Kevin C. @kcoram@librem.one

Happy to see that @sir's https://useplaintext.email is now the top search result for "plaintext email"!

(At least on . It probably varies more on Google)

(and special shoutout to the graphic by Fosstodon's own @ohyran :) )

Did you know, you can narrow down the suggestions from the firefox address bar using the following characters :

^ to search for matches in your browsing history.
* to search for matches in your bookmarks.
+ to search for matches in pages you’ve tagged.
% to search for matches in your currently open tabs.
# to search for matches in page titles.
$ to search for matches in web addresses (URLs).
? to search for matches in suggestions.

This is kind of amazing.
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RT @Gurdur
An aerial view of a sheepdog as it demonstrates fluid mechanics, and it also shows a sheep is a particle, while a flock is a wave.

https://twitter.com/Gurdur/status/1198192621203709952

@aral on freedom and the Internet, Facebook & Google, their business model & the silion valley surveillance capitalism model.
Listen to him, now with French, English & German subtitles

https://video.lqdn.fr/videos/watch/861c07f7-7e9b-4e64-9765-cf1de592c8a0

RT @Dailybits
Small tech demo from @aral with his personal portable webserver that's in the public and is serving a public chatroom. See his blog https://ar.al/2019/11/11/small-technology-foundation-personal-web-prototype-01-a-mobile-portable-personal-web-server/ #CreativeVille2019

NEWS: Eben Moglen Delivers “FreedomBox Turns Ten” Speech

To commemorate the ten-year anniversary of #FreedomBox's birth, Eben Moglen delivered a speech. He stressed this idea: regular people can change the web through collective social action.

Details: http://softwarefreedom.org/news/2019/nov/19/freedombox-turns-ten/

Check out this blog post by @bob titled, "FreedomBox at Ten."

Bob Mottram: "If the last decade was the birth phase I hope that the 2020s will be the time when running your own internet services, individually or in small groups, becomes quite normal."

Read his full post here: https://blog.freedombone.net/freedombox-at-ten

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

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/

⚠️ 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

#pixelfed

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

i used to be really into having the newest computer gadget. now i use refurbished hardware. it's so much cheaper. it lasts. it reduces landfill waste. it's great, and i don't really feel like i am missing out on much tech-wise.

here are some tips if you need tech stuff but don't want to spend a lot of money, support horrible companies, and such (1/n)