Joshua Crawford has moved @jlcrawf@librem.one

"Ulysses claims it can currently access more than 15 billion vehicle locations around the world every month, and it estimates that, by 2025, 100 percent of new cars will be connected and transmitting gigabytes of collectible data per hour." #privacy https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/one-company-wants-to-sell-the-feds-location-data-from-every-car-on-earth/

Are you an Android dev who cares about free speech and the Fediverse? Here’s how you can help:

Create an F-Droid build server and submission pipeline similar to fdroiddata.
Fork the F-Droid client app and call it something else. We need the ability to control the default repos, because we’re trying to make free speech software accessible to casual users. Installing F-Droid is difficult enough.
Support the development of @husky, a Pleroma client app.

Why go so far to fork F-Droid itself? Because the project is compromised by anti-free-speech activists:

F-Droid “statement” against free speech: https://f-droid.org/en/2019/07/16/statement.html
F-Droid banned Gab: https://reclaimthenet.org/f-droid-bans-gab-app
F-Droid banned Spinster: https://blog.alexgleason.me/fdroid-banned-spinster

We need to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

There is currently no solution for a free speech app store, but we can change that.

@LinuxReviews@mstdn.io It's sad to see the beginning of the end for the Foundation. This happens whenever a group of enthusiasts shift their interest from their original goals towards politics.

#Hotspot mode aka #tethering works very well on #Pinephone with #Mobian. #Librem5 then has a decent Internet according to #librespeed speed test! #GNU #Linux

Time to abandon the #smartphone walled gardens of #Android and #iOS

I'm making a table on features that work in various #pinephone OSes. Is this something that other people would want to help with?

I was thinking the data could be collected with toots for each OS and feature. Eg, Mobain phosh users, how's your front camera working?

It is insane to spend billions of dollars sending stimulus checks to people who didn't lose their jobs and didnt suffer any special financial hardship. There is zero reason why every person under a certain income should get money just because there was a pandemic.
https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1370093243577348096?s=09

Old and Busted: "If you aren't paying for something, you are the product."

New Hotness: "You are the product."

Check out my post about companies across industries who double dip by collecting and selling data on their paying customers. ⁨#privacy

https://social.librem.one/@purism/105877195253681981

RT Hotep Jesus
We need to introduce a bill into Congress which halts all bill submission.

Then mandate all bills to be 5 pages, 12 pt Times New Roman font, double spaced, and written at a fifth grade reading level.

All federal bills must then be read aloud publicly by the president. https://twitter.com/HotepJesus/status/1369990572602241029 #Congress #Jesus

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Isn’t it strange how Democrats want to defund the police in your neighborhood, but are totally fine with hiring more police at the U.S. Capitol to protect politicians

The right to bear arms is more central to the American legal system and American history than the right to vote, and far more important.

RT Michael Knowles
A Hollywood actress is complaining to a billionaire talk show host about how much she regrets becoming a princess, and according to our insane culture, she actually is a victim. https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1368799640066392065 #Hollywood

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Disassemble Librem 5

"The Librem 5 is designed for longevity with software updates for life, but part of longevity is also being able to repair a device outside of warranty."

https://puri.sm/posts/disassemble-librem-5/

#librem5 #freedom #hardware

Thinking about getting a Linux mobile cell phone ... I'm in Australia, don't know if that makes any difference ... seeking advice from people who have experience with one.

At least tomorrow is Friday

There’s gonna be another thing they try to make you panic over. Might be a disease. Might be something else. But The System is gonna try this again because you showed The System you will comply if you’re scared enough.

Don’t do that again.

I replaced my personal laptop with a Librem 5 and laptop dock for a week. Here are my impressions: https://puri.sm/posts/my-first-week-of-librem-5-convergence/

#PinePhone #Unboxing & First Impressions

@PINE64 #mobian

🔗 https://media.kaitaia.life/videos/watch/2a047c0c-afbe-4880-b4f0-ba1c7d64ae3d
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Just received my PinePhone today, and threw together a quick Unboxing and First Impressions. Any feedback would be welcome!

I realize that the amazing success of the US was that it was the FOSS version of government. Federated and decentralized. The constant push to centralize everything to the federal government is the source of all its failures. Centralization fails in every field, not just software.

I have actually ordered both an @PINE64 #pinephone and @purism #librem5 and I'm planning on seeing what I can do to help improve the Linux mobile ecosystem when they one day arrive!

They will always be niche until one day maybe they won't, so I think it is worth trying. Having already spent years using only laptops sold with Linux installed, and forgoing my Mac, I haven't looked back. I know I'm a geek and happy to compile from source and fix stuff via CLI, but that's not as frequent now.

Rush Limbaugh was the greatest broadcaster in history. The man created an industry from nothing and in the process taught several generations of Americans about the virtues of freedom and liberty. He was a giant, irreplaceable, a legend who made this country immeasurably better

Sean Davis