@lunduke Every day is a weird one. It today weren't, it would be . . . weird.
NEWS: #FreedomBox has been added to the DistroWatch database!🎉🎉🎉
This means that our operating system has received official recognition by DistroWatch and is listed alongside the world's major Linux and BSD distributions.
Our page on DistroWatch:
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=freedombox
It is proven! I am kcoram on Keybase: https://keybase.io/kcoram/sigchain#d3648ed7c3bf8611ec7a1997112745d14c448599d047bcd7d8a39454ec98737d0f
If you haven't seen it, my latest video is live on LBRY! https://beta.lbry.tv/what-s-holding-linux-back/5ef0176f63c9fdcd3f351bbb0348a7ce36c0674e
I was interviewed for Marketplace today about running your own social network site! You can catch me on NPR stations today or just listen/read here:
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/diy-build-your-own-social-media-site-guide/
@switchingsocial@mastodon.at @Carnet @joplinapp
+1 for Joplin!
⚠️ WE SHIPPED IT! 🎉
You can now follow remote profiles on Pixelfed instances that have enabled the feature.
1. Search the full url (ie: https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed)
2. Click the follow button on the results page
3. You will start seeing posts from that account on your home timeline
@linuxjournal This is sad news . . . :(
UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye has a simple response to The New York Times today: “hate speech” does not persist online because of some magical Section 230 shield. Read his explanation here: https://medium.com/@dkisaway/four-questions-about-online-hate-speech-ae3e0a134472
Some insights on where the web has gone from the founder of Drupal. https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/19/perspectives/internet-privacy-hate-speech/index.html
Finally, the fediverse icon mosaic is finished - and I love the result
@switchingsocial@mastodon.at @wallabag@social.tcit.fr I found I like #Wallabag so much, that I was willing to subscribe to their official instance, even though I could fairly easily self-host it.
@HamDancer @canteen @switchingsocial@mastodon.at Alas, as much as I love my Yubikey, not every sight I want to use 2FA with can work with it, yet.
@chris At the moment, I think I'm more concerned with the risks of a smaller service being hacked than I am with the risks of the data I have in Google platforms.
While Google likely treats me as the product, it is in their best interests to hold tightly onto the data they have gathered about me. I don't particularly fear that they will share out that data to anyone short of a government subpoena.