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Elias  

Receiving MMS messages on the is getting closer to working by default. In byzantium the needed and fixes are already there now, we just need to add and purple-mm-sms manually: source.puri.sm/Librem5/chatty/ Thanks to Chris T and @craftyguy @purism

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"Restoring democracy, in the US and many other countries, is the overarching political struggle of our time, and it extends into many areas of life. Campaigning to eliminate unjust digital systems is one aspect of that struggle."

From chapter 5, page 60, in the new book "System Override". It has chapters independently written by Nadine Strossen, Pia Mancini, Brittany Kaiser, Richard Stallman, Hannah Wolfman-Jones, and Santiago SIri. Chapter 5 is written by Stallman.

wetheweb.org/post/about-the-bo

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That's the spirit! Let's keep moving forward.

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Strypey  

I wonder if the EU could be convinced to fund some mobile GNU development, especially of touchscreen UI for existing apps, so they have a mobile OS option that isn't controlled by a single US corporation (Goggle or Apple)?

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Elias  

This is a good video by Luke Smith: "Social Media as Social Control."

videos.lukesmith.xyz/videos/wa

"Whether planned or not, Social Media's prime current function is behavioral engineering at a massive scale. Most sites function as massive Skinner's Boxes, conditioning users to behaviors desired by those who run the sites. Part of this is inevitable, but it has certainly accelerated in recent years and will continue so long as people continue to rely on such sites."

The video is 15 minutes long.

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Elias  

Here is my own contribution to the debate, about the open letter and and so on.

Comment on the open letter to "remove RMS", based on the GNU Kind Communications Guidelines

eliasrudberg.se/rms/

This is not another escalation, it's something else. It's about how we communicate. I thought a lot about it. Hopefully this can reach some of the people who signed the open letter.

Boosts welcome.

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Elias  

Just noticed a spelling mistake there: I wrote amazing but of course it should be amaizeing in this case 😄

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Amazing how fast grows. I put three grains in the soil one week ago, now they're already 7-8 cm tall.

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Here is my own contribution to the debate, about the open letter and and so on.

Comment on the open letter to "remove RMS", based on the GNU Kind Communications Guidelines

eliasrudberg.se/rms/

This is not another escalation, it's something else. It's about how we communicate. I thought a lot about it. Hopefully this can reach some of the people who signed the open letter.

Boosts welcome.

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Elias  

Debian Votes to Issue No Statement on Stallman's Return to the FSF Board

linux.slashdot.org/story/21/04

Details about the vote: debian.org/vote/2021/vote_002

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The GNOME Code of Conduct says: Be friendly. Be empathetic. Be respectful.

The GNOME Foundation signed an "open letter" accusing a software freedom activist of being "misogynist, ableist, and transphobic".

Questions:

(1) Is the letter in line with the GNOME Code of Conduct?

(2) Is it okay for the GNOME Foundation, as an organization, to sign something like that?

Personally I lean towards "no" on both questions, but I would like to hear what you think, especially GNOME developers.

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FSF India Board Statement fsf.org.in/news/board-statemen

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This is an excellent statement from the FSF India about the current controversy:
fsf.org.in/news/board-statemen

"Unfortunately many of the arguments made against him were based on misunderstanding and half truths. More dangerous is concerted attack on RMS vilifying him and trying to isolate him. FSF India condemns this action. There is no freedom more important than freedom of thought and expression."

To understand the background, see for example this: edsantos.eu/on-stalman/

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John Lennon, Working Class Hero 

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Statement of FSF board on election of Richard Stallman (RMS): u.fsf.org/3bf

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In case anyone wants to try out receiving MMS messages on their I just wrote down the steps needed for that here, still unofficial and hacky but it does work: source.puri.sm/Librem5/chatty/

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Elias  

Had a bit of an identity crisis this morning. Luckily there was a command that helped resolve it. I know who I am.

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A Critique of the Open Letter Calling for the Removal of : meribold.org/2021/04/07/critiq

"Suggesting that RMS is intolerant is strange. If anything, he seems to be too tolerant. Implying that RMS is hateful is just ridiculous."

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Swedish 

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Pictures from my morning walk the other day, down by the water along Edsviken north of Stockholm. I didn't meet it in person, but something tells me there is a living around here.

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