It's World book day*!
What's your favourite source of legal and free ebooks?
Mine are:
1 - Gutenberg Books
2 - Libby (library App)
3 - Archive.org
4 - Libvox
5 - Smashwords
6 - Wikibooks
7 -Tech Books For Free
8 - Complete Works of William Shakespeare
9 - Baen books
10 - Local Library
[* Due to holiday scheduling it's on diff dates in the UK & Ireland to than the rest of the world - still Book Day ! ]
Links to all (except local library hopefully you have one!) are below.
Rikspolischef Petra Lundh:
"Tidigare så har jag absolut tyckt att det är bra med offentlighetprincipen och annat ... ".
Citatet från den f.d. domaren och riksåklagaren är autentiskt om än avhugget. Det handlar om huruvida förundersökningar ska bli offentlig handling.
Ska ganskande journalister behöva förlita sig på godtyckliga läckor istället?
Nej, i kampen mot de kriminella gängen går vi alldeles för långt i att montera ned rättssäkerhet och medborgerliga rättigheter. Bevara demokratin!
Look, I'm famous! Mentioned in this great #FOSDEM talk by @dos https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3200-universal-serial-bug-a-tale-of-spontaneous-modem-resets/ (at 15:40 into that) where he mentions me and says "...one vital observation... " - I made a vital observation! 🎉 Proudly adding this to my list of things to brag about.
Much of my life may have been pointless but not all of it: let it be known that I did spend a significant amount of time with trial-and-error to find the exact time delay needed for the USB connection to the #Librem5 modem to break down. 😄
If you run a #Tor #relay be sure to join tomorrow's relay operator meeetup. You can find and add to the agenda here 🗓️ https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-relays-next-tor-relay-operator-meetup-march-2nd-2024-19-00-utc/11568
Just found out that it's possible to donate to Phosh here: https://liberapay.com/Phosh/
Donations there go to the developers @agx and @devrtz
If, like me, you appreciate that awesome #FreeSoftware project and rely on it everyday for your #MobileLinux device, you know what to do! 😉
#phosh @phosh #librem5 #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile #foss #floss #SoftwareFreedom
google rant:
a little website i shepherd for a friend has a contact form. it uses php mail() via sendmail. ive done all the things: fail2ban, recaptcha, spf, dkim, reject dmarc policy; the config is just as tight as my personal mail server, and few to no illegitimate form submissions ever make it as far as the mta.
gmail happily sends a daily dmarc report congratulating me for successful spf and dkim tests, yet refuses to deliver any messages to a gmail inbox. at the same time, the target gmail inbox is stacked full of spam, all from gmail.com addresses.
google is a bully and a tyrant and hostile to the open internet. msft does the same shit.
Agree with these colleagues. 👇🏼 #Gaza #journalism #freepress https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/gaza-israel-sky-news-nbc-abc-b1141942.html
This cornerstone of software freedom has been empowering developers and users for decades.
Consider gifting your copyright to the FSF to uphold the GPL's legacy and keep software libre!
I just renewed my annual @fsf associate membership and psyched for Libreplanet. #ISupportFreeSoftware
Interesting discussion with @Mer__edith and Camille Francois, "AI and Surveillance Capitalism", available via #PeerTube here: https://digitalcourage.video/w/3UJQ4XPwjWpenWM5iUmmQs
I think the most important aspect they bring up is how increased use of so-called "AI" systems (it's wrong to call such systems "intelligent") leads to really dangerous concentration of power to a small number of huge companies. That development is very dangerous and bad for democracy, it's really the opposite of what we need.
Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds
Link: https://openrss.org/blog/how-google-helped-destroy-adoption-of-rss-feeds
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39493770
Amanda Sokolnicki: Organiserad rasism – med kärnkraft, det är Liberalernas nya melodi https://www.dn.se/ledare/amanda-sokolnicki-organiserad-rasism-med-karnkraft-det-ar-liberalernas-nya-melodi/
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