I gave 11 years ago. Feels like a lifetime ago.

Watching it back, I cringe every time “#UX”—instead of just #design—and “users”—instead of people—comes out of my mouth. That, and my naïve embrace of “#open” and how mistaken I was to value it over free (as in freedom).

You can see I’m starting to question the business model of people farming but it’s so timid; almost an afterthought. But, hey, it’s been (and is) a journey, I guess.

https://archive.org/details/podcast_fronteers-videos_aral-balkan-the-future-is-na_1000106521975

#web

Heads up, instance admins, thar be a wave comin'!

(Because of this: https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/social-platforms-policy)

#phosh at 240x320 is surprisingly usable

If you’re having a bad day watch this

LibRedirect really gives you a taste of what the web could have been like had it not developed under capitalism.

https://libredirect.github.io/

(Thanks to everyone who suggested it to me here. I really feel the difference when I’m on my iPhone and I’m like, wait, why did the web become shit all of a sudden?) :)

#libRedirect #BigTech #alternatives #SmallTech #stopgaps

Airone, a JSDB-style database in Rust, “aimed at helping small-tech to be produced, which is a way of building technology antithetical to the Silicon Valley model. Small-tech features close-to-zero data collection, a free and open source structure to achieve good transparency, no lust to scale exponentially, no desire in tracking people's behaviour while crunching tons of data and, overall, it has a goal to keep things simple and human.”

https://gitlab.com/MassiminoilTrace/airone/-/blob/master/README.md

💕

#airone #jsdb #SmallTech

The LMN-3 is an accessible, open source DAW-in-a-box. Pretty amazing fully open source project, built with a Raspberry_Pi . Check out this video showing it in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5UmPTttN1s

Dear open source users,

If the author of your favorite open source app has announced they stopped developing and supporting the app (because they're frustrated and possibly burned out), please don't suggest they do more free work so that you can continue using the app.
Instead, consider thanking them for their past work and let them know that you enjoyed their app.

Regards,
another open source developer

Portfolio - an upcoming Pixelfed feature that allows users to create their own portfolio website that best represents them and their work.

No likes, comments or other social aspects. Just your content.

Hand pick a selection of public posts or use the most recent. Select a fixed width or full width layout. Choose a grid or masonry feed. Hide or show post captions, license, location, timestamp and the original post link.

Make it your own by customizing your settings! Shipping soon. #pixelfed

Yes! Thanks to this, I won't be going to https://choosealicense.com as much any more. This generates the license text from the console: https://crates.io/crates/licensor

How I see attempts to force #backdoors in E2E #encryption...

#drawing #comic #geek #government #privacy #security