Kevin C. @kcoram@librem.one

Indeed: from a great article about Wikipedia at 20:

"Wikipedia shouldn’t really work, but it does. It shouldn’t be able to survive in a hyper-capitalist commercial world, but people keep donating to it. Its model is unique and bizarre – a relic of a more open, idealistic 1990s techno utopianism, but it may still outlast even the biggest corporate tech giants."

https://bylinetimes.com/2021/01/15/anarchy-algorithms-decentralisation-wikipedia-at-20-an-interview-with-jimmy-wales/

"Why I still use RSS...I firmly believe the Internet, and what it stood for, peaked with RSS....Having only the content I want to see only be shown when I want to see it with the freedom to jump between readers as I please, all with no ads? For me, no other service comes close to the flexibility, robustness, and overall ease-of-use that RSS offers."

https://atthis.link/blog/2021/rss.html

“Why the Indieweb? …This is the story of the birth of the web, its loss of innocence, its decline, and what we can do to make it a bit less gross.” - https://briefs.video/videos/why-the-indieweb/

Looking to migrate away from Google but still looking for free/affordable replacements without the hassle of hosting them yourself?

There are many choices, take your pick:)

https://tromland.org/

https://disroot.org/en

https://framasoft.org/en/

https://weho.st/

https://nomagic.uk/services/

Feel free to add to this list if I've missed any good ones:)

PLEASE BOOST SO OTHERS WILL SEE IT!

#framasoft #disroot #nomagic.uk #nextcloud #email #foss #trom #gafam #fuckgoogle

https://writing.kemitchell.com/2021/01/21/Open-Source-Discrimination.html

@lionirdeadman I concur, and use Migadu too.

Regarding PGP, sharing keys is pretty seamless once you set it up. WKD makes sharing keys from your own site/email domain really easy, without relying on any keyserver; since my email is @seirdy.one, PGP programs like GnuPG simply download my public key from https://seirdy.one. When I open a signed/encrypted email for the first time in my mail client (Neomutt), GnuPG automatically fetches keys via WKD, DNS, DANE, and a list of keyservers so I hardly have to lift a finger.

It also helps to expose a public key with IndieWeb microformats2 for better discoverability.

The PBS NewsHour live stream is pretty good, they have Yamiche Alcindor on right now speaking some good stuff

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1ypJdgMEwOrGW

Stop using "Zoom" as a general term for video conferencing.
Stop using "Google" as a general term for searching the web.

title text: The ten-year cancerversary is traditionally the Cursed Artifact Granting Immortality anniversary.

(https://xkcd.com/2386)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2386
)

What is this Gemini thing anyway, and why am I excited about it?

https://drewdevault.com/2020/11/01/What-is-Gemini-anyway.html

gemini://drewdevault.com/2020/11/01/What-is-Gemini-anyway.gmi

Org-mode is amazing ​
https://secluded.site/books.html

If you love the Free Libre web-comic Pepper & Carott, know that @davidrevoy has just added hardcover and soft cover comic books in his shop ! (already 426 books sold ans counting !) https://www.davidrevoy.com/static9/shop
It's a great way to support an indie Free Libre artist while gift shopping ;).