John Sullivan @johns@librem.one

Good to see this happening in Japan -- I think scrutiny of deals around preinstallation of software on #Android devices is important for the future growth of projects like @fdroidorg
, and of mobile freedom in general. #google

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/japan-clamps-down-on-googles-android-app-pre-install-deals-130050220.html

Do you think these two NYT advice columnists, published on the same day of the paper edition, knew they were separately answering the same question? Scroll to the questions about office attire..

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/business/do-dogs-belong-at-work.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/style/in-laws-wedding-attendance.html

#HireMeNYT

One thing it should obviously not be is a platform actually owned and run privately by government officials (truth social, X..).

Government use of private social media has become an issue that bothers me disproportionately to what it should (naked promotion/enrichment of specific private businesses while compelling citizens to become their customers), but here's more https://www.engadget.com/social-media/the-social-security-administration-is-reportedly-moving-all-official-communication-to-x-223201698.html . Would it be okay if what they were using federated? Or does there just need to be a publicly run platform (federated or not)? Or should it be privately run on a bid-based system like other government contracts?

Recently finished The City and Its Uncertain Walls (Murakami) which lead me to start rereading parts of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. When not doing that, finished The Vegetarian (Han Kang) and now need something a little less real / destabilizing, so probably starting The Book of Love by Kelly Link. #books

Happy birthday Libre.fm! Can't believe I've been using it for 16 years. Thanks to @mattl and all the contributors who made it possible.

Libre.fm turns 16, updates for March – Libre.fm blog
https://blog.libre.fm/2025/04/libre-fm-turns-16-updates-for-march/

@ompaul Yes but first I have to be very sure that a change was actually made somewhere (and this depends on where focus lands) -- otherwise I would be undoing something I didn't want to undo!

(and it's possible none of this is #LibreOffice's fault -- maybe #Wayland could be to blame? It happens most often upon switching back to the window after being somewhere else)

Ask me how many times a day I get burned by the #LibreOffice race-ish condition where I hit C-f and then start typing but the C-f handler doesn't leap into action until after the other keystrokes have been processed as normal input, so I end up accidentally replacing the contents of a spreadsheet cell that I also can't easily find because where was focus...and then the cursor jumps to the search box.

Always a bummer when there's a cool thing for a while, which then inspires a formal organization to run/lead the cool thing, and then the formal organization ends up messing up the cool thing. (NaNoWriMo "closing down") https://lithub.com/nanowrimo-is-shutting-down/

Other tales like this?

Do we really not have bipartisan and public consensus for "you can't pardon anyone who gave you 6 figures in campaign contributions"?

@eighthave Enable developer mode, then in settings search for Linux terminal.

Currently installing the #Debian VM on my #CalyxOS Pixel. So excited!

(Probably) proving once again that the biggest security issues with encrypted communication are the persons using it.

@paradoxmo Well, other way, the Realo has the H-M, the Pro Gear has the M. And the nibs feel very different. I'm wondering if the H-M has been ground/modified, and also wondering if the M is a fake (but I like it better..)! I haven't yet tested with identical ink.

@paradoxmo Okay, that's what I thought, I'm understanding now that the pen that I thought had the updated nib markings actually has the older ones, which is surprising to me based on when I purchased it.

What does it mean if I have a Sailor Pro Gear 21k #fountainpen with just "M" on the nib, vs one (Realo 1911) that has "H-M"? I thought all of Sailor's Ms these days were H-Ms..? The M was bought within the last 5 years; the H-M I have no way of knowing but the other nib markings look contemporary.

Got my first vendor/distributor email about a tariff driven price increase. Here we go.