It is time for a comeback of double spaces between sentences! The rationale for switching to single in #digital text is #proportional fonts. With the rise of #Markdown and blogs, lots of people are writing prose in #monospace again.
#Cuba's #ElPaqueteSemanal is well known for providing access to digital media where there is no Internet. It should also be recognized for a system with decentralized, built-in, human-powered curation. Thanks @SujathaTF for highlighting that.
https://nacla.org/news/2014/12/20/do-cubans-really-want-us-style-internet-freedom
Starting this week, I want to try something new in the #fdroid weekly meeting slot (Thursdays @ 11:30 UTC): I'll have "office hours" so anyone can come and ask any question, either via the regular chat channels, or realtime voice in https://meet.jit.si/fdroid
Facial recognition may just be the beginning. Next generation video analytics tools could allow police to track people by their hair, their clothing, and more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/video-analytics-user-manuals-are-guide-dystopia
Working hours, the first 12000 years: the historical decline of free time
https://agathoniamedia.com/2020/11/23/working-time-the-first-20000-years-the-historical-decline-of-free-time/
And yet another disappointing but unsurprising pick by #Biden, wasn't he supposed to be better on #ClimateChange?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/19/senior-biden-adviser-set-for-key-role-has-ties-to-oil-and-gas-climate-activists-warn
Is your open source project still using Slack for its community? Consider:
Mozilla has migrated their chat to Matrix: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Matrix
Mattermost now offers hosted service with special pricing for OSS projects: https://mattermost.com/nonprofit/
There are probably even more I'm not aware of.
There are good Free options now. Time to get out of the proprietary SaaS lock-in.
Now that#Biden has won, it is important to remember what he has done. He called for war with Iraq starting in the 90s:
https://theintercept.com/2020/01/07/joe-biden-iraq-war-history/
As VP, he helped #Maliki's party stay in power even when his party lost the election. Maliki then went on to persecute the "multi-sectarian and moderate" Al-Iraqiya party which had won 51%. Many point to this as a key event that helps ISIS flourish. He did with executive power. He's now the chief executive.
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/524551-a-biden-victory-would-be-a-loss-for-iraq
In case you thought the RIAA had gone away or gotten less evil: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md
youtube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from the RIAA:
https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md
#Technology gives us #power, that is the key reason why we seek and use new technology. What is rarely discussed is how the uneven spread of this new power will affect society. When good people get it first, it can trigger huge improvements. When bad people get it first, they use this power for personal gain at the expense of everyone else.
#NPR your "Data Protection Choices" screen is really disingenuous. The "Decline" button does not take you to the article even!
"Adtech's bogeymen are tracking everything - even your web visits to mental health charities, claim campaigners... So says Pro Privacy after automatedly gazing at 82,000 sites" https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/11/charity_websites_ad_trackers/
We'd quickly like to explain why we have to build the DDoS mitigation ourselves, how the progress is so far, and what you can expect as next steps. While improving anti DDoS measures, you'll be happy to know that we've also much reduced loading time. Thank you very much for your continuous support! 🙂
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/ddos-attack-update
Thank you #ArsTechnica for reminding us how #BillGates made his fortune: by building a cut throat #monopoly https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/revisiting-the-spectacular-failure-that-was-the-bill-gates-deposition/
#philanthropy is “a form of power that is largely unaccountable, un-transparent, donor-directed, protected in perpetuity and lavishly tax advantaged" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/08/how-philanthropy-benefits-the-super-rich