keverets @keverets@librem.one

@cypnk

I want to live in a world where "what if the internet goes down" is like "what if the freeway is closed". We should still be able to network with our families, neighbors, and communities, and I think it's a mistake to depend on the Internet for those things.

Working on SSB has been really eye-opening to see how much we can do with software that's DIY / P2P / E2E / friend2friend, and I'm really optimistic that we can build and organize small friendly networks that never truly go down. ❤

Schools need to slam the brakes on surveillance and think about what kind of dystopia they’re creating for their students. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/02/schools-are-pushing-boundaries-surveillance-technologies

The #Debian project joins the fediverse by running a #Pleroma, #pixelfed, #Peertube and #WriteFreely instance 🎉
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianSocial

Someone is trying to build a #language learning app like #duolingo, but it's free software. Maybe you want to help out?: https://github.com/kantord/LibreLingo https://librelingo.app/ #librelingo

🔄 @WhySharksMatter@twitter.com

> Ever since it was brought to my attention that you can say “Covid-19” to the tune of “Come on, Eileen,” I’ve been unable to read it any other way

https://twitter.com/WhySharksMatter/status/1235323054986792963

🐘

If an advertiser seems to be tracking you across multiple websites without your permission, Privacy Badger can automatically block that advertiser from loading any more content in your browser. https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

And that's what a solar panel washer looks like

Turns out I've been "practicing social distancing" for years without even realizing it was a thing!
https://xkcd.com/2276/

Security scandal around #WhatsApp shows the need for decentralised #FreeSoftware messengers, #OpenStandards in communication, and digital sovereignty

https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200228-01.html #publiccode #FreeYourAndroid

Not being on Facebook doesn't mean that you are free from their surveillance and tracking!
"We could all do with a little less Facebook in our lives"
Read our blog post and share your experience on our forum:
https://community.e.foundation/t/we-could-all-do-with-a-little-facebook-in-our-lives/12462

#nofacebookday #internationaldaywithoutfacebook

Collabora Office is here, and it brings the power LibreOffice to Android & iOS https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/02/collabora-office-libreoffice-for-android-ios

#OpenSource #LibreOffice #Android

The Smithsonian announced today that they have released 2.8 million images into the public domain (CC0 license). In celebration of this I made a bot you can follow that will post one random image from the set every 8 hours:

@si

For more on the imageset, see here: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/smithsonian-releases-28-million-images-public-domain-180974263/?no-cache

The dual boot option for the Cosmo was officially launched yesterday. The Debian distro seems to work, at least up to the point where I try to install anything. Or goes into suspend mode. I'll be able to see what this is capable of Real Soon Now. cc @mhoye

No one likes my novelty ringtone, an audio recording of a phone on vibrate sitting on a hard surface.
https://xkcd.com/2272/

To all Google UK users, time to switch to ecloud before your user data will be moved to U.S!
At ecloud you get a unique user ID with synced email, calendars, contacts and documents https://mashable.com/article/british-google-data-brexit/?europe=true

@mashable@gnusocial.de #privacy #GDPR #brexit

It's official - @mozilla@twitter.com is fully live on Matrix! http://exple.tive.org/blarg/2020/02/20/synchronous-messaging-were-live/ Helping get Mozilla going has been a lot of fun, and we'll see a lot of improvements to Riot's UX in the coming months based on their feedback (turns out they know quite a lot about FOSS usability :D)

Have questions about #badgers?
Learn all about how Privacy Badger eats third-party trackers for breakfast to protect your privacy when you browse the web: http://eff.org/pb

🔔 Time to update. There's a new version of Tor Browser out now.

Tor Browser 9.0.5 updates Firefox to 68.5.0esr, NoScript to 11.0.13, and on desktop, Tor to 0.4.2.6. We also added a new default bridge and backported improvements from the alpha series. https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-905

Rust Code Generator almost complete yay! Visual #RustLang for #PineTime Smart Watch @PINE64 ... https://github.com/lupyuen/blockly-mynewt-rust