Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

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UFOs: 'These objects show physics we don't understand'
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-57698819

(submitted by aliasEli)

Q&A Hits 5K

Yes the Ubuntu Touch Q&A has hit 5K subscribers and we thought you all should know and enjoy a very big Thank You for all your support. See you all for the next one.

Are you looking to secure your emails, fast and easy? Tutanota has exactly what you need: Built-in encryption which automatically protects you and your data! Check it out: https://tutanota.com/ 😀💪👇

The Fourth Circuit’s ruling that Baltimore’s aerial surveillance program is unconstitutional is an important victory in protecting our Fourth Amendment rights and a big step toward ending intrusive aerial surveillance programs, once and for all. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/victory-fourth-circuit-rules-baltimores-warrantless-aerial-surveillance-program

Any American company that puts profits over human rights should face real accountability for doing so. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/supreme-court-narrows-ability-hold-us-corporations-accountable-facilitating-human

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Friendica 2021.07 released

We are very happy to announce the availability of the new stable release of Friendica “Siberian Iris” 2021.07. This release contains 219 pull requests from ten contributors and the work of the translation teams. While fixing some problems identified, we have added some nice features support for right-to-left languages was added, the API was expanded […] https://forum.friendi.ca/objects/39bbe52a6dd4090913d576a6249d1da436230240

"There is something fantastic, that can replicate most of what Google offers: Nextcloud.

It's not only a file storage solution, but it can also handle email, photos, music, calendar, an online office suite, and a lot more!"

https://youtu.be/_wnhkxR-Hy8

Aspirin could cut risk of death in cancer patients by 20%
https://ecancer.org/en/journal/article/1258-aspirin-and-cancer-survival-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analyses-of-118-observational-studies-of-aspirin-and-18-cancers

(submitted by WaitWaitWha)

What is the future of computers? Purism CSO, @kyle shares why users continue to barter their digital rights and privacy in the name of security and protection. Read more ➡️
https://puri.sm/posts/the-future-of-computers-the-neighborhood-and-the-nursing-home/

If I could help computer users understand one thing it would be that unless something changes, their future computer will be locked down like their phone, so they can only install software if the OS vendor approves. I talk about this in a new blog post: https://puri.sm/posts/the-future-of-computers-the-neighborhood-and-the-nursing-home/

Wikipedia Is More One-Sided Than Ever
https://larrysanger.org/2021/06/wikipedia-is-more-one-sided-than-ever/

(submitted by preordained)

New, deadly bacteria may be lurking in US; CDC warns of three puzzling cases - Enlarge / Burkholderia pseudomallei grown on sheep blood agar for 24 hours. Burkh... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1777964 #burkholderiapseudomallei #infectiousdisease #publichealth #melioidosis #science #cdc

Makedeb – Create Debian Archives from PKGBUILDs
https://github.com/hwittenborn/makedeb

(submitted by cartesius13)

The EU Digital Markets Act is an opportunity to change how the most powerful platforms act.

Along with over a dozen civil society organizations, EFF is asking the EU Parliament to include interoperability obligations and focus on end-user rights. https://www.eff.org/document/civil-society-letter-digital-markets-acts-imco-parliament https://t.co/heA5aM0f9n

The Left’s War on Gifted Kids
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/06/left-targets-testing-gifted-programs/619315/

(submitted by plank_time)

Just How Vulnerable to Accidental Erasure are EPROMs Anyway? - On the scale of things worth worrying about, having to consider whether your EPROM... - https://hackaday.com/2021/06/29/just-how-vulnerable-to-accidental-erasure-are-eproms-anyway/ #retrocomputing #sunscreen #erasable #sunlight #memory #eprom #uv

Distrowatch News: Distribution Release: KaOS 2021.06 KaOS is a desktop Linux distribution that features the latest version of the KDE desktop environment and other popular software applications that use the Qt toolkit. The latest snapshot of the distribution's rolling release is KaOS 2021.06 which offers KDE Plasma 5.22, new visual effects, and a new.... http://distrowatch.com/11288

"All your actions online are data being produced & stored... there are no real regulations to stop it from being sold by data brokers & consumed by thousands of companies. First step is to care about what happens with your actions when you are online." -- Isabela Bagueros

https://www.startpage.com/privacy-please/privacy-advocate-articles/privacy-in-action-isabela-bagueros-executive-director-at-tor