keverets @keverets@librem.one

My @torontostar column: Bike Share Toronto is booming. We’re smashing ridership records.

But it’s not enough. The growth still leaves us nowhere close to bike share ridership in Montreal.

With better balancing and more infrastructure, I think we can beat them.

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/toronto-s-bike-share-is-booming-but-the-city-needs-to-do-one-thing-to/article_3f077952-c09f-4071-bf95-e9b7a0ae7575.html

🚨 Meta announced today that it will introduce ads on WhatsApp, which will be based on personal data from Facebook and Instagram. This move further consolidates Meta's social networking monopoly. EU law was actually supposed to prevent this.

https://noyb.eu/en/whatsapp-getting-ads-using-personal-data-instagram-and-facebook

Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3

Listen up Mastodonians, because this is important:

Right now we have a unique chance to rise up and hit back against Zuckerberg and Musk. Because italian filmmaker @_elena and her friends have made an OUTSTANDING film which explains why people should quit the fascist social networks and come join us in the free fediverse.

Hit the fascists where it hurts — make this go viral by watching it and liking it on YouTube, then hit the share button and share it everywhere!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRJHIJy5Nno

Nintendo Switch 2? Galaxy S25 Edge?

Around here, we're most excited about the MNT Reform laptop that, after much anticipation, just arrived at our doorstep.

Among many repair-friendly features, this laptop uses standardized 18650 batteries, which makes finding replacements incredibly easy. Opening it up to swap them out is easy, too.

Shout out to @mntmn, @theawesomerandomness, @liaizon, @holo_memory, @plom, @bnys, Tina the dog, and everyone else who put together this incredible product!