Its democracy or widespread death and despair...in the digital era you can't run democracy without the #4opens so this has to be at the root of our garden of ideas.
How would you edit the #4opens to make it more understandable for outreach http://hamishcampbell.com/index.php/projects/4opens/
Tiny pleasures. https://blog.jimmac.eu/2021/animated-tour/
’There will be no climate justice while we celebrate January 26’
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/there-will-be-no-climate-justice-while-we-celebrate-january-26 #climatecrisis #pollution #environment #ecology #FirstNation
Ocean & Climate Emergency
•Ocean conservation charity petitions for the ocean to be at the centre of UN climate talks
•Almost 100% of the public agree that not enough is being done to tackle the ocean & climate crisis
•96% of the public believe that the UK government needs to take urgent action to tackle the ocean & climate crisis
•79% of respondents want to learn what they can do to help tackle the ocean & climate crisis
https://www.carvemag.com/2021/01/ocean-and-climate-emergency/ #climatecrisis #pollution #environment #ecology
Woodside's giant Burrup Hub gas development is the dirtiest fossil fuel project ever proposed in Australia.
The Government has secretly given approvals for unlimited gas processing & unlimited pollution at the Burrup Hub.
The Conservarion Council of WA urgently needs to raise $200,000 to help cover the costs of running this landmark court case against Australia’s dirtiest fossil fuel development.
Will you join us to defend our climate from the Burrup Hub?
#climate #gas
https://burruphub.raisely.com/
The General Purpose Computer In Your Pocket
"What makes the Librem 5 special is that it reclaims the full potential of what phones should have been all along: a general-purpose computer in your pocket under your control."
Learn more: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
GNOME Asia 2020 registration is now open! This year's summit will be held on November 24-26 all online.
You can sign up for this free event here: https://events.gnome.org/event/24/registrations/21/
It turns out that the reason free, open source messengers suck on iOS is that #Apple force-closes background applications unless you pay them for the privilege - which is why proprietary applications like WhatsApp, Discord and Facebook Messenger work just fine.
This means small and free actors are banned from participating.
A look at the future of Mozilla and its looking good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AbwBBbk2JI
GNOME Asia 2020 Call for Proposals is now open!
This year's summit will be held remotely, Nov 24-26, and we're looking for speakers. All submissions are due by Sept 25, see our news feature for topic ideas and details on where to submit!
https://www.gnome.org/news/2020/09/gnome-asia-2020-call-for-papers-now-open/
I'm in, are you?
Let's change the $63 Trillion consumer market to support the Poor.
https://youtu.be/iQ4F46m1_Y4
#THANKYOUTOTHEWORLD
Handibox is an accessibility tool that will allow Human-Computer interaction with people who have some degree of motor disability. Through #Handibox, users can carry out elementary activities such as using the Internet, writing emails, and more!
The team, Alejandro, Fabio, and Matias, seeks to integrate with other #accessibility applications in GNOME and are looking for guidance from the accessibility team. They also need community help precompiling libraries like dlib. #GNOMEChallenge
Current 'security measures' and 'best practises' do not classify privacy as an issue and treat users like children. Creating prisons for us.
https://puri.sm/posts/your-phone-is-your-castle/
Can we please, please – PLEASE! not make the nonsensical US date format month/day/year the default in applications? 🤦♂️
PRE 👏 TTY 👏 PLEASE
And to all users of that format: it makes no sense, it's counter-intuitive, it makes collaboration frustrating, it introduces inconsistencies and errors... Just stop. Please. Use international standards.
(And don't get me started on your other units of weights, volumes and distances. Bloody hell.)
Boost if I'm right.
#PureOS for Creatives Part 1: Music Production with the #librem15
"In 2020, there is a free software equivalent for every mainstream commercial program on the market today."
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-for-creatives-part-1-music-production-with-the-librem-15/
The first in a three-part series on PureOS for Creatives by our guest blogger, Tre Scranton
The #GUADEC fun doesn't end with the sessions, we have social events and activities too! Take a look at what we've got planned: https://blogs.gnome.org/engagement/2020/07/16/social-events-at-guadec-2020/
#GUADEC #OpenSource #FOSS
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.