Dean @dean@librem.one
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- Australia
I am into science and climate activism. I love to learn about social issues and to challenge my own perspectives. I'm also into free and open-source software and I am back in University studying computer science.
Joined Jun 2019
@purism fun article. It's good to see the improvements written in a cool way.
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This article about Google's project to store and analyze millions of Americans' health care data confirms my suspicions about the Fitbit acquisition.
Many people who don't care about mass data collection because "I've got nothing to hide" change their tune when it's health care data. #privacy
Applied for a Latitude Credit Card and within a minute I heard an ad about Latitude Pay on Spotify. I'm regretting my decision. Who did I just give all my personal details to?!
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison could free Assange from Belmarsh prison if he wanted to, James Ricketson tells Newscorp.
The Australian filmmaker was freed from prison in Cambodia after Australia's government made representations on his behalf.
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We're trying to defend #FOSS from patent trolls. Please help us: https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/10/gnome-files-defense-against-patent-troll/
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Aspen batch phones going out next will get an anodized chassis - look at those kill switches. Thank you for your patience as we incrementally ship through tens of thousands of Librem 5 phones over the coming months. Yes, we know you're excited, we are too and you will be impressed! #Purism #Librem5 #Linux
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"If this video disgusts you, it should. It happens daily in Iraq. The rules of engagement in Iraq are a joke"
- Ethan McCord, the US soldier seen carrying one of the two severely injured children in the #CollateralMurder video.
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👏 Send huge congrats 👏 to @mastohost for this. It is for the health of the #Fediverse and a very good call.
They write:
"I have added the following to the terms of service:
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I will not accept to host Mastodon servers that promote or that become a gathering of users around the following topics:
...National Socialism
Nazism
Holocaust denial
Racism
Alt right, including under the disguise of freedom of speech
Gender-critical
Sex and gender discrimination
Transphobia
Misogyny....
I will also not accept Mastodon servers that are mainly used for the following activities:
Automated sharing of third-party content, news sources, websites or social media content that doesn’t belong to you
Trolling, insulting and derogatory comments towards others outside your server
Mass following and aggregation of content..."
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Read the full leaked draft NASA/NOAA US climate change report
#Strike4Climate #climatestrike
@exalm@floss.social I cannot wait to use this for other desktop widgets we're my touchscreen laptop is 'useless'.
@thibaultamartin yeah definitely, I plan to take my android with me.
@purism awesome! I'll be travelling for a year, leaving 28th Dec, so hopefully, I'm in on of the first 3 shipments!!! 🇦🇺
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Librem 5 shipping starting 24 September 2019 https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-shipping-announcement/ #purism #linux #linuxphone #linuxmobile #gnome
@elementary 💛 the new login screen and that the keyboard is correctly focused 😁
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User empowerment is the best tool to curb online harassment.
https://puri.sm/posts/curbing-harassment-with-user-empowerment/
@lunduke only on Mastodon. You don't need to support Twitter with your video uploads.
- Country
- Australia
I am into science and climate activism. I love to learn about social issues and to challenge my own perspectives. I'm also into free and open-source software and I am back in University studying computer science.
Joined Jun 2019
