John Sullivan @johns@librem.one

I think they have a point here and I'm glad that someone, anyone, is pushing against #Apple's "unapproved apps still need to be approved" stance. The sort of one-and-a-half party approach to third-party distribution.

https://www.engadget.com/apps/apple-is-deeply-concerned-about-altstores-porn-app-005013457.html?src=rss

After reading this, I'm left wondering, did Murakami kick off the cats in Japanese fiction motif? Or is he just another practitioner? (He is not mentioned in this article.)

In Tumultuous Times, Readers Turn to ‘Healing Fiction’ - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/books/healing-fiction-japan-korea-before-the-coffee-gets-cold.html

I'm a little behind on the news, but this is an amazing story. Import ban lifted for the very noble reason that they lost the only copy of the ban.

India Scraps Import Ban on Salman Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses’ - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/world/asia/india-salman-rushdie-satanic-verses-book-ban.html

Well, that's a bummer, I found these @letsencrypt email reminders very helpful https://letsencrypt.org/2025/01/22/ending-expiration-emails/ -- but it is a lot of "stamps" I guess. (Also, I did not receive the official email about this..)

I don't have writer's block, maybe just writer's detour, which is something like I sit down to work on some poetry and instead out comes a few paragraphs of an article on nonprofit governance.

The plant-based Kraft dinner comes in the same sized box as original Kraft dinner, but with 1.25oz less pasta. #vegan

some level of respect for the spammers sending "American Express" mail from "expressamerican" as the domain.

Of all the companies slapping "plant-based" on stuff that contains milk and eggs, Morning Star is one that should really know better.

OR SOMETHING'S ADDED, NPR

Renewed my @conservancy support with minutes to spare in EST 2024. Hope you will too! Living further on the fringe of the software freedom bubble has really made me realize even more how important their work is.

echoes of Invisible Cities and Hard-Boiled Wonderland, I meant to say.

Finished Accabadora by Michaela Murgia -- thanks @zacchiro . Started The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Murakami -- multiple mentions of #fountainpens in the first 30 pages and echoes of Invisible Cities so of course I'm happy.

Where's the best analysis (especially legal) of a president posting public communications from a platform he owns / has a profit interest in / controls access/terns to?

#GivingTuesday may be done, but the work for freedom and autonomy with mobile devices is definitely not -- a great way to support that work is by making a donation to @fdroidorg : https://f-droid.org/2024/12/03/giving-tuesday.html

Please put your #fountainpen #Inkvent and #Colorvent spoilers behind cut warnings, thanks!

So is there something like Barrier for Wayland?