Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

The beloved Babylon 5 is getting rebooted, and series creator JMS is running the show - In 1994, J. Michael Straczynski (Sense8, Changeling) broug... - https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/27/22696836/babylon-5-reboot-j-michael-straczynski-warner-bros-the-cw

Pulling methane out of the atmosphere could slow global warming—if we can figure out how to do it - Pulling methane out of the atmosphere has the potential to help slow global warming in t... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/27/1036284/methane-removal-slow-global-warming/ #carbonsequestration #climatechange #cleanenergy

Microsoft’s free course teaches the non-tech skills you missed in school - It’s no secret the tech industry often doesn’t fully represent the people it attem... - https://thenextweb.com/news/microsoft-tech-resilience-amanda-silver #insider #plugged

Package Release: 09/27 inkscape 1.1.1 Inkscape: a drawing tool that uses the W3C standard scalable vector graphics format (SVG) https://www.inkscape.org/

Today we look at the Dialect application on Linux Mint via the Flatpak version. We look at how the application works and how it can help you out.

https://youtu.be/qdg9pQ2XsQ8

NY prepared for tens of thousands of unvaccinated health workers to lose jobs - Enlarge / Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against COVID-19 mandates in ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1798836 #infectiousdisease #publichealth #covid-19 #science #mandate #newyork #vaccine

Ford picks Kentucky and Tennessee for $11.4 billion EV investment - Enlarge / A rendering of the BlueOvalSK campus in Glendale, Kentucky. (credit: F... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1798764 #batteryelectricvehicles #skinnovation #tennessee #kentucky #biz&it #cars #ford

Electronic Frontier Foundation will deprecate HTTPS Everywhere plugin https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/electronic-frontier-foundation-will-deprecate-https-everywhere-plugin/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social by @jrssnet
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Digital health ID for every Indian - We explain how it will work
https://web.archive.org/web/20210927184056/https://www.techradar.com/news/digital-health-id-for-every-indian-we-explain-how-it-will-work

Raspberry Pi 4 model Bs arriving with newer 'C0' stepping http://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/raspberry-pi-4-model-bs-arriving-newer-c0-stepping #linux #hardware #raspberrypi #upgrade

Misinformation has pushed American democracy to the brink, former CISA chief says - CNET - Erosion in confidence in democracy could be "potentially catastrophic" - https://www.cnet.com/tech/misinformation-has-pushed-american-democracy-to-the-brink-former-cisa-chief-says/#ftag=CAD590a51e

Package Release: 09/27 thunderbird 91.1.2 Mozilla Thunderbird: a full-featured e-mail and newsgroup client http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Why TV Antennas Are Making a Comeback in the Streaming Age - To access local stations—for free—without paying for a cable subscription, try these upda... - https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-tv-antennas-are-making-a-comeback-in-the-streaming-age-11631819804?mod=rss_Technology #paid

Write Freely is a writing platform on the Fediverse, sort of like a Fedi version of Medium.

It lets you write long form texts on the Fediverse, and people can follow your Write Freely account, so they see your latest posts.

The official site is at https://writefreely.org, you can also follow them at @writefreely

You can find instances to sign up on at https://writefreely.org/instances

There are apps available at https://writefreely.org/apps

If you are techy, there's instructions for self-hosting an instance at https://writefreely.org/start

If you aren't techy, you can still make your own Write Freely instance by using https://writefreely.host

#WriteFreely #Fediverse #FediTips #Medium #Alternatives

Major social media platforms should adopt a human rights framework to be more accountable for censoring users’ speech. But laws that violate the First Amendment are not the way to get there. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/texas-social-media-law-not-solution-censorship

How to Watch the SpaceX Inspiration4 Launch

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-watch-the-spacex-inspiration4-launch/
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Package Release: 09/15 eclipse 4.21 Eclipse: a universal tool platform and IDE http://eclipse.org/

Added @NyxPublishing@twitter.com to Libreture's list of DRM-free bookshops.

Nyx Publishing are a small independent publisher based in Sheffield. They specialise in genre fiction, particularly fantasy, science-fiction, and horror (and it’s pretty much all queer).

https://www.libreture.com/bookshops/#nyx-publishing

Today I tackle the question about whether Vivaldi is a good choice for the default browser.
https://youtu.be/SsGWfDMdLxg