Kevin C. @kcoram@librem.one

Since I've seen a lot of chatter about people switching to #Firefox as Google ramps up the enshitification of #Chrome, let me tell you about a killer feature for people who (a) need multiple accounts on the same websites (eg. devs) or specifically (b) have to use multiple Google accounts.

Firefox has an official addon called Multi Account Containers that lets you trivially set up color coded tabs that have separate sets of cookies. Log into your dev account in one, and your test account in another. Log into your personal #gmail in one and have another tab next to it with your work Gmail. I'm actually not signed in to any Google accounts in most my tabs, I just have containers for the specific tasks I do on Google products.

It'll take you 30 seconds to set up.

Add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/

Mozilla's explanation: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers

@Blort : Thanks Blort 😉

@valerydesignwrks : I would recommend https://krita-artists.org/ , a forum around the digital free/libre and open source software Krita.

It's not for professional only, but I don't know any groups or hashtags that triage the users making a main source of income with their art and the one who prefer to keep it as a hobby. Hashtag like MastoArt can help the discovery of profiles, but you'll have to check bios for the pro/hobby status.

@sylvia_ritter @Curator @editor

Another value I think we'll need to cultivate is an appreciation of place, instead of the celebration of global placelessness we have now.

We need to reduce travel and restore ecosystems. We need to eat native foods, grown locally. Learning to love the place that you live in, and taking responsibility for it, may be an important value change.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioregionalism?wprov=sfla1

Here is the process of the artwork that I have published earlier today: "Just Found You":

1. Black and white drawing
2. Colouring under the lines
3. Top layer edge lights with Luminance/Shine (Sai) blend mode
4. Post/Fx: Rain, glow, vignette and depth of field blur.

Source Krita file with layers: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/misc__2023-09-03_Just-Found-You_by-David-Revoy.html

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

#Krita #MastoArt #ArtWithOpenSource #CreativeCommons

I just watched this for a second time, and wound up in even more helpless giggles. It kinda has to be watched to be appreciated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmxLja-DRIw

(NB: funnier if you know the music of #Evanescence.)

some people who make programming easier

(who am I missing?)

@BjornToftMadsen when I’ve had calls from my bank I always ask for a name, then tell them I’m going to ring them back from the support number on their website. General confusion from the bank, but so far it’s worked every time. Luckily I’ve not yet had a fraudulent call.

I ordered a gorgeous #lateart of #peppercarrot from @davidrevoy at Reissue Cafe in Tokyo.

It also felt cool that I was probably one of the only customers asking to reproduce a drawing they were formally allowed to use thanks to #CreativeCommons ❤️

Ready to feel ancient? Wil Wheaton is older now (51) than Patrick Stewart was when TNG premiered (47).

I'm going to do some science outreach in my son's primary school, and I've received the most wonderful advice:

'when they start speaking, first ask them if it's a story or a question. if it's a story, make sure to cut them off early or they'll talk forever.'

*it works exactly the same with senior academics after presentations*

I know, it’s just a “Someone Is Wrong On The Internet” piece, but that NYTimes piece about Why Signal Is Bad And Privacy Is Bad needs to be refuted in a compact explainer, so here’s mine: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/29/Privacy-is-OK

Shoutout to all the #activityPub developers that are dealing with this huge influx of people!

I have the unique privilege of running the only non-mastodon instance (https://pixelfed.social) among the top 20 most popular #fediverse instances.

Doing my best to keep it running smoothly, and also ship bug fixes, new features and the mobile apps 😅

With everything that has been going on with the influx of Twitter users pouring into @fosstodon , it got me thinking more about supporting the open source "things" that I value...

"Do You Have an Extra $10?"

https://bt.ht/$10/

#opensource #fosstodon #support

A gentle reminder to folks who are new to Mastodon. In solidarity with those in the disabled community who rely on screen readers, we ask that you:

* Add alt text/image descriptions when you post media
* Capitalize the first letter of every word in a hashtag #LikeThis

#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.
---
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