Free Soft&Hardware Enthusiast @goatwildernesscollective@librem.one

A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!

#120 Updated Documentation
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/11/twig-120/

#GNOME #TWIG

New #Mastodon for Android update comes with lists and a reworked home tab. We won't stop until it's the best social media app on Android!

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/10/mastodon-for-android-update/

A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!

#119 Stylish Websites
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/10/twig-119/

#GNOME #TWIG

I ever so often close the 🎵- player and when grabbing the 📱 I'd have to unlock it to just start the 🎵 player and then 🔒 the 📱 right away again (as there's #mpris controls on the 🔒-screen then anyway).

Hence I wrote a small #phosh plugin to add arbitrary "launchers" to the 🔒-screen via a desktop file.
This is very simplistic atm (as we e.g. don't track app-state) but gets the job done initially.

I only used it for that purpose but there's other potential use cases:

Mastodon has Dominatrix too, except everything is compliant to health and safety under dark conditions regulations as per EN ISO 20471.

Southern Like Oak by a canal
#thickTrunkTuesday

City Park, #NewOrleans, USA

My #monochrome #infrared #photo
Fujifilm X-T1 35 mm f/1.4 @ f/4 13 s ISO 200
Hoya R72 infrared pass filter

Now is your moment to shine

Remote work may cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than half https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100923_commute_greenhouse_gas/remote-work-may-cut-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-more-than-half/
The growth of remote and hybrid work during the COVID-19 pandemic showed limiting trips to the office can reduce the carbon footprint of simply working by as much as 58% in the United States.
#Tucson #Arizona

#Police Resistance and #Politics Undercut the Authority of Prosecutors Trying to Reform the Justice System
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After major American cities began electing prosecutors who campaigned on the promise of systemic reform, law enforcement unions labeled these DAs as soft on #crime while lawmakers made legal and legislative efforts to remove them from office.

#CriminalJustice #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/police-politicians-undermined-reform-prosecutors-chicago-philadelphia?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

How a Maneuver in #PuertoRico Led to a $29 Billion #Tax Bill for #Microsoft
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In the largest audit in U.S. history, the #IRS rejected Microsoft’s attempts to channel profits to a small factory in Puerto Rico that burned Windows software onto CDs.

#Taxes #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-microsoft-audit-back-taxes-puerto-rico-billions?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!

#117 Queued Fixes
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/10/twig-117/

#GNOME #TWIG

The future of computing is local-first.