Kevin C. @kcoram@librem.one

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* Add alt text/image descriptions when you post media
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#StrongerTogether #Accessibility #Disability #Solidarity

Simply the absolute best advice. The next time someone asks me how they can become a better writer – and a better person! – I'm going to show them this letter.
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RT @MichaelWarbur17
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.

Kurt Vonnegut was the only one to respond.

His reply was a doozy.
https://twitter.com/MichaelWarbur17/status/1561691595505864705

New article on my blog: "How proprietary social-medias are shaping the future of Pepper&Carrot"

https://www.davidrevoy.com/article904/how-proprietary-social-medias-are-shaping-the-future-of-peppercarrot

I trained Ukrainians to fight Russia. I’ve never seen a war like this. - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/18/ukraine-militia-volunteer/ illuminating piece about the reality on the ground - and the importance of training #UkraineUnderAttack

@patdavid I would highly recommend looking at todo.txt. It's a protocol for saving GTD or similar project and time management todo lists in plain text files.

On my phone I use simpletask as a front end for my todo.txt file. On my computer I use my own program to manipulate the todo.txt file. Using plain text files means u can write scripts quickly to grep or >> the file.

I wrote a blog post on this recently if you're interested?
https://blog.gregoryjay.co.uk/blogs/blog.php?blog=GTD

Instant Messaging Apps: How Private Are They & What Alternatives Are There? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/delta-chat-and-the-future-of-messaging-apps/ good question... #pgp

The US Copyright Office is inviting comments on whether to introduce a requirement that all online services must filter all communications by users accused of copyright infringement.

This has major implications for not only censorship but it would cement tech and media giants' dominance thus killing smaller websites in the process.

Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic) makes the case into why creators and creators’ groups should oppose this: https://onezero.medium.com/nonstandard-measures-cf47c67e8f05
https://archive.fo/lqdke

This is a pretty cool project
https://github.com/Y2Z/monolith

> A data hoarder’s dream come true: bundle any web page into a single HTML file. You can finally replace that gazillion of open tabs with a gazillion of .html files stored somewhere on your precious little drive.

Escape Simulator sees over 600 rooms made by players https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/11/escape-simulator-sees-over-600-rooms-made-by-players #OnlineCo-op #IndieGame #Puzzle #Steam

Good read: No, your cryptocurrency cannot work.

Existing blockchain implementations create an incentive structure that very closely resembles a pyramid scheme and benefits the most privileged members the most. If an alternative to this is ever created (I’d like to see an alternative very much), it will likely be published in the form of an academic pdf that doesn’t want your money.

Just came across a fascinating #indie #game "Nowhere" in #crowdfunding by #Duangle games (one half of which is @sylvia_ritter here on Masto!).

It's largely procedural with each life played as an individual creature in the same organic, #scifi society, so your actions in one life will have consequences on all your future lives. This is a fascinating idea from a perspective of building empathy and society level thinking.

Take a look at:
https://www.duangle.com/nowhere

Please share more Sylvia!

I am happy to announce you the release of ox-activity-streams, which is a orgmode publish back-end to export the files as activitystreams objects. It allows to interact with your publications from the fediverse and only requires static files on the server side.

https://buron.coffee/entity/ox_activity_streams

An example of the exported post is the top message of this thread. You can reply to it directly 😉

#emacs #orgmode #activitypub #blog #fediverse #activitystreams #linkeddata

The @opensuse Community wishes #Linux a Happy 30th Birthday! #TuxTurns30

This is the #gemini browser I've been looking for ​​
https://git.sr.ht/~rafael/gembro

go install git.sr.ht/~rafael/gembro@latest

August Community Update!

We're excited to announce the
#PineNote: fast refresh e-ink panel, 4GB RAM, 128GB eMMC, Rockchip RK3566- $399

Also:
- #PinePhone keyboard enters production - coming soon

- #PinebookPro new touchpad firmware

- #PineTime & #PineDio

- development updates

And _much_ more!

https://www.pine64.org/2021/08/15/introducing-the-pinenote/

https://drewdevault.com/2021/08/10/Apple-CSAM-scanning.html

After a big month of hard work, I'm happy to release today a new website for my webcomic Pepper&Carrot! It was a rewrite I made from scratch this time: https://www.peppercarrot.com/

More infos and report on the blog-post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article853/new-website-for-peppercarrot

Why self hosting is important

https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2021-07-23-why-selfhosting-is-important.html
gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/why-selfhosting-is-important.gmi

#fediverse #selfhosting #chatons #life #internet

@solene

The Biden administration teased a sweeping antimonopoly executive order last week, including a Right to Repair provision aimed at agricultural equipment - a direct assault on the corporate power of repair archnemesis John Deere. It

https://pluralistic.net/2021/07/07/instrumentalism/#r2r

But it turns out that the executive order goes far beyond tractors and other agricultural equipment - it also applies to consumer electronics, including mobile phones, and this is a *huge fucking deal*.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3d5yb/bidens-right-to-repair-executive-order-covers-electronics-not-just-tractors

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The #keyoxide project is celebrating its first anniversary today 🎉 thanks to all for your support!